Hopes for a creative, productive weekend...

It started yesterday afternoon with some new colorful felt.

All in hopes for some more festive creations for the girls.

Then was some very colorful fleece yesterday evening while listening to the hockey game on the TV.

Thursday evening, a new sweater was cast on.  Loving the color I picked for it.

Can't wait until it is finished.

Hopefully it won't be very long.

Hopefully no mistakes were made while watching "Speedy" Peterson (Boise kid) during Aerial Freestyle.  (he won Silver!)

There is a wee one in the house that is hoping that another little prairie doll

is on the list to do in the near future.

Then there is another idea swimming around the space upstairs with this most 

wonderful looking blue yarn.

I have just realized that must to my dislike, I have more than one project going at once.

Which totally drives me bonkers at times.

So there will be many a deep breath taken to keep me from wigging out.

It will all be good being I have my M&M's right beside me on the desk (right next to the mouse).

Good spot, huh!

The electric blanket is on, munched up in a bundle for my feet to keep me warm.

And there will be fried fish and fried okra for dinner tonight.

No too shabby if I must say so.

Can't wait to see what the rest of the day has in store, along with tomorrow.

Hopefully it won't be drizzly like today.

Would be great to get out and explore for a wee bit.

Crossing the fingers. 

I know I promised to show these sooner.  Life does get a bit hectic around here from time to time.  

The girls love these shirts so much that I don't think they will just wear the shirts just for this month.  They are trying to come up with some more ideas for more shirts with more felt and buttons.  I love it when they get all creative on me!  They are at the perfect age to do things on their own (some what) and let those creative juices flow.  Awesome!  Gives you a warm fuzzy and all.

So over the weekend we decided to go to our favorite "quick" spot to go look at the valley and hills.  The sun had been out all day and wouldn't you know it that when we get up to the spot, the clouds started rolling in, fast!  It was cool seeing all the snow on the hills and falling from the sky.  Very cool!  And talk about being chilly too!  Wow!  Those winds were something with the storm coming in.  But it was nice to get out, smell the fresh air and watch nature happen.  One of my favorite things to do.

And Glenn just had to get a pic of me just standing quietly, enjoying all that was happening in front of us.  It doesn't happen often, the pics of me.  Feel lucky.

Have I told you before about how much I love the jacket I found while on vacation last spring in Oregon?  Wasn't sure.  Didn't feel a bit of the wind that was zipping around while it was on.  It goes everywhere with me when heading out of the house.  You just never know when you may need it.

So as the week started out at a fast pace, last night found us all wanting peace and quiet and going for a full force "veg out" for the evening.  Absolutely wonderful I tell you!

The girls were hidden away in their library.  They had pillows crammed in there as high as my knee.  Who knew I had that many floating around this place.  And can you believe there were two play ponies tucked in also.  One looked like he was guarding the popcorn bowl in the back.  Nothing like having a guard pony you know.  I just get tickled to see both girls enjoy reading and how Em helps Brenna with all the new words she comes across.  Love it!  Looks like the library shelves need a little straightening up here and there.  :)

Then there was myself sitting while listening to the Olympics, working another idea that popped into my head.  This one isn't taking long at all.  Which is good after I had to scrap the other idea for the time being due to the frustration that was plaguing me with the darn thing.  I just about took scissors to the white yarn I was working with.  Yeah, that bad.

At least now there is a cheery springy green flying through the needles.  You must be patient to see how it turns out.

Must be off again.  Dinner to get started.  Yummy, warm soup for a very chilly day we are having today.  Then there will be the workout to do.  I didn't work out a bit for the last 2 weeks and it's killing me.  I put  2 lbs back on, so I must get them off along with a wee bit more.

These beauties laying around in the kitchen surely aren't helping.

Chocolate with white chips and pecans 

and 

Lemon Sugar

They sure are good but not for the workout process I tell you.

And then to see how things go for the day at the Olympics.  Quite exciting to see all those athletic people get out there, do their thing and be good at it.  You know that if I were to try the cross country stuff I would be the one laying on the snow so out of breath that my lung would just pop out of my chest and I wouldn't care.  I just don't know how some of these people do it.  Kudos to you all.

Why didn't I think of that!

It's still early in the morning and Glenn already has me laughing so hard my stomach hurts.

I got up earlier that everyone else to sit in my craft room and figure something out with another pattern that was floating around "upstairs" again.  Glenn got up and brought his morning munchies with him and sat here with me.  After asking what was going on, I told him I was having a bit of trouble trying to get "this" to work how I want it to.  Here is his piece of advice:

"double loop increase on the 3rd stitch & increase the variance of the tension on the thing-a-ma-bob".

Can you believe that got me thinking of something that will actually work!!!

How does he do that?

This is another reason I keep him around.

Cute and smart, even though he doesn't know squat about knitting, etc.

It's going to be a great day!