oh no!!!

me. here. with out a computer? yes it happened on no!!!! I thought the old girl died on me. I was sooo sad Hubby panicked the other night when we had a storm coming thru. "shut the computer off it might get fried" he cried . silly man lol I never shut off my comp. I had trouble with the on/off switch before so my computer is always on. but, he was panicked so I shut it off. then, sure enough waaa!!! it wouldn't come back on. what to do what to do. hubby started to tease me."your going thru with drawl" he laughed.
had sil come over today, sure enough it was the on /off switch and....tada!!!! he fixed it, and now I'm happy. whewwww, life with out a computer how the heck do people manage now a days ? lol

yea!!!! lucky me!!

instead of just one partner in the bottle swap, lucky me i get two YEA!!!

I love shopping for my bottle swap partners. trying to fig out what they would like. I always like to try and put some thing personally made into the swap if I can, .I remember 1 partner I had to send out to. not only was she totally into knitting and a very fine knitter, she and her hubby were totally into their fishing and took fishing trips all the time.well I decided to do something a little diff. sure i sent her knitted items, after all this is a knitting group, but i also ventured a little further into my shopping and bout her a load of fishing stuff. oh like jigs and rigs and fishing line you get the idea. well the day before leaving on a fishing trip, my partner received my swap and she was so happy and it was perfect timing as they were leaving the next morning to go fishing. she absolutely loved the fact that she got all this fishing gear. that's why i like to try and find out more about my partner if I can that way I can always include something different. something they wouldn't expect to get in a swap. and thats half the fun I think.
some times if I know they have small children I will sut something in for the kids as kids love getting surprises in the mail. if they have furbabies, I like to put some treats of toys in for the fur babies
you have to try and be creative with out breaking the bank. and its possible, you dont have to spend alot of money all the time. just take the time to know your partner and from there and you will have a blast

i got tagged!!!!

by Cathy @ http://tryintaknit.blogspot.com/
thanks Cathy.
i have to write
8 things about my self , this is going to be hard

1 until my disability i worked for an agency that helped families in crisis
and the crisis could be anything from medical to kids gone wild. a lot of it was teaching parents how to parent

2 i don't drink alcohol

3 i like country music

4 i love getting together with a bunch of people for knitting

5 according to hubby and kids i make the best lasagna in the world and he would love for me to open a restaurant

6 i love receiving flowers baby yellow roses and white roses are my favourite
7 i love to play bingo

8 my best friend in the whole world is boz my hubby

ok thats all i can think of , i hope that its ok now to find some people to tag he he he

ok i have tagged elsie at

http://360.yahoo.com/elsie_ogle

wendy at
http://jawsrus.bravejournal.com/

now marg @
http://nittineedles.blogster.com/

now knittingjunkie

http://knittingjunkie.blogster.com/

and now amy
http://amyknits.blogster.com/

how about donna at

http://donnasdramas.blogspot.com/

and now judie at

http://www.snickerland.blogspot.com/

when ever bottle swap

well i got a partner for the whenever bottle swap and I'm so excited.
i love this swap. it has always been a good swap well organized and the people that sign up for it, the partners i have given to and received from have always been great.

i have a few ideas in mind for my partner but i wont disclose yet. just in case she reads blogs. this is the first time i have been in this swap with a blog so it should be interesting.
to the partner who is sending to me. i mentioned a few things in a previous post and like i said , i love everything i get. I'm not picky at all.
the one thing i probably don't need is note pads or sticky notes. a calender from your area would be nice, i love seeing where people are from.
sock yarn is always nice( cascade fixation?) lol. it doesn't matter what ever you give is fine and thanks for taking the time to shop for me !

the begining of the blanket

ok so i managed to get one square done during my very busy work lol

this blanket is not going to take long at all to do and its going to be very pretty when finished .one square done, 47 more to do, then the border

the when ever group

I belong to a really good group called the whenever group. mostly the talk is socks, but it gets off topic to which is fine. I love yahoo groups. most of them are friendly and you get to meet a lot of wonderful people on line. and if your lucky enough, some of those people you end up meeting in person. that happened with my friend penny and I. we ended up in a few groups together and then found out we live in the same city and well the rest is history. she really is a lovely lady very warm and generous and she was the one who finally helped me learn to make socks :0)
anyways, new bottle swap is coming out and i cant wait to get my partners name.
I love the swaps we do in this group the people here are so generous and it so much fun to shop for people you don't know and like to surprise.

we have a data base where we put info up as to our likes and dislikes but I thoughtI would put some info here in case my partner reads blogs
my dislikes:
nothing really, I am always so pleased and surprised at what my partners have sent. I'm so easy going and willing to try any thing new

my likes:
well now that's a different story lol I like any thing to do with knitting lol.I like bamboo needles/who doesn't? and can always use more for socks. I also recently tried and liked very much knit pick dpns.
books? knitting around the edge is one i have always wanted. well any book in that series would be great.
sock yarn, you can never ever have too much.I like opals in solids, I love cascade fixation just love love it but I again prefer solids. the reason I like this yarn so much is because Imake sock out of it for my mom. my mom is soon to be 68 yrs old and still works as a waitress, so she is constantly on her feet. now my mom is to me one of the best knitters in the world , she taught me when i was young. but for some reason she doesn't like making socks. so the first pair Imade for her was in cascade fixation and I told her to wear them to work as they were cotton and would be kind to her feet. well she did and now 6 pairs later
so she is always asking me to make her more with that cotton. we cant get it where I live and as Idon't have a credit card I cant order on line, I usually get some in a swap which is fabulous. so thanks to past swap partners my mother can now work in comfort. she compared it to walking on cloud 9. anything for mom right?
so yes I'm easy to please when it comes to swaps ,I am trying to learn how to spin on a drop spindle so fleece would be nice.
all in all I appreciate every thing Iget who wouldn't? these people take time and energy to shop for some one they don't know and I for one appreciate that.
the one thing I guess Idon't like getting is candy not much into that unless its really dark chocolate yum!! and oh coffee I love my coffee i love trying new different coffees. i had one lady send me blueberry coffee and it was fantastic.
well I'm off now, land lord is coming to work on the toilet and I need to get some knitting done.
hope you have a fab knitting day today :0) think happy thoughts

i have decided

what to do next.should be simple enough . i have several baby blankets and out fits that i need to be making for 3 upcoming babies.Two are within the next 2 months and the last is in November. the last one is the addition to our family so there is lots of time.

i have started a blanket from sirdar in pink,lots of work lot of small squares to be sewn together, but that means it is also a portable project so i can take it with me where ever i go.

its been a while since i have done a blanket , i love making them, so this should keep me busy for a while. i will post a pic of the color as soon as i have a square made.