ahhhhhh a weekend in the country

I don't have a garden in Chicago-but I do have a patch of Iris flowers that are guaranteed to make the neighbors jealous.

special guests

My friends came to my classroom to talk about New Zealand today.
(looking at a sting raye skeleton).
Then I took the kids outside and we played in the rain.....

Happy weekend to you!!!

Chicago-home of good food!!
we went to Mixteco on Saturday night it was wonderful!!!
I loved absoultley everything!!!-Fantastic authentic Mexican
and the tres leches cake was to die for!!!

look what I got for my birthday

I turned the big 35 last week.
I was spoiled rotten-
and then I had the chance to escape the city and go to the country.

and....all of my presents were knitting related.
gosh, 35 is starting off to be a good year.

knitting something

I am finally organizing my yarn and trying to find a space to store it all.
(I can't throw any of it away-I'm too cheap).
Anyways, I came across this rough gray wool that I love!!!
It's too itchy for much of anything but I love the look of it.
I grabbed an old dishcloth pattern that I have always loved and I am going to just keep repeating this pattern until I run out of yarn.
I am thinking of using it somewhere in my home-maybe I'll drape it across my old trunk.

Also, keep your fingers crossed-I am sending in samples of my work to become a liscensed knitter for a small stay at home mom business.
WISH ME LUCK

I don't know why, but I was thinking of these cereals.

Is it true that Count Chocula is the only one sold year round?

I was reading where someone said the others only come out in October.

Gosh, you know it's time to go to bed when you are watching cereal commercials on youtube.

(Am I the only one to never have heard of Fruit Brute?)

just found this site!!! FUNNY

OK-GOODNIGHT.

I made these little summer dresses for my craft show a few weeks ago.

I love how they turned out-now I have to make a few that will fit my girls.

(interested?-they'll be up for sale in my shop by Monday.