Why does life have to be so damn hard?

So I haven't blogged in a few days. I haven't really been in the blogging mood, shit, I really haven't been in the mood to deal with my life PERIOD! Much less go and tell everyone else about it. Other than my brain-numbing headache that has lasted for days on end....everything is just driving me nuts. It seems like I am frustrated by just about everything. Everything except for my knitting that is :) At least I have one thing that will keep me semi-sane. I'm still working on my basketweave scarf and it's about 3 feet long so far. I am almost to the end of my second ball of my yarn and I am still debating on how long I want to make it. I did find out today that I will most likely be going to Kansas to visit my best friend Brittany while she is there visiting her family for Xmas. That should be awesome. I haven't seen her in way too long! Also, since I will have a 15+ hour bus ride each way, I will have PLENTY of time to take care of knitting. That rocks :) I have to pack LOTS of yarn and needles that's for sure. Not only that, but I also wanna teach her some awesome knitting while I'm there so she can become obsessed with it like I am. I couldn't pick a better OR a worse time to go out of town. I really need to get away and clear my head and think about a lot of stuff. I know that it will do me some good.
Some more good news, what is better than free yarn right? This morning, I went over to my inlaws and my M-I-L hands me a bag full of yarn that her friend Karen bought for me. Is that awesome or what? I couldn't be happier. Well, unless it was a bag full of money, but hell, I'll settle for yarn....because what would I spend that bag full of money on anyways? Yarn of course.
Well, I am going to go now...Josh should be home anytime and I've gotta find a movie to watch before he gets here, but I promise that my upcoming posts will be more interesting.
Ambz XOXOX

Wake-Up from hell!

So what do my lovely little angels wake up with this morning at 6:30 AM? Um, about 3 quarters of a gallon of milk spilled all over my kitchen floor. Yeah, that's right....a freaking gallon of milk. Needless to say, I was just a little bit pissed off. So I spanked the culprit and stuck him in the room for about an hour. Couldn't he at least waited til the sun came up to start doing thoughtful things like that? I guess NOT. So, because I was woke up so early (and lovingly) when I went to church with my mother in law...I could NOT keep my eyes open to save my life. Literally! I don't think that God himself could have kept me awake this morning. So, since I'm so darn tired, I'm going to put the boys in bed, take a nap and hopefully I'll be able to stay awake for a while tonight and hang out and watch some movies with my DH. Much love to you all and happy knitting.

I *MIGHT* be done by Christmas

So I've been working on my beautiful Basketweave scarf and it's coming along quite swimmingly. I love watching the pattern come out more and more after each row. Also, since it's only 28 stitches I'm not having any problems being able to keep track of my stitches and flubbing it up like I usually manage to do. You wouldn't think that it would be THAT hard to count stitches, but for SOME reason I always seem to screw SOMETHING up along tbe way.
I also HAD to post a picture of my pretty kitty Church. She thought that napping on my nice clean, warm laundry was too good of an opportunity to pass up. I have never met a more beautiful, sweet kitty. Usually cats are kinda stuck up and can be kinda assholes, but not my girl. She comes to you everytime you call her because she knows shes gonna get some good lovin'. I even gave her some turkey and dressing on Thanksgiving....and she ate it!
I opened up a flickr account. I never got what the big deal was about it and why everyone had one, but hell I decided to go with the flow. http://www.flickr.com/photos/amberquamber/
Any of you guys that have flickr might be able to help me. When I was posting my pics, it said that you have a certain amount of space per month...Well I uploaded 200 pics, and it told me that I have to upgrade my account to be able to post the rest of them....does that mean that I'd be able to post them after a month? Or is it just a 200 picture limit period? I'm a little confused. I do have a couple of other accounts at some other photo hosting sites so it's not a huge deal, but I was just kinda curious. If I can't post more that will be pretty damn lame. Well, I'm going to work on my blog layout and spiff it up a little. Have a wonderful day lovelies!
Much Love
Ambz <3

GAUGE BE DAMNED!!!!

Ok soooooooo, I finished calorimetry FINALLY and I try it on.....and it's too damn wide. The length is perfect, but it's thick as hell. It's just kinda funny looking. The knitting looks great besides the one spot where I miscounted my purls and knits. That didn't mess it up too much but I did tell you that I can't count! I'm gonna take a picture of it ON me tomorrow, but I'm kinda busted looking tonight so I'll spare ya, but I WILL post a pic of the finished product. Screwy or not. You can see how wide it is compared to my hand. I think that I'm going to make another one of them because the pattern is SOOOO easy and I really want one that is a little narrower.

Well, I'm off to start that pretty scarf with the yummy cotton yarn that I got today. I hope that my DH's mom likes it. I'm sure that she will....she would like pretty much anything that I would make her. Have a good night guys...I'm off to watch some TV and do some more knitting....surprise surprise!

Yummy Yarny Goodness!

So I just got back from doing about 10 tons of laundry and guess what is convienantly about 3 doors down from my laundrymat? You guessed it! A YARN SHOP!! So...I went in there and drooled and fawned over all of the yummy stuff that they had there...and then reality hit that I'm kinda broke. Not broke enough to stop me from buying some pretty Peruvian Cotton that I'm going to use to make this for my wonderful mother in law. I also went to the bead shop and got a red horn bead to use as the closure for my calorimetry. I'm almost done with and I'm expecting to BO in about an hour or so. YAY!!! I'll probably post that tomorrow.

I really have no idea WHY my wrist was hurting me so bad last night, but today is a whole new day and it's not bothering me AT ALL *KNOCKING ON WOOD* Well I'm off to finish my headband and then probably take a good nap so I can stay up late and work on my lovely basketweave scarf with my yummy soft cotton yarn! Oh I also got it on sale for 50% off! See, I can still get good yarn for the same price of Wal-mart cheapo stuff! Cuz THAT is how I ROLL!!!

Much Love

Amber <3

Carpal Tunnel? Or just a sign telling me to STOP!!

Ok, So I've been knitting all damn day and I've made some decent progress on Calorimetry. I've had to slow down to a crawl in the last hour because my wrist is flippin' KILLING ME!! I've never had this problem before. I don't know if it's because I went from knitting a few projects on circulars and then switched back to straights or just because of my last month to month and a half of pretty much non stop knitting. All I know is that my wrist is aching! That is really lame because I have tomorrow off and I had some PLANS for my needles tomorrow.

So, I've been doing a lot of knit blog reading in the last few days and I have to admit, I feel like a cheap yarn whore. I know that I'm JUST starting out and all that good stuff and that I can barely knit a 2x2 rib without fucking it up and miscounting stitches, but I have a serious yearning for some expensive, soft, awesomely colorful yarn! I think that I'm going to treat myself to a big ol pile of it really really soon. I need SOMETHING to cheer me up with all of the crazy shit I've been dealing with in the last couple weeks. I wanna make a shrug or something. Something a little more complicated than a damn hat!! Reading all of these hardcore knitbloggers posts have me jealous and itching for some REAL yarn. Don't get me wrong, the $1.99 Wal-mart yarn has been doing the trick for me, but I feel like such a novice using it. I know that I AM a beginner, but I can at least get some good yarn to kick off my stash with. I hope that I get lots of yarn for Xmas..cheapo or not. I just love knitting so I don't really mind what I'm knitting with. Ok I'm going to try knitting again and see if my sore wrist will cooperate or if I'm gonna have to suck it up and put the needles down for a little while *SIGH*

Finally finished my hat!

Ok so I finally finished my hat! This is the second hat that I've knitted this week and my first one for myself. This pattern is so damn easy now that I have it figured out. I had to frog Josh's camo one 3 times for various reasons. Mainly because of my own inexperience. I "THOUGHT" that the decreases were supposed to turn out differently than they did...and I said, that's only because of my own inexperience. i've never really done anything that had decreases or increases so I was expecting something different. Either way, after I got that figured out I wasn't sure if it would be long enough for Josh to want to wear and I didn't see much sense in knitting him a hat if he couldn't wear it. Finally I was able to finish it and I promptly started my own. I have started my calorimetry, but I have to keep starting over because I have some kinda constant problem with counting my CO stitches and keeping track of something as complicated as a K2 P2 ribbed pattern. I'm bound and determined to get it right THIS TIME though....I guess third times a charm they say :) Oh! I even added a little homemade pom pom onto mine! It's that the cutest damn thing you ever did see? Well *I* think it is :)

In a few hours we are going to venture to Josh's parent's house for some delicious food and I can't wait. It would be a lot better if Josh didn't have to work immediatly afterwards, but hell, what are ya gonna do? At least he'll be home in 6 hours rather than 12 like yesterday though.

Last night I was sitting here reading Grrleighknit's blog and I was bombarded with these horrible stomach pains. Not just the run of the mill tummy ache, but I was wracked with pain. I climbed up in the bed and was even in too much pain to knit! When I told Josh that, he KNEW how serious the pain was (haha) So I was laying there rocking back and forth in a ball and I get the I'm-gonna-puke feeling. I've had this kind of stomach ache before and the only thing that makes it feel even close to better is puking. So puke I did! So today, after power puking my innards out my throat is raw and my taste buds are all fucked up. I'm hoping that doesn't interfere with my Thanksgiving pig out.

Check out the centerpiece I made for my table. I had a vase full of dried roses and I decided to put the heads into a brass bowl. I also took some of the dried petals and then layed the heads on top of those. I think it's awfully pretty. I sometimes like dead roses even more than the live ones. I know, I'm weird! Also, floral designers everywhere would probably cringe over that :)

Well, I'm off to see if I can get the first couple of rows done on my calorimetry without having to frog for the fourth time. Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Eat Lots and be Merry!

Another hectic day!

Well, I just got home from work and it was SOOOOOOO flippin busy today. All the rich people in the Springs were wanting thier flower for thier dinner tables for Thanksgiving. I'm glad THAT is over. It's not anywhere close to being as busy as our other holidays but I've never worked during Thanksgiving or Xmas at the florists....only the hardcore ones like Valentine's Day and Mother's Day.

Tomorrow we will be going over to Josh's parent's house for Thanksgiving dinner. I can't wait because Kay is the best cook known to man. The only thing that I'm disappointed about is that Josh has to work tomorrow. I told him that I wanted to wait for him to get off so that we could eat together, but he told me that he'd be pissed off if I didn't eat with his parents and the boys. I just don't want him to have to eat alone.

My pretty little hat is coming right along and I should be done with it in the next hour or so. After that, I'm going to start a quick little project that should give me some instant knitting gratification. It's called calorimetry and it can be found here

I think that this one is awesome since i have several feet of unruly hair and I need something awesome and stylish to keep it under control. After that I'm planning on starting either Jackyl & Hide which is so damned awesome that I can hardly wait until it's done....OR I really wanna try clapotis....I love the pattern, but the name is just SOOO ugly. It makes me think of genital disease. Either way, it is very pretty and I want one of my own :)

Last night I spent all night on my computer waiting for Josh to come home. I did nothing but look at all things knitted. In that process, I came across the most kick ass awesome blog. This chick seems like she could be my long lost sister or something. She is hilarious and I can't wait to read more. If you have never seen her blog...check it out!
Well, I'm off to strangle my boys, I mean put my boys down for a nap. I get off of work to find out that they were HORRIBLE for Josh's parents today. My FREE babysitters....did I mention that they do this for us for FREE!! If these little monsters keep it up I don't know if thier sanity is worth doing us that favor. Even I feel like demanding some sort of pay from SOMEONE for dealing with them on one of thier especially torturous days. Which can sometimes come as often as once a week. Anyhow, I hope that everyone has a great holiday and be safe and eat lots of yummy food.
Playboy Mommy

My very first blog :)

Well I've never gotten into the whole blog thing, but because of some prompting from a friend, I decided to go ahead and start one. I just got off of work and it was SOOOO hectic today. Because of Thanksgiving coming up we've had to do a TON of centerpieces. I love my job and I love making the arrangements, but when I have to do the same kind of arrangements over and over and over again it can get a little tedious. I'm also in the process of knitting a new hat for myself. I had never even attempted to knit a hat until a few days ago and I made one for Josh in this kick ass camo yarn and it turned out so awesome that I promptly started one for myself in some pretty Plum Pudding Yarn. Yeah, because of my lack of money I'm forced to use the $1.99 yarn from Wal-mart. I know that the yarn snobs out there are probably cringing, but I don't really care. Since I'm just learning I don't see any sense in using $15 yarn to make something that will probably have a few dropped stitches and isn't as nice as I would like it. Once I go pro :) I'll probably start investing in the over priced stuff, but until then I'll stick to my cheap-o stuff that works just as good.

Today is Josh's first day at his new job at Independent Records. He actually started the other day, but as of today he's working at a different location so it might as well be his first day....again! He's stuck working nights now so I will be at the house with the boys all night without him. I HATE that, but I think I'm gonna put the boys to bed nice and early...have a glass of wine...put a movie on my computer and finish my hat. Sounds like my kinda night :)

Well I'm going to wrap this up, but hopefully I'll be able to do this fairly often and hell, I might even get a couple of people that are bored enough to read it. Have a lovely night!
Playboy Mommy <3