Sale/Trade Day

I went to Sale/Trade Day at Sandy Risley's house, take a look at all of the great stuff, I scored tons of shetland fiber in many colors. I also got an Ashford skein winder from Terri. I love it and it will help speed up the dyeing process.

Suprise Gift for Me!

The nice lady who visits once a month brought me...and Riley, (I guess Ill share) a whole bag of these! Yea! (mom says her name is Cheryl)

Happy Birthday Sizzle!

Knitting Progress

I finished this on Sunday as well as one of my plain vanilla purse socks (socks I keep in my purse at all times to work on out and about). This sweater is for Chad and Olivia's new baby.











Had a yummy BBQ for Labor day, I smoked a brisket, made chicken and hamburgers with all the fixin's. It was a great day with great weather. I think everyone really had a good time. We watched the Fresno State game then went out to chill by the pool.











How cute is this...

Sandy's Flock

Llama's 1st
Archie














From the side

Veronica

Hopefully I wont get the names wrong... Sierra (Sandy let me know if I do)













The Flock..































Who are you guys?














Peek-A-Boo..













The twins











Gary Coopworth..






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Hello There













And last buy not least the chicken coop...Cock-a-doodle squak??? They are still gettin use to it.

Ol' Riverside

This weekend I took a day off and headed to Riverside for Perk's baby shower. It has been almost a year since I have graced everyone there with my presence. The drive back reminded me why! Lauren did really well in the new car. She was actually more calm than when we travelled in the Jeep because she would pace around when I was driving. She laid down the entire time and only asked to go to the bathroom once.











Dan had made some improvments to the ol' casa. He turned my room from a wt. room back to my bedroom. Now it is nicer than when I lived there, complete with antiques. I think he is trying to lure me back for more visits.











Wash basin and yes and a chamber pot from the 1800's














There are a ton more pictures on my flickr page here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurenswool/sets/72157606946372402/


Here are my dad's humming birds...If you look you can see 4 there. Right before that there were about 8. They drink 1 of these a day! He changes the color every day too. I think they are spoiled.











This is also funny, the dogs waiting for my dad to turn in. And yes all but one (Lauren) pile in every night. (from the top clockwise: Lauren, Wyatt, Bert and Phil)













Woman and I hit up the Market Broiler and the "New and Improved" Plaza











Here is Perk and Cole (pending) 6 more weeks













Here is me at the shower, oh yea Im on the right, Carley refused to leave my lap the entire time she opened gifts even though I was the one who had to write down what she got while Tara handed her the gifts and took trash. It took some maneuvering, but I got through it. There are lots more pics in the Flickr set.











Here is the quilt I made for Cole. Im still working on the binding, I will take a pic to post when its done. I held up my tradition of giving the gift, but taking it back to finish later. It will be done soon, I swear!











And I totally had to go here!...........Yum