Thinking Outloud

I don’t know what I was thinking a few months back.  I decided that I would finally use up all my scrap pieces of yarn and make my daughter a homemade knitting afghan.  It was a great idea at the time.  But, I never realized what type of work would go into one of these and I honestly have to wonder if I’m ever going to get it done.

I usually knit in the evenings while I’m watching TV.  The particular pattern I chose was to make 70 individual blocks of six and a half inch squares.  One square (if I knit constantly) takes me a day.  Then I have to sew all the pieces together and then crochete a border.  I think when it’s finally completed it’s going to be a very funky and interesting piece.  My daughter loves it already.  But, I am still wondering if I’m ever going to see a completed product.  Then my son wants one for his bed (all boy colors) as well.  So even when I see the end of this project.  It’s really not the end.  But I have been making some progress and here are some pics so you can all see how far I have gotten.

The other day my husband went to look into our bedroom closet for something.  He then came out of the bedroom shaking his head.  He then stated that I am the worst pack rat that he has ever seen and he can’t find a thing that he is looking for because of all my “junk”.  But guess what, all my “junk” is stuff I need or want to save.  I really don’t have that much stuff.  Just a lot of crafting supplies, tons and tons of books and everything that the kids have ever made in their lifetime (so I guess 18 years of stuff). lol

So yeah, I guess you could call me a pack rat.  But everything I have I need or will need in the future.  Honest!!  How about you guys?  Who’s the pack rat in your home?  You or your significant other?

One of my favorite hobbies to do is knitting. Right now I am in the middle of making a knitted afghan for my daughter’s bed and it is really starting to come along quite nicely. After seeing me work on this particular project for a few days, my youngest son has also requested that I make him an afghan as well. Well I have started looking at different patterns to see if I can create him something that looks like it would be good for a little boys bed. After coming across one pattern which I think may work out, some of the instructions got me a little confused. One of the stitches for this particular pattern would be the “cable” stitch. The term fiber cable has come up a lot lately in my research and I thought it had to do with knitting. But, after doing a little more digging, I have discovered that it doesn’t and it is something totally different. This is a good thing as I really had no clue as to how to do this particular type of pattern. I guess I don’t have to worry about that for now.

Well I have decided to try something different with my homemade jewelry.  I have been making jewelry for a couple of months now so I have only been making some really basic pieces just to get the practice.  Now don’t get me wrong.  Although the pieces I have made are very basic, they are very pretty and I have had quite a bit of interest in my jewelry products.  But, I have decided that I really need to come out of my comfort zone and try something a little fancier.  So later today when I dig out all my beading supplies, I’m going to try a more difficult pattern.  I’m always up for a challenge and I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that this little adventure will turn out.

So wish me luck and if I manage to create something a little more difficult than what I normally do I’ll be sure to pop in here with a picture or two to show you all my work.

I don’t know if you all know this, but I am highly addicted to owning as many singing and dancing Christmas animals as I can get my hands on. Usually every year my husband will purchase me at least one to add to my collection. This year he purchased me three. The only problem with having a collection like this, is that I am running out of room to display them. So, before next Christmas I really think I am going to need to purchase some discount furniture to display all my animals. You know your addicted when you going out to purchase furniture so you have a place to show off your entire collection.

Winter is coming and you all know what that means, snow is on the way. And with all this fluffy white stuff, people are headed towards the ski slopes to enjoy a little skiing and snowboarding. Snowboarding has become an extremely popular sport over the past few years. With this popularity of this sport growing in leaps and bounds, there has become a rising need for snowboarding equipment and accessories. This is why I would like to tell all of you snow bunnies about a site that I recently discovered that deals with anything and everything that has to do with snowboarding. This site can be found over at www.shopping.com.

Over at this site, I have discovered that not only can you purchase any type of snowboard that you require, but you can really get completed outfitted for the snowboarding season. You are able to purchase snowboards, boots and other types of clothing that are manufactured especially for the snowboarding enthusiast. They cater to many different sizes of consumers and they have the largest amount of inventory that I have found on the Internet. So, if you are one of those people who are involved with the snowboarding sport or you would like to become involved with this sport, then why not drop by this site and discover how they will be able to assist you with all your snowboarding needs.

As most of you know, one of my favorite hobbies is reading.  Usually I like to read a little bit in the evenings to try to unwind after a long day with the kids.  I usually like to read historical romance novels, but if a title on a different type of novel catches my fancy then I will try to read it as well.

I didn’t realize exactly how much I do read until this past weekend.  For the past five weekends in a row we have gone camping.  One of the things that I always pack for our camping trip is a book.  While the kids are playing I will sit back with my book and just relax for a while.  So last weekend while the kids were playing and I was sitting in my chair reading, my daughter comes over to me and states that I am a bookworm.  But this is a good thing because in her eyes as she considers herself a bookworm as well.   So, as long as the worst things she calls me I guess I’m OK.