Blast from the past....

Remember 2010? I had such a busy, fun day on New Year's Eve that visions of completing my abc-along sat on the shelf.

So here, in all its glorious lateness, is my attempt at crossing the finish line.

U is for the many UFOs in my knitting collection. It's not unusual for me to get the urge to undertake another project, all the while ignoring any urges to complete at least one of those UFOs.....

V is for Villages, both real and commercial. There's Kitchen Kettle Village in the

village of Intercourse, PA where I can be found almost every Thursday evening, happily spending time with my knitting buddies at the Lancaster Yarn Shop. Visitors have a variety of activities and shopping choices at Kitchen Kettle Village. As for me, I invariably end up spending valuable time at LYS.

W is for Wendy Ellis, the wonderful owner of LYS, who I am willing to say, has the patience of a saint and a knowledge of yarn and fiber, second to none...a knowledge she is always willing to share with others :) Even the tiniest of folks.

Y is for YARN!!!!!!! Enuf said.

Z is for Zeller's Zoo...my home and the residence of various snakes, birds, rescue doggies, fish, turtles, and, the zaniest of the bunch, two tortoises. The tortoises are about 65 lbs. each and will be leaving us in the next week for their new home at a local veterinary facility. I am beyond thrilled. And the zookeeper? That'd be the turkey at the top of this blog, my darling husband Ken.

Happy New Year to all!

2011, here I come!

Happy New Year to everyone. May the coming year be filled with health and happiness, accompanied by M&Ms and yarn galore. Well, ok, I'll be amazingly happy for health and happiness..........

I still have almost a whole day to finish my abc-along, right after attending a bridal shower............

Hmmm.....U is for URGENT!!!

Happy trails, everyone :)

Strange but cool

Perhaps it is all about turning 60 tomorrow. Perhaps it is simply fate. Whatever the reason, I have a new look to my blog. It's totally accidental, but I think I can live with it. Control freak that I am, I admit to being a bit annoyed with the way this whole new look evolved. Translation: pure luck.

Be that as it may, change is inevitable and constant. (At least I still have my beach picture!!!)

Crazy

I spent all morning working on the ABC along, tried to post it and it appeared in html language or something weird...so I tried to fix my template and I have destroyed it. Back to square one.

Ugh.....

OZ here I come

I'm going to be a bit creative with the abc-along. Here, in all its lateness, is my attempt to finish up with my head held high, sort of.

O is for Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster. Oddly

enough, I owe them a debt of gratitude for opting to send me

to Physical Therapy so I can get rid of my knee pain.

P is for pain and Physical Therapy and the pleasure I will pheel as I plop in my

chair to watch the Philadelphia Eagles tonight.

Q is for quilts, which are quite the rage in this area. Village Quilts is right across the street from LYS, the best yarn store in the world. I am quietly trying to learn this quaint craft. So far, I have quite the collection of scraps to work with.

R is for the reindeer sitting in the lobby of our brand new convention center in Lancaster city.

See them resting at the top of this blog post.

S is for our Subaru which we took to Strasburg on a snowy day to have it repaired . The sunset over the silent fields was splendid.

T is for the tinsel ornaments that have decorated my Christmas tree every year since I was born. We're both beginning to show signs of wear, but still sparkling.

To be continued...........

Christmas is cool :)

On the 2nd day of Christmas, the weatherman gave to me, a dusting of snow on the ground. On the 3rd day of Christmas, the weatherman gave to me, 5o mph wind gusts, and a dusting of snow still on the ground.

I think I just murdered the correct use of commas but I , dare I say, love the craziness of commas gone wild, really I do.

My goal for today is crazy happiness surrounded by too many wips to ever finish in this lifetime.

I have succeeded.

Day by day.....

Oh dear. I guess my very first a-b-c along has escaped me, unless I can think up letters m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y, and z in a hurry.

My brain has turned to mush, I suppose the result of too many days spent at the hospital with dear husband. Now that he's home and very slowly healing, I find myself in a semi-funk with no energy to think of letters and blogging.

That being said, I still have a whole month to do something creative. Stay tuned.