Work in Progress

Some yarn to trade.

2007-02-26T14:34:00.000-08:00

I have some yarn to trade and thought I would put the pictures here.

I think this is Classic Elite Bravo. At least I'm 99.9% sure that it is. Someone gave it to me and it had already been knitted, so it has been frogged once that I know of. There is 103 1/2 yds of the green and 97 1/2 yds of the purple.

This is a brand from here in Little Rock. It's called Goddess Yarn. It's 100% Pima Cotton. There are 12 full skiens, all the same dye lot. 2 are wound already and are missing the ball band (I was the one who wound them and lost the bands *sigh*). 50 Grams each. Gauge is 18-19 sts = 4" US 6-7s.

I have 6 skeins of this. There are 2 dye lots but I can't see the diference when they are next to each other in the sunlight. 2 are wound already. 207 yds each. Gauge is 17 sts+24 rows =4" US 8s. The color is Blueberry.

I also have have a copy of Socks Soar on 2 Circular Needles.

I hope to trade for some good sock yarn.

A new car!

2007-02-06T19:11:00.000-08:00

The car had broke down (sort of) and we had been dealing with that. Back in May the A/C went out and so we took it to get fixed. Car is/was only about 18 months old so everything was under warrity. Fix it, broke again. No problem take it back. Fix again. Drive from Little Rock, AR (where we are) to Houston, TX (where my family is). 8 hours. In Auguest. A/C broke again! Take it back. Replace the A/C. Couple of weeks go by. Go on another long trip somewhere. A/C BROKE AGAIN!!! Scream. Take it back. Put another NEW A/C off a car they were going to sell. A/C is working, everyone is happy. Go to Houston. FREAKIN' A/C BROKE AGAIN!!!!!! Call the car place yell at poor guy who has been bending over backwards trying to help us. Take it back AGAIN. It has now been 4 months. They keep the car for 3 months trying to fix it (they did give the a loaner during all of this). Change some stupid little switch no one has ever heard of. Get the car back. Drive to school. A/C breaks. Begin laughing uncontrolable. File a Lemon Law case. Make an appointment for final repair for Jan.4th (4 days AFTER the 10 day limit). Get a letter from the home office telling us they will settle with us for $2000 but have to let them know Jan. 3rd (day before the repair) 2006!!!! (read the dates again). Send the letter to everyone we know for a good laugh. Throw letter away. Three weeks to the DAY after the final repair attemt the A/C breaks AGIAN!!!
I got a new car today! LOL. They replaced my 2005 for a BRAND NEW 2006. Woohoo! Same payments, they are paying the taxes for us. it only has 50 miles on it! Mine turned 44000 right as we pulled into the dealer lot.

New year!

2007-01-22T19:10:00.000-08:00

Well, it's a new year and there are a couple of knitting projects that I'm really looking forward too.

The first is Knit Picks Simple Stripes Fair Isle Socks. www.wists.com/everyone/0516f720f73a9e9f5a5dd4d41a2e7a68 I don't have a picture of my own because I just started them but here is a link to another poster. ( I still don't know how to do a good link in Blogger.)

The second is Knit Picks Colorful Waves Throw. http://www.knitpicks.com/Projects/itemid_50514222/projects_display I'm using the Mix and Mingle kit in Sea (Love the colors! Thanks Q!) I can't wait to start in it but my Dad is making me a swift and DH got me a ball winder for Val. Day so I can wind the yarn into balls.

I hope to have pictures of the socks up in a couple of days but I might not be to a good picture spot.

Hum...has it really been 2 months

2007-01-18T18:22:00.000-08:00

Sorry it has been so long since I posted. Things have been busy. They are looking for a cook over at one of the Elem. schools so I put in for it. Don't think I'll get it but you never know. I'm working steadly on a pair of socks for my sister if she will just tell me how long her foot is I could finish the first one. I was making a sweater for William but somehow it came out to small so now it will become a pillow instead. And that is all that is going on.

Feeling better and Christmas presents

2006-11-26T12:55:00.000-08:00

I'm finial feeling better after about 3 weeks of cramping and feeling sick to my stomach. I have an appointment on the 14th for another ultrasound and yearly stuff so we will find out then if what is going on. With my luck, they will have gotten bigger and they will have to cut me.

On the Christmas present side, I got a knitting pattern for a Hedgehog! FiberTrends Huggable hedgehog #228. Too cute! This one is for DS. He loves yellow and picked the color. It's on the list for all the kids we know right now. Which means I have 8 or 9 to knit up in the next 4 weeks. In about 4 different colors.

This is Lion Brand wool (1st time I've used it and I love how it felts!) with 2 (instead of 1 like the pattern calls for) strands of Lion Brand Fun Fur. The plate he is sitting on is an 8 inch dinner plate. Just to give you an idea of size. Nice pattern, fun to knit. It could be an one-day project if you are a fast knitter.

OMG! That HURT!

2006-11-12T09:13:00.000-08:00

We were going to go to Texarkana(about 2 1/2 hours away) yesterday to see one of my Aunts and my Mom and Dad. Woke up about 5 in the morning with a little pain in my left side. At just kept getting worst and worst, until about 7 when we get ready to go to see family. About 7:30-8, I give up and told DH he needed to take me to the hopital (In his defense, DH had been offering to take me since he woke up). I have a high tolerance for pain so if I say I need to go ...Then I need to go!

Get to the hospital and only had to wait for 45 minutes of intense pain before they took me back. Gave me an IV and something for pain. Talked to me for a bit and they said it could be kidney stones or an ovarian cysts. So they sent me for a CT scan and then for an ultrasound. I was so out of it the whole time. And they wouldn't let me drink anything because they were afraid they might have to take me to suregy. So after being in there for about 4 hours (and DH wouldn't go get my knitting ...Bad DH! Not that I could of done any after the first pain meds but that wasn't the point! )

They told me I have an ovarian cysts. It's about 2 1/2 centimeters big but I didn't need suregy, if it was twice as big or if it gets larger I will need it. So I have some pain meds and some antibiotics. OMG! It hurt! I will gladly go thru 20 migrains that I get before going thru THAT again! If any of ya'll go thru that a lot....I'm sorry!

I have got to update more!

2006-10-26T20:02:00.000-07:00

Well, a lot has happened since the last time I posted. Most, ok a lot, has to do with DS. He has had his feet looked at. He is pigeon toed (yeah, thanks. Didn't know that.*sigh*). Nothing we can do about it. Just keep doing feet exercises and work on strengthen those muscles.

On the plus side, it was once again time for his yearly Developmental Evaluation. When we first begin therapies, he was 18-12 months behind in all areas. Now at 5 years old, with over 2 years of therapies, he is 8-5 months behind!!!! WOOHOO!!! His Motor skills still need a lot of work (still a year behind in them) but we are working on those hard and heavy. But in Cognition (how much you understand), he is only 5 months delayed! WOW! I am feeling so good about this. That means, when he starts Kindgarden next year he will be at the same level as most of the kids in his class (Thank goodness for Fall birthdays!) WooHOO!!!!!

We have some plans on the motor skills, he is playing baseball next year and we are signing him up for golf lessons. He got a golf set for his birthday and he LOVES going to "smack the snot out of the ball". (Good going, Momma on teaching him that phrase LOL) So we found a place here in town called The First Tee (www.thefirsttee.org). They are a golf course just for kids. They have lessons and tournaments, plus lots of other stuff. Can't wait. We told him that we were going to look into it and if he would like to take lessons to learn to "smack" the ball right and he really liked the idea. So wish us luck on Saturday when he takes his first lesson (other plus is with a $35 a year membership you get free group lessons). Here is a couple of pictures of the next great golf player: Please ignore the "demon"look in the first picture. He is a wonderful kid.

Only 2 more days to go.......

2006-10-02T07:59:00.000-07:00

In 2 days, DS will finally see the pediatric orthopedic specialist. Hopefully, the end is in sight. I'm a little annoyed about it because he will be see the Nurse Practitioner and not the Doctor. He sees her first and she decides if he needs to see him! Don't get me started on THAT! I'm sorry but if I'm paying to see the SPECIALIST, I want to see THE SPECIALIST! We know he needs some leg braces (been in them before, has been working with a PT so got out of them but she thinks he needs a little something. And we agree.) but we need/want a better idea what kind to get. And if the work he is doing with his PT is enough or do they need some different exercises. Just little things like that.

In my second vent for the day.....My car is STILL in the shop! For the SAME PROBLEM! FOR THE 5 TIME WITH THE SAME TROUBLE!!!!!!!!!!!! It's been a month. I know the guy is doing what he can and he can only do what the car tech people tell him to do but they have been telling him the same thing for a month! COME ON, PEOPLE! I'm not mad at him, really. I know that sounds strange but it's true. I've heard him talking the repair guy in the background so I know he is telling me everything that is going on. I called the car company to get them to get on the ball. Maybe, hopefully, I'll have my car back in time for my trip Friday! (not counting on it, thou. LOL)

One down ....One to go

2006-09-16T14:11:00.000-07:00

I finished one of the Mystery Socks. I put it off for a couple of weeks but it went really fast. I tried it on and it fits great! The only trouble is that it's a little tight in a shoe. But I might still wear it with shoes. Hope I can get the other done quickly also.

Here is a close up of the toe. I think this is the biggest trouble I have with socks. The toe. No matter how hard I try I always end up with boxy toes. Maybe I'll have better luck with the next one.

Long time no see......

2006-09-15T17:28:00.000-07:00

So it has been a while since I've posted anything. I know I should of posted something a couple of days ago but I've just been so tired. We've gotten back into the swing of things at school (I work in the lunch room) but a couple of weeks, one of the cooks fell off the bus she drives and hurt herself pretty bad! She is going to be gone for at least another 2-6 weeks. Then one of the other girls were gone so another sub had to come. It's tough when you have a close group who works very well together and one (or more) is/are gone. I told the sub the other day that she was starting to fit so well we were going to keep her!

Everyone at work was very worried at the beginning of the week because it looked like the school district was going to turn the food service over to private contract. Right now, we all work for the school, with retirement and insurance. Big Boss went to a meeting day before yesterday with the PTB and it looks like we are staying the way we are! WOOHOO! Big relief! So that is most of the stuff on this end of the world. More to come.........

A True WIP

2006-09-02T10:43:00.000-07:00

Here it is! My Eris! Well, Ok, most of my Eris. I still have to put the sleeves in but everything eles is done. Here are the pictures!

This is the front. Notice no sleeves.

And close ups of the cabling around the top.

In case you are wondering , yes the stitches look a bit wierd, when I first learned to knit I was purling with the yarn under the needle instead of over. So it twisted all the stitches. (I'm calling it artist difference! LOL)

And here is the back and close ups of the bottom cables. Belive it or not, this was the first time I have ever done cables! I mean, I made a pair of handwarmers for DH with just a 2x2 left twist but this was increasing, decreasing, right over left, left over right, you name it....it was in there.

I'm a little mad thou. I tried it on and it's just a touch small. I hope that I can fix it when I block it. Wish me luck on that.

Couple of different things.

2006-08-30T16:47:00.000-07:00

1) I hate having no money. We are ok, it's tight but we are making it. Wish we had more but who doesn't. (DL-Don't say anything to Dad)

2) This is my mystery sock! I'm almost done with it. About half way to the toe. Need to get busy and finish it and start the second one.

3) How could you hate this face? Pretty easy after he eats yet ANOTHER ball of yarn! (yes, DL, he got yours too! Don't worry he didn't mess it up.) This is Boots (he is a Beagle), he belongs to DS. He really is a good puppy and someday he will learn to leave things alone.

Everything is fine so far.....

2006-08-26T21:30:00.000-07:00

So far so good. DH is recovering nicely from his surgery and there doesn't seem to be any trouble. He is missing a lens in his glasses which is just weird. He stayed home Thursday and slept almost all day but went to work Friday. Today we went Geocaching all day (more about Caching later). And tomorrow we are taking DS to the Circus! Plus side - we are going to the circus Minus side-We are going with the In-Laws! LOL No really, I like them. I'll post about it tomorrow!

Hope everything turns out ok......

2006-08-22T20:35:00.000-07:00

DH is going to have eye surgery tomorrow (today?). He has catarac that they are going to remove. Yeah he is really young to have one too. He is only 41. He has just been in bad health here lately. Nothing bad really......High blood pressure (has had that for years) and about 5 months ago we found out he has diabetes. Sometimes it feels like he will never be health again. I know he will be and we do the best we can. We are trying to get a little healthier. So anyway, I was just letting you guys know about this. I'll post tomorrow and let everyone know how it goes.

DS's test are done!

2006-08-18T20:12:00.000-07:00

And he is FINE!!! Well, he doesn't have CP at least and that was the main thing. The Dr tested his reflexes for quite a bit (long enough for us to start wondering) and then he ran up and down the hallway for a bit. She said that while he did have some signs of CP the biggest indicator (drawing his arm up when not thinking about it and spazdite reflexes) weren't there. So she would guess that the feet issues are more of an ortho problem than CP. Woohoo! SO now we are off to the ped ortho doctor. Which we have an appointment for but it will be about 2 months. I tried to get in sooner because we need to order some inserts or AFOs (braces) and they need to tell us which kind to get. Already have the Rx for them just waiting to get the ducks in the row.

Mystery Sock Knit A-long!

2006-08-14T15:33:00.000-07:00

The main reason I started this was so I would have a place to post updates on the 2nd KAL I've joined. It's called the Mystery Sock KAL. What you do is find a sock pattern on the web with no picture of the finished sock. Then using you chose of yarn, you knit it. I choose KnitList Get-Together Cable Sock. I'm using Caron Simply Soft in Country Blue. Yes, it's an Acrylic but I'm going to just use it as a slipper sock. I'm going to be using Addis #3 DPNs for the cuff and then change to Boye #5 Circulars for the rest. I started tonight and I think I should make good time. We have until Nov. To finish so I might be able to do it. Wish me luck. I'll have pictures in a couple of days when I have more than 2 rows on the needles! LOL

Home again....Home again......

2006-08-13T20:51:00.000-07:00

Well, I have made it home from my parents. I've been gone for almost 3 weeks. DH is VERY happy I'm home. Hopefully I'll have some pictures of everyone before too long. I'll talk to everyone later!

Also.......

2006-08-08T14:38:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday, Big Sister!!

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!

A little about DS

2006-08-08T14:24:00.000-07:00

I have one child. He is 4 1/2 years olds. He is also developmental delayed. DS is about 9-12 months behind in most areas. Which is a huge step up from when he started therapies he was 18-18 months behind in most areas. Biggest trouble area is Speech. He was largely non-vocal until he turned 3. He did point and make sounds but that was about it. Very, very smart. DS has been going to a pre-school for Special Needs kids for a little over 2 years. Next year he will move in the pre-kindergarten class with the others. When he first started he was wearing AFOs (braces on his legs) but then he started Physical therapy and got to the point wear he didn't need them. But his PT told us the other day that she wanted to put him back in shoe inserts. It's been a year so that has been a little hard. They also noticed that his Fine Motor skills has dropped a bit. So now we will add that into the mix of therapies. That is hard also. Next week, we will start testing to make sure there are no "serious" problems before he starts kindergarten next school year.

Wish us luck that there is nothing wrong.

A little more about me.

2006-08-07T08:05:00.000-07:00

Who is Ltfightr? My name I go by in most BB is Ltfightr(Light Fighter). Back in the day, I was in the SCA as a Rapier Fighter (called at the time "Light" fighting). The SCA is The Society for Creative Anachronism (www.SCA.org). My name is Lady Diana of Graywood, AoA. I lived in the Kingdom of Ansteorra (Texas). I meet DH ( I already knew him) because I was in charge of food at an event. He was a restaurant manager who was trying to get me to go out with him. We had meet about a month earlier and we were beginning to be friends but after he donated most of the food that more or less hooked me! LOL And it didn't help that the jerky current boyfriend was being jerky (ok an A$$ really) and that was the straw on the camels back. So we broke up and about a month later got together with DH and it has been 10 wonderful years!

First time for everything!

2006-08-06T21:05:00.000-07:00

Well, here I am. After thinking about this for months and then joining a KAL (Knit A Long, for some of you), I have gotten a blog.

So! In case you are wondering, I am Diana. I have a 4 year old son, a husband, a 6 (almost 7)year old Pom named Ra, and a 9 month old Beagle puppy named Boots (who belongs to DS). I started back to work last year in one of the local middle schools cafeteria (yes, I am a Lunch Room Lady).

More to come later.