My first scarf.

Finally, I am well on my way to knitting my first scarf. It is a pretty pink, chunky, soft yarn. I love it. I am so happy.

Of course the whole scarf is being knit with the knit stitch because I have yet to figure out how to purl.

I will take pics soon and put them up. Opie(my male Jack Russell) loves sweaters. He is insisting that I hurry up and learn to knit sweaters. He would like one that is brown and green.

I really did do it!

I have figured out the knit stitch! I actually knitted about 5 rows last night. I am very pleased with myself at the moment.

mark thinks I am crazy for knitting when the heat index is 110. At least now I have a new hobby I can work on while I am hiding in my walk in closet because...........

There is another storm headed our way. We are getting into the busy part of Hurricane season now. Last year it seemed like there was a storm every weekend.

My next task - to learn to purl. And to double check my hurricane supplies.

I DID IT! I think.

Well I think I learned the knit stitch. I think. Of course I have no one to tell me if I did it properly.

I have problems though. I think I knit too tight. It is very hard to slip my needles behind the stitches. And when I try to knit looser, my knitting falls off of the needles. Maybe I need different needles. Maybe I am just doing it all wrong. Who knows.

I also finally found a copy of Stitch n Bitch today. Can't wait until I have time to go home and read it.

Worlds Worst Blogger.

I may officially be the worlds worst blogger. It has been forever since my last entry.

I have been busy ya'll. My life goes something like this: work, laundry, work, clean house, work, volunteer, work, shop, work, work, work.

Ha - did you notice that I did manage to throw some shopping in there? No matter how busy I am I walways seem to make time to shop.

Still not doing so swell with the knitting. Still stuck at only being able to cast on. But I will master the knit and purl one day. I will not give up.

Foot update - still something wrong with it - going back to Dr today. I am sick of this shit - it has not been a good year for me health wise.

Mark leaves for his two week vacation to Canada soon. Last year while he was gone we had three Hurricanes - I am currently employing all known forms of prayer, voodoo, finger crossing, etc in hopes that this year I do not have to endure Hurricanes and days on end without power while he is gone. Just to be on the safe side though we went through the whole "how to run the generator" lesson last night. I think he is satisfied that I can properly start and run it without blowing myself and the house up.

I have some funny stories from the Hurricanes last year - I will share them soon.

Evil Treadmill.

So I hurt myself. Yet again. And once again I am not sure how I did it - but the Dr seems to think it may be from using my treadmill. Stupid treadmill - I knew it was evil!

My ankle had been bothering me for a few days. It didn't hurt so much as it was just uncomfortable and swollen. After staying off it as much as possible, wrapping and icing it - it wasn't looking any better.

So off to the Dr. I went to have it looked at and Xrays. Apparently I damaged the tendons/ligamnets(I can't remember which) in my ankle. It will be fine - it will just take some time to heal.

The Dr gave me crutches to use - that lasted all of a day. They are hard to use - and tiring. And it is like 10 Billion Degrees here - it is to hot to be putting forth that much of an effort. I was not very good at using them, I was very slow. Plus I am so klutzy there was a pretty good chance that I would break the other leg while trying to use the crutches. So, I just stayed off of it - and I am wearing the ankle brace.

Spreading the Birthday Love.

Sorry I haven't written much lately. I have been busy celebrating my Birthday. This year I have managed to spread the Birthday out...way out. My actual Bday is August 2nd - but see the Birthday celebration schedule below.

Sunday 7/24 - Celebrated with Mark's family.

Monday 8/1 - Had lunch with Sean.

Tuesday 8/2 - Actual Bday. Took day off from work. Mark took me to my favorite local Italian restaurant, Papa Joe's.

Wednesday 8/3 - Spent entire day shopping with my mom, sister & nieces.

Thursday 8/4 - Co-workers taking me to lunch.

I am exhausted. Oh, and I have had two birthday cakes so far - I am on a major sugar high.

My Birthday by the numbers:
1...Pair of Sparkly Green Flip Flops
1...Birthday Dinner
2...New Shirts
2...Birthday Cakes
3...Birthday Lunches
4...Hours spent in the mall today
1 Million...Pounds gained while celebrating!