I'm a Wooly Girl

I'm soooo happy that I'm officially a Wooly Girl now. Ok for those of you that don't know what that is it just means that I've bought a lot of yarn. Actually I've placed 7 orders with Wool Girl. I thought I had two more orders to go, so to my surprise when I went to the mailbox for bills I had two packages waiting for me. here is what I got for being a Wooly girl. A new bag and what came inside was another sock pattern, notebook, yarn, tape measure, a sample of body butter, and a stitch marker. I should thank a flight attendant for helping me become a Wooly Girl, because if it wasn't for her I would have placed an order. The flight attendants are asking for people to donate baskets for a silent auction and they wanted me to donate a knitted item which I don't have anything for them so I decided to do a sock yarn basket with needles, pattern and a sock bag so this is the yarn that did it. Its Mamma Llama original sock yarn in Pink Lady.

As for my knitting I haven't done much I've gone into a slump. I hope now that I became a Wooly girl I will get inspired to knit.

Until next time stay happy and safe.

My new toy

Our VIP for Onboard Service came today and spent sometime with us. I was asked to come in early because she wanted to meet with the staff. Not knowing what was going to happen I came in early and waited for the meeting to start. I knew that we were going to celebrate someones 30th anniversary. After they did their thing they started on the rest of us. They wanted to thank us for coming in during our snow event and staying in hotels giving up on time with our families so now I'm a proud owner of my own snow shovel. Now watch we won't get any more snow now that I am prepared.

As for my knitting my almost done with my paid knitting job. I'm loving the yarn it is sooo soft. The pattern is easy to. The only problem is that I keep forgetting to pass over a stitch so sometimes I have an extra stitch or two.

I think that is all for now. Until next time stay safe and happy knitting.

Christmas in January

Brian and I drove up to Bellingham yesterday to finally have Christmas with his family. With the weather this year and all of our schedules this was the first time we all could do it and boy was it fog out there coming home it was worse and I tried my hardest to stay awake but get me in a car at night and I will fall asleep. We had a good visit and Brian and I got our normal presents Brian gets his gift card to Jack in the Box and his shop rags. He also got a 6 foot folding table that we will be putting in the trailer. As for myself I got a book of lifesavers plus extra butter rum ones and my last one a 2009 Tinkerbell calender. I also got a set of 7 pairs of pearl earrings in different colors very nice and the new Tinkerbell movie. The also gave us both a $50 gas card.

On to my 2009 goals. The running is coming along. I've made it over the 3 mile mark. I've up the incline to 1 and the speed at times has gone up to 5 mph. I'm still very motivated at doing this. I've set a goal at 5 miles for a week I get to buy some new running clothes so I'm really working on that.

Onto the other goal more Knitting in 2009, well its not doing so good. I'm working on one project that I really need to work on because its a paid job. I'm knitting a hat for someone as a gift. A friend at work has a friend that has a brain tumor and going through chemo and losing all her hair so she asked if I would knit a hat. The sucker that I am said yes. So I'm working on that and as for socks I have a pair that I'm trying to work on but not doing so very good. So I hope today I will get some knitting done.

Well I better go and work on that running goal. I will try and add pictures the next time I'm on here. Until next time stay safe and warm. BRRRRR it cold out there.

2009 Goals

OK I'm going to let everyone know of my 2009 goals I've set for myself. I only have two one is a fun one and the other is a major one that I will need every ones help with.

#1 the fun one:
Knit more
Ha ha. I told every one it was an easy one and it is a fun one for me. OK here is the second one. I'm a little scared to let everyone know, I've very scared that I won't be able to do it. This is why I need every ones help. OK here I go I will just type it, but please don't laugh.....

#2 the Major ONE:
I want to run a 1/2 marathon or just be able to run 13.1 miles. I would love to do a 1/2 marathon, but its just finding the right one to do and one that does not cost an arm and a leg. Right now I'm training on a treadmill do to the time I get up and get home from work it is dark. I'm only at 3 miles and I know once I get out side it will be totally different that 3 miles that I'm so proud of right now will be like 1 mile out on the road. The part I need from you all is support keep asking have you run today or how many miles are you up to. I'm hoping if people keep after me that I will stay at it. I guess we will have to wait and see.

I should sign off so I can get some food in me and hit that treadmill and try for 3.5 miles today. I just hope I won't get to bored running in place. If only I could figure out how to run and knit at the same time that would be great!!!

I will try to blog sooner and maybe it will be more about knitting than my 2009 goals.