Oh yeah. I know. You don't have to tell me.

At first, it was just that I was busy getting ready for Travis to come home. Then he got home. Then we did all kinds of fun family things together. Then it was just so much to put and so overwhelming that I just kept coming up with excuses to not blog. But Trav is back at work again now and I really can't think of anything better to do. (Plus I need to make bread today and this is better than that.) So here I am. I will try to get everybody caught up. After that, I can't guarantee anything because we are going on holidays and will be bouncing from house to house. But we shall see.

Anyway. Here goes. First of all, here is about two thirds of the canning I did. The rest is in boxes because I couldn't get it all in the pantry:

Ian and I went to the Maritime Fall Fair, where he went for a pony ride:

And another pony ride:

And a Dragon ride:

On Thanksgiving we saw a monstrously huge spider:

There was a witch/little girl battle:

We saw a King and a Princess:

 

Then I made a toque out of the yarn I spun. I sent it to my sister, who will hopefully post pictures on her blog of the toque in action.

 

Ian took a bath:

We got ready for Daddy to come home, which involved a poster:

 

And a cake:

It was cold, so we put our shirts on over our coats...Sexy!

Ian was very excited to see Daddy:

Big hugs!

 

We went for pumpkins in the Valley:

 

We stopped and saw some kitties:

 

Ian shared a meal with a Deer friend:

We met an irate owl:

Ian and Daddy made tracks. Daddy was impressed enough that he wanted lots of pictures:

We saw a raccoon brushing its teeth:

I made snotty faces while knitting hats:

We dressed up the cat for Halloween (it made her really happy):

We dressed Ian up as a python, and look at the nifty Jack-o-Lantern:

The lady says: "My, aren't you a cute lizard!" and Ian replies: "I am a nake, actually."

 

Trick or treating with some random kid:

 

I learned to decorate cakes (a little.)

 

And I made this flower out of playdough. Yep, I was proud enough of my playdough flower to take a picture:

I went to a craft show, I did pretty good with the dishcloths, hats, and syrup. Nobody wanted the coasters, though. I think Auntie R did pretty good with her stockings and Papier Mache kitties too!

  

A closer look at the hats: I made them out of Bernat Alpaca, from my own pattern:

 

Ian and his cousin got a new house:

And we got a new TV and assorted accessories totalling $Way Too Much$. But it was Trav's deployment present to himself (and Christmas and Birthday too!!) so it's all good:

It snowed once:

Then it snowed again:

I knew husbands were good for something:

And Ian wrote a letter to Santa. I helped, but he signed his own name!

 

Yes. My boy is brilliant!!

 

 

You know, that wasn't so bad. I don't know what I got all worked up about. See you later!

Sorry!

I know I haven't posted in a while and this is a total cop out. But this video kicked kabootie and I wanted to share. I will post something soon I swear.

Ok, I have some good things to post...

...And I promise I will tell you all about Travis coming home, the stuff I knit, and my spinning. But before I get to all that, I wanted to post something funny that happened while I was waiting for Travis:


First I Kinneared Peter MacKay:

Then I got him to hold my sock:

(I know I look like I am smiling because I am happy to see him, but really I am just happy he held my sock without any explanation. Plus my husband just got home.)

HELLO, CANADA!

Hey everybody! Make sure you get out and vote today!!

Doesn't Ian look good in his little Election Day Getup?






(Ian isn't happy from voting, he's happy because I gave him ice cream after. I will subconsciously cause him to have good feelings about voting.)

Ummmm....

Just so everybody knows, pineapple = financial.

(just say it quietly to yourself)

Too much tv?

I have been watching the news a lot lately. That's why I have not been posting so much. But have I been watching the news too much?

Maybe.

After all, even Ian is talking about the "pineapple crisis"

I'm having a party...

... on Thursday night. A drinking party. Who's in?

Yeah. I bought a bag of hair. So what?

We had a good time at the alpaca festival (Pacafiesta) today. Well, actually not so much. Ian liked the alpacas for about five minutes, then he was bored and acting crazy, climbing the decorations and trying to kick spinning wheels. I had to chase him to stop him from scaring the baby alpacas. But despite all that, I learned a lot. I got to see a spinning wheel in action (it was like oooooooohhhhh! I get it!) and a loom as well. No interest in weaving at all folks. Don't fret. There was a lady with a llama as well, with a baby. If you could milk a llama, it would be the perfect animal. I asked her about it, she said they have small teats. But she also said it is really close to human milk, and probably really good for you.

Hmmm.

So I got some nice stuff for spinning. I got this superwash merino custom blend (which I started already):

It is 100 grams, I am hoping to get enough for socks. At least that's the plan. I know to knit socks, you need 100 grams, so in theory, if I manage to spin it at about a sock weight, I should be able to make socks. Most sock yarn is blended with nylon, however. So I don't know how I will get around that. (ply it with Phentex, maybe? KIDDING!!!) Anyway, we will see how it goes.

I also got this, Pat's Colours hand dyed feltable Merino roving:

Which I actually don't think I am going to spin, I want to make thrummed mitts. It's hard to show the colour right, but it is like green and yellow and brown.

Finally I got a pound of this:

Which I forgot to find out what it is. But I think it is also superwash merino. There is A LOT of it. A pound is a lot of fibre. I don't know what it will be for. Maybe a sweater? Or a scarf? The colour is not quite right in this picture either, but it is dark grey with a hint of brown. They called it Earth.

All together, I spent $17. (well, $26 with admission) That's it. Cheap!! The big bag was only $5. I have spent more than that on regular sock yarn! Like, a lot more! Now if I had a spinning wheel and could make yarn, you know, efficiently, it would actually be quite a bit cheaper than buying sweaters ready made! Surprise! Who knew knitting could be cheap if you make your own yarn! Too bad I suck at it. Hopefully practice makes perfect.

Now, off to practice!

Last night at supper:

Ian: This is my baborite supper in the whole..... oony-berse!

(We were eating fish sticks. Sigh.)

Playing catch up. (click any pics to embiggen)

Ian's artistic photography:

Kitty wants to knit:

My plied yarn! Woo hoo! It took forever, but I finally washed it today, and it should be ready to knit when it dries!

Ian at apple picking. Pretty big, orange, apple!

The sun was in his eyes:

Tree swing:

Apples:

Me and my boy:

Views on the wagon ride:

Yummie!

My tomato crop. Not bad for a first try I don't think!

You would think he grew them himself:

Queensland Beach, Thursday:

Then we went for a walk in the woods:

Stopped for a bite to eat. Ian had some cheese with his whine:

Mood swing!

This is his angry face. He stomps around and says "I'm Mad!"

My mad face:

I don't know how he took this: