Just a few things have happened...

Let's see... I had a birthday, yep I turned 29 again and again!!
and I must say, I had a lovely birthday. My hubby and family made it feel real good.
Then Thanksgiving came around and we celebrated with a nice quiet meal, played some Scrabble, then ran out and caught a movie.

Randy and I out on the town on my birthday.

Konrad winning at Scrabble.....

Actually got a little help from my boys :)

Making my first Pecan Pie here, it turned out pretty darn good.

children no more.....

It's true, I no longer have children
They are considered 'Adults'
Here is a picture of my boys at "18"
And here is a picture of the soft alpaca hand warmers that i sent my daughter, along with her 'skull' jewelry.

My knitting mojo has s l o w e d .....

I've only finished one of the 4 clogs i need to make...

Striped Sweater sits dormant...looking to summery for me to finish now...

A started a beret, but since its on #1 needles it doesn't move very fast ...

Maybe happiness would entail 'starting' a new garment....

I've got one in mind, but would IT ever get finished either?????
Stay tuned

Can you tell WHO is dormant during the cold months??

Oh me oh my.....this is not my favorite time of the year....
I know that all this leads to the upcoming holidays and they overwhelm me. And on top of that I have to have a another birthday! Por Que ????
Somethings are just Rude.

So the last of my children turned 18 and now my family consisted of all adults. I thought this day would never come. I can't wait to be a real empty nester and downsize. But will the housing market let us do that as soon as we want??

Wouldn't it be wonderful to move to a year round Warm Climate?! Maui comes to mind. IF it was affordable....
Would I get tired of warm days ALL the time??
Would I tire of seeing green grass and colorful flowers ALL the time?? Would I really grow tired of spending my days outside in the sunshine???
Just think, you would be wearing next to nothing everyday... so you wouldn't cover up your body in the cold months and let it go to pot!!!!
Hell, that's worth it right there!!!!
That's it, I'm saving my pennies from here out :)

I'm still trying to hold on to Summer....

Me and the Roses are refusing to give in to the call of cold weather. In this photo you can see the light dusting of SNOW! Rude indeed...
OK, ..... so it makes for a good photo opportunity..... but that's ALL.
(did you hear me? cause I was yelling a little bit there) he he he he

See I even have some color left in this garden of mine. Poor little rose buds, hoping for their day to shine.

Here is Prancer, coming over to play with her mommy in the grass. She was a bad girl yesterday and got into the kitchen trash while no one was home... she was after icky dried up cat treats. She chomped that poor plastic container to death!

I know this is a crappy picture, but I wanted to show you .......

'that my tree has BALLS' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, ok....I have been knitting, but didn't get pictures of that. I started making Konrad his own pair of felted slippers (cause he stole Randy's). And a surprise pair of hand warmers for Chelsea. (I don't think she follows my blog?) I'm going to send them to her in the mail, so she will get some 'fun' mail at her apartment, not just bills :)

The boys have had their Senior pictures taken and it has been very hard to decide which ones to pick from. They turn "18" on Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow.

Fall keeps fallin'

Does this make me look funny??? It sure is warm and it smells of silk.

The ornamental pear trees are dropping their pretty gold leaves

This is a good Halloween photo,

now scroll down to the next photo and .....

BOO!!! Did Purl scare you !?!?!?!?

She was so funny, trying to be in all my pictures

No knitting here.....

I bought some yummy looking plums at the farmer's market,
and made a Delicious Plum and Blueberry Upside down cake,
recipe compliments of allrecipes.com.
Yes, I ate 3/4 of this whole thing by myself..... it was THAT good.
And I have enough plums to make another : )



This is my pretty prancer enjoying some fresh rain water, she loves photo ops.

Fresh flowers from my thoughtful husband.

Can you see that I actually caught a picture of a bee in action, with my measly camera!!!

And this photo shows the autumn colors in my yard, during a lovely sunny day.

PLEASE let there be more sunny days.

I LOVE these Socks!

After visiting a friends house, I decided if her walls could talk then so can MINE !!!

Here is what it looks like in my house...can you see it over my back door. I thought this was a good place, heading out to the pool.

And here are the socks that are so very cool. Do you love them??

The heel is the cutest thing ever....

And look how cute they are on!! I had to be a contortionist to take this picture of myself !!

Anything for my viewers : )

They are the best fit ever. AND the pattern is free!! Knitty.com !!!

Purl can't stop meowing about them either!!!