yesterday

Sun is shining; sky is blue. I'm sweaty, out of breath, shaky with wobbly legs and I feel GREAT!
I went running on one of my favourite trails . Well OK, it was a walk/run. OK, it was more of an ungraceful, lumbering crashing through the bush. LOL. I was sucking more wind than a gaping chest wound.
The last time I ran was in September in Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver before becoming pregnant. My girls are now 4 months old and it's time to get moving! I've been on walks with their super buggy and a couple solo bike rides but running is what I prefer.
As for knitting, it's been simple things like slippers and a scarf. I manage to knit while nursing so that's a bonus!
oh yeah....we also went camping:)

I'm back...at least for now

Well it's been a while and I've sort of missed this. I've been pretty busy gaining weight and being lazy!
It's been a long haul but we did it! Without going into the details of the rather difficult pregnancy, we finally realized our dream.
Introducing Ayla (5 lbs 8oz) and Arwen (5 lbs 11oz) born April 29th.
Now I just need to loose the excess weight and get active again:)

Happy New Year 2011

Happy 2011 everyone! Hope everyone has a healthy, happy year.
My day so far has been a total waste! Slept until 1130! Wasted some time on the computer and then vacuumed the bedroom. Woohoo! Dpo I know how to live it up or what?!
My plan was to make a nice vegetarian Greek dinner and a cheesecake for Todd's birthday but so far this has not happened.
OK, I'd best get at it. Bye for now.

Autumn

I know the first official full day of Autumn is not until tomorrow but the day is sunny, crisp and cold just like it should be. The sky is a bright blue and the leaves are turning golden. Yesterday when I went for my walk, the leaves were gently falling towards the ground.....yet some had a kamikaze pilot approach to their demise and dive bombed to the end.
I made sure to take my bear spray with me therefore ensuring that I would not encounter a hungry bear trying to fatten up for winter. The only time you see one, really is when you forget to bring it along and you are far into the bush with not a soul around and only an old, deaf 17yr old Shep/Husky cross as your would be defender.
As for knitting....it's been a bit of a disaster. I recently stayed with 2 of my nieces and as a sort of Thankyou, I thought it would be nice to knit a little something for them. I bought some Nashua Handknits Creative Focus Worsted and got to work on a Waterfall Scarf. It was a quick easy knit but at the very end when you are supposed to "encourage" some of the stitches to drop, it just did not happen. If anyone has any ideas about how to encourage these stitches to drop I would appreciate it. I have tried EVERYTHING!! I tried talking nicely, shouting, cursing, cajoling, reverse psychology, bribing, begging, pleading......nothing worked! Grrrr. Now it looks like a plain (twisted) garter stitch scarf:( Not what I imagined at all.
As for the second scarf, I am attempting 198yds of Heaven........which undoubtedly will turn into 200m of Hell.
Happy Knitting and Happy Autumn.

Happy Canada Day!

What are your plans for today? Todd has gone to work but earlier he was building a stage to park the drums and amps on for tomorrow nights bonfire/jam session. A few friends, some appies, bevies, live music and a fire! Should be fun....or at least until my grumpy neighbor shuts us down:(
So as for my plans today.....mowing the lawn, cleaning house and preparing said appies!
I am knitting some cute little boy socks from some Sisu. More on that later. Finished but not felted yet are these slippers:
Have a great day. I'm going to watch for fireworks later.

summer

happy flowers















warm woolies felted booties....yet to felt

Moose

I was tired this morning. Not sure why though. I got up a bit later than usual and while having my first cup of coffee, I went to check on my pumpkins. I planted about 12 of them. They are just in those little peat pot disks that puff up when you put them in water.....grow monkeys for adults:)
Anyway.....I looked outside to see these 2 moose calves trimming the willows.
I went outside to get a couple of shots but didn't see momma until I went back in.....ooops! She walked from behind where I had been standing. I went back out to get a pic of her too.......all the while being warned that she might charge! Yeahyeah! She didn't.

I am slowly working on my Jaywalkers. I picked up some Sisu to finish the cuffs. I think it matches quite nicely. However, I broke one of my Knitpicks Harmony DPN's! Boo Hoo:(