Girls Only time!

*I have to write this post in pink!It's only fitting after all!*

So today I went to nana's to visit. While I was there my nana was talking about needing to go to the bank and go to the smoke shop for cigs. I was wanting to go somewhere so I said I would go for her. I figured my cousin Katie who just got her cast off would like to get out of the house. So Katie got ready and we got her to the car. (she is not to use her foot a lot just yet!So we helped her to the car)

While she was getting in another one of my cousins,Annie,showed up. She is home schooled and had finished her work so she was allowed to come to my nana's.(they live next door) I had heard that one of my cousins next door was sick. So I asked nana who it was. It wasn't Annie so I asked her if she wanted to go with us. She jumped for joy! lol

Nana was treating me and Katie to some lunch while we was out doing stuff for her so I said I would just pay for Annie's. I think I could spare $5. but nana said no just go ahead and use some more of her money and pay for Annie's also. Fine! You can talk this lady out of anything so I just give in! lol

We went to the bank to cash a check for nana.Then we went to eat at Steak-N-Shake. I got another Grilled Chicken Salad,Katie got 5-Way Chili and Annie got a Chicken Finger plate. It was all very good!

Me and Katie got done with out food and Annie was only done with her frys! lol She is such a talker and a slow eater. But she never gets out with out her siblings and her other cousin so this was a treat for her. I didn't rush her. To tell the truth I was enjoying myself! I wish I could do this more often. but when you have 4 cousins (I have 6 but one is in NC and the other one does not mess with anyone) its kind of hard to do a lot.

2 don't behave as well as the 2 I had with me today! ;) "She touched me!" "She poked my sore spot!" "He is on my side of the car!" *PUNCH* *Cry* "She hit me!" UGH I can't stand that and that's what my other 2 cousins do ALL the time.

After Annie finished eating we went a block to get my nana's smokes then took the long way home that goes by some animals. Camels,Lamas,Zebras,Emus,Buffalo's,Texas Longhorns and other animals! (I need to take some pictures!) It is privet owened but they allow you to bring food and feed the animals. They only ask you feed them whats on the signs,not to get your car in the grass and not to go in the fence. That isn't asking a lot! I love it there.

But like all good things it had to come to an end. So we headed back to my nana's. I dropped them off and headed home myself.

Once I got home I was hot so I decided to wait a few hours before going to buy grub at Walmart. Nothing exciting happened there. I just bought grub and toilet paper! lol

I started a Cabled Scarf last night. But I did something wrong so I need to rib it out. At the end of some rows you Sl the last st. Then when you turn the work around I was wrapping my yarn wrong and it is all odd looking. I am only 6 rows into it so its no big deal! I might not even restart it. I am not feeling it.

I did find a pair of gloves tonight that I want to knit. So what did I do? I brought out one of those $1.50 skeins of Caron Simply Soft and casted it on. I got the first cable section done.

But I am getting tired. So I figured I would blog about my day then head to bed early. If it is nice tomorrow I would like to go to the park. So maybe I will have some nice pictures to share of our little town park! lol

Sat we might be getting together with our friends. The same ones we was to get together with last weekend. I hope he doens't have over time this wee or I hope we atleast get to see them for a few at a park or IceCream shop. (yes you! I need to chat with someone about knitting! Tim doesn't get it that the pattern wasn't working out. He just says "Ok" and goes about his business! lol) I will also get some pictures from that if it happens.

So that is that and I am going to bed. Hug your loved ones and light a candle for the sick!
Mrs.Lawrence

Blog Catch up..long winded

Sorry about not blogging last night. There was a BAD storm here last night and I couldn't keep power long enough to be online. But I am now playing catch up!

Wed I tried the Taco Ring that I had posted about on Tue.

"Wow! Is this going to fit?"

"Now this looks great!"

"YUM-O!"

"Hum....Where did it go?"

As you can see we loved it! I had to rescue some for hubby to take to work and a few to take to my nana and cousin to try! I now have some ideas for other things!!! I plan on trying 1 or 2 next week. So keep an eye out!

This afternoon I decided I wanted to try out my new pan that my nana got me a few months ago. I had a pack of Martha White Blueberry muffin mix that I could use. So I turned the oven on 400 degrees and mixed it all up.I then spooned it into each spot.

I baked them for 10 mins.That's when the tops looked good.

"Oh my! The bottom are burnt!"

Yes the bottoms was kind of burnt. Not rock hard but kind of stiff and they tasted like...well the bottoms tasted burnt. But if you pulled the top/middle away from all of that they was fine.

This was my first time cooking anything in this pan. I figured this would happen! Next time I will turn the oven down to 350degrees I think. This "should" fix the problem. but if not I will try again and go down to 300degrees. lol If you are reading this and you KNOW what temp it should go on please let me know!

Tonight for supper we decided to go out to Steak-n-Shake for a good salad. I tried a salad with Chicken in it for the first time. (I had never tried ANY meat in a salad before) I loved it! I want more!!! The hubby had a grilled chicken sandwich. It looked good also...if you take the sauce off it. lol Guess where we will go eat tomorrow? Can't guess? Well you will just have to read the blog tomorrow night to find out! :)

After eating I decided since I was so close to the newer Walmart I would go out there and look for some Caron Simply Soft yarn. So I begged the hubby and he caved. But when I get out there there is NO Caron on the shelf's! I went to ask the fabric lady and she said she was told to pull it all and put it on sale. She doesn't know if there going to stop caring it or not tho. I bet they are. :( When I found the yarn it was marked down to $1.50! OH MY! I wish I had money to burn! i could of bought a lot. But I only got 5 skeins.Thursday is payday so I might be able to get more then. (still wont be more then 6 or 7 skeins.)

We checked out and headed for home in the dark. It was nice and cool out there! I was enjoying it.

Once we got home I got ready to hang out in bed all night and put in Star Wars 1. Not 10 mins after changing clothes my nana calls. They had to buy a new tv for my papa and a DVD player. But they can not hook this stuff up. So they needed me to come over and do it. I said I could tomorrow because the hubby had to leave for work in an hour. Well she said papa was in there trying to do it. That's when I knew I had better go NOW! lol

I got there and hooked it all up in less than 10 mins. I don't know why but things that are electronic are simple to me. I put up a ceiling fan all by myself and didn't even look at the book! I had never done it before or messed with wires. But the fan still works so I did it right. lol

On to my knitting.

Last night I finished my hat with the brim.But I haven't gotten a peice of canvas for the brim yet.Maybe tomorrow I will get that and have some pictures of it.

I have 3 skeins of yarn that I knit with and can't pick a pattern for eaither skein. :( They are Patons Silk Bamboo which is a light yarn with only 102 yards,Classic Elite yarns Wool Bam Boo which is DK wi only 118 yards and the third is Plymouth Yarn Mulberry Merino which is worsted(i think) with 99 yards. Got any ideas? I don't have kids. ;)

Since I couldn't find anything and I didn't want to make an account on another site just to buy a pattern I decided on making the Celtic Cable Neckwarmer which is a free pattern on Ravelry. Each row is a lot of work compaired to what I am used to but I need something to wake my mind up after knitting all this garter stitch hats. ;)

Well I have talked long enough for one post. Please leave a comment so I know someone is out there reading my words! have a great day!

Mrs.Lawrence

Knitting

Today was filled with lots of knitting fun!

I worked on my basball cap for awhile. The got ot the part where I needed a size 7 circ. But only had an eight with me. So I went ahead and used it. I only got about 6 rows done. Once I got home I found my 7's.

But instead of tinking I decided to get my purse done. I only had like 12 rows that needed to be done. But since it will be felted there is over 180 sts in each row and the yarn makes my hand itch. That's why it hadn't been finnished.

TILL NOW!

That's right. I sat my mind to it and just finnished that thing! Man is it ever huge! I hope it felts down a lot. It is nice looking! So please wish me luck that my felting job doesn't kill it. This will be my first time felting anything! *scared* Tomorrow I hope to have before felting and after felting pictures!

Before I move on here is a picture that I promised. I couldn't take it outside and my cam batteries was dead but these are better pictures.

Other than the knitting I went to my nana's to day. But when I pulled into her drive way she was leaving to go get my cousin from Elem. school. So I just went with her. (thats where I was when I found out I only had my size 8's! lol)

Once we got back to my nana's house I found out why she had to go get my cousin. My Aunt,his grandmother and caretaker,had 9 teeth pulled today. Let me correct that...She had 5 pulled and 4 cut out! YIKES! They got bad due to all the meds that shes on so they had to go.

Anywho's...As I sat on the couch my nana asked me if I wanted Tator Soup. My reply was me hanging my tounge out acting like a drooling dog! Man she can cook some wonderful Tator Soup! I have tired other peoples but non compair to my nana's! I must learn how to cook it. She isn't getting any younger. :(

After eatting and cleaning up I decided it was time to go home and wake the hubby. So I told them all "I Love you" and told them I would see them tomorrow and left.

Once I got home I was full but the hubby was hungry. lol I had some tator soup but it was for him to take to work tonight. I really wanted some Yogurt from Walmart. So I told him he could get a taco on the way to Walmart. He didn't complain. lol

While I was at walmart I picked up the stuff to make a Taco Ring. Ihad never heard about it till today! OMG Wait...what's that? you have never heard of it either? Well my friend click this link! Doesn't it look wonderful? I have also just found out about the CheeseBurger Ring. I am sure I will have to try that one 1 day also! lol

Well tomorrow I have to take my cousin to the doc to get her cast taken off her foot. So I need to get to bed. It's already 3:42am. lol Good thing her appt isn't till 3:45PM. ;)

So good night all and have a great one.

Mrs.Lawrence

Rainy days are here again

Well Today is a cloudy day. I feel some rain moving in.

I decided today i would go spand some time with my grandparents and my cousin. (My grandparents have been raising her since right before her K year of schoo. She is now 13. lol) My grandpaw has Parkinson's,my cousin had foot surgery for the 2nd time this year(out of school till its better) and my nana is getting old. So I try my best to go spend time with them! I left home close to 3pm to go see them. They only live about 5 minutes away from me. I ended up leaving just after 6pm. When I walked out the door it was raining. ugh

Once I got home I decided that tonight was going to be the night that I finished that Slouchy hat that I have been knitting for what seems like forever! So after super I went to the bedroom and put in a movie,George of the Dragon,and set to knitting all that Garter!

I was starting to get very worried about this skein of yarn! The ball was getting very small. I was no hopeful that this hat was going to get done with only one skein of this yarn. I had already decided that tomorrow I would have to go to the LYS and get another skein. :(

BUT as luck would have it I had enough yarn after all! Not much,but enough to finnish this.

Now that it is done I am not very excited about it. To me it doesn't drape enough. What do you think? (oh tomorrow I will make hubby take a pic of me in it in natural light with my Digital Cam)

I am not sure I am wearing it back far enough. Maybe you can tell me where it should go. ;)

Well I have watched this movie 5 times in a row now. I think I will change it to Harry Potter 1 and cast on for the next hat! Have a great one!

Mrs.Lawrence

Nice weather

Sorry I didn't blog yesterday. but I decided to take a day off. I did nothing but sleep and watch tv. It was my "lazy" day.

But now I am back to it! So let me tell you about my day today.

To start off with we didn't wake up till 2:30PM! This is odd for us. But we both hadn't been sleeping well so I guess we needed it. But that threw off our whole day.

We was going to a friends house but her hubby got called yesterday by his work and was told to come in and work OT. So our plans was shot. I was already in the mood to go somewhere.So I planed on going to the park today. Once we got up and sat around for awhile we went to get a bite to eat and then headed for the park for some good ol' looking around and chatting.

We was about a block away and saw TONS of cars and police at the park section.What was up you ask? A car show. UGH Neither one of us is into cars like that. So we turned around and headed for home. I thought about going to the Olympics Center but didn't have my cam so I decided against it. But I did take atleast 10 back roads on the way home just to keep us out longer! lol

Once we did get home I waited for the sun to go just behind the tips of the trees so we could sit out on the porch.(I can't set in the sun due to some of my meds) I wasn't out there 5 mins before I got cold. So I came in and got my fleece blanket and my crocheted shawl. I used them both outside and stay for about 30-40 more mins. I had to go in once I started shivering. ;)

After a little while I decided to cook supper. Just some caned veggies and spam.Nothing fancy but we like it.

I then we to the bedroom,where I still am,and proceded to watch "Are you being served?" and all those other ones. Gosh there funny! I knitted on my slouchy hat some more but I am just not feeling the love anymore.I am 24 rows into the 47 rows of just knitting and its killing me. I feel as tho I will never make it to the decrease rows. But I do not want to start something else. I already have 2 different socks going,a shrug,a pet balnket,a scarflette and I am sure there is something else hidding somewhere. I want to get these things done before I pass on. No one knits and I will have no one to pass these onto. :(

So I keep knitting. *sigh*

OH I did do one thing yesterday. I got my hair cut! I lovelovelove it!Ignore the grin...I was trying to click the button on my laptop and not move at the same time.

That was yesterday and today all in one nut shell. I will make sure to have some knitting pictures to post on here tomorrow nd maybe even some sewing items! For now tho I am going to cover up,its 52 outside, & knit on that slouchy hat some more. I want this thing D O N E ASAP! lol

Bye for now,

Mrs.Lawrence

Product Reviewer

Today was a lazy day. I did no sewing. I did do some on my Slouchy Hat. Not enough to show here...but it will be more than a loop on my needles soon!

Today was payday...so another words I am broke. lol We went to eat(more on this in a few),we got my meds then we went to Walmart to get grub and some fabric for my new idea. (more about this tomorrow or the next day)

Ok about the going out to eat thing....Last last night/early this morning...I decided that I want to join Weight Watchers once we move. For those who do not know me I am over weight....really over weight. I am to the point now where I can't do most things. I can't wash dishes because 5 mins into it my back starts killing me. I can't really clean house because I get tired fast. I am only 29 and I can't keep up with my 42 year old husband! That is not a good thing to say.
All my life I have been heafty. But ofcourse it has gotten worse. I don't think I eat TO bad...its just I don't eat the right amount. lol

So today I talked this over with the hubby and he is happy for me and would like to use my Weight Watchers info to help himself. He isn't that over weight. Maybe 30-40lbs? I don't know how much he weights so thats a guess. So before we left the house we thougth of a place where he can get a salad,hes in a salad mood now days, and somewhere where I,mrs picky,can get something healthy also. The only thing I could come up with was Zaxbys.

Hubby had a grilled chicken salad and I had the grilled chicken sandwhich and a glass of water. Mind you that I HATE slimmy grilled chicken!But I gave it a chance. It was..ok. Of course mine came with frys so I HAD to eat them. lol While we was sitting there eatting we talked more about our plans on weight loss. I know it will take me a while to get down to where I would REALLY like to be. But hey...I am doing the right thing and starting one step at a time! These meetings will help alot and I found a wonderful group on Ravelry! I have already been talking to them! (Y'all rock!)

While at the grub store I asked hubby if he would like some Yogurt. He got 3. I HATE that btter taste. ewww But something cought my eye....Yoplait Whipd Choc. Mousse Style. Oh that sounded good. So I figured"whats 50 cents?" So I got it. I cracked that thing open about an hour ago and knew I was going to hate it....spoon to mouth...wait...whats this?...I...Like...It?! OH MY! I love it. I cought myself taking little small bites to make it last longer! lol This is wonderful! I am sure WW will say this stuff is ok. I am now planing on trying the Lime and lemon ones!

I surprise myself. Today I tried 2 foods that I always hated and discovered that I love them! (well the grilled chicken needed SOMETHING on it...say maybe bbq sauce or garlic..but it was good.)

Oh sorry...I got on the WW trip. I have been doing that all day! lol

So once I got back home I sat back down and watched more Hulu.com tv and did some knitting on my Slouchy Hat. Then here I am plurking! All in all today was a slow kind of day.

I think tomorrow might be more exciting. I might be going to a friends house to help her learn how to spin on a drop spindle....note to friend get ready to learn why its called what it is called. LMAO I will try and get pictures of the wheel atleast. :)

This is a special section of my blog post tonight. I would like to review some items that relate to knitting/crocheting/spinning here on my blog. I am looking for those of us who sale our handmade goods online. If you would like to get the word out there about your products I am willing to receive a sample of said item(patterns,yarn,roving,books,stitch markers,new tools,etc),use it,then post my feelings about it here on the blog.
I don't have money to buy said items but maybe thru me posting about your items and linking to it here on my blog you will get more looks/sales of your items! It could be a wonderful thing!

A little about me...I have been knitting for 5 years. I haven't done sweaters/vests/skirts or the like yet.I am good at cables,socks and many other things. I do have a Kiwi spinning wheel for testing out roving. My ravelry name is AbsoluteTreasure if you would like to see some things that I have knit.(i don't have any cabled items in there but could show you pictures if needed.)
If there is anything else you would like to know about me or my knitting/crocheting/spinning please feel free to ask.

If this is something you would be willing to let me do for you please contact me at Lawrence82909@yahoo.com . Thank you

Well thanks for haging in there with me dear readers. I know boring day to day life isn't that wonderful but its SOMETHING atleast! lol Tune in tomorrow for more fun!
Mrs.Lawrence

Fall Chill

Today was a cool day. Once again I had my windows open.I think the high here was like 68! Tonight the low will be 48! I am soooo happy to not be sweating at night.I sleep so much better.
Right now in my bedroom I have the A/C turned to fan only and it says its 70 in here.That is my perfect temp! Oh if only there was a way to stay 70 degrees all the time!

On the crafting front I got like 6 more Stockings done today! I don't have a group picture of them yet but I did get all of my stockings listed in my shops.5 on Etsy & 5 on Artfire!

I have decided that my 1 Across Beanie needs to have some more ribbing on it. So I get to pick up 100 and something sts and do about 15 more rows of k1p1 ribbing. UGH But instead of doing that I decided I wanted a Slouchy hat! I casted on for one just a few mins ago. I wanted to use my Mulberry Merino bit discovered it is only 99yds. :( So I had to use my Lustra. It is nice and soft but it splits VERY easy. But I wanted something that will be loose and slouchy. I might get hooked on making this hat!

As for the pet blanket I have not knit any on it today. I got wraped up on sewing those stockings and just enjoying the nice weather. I think tomorrow I will have the hubby put out the umbrella so I can enjoy it even more. OH I can dig out my crocheted shawl and my wrap! They will keep me warm. ;)

That was all I did today. Tomorrow is grub shopping day so I might not get much done but I will blog none the less. ;)

I hope you had a wonderful day and please excuse me for not posting any pictures. I thought about getting one with my 1 Across Beanie but I need to wash my hair before the public sees it. ;) See ya tomorrow!

Mrs.Lawrence