It's opening day!!!

Today is opening day for a knitting yahoo group that I belong to - love2knit_dishcloths. A few times a year (is it 4?) we do an exchange and my partner this round was Judy from Indiana. Judy knit me a beautiful margarita cloth in Sugar and Creme hot green in honor of Cinco de Mayo and I just LOVE it!!! Check out the cute little knitting note card that she used to write me a note!! I just love that too!! I think this is an original pattern by Judy and I'd love to have it as soon as she's ready to share it!!

Mood: Excited! (wouldn't you be after receiving this cool cloth?!?!)
Meditation: Yoga meditation downloaded online
Yoga: 15 minutes sun salutations
Exercise: will do 4-5 miles on the treadmill 'cause it's yucky outside!
           

Daylight Savings Time Strikes Again!!

Well... this morning I didn't get out of bed until 9:00 which is WAY late for me! I felt pretty much behind the whole day but I've managed to get most of my routines completed. Plus, Chris is out for darts this evening so I've got the house to myself. Man, do I LOVE Mondays sometimes!!

We had a BEAUTIFUL day here (I think the high was 53!) that made me very anxious for spring!! Winston and I went for a nice walk and he's sleeping at my feet under the desk as I type! Sleeping puppy is my favorite puppy!!

On Saturday, I went to a Holistic Healing Benefit at the Goggleworks in Reading. I got myself a beautiful stand of carnelian, a large blue and purple fluorite and a small garnet in some other type of rock from Alaska! I also had a channeled reading that was definitely not what I expected but completely amazing!

I took an HPT this morning because I'm on CD31 and haven't seen AF yet. I had some spotting Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday of last week which I assumed was the start of AF but she's not here yet. I assumed that the progesterone that I'm taking was keeping her at bay but figured I'd take a test anyway. I don't really know why since I'm going in for blood work tomorrow but anyway... after waiting the five minutes, there was a VERY faint positive - I mean, like, I could have just been looking at the strip too hard - that's how faint it was. I'm not getting my hopes up because our timing wasn't very good this month but I suppose it is still possible. Geuss I'd better wait for the blood test tomorrow so I don't go getting myself all in a tizzy!!!

I'm looking forward to doing some scrapbooking this evening. Heroes isn't on tonight (I am SO BUMMED ABOUT THAT) so I don't need to actually *watch* what is on TV tonight - I can just listen to it while scrapping. I worked on my afghan yesterday and got all of the panels crocheted together and started the boarder. I'm really getting excited about finishing it!

Oh well... I supposed I should get to the basement to put up the accent lights that I bought and then it's onto scrapping!
Have a beautiful evening!
Krista

Where, oh where, is spring!

It's been awhile since I've posted - been a bit busy lately - but, once again, it's snowing! It's a pretty, soft, light, fluffy snow so I don't mind it too much. I may even be able to clear the sidewalks with a broom! The weather forecasters are saying that it'll be near the 60s by next week so we won't even bother snow blowing the driveway - just let it melt!

I've been pretty tired the last week though quite focused which usually don't go hand in hand for me. Go figure! When I'm focused on what needs to be done, I'm too tired to do it!!! My temp has been dropping for the last two days so I'm sure that AF is on her way soon. I'm only on cd 26 which is early for me but last cycle was long so I supposed my body's still regulating itself. With all that went on over the past month, I was pretty sure that Chris and I didn't time our BD right and I wasn't expecting to be pregnant. On to next month, I suppose! I just have to call my doctor's office now and see when I should stop taking the progesterone. Left to my own devices, I would stop now but want to check with them first.

I haven't been knitting much but have been writing for at least an hour most week days. I'm really enjoying it! I'm about 85% done with my afghan and really want to finish it but I think I need a bit of a break - not to mention the fact that I don't know when I'll have any free time for it anyway! I'm hoping to get some pictures of my knitting projects posted/linked today. In a knitting yahoo group that I belong to, Love2Knit_Dishcloths, someone posted about finishing all of their UFOs (unfinished objects) and I'd really like to be able to say that some day! My sister-in-law and I are going yarn shopping later this month so I must restrain myself!!!

We have our last dart match this evening which I'm very glad about. I LOVE hanging out with the girls but the season gets SOOOOOOOOO long. We've got a meeting about the league party next week and then playoffs start so I've got a bit of time before I can relax on a Wednesday night but at least the end is in sight!!

I'm getting that stupid box at the bottom of the page saying "Could not connect to Blogger.com. Saving and publishing may fail." This really ticks me off!!!

Anyway... since it will probably take me quite awhile to get this posted - what with trying and retrying - I'll quit here and try to organize my knitting projects. Perhaps it's a sign.
Have a beautiful day!

diagonal knot dishcloth

diagonal knot dishcloth.

This is the dishcloth that I knit while taking it easy on my back on Friday! It is based on the diagonal knit stitch from The Harmony Guides 450 Knitting Stitches, Volume 2. Here's the pattern if you'd like to knit it up for yourself! (I used Sugar n Creme's pink lilacs)

Make knot - P3 together leaving sts on needle, yrn, then purl same 3sts together again

CO 32 sts
Knit 4 rows for boarder
Row 1 (and all odd rows) RS: Knit across
Row 2: K2, *make knot* rep from * to last 3 sts, p1, k2
Row 4: K2, p2, *make knot*, rep from * to last 4 sts, p2, k2
Row 6: K2, p1, *make knot* rep from * to last 2 sts, k2

When you have reached your desired length, knit 4 more rows for boarder and bind off!
Enjoy!

SNOW!!!

Wowie! Our first real snow of the year was a doozie! It started snowing yesterday before I got up (probably around 7 a.m.) and just stopped around 6 tonight! Winston had a blast jumping around in the snow and my floors are a complete mess from him tracking in snow! I had such a great time watching him that it doesn't really matter! Chris went out to snow-blow the driveway around 2 and didn't get back in till 5. He's gotten from the truck to the end of the driveway clear but the front of the garage is still not done so I won't be going anywhere tomorrow either! I was looking forward to getting a run in at the gym but I guess there's nothing I can do about it.

Chris made me breakfast this morning which is the amount of my Valentine's present - he just doesn't think ahead! He figured he would stop today on the way home from work and get me something. I got him a cute card and 2 fleece sweatshirts to replace one that has recently joined the 'do not wear out of the house' pile.

Since Wednesday is usually my errand day and I'd gotten most of the 'chores' around the house done, I spent most of the morning watching the first season, first dvd of The Sorpanos with Chris. We were watching an episode on A&E the other day and I was surprised that I didn't remember the early ones so we decided to get them from netflix! I got some knitting done as well which is always nice. I'm working on dishcloths right now since the Love_2_knit_dishcloths Round Robin will be coming my way sometime! Alright, enough for now. I'm going to get some pictures of our beautiful snow online!

Running, Chasing, Writing!

I've been trying to get a sidebar add-on that will show my running log from favoriterun.com but I can't seem to get it to work out... I'll have to try again in a few days when (hopefully) my brain iwll have come up with a new idea or two!

Obviously, I've started running again... well... that's what I like to call it anyway! I run for a minute and walk for a minute. I don't think I'll ever be a speed or distance runner but I know it's a great way to lose weight and get toned up and this pace is just fine for me. I have tried before to be a consistent (as in no walking breaks) runner and it just doesn't work. I get injured or just plain winded and don't keep up. I've been running the way I do now for 6 or 8 months (before my 3 week preganancy/miscarriage hiatus) and I enjoy it. It's enough of a challenge to get my heart rate up and sweat pouring but not enough to make me dread the treadmill. I did 1.79 miles yesterday in 30 minutes. Not a pace that will set the world on fire but, as you can tell, that doesn't bother me!

This morning the genertor guy came out for the annual service. I knew he was coming but it didn't really dawn on me this morning. Winston (our adorable but PITA springer spaniel) realized someone was here and of course wanted to go out and play with him (what a guard dog)! It wasn't till I went to put up the flag (about 10 minutes after letting Winston out) that I realized the generator guy was here. I went out and appologized for just letting the dog out without letting him know but he really didn't mind!! I was here in the office so able to keep an eye on Winston out the window. And imagine my surprise (NOT!) when I saw he had stolen the poor guy's roll of paper towels and was trying to shred it all over my back yard!! I guess that's what I get for letting him out and not supervising but it's getting cold out there! (Which reminds me... I need to put 'build a fire' on the to do list for today!) Winston had a great time out paying with the nice man and (luckily for me!) it tired him out so he's taking a nap right now!

I've started writing my book!!! I've never really known where to start but I came across this brief but immensly helpful article the other day and it really has me focused on this entire process! I wrote for an hour this morning - just 'fleshing out' the characters. The next step (hopefully tomorrow) will be to plot out the story. I've never done this much prep work when I thought about writing and I think that this will really help me to stay focused. Whenever I wanted to write before, I just did. No direction in mind just a general idea of what I'd like to write about and where I'd like to end up. Anyway... I will certianly keep updating about everything.

I'm STILL spotting a little bit after the miscarriage which is really just so anoying by now. I did a bit of knitting last night and hope to have the middle panel of my KING SIZE bed throw done by this weekend (only a year to get this far!). Hope to be able to post some pictures later today but still have some paperwork to do so I don't know if I'll get to it or not.