One more UFO sock finished

This is how I found my new puppy the other night. He seems to have taken a liking to my favorite slippers my husband got me for Xmas. He also seems to like his crate too, when he is free to come and go as he pleases. I guess that's a good thing. My older Boston never would step foot in her crate, we eventually got rid of it, because she wouldn't go near it. When I see him like that, I almost forget about all the times I've been on the floor in the dining room cleaning up pee stains, almost. He is turning out to be a good dog, and his training is coming along pretty well I think. He has discovered the meaning of no, which is a good thing!! He is wearing the sweater I knit for him. I haven't gotten a good picture of him wearing it yet, but it fits perfect!! Im so happy about that!!
















Here finally are my finished off Dublin Bay socks. I think these are the most comfortable socks I have made for myself. They fit perfect. They are just snug enough so that the heel doesn't turn on my when I'm wearing them, and I just think they are so pretty. The yarn and the color work perfectly with this pattern. I think this would be a good pattern for someone just starting out with working with lace, since it's only worked on a small part of the sock. I will definitely be making more of these socks.















I got a wonderful package in the mail last week. I received my final package from my Sockret pal. This had to be the best package of all three!! She made me some beautiful socks in Koigu. I haven't taken pictures yet, but I will soon! I put the socks on my feet as soon as I opened up the package. She also sent me some other wonderful goodies; a knitting journal, which is exactly what I wanted, some wonderful smelling lotion, some stitch markers, needle protectors, and best of all, Socks that Rock!! It's in a really neat colorway called Jinglebell Rock. Another yarn I've been wanting to try out!! I was so lucky to get such a great secret pal. Turns out that my secret pal was Suzie of the purlygates She also hosted a tea swap earlier in the year that I joined and she did a great job with that also!! She's a really sweet person, go check out her blog. She knits some wonderful socks!! I actually cast on for Knitty's Pomatomus socks last night with the wonderful yarn!!

Busy, busy

Another competition weekend, and the team was in Hartford, Connecticut for the Spirit Cheer competition. This weekend they placed #1!!! They just keep getting better. They have a little break now before the big competition in March. Here's a picture of my daughter catching one of her teammates. She's on the right, (with the sneakers in front of her face).
















I was able to get a lot done this weekend. First the puppy. Well, what can I say, he's a puppy. He does go to the bathroom outside....but he also goes inside too. Still working on that. But it's a start. I don't think it will be too much longer. At least he's got Josie to show him what to do. I also started making him a sweater. It has finally gotten cold around here and he loves to be outside, but he does shiver. I'm just using Red Heart in a denim blue color. I figure this one won't last too long, so when he's full grown I'll make him and Josie matching sweaters that are nice and warm! This is a cable pattern I got from "Puppy Knits". I started this Saturday night, and I should finish it up tonight.
















Lastly, here's a gift I'm working on for my husband for Valentine's Day. We've been so busy it just kinda snuck up on me. It's just a small book made out of paper lunch bags. I've done some distressing on it, and inside I'm going to put in some pictures of vacations and our wedding and our family. The tricky part is trying to get it done without him catching on.














I also have a couple other projects going. My baby blanket is still going. Unfortunately, I got too sure of myself and decided to take the stitchmarkers out once I got through the first panel. Wrong thing to do! I ended up miscounting, and had to rip out a big section. I also worked on my Dublin Bay sock during the car ride and competition this weekend. This is one of my lonely socks that needed another to make a pair. After this, one more single sock left to complete!

We have a new family member!

Well, here he is. This is TJ, Josie's new little brother. Basically, my husband came home last Friday and decided he was getting this puppy. Easy enough to say, but he doesn't quite remember what Josie was like as a pup because he wasn't here!! He was out to sea and missed the housebreaking and the chewing and the crying and the peeing and everything else!! And now, guess who still has to do it?? Me because Im the one home all day long. I can tell you I had no intentions of getting another puppy. I was quite happy with just our little princess, Josie. But look at TJ, can you help not falling in love???? Right now, Josie tolerates him, but I can't say there is any love there yet. Although the puppy loves Josie!! Its so cute, when Josie is napping, sometimes the puppy will go up to her and acts as it Josie is her mother and wants to feed. Josie's pretty good with that. But Josie hasn't learned yet that all she has to do is jump up on the bed or couch, because the puppy can't jump yet. The puppy does sleep all night long though, so that's a plus.

















This weekend was a busy one. It was the first competition for my daughter's cheering team. They performed at the Athletic National Competitions in Providence, RI. They did so well, and ended up with 2nd. They did awesome!! They looked like they had been out there doing the routine forever, when in reality, the first time they performed their routine to music was Friday afternoon!! Here's a picture of my daughter with her friend, and another picture of her team. They have another competition this weekend in Hartford, CT. Looking forward to that. Fortunately, this one is a one day event. This past weekend was two days, so we had to spend one night at a hotel. I really thought I would have the opportunity to get a lot of knitting done this weekend, but not a stitch was knit! I'm really itching to get some knitting down this week.