Word on me (will be long)

well hope you had a good christmas and will have a good new years! I've been busy as heck since Christmas Eve.

The night before Christmas Eve, hubby and I wrapped the presents and decided to drink while doing so (he beer i wine coolers) and usually I can only tolerate 2-3 and I decided to have 4 that night. BAD IDEA as I woke up the next morning for work, yes I had to work) and I was so hungover it is not even funny. I had to work 8 hours that day too, I was a mess in the morning but I felt better later in the day when I got some soup in my tummy. Moral of the story? don't drink 1 more than you can tolerate.

So on Christmas Eve I worked for 8 hours from 10-6 and then had to go home and get all the presents we wrapped, got a bunch of other stuff then drove over to my in-laws where we were going to stay the night. Got my daughter to write Santa a letter which she wrote "ADID" but in her world it meant "I want a pet as a bunny" (she was kind of tired, lol). She's such a cutie. Then we all went to sleep and waited for Santa to bring the presents.

The kids got us up at 6 am and we headed downstairs to the tree where we got to see their shocked face (first time seeing presents under the tree) then we proceeded to open them. The kids got lots of toys and games and a bike each. Hubby and I got kitchenware which was awesome and I got a 25 dollar gift certificate to Village Wool, the lys I went to in previous post, whoo hoo! I'm hoping to get there on saturday.

Then on the day after christmas, we went to New York (2 hour drive) to have lunch/dinner with hubby's family. I got to meet a few of his side of the family as I've never met them before and then some of his family that we knew from texas showed up with their kids (my kids' cousins) and they all got to play together. Her kids are 5, 3 1/2 and 1 1/2 and my kids are 5 and 2 1/2 so they all had fun playing together. We didn't get back home till 10:30 that night.

Then the next 2 days, I spent at my inlaws because the kids and their mom and grandparents stayed over there to visit (their grandmother is my mil's sister) and so we wanted to spend time with them as well as let the kids all play together while they could. We took them to Walmart and got all their pictures taken (except the 1 1/2 yo, she was not cooperating due to naptime). Their mom (let's just say her name is BEE) Bee got the pictures on a floppy disk and the pictures all came out too cute. I plan to post them on my kids blogs after this post if you want to see them.

My fil was also kind enough to drive me to a place where a freecycler was giving me a bed and some chairs since he has a truck. He's not a patient person so it was nice of him to do this for me. so now we got a bed in the kids room and some living room furniture finally (we are a little low on furniture due to the move here)

Yesterday I had to go back to work and I did not want to go at all cuz I had called out Monday since I was still in New York and they wanted a letter from the mechanic (I said my car was being worked on) and I was worried that they'd give me problems at work but nope they didn't. Instead, I got a raise, whoo hoo. I guess the minimum wage is going up so they had to get me in to the proper pay grade or whatever. Fine by me!

oh guess what? I finally bought myself Incredimail (www.incredimail.com) and I am so happy. I have wanted it FOREVER and now am a proud owner of premium. lol. Shhhhhhhh don't tell hubby, he don't know yet. I'll wait a month or two before tellin him ;)

Here are my new years resolution if you care:

Lose 30 lbs by my birthday (June 1st)
Try not to call out of work so much (I already called out 2 times this month and I think the same last month, not good)
Read more with my kids (I am not very good at that even though I want them to read since I love to read)
Manage my money better so that we can move outta this place and own a house within a few years



Here's what I been doing knitting wise:

I finished a hat for my hubby with that cascade 220 yarn from Village Wool, it came out a little too short but he still wears it (aww) . i did the hat ribbed 2x2, it's a beanie hat kindof.

My brother in law wants one too but he's getting his in acrylic (he don't care since he knows that the yarn for hubby costs money)

I'm working on a sweater for my mils dog (yes D-O-G) and it's in acrylic pink. I told her to give me 2 weeks from christmas so today I have 9 days? I am getting far but still have a bit left to do. I got the pattern online, I dont have the paper on me right now otherwise I'd type in the link.

I still gotta get to Joann's and buy the yarn for bobbilicious. I do have the needles but not the yarn.

went to my first CT lys today

i found a lys here in CT that is close to my mils house and we went today, it's called Village Wool and their selection was awesome

Here's what all i got for 24 bucks:

a hank of Cascade 220 black yarn to make my hubby's hat
2 skeins of Heirloom brand yarn in burgundy color and purple
Crystal Palace Daisy needles size 17 (for bobblicious pattern, i have tight guage so upped the needle size)
Boye DPNs size 7 for hubby's hat

Pretty good deal huh? I"m pretty proud of myself, i had to get a lecture from hubby for spending the money but oh well, i had a blast and i'd do it again. lol

I do plan to go back to that store as soon as I can to buy more yarns and needles.

Thank you Secret Pal Liz from MA

thank you so much for the last item! I just got it today cuz it was being mailed to mil's house. i love the book!!!

The items I got was:

a skein of purplish Mission Falls 100% cotton
a cute card
Sweet Pea creamy body wash from bath and body works
Big Book of Knitting Stitch Patterns

I loved all the itmes i received and thank you so much for your kindness!

My mil and I browsed through the books and the patterns are so awesome! I can't wait to use them.

winter knitty patterns are up!

i love them! the one that i love the most so far (still looking through them) is the bobblicious pattern. that is too cute! i would definitely wear something like that. i plan to make myself one now. the mrs.beeton pattern is too cute too. i will definitely have to make these 2 patterns to wear!