The pain slowly heals...

Ok, so I think I am finally at a point where I can comfortably discuss football again. Just in time for the Super Bowl. My only hope now is that the Giants some how beat the Patriots......long shot I know....but it's all I got. So I turn to my knitting.
My rogue is almost done, the body is blocked as well as one sleeve and I'm working on the second one. I'm going to start sewing up the hems this weekend. I'm soo wishing I was at home today, instead I'm at work. It's a blizzard outside, yesterday it was 40 above zero, today we are going to get to 20 BELOW zero...yea I love Minnesota winters too.
I think in my 20 some years I'd get used to the constant enviromental changes, but I'm still confused about the whole global warming thing.....we aren't seeing it!

body is done!

Well the main knitting is done, I have to hem the bottom and all of that fun stuff yet but the majority of the knitting is done! Boy was that hood a PIA!!! I kind of fudged some of it and I think it came out ok, I don't have anyone else's project right next to mine to compare, but I think it looks good! I gor a little off with some of my cables while grafting the top, and as for grafting the live stitches to the border edge for the back of the hood, I just picked up and knitting the same number of stitches on the hood edge and then grafted them together.

Heaven!

Last night I saw heaven on earth. Yes my friends, I'm sure. It is a place called Lambeau Field. Last night my beloved Green Bay Packers came back against all adversity to beat the Seattle Seahawks and their diabolical leader Mike Holmgren (who probably wished now that he had stayed in Green Bay). The snow started falling in the first quarter and the Packers seemed only to draw power from it. The harder the snow fell, the harder they pushed on. It still brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it now. By halftime you couldn't see the field and by the end of the third quarter the grounds crew had switched from brooms to shovels to clear the yard lines. To see them battle back like they did, and then effectively crush the opposition only restored my hopes that we can defeat whomever stands in our way of a Super Bowl title. Don't you think the Lombardi Trophy belongs any where else but Green Bay???? I think not!!!

My Gato is home!!!

Yup my little gato is back where he belongs in front of his food dish. A neighbor of mine discovered him in their garage! He managed to run in there. Luckily I had given her husband one of the posters I had made and the recongnized him from the picture!!! He's dirty but he's home, and little does he know he's getting a bath later!!! Now maybe I can get some sleep!

So Close

well tonight about three am my brother was going to the kitchen and saw a big gray butt by where we have the food dish set up. He yells and goes running down the stairs and throws open the door. While I'm appreciative of his enthusiasm the cat wasn't and took off. I can't be sure if it was Ash but the description of big gray butt certainly fits him. We went out looking for about a half hour but it's gotten so cold we came back inside. I refilled his food dish and set it on the step. I can only hope now that he knows there is food there, that he wasn't too scared to come back.

Still no Gato

Still no Gato today. We looked until about 3am then I got up at seven and went back out and hung up posters and asked around for about two hours. Finally was able to sleep for about two hours then went back out and tried again. He still isn't home. I hope he comes home safe.

Gone

I find myself suddenly gato-less. At some point while I was napping to day our front door popped open and the gato is gone. We've spent most of the night looking for him, but no luck....I even walked around shaking his food container because that usually lures him out of his hiding place. I can only hope he'll find his way home soon. I'm so worried about him!!

Body pretty much done

I spent tonight watching wild card football, and sewing shoulder seams. I have the body of my Rogue sweater done and am taking a short snack break before starting in on the hood. I'm learning quicking not to read too far ahead in a pattern because right now it sounds very confusing but it usually makes sense once I actually work up to that part of the pattern. Oh and the best part is.....IT FITS!!!!!!