Snow and the need to cast on for another project...

Today we woke up to snow again.  I wasn't too bothered by it but Glenn wasn't excited.  I wouldn't be either if I had to walk in it all day long.  Tomorrow it will all be gone with being in the mid 40's again.  This is the most snow we have had in one winter for a very long time.  I'm not complaining because we need it in the mountains for the reservoirs and I like bundling up the girls and letting them go out to run off their steam in the back yard.  Just as long as they don't scream and squeal and have the neighbors think they aren't all put together.  Pet Peeve.  :)

I have got to get something on the needles to take with me while I'm sitting and waiting on the girls at their PE class.  They are doing Karate this month.  I like this class because they get to do a variety of things instead of getting burnt out from one thing.  I can see today when we get back home two little people will be going out back to "practice" what they did in class instead of trying things out inside.  Brenna was already pushing buttons with eating her oatmeal this morning.  She said it wasn't really what she had in mind for today.  She's only 4.  Cross your fingers for the rest of the day to be a bit smoother.  Off for more schoolwork now that "break time" is over.  I've got to choose which sock yarn to cast on with for today.  Decisions, decisions...  So many pretty colors to choose from!  I'll keep you posted on which little pretty got chosen.  Then I have to decide what will be for dinner!  Ohhh, a good pot of Chicken and Dumplings!  That's it!  Nothing like it I tell ya!  Well, off for more grand adventures on this beautiful Idaho day.

Bluebonnet x-stitch...

Just a small tidbit about my x-stitch picture.  I finally finished one full half of the chart!  I was very impressed when I finished with the back stitches of the windmill.  I nearly jumped up and did a dance but remembered the girls were in bed and any sound would wake them and they would be down the stairs wondering what was going on.  They seem to think they miss out on a lot at night.  Little do they know that there are only two "old" boring parents sitting downstairs.  Oh the suspense!!  And if Glenn would have seen me dancing around like a goober he would have told me to sit down before I fall and hurt myself and then he would have to carry me upstairs.  I've been told that before and it still cracks me up.  So I choose to do a little jig as I was sitting in the chair and watching Masterpiece Theatre.  I am multi-talented. :)  I amaze myself too!  I'm getting a little silly now that I am getting tired so I will go just so this doesn't get too pathetic.  Apologies for the earlier post and not proof reading thoroughly enough.  I am a bit more intelligent than what it sounded like.  :)  Good night all!

A New Year & a "new" xstitch project...

"new" Cross stitch project

(what it is suppose to look like when done!)

I hope everyone stopping by had a great Christmas and New Years.  We did here are our crazy little piece of the world.  Things were hectic but fun at times and a good time was had by all.  The girls did not want to see Oma go home and there were teary eyes at the airport.  Brenna shocked us the most watching Mom go through security telling us to go get her to go home with us.  The girls stood and watched her finished with security, grab all her things, and waved forever to her as she was going down to where her gate was.  I personally think they are missing having her do everything for them being that I am know telling them to go look on their list of things they have to do and start doing their chores on their own again.  I was even told by someone that it was nice having Oma help them out with stuff.  Man were they spoiled with her.

Last week was spent getting back in our zone, going back to bed at normal time and getting back to school work.   Em is liking beginning Geometry.  I was too at one time in my life until I tried going past Geometry I and mine did I find out Math is not my favorite thing in life.  I almost had a friend in High School talk me into taking Calculus and then realized he was obviously "hitting the sauce" to heavily and made the smart decision not to get eaten alive.  Anyhoo, the girls are happy to get back to our normal school schedule and the activities we do (Karate is this month along with swimming and some musical field trips).

I have taken a break from knitting for a couple of weeks just so I don't get burnt out with it.  Way too much before the holidays and way too many 2am nights.  So, I dug out my x-stitch picture of one of my most favorite things.  Bluebonnets.  I have been working on this on and off for a while and I REALLY need to finish it.  It reminds me of the spring time in Texas growing up and seeing all the fields pop with wildflowers.  If you ever get a chance to go through the hill country in the spring and happen to be going down a highway with bluebonnets exploding in the fields along the side of the road, stop and take in the beauty of all the amazing shades of blue you will see.  AWESOME!!!  Glenn had no idea what I was talking about until one spring driving to my parents I made him stop and see the amazing scene.  He knew what I had been trying to explain to him.  I have bluebonnet seeds in my front yard and I am adding more this spring to the back.

I think my next knitting project will be socks for myself.  I got some really pretty Koigu yarn for Christmas and I will make a pair with it.  Gorgeous colors.  Can't find the label right now to share the color.  But I am going to try something new with the edge of the cuff.  I found this on the Twist Collective blog and it looks very neat.  If I get it to work just right, it may be my new thing with socks.  The girls want some socks made with this edge with the yarn they got also.  I have paired down my gift list for next Christmas and I will only have 4-5 projects on that list.  My guys are the only ones on that list.  Sorry.  I really busted my tail with a couple of projects, very late nights (2am or later) and then to find out that the gifts were "re-gifted".   Never mind the reasoning, but obviously the thought, time, etc. was not appreciated.  So only those in my house will be getting handmade things for now on.  It was a gut punch.  I am still upset.  Sorry to vent.

Well, the decorations are down, the house seems bare and my  "to do list" is already growing.  I am also planning on painting all my kitchen cabinets in the next month or two and hopefully getting a few other "improvements" done around here being we are not going to move.  Idaho is where we are staying.  Long story.  I will tell more later.  I will finally do and finish projects that I have always wanted to do around here.  My little touches.  I am seeing positive things in the future and hope that the future holds the same for all of you.  Ta Ta!!