Oprah likes me!

That might be a a stretch.  She liked my comment.  I've been "attending" Oprah's lifeclass online and each day she posts a question and you can post your own answer.  Out of 2600 people, my quote was one of 17 chosen as her favorites!  hee hee hee hee.  I'm giggling like a little girl.

Mine is in blue on the left side there.  heee heee heeeee.

More time to knit. . .owls.

I was just thinking to myself how lucky I am that football season is over.   You know - little guy football.  Now we can relax in the evenings because now we only have . . . (drum roll please) . . . piano, hockey, archery club (not even kidding), choir practice, confirmation, service club (before school - doesn't count), learning lab, after-school Spanish, ballet, theater class and rehearsals.   But don't feel bad for me - heh heh - and stop rolling your eyes.   And don't feel bad for my kids.  Except for piano - this is self-imposed schedule and spread over three of them, so it's not too bad. 

This may sound like a daunting schedule, but really - all this translates into loads of book-on-cd-driving time-reading-knitting-in-parking-lot time.   See how I spin that tune?  I'm the gangsta of the mini-van moms.  Didn't I tell you I drive a mini-van?  Watch me work it, ladies.

Photo taken from Retro Lemon Ravelry Page (i hope she isn't mad!)

This crafty lady on Retro Lemon Studio designed these little nuggets of cuteness which will now be using up some more of my leftover yarn stash.  She is kindly sharing the pattern on her Ravelry pattern page.  Here is the Ravelry link to OWL PUFFS.

Hello stranger.

Holy crap.  That was a long hiatus.  I can hardly remember my last post, except, there it is. . . right under this one.  And oh, there were those socks I was knitting.  I think I started them in June.  Wow.  It's October and I've managed to get down to the last toe.

I wish I had a great story for you - I was abducted by a pack of wild skunk-apes and kept hostage with no Internet connection.  Ah, no.  It was really much more mundane.  Just busy.  That's all.  Instead of knitting my usual stuff, I attacked those dusty yarn bins and began knitting little tiny hats for teeny tiny babies.  We're talking babies with heads the size of eggs.  Back on a yucky topic:  for babies born too soon that usually don't make it.  Sometimes these little babies are SO small that even preemie clothes and hats are too big.

As you can see from the pics, time is flying past and it's already fall.  I took most of these pictures a few days ago and already, the place is looking different.  Mother Nature visited yesterday with wind that stripped several of our trees down to bare bones. 

dippity-doo-dog

 And that little puppy still won't sit still, but she's turning out to be one hell of a retriever.  I will be needing your best wild duck recipes, too.  I'm afraid to cook them.  They look like bloody livers in my freezer and it's freaking me out.

Next week.  Finished socks, I swear.  And I WILL be back next week.  I miss you all!!!