Sarah's new dress and other items I've knit lately

All this little summer dress needs is the crochet trim around the neck and arm holes. Took it to my friend this morning so she can do this for me. I do not crochet well so I am not going to even attempt it. Nadine said she will have it done today so I can give it to my son when he gets to Bangor tomorrow to sit with his father during my back surgery. I used microsoft yarn from Bernet (I think) and it worked up fine. So soft and tiny. Made the size one. The pattern is from Minnowknits too. And I started the sun rompers yesterday from the same book. This will be knit with a cotton and acrylic blend. Hope it fits her for the summer. Looks so tiny but measured her Saturday while they were here for a visit and it should fit. Oh well have enough yarn left to make the next size if I have to.




The hat it finished and it fits Grace. So will make another one for Sarah while recouping the next 4 to 6 weeks. I enjoyed this pattern so won't mind making another one. Will have enough yarn left to make a little one with two colors...brim is going to be purple and the rest in white. Should be cute don't you think?

Knit this little place mat for my cats water and food dish. It is from dishcloth cotton and is just the right size. Had a lake association meeting so got most of it done that 2 hours we were there. LOL and who said I can't knit and talk at the same time? lol

Well tomorrow is my big day at EMMC. I am really scared to have this surgery..so much could go wrong..but then again so much could go right! And right is what I am praying for. No more pain meds, no more leg and knee pain, no more back swelling and pain! It is the only way to stop all this and I guess if God has given us this knowledge I am going to be on the receiving end of that gift the doctor was given. I will not be posting for 4 to 6 weeks as I can't do any driving. I can only walk and lay down for that time frame too. I can knit standing and laying down, so I am all set in that department. And then again, I can knit almost anywhere. I am going to have physical therapy at the house as I have no way to drive into town. DH is taking 3 weeks off to take care of me again. What a man I have! What a lucky woman I am to have him and I make sure I tell him every day. He will have to put up with me like he did last fall with the knee replacement. There is no way the pain can be that bad again. Most of my knee pain is from this back injury. I just hope this lamanectomy does the trick. I have lived with this pain for many years now and to be pain free or almost, is going to be something new for me.

I have my knitting projects all lined up to do. I have to put the Joat together and do the button bands and the hood and that is done. I have Cassandras yarn and pattern and needles all ready to go for her sweater. And I have plenty of sock yarn to play with too. I think that is what I am putting in my knitting back for the hospital too! Socks are so easy to do and not to have to look at a pattern is great too! I just make a very simple sock, but very warm and wearable for this climate.

Well, take care folks...will post again in July when I am able to drive myself to town to use the PC. No phone up in the woods, so no PC, which makes more time for knitting! lol

KNIT ON!

Snow again! YUCK

 
 



A partridge is in our yard at camp! They are everywhere this year. And so are the rabbits. After a couple of years without seeing any, looks like this year is going to be a good year for them.

I am hoping you can see the snow on the windshield and in the background. Took this coming out of camp yesterday afternoon. The snow didn't stay on the ground, but it sure isn't a welcomed sight!

We stayed at camp last night for the first time this season. I am so tired this morning. A little mouse kept running around and finally got in the trap...sounded like a gun shot when it went off! DH slept right through it! Friggin' men!! Then I could hear another one in the bedroom and was hoping it didn't want to get in bed with us...lol. I only slept a few hours and then it was time to get up and head to town with DH. I am packing up the cats this morning and they are my top priority today! I want them up there chasing and catching the little critters. I am not afraid of them, but I do not want to wake up and find one in my bed! hahahaha!!!!

I have started a third hat. I have taken it out more then I've knit on it. I keep adding an extra row and noticing it about 30+ rows and have to R I P it out. Well it may just become a little more fuel in the wood stove the way this is going. I just can't seem to make headway on this one at all.

Going to pack up my Joat and finish that right off. I am not going to leave this one until fall. Could be wearing it right now. Only 34 degrees out right now...holy moly! Feels like December out there. Weatherman is calling for more rain and snow today. Come on Mother Nature and give us a break on our fuel bills!

Well time to pack some more stuff up and find the cats...not going without them today!

KNIT ON!!!

OLLIE! 1997-2007

Today my son and his wife had their dog OLLIEWOOD put down. She has hip-dysplacia and was to the point that she was in so much pain and unable to get up and walk without tripping over her back legs and falling by son finally had to have the vet come to the house today and take her to the rainbow bridge. We will miss you OLLIE, Grammies puppy! This was our sons first dog and he loved her so much. She was found in West Virginia when my son and then girlfriend worked at North America River Runners outside Hico. Ollie was abandoned at a very young 6/7 weeks of age at an old abandoned air field. She was crying and in a big pile of tires when my son found her. He took her to the vet and had her evaluated to see if she was worth saving. She was and she has had a wonderful life with them and us.

I was told not to let her get on the bed or furniture, but when they were traveling, we would puppy sit her and I spoiled her rotten. I would let her sleep in bed after hubby went to work in the morning. She took right over the big horse! She would sleep with her head on grampys pillow and try to push me off the bed by pushing on my back with her legs...lol What a good memory of her! She has always had an old spirit. She never was really a puppy. She was very meek and mild, but was afraid of children. She never bit them, but her eyes would tell that story so we just had to watch her when she met new kids...but afterwards they were her best friend. Baby Sarah will only have pictures of the big blond Ollie.

My son said that he buried her out in the back by the big apple tree and the back side of the garden as it was her favorite place to be when outside. I am so glad we went over a couple of weeks ago to see her...OLLIE WE WILL MISS YOU! Love Grammy and Grampy!

%$&&&&###@@!!*&*^%$%#@#$%^ HAT!

Really pisses me off when you make something the second time from the same brand of yarn and you run out of yarn just 10 rows short on the decreases. Damn, Damn, Damn!! I have the purple hat almost done and I ran out of purple yarn...Same size, same exact amount of stitches, same number of rows and I RAN OUT! At ten bucks a skein, this little hat is going to be the expensive one. Sent an email out to Rosemary and she said she would ask her rep that was coming next week why this happened to me. I asked her to send me two more of the purple and I will make a larger hat for my great niece who is 4. I have more then enough of the white to do these two hats so not going to have to buy any more of that one. You only need it for the flower and the cord to tighten the hat with.

Hubby wants to move to camp tomorrow...and I don't really want to yet. I like having a TV and phone at my beck and call. We have decided not to turn the satellite back on because of the price of gas and him having to travel to work and back 5 times a week. Didn't mind it when it was 2 bucks a gallon, but this 3 bucks or more is going to put a big damper on a lot of things for us. All we will have to pay up there will be for the cell phone and the electricity and propane. Propane as filled last fall before we came back to town so will go all summer on that. We use it for the stove and hot water tank..so will just have to keep the temp down when its not in use to save on that too. But we will have the house...water bill, sewer bill, lights and phone. It used to be worth shutting the phone off but now with the cell phone we don't so we still have the computer at home to use when we come to town.

This really blows my mind...at our age we are now having to skimp and save on everything we do....no more leaving a light on just because! No more taking a ride around town for something to do...we literally are being held prisoners in our home because of the greed of the oil companies! What a life this is! Land of plenty all right. Just not enough money to do anything with. And our light bills will be going up next month and our water bill will be jumping up another 23% in June too. No raise for the workers, but all the utilities are getting them! Next we'll be out on the street..and not just me...it will be me and you! The rich get richer and the poor get poorer!! God Bless America! We need it! And Iraq!!!! Do not get me started on that one. Our poor soldiers dying for a people that hates us! The whole world hates us! We need to tell them to shove it up where the sun don't shine and take care of us! What a tax relief that would be to us all. Just think of all that money we give to the whole world and we can't even be bothered to take care of ourselves...but uncle SAM knows best...just ask George! lol

Enough of that..so I will step off my soap box and let someone else take over. (Bowing)

Sorry about that...back to knitting.

Have one sock cuff knitted for my sock swap. I have never done one of these and the lady I got is in MN so she will love a pair of Maine Made wool socks. We decided to swap after summer is over. Will give her time to knit hers up and me time to make several pair and then decide which ones I will send her. She said she has only been knitting for a few years and it takes her a couple of months to knit up a pair. Not me...two days and I'm done with a pair. But I have been knitting socks for almost 40 years and only do one kind of pattern..no fancy designs in them, no holes to let the cold air in and I just like to make them simple...lol

Have my projects all ready for camp too. Have my needles all in the bags and ready to be put back in the plastic containers I have for my knitting supplies that I take to camp every year. And will leave projects some here in shopping bags with the patterns in them so hubby can just bring them up when I need them. Do not have all that much room up there to store them so the house in town will have no one living in it that will need the space they will take up...just can't leave them on the furniture...haha no cats so no need. They will be going with us too.

Well off to read my email and off to bed already past midnight so it's tomorrow! lol

KNIT ON!


Just reading this email from my niece wow if this isn't the truth! Whoever wrote this did a good job...Well written!

Subject: Take down the bird feeder. . . . . . . . .

This is really something to think about. It might just solve a lot of the
on-going problems in America today. I agree with the theory anyway. If you
don't----that's your right too.
I bought a bird feeder & hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed.
Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous
flow of free and easily accessible food. But then the birds started
building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the
barbecue.

Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the
table...everywhere. Then some of the birds turned mean: They would dive
bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket.
And others birds were boisterous and loud: They sat on the feeder and
squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I
fill it when it got low on food.

After a while, I couldn't even sit on my own back porch anymore. I took down
the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleaned up their
mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio. Soon,
the back yard was like it used to be...quite, serene and no one demanding
their rights to a free meal.

Now lets see...our government gives out free food, subsidized housing,
free medical care, free education and allows anyone born here to be a
automatic citizen. Then the illegal's came by the tens of thousands.
Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments are
housing 5 families: you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room
doctor. Your child's 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over
half the class doesn't speak English:

Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box;

I have to press "one" to hear my bank talk to me in English;
AND, people waving flags other than "Old Glory" are squawking and screaming
in the streets, demanding more rights and free liberties.

Maybe it's time for the government to take down the bird feeder......

Camp May 5 & 6 2007

This is the cove...too much ice to put the water line in yet. The rest of the lake is open.

A little closer pic of the cove. Tons of ice still out there on our end of the lake.

Two Ravens on the tracks eating something!

The two ravens in flight. Hubby hollered at them so I was able to get this picture of them in flight.





We went to camp Saturday and started cleaning up after the mice that took over again during the winter months. We emptied all the traps and then reset them. Got the windows done inside and out thanks to hubbys help doing the outsides and the patio doors for me. Bedroom ones will be the next time I hope.


As you can see, today the ice is gone. Now to get the pump to camp and the hose into the lake. Water is too rough today for that. Next time up maybe??? No think we will wait until we can stay. That way if the temps drop below freezing at night we can run the water to keep the lines from freezing and breaking. Been there, done that! Too many times! lol


Sunday we spent the day cleaning out all the dishes and packing them up to bring home to run through the dishwasher. There was mice poop in some of the saucers so that meant they were running over all of the stuff so bring it home to the dishwasher to disinfect them good. We had two traps that had to be emptied due to dead mice in them today. I also decided to take the afghan off the back of the couch and the blanket that I have over the cushions home to wash them instead of waiting to turn the water on. Well what a surprise I had! Sunflower seeds and elbow macaroni inside the blanket and under the cushions. I used the vacuum to pick that up and low and behold there were more inside the bedding! So I took the cushions off the couch and went to pull the bed out when I noticed tons of seeds inside the bedding! I rolled it up and took it outside to shake it out. Now I know where all the bird seed went this winter. Had found a little pile of in behind a birthday card under the little doily that it was sitting on yesterday. Thought that was so cute...yeah right the little bastards! Teach them to mess around with me! Hope there are more of them in the traps tomorrow. LOL Have a lot to do this week if we hope to move in Saturday. Washing machine is going and so is the dishwasher right now.

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Had a cute little squirrel today on the feeders. Too bad he will become food for Tonto. Last year we didn't have one critter left after the cat got done killing them all off. And the mice! Not as many as in previous years, but still had a couple on the deck every morning that he and Penny would catch. And the inside ones will be fun for Samantha and Feather to chase. They play with them until they finally kill it. Many nights we have had to get up and chase them with the mouse in their mouth to take it away so we could get some sleep! One time, Feather decided to bring the damn thing to us in bed and drop it while the mouse was still alive. LOL I can't see a thing without my glasses so I didn't have a clue as to what was going on. Poor Hubby! He was up chasing the mouse around trying to hit it with his steel toed boots. LOL I wish I would have had a cam-corder then. It would have been priceless. There is a little more to this story but won't tell ya just what that is...it's a secret and that's what makes it so funny to us!

Well, time to go put the clothes in the dryer and do the next one. Boy that old washer and dryer are sure getting a last big workout before we take off for the summer. And its time to start supper too. HMMMM what to have????

Oh yeah, before I forget. I started the purple hat for my DGD.I have the brim done and hope to get the top part on tonight. It is the same pattern as the blue one. Mom said it fit her good and she was very pleased that the back of the brim of the hat would cover Sarah's neck so she won't have to worry about sunburn on that part of her. And mom is sending me two pictures...one is without her face. I am going to try to get those scanner and on the blog this week..don't have them yet, but when they get here I will do that. Once we move to camp, I won't be posting too often if at all. I will be having my back surgery in two weeks and that will prevent me from driving for a month or so. Oh well, DH will be at my beck and call again! God love him! He's been thinking about trading me in on a newer model...one that won't come with all these age problems...lol Yeah right! He has all he can do to put up with me, can't imagine him or me starting over in this stage of our lives with new, younger spouses. Wow!! That would be like trying to commit suicide wouldn't it???? Oh well. To each his own.

Have to go...take care all and.....
KNIT ON!!!

The Hat is Finished!!!

 

Here is a picture of the finished hat. Now to go to the post office and put it in the mail. I am hoping that mom will send me a photo of her wearing it. Asked her to take one without showing her face. They do not want me to put any photos on the internet with their pictures and I will honor that request. If her face is showing, I will not be adding the photo.

I knit the from King Tut cotton and it took the full skein with just about 4 yards left over after knitting the flower. I have purple to do now. Can't wait to get this one started. Hope to wind the yarn later today.

Weather is so nice out today..windy, but nice. They opened the camp road on Tuesday and no one let us know. Bunch of jerks up there. Think they are God when it comes to opening the road. Its been ready for a week now, but no one can tell them anything...they have to be so stubborn about it all. Oh well. We have the camp on the market and if we get the price we want, it's gone! Hate to sell it, but can't afford to keep two places going with only one income. And I know I will not be going back to work ever, so we will just have to adjust to having one income and no more. Oh well, have enough yarn that I will die before I ever use it all. lol Now that's what is called a "yarn stash"...ha ha ha.

Heading to the PO to mail my baby her new hat. Take care all and.......

KNIT ON!!

Sarah's Hat part 2

 
 
 
 

Here are a couple of pics of Sarah's hat. I have it done except for the cord and the flower. It was a fun project. Can't wait to see if it fits her. I have a skein of purple for another hat. But will wait to see if this one fits. It will be nothing to cut it down to make it smaller. The pattern has 3 sizes to start with, but I can cut it down to fit.

The weather is nice today...only 48F but not snowing. The sun is shining off and on today, so we are hoping that we can get moved to the lake soon. I just hope gas prices don't go too high as we will not be able to stay there and DH travel to work five days a week. Not fair at all! The rich get richer and the poor get poorer! And we can't get much poorer! Prediction is that gas will be $4.00 a gallon by Memorial Day! How do these oil companies expect us to survive? We have all we can do now to make ends meet. Will we have to sell our summer camp? I hope not. We worked hard to get that little piece of tranquillity...do not want to lose it now. Life is not fair! When will enough money be enough? Never by the way it looks now. We are on such a tight budget now, I don't see how we can tighten our belts any more!! The mill situation here is not getting any better either. Will it run or will it close again???? It doesn't look good for our little town at all. When does it stop? Can anyone figure this out! How do we ever get ahead when we are so behind all the time? LOL Oh well, I will keep knitting as long as I can. Have a stash big enough that I will never knit all that I have. So that is one good thing I have! Yarn to die for! lol

Well, off to finish the hat. I really want to get it in the mail asap so my baby can wear it. Hope her mom sends me a picture so I can post that too.

Take care all and

KNIT ON!

Sarah's Hat and my kitty

Here is Samantha sleeping in bed with me this morning. She loves her mommy so much LOL. She is almost 16 years old now and I do allow her to do things I would not let the others do at any time. She is my baby after all. She sleeps on my pillow with me at night and has to touch my hand at all times. Or she is on my shoulder with her nose stuck in my ear purring. DH can not understand why this doesn't wake me up. Just don't know shes there. She only weighs 9+ pounds so not very heavy at all. Feather likes to sleep on my hip or up against my stomach under the blankets. She is a hoot. Tonto stays at the foot of the bed no matter what you do to him...he thinks he owns that part and makes sure we all know it. No matter what you do to him he stays right there. He is getting old too. Almost 14.



Here is a picture of the brim of the hat I am knitting. I had to take it all out and do it over yesterday. I didn't do the W & T right. So I ripped it out and started over. I stayed up last night until almost midnight to get it done. DC is working on hers also. She had an extra stitch and couldn't find it so I went over this afternoon and took out 6 rows and reknit them for her. Now she is off and running with it. I picked up the stitches around the brim while there. I have a couple of rows done so far..hope to get more done tonight while watching Dancing with the Stars. Will Billy Ray be done this week? LOL Very surprised they booted Heather out. Thought she would be there are few more weeks. Now it's down to Billy Ray and John. It will probably be between Apollo and Tony. They are both very good and would have a hard decision deciding which one if I were a judge. Love them all!

Time for supper and then back to the hat. Hope to have another picture to post tomorrow.

KNIT ON!

Sun Hat for Sarah! Ducks in Spring!

Took a ride to Medway to drop off some old filing cabinets DH got from the mill for a friend and saw these two Mallard ducks sitting on the rocks by a puddle of water in someones front yard. The ice is still on the lakes so they are looking for water! lol too funny! These are a male and female pair so they are ready to be building a nest and get those babies going. AHHH Mother Nature at its best!



I received my yarn on Wednesday. Have it all ready to go and decided to start the hat last night while watching CSI. I think the easy part is going to be knitting the brim. I hate picking up stitches and will have to do that for the top of the hat. I have the brim of the hat last night and have taken a couple of pictures to show you how much I have done. I am using King Tut cotton yarn in Denim. Have it in purple for the second one. I hope that I can get this done soon as I want to put the JOAT together and get the hood started. I have decided that I won't need the Aran Coat until fall now so no big hurry. Take off the pressure and I will want to finish it sooner rather than later. lol I hope this thought process works! Oh well.

Well off to Lincoln to get the Truck fixed...damn engine light came on and need to drive to the main dealer to get it fixed. They don't have the computer that is needed here in Millinocket. Pisses me off. Did not buy out of town cause we didn't want to travel to repair it and now we find out we have to drive to lincoln to fix it. Really really pisses me off. A 45 minute drive, the wait while they put it on the computer and then the drive back. Gas went up to $2.95.9 a gallon yesterday. And that gas hog will cost me about 15-20 bucks for the trip. Really really Pisses me OFF! GGRRRRR.
Oh well enough bitching "Get-R-Done! I am grateful that we have a 3 year bumper to bumper warrantee on this Dodge.

So off to get ready and bring my knitting while I wait. Take care all and
KNIT ON!

Aran Joat Sleeves

 
Here are the sleeves....love the color and all the cat hair that has just magically appeared! Damn Cats! Love 'em, hair and all.

 
Close ups of the cables.

 
 

Finally got a couple of photos to show. They are almost done..just need to bind off and that will take 8 rows. I am hoping not to have to use another skein of yarn. If I don't I may have enough to make baby Sarah a little aran jacket to match Grandmas! Or maybe a hat and scarf for me to match. Will have to wait and see.

Started to clean our bedroom today. Got just a little done and my back just wouldn't take it. So back to bed to rest and do nothing. I try not to feel sorry for myself, but it's spring and I have so much to do before my surgery in May. We can't move to camp yet. The road is still closed. The lake is still froze solid and theres a ton of snow to contend with and I am not going to battle snow any more. So I will try to get things done around here.

Want to have a yard sale before we move to camp. I asked my cousin if is she was still interested in doing one. I know we can do one later this summer..so not biggy. Will just put my stuff in boxes and mark them as I go. That way even DH can do one! LOL Can't you see that! HA! HA! HA! Yeah right. He just wants the money.

I ordered King Tut cotton yarn from Rosemary's Gift and Yarns yesterday. I was hoping I got the order in before the mail service had gone out so I might get it today. But I didn't. I should be here tomorrow. One of the good things about having a LYS in Maine..only takes one day to get it.

I had placed an order with another shop in Washington state and I am still waiting for it. It took a week before the even acknowledged they got it..and that was after I emailed them to see if they had. PayPal paid them the very day I placed the order so I knew that wasn't what was holding it up. Now to see how many days it takes to get to me. It is mostly sock yarn for DC. She is going to learn to make herself some nice socks to wear all the time. Not just winter ones. She will be using metal needles as she knits very tight and I'm afraid she might break bamboo ones. LOL She has done so good with her knitting. She really has good tension and is better at that then I am...!!! She has no ladders in her ribbing like I do. I have been trying to figure out how she does that, and I think it's because she pulls each stitch before and after she drops it off the needle. ????

DC and I are going to be knitting sun hats as soon as my yarn gets here. The pattern is from Fiber Trends CH-18. I think??? Can't remember the number right now. That is what the King Tut is for. I ordered a bright purple and denim and white for the flower. I will have enough to make two of them for her. Going to make the 18" around one for her. Will post pictures when we get started.

Well, need my beauty rest so it's off to bed. Take care all and

KNIT ON!!

4-Wheeling into camp! Just a little snow!!!!

There was so much snow on the road. It was a good ride in, but the ride out wasn't. The snow had softened up a lot and tons of mud where there wasn't any snow. I had a hard time keeping my bike in the trail. So glad I didn't go alone.

The mice had decided to have a feast with the sunflower seeds for my bird feeders. It's been a month or so since Ive been to camp and no one was there to disturb them eating. Had a lot of shells to clean up. Brought all the curtains down, some paper trash we had left last fall and left for later. Will do all the bedding when we move in. I want to sleep in them before the mice do. Had 5 traps with dead mice in them. I hate to kill them, but they do not belong in my home..they belong outside where mother nature intended them to be. I emptied them and reset for the next bunch who think they live there. LOL

Have only about an inch left on my sleeves to knit. I knit a lot a the Cedar Lake Association meeting Saturday evening. Ordered 3 skeins of King Tut from Rosemary/s Gift Shop. Was good to talk to Rosemary again. Hope DH and I will get to take a ride down her way to see her lovely yarn shop in person. To touch and feel is the best of it for me! LOL I am NOT a yarnaholic!! I am NOT a yarnaholic!! I hope I'm NOT a yarnaholic....but I know I am!! YIPPEE

Well, time to run to the transfer site with my garbage...the weather feels like mid summer today. Almost 80 degrees right now and its not even 3 o'clock. Rain tonight and tomorrow and back to the 50's for the rest of the week. The rain will help to melt the ice on the lake. Can't move in until the ice goes out. No water until it does. DH took the line out last fall because of all the problems he had when he left it in the winter before. Oh well. As long as we get moved before May 21.

KNIT ON!!

Spring is here!!

Yesterday was just so unbelievable...the weatherman deserves a gold star right in the middle of his forehead for this day! He was right on!!! It as almost 70F and the snow is melting like crazy! So much so, I think we are going to camp today on the 4-wheelers. I cleaned the seats off really good yesterday and now to see if they will start today for us. They should, Louie got them ready for us to use a couple of weeks ago and then we got more snow and more snow. Today it supposed to be a repeat of yesterday so I pray my back and leg don't act up too much that I don't get to go to camp. The road is closed so 4-wheeler is the only way in. Alan and I plan on leaving after noon time..when the Kenduskeag River race is no longer broadcast on Channel 5. I wish we could go watch it live one of these years, but it sure isn't going to be this one. This little river is a raging river for a few weeks each spring from run off. And of course we got a 4-8 inches of rain this week too! It depends on what end of the state you live at to determine how much rain you got. The coast got hit really bad and has been declared a disaster area by the governor. People lost their homes because of the astronomical waves at high tide those days the Nor'easter tore through our state.

Snow, snow and more snow. On Monday we got a little snow and then rain. Tuesday we got snow! And more snow!! I didn't even bother to go out and plow hoping it would melt the next day....and it did! So that was a good thing! lol

At SugarLoaf USA at Carrabasset Valley they received over 95" of snow these last couple of storms. One day alone was over 45". Our son is not able to work because the house that he is working at had so much snow that they couldn't open the roads on the mountain. A lot of people were stranded for a few days...no power either!! DS said he had a call from his boss that they were going to have to wait a few days until the front end loaders could remove the snow off the roads up there for them to return to work...wow UNBELIEVABLE!!! SugarLoaf is staying open a couple extra weeks because of all the new snow. The best skiing they have had this season....bet there are a lot of bikini skiers out there! LOL The news showed a man shoveling under the pods so they could move....buried under the heavy wet snow and unable to move them...and people could not get on them either. The man shoveling was standing in the snow and it was about 3 feet taller then he was. WOW that's a lot of snow in any mans language.

I have been plugging away at my sleeves. I wish this would go faster. It seems the more I knit the less there is done. LOL Can you tell Im getting tired of this project. I am only knitting at night so not really that much progress. I have been itchin' to get started on the little cotton hat for DGD. It is Fiber Trends CH-18. I do not have any cotton yarn in my stash so I have been shopping the net for some. Think I am going to use King Tut in a purple. Wanted to do a yellow one too, but at $9.95 a skein, I think one hat will be enough for now. Next year I can knit the second size for her in the yellow. I also want to get going on the cotton dress and jumper I have already bought the yarn for. And Cassandra wants a sweater too! I will be busy while laid up this summer won't I?? Love it!

Well, the races are just starting so I am off to the couch to watch and do a little knitting while I watch the people fall into the icy cold (38F) rushing waters!! Some people will do anything to get on TV!!

Take care and I hope to have some pics to post of our ride to camp later today!

KNIT ON!!

Sunday!

Well, here we go again...more snow! Yuck! Mother Nature is having fun again! This time they are predicting up to 3 feet of snow! OH MY !!! Where will we put it???

I am knitting on my sleeves finally. Today I hope to add a few more rows. Been trying to find some yarn to knit the summer hat for Sarah with. It calls for worsted weight cotton yarn, so dishcloth cotton will work good. Now to find what color I want to use.

Well, going to head out to get a few things done before the snow gets here. I am hoping we don't get ice...that is very dangerous for all.

Oh, DH is going back to work tomorrow with all those stitches in his back/shoulder area. Just told him to be careful he doesn't pull them and make them bleed. They are healing so good right now.

Joat and more snow!

Tom's truck is done plowing...
sorry these pics always run backwards...so the top is the end of the plowing and the bottom pics are when I first took pics out the window this morning.


Looking out the back door at the back yard...the 4wheelers are covered with about a foot of snow and so are the trees.








AS you can see by the pictures, we got a little bit of snow again! lol I remember when I was 10 I was going to have an outdoor birthday party...yeah right! Woke up on that April 14 th morning to over 2 feet of snow..and no electricity. Last night a little after 10, the lights went out in our neighborhood. Checked out the window and the rest of the town had lights. Called Bangor Hydro Electric Co to let them know what was happening and they had already sent a couple of trucks to take care of it. Hubby was downstairs watching TV and I was in bed knitting and watching tv too. He couldn't find the flashlight so wanted me to get the one on his side of the bed and come down so he could find his. Well it was right there on the end table..but it was so dark he didn't dare to move...didn't want to break my lamp. He is claustrophobic and this was so sudden he was in a panic. Once he saw the light I had he was fine. He went and filled the wood stove and came to bed with me. We were just about asleep when the lights came on. All the lights were still on so we got up and took care of them...and then turned the TV on to watch the end of my show, the news and then OCC. I checked out the window after 1 am and very little snow..but when I got up at 8:30 it looked like someone took a snow gun to the place!! WOW it was wet and heavy. DH got dressed and went out and cleaned the truck off. He decided he felt good enough to plow so I stayed in and went back to bed. lol He and our neighbor Tom plowed the yards. Tom said it was like plowing heavy wet cement! Alan did some and then Tom would push it the other way and then they would swap...Glad I was asleep. LOL

Alan had his surgery Monday afternoon. The doctor removed a very large area off his back. I hope this is the last time he will have to have this done. But they only remove the skin by layers and said they test and then will know if there are any "feelers" in this layer. The first one indicated the cancer and this second surgery will detect if the cancer is deeper into the layers. The thing is really gross and I have to clean it!! YUCK at least I didn't get sick like I did with the stitches he had from his gall bladder surgery a couple of years ago. I was unable to clean that for him...almost passed out it was so funny... Told him that if its still this swollen and sore on Monday he is to call in to work and take a weeks vacation. The mill was down this week for repairs so he was able to have this week off without pay...which is NOT nice! We will get by..we always do.

Finally got the two fronts finished on my Joat and have the cuffs on the sleeves started. One more row of cuff then I will start the design. My hands hurt so bad I find it hard to knit lately...and my mind has not been with it either...just been so worried about Hubby and this cancer scare. Hopefully now that this surgery is over I can start knitting and getting things done around here.




I went to my cousins at lunch time to sit with her mom while she was at work. They live by the river and have had the sea gulls there on the banks for a few weeks now. I tried to get some pictures yesterday, but they weren't there. Today there was just too much snow for them to be landing so I got a picture of this one sitting on the pole next to their home. He is a smart one...no snow for him today to lay in...I got the pole...the others have tried to make him move but he hasn't...lol noisy birds too!

Supposed to be a nice tomorrow...hope to get out of the house for a while...nice drive around the area?? We'll see what the weather brings first. Sunday is supposed to be a very bad day...for the next three days according to the weatherman. I hope we don't get hit too hard again. He said up to 4 inches of rain but with high chances of heavy wet snow in the mountains for this big storm. That means us again! HOPE NOT!! NO MORE SNOW PLEASE...want it to go away so we can get moved to the lake the end of the month. Oh well. Have to wait until the ice goes out on the lake anyway. We get our water from the lake. Don't drink it but use it to bath and do dishes with. Oh well...we will be there sooner or later.

On that note, I am going to go start our supper...take care all and KNIT ON!

Aunt Ellens 93rd Birthday

Yesterday was my Aunt Ellen's birthday. She is quite a character. Last aunt that I have. She is my fathers sister. Her granddaughter Mary Ellen called me the night before to invite me to the Terrace. Told her I would take some pictures for her. This picture is of me and her! What a beautiful lady she is. Her family and friends were there and we had a great time. Got to see family I haven't seen in a while. Got some email Addy's too!! And the cake was so good! LOL

Knitting is going slow...had to take out about 12 rows...had started the decreases for the neck too soon and not happy....hate to take out rows because I counted wrong! I am so numb most of the time!! Got to be an age thing...55 and officially a senior citizen now! Almost.... a few more days before my birthday...ha ha ha

Time for bed..and some much needed beauty sleep as if that will help!

KNIT ON!!

T-SHIRTS arrived today!

DH came home from work with my package that I was waiting for from UPS. I tracked it and it read that it had been delivered...WHERE THE HECK IS IT!! Not at my house. Damn that UPS again. Well, DH saw the guy and he gave DH my package! LOL I am glad he let me open it today..not make me wait for my birthday in a couple of weeks. LOL




I ordered them from CafePress.com last week. I asked if he would get me one for my birthday and he said to order two if I wanted...and I did! I opened them and then went outside and draped them over the seat in the truck so daylight would show the pink color. I have wanted a Knitster shirt for ages and now I have one. I think I will ask for the baseball cap for Mother's Day in May. They have a lot of really neat clothing at their site. A few years ago I bought a couple of bumper stickers that are knit related too!

Well, the two fronts are just 15 rows from completion. I should be in the living room knitting on them and watching Medium, but here I am on the computer blogging and watching Medium. As soon as the dishwasher stops I will be heading to bed. Decided to go for a walk today. My poor back just isn't up to a long walk yet. I had told DH that I would be walking the route he takes on his drive home and to keep an eye out for me. He saved me!! My hero again! I thought my left knee was going to explode! The injection is wearing off. So bone on bone again. Knee replacement for the left side is on the horizon. I am going to be the 6 million dollar grammy! ha ha It was very windy today and not very warm...only 35 F with wind-chill in the 20's. I had to keep my eyes covered so I didn't get sand and dirt in them while walking. I am very glad I decided to wear my winter coat and the hood and my mittens. The wind will make the snow melt faster so keep them blowing Mother Nature. I am in a hurry to move to the lake in April. Want to be there before May and get to enjoy birds and little critters. The hummers will be heading in then too.

Well, time for me to shut of the water to the dishwasher and go work on the sweater...night all!

KNIT ON!!