Sweater making madness

Saw this link on Ravelry - and this is hilarious. Not to mention the music is very moderno kitchy! Just create new holiday sweaters to your hearts content! Its a marketing company's site that boasts - we love holiday sweaters! You can make up as tacky a holiday sweater as you wish - its awesome! (And I really did like the music - LOL!

Puppy madness

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We got Will a puppy. He's been wanting a hot dog dog for some time now and a girl at work couldn't keep him so we got him. His name is "Luke" as in "Luuuuuke, I am your faaather" I call him Luke Duke b/c dookey is what he seems to do a lot. I'm just not used to a dog - never having had one. He is very sweet and definitely a lap dog. Lainey likes to pick him up by his head only which is scary. She just doesn't understand he's not a stuffed animal.....anyway just wanted to show a picture of him.

Family Pictures - Winter 2007

First, we got elf'ed. Take a look.
Here's my first time trying to upload a video! Blogger makes it pretty simple, really. I've been using this site to learn more about editing my blog. I have a lot of work to do! We took these pictures about 4 weeks ago. It was very warm here in Va Beach - in the 70's and 80's around Thanksgiving. The wind was blowing so hard our hair was very windblown and is why you see all the squinting....I'm also trying to enjoy a nice cup of coffee which never seems to work out. My goals are simple these days, try to finish a single cup of coffee without a kid crying, wanting to be picked up or a bigger kid trying to interrupt me. Its become somewhat of a joke - upon interruption (puppy, baby, kid, husband) I just point to the partially filled cold coffee in my cup after the issue/episode/poopy diaper is resolved.....Here's a cup of coffee that I'm dreaming of finishing. I like to get up at 5 or 6 am, when everyone is sleeping so I can make a perfect mug of coffee perfection and enjoy it looking out on the lake as the sun rises. I light candles and just sit for a minute. Its the only time I get to sit down and its so dark outside I can't see the piles of toys, dust, clothes, etc. around me. Its just me, the couch, and the coffee......sweeet!

veerrry scary baby.....forgot to show this at Halloween.

Coconut Cupcake Hat

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This is a hat I experimented with last year. My sister Marcie (check out her blog at knittinggrobanite) gave me the yarn on top that looks like coconut frosting. I used debbie bliss baby cashmerino for the bottom. Also check out the way cool Hot Cocoa (oxymoron I know!) swap! I'm hoping Marcie will join it with me - although she probably doesn't get very cold in Sunny California.