WOW & WOW again

Today we had a customer drop by with a box - yes a box - full of hats (60 the be exact), some scarves and a pair of socks that she and her mom had made for the Christmas Outreach Program. We were blown away by their generosity. Through out the year we have been gathering items for the fire station. As most of you know, last year we were able to turn over 99 items to the firefighters for the outreach program. We haven't counted everything yet but I know we have gone beyond that this year. THANK YOU so much to all that have contributed. We will be taking donations until just before Christmas so there is still time if you want to help.
Last night was pizza night - we had a great time visiting and knitting with everyone who was able to attend.
Alrighty then - I am going to get the kiddies to bed and try to redo the hat I am making for shop model (yes Penny - I ripped the whole thing out - sorry I didn't call you and let you do it for me).

Bits & Pieces

Can you believe I didn't get a chance to knit at all yesterday??!!?? How frustrating is that? I spent the entire day cleaning, cooking, running errands and shuttling the children around - the life of a mom. In amongst all the laundry, vacuuming and scrubbing my daughter decides we need to bake cookies. It was pretty early still in the morning so I told her we needed to wait until her sister went down for a nap. She turn to her sister and says, "Sissy it's nap time - lets go!". OK - rephrase that - no nap until after we go to the store - we need eggs. Finally we get to the cookies and she did a great job! She added everything to the mixer and turned it on and off by herself. We were making chocolate chip so I got out the industrial size bag of chocolate from Costco and started to measure them. She looked at me and said "Momma that's not enough chocolate". I was so proud - a girl after my own heart. I hugged her and said "I know baby but it will have to do". If I have taught her anything at least she knows you can never have enough chocolate and sometimes you just need a bit more.

I'm still struggling with the fact I didn't get any knitting done - maybe that's what caused that weird twitching in my fingers all night - withdrawals. Not to worry though - I plan on making up for lost time today. We got some new yarn in the other day and more coming in later this week. It's very difficult to see new things and not get to play with them. I think that's why yarn shops are the best. As a kid you're always told not to touch anything - in the yarn shop its all but mandatory to touch, squeeze, nuzzle and smell (yes - many people do this) the yarns. Its rather thrilling to "break" the rules that have been grilled into to all of us since birth. "Don't touch - hands off"!! Well step into the yarn shop my fellow fiber artists and touch and squeeze away all that childhood frustration - let it go and have fun - just be sure your hands are clean.

I'm Exercising

So I was poking around on the internet checking out websites about exercise and burning calories. Check this out - knitting falls in there somewhere enough to show on the list. Basically depending on your height and weight you can burn anywhere from 85 to 135 calories per hour. That's pretty cool - the next time my hubby grumbles about me knitting I will simply reply "I'm exercising". If I knit faster maybe I can work up a sweat and burn a few extra calories. Now if I could figure out how to knit while cleaning and folding the laundry just think what could happen! I might actually have to eat the chocolate to keep from disappearing all together. Wish full thinking - I know - a girl has to dream you know.

I Finished the Bag

OK - So I finished about a month and a half ago but I finally took some pictures. I have never been too good about taking pictures (my poor children). I hate having my own picture taken so why would I want to do that to someone else. Thank goodness my kids have grandparents that tend to have cameras glued to their foreheads - at least there will be some photos of them growing up. I love my kids dearly and I really think they are about as cute as they come - I just never think to haul the camera along with all the other essential items one needs when they are transporting kids.

This weekend was the Art Walk in Burien. I realized once again that the saying "one man's junk is another man's treasure" holds true for art as well. I am still trying to figure out the strange ladder dance but they did draw a crowd. We were pleased to have a local artist display her paintings, one of our friends (also an artist) displayed her fabulous knitted food sculpture, and another friend of ours spent most of Saturday spinning yarn in the shop and answering the many questions about what she was doing. It was interesting to listen to people and watch their reaction as they realized the food in the window was all knit.

I'm off to bed now - we are open on Sundays again now that summer is winding down. I need to get used to it.