Weigh-In Wednesday

Wow! I lost two pounds this week without even trying!

I'm knitting quite a bit more than I thought I would on the shawl. I'm getting between two and four rows done a day, so it should be no problem to have it done by the next Stitch-In (Sept 18).

Last week was the Stephenson County Fair, and I did get a chance to go on Friday after my car was fixed. I saw my friend Terry, who told me they had tigers at the fair this year. This I had to see! So I went over and sure enough, they had lots of tigers there....big ones, white and orange; medium ones; even little baby white ones that were 2 weeks old (you'll have to take my word, dummy me didn't bring my camera). I jumped at the chance to cuddle one and had my photo taken with 14 week old Trooper:



What an amazing feeling to be near one of these jungle cats. Some people seemed a little scared to be so close to a tiger, but I didn't feel any fear at all. I even gave Trooper a hug!

Saturday Sir B and I went to Rockford (to make sure the transmission was fixed right...yeah, that's it...), and I had us stop at Unique Yarns because they started carrying Namaste knitting bags, and one followed me home!




Yes, that's the neverending shawl in there. I am on row 15 (of 50) of the border.

I also bought the new Cat Bordhi book New Pathways for Sock Knitters Book One. Not cuz I needed it. Because I wanted it. Wanting stuff is getting me into trouble with my budget! Let's say it together: Budget? We don't need no stinking budget!!

And maybe some cute kitty pictures to round out this post?!


Lexie, disguised as bottled water


We hate each other, we really do *snore*

Weigh-In Wednesday

Sorry I've been MIA this past week. Not much is going on. Stitch-In was last night, and I was able to get 1 1/2 rows of the border done. My car is in the shop (transmission problems, yikes!), I was supposed to go to the Stephenson County Fair today with my friend C, but she's on jury duty so I'm stuck at home. More shawl work today then (in between chores, of course)! Boring boring.
Oh yeah, weigh-in stunk, I gained another pound, but I'm definitely getting back on track this week. I still have time to lose 15-20 pounds by vacation if I'm good.

Weigh-In Wednesday

I gained a pound this week, which isn't bad considering the BBQ on Saturday and the fact I just had to go to the store last night because I had to have cookies at 9:30 at night (me drowning my sorrows in high-calorie foods. It's a habit I can't seem to shake).

The shawl is almost done (the body of it, anyways)! Then it's on to the border.

Weigh-In Wednesday...and my Birthday

Boo. I gained a pound and a half, and there's only three months left until vacation! I need to get crackin' and get rid of some of this poundage. But not tonight...my Dad and Sir B are taking me out to dinner at my favorite restaurant, Fiesta Cancun. And not Saturday, because we're having a BBQ with crab legs, shrimp, and chicken!

Yep, I'm another year older today. My sisters sent me some great stuff:

A big Buddha candle


A geode I got to crack open myself. I love the look of the crystal inside, but I have no idea what it is


Closeup of the crystal, you can see how flow-y it is


A copper windcatcher


And this one is awesome....a few days after my Mom died, my sisters and I went through her hope chest, and found a card I had made for her that had us crying, we were laughing so hard. My sister Amy made t-shirts of it:

"Love is like sunshine on a unicorn"
Back of shirt (inside of card): Merry Christmas! Love, Lori

Here I am in all my diaper-wearing glory with my great-grandparents Millie and Howard, 1975

Weigh-In Wednesday...on Thursday

I didn't get a chance to post my exciting loss of one pound yesterday because I was running all over Rockford and Freeport doing a list of errands in crazy heat. When I finally collapsed on the couch (lovelovelove my air conditioning!) I didn't want to move.

I am not enthralled with the store Unique Yarns in Rockford. Every time I go in there with a need for something, they 1. don't have it and 2. the people who work there haven't even heard of what I'm looking for and give me a weird look like I'm making up my request (cobweb lace? never heard of it. dyeable fingering weight yarn?...huh?). Just had to vent that!

To Cayri the Minx....the person singing with Chris Isaac is Michael Buble.