Gettin’ It Pegged…Loom Knitter’s Clique

The most exciting thing to look forward to in May is this sweet little something…

As some of you may have heard through the loomy vine…

Yes!  I did have the very great honor of participating in this wonderful new venture!!!  Three of the projects inside this book are mine!  Woo-hoo! 

Can you tell I’m a tad excited?

  If you click on the picture, it will take you to LoomKnit.com, where every copy purchased will come signed by Isela, herself! 

Here’s a couple of sneek peeks…

There will be 2 little items for your furry friends…

…and one for your little ‘tween!  

And a whole lot more of loomy goodness that I’m dying to check out…how about you?

Hurry on over to reserve your copy today!

Bethany~                                             

Yippee!  It’s over!!!! 

I know…April is a very nice month in it’s own right, and I normally think so, too.  After all, this is when my first daughter came into the world 16 years ago.  But this year’s April was a killer!  WAAAAY too much stress and struggle!  Whew that it’s the last day.  :P 

We are all done in the other house.  We spent all day Sunday and Monday doing the last packing & loading & scrubbing.  Let me tell you, I think I almost asfixiated myself with cleaning fumes!  I was using bleach and Windex in the bathroom, and then in the kitchen, and added oven cleaner on top of it.  I didn’t even know I wasn’t feeling well until we broke for a late lunch and I felt dizzy, and my “lung pipes” were a bit raw.  I kept laughing hysterically at everything everyone said, even if it was “please pass the napkins”, lol!  My advice to anyone doing major cleaning…follow the instructions on the warning labels of the cleaning cans…they mean what they say!  ;) 

Things I’m looking forward to in May…

• getting settled in our new home
• going to my nephew’s wedding shower  (he’s the first of 10 nephews/nieces to be married)
• my hubby’s birthday
• Mother’s Day is always a shining light on the horizon!
• planting flowers in our new backyard
• Narnia movie #2 comes out!  (I think there are other’s I’d like to see opening this month, too, but I can’t remember…all the stress has knocked them clean outta my noggin’)
• getting a new loom along going in the Loom Knitter’s Chat Clique!  Most likely the Arm Chair Caddy!

By the way…the Peggin’ Pages Moving Sale is still going on all day today!  Hurry…sale ends tomorrow…as tomorrow brings a new day, month, and new happiness right along with it! 

Bethany~

Hey, All!  :D  Just wanted to give you an update on our moving status…if you were interested, lol!  We’ve been in our new place since Sunday night, and it already feels comfortable.  We had the great plan of not bringing in our boxes until we were ready for them…we only brought in the furniture, and beds/dressers, etc…and a tub of essential “get-ready” items…and of course our cat, Gus. (We had much appreciated help from my sister, nephew, brother-in-law, and his 2 sons!)  We left all the boxes in the garage, in their ordered places by room (this idea was given to me by a friend at my work, and it is going swimmingly!).  We just grab a box when we’re ready for it, and unpack a little at a time.  That way we’re not shuffling through tons of boxes, like our several moves in the past. 

We still are working on bringing over some last items…everyday after picking up my daughter from school, we go over and pick up a load in my little PT, and take it over to the new house.  This Sunday, we will be going over to completely empty out the metal shed in the back yard.  This we have saved till last, as we want to thoroughly inspect every nook and cranny for spiders.  We don’t want to take any of those nasties with us to the new place! 

I really had a hard time without an internet connection.  I missed all my loomy friends online!  With all my frantic packing, moving, cleaning, more packing & moving….I didn’t have a lot of extra time to be very chatty…and then to be without a hook up even if I wanted to chat…that was difficult, to say the least!  We ended up having to have a technician come out to fix the wires at the box to the house.  In the meantime, I had the phone company forwarding all incoming calls to my cell…but it turned out, they had input the forwarding number incorrectly by one digit, and I was receiving all of someone else’s phone calls on my cell!  I’ll tell you, that person wasn’t very happy with the whole situation…as was I, to tell you the truth!  :P  But it all worked out, and now I have my computer all set up, with the wires neatly wrapped, and unsnarled, and the monitor all dusted, and shiny…I’m a happy blogger! 

Have a wonderful rest of the week!

Bethany~

AAAAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!

Well, the story on the lovely little PT Cruiser is a sweet one…We have needed to replace my husband’s truck, which isn’t even on it’s last leg…it’s crawling, gasping down the road, with frequent need to stop and rest, lol!  So, we’ve been on the lookout for a suitable replacement for him to invest in. 

Well, I got this call while working on Saturday, that he found the car he absolutely wanted to buy.  I told him how cool that was, and made sure that he checked all the important info, when he told me that it was a car for me!  Well, I’ve always wanted to own a PT ever since they came off the ramps…my youngest daughter even started playing “Mom’s Dream Car!!” instead of “Slugbug”.  But, I didn’t want him to purchase something for me, when he was looking for something for him!  So, with much fuss, he finally convinced me that he would be happy driving the car that had been mine, (which is a lovely Mazda 626 in Brilliant Burgandy, which looks more like sparkly, deep plum) so that I could drive my dream car.  In fact, he wouldn’t take no for an answer!  What a great guy I have! 

I’ve been cruisin’ in my Cruiser all week now, as I have had to transport my eldest daughter to her WASL testing in Olympia for school.  Olympia is about a 30 mile drive one way, so I really got to get to know my new car…I LOVE IT!  It’s so fun to drive…it’s like a big little car, if you know what I mean.  It kind of feels like driving a little go-cart around…so fun!! 

Thanks so much, my love!  You’re absolutely wonderful! 

Bethany~

oh, I think there’s no doubt

…he really loves me!

Bethany~ 

Guess What!

The spring issue of the Loom Knitter’s Circle is now LIVE!!!

*My favorite parts: 

• an absolutely wonderful new stitch pattern in Kathy Norris’ article on Keeping You in Stitches
• such cute little loomirugumi creatures…2 patterns by Jenny Stark, and a product review by Denise Layman
• a fun run-down of Isela’s trip to the Mall of America for the Knit Out 2008
• and my project pic made it onto the cover for the 2nd issue in a row!  Woo-Hoo!! 

Pop on over and check it out!  What will your favorite parts be?

Bethany~

Hey, all! 

I don’t have a ton of stuff to post today… I just wanted to pop in to say “Hi!”

I thought I’d show you a really cute picture of Emily that my dad took at Megan’s 12th birthday party.  He’s so good at placing the subject at just the right spot in the frame.  :)  If you’d like to see it bigger… just click on the pic!

Tomorrow (I think) I will be able to share a project with you that I’ve been messing with…I think it’s going to be pretty cute… cross your fingers!  I’ve been dealing with an extremely sore neck/shoulders/back this last weekend, and it’s still lingering, so if I don’t get back to show you tomorrow, at least you know it’ll be soon!  Right now, I should fly… to the medicine cabinet to grab some more pain killers. ;)  Happy Monday to you all!

Bethany~

 How do you like my new blog bling? 

          I think he’s so cute! 

Hey!  For all you Knitty Gritty lovers out there…

Pop on over to Denise’s blog post here  to see what you can do to help!

Bethany~

I can proudly say…I finished my Plushy House Socks!  I actually finished them last week, but forgot to post a picture.  So I thought I should share an “all done” project…these were knitted with Isela’s Knit-along group on Ravelry.  If you haven’t gotten a chance to see what that’s all about, definitely put your name on the list to get in right now!  Her February project has something to do with cables and mittens…two of my favorite things. 

                                                                                                      I truly love these socks!  I used a very plushy, pretty yarn by Skacel, and they turned out all I had hoped for.

On my looms right now:  I am creating a handbag incorporating cables…I’m venturing out on my own in this area to see if I have mastered the techniques, or if I need to go back to school. ;)  If it comes out like I’ve planned, it’ll be fabulous!  (let’s hope!)

The other things I have on my looms (& off) are two scarves…mentioned them before…they’re no farther along…I know what you’re saying…I’ve been busy, what else can I say!

Well, off I go to work on that handbag, so that <maybe> I can get to those 2 scarves before I go off on another tangent! 

Bethany~