Wintertime

We finally have a fair amount of snow on the ground and it is gorgeous outside! It has been perfect winter weather....20F and snowing.... My favorite!

Snickers

Snickers felt left out that he didn't have his picture on my blog.... So here he is. Snickers is a great dog who loves the kids. He is very patient with them and let's Sawyer climb all over him. He is also very protective of them, and when Sawyer isn't here, he sleeps in his room and waits for him to come back..... I have two very good (although sometimes annoying) dogs.

Planning

I've been finishing a few things (my class samples) and planning lots of other things. I tend to plan far more than I ever finish. Since it is Christmas time, I'm mildly obsessed with ornaments and all things holiday. I found a pattern to knit scraps of yarn into little trees that stand on wine corks....a perfect use of two previously "useless" items. I also stumbled across a pattern for crocheted granny stars.... They would make a nice garland. Oh, and I still want to knit an advent calendar out of little mittens and knit the family colorwork stockings. Of course, this won't all be done this year, but maybe if I plan now I can have it done in a year? Maybe?!

My room is all clean and everything has a home. It is amazing. I go to find something and I know exactly where it is. And because I know where it goes, I have been putting things away as well. Now if I can keep myself focused on finishing what I start, we will be in good shape! (Right now I'm so torn on the sweater I've been working on for Sawyer. I'm so bored of it, but it is so close to being finished....I know I should finish it, but I'm half tempted to rip the darn thing out....)

Frito

My brother was over the other day and snapped some neat pictures with a new camera he has. You can check out pictures of both the kiddos on their individual blogs.... Here is a neat one that he took of Frito.

Colorwork Cozy

A quick picture post. Here is a colorwork sample I finished this past week! It is a coffee cup cozy, so you don't have to use a cardboard one.... I think it turned out really cute and I'm planning on knitting up a few more this week.

Holiday

Random Chatter
My Dad got me an iPad for Christmas, so I am back to being able to blog.... (I know you are thinking, but it's not Christmas yet... well, you are correct, but my parents get very excited about gifts and normally just have them mailed to my house and tell me what they are before they are even here so I can "be on the lookout")

Some random things I've been up to. Yesterday I made homemade hot coco mix and peppermint schnapps to gift to a few people along with a nice mug. I'm pretty excited about that! It was easy and it is delicious!

I also finished my handspun scarf. (Which I may have already mentioned....mom brain attack) I really like it, but I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it. I don't need it.....

I'm currently knitting my class samples, which include a hat and some colorwork coffee cozies. The cozies are CUTE! The one I'm working on right now has birds on it and I'm loving it. The next one will probably be snowflakes or a geometric pattern....

Alright, off to get the kiddos ready to leave the house. It has been pretty cold here (the highest I've seen in the past couple of weeks is 9F) so we have to bundle up quite a bit!

November

Our computer is broken and blogging from my phone is a pain, so it may be quite a bit less frequent for a while. Things are going well here.  Knitting away on various projects. Weston is deer hunting this week. Hopefully he gets at least one deer. Other than that, things are quiet. I'll try to update when I finish things at least. My handspun scarf is almost done! It was a fun and quick knit.