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Hello, Hello, Hello!!!
I am still alive, well, and knitting/being crafty. It has been a month since my last post!
Things got a little crazy for awhile. The weekend after my last post was Jamie's birthday and his brother's future baby's baby shower. The following weekend we had a party to celebrate getting married.We had an excellant turn out and it was so good to see everyone! One of Jamie's best friend and Jamie barbequed the brisket and sausage and we had help from lots of family and friends on all the sides. My aunt flew down and it was great to hang out with her. Lots of my extended family was able to make it and it has been years since all of them have been at the same place at the same time. I didn't take any pictures at the party. :( But others did and I will get them.
Jamie's grandfather passed away that same weekend and the funeral was the Monday after the party. I took my aunt to the airport after the service - she was super good and went with us to the funeral. Wedding party and funeral all in one trip! She's a trooper!
That week Jamie became a brand new uncle (and I'm an aunt again!)! She was a bit early so we spent most of the weekend helping Jamie's brother finish up an outside pen for his dogs.
I crocheted her a beany. I'm thinking it's going to be a bit big for now, but good thing she's growing not shrinking!

The rest of that weekend we put the first coat of color on the boys' (Jamie and his brother) crib that his neice is going to use.

I have since added another coat on the solid panel ends and railings, but the railings need more. It was a very light blue, so I want to make sure it gets good coverage.

Last weekend, Jamie won a raffle at work for tickets to Bugs Bunny at the San Antonio Symphony at the Majestic Theater downtown San Antonio! It was lots of fun to get all dressed up and go to the theater! He had never been to the Majestic and I freaking LOVE that theater. It's gorgeous. We decided that if we ever won the lotto, we're buying a suite.
 
I had already made plans to go to a Painting with a Twist event with some friends. We had lots of fun painting while sipping wine. I think we're going to have to do another round soon. I'll confess I have contemplated picking up painting as another crafty hobby! What do you think?!

This is the 'Whimsy Tree'. It's way easier than it looks. Promise. They have lots of different paintings to choose from and a bunch of them are super cool!!

Oh the socks....I'm still working on the socks. I am going to finish them. One day.

Just a little further to go!


Other things that have happened:
We ordered more flooring for the master bedroom project thanks to our family and friends:

I must finish the crib project since there is a baby that is cribless at the moment and then I will think about laying flooring. It will happily sit there until then.

A certain someone (knowing my true passion) gave us a gift certificate to Knitpicks.com! I used it to invest in some much needed knitting supplies...I might have also used this certificate to leverage a little extra splurge on some other items...thank goodness my new husband already knows my weakness for yarny goodness!

There are lots of those blocking mats behind all this stuff - I'm looking forward to actually blocking like I'm supposed to now that I have the tools to do so! The yarn is a cotton linen blend...I'm thinking cardigan/sweater. The small double pointed needles are wooden...I will be taking them on my next plane ride. The small pouch in the front is holding metal tapestry needles and have already paid for themselves when I used them to finally sew in all the ends of the sweater project. It has been washed finally and nothing came apart. I'll have to take a picture of the ends all sewn in since it is officially finished.

I will do my best to blog more regularly now that things are settled...well, maybe after mid-April (after Erica & Loren's wedding) when things really do settle. But anyway I will make an honest go at it!

Have a great weekend everyone!
-E