For the adventurous knitter, there are instructions here...
That is all...
~Suz~
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Sneaks in...
Oh myyyy Gawd....is it really a blog post from Suz?? :::faints:::
I'll wait, while you all pick yourselves up off of the floor. Heehee!!
Yes, it is me. I'm really writing this.
Ok, so the last post was April 6th after we had to put our poor, sweet kitty girl to sleep. Awwws, i miss her so much.
Since then, i'm still addicted to Second life...in fact, Scarlett missed me so much, she showed up in Second Life the other day!! Woot!!! LOL!! So, i'm trying to help her out with some freebie clothes and hair and eventually i'll show her some of my favorite spots in world. so far, she's only seen my house, a bit of that neighborhood and the new club i will be managing in a week or two.
Knitting wise, i'm a total slacker. I've been knitting on the same sock since February and it really should have only taken me about 2 days per sock as it is being knit with Knit Picks - Shamrock, which should be knit on size 7-9 needles, but i'm using a 6 to make a thicker sock. Even though the socks are for a size 14 foot...they still should have taken no more than 3 days per sock. Ya know, but here it is June and i am still working on finishing the toe on sock #1. Oh well, guess i'll be ahead of the game for holiday gift giving. LOL!!
In the world of personal events..well, not my event really, but more Deb's...
Deb left Maryland on May 26th (two days before my 40th birthday!!)..and flew to Chicago Midway, was picked up at the airport by our friend TD and driven to Northwest Indiana where i am originally from....and she's been there ever since. I miss her TONS!!!
Ok, ok...i'll tell you why she's there, sheesh....calm down!! TD and his wife, Revia both work for an Ambulance Company and they had been trying to get me and deb to move back and for Deb to apply to be an EMT with that company. Well, after continued badgering, even though we did not have the money saved for a full move, Deb went and applied....and was hired. She began working for the company on June 2nd. So far, it sounds like she really likes it and that she feels like she has finally found what she wants to be when she grows up. Whew!! I'm so glad, cuz that means that the 6 months of her schooling was worth her time!! Woot!!
It sucks being apart, i won't lie. But this was the only way we could figure out to do this. Deb is staying with TD & Revia and i am still here in MD with Deb's parents. Deb is working and i should really start to pack all of her clothes and stuff and get this room all cleaned up...but i digress. We'll do our best to save money while still paying our bills here and when we have enough saved up for the moving truck, gas & expenses and two months rent...Deb will fly back and we will make the full move together. Could be 2 months, could be 6...we have no clue.
So, that's what's been going on.
What's going on out there?? Hmmm, guess i'd better get around and do some reading, eh??
~Suz~
I'll wait, while you all pick yourselves up off of the floor. Heehee!!
Yes, it is me. I'm really writing this.
Ok, so the last post was April 6th after we had to put our poor, sweet kitty girl to sleep. Awwws, i miss her so much.
Since then, i'm still addicted to Second life...in fact, Scarlett missed me so much, she showed up in Second Life the other day!! Woot!!! LOL!! So, i'm trying to help her out with some freebie clothes and hair and eventually i'll show her some of my favorite spots in world. so far, she's only seen my house, a bit of that neighborhood and the new club i will be managing in a week or two.
Knitting wise, i'm a total slacker. I've been knitting on the same sock since February and it really should have only taken me about 2 days per sock as it is being knit with Knit Picks - Shamrock, which should be knit on size 7-9 needles, but i'm using a 6 to make a thicker sock. Even though the socks are for a size 14 foot...they still should have taken no more than 3 days per sock. Ya know, but here it is June and i am still working on finishing the toe on sock #1. Oh well, guess i'll be ahead of the game for holiday gift giving. LOL!!
In the world of personal events..well, not my event really, but more Deb's...
Deb left Maryland on May 26th (two days before my 40th birthday!!)..and flew to Chicago Midway, was picked up at the airport by our friend TD and driven to Northwest Indiana where i am originally from....and she's been there ever since. I miss her TONS!!!
Ok, ok...i'll tell you why she's there, sheesh....calm down!! TD and his wife, Revia both work for an Ambulance Company and they had been trying to get me and deb to move back and for Deb to apply to be an EMT with that company. Well, after continued badgering, even though we did not have the money saved for a full move, Deb went and applied....and was hired. She began working for the company on June 2nd. So far, it sounds like she really likes it and that she feels like she has finally found what she wants to be when she grows up. Whew!! I'm so glad, cuz that means that the 6 months of her schooling was worth her time!! Woot!!
It sucks being apart, i won't lie. But this was the only way we could figure out to do this. Deb is staying with TD & Revia and i am still here in MD with Deb's parents. Deb is working and i should really start to pack all of her clothes and stuff and get this room all cleaned up...but i digress. We'll do our best to save money while still paying our bills here and when we have enough saved up for the moving truck, gas & expenses and two months rent...Deb will fly back and we will make the full move together. Could be 2 months, could be 6...we have no clue.
So, that's what's been going on.
What's going on out there?? Hmmm, guess i'd better get around and do some reading, eh??
~Suz~
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Sweet Dreams, Luna
Sleep well, loving and patient soul...you were loved with all we had to give and you will be missed, always...you gave us joy and you gave us love, thank you for finding us.
I'll miss the way you always helped Mama with her knitting...and the way you inspected the final outcome of each project.
sI'll missed the pissed off looks and scratched from giving you a bath and making you smell like baby powder for a day.
I'll miss the way you snuggled up on Mama's lap and put your paw gently on my hand to say, "no more knitting right now Mama, it's nap time with the kitty".
And more than anything else, i will miss you all curled up on my legs while i was watching tv, or knitting, or playing Second Life...and i will miss having you sleep on my chest, warmest girl area ;) or on my hip....while i slept.
Sleep well, my little "lap whore" kitty.
Bye, bye Luna. :(...................................................
Deb and i are very sad, we had to put our sweet Luna kitty to sleep tonight around 12:10am. We had noticed over the past several weeks that she was losing weight and tonight she had a few moments where she sort of fell over. We were scared enough that something was terribly wrong and so we took her in to the ER Vet. Dr. Shawn found right away that she was constipated and needed to be flushed out, but knew that there had to be some underlying cause. We left her in his wonderful care while he ran tests and we came home. A couple hours later we were called with the news that she did not have feline leukemia, but that she had kidney disease. Treatment would have run around $700 and then that was no guarantee of how long she would live...2 days, 2 months, years? We can not afford that kind of money as many of y0u know. As it was, the course of action we took, in testing and putting her to sleep cost us almost $400. We feel that we made the best decision for the well being and mercy of our sweet little lover girl. She came to us one night and has left us in the night as well...
We sang to her a little during our goodbye, it may seem so silly, but it made perfect sense to us...
..."We all come from the Goddess, and to her we shall return;
like a drop of rain flowing to the ocean...
~Suz~
I'll miss the way you always helped Mama with her knitting...and the way you inspected the final outcome of each project.
sI'll missed the pissed off looks and scratched from giving you a bath and making you smell like baby powder for a day.
I'll miss the way you snuggled up on Mama's lap and put your paw gently on my hand to say, "no more knitting right now Mama, it's nap time with the kitty".
And more than anything else, i will miss you all curled up on my legs while i was watching tv, or knitting, or playing Second Life...and i will miss having you sleep on my chest, warmest girl area ;) or on my hip....while i slept.
Sleep well, my little "lap whore" kitty.
Bye, bye Luna. :(...................................................
Deb and i are very sad, we had to put our sweet Luna kitty to sleep tonight around 12:10am. We had noticed over the past several weeks that she was losing weight and tonight she had a few moments where she sort of fell over. We were scared enough that something was terribly wrong and so we took her in to the ER Vet. Dr. Shawn found right away that she was constipated and needed to be flushed out, but knew that there had to be some underlying cause. We left her in his wonderful care while he ran tests and we came home. A couple hours later we were called with the news that she did not have feline leukemia, but that she had kidney disease. Treatment would have run around $700 and then that was no guarantee of how long she would live...2 days, 2 months, years? We can not afford that kind of money as many of y0u know. As it was, the course of action we took, in testing and putting her to sleep cost us almost $400. We feel that we made the best decision for the well being and mercy of our sweet little lover girl. She came to us one night and has left us in the night as well...
We sang to her a little during our goodbye, it may seem so silly, but it made perfect sense to us...
..."We all come from the Goddess, and to her we shall return;
like a drop of rain flowing to the ocean...
~Suz~
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
What's That Noise?!!!!
Oh, that?
That was my computer crashing last week. Yup. Died. Dead. No Mas.
Huh?!! WTF?!!!!!!!!!
We just bought this thing in August!!
Thank goodness for the warranty!
The computer left home via Fed Ex on Friday at 2pm. It apparently arrived in California sometime bright and early Monday morning. And today is what day? Oh, yeah...it's only freaking Wednesday and the computer was at the door in the arms of my new favorite Fed Ex employee, by 11am today!!!!
Holy Wow!!!
Now that's some service. Thanks Fed Ex, Thanks HP....you guys rock!
Now i'll be a while catching up with emails and i don't even want to go and look to see how chatty all of you bloggers have been...:::cries:::. LOL!! I'll get caught up eventually!!
While the PC was gone, i finished my first toe ups...for Deb...Socks That Rock in Smokey Topaz. I'll have to get the Kodak Software loaded back on and get a pick of those. I also started a sweater for Darvik...scraped the blanket idea because it wasn't working out!
Hugs to all! :)
~Suz~
That was my computer crashing last week. Yup. Died. Dead. No Mas.
Huh?!! WTF?!!!!!!!!!
We just bought this thing in August!!
Thank goodness for the warranty!
The computer left home via Fed Ex on Friday at 2pm. It apparently arrived in California sometime bright and early Monday morning. And today is what day? Oh, yeah...it's only freaking Wednesday and the computer was at the door in the arms of my new favorite Fed Ex employee, by 11am today!!!!
Holy Wow!!!
Now that's some service. Thanks Fed Ex, Thanks HP....you guys rock!
Now i'll be a while catching up with emails and i don't even want to go and look to see how chatty all of you bloggers have been...:::cries:::. LOL!! I'll get caught up eventually!!
While the PC was gone, i finished my first toe ups...for Deb...Socks That Rock in Smokey Topaz. I'll have to get the Kodak Software loaded back on and get a pick of those. I also started a sweater for Darvik...scraped the blanket idea because it wasn't working out!
Hugs to all! :)
~Suz~
Friday, January 18, 2008
MIA
Anyone missing me? Just wondering.
I've been sucked into Second Life, it's addicting. It's like the SIMS on steroids, played online. It's FREE...unless you want to own land and build your own house.
Tonight, i actually attended a UU Church service online in the Second Life world...it was very cool. A gal from Ravelry is building the " Purl Teahouse" on Second Life for those of us who play and are on Ravelry, to hang out and knit. Yes, our little sim characters can buy knitting needles and actually look like they are knitting. It's too wild!!
Anyway, that's where i've been for the past week. If you are gaming inclined and connect in, i'm "Mauren Mureaux" on Second Life. ;)
~Suz~
I've been sucked into Second Life, it's addicting. It's like the SIMS on steroids, played online. It's FREE...unless you want to own land and build your own house.
Tonight, i actually attended a UU Church service online in the Second Life world...it was very cool. A gal from Ravelry is building the " Purl Teahouse" on Second Life for those of us who play and are on Ravelry, to hang out and knit. Yes, our little sim characters can buy knitting needles and actually look like they are knitting. It's too wild!!
Anyway, that's where i've been for the past week. If you are gaming inclined and connect in, i'm "Mauren Mureaux" on Second Life. ;)
~Suz~
Monday, January 07, 2008
Ice Queen
Mom's Christmas package finally made its way to Indiana and the gifts have been opened. I can finally blog about the one hand knit item that made it to her.
I decided to make Romi's Ice Queen, from the knitty.com Winter edition, for my Mom. I did not use beads, however. I followed the pattern as it was written and thought that i had properly checked my gauge. I took the finished product over to the neighbor's house to have Ann try it on for a few pics, and we all agreed that it needed to be longer. Hmmm. Oh crap! I sat there and started trying to find the end that was woven in and in the process, found a dropped stitch about 10-12 rows back. ARGHGhghghghghghghghhhh!! I tried to take it back to that row and figure out where i was in the pattern, but that didn't work. The whole item was frogged and reknit for a second time. I ended up adding five extra 4 row repeats to add length and then it was sent along to Mom.
I forgot to take pictures the second time around, so these pics are actually from the first time knit.
Mom seemed to like it. I hope she is able to get some use out of it.
The pattern is actually a very easy knit and it goes very fast. The yarn i used was a lovely "Dove Gray", lace weight from Dave's Cabin Cove Mercantile, it was yummy to work with.
~Suz~
I decided to make Romi's Ice Queen, from the knitty.com Winter edition, for my Mom. I did not use beads, however. I followed the pattern as it was written and thought that i had properly checked my gauge. I took the finished product over to the neighbor's house to have Ann try it on for a few pics, and we all agreed that it needed to be longer. Hmmm. Oh crap! I sat there and started trying to find the end that was woven in and in the process, found a dropped stitch about 10-12 rows back. ARGHGhghghghghghghghhhh!! I tried to take it back to that row and figure out where i was in the pattern, but that didn't work. The whole item was frogged and reknit for a second time. I ended up adding five extra 4 row repeats to add length and then it was sent along to Mom.
I forgot to take pictures the second time around, so these pics are actually from the first time knit.
Mom seemed to like it. I hope she is able to get some use out of it.
The pattern is actually a very easy knit and it goes very fast. The yarn i used was a lovely "Dove Gray", lace weight from Dave's Cabin Cove Mercantile, it was yummy to work with.
~Suz~
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