new year

well, we are back from vacation...

guess where we went?

more pictures are up on flickr...

except for the flu (first 3 days) and it was a bit cooler than usual....

we had a wonderful time.

Miss Boo was so happy to finally get her picture with minnie:)

My room at Riverside (alligator bayou section) was so much nicer than the room Andrew and I had (Magnolia Bend)...I would definately stay there again but would request Alligator Bayou

The Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor was definately worth the stop and so was the Toy Story Ride...and of course we visited old favorites and added all new thrill rides to Miss Boos list of "must do's"

I also went to the ever fantabulous "Rainbows End" quilt shop in Dunedin. I could go crazy but held back and came home with these beauties...and Miss boo got some fabrics to make clothing for her "build a bears"

Back to reality now....

Merry Christmas....

crazy times...

let's see....

a dear previous boss of mine died....

then we lost power for 6 days with the ice storm (many of my employees lost it for 10, we had a generator so we did not lose any product but the hours were long, tedious, and all around stressful and exhausting...but we kept the business open and trudged along)

christmas came today....a bit chaotic but filled with family and fun...tomorrow night the niece and nephew are here along with my brother and his wife...should be lots of fun..

knitting and spinning...what's that??? hopefully will be able to get back in to the swing of things mid january...right now i am playing catch up after the storm....prepping for end of the year stuffola....and getting ready to escape with boo (desperately needed at this point)

through it all the sheep didn't notice much...boo was wonderful....she read bunches, was helpful and only got wonky a couple of times...

dh was good....it was so nutty...and keeping the generator and the systems all going....he was great...he also decided to make a turkey dinner for the whole town so last friday he ordered up a bunch of turkeys (apx. 200 lbs) and potatoes, green beans, gravy and rolls and cooked it on sunday and fed over 225 people at the school...people were thrilled and it was just what many of them needed....it just proves once again what I knew all along...he is a great guy!

Miss Boo is at the hotel with my family for the night...I am going to take advantage and get an early sleep...

Merry christmas to all...and a stay safe and warm!

Happy Thanksgiving

I have been knitting a bit....

an adult hat, a baby hat....

in process....neckwarmer and another baby hat...

but today boo sewed...

she used my machine and her fabric stash and made a new pillowcase with french seams...

it is lovely and she did a fantabulous job...

and this week...I sewed 5 bags so far...

another 5 to 7 cut out and just need to be sewn....

and 2 ornaments...

but tomorrow morning I get to go play at the craft fair

and hopefully get to get some pottery from my favorite artist....woo hoo...

fingers crossed...

Happy Thanksgiving

got an egg....

we got our first egg from the newly adopted chickens....ain't it a beaut...

the second one boo brought to school for lunch...

it is dang cold here...

i am attempting to motivate myself for the holidays...

i need to make ornaments for the swap and I just haven't hit on what exactly I want to and have time to make...i tend to overthink things and get a bit mentally elaborate...ugh...

what to make...what to make.....

Cliffy's hat

This is cliffy's hat

I carded the wool and then did a two ply spin....sport weight...

it is delightful....

did i mention the chickens came today?

so....you may think I was slugging off....

well...I did dye some mohair locks....
and you are seeing 3 hats and one neckwarmer....
I also have another hat on the scanner that I spun the yarn specifically for...

Okay...truthfully I could have accomplished more....but I have been a bit sluggish....it has been raining and damp...and I have registered so many deer that any thought of knitting would feel futile...hopefully this evening I can get to it

where's my motivation...

it is a rainy day here.....I typed up the pie order sheets....labels for my superwash sock yarn....

I really should be knitting

(42 more hats to go for January....

when the blue one appears in Yankee Magazine....)

I should also be spinning...

3 buckets of carded fiber to go....

or carding....

all I am doing is dreaming of January vacation...thinking of christmas present possibilities...and putting larger piles into smaller piles ( and some piles are just going in the trash)...