weekend update

i am a lazy, lazy blogger. even though this was a short week due to the holiday on monday, it sure felt long. i had a great memorial day weekend at home with my parents. we get half days before holidays at my new work so i was able to hit the road on friday and make it home by dinnertime. yes i love me some home cooking. not much was really done on the weekend except for some eating and playing with my doggie. but i did have some distressing news. i wasn't gonna tell y'all about it but since you're my internet friends, i don't think i should hold out on you. a few weeks back my dad was really sick. and for some reason, my family decided not to tell me. actually i think my dad made them promise not to tell me. he had to go into surgery and he says that he knew that there was no way i could get there in time (hello- airplanes?) and that it would be more stressful for him to think about if i was ok travelling and that it would be best not to tell me. and i just knew that something was wrong. i call my parents almost everyday just to see what's up and for like 3 days, i couldn't get anyone at all. and then when i finally did speak to my dad, he was so out of it and weird and then he gave me to my mom, who sounded odd, too. i so knew that something was up and no one said a word, not even my brother. i was kind of mad but mostly just sad that my dad could have died and that i would never have had a chance to say goodbye to him. just thinking about it now it making me tear up. but all is well now. he's doing well and is on lots of meds and he's kind of weak but really he's gonna be fine. but it just makes me sad that i can't live closer to them and see them more. anyhow- it was a nice but short visit home. took lots of food back with me.

i also got to see my old school chum who was visiting her parents. sadly she lives all the way in north carolina so i rarely get to see her but it's always good times when i do. she has two adorable little munchkins (i can't believe she has kids!) and they are so big now. they are just too adorable and totally sociable and impossible not to love. i gotta start being a good auntie and maybe do a little bit of knitting for them.


on the left there is riley and on the right is kaelum. love them!


us inside her dad's ferrari. i am not a car buff but it sure was pretty.

and my mom and i did stop by knitting arts on monday because they were having their "fishbowl" sale. basically you pick a slip of paper out of a fishbowl (really a basket) and that determines your discount. you are guaranteed at least 15% off and up to 30%. i was looking for some rowan 4 ply cotton to make orangina. i had my heart set on black but the 4 ply black wasn't that great. it had that kind of faded, i washed my black tshirt too many times, sort of look- dull black with a hint of gray. and they didn't have any other blacks in a comparable weight. i was so disappointed and my mom and i decided i should get a nicer, summery color for the top instead. the color i got instead is a really pretty shade of pinkish/purple.


color 127 flirty

so pretty but i am not allowing myself to start this until i finish something. something, anything. that reminds me that there is some progress going on. i have one half of the rebecca chevron top done, but now i am worried that i am not going to have enough yarn. i am making the largest size and i should have enough yarn going by the pattern, but the first half took basically one whole 100 gram skein with only a few yards left. i had to cut the pattern short at the top, too, and i don't think i am going to have enough for the straps. i don't want to buy another skein just to make straps so i am going to have to think of something else. sigh- why isn't this enough yarn? sniff sniff. to tell you the truth, i am not even sure if it's gonna fit me. i guess we'll just see....


and i finally gave my mom those armwarmers i made for her awhile back. i think the only pic i posted was of my one had modeling them. i think my mom does a much better job.


this post was going to be longer and with more information but i am super duper tired and last week was such a long week at work. i gotta get to bed if i am going to be good for tomorrow. i went shopping this weekend and spent way too much money (i blame my friend linda) and i also made a few online yarn purchases this week. they should be headed my way shortly. of course, you'll be the first to know when it does. leaving you with a picture of the cutest dog ever (to me at least). good night!