April continues....

Ok - lets try this again - without kitty help!!
Ara is now 1 and she is just so darn cute! Her birthday party was fun - she loved the cake. (Compliments of granma)

She called me granma for the first time Saturday (yes, she is young, but I have witnesses! Remember, she is absolutely brilliant!!), and I almost cried!!

Knitting 3 potato chip scarves, must finish a sock, a table runner, and a dishcloth. I have 2 friends who are pregnant and due in November, and I am thinking baby blankets made from dishcloths, but I have plenty of time to think on that one (or 2!) I love knitting dishcloths in summer because they are quick and easy and good summer knitting.

Must mention Greek Easter at the Lawson's last Sunday. We were privileged to be able to go help prepare the food on Saturday and then go eat it on Sunday. Lots of fun! Thanks to Jamie and Jerry for the hospitality, the great food, and the good company!!
Later ~

Ara is 1 and it's almost Easter!!

Ara turned 1 yesterday! What a wonderful blessing she is to us all! I thank God daily for my family! We are having a party tomorrow night at Andy's house.

And today is Good Friday - When I think of what Jesus did for me, I am awed and overcome by emotion that cannot be explained. To think that if I had been the only one that would have been saved by His Death, He still would have gone to the Cross! What an incredible God we serve! I am so thankful to Him for being in my life, and I will love Him forever! I am also so grateful for all of my Christian brothers and sisters, and the influence that they have on my life!

Just remember - it's not all about a bunny!

Later~~

Friday ~YES!!

It has been a long week! Andy had to go have an endoscopy (they put a tube down your throat and look at you esophagus) and I had to drive him becaus they knocked him out. (Note to self: remember everything he said ~ prospective blackmail material!) He went to surgeon yesterday afternoon and gets to go back to work Monday. Hopefully he will be back to normal soon.
Yesterday Amanda had 4 little girls here - she was babysitting 2 of them and 2 were grandcildren. Ara walked into the kitchen and sat down beside the cat food bowl. She reached into the bowl and pulled out some of the cat food (I am so glad they eat DRY food!) and threw it up into the air. By the time she was finished, there was cat food all over the kitchen floor, and she was still laughing! It was so funny! She has the same obsession with dog food at her house!!

This week I got our WWKIP event approved and published on the web. I am really excited about this. The Main Street Covington lady (Josephine Kelly rocks!) is so kind and she is excited about the event as well. So if you happen to be in or around Covington on June 13th, come on down to the square and knit with us!!

Still working on soks and scarf, trying to get up the nerve to start sweater!!

Later ~

And I have quit knitting because...

Gotcha!! No way ~ no How ~ not ever!! Happy April Fools Day!

Ara now has 12 teeth ~ fyi. (Just a side note!) Birthday next week - she will be one!!

Our knitting group has gotten a permit to assemble on the square in Covington on WWKIP day, which is June 13th. I am so excited! Main Street Covington's Josephine Kelly is publicizing the event in the Main Street Newsletter, and promoting it on the local cable anniuncement channel. This is so cool! A big thank you to Josephine! (I doubt that she reads my little blog so I will thank her in person soon!) She rocks!

Still working on KAL, socks, and another potato chip scarf. It is a fun knit, and I have given away the first one and have requests for 2 more after I finish this one.

So all I do is work, knit, and waste time on Facebook. Silly me!

Later~

Ara Walking ~

This is Ara - this is Ara walking at church yesterday. She is loving this new skill! She is really practicing a lot!! Isn't she cutest!! (Notice this is not a question - it is a statement - no discussion necessary!)

Knitting is a potato chip scarf, socks with Deborah Norville sock yarn (LOVE this yarn!!) and starting a mystery KAL with Rachel's knitting room on Yahoo today! Can't wait - salmon PnC is what I am using.

I am now in 2 knitting groups - Friday night and Saturday mornings. Yes, I know I have no life! This is all I so besides work and church and I love it! It relaxes me and I have something to show for it!

Later~~

Baby Ara

I know that this is a knitting blog, but I must note that today my precious baby granddaughter is 11 months old! She is such a joy to us all and we are so grateful to God that she is healthy and so beautiful. She has 9 teeth and we are thinking that she will be walking in the next few weeks - surely before her birthday! This picture was made before Christmas, but she is still a real cutie!!
I can't believe she is almost a year old.

and we're back on line!!

finally! After 8 months we actually have cable and internet. Believe me, rabbit ears are not the way to go tv wise!! I can actually see the tv noe and have my beloved HGTV and Food Network back!!
On the knitting front, I am still knitting socks and working on a "potato chip scarf". It is a ruffly thing and I am using cotton (PnC Winterberry - of course!!). I think it will be really cute when it's done and I will probably post a picture on Ravelry when done. That will be easier now since we are online at home and DD can put it on the computer for me.
Later~~