Fun card/game for Christmas

A Christmas Card Game

Hanny's first snow

Most of the east coast was blanketed with snow this weekend. Here, we had rain, tidal flooding and snow.

We woke up to this....A winter wonderland!!!











"This is all there is?"


"I'll look cute so they won't notice there's no snow!"


An art picture

Hanney 3 months old today 15.8 pounds

She went to sleep in her crate just now. I can't get up to get the camera because she'll wake up. It's the first time she's slept during the day in her crate. She wore herself out sitting and downing for rewards and trying very very hard not to bark and whine. Did I say she's not very fond of her crate. I have to lay next to it/her at night before she'll sleep. But she does sleep about 5 hours now before she wakes. I quietly take her out to "get busy" and then right back into the crate she goes. I don't say a word. She goes right back to sleep. I think tomorrow when I work with her in the crate I'll make sure my pillow and blanket are near by so I can nap too.

Hanny pictures...what else!

Get ready to say "Awwwwww!"


My toys and I are going to take a nap


Not enough room for all of us!


No need for a crate, I'll just live here with my food

Hanny's here!

After 90 minutes of full blown play and exploring, she's sound asleep in the smallest bed .... snoring.

edited to spell her name correctly. there is not an "e" involved.

Like waiting for Santa

What I'm watching on TV right now. My hair is in a bun like Aunt Bea's. Mine's falling down though.




Christmas is on it's way! Spice drops are on the shelf.



A "Doo Dad". It can be put on sweater, hat, scarf, where ever. I think mine will become the edge of a side to side shawl.




The Full Moon this morning at about 6:30 from my front porch.

At the ready

I pick up Hanney early tomorrow morning. Here is a picture of 5 from the litter. A lot older than the newborns with their mom.

Do you think she's one of them?

Her borrowed crate (thanks Maggie!), toy, water bowl, leash, and chewy are in the car. The Garmin is programmed. My alarm is set, clothes ready to throw on, coffee in the Keurig, car keys and glasses ready.

It all for a 15 minute drive!

More Retreat stories and pictures

Clara Parkes has published her newsletter with her side of the KR Retreat. She includes a Retreat Poem, the Retreat Wedding Vows we made with our new projects and lots and lots of pictures.

Click here and scroll down to Clara's links.

Enjoy!

Knitters Review Retreat 2009

When you take a week or more to post about a trip that 110 other knitters took you find that you have nothing to say because they've already said it. So I will use pictures to describe my experience at KR '09.

Packed and ready to go



9:30 a.m. ....Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel




The next day...Heading into NY state



Later that day...on "the Pass" to Williamstown, MA from Troy, NY





About a mile of "The Pass" as pictured on the Garmie aka Garmin GPS



The first night there were about 40 knitters gathered. Those that were taking classes on Friday



By Friday night all 110 had arrived; here's half the room



My Saturday class was with Kathryn Alexander . Here's how she set each of our knitting area's. We knit "doo dads".




Loved loved loved her class! I actually finished the class project. Something I don't think I've ever done before. Ahha stories to follow about Kathryn.

Sunday we cast on for our "new beginnings" project

Susan cast on for her first pair of socks



Joanne cast on for a shawl with her own handspun yarn



And I cast on with lace wt Rowan yarn I picked up in the KR "swap" room (where we brought what we didn't want and swapped) with a pattern I wrote Friday night (fingers crossed it works)



Ann Budd, Kathryn Alexander, Melanie falick...only rubbed shoulders with the best. Melissa Morgan-Oakes was there somewhere as was Ann Hanson and quite a few designers of patterns that are in Clara's new book The Knitters Book of Wool.



And I can't thank Joanne enough for driving all 4 days!

Check out the following blogs for more pictures and weekend descriptions or go to the KR Forums to read more

http://knitspot.com/
http://knittingmatters.wordpress.com/
http://www.carolbeech.blogspot.com/