If you like it then you should have put a hat on it!

How long have I been knitting? (since 2001 but who's counting) And every Christmas I would get all crazy town trying to finish up socks and scarves and sweaters and blankets and fall miserably behind and either have to rush out to the stores for last minute gifts to replace the unfinished knitting or wrap an unfinished object and take it back after they unwrapped it to work on it until January or February or.... But this year I have found the answer. Hats! I have cranked out 3 of these bad boys and it's only December 2nd! (below are Ravelry links to the patterns, sorry if you're not on Ravelry - you should be!)

1. Fish Hat done in Nemo colors. It still needs eyes so I have to figure out how I'm going to do that.

2. Anemone hat by the fabulous Cat Bordhi (this was was so freaking quick I am tempted to make more)








3. The lovely baby hat from the One Skein book. It was awesome and quick and looks super cute.

I'll be posting pictures of the actual recipients wearing MY knitted version after Christmas.

The other really exciting thing is I have been able to use stash yarn for these hats! Double bonus!

Just cast on the Swirled Ski Cap which is going super fast as well. Probably will finish it up this weekend.

And today I see my pal Carrie, aka Irish Girlie Knits has her awesome Snowboarder Hat pattern on sale for only $3! Guess what I'm casting on next?

Our Cruise

This was our first cruise and while I know a lot of people like cruises (there were tons of people there who said this was their 6th or 7th cruise) we have decided we aren't really "cruise people". (we are more "Disney parks people") That being said we had a nice time and here's the video montage of our cruise:

Happy Anniversary to us!

As we get ready to head out on our Disney World/Disney Cruise adventure I wanted to share the video we made of our 10 years together so far. :)

Kind of geeky but....

Even though the show's been off the air for a while (and I was less than impressed with the ending) we went all around the island looking for places where they filmed various scenes from LOST. Good times!

Aloha!

This week we are vacationing in lovely Oahu on the North Shore.



More to come.

Will May 21 be the end of the world?

Gosh I hope not! I've got U2 tickets and we are leaving for Hawaiian vacation tomorrow. But if it does I've got the mix tape ready.

List 18: Road Trip must haves

Oops, I've gotten a bit behind on the list making. So I'm thinking road trip implies driving. I don't take a lot of long road trips, I usually fly. But there is usually at least one annual trip on I-70 from Denver to Topeka (8 glorious hours provided weather is cooperating).


1. Knitting. Assuming I'm not the one driving
2. CDs. I know, I'm antiquated but I don't have a way to play the iPod in the car. Sometimes I even make a mix CD!
3. Bottles of soda (usually Diet Dr. Pepper) and water. Must stay hydrated.
4. Book on CD. If I'm driving by myself this is a must have. However, I learned it's not a good idea to listen to anything by Stephen King while driving alone at night across Kansas.
5. Sunflower seeds.

Of course this is what I usually do on road trips (again, assuming I'm not driving)