ECLIPSE PREMIERE TONIGHT!! WOOT WOOT!!

Oh...months and months of waiting...

But tonight...ECLIPSE!!!  I am so excited.  The first time I read the series Eclipse was my least favoite book.  But over time, it became my favorite.  I can't wait to see the Tent scene!!!

Still waiting to sell our house.  OH FRUSTRATION!!  We have found the perfect place, but until we get our place sold, there's not much we can do.

I did do some knitting recently though.  I finished ANOTHER pair of Bella mittens for my bestie Tori.  Now she is officially in the Port Girls Twilight Club (I just made that name up)

And I completed my first pinwheel sweater!!  It turned out very nice (I'm allowing myself to say that).  I gave it to my Goddaughter for her first birthday...hope she likes it!  I can tell that I am going to be making more of these in the future.  It was fun (despite the I-cord border.)

But I did enjoy making this.

Well, gotta go put on a healthy coat of body glitter and my Team Edward T-shirt.  Toodles!!

Sellling a house and making some mittens.

my life is CRAZEEE right now.  We have our house on the market... and at the same time we're looking for just the right place to raise our girls.  We've seen a couple of potentials, but nothing that we've gone into and known for 100% sure that it's THE ONE for us.  I guess time will tell...

BUT!!!  I did get to finish another pair of Bella mittens.  These ones are for my momma.  She's been bugging me for a while about how I've made things for all my friends, but have never made anything for the woman that made me...I guess that's a fair statement.

So here are the mittens for momma:

It's hard to see the color...but they are plum.  Her favorite color is purple.

So I hope she likes them.  I also finished a sweater for my God daughter, but her birthday is next weekend, and her momma hasn't seen it yet, so i don't want to ruin anything : )  Not sure if she reads my blog...but I want it to be a suprise.

Socks and Shrugs and needleholders...oh my!

 I've been trying to be crafty this week despite the fact that I worked four 12 hour night shifts back to back...that just sets you up for being EXTREMELY fatigued. BUT...I finished the Sabine shrug from Perl Grey!!! I fell in love with the pattern, and knew that it would be mine.  So about 3 weeks and 3 skeins of 100% wool yarn later...I am done!  It is so toasty, and perfect for cool spring mornings where a full sweater would just be too much.

I have also delved into the world of sock knitting.  I don't know if this is my new passion...actually I find myself thinking when in the #&^$ are these things going to be done!!!???!!! But I'm using sock weight yarn and size 2 DP knitting needles. Maybe next time I'll try a little bit chunkier of a sock...because I'm just loosing focus, and there are too many cute patterns I've found on ravelry.com.  But these socks are for my daughter Emily...so they must be finished!!

I've also revived my love of sewing to benefit my love of knitting.  I made myself a needle holder.  I looked online for ideas of how to make one, and this is what I've come up with...

I even made a second one to give away to a friend of mine.  Hope she likes it!  They were super easy to make (they were both done in about 2 hours)...and actually didn't cost me a dime.  I made them from fabric I got years ago to make a quilt that I never got around to making.   So now my needles have a cozy little home of their own.

26.2 time again!

The Sore calves, the plantar fasciitis, the energy gels, the LOST TOENAILS...aaahhhh!! It's marathon season again!!! I have just started training for my 3rd marathon...the Steamtown Marathon. It should be a very different venue from my first two, in that my first marathon was up in the Adirondiack mountains...the first 11 miles were uphill (eewww...). The second marathon I ran was in San Francisco, the hill capital of the world.

Steamtown has a nice, gradual downhill grade (except for an EVIL hill @ mile 25). So I can't wait to see the difference.

I'm trying my darndest to get my good friend who has just discovered the love of running to run this beast with me. She seems pretty excited...but we'll see if that excitement remains after she's lost a few toenails.

There is nothing like a marathon. It puts you in that place of complete discomfort where at mile 20 you start to go crazy, and you have conversations in your head that go something like this... "ok, I know you've just run 20 miles, but there's only 6 LITTLE miles left to that glorious finish line...to the bragging rights of running 26.2 miles, to the finishers t-shirt...to the MEDAL!!!! So get your butt in gear and DO IT!!" (insert rocky music here).

I'm oddly compelled to go for a run right now...later!

newest knitting project: Perl Grey Sabine shrug

I fell in love with this the second I saw the picture. I have never bought a pattern online, but when I saw this, I figured it was worth the $6 to download the pattern.

I'm using 100% wool, which I'm a little nervous about. But I've used this yarn before and it has awsome stitch definition.

I've realized that knitting is my zen. It is so relaxing watching those needles pick up the yarn, move it over the needle. I think patterns should read : Knit 1, Purl 2, Ommm....

I'll post my actual shrug here when I get it done. It's knitting up pretty fast, so I'm hoping to be wearing it soon for some of these cooler spring mornings.

Politics and Church...here we go...

I am typically not a political person. Politics actually seems quite silly to me. Nobody knows whats going on. We pay our taxes, and people fix our streets. I guess I just have so much going on in my microcosom that trying to figure out how the government works is about the same as trying to ace a calculus final. It just ain't going to happen.

What I do understand are idiots. They are all around us. In abundance. I just saw the most overt display of idiocy when I opened up yahoo today. There is a church based out of Kansas that says that it is Gods punishment when a soldier dies, because the military allows gays in the service. These people are standing along funeral processions holding these signs as the brave men and women who fight to uphold these peoples rights are being laid to rest.

I am straight. However, I 100% support the rights of homosexuals, whether it be their right to serve in the military, the right to get married, or the right to adopt children.

I am also the daughter of a man who served in the Army, and was brought up to have a great appreciation for those who risk their lives on a daily basis to keep me and my family safe. Whether they are straight, gay, black, white, or green with yellow polka dots.

So to see a sign that says "Thank God for dead soldiers" makes my blood boil.

You know, I think God has put aside a "special" place for these people when they die. All I have to say is, I hope these people like living where it's warm. Very, very warm.

Umm...

I have never had a blog before...but all the cool kids are doing it, so I thought I'd give it a go...

I have an amazing family...with two little girls that melt my heart on a daily basis. The oldest (8) is my mellow one, who is developing my sense of "mellow sarcasm", and I am loving every minute of it!

My youngest (5) is a strawberry blonde with an angel face, and a devilish temper. She is definately her father.

My husband, to quote Jerry Maguire "completes me". He has his little quirks, but I guess that's what makes him him, and why I married him.

I'm a Registered Nurse in a Cardiovascular Surgical Unit/ ICU. I absolutely love critical care nursing, and couldn't imagine doing anything else right now (besides sleeping). Working 3rd shift, raising 2 kids, driving to and from soccer practices and games, and trying to maintan a household is a wee bit draining...but so far, I think that the ends are going to justify the means.

I have WAY too many hobbies. My biggest love right now seems to be knitting. With what little spare time I have, you will find me with a pair of knitting needles in my hands. I also love quilting, but it isn't quite as portable as knitting, and I'm always on the go. I have tried getting into crochet, but I just don't get the same fuzzy feeling I do when I'm holding those big shiny metal needles in my hands. Maybe it's the nurse in me that just loves needles.

I started knitting so that I could make the mittens that Kristen Stewart wears in Twilight (yes, I am one of those Twilight people). Here is the final result:

I have since made 2 other pairs for my Twilight friends. It's getting late where I am, so I'm not even going to delve into my love of the Twilight Saga...but I'm sure it will be making a feature presentation on here in the future.

My other love is running. I've done 2 marathons so far, and I'm dying to do another one. I have some "fine tuning" to do to myself to get back in shape for another marathon...but nothing beats the feeling of coming down that chute after running 26.2 miles and crossing the finish line.

Well, like I said, it is getting late, and I'm on call for the hospital, so I should probably get some sleep. My luck, the second I start dreaming about something good, the phone will ring and remind me that the mortgage needs to be paid. Oh well.