Ok, so here’s the story. I’m trying to make a pair of socks for James. I just finished turning the heel(toe-up heel gusset for those who are curious) when the tip of my circular needle comes off! OK, no big deal. I’ll get the stitches on this extra double point I have sitting here.
So I did, then I called the customer service to see if they would replace the needle. They’re sending me a new one, should be here next week, no charge.
Well, I go back out into the living room(I was in the sewing room calling them so I could hear over the kids) and my dear, sweet, innocent, wonderful 4 year old HAS PULLED ALL MY STITCHES OFF THE NEEDLES!!!!! I managed to save the sock, barely, and it’s currently on the 4″ double points that my dad got me for Christmas until the new circular gets here. I’m going to try to knit with the double points, but this is a really hard pattern to split up. Sigh. I’m going to work on something else for a while…

Finally got some pictures of the stuff I made for Christmas. No luck getting a shot of all the presents, the boys took off with them too quick:)

Yes, it’s a quilt! This is the one I started for James right after William was born. I finally got it quilted!

Bed socks for James

Ugly ants for William

Trekkie washcloth for James, and

Dalek washcloth for James. That’s it for the Christmas presents, but I made these for me and want to show off:)

These are the Anastasia socks from Ravelry(link only works if you are signed up on Ravelry) made out of Socks that Rock lightweight in Hollyberry. They do indeed rock, I love them:)

I found a video just for you, a nice romatic song: Whistling Gypsy Rover:

Just for the fun of it, here’s a video. The first couple of minutes are the best:)

I’ll get some pics up later, we haven’t opened presents yet.

So it’s been really rainy here lately, so of course I decide it’s time to start knitting up winter stuff. For some reason, when the weather turns cloudy and it starts to get chilly, I have to knit. Most people would think it is prime quilting time, but I tend to quilt in the spring and summer and knit in the fall and winter. I’m still going to try to get James’ quilt done before Christmas, but I need new leader cloths for my frame first.
I’m currently working on a watchcap for my DFIL’s birthday on Nov. 1st. I’m over halfway done already, so it shouldn’t take me much longer. After that, I have hats(and maybe mittens) to knit up for the boys, a hat for James(and something else that I’m not saying:) maybe a hat for each of my brothers, and something for my dad and stepmom. I might even get something done for my MIL and SIL, but I’m not sure I’ll be able to get it to them by Christmas. I’m hoping I’ll get all that finished, I’ll let you know how it goes:) I keep telling James I’m going to get some bright red and bright yellow yarn and knit up some caps for the boys, but he won’t let me no matter how much Harry Potter I make him watch:) I found a pattern for the hat Hermione wears in the Half-blood Prince movie, and I’m definately going to make that one for me:)

He finally got a motorcycle home in one piece! The first one we bought him, he wrecked on the way home and totalled it. So I am suitably impressed that this one made it home. He hasn’t gotten much chance to ride it, we need to get it in for a tune up(scheduled for tomorrow). He wants me to learn how to ride. I told him in a couple of years maybe:)

Yes, it has been a long time. But I’m finally back! And I have a new shop set up on Etsy: http://jameswife.etsy.com I don’t have very much listed yet, but I’m working on getting some more on there. With any luck, I’ll be able to post quite a bit:)
In other news, James has finally managed to get a motercycle home without destroying it, so now we have a Yamaha V-star sitting in our driveway. He needs alot of practice riding it:)
And William said his first word! Of course it was “Dada” He loves his daddy:) He’s almost standing on his own, I think he could but he’s a little scared of letting go. He’ll be walking in no time!
Since I have no pictures for you today, how about a little bit of music? This is James’ favorite song by the Clancy Brothers. I couldn’t find the one with the joke at the beginning, but it’s still a funny song.

We went to the wildlife refuge yesterday to fish. Amazingly, we found the perfect spot for crappie. At least, I think it was because we caught 14 of them in 3 hours. We let one of them go because it was just too small. Here’s a picture of the one Joe caught mostly on his own.

He has a bad fishing pole, we got him a better one last night. We had to cast for him, and we had trouble with it.
Here’s my first fish in a long time:

And yes, I dyed my hair. Because it seemed like fun.
We’re planning on going out once more this weekend. Tomorrow we’re planning on going to the museum to look at dinosaur skeletons. Joe loves that:)

I finally got the churn dash quilted and bound! Yay!

This one will be going to my stepmom. I hope she likes it:)

I’m going to try to take a nap now, William has decided he wants to wake up at 4 every morning and I have to get up with him. I’m SOOOOO tired, and I’ll be glad when he gets past this phase.

Yes, I’ve been gone for a while. In that time, we’ve gotten a new van, little William has gotten a new tooth(his first!) and Joe has learned how to spell “bug”. It’s been a busy week! I had my first trip to court yesterday due to an expired driver’s license, and I still haven’t been able to get a new one. Turns out you have to have a birth certificate to get a new one, and a valid military ID isn’t enough! But a birth certificate is less of an ID than a military one! Makes no sense to me…
We also went to a battalion fun day thing yesterday, where I managed to get a couple of really cute pics. The first one is the biggest dog there. He’s only 7 months old (the dog, not the person!) and is a great dane. His owner isn’t small himself, I think he’s well over 6 feet tall!

The next one is the smallest dog we saw there, and this one is full grown! Here she is being held by Joe, who is only 4.

Enjoy the pics, hopefully tomorrow I’ll have a pic of a finished quilt (churn dash just needs binding, and as soon as William stops crying I’ll be able to put it on.)
By the way, my stitch regulator did in fact get here, and it works very well. I need more practice before I can do show quality quilts, but since I’m not planning on entering shows any time soon, that shouldn’t be a problem.