wow, I cant believe another month has come and gone already !!!
Blog Changes
- although this has happened as of May 1st, it's a subject that's very close to my heart. you'll notice some new banners added to my blog ... Red Friday, and Support Our Troops. I dont care about your politics, or if you believe that our troops should be in Afghanastan or not .... they have CHOSEN this career, and as part of their job they are putting their lives on the line because they believe in what they are doing. I cry every time I hear about another one of our young people being killed over there. there is very little I can do, but I do what I can. I have a support our troops magnet on my truck (well, I did have one, but it "dissappeared", so I have ordered a new one) and I wear a Red Friday Support Our Troops t-shirt (and have ordered one for my Dad for Father's Day). I am also a proud participant in the Chosen Soldier Project ... each tour, I get assigned a new "soldier boy" (I suppose I may get assigned a female one of these times, but so far they have all been men) that I sent parcels to every so often. it's a wonderful thing to be a part of, and the biggest thrill I get out of it is finding a wee thank you letter in my mail box or my e-mail. DD will be dancing in the Hamilton Tattoo in June, and the Kingston Tattoo this July .... each year they always ask any Vetrans in the audience to stand up so that everyone can show their appreciation, and each year the number of people that stand up get's smaller and smaller ... but the lump that comes to my throat is always huge !!!
ok ... back to knitting .....
Blended Socks
- Wendi has knitted quite a few of these, so I decided to try them. after going thru my stash, I pulled up some left over yarn and as I was sitting down to get started DD noticed it ... HEY, are you knitting me another pair of socks ??!!! NO, says I. well, it's "my" yarn, she says ... well it's yarn from 2 different pairs of socks that I had knit for her. LOL ... sucks to be her ... THESE ARE MINE, and they turned our quite lovely !!! I've already caved, and have found more yarns, so the next pair of blended socks are for her (boy is she ever lucky to have such a great Mum !!)
ASL Charity Afghan
- ok, have I mentioned how much I HATE this project ??!! in the past month I have gotten almost nothing accomplished as far as this bloody thing goes. it's turning out ok, but such a pain to knit ... working with 2 colours that twist and get tangled. although the squares are small, and so you'd think that it would be a portable project ... HA, not really ... you see every row is different, so I have to have the pattern with me all the time, and follow it VERY carefully (frogging this back when I discover a mistake is VERY frustrating !!)
Holidays
- no, not mine (unfortunately) ... my parents were gone for a good part of April, on holiday in Croatia. yea, ok not the first place one thinks about when asking themselves where should we go this year on holiday (especially when you are not from that culture) ... but that being said apparently they had an awesome time. the people were wonderful, food excellent and the countryside absolutely beautiful ... in my Mum's words "it's one of the hiden jems of the world!!". I'm so happy that my parents are travelling again. they used to go somewhere in the world every year, but due to health problems that stopped for over a decade. last year they decided to "risk it" and went to Ireland .... well apparently they are back in full force, and I couldnt be happier for them. NOW that being said, it sucks for me !!! I dont "talk" to my parents very day, or even see them every week, but my Mum is on-line daily so there is MSN and e-mail exchanges every day. also, before they left my Mum discovered FaceBook .... OMG !!!! so even though we dont "talk" we have regular contact, and I know that they are only a phone call away .... unless they are off galavanting across the pond somewhere .... and I dont like that at all!! dont get me wrong, I'm happy for them ... but it's amazing how lonely it is. The good news is they had an awesome time, and go home safe !!!
Blog Changes
- although this has happened as of May 1st, it's a subject that's very close to my heart. you'll notice some new banners added to my blog ... Red Friday, and Support Our Troops. I dont care about your politics, or if you believe that our troops should be in Afghanastan or not .... they have CHOSEN this career, and as part of their job they are putting their lives on the line because they believe in what they are doing. I cry every time I hear about another one of our young people being killed over there. there is very little I can do, but I do what I can. I have a support our troops magnet on my truck (well, I did have one, but it "dissappeared", so I have ordered a new one) and I wear a Red Friday Support Our Troops t-shirt (and have ordered one for my Dad for Father's Day). I am also a proud participant in the Chosen Soldier Project ... each tour, I get assigned a new "soldier boy" (I suppose I may get assigned a female one of these times, but so far they have all been men) that I sent parcels to every so often. it's a wonderful thing to be a part of, and the biggest thrill I get out of it is finding a wee thank you letter in my mail box or my e-mail. DD will be dancing in the Hamilton Tattoo in June, and the Kingston Tattoo this July .... each year they always ask any Vetrans in the audience to stand up so that everyone can show their appreciation, and each year the number of people that stand up get's smaller and smaller ... but the lump that comes to my throat is always huge !!!
ok ... back to knitting .....
Blended Socks- Wendi has knitted quite a few of these, so I decided to try them. after going thru my stash, I pulled up some left over yarn and as I was sitting down to get started DD noticed it ... HEY, are you knitting me another pair of socks ??!!! NO, says I. well, it's "my" yarn, she says ... well it's yarn from 2 different pairs of socks that I had knit for her. LOL ... sucks to be her ... THESE ARE MINE, and they turned our quite lovely !!! I've already caved, and have found more yarns, so the next pair of blended socks are for her (boy is she ever lucky to have such a great Mum !!)
ASL Charity Afghan
- ok, have I mentioned how much I HATE this project ??!! in the past month I have gotten almost nothing accomplished as far as this bloody thing goes. it's turning out ok, but such a pain to knit ... working with 2 colours that twist and get tangled. although the squares are small, and so you'd think that it would be a portable project ... HA, not really ... you see every row is different, so I have to have the pattern with me all the time, and follow it VERY carefully (frogging this back when I discover a mistake is VERY frustrating !!)
Holidays
- no, not mine (unfortunately) ... my parents were gone for a good part of April, on holiday in Croatia. yea, ok not the first place one thinks about when asking themselves where should we go this year on holiday (especially when you are not from that culture) ... but that being said apparently they had an awesome time. the people were wonderful, food excellent and the countryside absolutely beautiful ... in my Mum's words "it's one of the hiden jems of the world!!". I'm so happy that my parents are travelling again. they used to go somewhere in the world every year, but due to health problems that stopped for over a decade. last year they decided to "risk it" and went to Ireland .... well apparently they are back in full force, and I couldnt be happier for them. NOW that being said, it sucks for me !!! I dont "talk" to my parents very day, or even see them every week, but my Mum is on-line daily so there is MSN and e-mail exchanges every day. also, before they left my Mum discovered FaceBook .... OMG !!!! so even though we dont "talk" we have regular contact, and I know that they are only a phone call away .... unless they are off galavanting across the pond somewhere .... and I dont like that at all!! dont get me wrong, I'm happy for them ... but it's amazing how lonely it is. The good news is they had an awesome time, and go home safe !!!
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Next thing you know your Mum will be blogging!
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