Catching up this week.

Hubby convince me to take one of the pairs that I knitted this year for my own today as an early birthday present. I have to say they are my favorite pair of socks as they really fit my foot.  It is a short row heel without a gusset.  After wearing all day they still stay up and aren't huge on my feet.

 Saturday was a very busy crazy day. Praise band practice in the morning. Helping with A/V for a funeral of an amazing 88 year old man. After the funeral/memorial service I wish I had gotten to know him as he was a character.

This was my favorite visitor at work this week.  His name is Taggart, he is a Burmese Mountain puppy. I met him a few weeks ago and his owner could easily carry him now he is much bigger, but so adorable. One day I want a dog like this.  

All about keeping warm

The last few days have been wet and cold, so yesterday it was all about drinking hot drinks. Coffee at the office, that also helped keep me awake. I finished the day knitting with a wonderful cup of hot tea, which relaxed me and made for an enjoyable night of sleep.

Back at the office

Today is the last week of work for 2014, so I was thrilled to be able to go back into the office. While I still can drive and have to rely on rides from my family and friends, I am doing much better.

Sleepy Sunday

Well it is Sunday evening and with the time change already dark. But I am loving it as it was a rainy cold day, perfect for napping.  I sitting down to finish the last of my required knitting for Christmas, everything after this pair of bedsocks will be extra. 

Not many pictures taken this weekend but that is okay. Maybe I will try my hand at the NaBloPoMo 2014, this month. The picture was this morning at band practice before service.  Boy that coffee was good.  

My Weekend in Photos

included coffee,tea and  knitting,

Coffee and sock at leg

Iced wonderful tea

Sock with Heel flap completed

Serrati Shawl at the last section to knit

Sock with gusset completed

Catching up from the weekend

I meant to blog yesterday about the weekend. It was filled with fun, adventure and yarn.  After work on Friday, Preston convinced me to head to a local coffee shop to try some coffee.  It was downtown by the city library which meant we had to walk a ways which normally would have been okay had it not been pouring rain.  I felt like a wet dog by the time we got into the shop.  Even my socks were wet, yucky. But we got a cup of coffee and I did a little knitting.

See that almost finished sock? Well I hated it, the needle size was driving me crazy so once we got home, I frogged it. Re-balled the yarn and started over.

Saturday morning meant sound practice at the church. We headed home grabbed Amy J and headed to the Great Basin Fiber Fair where we got some fiber and I got a cute project bag.

The skein of sock yarn closest is yarn that Amy J bought for Emily. I will knit the socks. The other green is sock yarn for Preston. The two other skeins are for a shawl for myself.  I love my sheep bag, perfect size for socks.  After dropping Amy off, it was off to another coffee shop.  This time we found a coffee that we really enjoy.

Coffee on nitro is the closest I am going to get to Guinness beer. It was delicious. I am much happier with the bigger needles. I didn't work a lot on my sock on Saturday, worked on my Aerea shawl and completed on Sunday.

I can't wait to block it to show its real beauty.  I am so excited about this shawl.  I love the sock yarn and alpaca lace.

Monday came way to quickly but after a busy day at the office. Preston picked me up and took me to the park so hear my boss' band play.  It was great and I knitted more on the sock.

Need more coffee

the parking lot issue here at work is insane, I don't know when it will get better.

Knitting at work

I got a little knitting in this morning while waiting for the repair guys. I am really loving the colors of this shawl.

Coffee and knitting just the way I like to start the day.

Friday that feels like a Monday

When a Friday is starting to feel like a Monday it is time to go back to bed. I had a great walk this morning, then I made myself some bulletproof coffee, took a picture, posted it to instagram and then spilled the coffee all over the deck. Then I had another issue a moment ago, so after a normal cup of coffee and a muffin that is where I am head for a early nap and maybe read. After all it is the last 'work' day of my vacation as the weekend is full of normal weekend stuff.

It was a great cup of coffee, what little I had of it!

A little update on Tuesday

First Corner

My Coffee

The weekend saw the finishing of the first square of the baby afghan and then today I was finally able to drink coffee again. I was so needed. I look forward to tomorrow's cup of coffee. I will be limiting the amount of coffee to just in the morning and then have green tea the rest of the time.  I also got a new phone and for some reason it won't upload picture posts to my blog but I did figure out how to get the photos from my phone without plugging it into my computer. I love technology!!!

New coffee pot

As our one of 15 years died yesterday, we now have a new one

New Coffee Cup

There is nothing like a fresh cup of coffee in a new mug.

It makes me want to knit!

Moments from Yesterday

Yesterday was a pretty busy day with many things going on but it was a nice winter weather day in that it snowed. Yes I love the snow which definitely beats today's weather which is foggy/smogy ~ yucky.

Yesterday I went out earlier in the morning, it was cloudy but nice.  On my way back there was a light dusting of snow. I did some things in the house and left for work an hour and half later and there was 2 inches of snow at least.

My boot in the snow on the sidewalk

Snow sticking everywhere but it is beautiful.

Personal addition to my office

My goal yesterday was to get my small coffee pot to the office and remember the right measurements for a good cup of coffee. It only took 3 pots of coffee to get it right. No I didn't drink all 3 pots only the last one.  One of my co workers is very excited and is hoping that I will share.  I probably will but I may depend on the day. :)

Recovery

I had a scary moment on my way to work this morning. So needless to say, my nerves are jumping so having a little chocolate and coffee. Along with thanking whomever was praying for my safety this am.

Coffee it's a good thing

Okay day two of Spring Break..I slept really really late. I think I am fighting another cold as last night while watching a movie with Mr80grit, I was freezing with two cats laying on me. So today I just let myself sleep until I woke up.

So whenever I do this I always have a hard time waking up. Today was no exception, so I made myself coffee and with a little chocolate coffeemate all is well.

I did get one and half repeats of the basketweave chart on my Gray Dawn stole completed but I am having issues with blogger this morning and it won't let me upload. So must wait for mr90grit to come home and deal with it. It may be tomorrow before anything happens as we are busy tonight with Good Friday services at church.

The sun is out and it is a semi pretty day as the skies are still cloudy. Time to knit more. Have a great weekend and enjoy Easter

Coffee and a little knitting.

Good Morning Tuesday! It is a beautiful stormy day here in Salt Lake. Perfect for a little coffee and knitting. A few weeks ago or maybe it was a month ago, Mr80grit moved the coffee pot from the first floor kitchen up to the 3rd floor master bedroom. That was a brilliant idea if there ever was one! Now I brew my own instead of grabbing it at the local coffee shack. (Sorry...must have more coffee....)



I am back...now on to Mr80grit. Since he was so very wonderful during the last three crazy months of my corporate job I thought he deserved another pair of socks so about a week and a half ago we went to our favorite LYS and I let him pick out his yarn. One color for the thank you socks and one color for his birthday socks. So here is a picture of the 2nd sock of the thank you socks. Better know in our house as HP socks, they are Lorna Lace Shepherd Sport color Flames but because of the pooling the color looks like Griffendor House colors.



Here is a close up of the first sock finished on Sunday. He really, really likes them and gives me all the time I need to knit them as he wants to wear them to church on Sunday. Yes, with his Hawaiian Shirt, Shorts and crocs. He is cute and I love him!