2008 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year everyone!  I actually have a day off and I wanted to stop by here and say hello.  I have s few knitting things to talk about so I figured that while I had the chance, and since I couldn't get Doctor Who on the computer for the kids, I would blog.

Knitting Thing 1: More Knitting P*rn
I had gotten the idea for listening to audio books while knitting from another blog which I can't recall right now, and the audio book that was recommended at the time was The Golden Compass.  Well, I got it from iTunes and loved it.  I bought the second and third audio books as well.  I really liked the whole series and was really looking forward to the movie.  I enjoyed the movie, but not as much as the book.  What I loved was the knitting.  The knitted costumes were amazing.  This was Grade A Knitting P*rn.  I want Lyra's knitted red coat and her hat.  There were more knitted costumes that are amazing and i can not wait to buy the DVD so I can knit it all!  Poor David was stuck between Fiona and me, both punching him and saying "We have to make that!

Knitting Thing 2: Stuck Without My Knitting
A few weeks ago the roads in the area were rather icy.  Unfortunately, Icy is not as obvious as Snowy so I didn't think to check about school delays until we were driving.  We had just started down the road and didn't have a phone signal to call the hotline so we kept going.  We got through and found out about a 2 hour delay when we were at the top of a small hill on our road.  I tried to turn around in our neighbor's driveway but it was too icy.  I decided to drive to the end of the road and turn there.  Well, after almost sliding into the main road down another little dip in our road we turned around and headed back up our road.  We got to the spot where I tried to turn around the first time and couldn't get up the hill.  Even in drive with the accelerator down, we were slipping backwards toward the lakes that our road goes over (mind you the road is very thin there and can be very scary driving at times, like when you are going backwards).  The only way I felt like I wouldn't end up plopping into the lake was with the emergency brake and the foot brake both engaged.  I sent Fiona up to the house to get David to see if he could help.  In the end, I got up the kill after using a lot of traction sand and David pushing the car every which way.  The thing that was the most upsetting was that I spent an hour in the car with  NO KNITTING!  I had actually picked up the knitting and put it down thinking that I was taking a 20 minute drive, and doing all the driving.  What would I do with my knitting?  The moral of the story is: Your Knitting - Don't leave home without it.

Knitting Thing 3: Fiona The Knitter
Fiona is officially a knitter.  She just Rocks.  She makes things up as she goes and she is so productive.  How happy am I!

Gotta run.  There is a line for the computer.

Here's to a wonderful 2008 for everyone, filled with yarn and joy (and The Doctor).

Comments

[Cindy Hartzell]

Hey!

Me too! I absolutely loved Lyra's knitted red coat. If you make it, be sure to let me know. I'll do the same for you!

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