Another great giveaway!

It seems like all I do lately is post about great giveaways – that’s because there are so many out there!!

Here’s another fantastic one – Simple Reviews is giving away a great looking Meeup Baby Carrier. This looks like a great way to carry an older baby / toddler. Oooh, I’d love to win one!

Fantastic Giveaway!

There are a lot of giveaways out in blogland lately, but this one is by far the best! You could win a Bumbleride stroller worth $695!!! All you have to do is go to their website and comment on Simple about your favorite item.

That’s my girl!!

Bubby Girl at my LYS!

I recently took my daughter into my LYS to show off her cute little sheep sweater – which she loves by the way! Of course she loved the attention and made a point to “show” everyone, by practically pulling her sweater off, the sheep on her sweater!

Bubby’s 1st Maryland Snow!

Hurray!! Obviously our sledding was a success – she loved it! We have the teeniest, tiniest hill beside our house – perfect for a 1 yr old in a big girl sled all by herself! She had such a ball!! And she really enjoyed the snowball fight between mommy and daddy! So much fun!! Sad to say, but we haven’t had this much snow for a while. So happy it stayed a while. Unfortunately, it’s sleeting / freezing rain right now and the temp is hovering between 31 and 32, so it’s a super icy, yucky mess out! This is how it always ends here! But Bear has a hair cut to show for it (had the night off!), and there are homemade chocolate chip cookies in the kitchen!

It’s Snowing!!

Okay, for some of you, that might not be all that uncommon, but for Southern MD, it’s very rare! It usually snows about 30 minutes north of us, but we get rain, or worse, sleet! But today we got snow, a few inches at that. Bubby Girl got a sled for Christmas (mainly to use in WV when we go out there), so maybe I’ll have a few pictures to post of her in the snow!

First FO of 2009

Here is my first finished project of 2009, and I absolutely love it! I’m starting the year off right! One of the ladies at my LYS had started this scarf and I saw it laying on the table and had to start it myself, and I’m so happy I did.

I had a little model for the picture and I think she was a big fan of the scarf as well, she wore it around for quite a while!

Pattern – Woven Cables pattern from Cables and Arans
Yarn – Mirasol Yarn Sulka in Colorway 200
Needles – Size 13
The pattern was so simple, basically a C4F row, a purl row and a K2 *C4B* K2 row and then another purl row. Easy peasy! Unless your like me and put it down and can’t tell which cable row you were on!

Anyways, that’s all I have for now. It’s been a less-than-stellar week around here – we’ve all been sick – there’s nothing like your 15 month old throwing up in her crib in the middle of the night. We got her all cleaned up, sheets changed and put back to bed, and she proceeded to throw up 30 minutes later. This went on from 2 until 5, every 30 minutes or so. Then the rest of us got it. That was Monday, and we’re still dealing with the remnants of it 6 days later. Whatever this bug is, it’s a doosy. Just about everyone we know has had it, starting with my parents over Christmas. Somehow we dodged the bullet then, but we weren’t so lucky this time.

Stash Up Yarns Contest!

Hi all, I just found out about a new Etsy Shop (new to me at least!) called Stash Up Yarns! She has some beautiful handpainted yarns there and Phat Fiber Sample Box is having a contest where you can win one of these gorgeous skeins just by letting them know what you like in the Stash Up Yarn etsy site! How easy is that – go check it out!!

Rosemary Garlic Crackers

I found this recipe over at Heather’s blog – Beauty that Moves and I just had to try them. And what a fantastic recipe this was! They turned out even better than I thought they would. Super yummy! Definitely sprinkle the salt on before baking, that makes them delicious! It was a little bit of work, but not too bad. I will definitely be making them again.

Hello 2009!

Okay, so I’m not all about resolutions…but I had some thoughts about changes I’d like to make, and they just happen to coincide with the beginning of the year. I’ve found that I get so annoyed with “stuff”. It seems like it’s everywhere. Maybe because our house is growing small and our baby is growing big and she has more “stuff” now. Either way, whatever the reason, I’ve decided that I’m going to try to cut back on “stuff”. That includes “stuff” that I buy and “stuff” that I’ve had forever and don’t need. And yes, “stuff” includes craftiness as well. So here’s my plans:
1) Knit from my stash – this is a HUGE one. Not that I have a huge stash, but I have plenty of beautiful yarn that I want to use! I don’t buy yarn to admire it, but I just get over ambitious! So this year, I’m going to kick that.

2) Buy less stuff, and use up stuff. I tend to acquire things that I don’t necessarily need or use right away, and then they sit around forever. I’m specifically thinking about my medicine cabinet that winds up with hair, makeup and other beauty / hygiene products that never get used! My hair stylist put it so well last time I was in, “we don’t call our stuff ‘products’. Products are what you have overflowing your bathroom cabinets.”

3) Lastly, I’m hoping all of this translates into a tidier house and craft area. My goal is to keep a tidier house, in the hopes that it will be easier when / if the day comes that we get to move.

Okay, so that’s my plan, sounds attainable right? Actually, I don’t see it as a goal, but instead more of a lifestyle change that I am completely up for!!

And here’s a parting shot, I found this picture this morning and I absolutely love it. It was taken last winter on our way to Whitegrass XC Ski area. I can’t wait for snow this year, Bear says were due!

Z is for…

is for “zee end”! Yep, this is the end of ABC Along 2008. This was my first time (and probably my last because I didn’t do very well) doing this. I must admit it was a lot of fun, and it forced me to post more often. At the beginning I looked at everyone else’s, but that faded towards the end as well. I hope to post a little more in the new year, but I probably won’t hold myself to it! So I leave you with a parting post to end 2008 and the ABC Along…

I hope your new year is full of good health….
(that’s an ear thermometer – she’s a quick learner!)

Lots of love….

And I hope you get into something fun and exciting this year! (Her expression is priceless!)