Rain Rain we finally have Rain!!!

It started raining on Thursday night late. Really I guess it was Friday night. It rained all day and into the night on Friday. I usually don't like the rain, but this time I kind of enjoyed it. My husband stayed in for a change and we decorated the house for Christmas. This is the first time in a long time that he actually took part. He seems to be enjoying it. We unpacked everything, something we haven't done in a long time also. I am going through all the old stuff and getting rid of the broken things and warp things (there are a lot of warp things). Some things just don't do well in the heat. I had a lot of funny looking candles. Won't pack those away again.

We went shopping last week and bought a new little artificial tree. It has lights on it already and set up in 2 minutes. I love it! It is perfect for us and I have completely covered in all of my favorite ornaments. You can hardly see the tree. There is some green peeking out here and there. I always enjoy going through all of my ornaments. A lot of them my kids made over the years or they have a special meaning because of what was going on in my life at the time.

So today, I have spent the morning doing just that, going through and hanging up the best of the best and remembering all the wonderful Christmases we have had. I still miss those kids, but of course I love the people they have become. The Grand kids have totally taken up the slack. We have had all of them living here at one time, but now half of them are in Alabama.
I miss those very much, but am thankful for the ones who are still here. (the other half). Soon three more are going to move away, so I will only have two here. I do know I am very fortunate to have been such a big part of their lives. I will enjoy the ones that are here, and go on missing the ones who have moved away. Life goes on.

I have been knitting slipper socks for all the grand kids like crazy. Almost done. I need to mail the first 5 this week. I have also been spinning a lot to make yarn for some felted bags that I want to make. I really need to get to making those or they won't get done in time. I will do most of the knitting on the knitting machine. That way I can get at least a few done in time. If I want to hand knit them, I better get busy now for next year!! Ha ha.

Well, I best get knitting and spinning.
Spin on..........................................................Sheena

Time for a Christmas Sweater, almost done with Christmas presents!!

Today at machine knitting class we worked on a Christmas Sweater. I am so ready to knit something for myself. I really need a new sweater, all the ones I have are old and I give so much away that I don't have that many anyway. I guess living in San Diego doesn't exactly call for a lot of sweaters. I love them anyway. I think I have the yarn, so I will look for it tomorrow.
It is in storage like all my yarn. I have so much, I go shopping at my own house.

I bought a new little Christmas tree this weekend. The one we had didn't make it past the storage job last year. I got one that is 4.5ft with lights already on it. It is perfect for us and will be fun to set up. It is about a 5 minute job. I am going to put it on a table and it won't take up too much room, since I have no extra space.

I have one more pair of slipper socks to make before Christmas. Now I am working on a couple of felted bags I have in mind. If they turn out they will be Christmas presents too. I love making them anyway, so it doesn't really matter. It is really fun spinning the yarn to make them. That is, I think, my favorite part. I love spinning for it's lack of planning and hardly any preparation. It is so relaxing, I keep threatening to teach my husband so he can relax. He really needs to relax more. I have to say he is very supportive of all I do.

Spin on..........................Sheena

Finally back from the TIME WARP

I can't believe how horrible I felt this time getting back from Alabama. It took almost a full week to get back to feeling half way normal. I still feel lazy and low.

Thanksgiving was great. We had lots of food and lots of fun. I really miss Dana and the kids, but I was just with them so I should be thankful for that. I miss Brian too, but he will be back in about three weeks, so I am thankful for that too. My Mom and Ron's parents were all here and Rhonda and her family and Ginger too. We had 14 including the 5 grandchildren that were here. It was a very good day.

I have been doing alot of knitting. I am working on slipper sox for Christmas for the gradkids. So far I have 7 pair done. I am half way through #8. I also want to make some felted bags, so I hope I will get some done. I went to Lorraine's to spin on Friday night, and finished some BFL I have been working on. I hope I have enough for a vest. It is died a lot of colors and turned out really beautiful.

I hope I can start knitting some things for myself. After Christmas should get better.

Spin on............................Sheena

A Day of Quiet and lots of knitting

Today I am keeping Reese home from his sitter. He usually has a hectic schedule on Wednesday. Autumn is still home sick, and today Rebecca joins her. We are all going to relax and take it easy. I am going to knit all day. Except when I get tired of that and want to spin. I have some roving I will start on and I think it will be another good felted bag. I hope to end up with at least a couple of Christmas presents by the time I get home.

The dog is still a pain in my side!!! With the kids here, it won't all fall on me to get him outside for his business. He's very cute and just needs to be house broke. I am not very experienced in that so we are lacking. Oh well, we will keep trying.

I think I will ask for advice from my friend Sue.

Spin on....................................Sheena

Today was a great day!!

This is the first day that I really feel like myself since I got here. I guess the time difference or something. I have really been draggin' and not getting much done. My back has really been a mess. It was somewhat better today and I really got a lot done. The laundry has been the big challenge. I know I won't be here long enough to really doing any thing much, but I am trying to get things back to a starting point.

I started some slipper sox for Reese (3) today. They go fast when the foot is little. I am working on the heel of the first sock so I should finish them tomorrow. I will have Reese all day so I won't be able to do much house work. I will have to keep track of him as he tries to tear everything up.

I have been working on the baby jacket thing and so far so good.

Spin on.........................Sheena

Today I kept the car to go up town and look around, but Autumn got sick at school so I had to go pick her up instead. Maybe another day. There is a great book store called "Books Amillion" that I have been to before in SC so I was going to go there. It is a great book store.

I started on the Magic baby jacket and so far so good. I'm sure I will need help later. I am only on row 5. I also am still working on Tess's socks. It is hard to get some knitting time in. There is so much going on . I just can't work like I use to. I get so tired. The first week I'm sure the time difference was a factor, and now the time changed for fall......so I am all messed up. It was easier this morning to get up. I just keep plugging away. I have been working on the laundry, and some of the kids stuff.

My son Brian left for Iraq today. He will only be gone until sometime in December since he is changing to go to school in Kansas. They flew there this weekend and bought a house. It sounds really great. I'm so happy for them. Ron said we could help them drive there, so I sure hope we do. It will be a chance to see some of the country. I really look forward to it. It will be hard to have them gone again, but I know it is good for Brian's career. He will be in 20 years in March, and is being sent to school to get his Masters. I don't know where he will go next. It is a real adventure. I never went anywhere until my kids moved all over the country. It is so fun for me to go to new places.

I'll guess I had better get back to work.

Spin on..............................Sheena

Alabama Bound.....Spinning and knitting for Christmas.

I finally got to Alabama after a few frustrating days. I really was glad to get out of the smoke. The grand kids are great of course and we were glad to see each other. The house is so cool and really big. I love the houses here. I think they are all grand. This track if you want to call it that was built in a forest. They only cleared the trees they needed to for the houses and some sort of yard to be. It is breathtaking to look out and see all the trees.



I have been spinning some pink and green corriedale that I got sometime last spring from Spunky Electric. It is named Strawberry Fields. I am inspired by the name to knit and felt a bag for someone in my family. I want to needle felt some strawberries on it. I am more than half way done with the spinning. I am getting so good with my Turkish drop spindle. I think the weight helps me. I want to try other when I get home. I think I finally have the principles down.

I have also been knitting. I have been knitting mitered squares with some Noro I had bought when I was at my friend Amy's. They are so pretty. I hope to make a felted bag out of that also. Knitting with this yarn makes me think I can make some yarn like this. It would be so cool. I will try when I get home. I am also knitting with some super wash Moreno that I spun before I came here into some socks for a Christmas present. So as usual, I have several projects going at the same time. Each takes a different kind of concentration so serve all of my knitting moods. Hope I actually get something done while I am here.

Spin on.....................Sheena