This weekend was nice

I had a wonderful relaxing weekend. I had a few plans with friends and of course Robert Gerard, but besides that I stayed at home, completely gutted my bedroom (except for the clothes in my closet and the top shelf that I reserved for another day) and made it look pretty. I threw out a bunch of crap that I should not have been holding onto and I bought an under the bed bin. Mind you I was hoping it would hold all my roving and at least some of my yarn but it was only big enough to hold my roving =(....I cant believe how much I have......and I am a little ashamed at how much money I spent on it.......I am not buying anymore until it is all gone, that is a promise! So I also started spinning a little on my drop spindle to get ready for my spinning wheel again.....I need to get the stash down to a manageable level lol.

The bins beside my door are gone (they held roving and took up alot of space) and everything looks much cleaner.....there is no clutter anywhere and what little there is I would like to get rid of also! Haha! Let me tell you what lit a fire under my ass to do all this........one word.....HOARDERS. That new TV show on A&E....it is awful! It is about people who are waste deep in STUFF and there are people who are trying to get them to throw things away and they CANT DO IT....like I am talking about 10 year old empty shampoo bottles that they simply cannot part with. I was watching it with my mom and I suddenly got up and had the overwhelming urge to clean my room and throw things away.....it was a spiritual experience haha.

When I was finished cleaning I sat on my nicely made bed and I knitted on my socks and watched supernatural.....it was lovely. I also started the seasons again...what can I say I am obsessed haha. I am knitting a pair of socks from the two-socks-at-once book. I am knitting them on one circular needle and is very tricky. The yarn keeps getting tangled and obviously the knitting is different because it is on one needle. The gusset looks the scariest....hopefully I won't ruin all my hard work by messing up!

I didn’t get to see Robert very much this weekend. Only Friday and for a few hours on Sunday which made me sad, I miss him and I don’t get to talk to him much with his new job =(..oh well...it will get better I am sure. I just hate missing him so much.....it is hard on my mental state.

Last but not least I would like to brag about a birthday gift I received from my friend Lindsay, a very talented artist who gave me the coolest drawing ever! She hung it is gallery first so it is all nice and framed and gorgeous hanging on the wall is my newly cleaned bedroom! Is is called "Ardent Love" and it is perfect =)

If anyone is interested in her art, please visit her website www.SmallLindsay.com or email her at Lindsay@SmallLindsay.com =) She does free lance work on the side while she works designing shoe graphics for Converse.....yeah she is pretty cool and I have a Lindsay original hahaha!

Some More Unstoppable Cuteness

Looks just like me =P

4 Days til Disney and my Favorite Pics so Far

There are only 4 days left until I leave for Disney and I have TONS to do.....laundry, pack, figure out how we are getting to the airport, buy snacks, pick out what knitting I want to bring....TONS. But I don't want to bore you with all the details of my busy-ness so I will leave you with the cutest pictures I have taken so far of my neice Bianca =)

Isn't she soooooooo cute? Looks just like me!

WELCOME BABY BIANCA!!!

My new baby niece!!

Almost Ready

I finally bought my annual pass for Disney and the confirmation was printed with a cute little border! Don't you just love everything that Disney makes and does? I am going shopping this weekend for new clothes and anything else I need because I might not have time the weekend before....plus my sister might have her baby before then and I wanna spend time with her before I leave. Almost there! Only 1 week and 3 days til Disney!

Trying not to be a Copy Cat

I am trying very hard not to be a copy cat on the blog. My last post was about a scarf that Crazy Aunt Purl is knitting that I would like to try and I find myself copying her yet again today! I can't help it, she had a good idea on her blog today and it made me smile and I don't have a hell of alot to smile about these days so I am going to do it to......so there.

It is not anything major but she was saying how she and her friend email each other 3 good things each day and I thought I would give it a shot. I have no one to email so I am going to just post it here.

1.) I got to eat my lunch with Robert Gerard today, no matter what happens seeing him makes me happy

2.) My friend Christina and I are planning a knit along on the same project. We are going to try to get together as much as we can and see how our progress goes on it. I have never done a knit along so I was pretty excited about it.

3.) Crazy Aunt Purl is working on her first baby sweater and so am I! What are the odds? It actually looks like the same pattern, but it probably isn't haha.

There...those are my 3 happy things for the day. To be honest I couldn't think of anything else if I tried......everything is so stressful these days...knitting and Robert are my favorites stress relievers! Haha have a happy Monday!!

P.s 2 weeks til Disney!

Entrelac Scarf

I have had a new obesession on my brain the last couple of days, something besides finances if you can believe it! It is something that my favorite blog writer, Crazy Aunt Purl is working on and man I want to make it so bad! It is called the Entrelac Scarf and it is beautiful. The pattern calls for Noro Silk Garden yarn which is something I have never worked with before so I am excited to try it. She also said the pattern can be a little tricky so I am hoping it keeps me interested. The colors she has are really pretty too, but I think I want more earthy tones in mine. The thing is is that Noro yarn is kind of pricey, so I consulted my knitting guru (aka my friend Christina) and asked her if she thought I should take a stab at it and buy some.

Of course she had to be all logical and told me to look at all the other projects that I started and was excited about but never finished or picked up again. Then she asked me if I still wanted to do the scarf. She is right of course....I do have alot of projects that I have gotten bored with and have left forgotten....but in my defense I have never used very expensive yarn on these projects! I think that would motivate me to finish....plus I told her that I am going to go through them all this weekend and rip back all the ones I know I won't pick up again to lessen my WIPs. She laughed at me....personally I thought it was a good argument =P