Major Knitter

There's Still Time to Enter to Win!

There's still time to enter to win BOTH contests on my blog

Happy Blogiversary contest - win some great Lorna's Laces sport weight sock yarn

Sock Knitter's Handbook contest - win a copy of Charlene Schurch & Beth Parrot's newest book.

Leave a comment on the original posts linked above and you could win!

Who Knew Knittin' Was Scientific?

My friend Dave, who works at the Discovery Museum, sent me this great video on YouTube (sorry, I can't figure out how to embed the link - so click on the YouTube link)

Don't you just love the way he says "knittin"?

Thanks Dave!

Good-Bye Old, Hello New

Another year has come and gone.  It was a very good year.

 

I love this youtube video of Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.  Aren't they adorable?

I hope you all have wonderful plans for New Year's Eve -- however you define wonderful plans. BF and I prefer to stay at home and spend it together.  We take stock of the past year and look forward to the new.  We make plans for the new year and try to come up with something exciting to do in the new year.  Remember the year of the Caper?  Remember the year of trying to eat at all the eateries in town?  I think 2012 is going to be the Year of the Walk.  I'll probably have to create a log to see how far we walk on a weekly, monthly and annual basis.  

How about you?  What will 2012 bring for you?

 

Hello?! Hello? Is This Thing On?

Whoops! November was a very busy month.  I simply got caught up in everything (good things, don't worry) and before I knew it an entire month had disappeared on me.  I'm going to try to retro-post some of November's highlights which will be challenging as it was a very good month!  In the meantime, here's my favorite Christmas piggy, all decked out for the holidays, to entertain you.

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow?

I don't know about Mary, but Jennifer's garden is looking mighty fine these days.  Well, at least my hydrangeas are bursting forth with color.

And as usual, the true blue color isn't showing through.  These look faded and burnt.  I assure, they're not.  But you'll just have to trust me on this one.  I first fell in love with this gorgeous flower in Brazil where they're called Hortensia (as they're called in many parts of the world).  What name do you give this flower and which color is your favorite?  Terry - we already know yours is blue!  ; )

 

 

Even Tom and Julia are Knitting

Even Tom Hanks.  OK - not really.  But he played a great practical joke on a knitting celebrity, Julia Roberts, during the filming of Larry Crowne.  Check it out.

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My favorite quote?  "And that's all you need in knitting is just a girlfriend to get you started" - Julia Roberts.

I think I'll have to go see this movie now, just because of this.  How about you?

Happy Birthday USA!

USA, baseball and apple pie.

Hope you had a great 4th of July!

Commitment To Community

Last night was our Boy Scout Council's Commitment to Community Distinguished Citizen Reception for our local towns and I was thrilled and humbled to be one of the honorees along with two other adults and three amazing Eagle Scout honorees.  I forgot to get a group shot of all the honorees - so I can really only share my photos (I forgot to get those darned waivers from the others).  

Here I am being presented with the honor by Aaron Hollander, one of the committee members from my Troop as well as one of the event organizers.  The other adult honorees included Rick Phillips and Green Village Initiative.  The three Eagle Scouts - Trevor H; Stephen O; and Jacob S -  were the highlight of the night's dinner as they demonstrated to us how amazing our youth are.  Each one has a resume that would impress most adults.  They will continue to be leaders outside of Scouting and take what they have learned in Boy Scouts wherever they go.

The dinner raised funds to continue benefitting the character building and leadership development programs of the Connecticut Yankee Council, Boy Scouts of America.

Happy Mother's Day

I had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend.  I hope you all did as well.  My boys each had a fun weekend with friends - which - as a mother, makes me happy.  On Sunday morning, they presented me with a gift they had purchased completely on their own - and it was just what I wanted.  For dinner they took me out to a restaurant I had selected and we had a very nice time.  The conversation was hilarious.  For some reason, the topic came up of my birthday.  Neither of my boys have a clue when my birthday is.  In fact, after several guesses as to the correct month (11 guesses, to be exact), they finally came up with October.

Don't worry.  After dinner, they'll never forget it.  Hehehe.

In honor of all mothers out there, here's the latest Mother's Day song from that hilarious comedian Anita Renfroe of Momsense fame.

 

 

Happy Mother's Day!

This Can't Be Good Press

Did you see the news today?  Normally I don't go for sharing news, but this was so peculiar I had to share it.  Honestly I'm scared.  This woman was stabbed with knitting needles?!

What will this mean for the future of knitters? Will knitters be banned everywhere?  Will we be shunned?  Does this mean no more travel knitting?  I might have to implement a moratorium on airplane knitting if that were to happen.  I have always loved road trips...

Check out this article HERE.

I really cannot imagine being stabbed with knitting needles.  Here's hoping the young woman makes a full recovery.