He's crafty and he's just my type...

Nope you aren't seeing things. That is my husband scrapbooking. We went to a craft store the other during a big sale. Rob came up to me carrying this big scrapbook, and said, "I want to get this so I can finally get all of our pictures out of that box." I was like, "You want to scrapbook? Like in a scrapbook? With scrapbooky things?" He then emphatically denies that it is a scrapbooking project that he is going to undertake, until I point out that you can't just slide the the pictures in. You have to get card stock, and glue, and pens, and they have to be acid free, and yes Rob you are scrapbooking because these are the things scrapbookers buy. So Rob embraces the scrapbooking nature of this project, and we begin to pick out supplies. Let me just say that I know NOTHING about scrapbooking, so it was like the blind leading the blind. (I was reminded of a blog entry that I once read, that had me crossing my legs from laughing so hard) We were finally rescued by an employee, who helped us pick out the bare minimum, because this was after all, a manly scrapbooking venture and heaven forbid anything too scrapbooky gets put in there. He got all of his goodies home, turned on some music, made himself a drink cause he is a man and this is how manly men scrapbook , and proceeded to take over the dining room table.

We have a metric ton of pictures, so I'm guessing this is going to take a while. But no matter, he really is doing an excellent job so far, and I can't want to see it completed. I just love a crafty man, and he's mine all mine!

A Conversation

Me: "I really want to do some kind of Faux finish painting in the guest room."

Rob: "Well faux-get it."

God help me...

One Skein Wonders

Here are the pictures of my recent One Skein Wonders. The pink one is made from Cotton Ease in Bubble Gum. The white one that is temporarily missing it's seed stitch border is made from Sugar N Creme cotton. The pattern calls for a ribbing around the edges, but I wanted to match the seed stitch from the sleeve edge.

Now I hate that I have these two tops just laying there on the couch and not in a much more creative photo. You can thank my mean ole husband for that. He was too embarrassed to take the picture I actually wanted because we were in public. This from the man who actually wore RED WHITE AND BLUE bell bottoms and a orange green and red tie die. Together. At the same time. In public. This is the same husband that dressed up as a woman for Halloween complete with purse and lip gloss that he seemed to have a lot of fun reapplying, in public. So why you ask would he not take my picture, in public? Well it's not like I was naked but for the OSW or anything. I was fully clothed. Could Rob perhaps be getting a little long in the tooth? Could the ripe old age of 30 be taking it's toll? Could that grey hair I found in his eyebrow be really long and wrapped around the fun spot in his brain? The world may never know, but I bet enough nagging could get that photo taken, in public.

Eyeball Trouble

It's been quite interesting here the past couple of days. I went with my brother and his wife to MGM Studios and Epcot on Friday. WE had a great time, but all day long my eye just didn't feel right. The contact in my left eye was driving me nuts and I couldn't do aything about it. I didn't have my contact lense solution or case with me.  I put up with this aggrivation all day long, but around six I coiuldn't take it anymore. I bought a bottle of water and took my contact out. I put it in the cap with a little bit of water but the relief I was expecting did not come. My eye just began to hurt worse and worse no matter what I did knocking me out of going to dinner with my brother. To top it off I started getting a migraine. I gave up and went to bed. I didn't really sleep though because my eye felt like it was on fire. By morning I couldn't even open it up. Those with weak stomaches look away now. My eyelashes were glued together with yellow/green puss! Ewwww! Needless to say Rob took me to the doctor We were lucky to find someone that was open on a Saturday and had an appointment slot available. I went in convinced that I had pink eye, but after the doctor looked at it he said that I would be lucky if it were pink eye. My stomach sank. He went on to say that I had two Corneal Ulcers and my eye was severly infected. This is not good news. If left untreated, this could lead to permanent blindness. He sent me home with strict orders for my care. I was to stay in complete darkness and keep my eyes closed. My husband had to put antibiotic eyedrops in my eyes every hour on the hour, and he also had to dialate my eyes twice a day for the next two days. My doctor said he would call on Sunday to check on me. He said that usually if the infection was going to take a turn for the worse it would by then and I would have to go to a specialist. Fortunately this is not the case. Even though my eye still hurts it has not gotten worse and I think I'm out of the woods. Can I just tell you how boring it is to not be able to open my eyes for this long. I am going nuts. I can't check my blog. I can't check my email. I can't knit anything because my projects are too complicated. I can't sew up Twist! I'm going looney tunes! i have earned a deep appreyiation for people who are without sight, and have learned to never take your sight for granted. The only reason I'm able to type this entry is because I can type without looking and my husband is standing over my shoulders fixing my errors. Say hi Rob....HELLO!!!!!! You can blame him for any spelling errors or typos. I go back to the doctor tomorrow so keep your fingers crossed for me. I hope this was caught in time and no permanet damge was doen to my eye.  Ok I just mess that sentence up royally and Rob is laughing and saying he isnb't going to fix it! He stopped editing after I said I was going to blame him for the typos. He is now gigglling  over my shoulder like a bad little boy. If I could see him, I might five him a little smack! Ok he's laughing again so I must have messed that up. I would like to see him type blindfolded. All kidding aside, Rob has been wonderful and taken better care of me than I could ever ask for. He is the best husband ever. He just told me no amount of kissing up will get him to go back and fix my typos. Haha! I'm hoping that after tomorrow I will be allowed to open my eyes and life will go back to normal. I just might miss all the pampering. I will let you all know how the monday appointment turns out. Keep your fingers crossed.

Christmas!

Christmas Past...

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I thought it would be fun to share this picture with you. This is a picture of me when I was about three or four. Yes, I have always been quite the ham! My mom sent it to me a little while back, and I was surprised to remember every single one of the presents in the picture.

Christmas Present...

This was my first Christmas away from home, and I didn't think that I was going to be a very happy camper. Luckily Rob's mom, dad, and younger sister all came in town to his older sister's house, and I ended up getting to be with some family after all. For the first time in about a year I finally felt like I was home. I was especially excited to be able to give Rob's mom her present in person.


  
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Do you think she liked it? She couldn't even speak for a minute. She just kept saying, "Oh, Oh, Oh!" Then she started crying and Rob's dad started crying. Heck, I almost started crying! This was the best reaction towards a gift that I have ever had in my life. She absolutely loved it, and I am so glad that I gave it to her. Rob's sister's were like, "Oh great Stacie now how the heck are we gonna top that! Kiss up!! The only way were are going to top that is if Amanda got pregnant!" Hahahaha! It was too good. After all the gift opening we had a yummy yummy Christmas dinner prepared with love by Rob's older sister Karyl.




I think Rob may have eaten a bit too much. We had a hard time getting his new gut behind the wheel to drive home. I almost had to drive! (As a little side note, that rug on the floor is a Christmas present I made Karyl about three years ago. I am pretty surprised how well it has held up. You gotta love that Caron acrylic. It's tough as nails!)




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We spent the next evening at Rob's grandparent's house where I received my own big surprise. His whole family chipped in and bought me the french perfume I had been coveting for quite some time.  It is called L'Instant De Guerlain, and it has to be the most extraordinary smelling perfume I have ever smelled in my life! I had no clue that they were going to do that. It's too bad we didn't get a picture of my face, because I'm sure I made about the same expression as Rob's mom! Earlier in the day I had found out that my mom and sister were unable to come and visit me due to the weather, and this surprise cheered me up immensly. His family is so incredible. I couldn't ask for better.

Christmas Future...

There is now way to know what the future may hold. All I know Is that I look forward to spending all my Christmas futures with Rob and his family, and I am determined never to miss another one with mine. Next year all my Christmas gifts will be hand delivered.

Moving Along

I had today off so I got quite a bit of knitting done on Cherry (Misti's Scarf) Luna tells me that it is now 29 inches long.

I'm halfway there! Speaking of Luna, I thought I would share a little conversation about her that took place between my husband and I.

Me: Hey Rob I named the little Sheep thingy.
Rob: Yeah? What did you name it?
Me: I named her Luna. Isn't that cute?
Rob: Oh wow you named her after you?!
Me: Huh?
Rob: Isn't Luna short for Lunatic?

There was a bit more to this conversation but for the sake of keeping this a nice clean blog, I am stopping right there Haha! As punishment I decided to make him model Hot Stuff. You must go and see. Think that will teach him??? On a serious note, here is a close up of the beads on the fringe...




I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. I'm also happy with how this picture actually shows off the sparkles. It really is a beautiful yarn, and I think my grandma is going to love it!

What I've Been Up To

I wanted to show everyone what I have been up to the last couple of days. I have been working on my sister Misti's Christmas present. For many years now she has been an utter cherry fanatic. Her entire kitchen is decorated in cherries, and she buys almost everything she sees that has cherries on it. With this in mind, I decided to design her a scarf and hat set embellished with, you guessed it, cherries.

I wanted it to be black to match her leather jacket, and I didn't want to use bright crayon red and green. Instead, I chose a very pretty burgandy and forest green color. I wanted the scarf to be stockinette, but I didn't want to worry about it rolling up. I also didn't want to put a garter stitch border on it to remedy the roll. This prompted me to knit the scarf in the round. The combo of knitting in the round and intarsia created a little difficulty, so I opted to take the easy route and use the  duplicate stitch instead. Some may call this cheating, but I will call this maintaing the sanity. I charted out the cherries, knit untill I had enough space to stitch the cherries, and voila!

Here is the beginning of a scarf that is guaranteed to make my sister freak, and I can't wait to give it to her!! I just wish I could be there in person to see her face when she opens it. I will demand that she at least wait until we are on the phone together to open it. I'm glad she doesn't read my blog! I would hate for the surprise to be spoiled. I just couldn't wait to show everyone! Please give me your honest oppinion of what you think.

I am knitting on size ten circulars with a pretty bulky worsted weight yarn, so this shouldn't take an incredibly long time to knit. I want it to be pretty long however, so it may not get finished by Christmas. She has been warned this and told that it will be worth the wait :) Rob is getting out of the stresses of Christmas as usual, but I did have him help me ball the yarn...


Why is my husband a such a dork?? Pity me people. Pity me.

I love the mail man...

cause he brings me stuff! Here are my two latest acquisitions. You will notice that they are accompanied by my husbands big ole feet. He decided that it was a perfect opportunity to show off a pair of socks that I knit him. Unfortunately, the color didn't showing up very well. They are actually a very pretty green.

I knit the socks with Wool Ease on two circular needles, my weapons of choice. They are super warm, so he may not get much use out of them in this climate. Now for my goodies...

On the left is Reynolds Saucy color 960. The shade is actually lighter (my lighting stinks!)than it appears in the picture. It is a 100% mercernized cotton made in Brazil.

On the right with my husband's stinky feet sitting on it is the Rebecca 27 magazine I ordered after seeing it on other people's. tell you what, reading other people's blogs is dangerous. I wonder if I am causing someone to run for their credit card with this entry!