Almost done!

I am amazed at how long one little baby sweater can take. I have really been dragging my feet on the sweater for little Lily but it is almost done. I finished all of the knitting and now all that is left is the making up.
I am excited to say that I did a little shopping for my swap partner and I have gotten a little more info through the online stalking process that swappers engage in. Since this is my first secret swap I was not really up on stalking techniques, but I have learned.
I also just looked at my receipt and the tote bag I bought to put all of the goodies in for my partner was on sale. It was priced at $6.99 and came out to be .74 cents! I had no idea it was on sale just now. The shopping gods have smiled on me once again. I should have bought two.

Pictures will be posted very soon. (You know, for all my fans and followers)

Can yarn fully replace my sister?

No, but I will spend money trying. I have joined two more swaps in the hopes of keeping my mind off of the fact that my sister is moving to Japan. I am very excited about this, but I would be more excited if I knew when she was coming back. One year? Two years? Pick a time line!!! I need an end point in sight! Ah, to be young again. Wait I am young! Why don't I move to Japan or New Zealand or Abu Dhabi? That's right. My little boy. His dad might wonder where he is. No matter. It seems I have moved to the strange and wonderful land of parenthood where there are many mysterious happenings and questions to be answered. Where you find your self saying things like, "Don't put your toothbrush in the toilet!" and "Don't eat rocks!" There are many puzzles to be solved in this place. How do you get crayon off of carpet? Why does my two year old sit on the potty for 10 min, never even thinking about peeing, and then immediatly go on the floor when he gets off? Or why, on the first cold day of fall does he suddenly decide that he is a nudest? It is a magical, mysterious place and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. (But I do want to visit Japan.)

Got my swap bag

I got my big bag swap bag yesterday. It was an exciting day because it was my son's b-day party. My sister came over early and brought in the package and in it was this wonderful bag.

I was so thrilled to find a stuffed elephant for my son and a little cat toy for my cat. It was so thoughtful. Also inside I found a girly little tape measure (despearetly needed), an adorable project bag with birds on it (which I love, perfect for socks) two soaks for fine fibers (which I can't wait to use), mulling spices (and just in time for fall). She spent a wooden book mark made by a friend of hers and chocolate and tea for cozy knitting. And my favorite thing she included: a figurine of a sheep. I don't know what it is about that darn little sheep that I love so much, but I told pheobe it made me feel like a real knitter because until now I didn't have any sheep stuff.



Yesterday I also gave my sister her bag that I made based on the big bag and she loved it. I love it too. Here it is:

busy week

My son turned two this week. His party is tomorrow and I made his cake tonight. I decided on a yogurt cake with lemon filling and butter cream frosting. I think it is going to turn out very nice, but I did make one mistake so far. It is a four layer cake and I think i needed to use dowels in it so it wouldn't fall. Maybe I will try.

knitting lull

I am going through a knitting lull. This has happened once before and I didn't like it. I have lost the will to knit (temporarily).
On the bright side, Fresno state beat UCLA on Sat @ UCLA and I was lucky enough to attend the game. It was extremely hot (even though temps only reached 91) and I got a little sunburned, but it was awesome!