Snatched bald and silk

Hello all, since Jeff's bday I have been doing lots of random things.


Actually this is before his birthday, during superbowl. Riley decided to be Danny's (aka Ortiz) best friend and kept by his side all day. Its kinda cute because 1. Danny tolerated his huge chewbaca affection, and 2. Riley rarely warms up to people this way (except for Grandma Robin and Woman).
























Cheryl from my knitting group invited me to her Weavers and Spinners guild meeting where they had a spin-in and it was really fun, I got to see Sandy (Sandyspinslace) and a few others I had met at their show in October. They had samples of fiber some not processed. I got to learn how they comb and drum card it, it was exciting.

Camel

Camel and Mohair, I learned how to prepare with cards, but I used dog brushes, very easy to use because of the size

Here is a drum carder from the meeting

Lauren and Riley got snatched bald, and they shaved Lauren's tail, I wasnt so happy about that. Now it looks like a rat tail!

I also made this to felt here it is before

And After:

Yea see that! I grabbed the wrong ball of Noro, SILK DOES NOT FELT. But it washes beautifully. (great) Back to the drawing board.

Lauren and Riley have also discovered the Joy of Peeps. (Dogs are the only ones who should eat them anyways!)

Easter here we come!

We would also like to send our thoughts and prayers to the Rettig and Ferrell family during this difficult time.

- Danni and Lauren

Happy Birthday Jeff!

There goes Jeff"s "George Bush economic stimulus pakage" Happy Birthday! Luv u! (At least he is older than me now!)

2 Cute Things!

Cupcake hat














Jeff and Lauren














Ok 3, doesnt she look comfy?

This Week

What I did this week.....


Fiber













Spinning

Lot's of handspun

Dont forget these...Carne asada tacos. Better than Papis. Thanks Mark for the recipe.

















And this is the weird thing Lauren does when shes comfy ( No she is not one of the girls next door, even if she is blond) Nice Pose, weirdo!

OK! The Meat Sucked, Get Over It

Hi Friends!( hope you all leave comments on this one!)

We had the BCS Holiday party this Saturday at The Tachi Palace in Lemoore. It was a doozy! Well Jeff and I were running behind because he was helping teach at the academy, but we did make it. Apparently a few people had a head start on us (drink wise, if you know what I mean)

We scheduled the dinner to be held at the new hotel in Lemoore, and everyone was given a room, if they wished to stay after the party. There was to be entertainment (a live band and dancing) upstairs, and of course everyone was free to go their separate ways and gamble if they wanted.

First I want to say, as I prodded Jeff to drive faster, that the one thing I wanted to get to was the hour where they served the hors d'oervres because I was very excited about them. Bacon wrapped scallops, prociutto wrapped crab stuffed shrimp, stuffed mushrooms and mini beef wellingtons. YUM I knew they would be better than the main course, WOW was I right. Well the chicken cordon bleu was good according to some, and so was the Halibut according to others. The Prime Rib much to our dissappointment was a great dissappointment. Very overdone, but OH Well we got free rooms right? (Lets just say one person was very vocal in thier distaste for the prime rib, I will not name names).

Here are some of the happy people. (For the record everyone said they had a great time, except for the prime rib, everything was fun)

Kathy, Lenny, Donnetta, and Larry

Bryan, Tammi and Ester

Chupacabra, Gary and Chris

Adam and Corinne

Tom and Lora

Dave (Laughing at something) and Michelle

Bob, Tammi, Trina, Glen, John and Mariann

Rex, Chris, Ester, Paul and his Hot Sauce

Kirk and Mike

Dave and Michelle

Olga, Brad, Sam and Greg

After all of those niceties, we headed to go get down and dance.

Michelle and Dave.

Jeff and I

HA! Jeff got invited to dinner at the Palace (same place) for a dinner to honor the firefighters who went down south for the fires, when I told him he said "I hope its not Prime Rib" :)

Carley's Xmas gift, better send before she sees this!

Xmas gift for Emy

Of Course The Lazy Girl

(P.S. Once again having formatting problems, will try to fix later if it will let me!)