Holy cow! I got so busy at work and just had no time for extras.  I was barely even getting email read, let along posting in my blog.  Someone quit, then someone was hired, but then she had to be trained.  Then people were off, in December.  I barely had time to breathe!  So, the blog waited and waited and waited.  Now I have 14 pictures to post of finished objects, snow from December 19th, and big waves from January 3rd!

My family was very happy that Obama won the election and that it was a done deal even before we went to bed on November 4th.  We look forward to the Inauguration now!

We had a great Thanksgiving and  a wonderful Christmas, although I was so busy I barely got to enjoy it.  Had fun at Christmas celebrations on both sides of the family.  My family did a White Elephant gift exchange.  Parameters were that the gift had to weigh about a pound and cost $10 or less.  I ended up with some Charmin’ Ultra Plush toilet paper and while my sister thought toilet paper would be the ultimate gag gift (and we did laugh about it!), my family was in desperate need of toilet paper, at that precise moment, so we were glad to get it!  LOL!  Gary got a bundle of bungie cords, Sarah got some fancy hot chocolate mix, and Emily I can’t remember anymore.  Gary almost got candy, but that was stolen away by a candy-hungry nephew!  Bungie cords are more useful for him, anyway.

I didn’t get to open Gary’s present, until we were together with Gary’s family.  He had it shipped to their house and then had my SIL wrap it in 3 different boxes, each one completely wrapped with ribbons and bows, too.  It turned out to be an 8G iPod Nano in turquoise blue!  So, I’ve been busy uploading music and getting that all set up to my specifications!  Also, we had to delete a ton of music from my iTunes library that even Sarah wouldn’t be listening to anymore.

Emily earned all but $20 towards a Nintendo DS.  She got Polar White and is enjoying it very much.  Sarah was doing some video work for my nephew Ryan and got paid nicely for that, so she went out and bought a Wii.  We’ve all been having fun with that.  I bowl better on the Wii, than I do in real life!  The cow racing game on Wii Play is hysterical.  It’s also hard to play the game, when everyone is laughing really hard.

I’m way behind on posting pictures of finished knitting projects, but I was finding time to get them photographed.

I finally finished Elisa’s Nest Tote this past Sunday night. After sitting for 2 months, I found out that the handles were easier than I thought. It was knit with Patagonia Nature Cotton by Araucania, which has a thick and thin texture. It’s 100% cotton. I’ve already used my bag, twice, too. It easily held my detergent bottle and my latest Debbie Macomber book, for a trip to the laundromat with a big quilt. Emily and I also took it to the grocery store! The pattern for the nest tote is from Purlbee.

Dots within Stripes is the name of the Mid-April 2008 KAL for the monthly dishcloth group. It’s a pattern from Knitting on the Net. I’m thinking this one would look pretty in lots of different color combinations!

Oh yeah. It’s still cold out and supposed to get down into the 30’s tonight. Oh joy.

Jasmine’s delicates looked less red and swollen today. She also isn’t scooting and licking down there anymore, too, so I’m guessing it all feels better. I’m glad we took her in yesterday.