Another month comes to an end

Well things are moving a long well....today there was sap in the buckets , we have not had snow in 3 days..thank god the last storm was a gem...15+inches



My yarn stash has grown with some wonderful new colors and textures...I have added some great new books to my small but ever growing knitting library.all form fellow Ravelers.....


My grandaughter is growing and is very healthy and she looks forward to her daddy comming home from Iraq to meet her and kiss her chubby little face

And I finished a ton of afghan squares for the Caring Crafters group on Yahoo that makes afghans for injured soliders, new babies and also for the Whiteriver Reservation in AZ..

Fabric & Yarn Give away

http://kristenunraveled.blogspot.com/2009/02/fabric-yarn-giveaway-and-yarn-sale.html
follow the link above to visit this blog to have a chance to win one of 2 prizes..she also has some fantastic yarns for sale....I have my eye on the vintage knitting needles....OH and HURRY the contest ends soon

What is UP Mother Nature

It appears that Mother Nature is just in a big crabby mood.....snow storm 3 days ago dumped 10 inches for shoveling.....a couple of days of some sun...and WHAM here comes a mother of a storm 12-24 inches depending on location.....I guess that the sap project will be on hold a little longer than expected....

During the last storm it was heavy wet perfect snowman making snow so my little guy and I took advantage of the nice day and the great snow....

It's Sapping Season

It's that time of year in New England where you the sap bucket's are hung in anticipation of a good warm day and a cool night to make the sap run...well I should say the sap lines are strung, we are just backyard burners so we choose to go the "old fashion" way with the buckets.

In the long run we hope to be able to make enought to share with our family and to have enjoyed a touch of the good old days when thing were not so commercalized, in hopes that it is a good year we may opt to invest more into equipment in the years to come, our new found hobby has run us so far about $130.00 and that is just the taps, pails, and storage & collection buckets,

A New Baby

Well she finally arrived and it appeared it was against her will...as my DIL said they had to "smoke her out" son in Iraq was able to spend some time on the web cam during labor but was not able to log back on to see the birth....Ava was a healthy 7 pounds 15 ounces 19 1/2 inches long...has some very dark hair and these really chubby cheeks for me to kiss in May when they come to visit....a pic of the princess will follow soon

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New England Weather

Several days of extreme cold weather, frozen drain pipes, stuffing the wood stove full non stop, and its finally going to warm up.......just to bring us some more snow....just another 4-8 inches, and the only good thing this has forced me to do is make leaps and bounds on my charity knitting/crocheting....I have made several squares for the Hooks and Needles for our troops group.....we make afghans for wounded soldiers during their recovery, for 2009 we will be expanding our services even further this year to help some in need on the reservation in Arizona....we are going to be voting soon on a new name for the group, and also Esther our dear founder is also thinking of making the group a non profit .....feel free to contact me if you would like to join in our mission....or make donations of supplies

Off to a slow start

Well the New Year has arrived with a big bang for me, and it has me very disorganized..and not spending time doing the things that I love and enjoy....all should be settled in a few months and I can get back to my knitting, I have found a few minutes in each day to do some of my charity crochet, I have made 25 squares for baby quilts....this is part of my Yahoo group that I belong to, we make afghan and baby items for injured soldiers and for babies born at the navel hospital ....this year our founder is expanding out and we will begin to help folk on the reservation where she works as a nurse..... hooks and needles for our troops is the yahoo group swing in and see what we are all about, its a great cause that I enjoy being part of

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL