Hello there.

Looking at Rani site she found this from Heathers site, so... What would your name mean in a dictionary? This was mine. Yikes!

Kathleen -- [noun]: A poltergeist sent back in time to change the course of history forever 'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

More excitement and pictures here in the next couple of days. Victoria is coming home from Mt. Gilead camp tomorrow. Then on Sunday the girls and I are going to the Farmers Market/Quilt show. So I am very excited about spend time with my girls at the event.

Socks on needles.

Well I am so excited about the different socks I have on needles. Stash my King Charles Caviler is posing with Lornas Laces sock yarn and Celebration pattern by Sockpixie.The center one is a Jaywalker sock with Sockpixie yarn-Raspberry Cheesecake. The finally I have the Cornucopia sock pattern with Cornucopia sock yarn from Sockpixie.

There is a reason for having so many socks on needles. Really I promise. The first sock is on hold because I am learning about short rows. The second one is zipping along and a great one for being able to knit and talk at the same time. Then the third one is on hold as well for a bit, trying to figure the reason why my stitches are not meshing. I keep having 2 extra stitches. I will get it.

I have one more skein of Sockpixie yarn waiting for the right pattern. I was thinking about the sidewinder pattern from Nona. I am not sure. It is scary for me to try such a new and different pattern. I may need to find a pacing buddy to work on it with. Any Sonoma County locals willing to give it a go with me?

Yes, I have Pictures!

I have pictures ladies and gentlemen. I am so excited. So I will show some highlights with captions.

Well my Yarn Harlot pictures in which I took several, I feel this is the one that turn out the best of her from my camera.


Then I had fun with my Hogwarts Sock Swap and Snoopy. Now that my socks are finished I will be gathering up the rest of the goodies and searching for an owl to post. I may need to go ground mail due to the increase of owl shipments. Those snails need jobs as well.




Then there was this weekend of Fort Bragg and Mendocino with my parents, brother, hubby and girls. We stayed at a bed and breakfast. On Saturday we had a great hike at the botanical gardens and then went kite flying.



The rare family picture of the husband, wife, and two daughters.

On Sunday Grandpa and Grandma headed back home shortly after breakfast. The rest of us headed to Glass Beach. the tide was low when we got there and by time we left high tide arrived. It was quite a treat to see. We collected glass rocks and searched out hermit crabs and other tide pool heroes.




My favorite moment was having my girls looking out toward the vast open space of the ocean and just being in the moment!


Before I left I had hoped that my yarn from my friend Sockpixie would be here. I am glad it was not, because it sure was nice to come home to a package from a friend! The three yarns will be having a photo shoot soon. I am excited to be working with these very soon.

I bought yarn, again.

Well my friend Sockpixie and her daughter have a on-line yarn shop. And I am telling they have great yarn colors! I was going to wait a bit to get some but.....I could not help it. The colors were calling me. The patterns they have are a great challege for me as I am a fairly new sock knitter. Having instructions on two circulars is a blessing. So today I got the email in regards to my yarn is on it's way. With any luck I will have my Harry Potter sock swap socks finished by time "THE" package arrives. I am figuring that the mail with yarn will be here Friday and with any luck before I leave to Ft. Bragg, CA. This mini-trip is for Father's Day. So my divorced parents (they get along-grandchildren are involved), my brother and my family. We are staying at a bed and breakfast. We are going to "glass beach, Mendocino to fly kites, go hiking and have a great time with family.

I may go to my mom's tomorrow and see about getting some pictures up on the blog. I must say there are some that I need to post with stories. The H.P.sock visited Snoopy, the girls had a dance recital this past weekend and I learned more about my Creative Memories Memory Mangaer program for my pictures.

Getting to see the "Yarn Harlot"!

I had the evening all planned out. DH was going to Petaluma with a friend to sing Kaeaoke and I was going to dropped off at Copperfield bookstore to see and meet the Yarn Harlot. Getting dropped off was going to be a bit less stress and worry so I would not have to park.

But.....I drove the girls out to Grandma and pa's to find them not there after they agreed to watch them overnight. No, this can not be happening! It is about 4pm at this point a half an hour from my home and then Petaluma with traffic is about 40 mintues from my house. And I still need to get gas and pick up hubby and friend, before, that go home and change; at least my shirt and freshen up a bit. ERRRRR!

It's okay, deeeeeep breath. I get back to Windsor and get gas and while at the pump waiting for driving liquid I think. Aha! Mom, she lives here in town, let's go in person to see if she can take at least one of the girls. Yes! It worked, so Gabriella got to stay then I decided Victoria being older could handle being out went with us. Jet back to the house for a quick change of clothes and off in the car again off to pick DH's friend in Santa Rosa on the way to Petaluma. While hubby was driving I made sure all my goods were pack in my basket for a quick exit from the car. Sock on needles, check. Book to be signed, check. Card made from mini-sock project to give to the Yarn Harlot, check. Patterns of mini-sock project to pass out, check. Camera, check. All good with five mintues to spare I arrive in front of the bookstore and dash in to take a seat off to the left of the podium.

It was fantastic and I had a great time. I was able to get my book signed and meet Stepahnie and while she signed my book I passed on a bit of a message in regards to the mini-sock project and had a sample of the card to give to her with the pattern. Hope you liked it.

Still waiting for the ablity to get pictures up. Until then they sit within my camera.

Just check the Yarn Harlot blog and her pictures from last night are up and I am in the second audience one. I am wearing a green shirt.

I'm back, I think.

Wow what a journey getting my computer fixed. DH was able to get my hard drive fixed. I am going to have to wait for my pictures to be rescued and post pictures at a later time.

In the mean time life has been busy and fun. My oldest daughter had a 12th birthday.

My non-profit is starting to take shape. We now have a name. S.N.A.P.S. which is the acronym for Signing, Networking, Advocating for Parents and Siblings. Website coming during the summer I hope.

The local yarn shop has the mini sock project pattern and has passed out several. When I stopped there the other day I was able to pick up a dozen mini socks to turn into cards to sell for fundraising. FUN!

The girls just finish there last day of school yesterday, so we are off to a fun summer of a little bit of everything.

All the art projects that my girls did during the school year came home. Some of these works of art are on my walls now and clay items on my shelves. I just love a good piece of art made from a child. Especially a child of mine. In fact I have entered some of these item into the local County fair which is in July. So we shall see what ribbons they get.

Living in Sonoma County is fun during the summer. We have Peanuts on Parade. This year "Joe Cool" Snoopy statues are all around the town of Santa Rosa. So we will be going around and taking pictures with Snoopy and the girls maybe I will follow the Yarn Harlot's idea of the traveling sock. So whatever sock is on needles will make the cut in the pictures.

My friend who moved from Petaluma to Boston is in business again via the web. I am so excited for her and her daughter Alex. Otherwise known as the Sockpixies. Go and check out the beautiful hand painted yarns they have created.

I have nearly completed one of two socks for my Harry Potter sock swap. Oh yeah I just remembered there is a Harry Potter Snoopy. I will need to take this sock on needles there for a photo op.
I was torn between two yarns and two patterns. What happens I have learned to knit socks on two circulars. And a lot of patterns call for DPNs. So what I do is knit in the circulars for the pattern then get to the gusset and have a hard time coverting the pattern in my head from DPNs to my two circulars. I am such a visual person, what can I say.

Tonight I am going to SEE the Yarn Harlot in hopes of meeting her. She is going to Cooperfield bookstore in Petaluma. I am bringing a mini-sock project card with the pattern enclosed so that maybe she can get the word out to fellow sock knitters that need to do something with left over sock yarn. Looking forward to this event!

Thank you all for taking time to read my jabber. And putting up with typos and spelling mistakes at the moment. Just wrote and left.