Vote for Dex's Mama!

Bissell (the vacuum cleaner company) is having an MVP Pet Photo Contest, and Dexter's mama Zarah needs some votes! Head on over and show her some puppy love.

Lolly's "What's for Dinner?" Bracelet Giveaway

Miss LollyChops is having a giveaway here! All you have to do is leave her a comment saying what you're having for dinner tonight, and you could be the lucky winner of this super spring-y Lolly-made bracelet. Head on over and tell her I said, "Hi!" Go on...scoot.

JoJo on the GoGo

I can't remember if I mentioned it or not, but at one point I was considering walking the 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk with my pal Miss Jodi (aka JoJo). After much thought, I decided this year was not the time to be adding the stress of training and raising the $2300 (I think?) entry requirement on top of fixing up the house and hanging out with the hubs and the pups. However, I still wanted to do as much as I could to help JoJo get the moolah she needed.

I gathered up a bunch of crafty friends, and together we decided to make and donate things that JoJo can sell at a craft show at the end of this month. Since everyone has different talents, there will be an array of different crafts: sock monkeys, scrapbooks, jewelry, magnets, and lots, lots more. Miss Kaia created the following logo, which Miss Stacey took and made into a stamp so that all of the items will have cute hangtags.
Below is the pile I'm donating. It contains the last three shawls I knit ( #2, #3, and #4), two skully camera bags, and two skully pairs of socks. Now fingers crossed that she sells out of everything!


If you'd like to make a donation to help breast cancer and JoJo get on the GoGo, go here!

#4 of 10 for 2010

As promised, here she is--my Springtime Bandit. This is my #4 shawl toward 10 shawls in 2010. However, I think I need a lace break for a little while. I think my next project will be something that I can just pick up and knit and put down without getting lost in a pattern. I'm not done with patterns for good, I just need a breather.

This picture makes it look huge, but it's not. It's just a little girl model form that it's on. Trick photography. =)

Poor Puppy

I'm playing nurse today to a sick pup. His little tummy has been bothering him all weekend. We thought he was better on Monday, but alas, we woke up in the middle of the night to another disaster (I'll spare you the details). Dex has always had a sensitive stomach, but this has been the worst. Poor little guy.

This weekend we had him all bundled up and sleeping in the sunshine (his favorite).

We've been giving him handfuls of snow so that he can take in fluids. He loves snow! As Shane filled his water bowl up with snow, it made me think of the Snoopy SnoCone machine from when I was a kid. I can't remember if we had one growing up or if I just wanted one so badly that I believed I had one. Either way, I'm sure Dex would appreciate a Snoopy SnoCone right now (well, when he wakes up, that is).

Meet the Future Tim Burton

My pal and partner in crime Miss Barbara has a very creative 6-year-old son named Sam. Sam made a Cat in the Hat calendar at school and Barbara shared it with me. As a big Tim Burton fan, I love his amazing creation. I think it's so awesome...OK, maybe a little scary...but creative none the less. And as for scary, at least Sam isn't three and drawing snowmen with blood-dripping fangs, like my husband. (It's still amazing that his parents didn't seek out help...kidding, Shane!).

This is not a far cry from...

... this. We all have to start somewhere.

On My Sticks: Springtime Bandit

First, let me start out by saying that none of the following shawls and/or pictures belong to me. I swiped them from the good knitters of Ravelry to show you examples of what I'm currently knitting but have been too lazy to take pictures of. So, with that said, I'm working on a new lace shawl (this would be number 4 of my 10 in 2010) called "Springtime Bandit." I've knit the whole body of the shawl already and now have about 25 rows of border left to do. However, the last few nights I haven't had any interest in doing so. I'm hoping to find renewed knitting interest this weekend.

I'm using a color from KnitPicks called "Autumn." The above color is "Sherry," but it's quite close. The Autumn has a little more golden flecks in it.