Knitbitz and pieces

knitbitz - Wednesday, June 18, 2008 1:51:03 PM

nobody@vox.com(knitbitz) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:51:12 -0700

Today my Father would have been 94 years old! I always knew in my Heart I wouldn't have him forever but, I miss him everyday. His words of wisdom and funny ways of saying things like Horses doovers instead of Hors' Dourve. He was a WWII Vet and served in Europe and Fiji .He was the youngest of seven children and one of two boys, My Grandparents were Russian Jew immigrants and my Father worked hard and was the man of the family when his father died when he was 17.

I was born when he was 52 and he was a bachelor until he was 42. He and my Mother met when she was 23 and they eloped when she was 26. She said she gave him an ultimatem lol Getting married or she was going to move to California (were from Duluth MN,) to be near her Sister. So they eloped that weekend! My Grandfather wasn't thrilled with the match at first (grandmother was :) ) because Dad was 17 years older and Jewish. My Grandfather was a German/Catholic and Grandmother was Scotish/Irish and Presbyterian. It was the 50's and things were different then.I always remember them getting along well.

My sisters were both born in the first two years and then 6 1/2 years after my middle sister, I showed up! ( she has never forgiven me). We had a nice childhood and He worked very hard! He owned his own business and by the time I was born they could afford to travel. We took many summer trips across Canada and the U.S that I will never forget. When he retired we moved to Florida. The best thing was the day after school was out for the summer, that we went back to Northern Mn. for three months. I think thats why I still consider it home. He was 70 when I graduated High school and had heart trouble and a couple bouts with cancer.My Oldest sister died from Leukemia when I was 23 and it hit both my parents hard! thats when I saw him age.

I always wanted his approval. He could be very stern.I was happy that they loved my Husband and that he was able to walk me down the aisle when I married Scott. Unfortunately he bacame suddenly ill when I was 8 months pregnant and passed away Christmas day. I was able to tell him it was another Granddaughter ! The joke in our family was that Dad was always outnumbered by women in his life , he had 5 sisters, a wife, 3 daughters 2 grand daughters and now, a great granddaughter.His ashes are in the Rose garden at the park in our old neighborhood.He would bike there when I was little and clip a rose for my mom even tho there was a sign posted with a large fine for doing so. My mother would chastize him and laugh each time he did it.We thought it was a great place for him,since he didn't give us specific instructions... my mom thought long and hard about the perfect place

Happy Birthday Daddy

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IN KNITTING NEWS... I'm just...

nobody@vox.com(knitbitz) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:10:28 -0700

IN KNITTING NEWS... I'm just fininshing my Simply socks ,sox and am starting some in Lornas Laces ( tuscany ? ...) This pattern is the seeded rib socks . I cant remember the link (it was in my Favorites.)

Hubby was layed off two weeks ago. Just when things had begun to look up! We aren't nearly in as bad shape as when I was layed off.! I'm pretty busy at the Salon thank goodness! I did get him signed up for unemployment asap! We still have bills to pay...

I have all of Sydney's 5th grade books and am writing and fine tuning our lesson plan. I think for the summer she will continue with her reading and a Unit from her Science textbook with experiments.

thats it for now....

Lesley

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MA!

nobody@vox.com(knitbitz) — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:19:16 -0700

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Today my Mother would have been 77 years old.

Happy Birthday Mom! (I still think of you each day...)

We were very close and I take after her in many ways. We enjoyed the same foods and hobbies.She was an Artist and compilsive cleaner LOL I always wanted to be as talented as she was. My Mother was a very sweet and caring person and even tho we had our "moments" like many families do we spoke daily on the phone and when she was ill and I became her caregiver , we had as many silly moments as well as sad and frustrating ones!

My Dad and oldest Sister have passed away as well, I miss them just as much!

Instead of being sad today, I am going to keep a smile on my face and happy thoughts as I CLEAN in Honor of G'ma Von!

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May

nobody@vox.com(knitbitz) — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:18:37 -0700

Well.... lets see On May 1st Hubby and I celebrated our 15th anniversary ! whoo hoo can't believe we made it this long. I think we have come to an understanding of sorts lmao

I worked that day and when I was at the gas station filling the car I got a phone call from my VERY upset and distraught niece. She was crying and telling me that her apartment building was on fire and burning down as she and others watched helplessly! I felt helpless myself since I am all the way down here in FL and she is in Asheville NC. I tried to get info on the web and her news station only had a banner across the top of their web page with Apartment fire news at 11 which only made me more anxious ! It was a total loss and it took hours to put out. It started on the second floor, No smoke alarms went off. One of the tenants smelled smoke and called 911. Everyone was able to get out, one woman jumped from her second floor and broke her ankle. Could have been worse .

So now my Niece and her 3 year old daughter are living with my Sister until they get an apartment. People have been donating and it is greatly appreciated. My 3 yr. old Great Niece told her mommy that her apartment is Broken awwwww.I am hopeful that she is so young that she won't remember anything or at least very little.

On the Sunday before Mothers Day we met up with Husbeast's Brothers and went to see the Iron Man movie. It was great! We don't go to many movies since our tastes are so varied and there is so little time to go with our schedules. Mother in Law was supposed to go too but wasn't feeling up to going along. I think we are all going to try to go to Indiana Jones together ( I hope Mom can go too!) I really liked Robert Downey in the lead role.He is a good actor and now that he seems to have gotten his act (pun intended) together I think he'll be around a long time.

I found a spelling and writing curricula for Sydney and I hope it will finally click for her. She does exceptional in Math and her other studies. It can't all be easy right? lol She is reading chapter books with some prodding :) and the biggest issue That I am having is that Lazy Gene she has inherited from someone .... ;)

We have a fourth body at the Salon finally!!! but, I think he'll quit like the others. They all want $$$ NOW haha Where? have you been working dude??? got to pay yer dues first! lol I think HE thinks that it will happen thru word of mouth that HE is at our salon. I suggested HE go hand out some cards and he said nah HE thinks that if he runs into a former client they will tell everyone that HE is over here now. OY! good luck with that! I really want to take Mondays off so I can have mon/ tues off I have a feeling it'll be short lived.

My Mothers day was lovely. We went to the In- Laws and had BBQ and visited. Everyone played nice . Florida Niece was ill (has had stomach issues for over a year) and her BF took her to the Hospital just hours before we were to be at Moms. I really wish (along with everyone else) that they could fix her!

My Mothers Day present was a new tattoo !!! the artist was an ass and I am not sure I really love it yet... Once it heals we'll see. I'll talk more about it later when I have pix. I also met up with my local knitting buddy for and hour after work Monday.Yes, I am still Knitting socks lol I just havent seen anything else inspiring to knit. My allergies were so bad that I had to cut our Knitting time short! I have had Clariton and Benedryl and finally I gave in and bought Zyrtec. It is sooo hard to pay more that the $5.00 I paid when I had Insurance. OY but now I can breath YEA!!!!!!!!!

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How I spent Earth Day

nobody@vox.com(knitbitz) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:46:12 -0700

When we woke up and hubby and I discussed how it was going to be a nice lazy day . Nothing really important ie Laundry and Groceries could wait.

Then I flushed!

I tried to plunge... then called in Husbeast (I do that when I give up lol) and suddenly we had sewage in the tub too!

Well we are Renters and live in an RV park (surrounded by Retired People ... more about that in a bit) so I called our sweet lil ol' landlady. Come to find out she is recovering from Neumonia (oy) and she would be right over with her son (he isn't well either). Well , once they got here and did what men do (husbeast and the son) they determined it wasn't us!

A pipe burst under the front and all sorts of icky (add barfing sounds here) spill over my front yard!

It was the Parks fault (yea! boo!) so now they need to find The One In Charge. He arrives to tell us he is no longer in charge but the old fella who just rode past on his bike is! Finally we get two old timers (and now our neighbor too) over here . Now they have to find the Treasurer (Board of directors ,,, each lot is Owned etc) to authorize a plumber.

I tried to stay out of the way since I am just a female and definitely Not part of the Geriatric crowd here. I mean seriously .When they were waiting the discussions were all about their Health or lack of it. I tried to make nice and was ignored ! LOL Then we had the lil ol ladies on their golf carts riding around bein nosey!! We are on a one way street and have only 9 homes on it but 15 or so lots. Not much to see here folks!! but word must have traveled! it was funny! They really need to Knit or something :)

Hours later (and Hubby still needs to sleep before going to work at 10pm!) We get a Plumber (lil old lady and two sons - she reminded me of granny on the beverly hillbillies Seriously!) came and fixed it ! Yea!!!!!!!

It was 5pm before I could run water and shut the doors (thank You Febreeze!) and breathe, and flush!

So that was Earth Day at our humble abode in the sticks. I think there is a metaphore here some where with the sewage fertilizing my front yard....

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More about homeschool and socks.lace

nobody@vox.com(knitbitz) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:15:01 -0700

I am still lovin the Zune! I cast on a new pair of socks... Neopolitini were making me crazy. I'll get back to them eventually.

Work has picked up this week , which is always good.

Sydney has read 4 chapters of Little House on the Prairie! We are going to do a Pioneer Unit study after we wrap up the one on Oceans.She is also doing more spelling copywork. That is the one area that concerns me. Her reading is up to par. It is her spelling that she seems to have a problem with. I was always a good speller and loved to read anything I could get my hands on! I hope I can instill that into her :) She has also become very artistic, another quality from my side of the family. She drew me little pictures on post it notes last night and passed them over the top of the laptop lol I love it!

I havent found a lace pattern yet... I guess i'll put the thought aside and just wait .... sometimes iI stumble across things. Maybe i'll stumble across an easy shawl pattern ? lol so, it's still socks for me!

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knitbitz’s contemplations

nobody@vox.com(knitbitz) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:22:35 -0700

knitbitz’s contemplations

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knitbitz’s contemplations

nobody@vox.com(knitbitz) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:25:11 -0700

I am not posting pics tonight , I am plugged into my new........Zune I am in love with it !!! and OH! the Podcasts I have found ala Itunes and Zune!! Everything and anything you can imagine has a Podcast with and without video. I bought the 8 gig. I almost bought the 30 g but they were out of stock!!! I am finding that the 8g suits me just fine. I added all my tunes and pics from the laptop and oodles of podcasts. I am going to hook it up to my Desktop and get the tunes and pics from there.

So far I have Knitting Podcasts,Homeschool, Parenting and Kd related. I am sure if I keep searching I can find things I never dreamed I would listen to LOL

I picked up my sock again... I think it's the yarn that makes me not want to knit it. I love the colors... it just hasnt grabbed my attention lately. Still looking for a lace pattern.

Work has been slow this week and my MGR. is having issues at home and seems to like to share with me and not the other co worker. It's depressing so I came home early today. I just couldnt be there in that atmosphere. I have had my own depression related issues and I discovered that certain things trigger them. For my mental Health Home was the better choice.

I gonna plug in and listen to my ZUNE WOOT!

So, when I stick my head up i'll post some pics

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This is my new knittin...

nobody@vox.com(knitbitz) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:48:16 -0700

This is my new knittin bag! I spose I should add a pic of it closed too lol I went to Walmart to get a Toaster Oven and on accident went down the craft isle (haha)

This lovely bag was marked down from $30.00 to $21.00

It is a rich Chocolate Brown with Lime Green on the inside (not my fave color) it has loads of yummy pockets and can definitely hold a Knitting project or two .

Ill take a front pic tommorrow...

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HOW TO

nobody@vox.com(knitbitz) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:45:04 -0700

step 1 step 2 step 3 step 4 step 5

fill nylon with rice tie a secure knot fold back over stuff into a sock use a hair tie

tie another knot ( without metal!)

This is a fast way to make a heating pad and I plan on knitting a cover for it soon. I used a mate less sock that was lonely... The hair tie is the type without metal, makes it easier to use in the Micro.

Heat for approx 2 minutes and then its ready to use on whatever body part needs attention! Stays warm for at least half an hour.If still needed I pop it right back in!

Disclaimer: Each Microwave heats differently!! Use extreme caution please!

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