The elusive blogger is back. I don't have much to write about though. My husband is gone, he's now in England. He has a house, a car, and has prepared everything for mine and B's arrival. However, I don't know when we'll get there due to some issues with her real father. This has been hard on all three of us. Bailey has been raised knowing J as her dad, simply because he was the one that wanted to be there. It has been difficult for both of us to explain to her why we aren't there with Daddy and why Mommy always says soon we'll be there. It's hard lying to my little girl, you know? She's nearly 5, so she understands some and she's not stupid. My grandparents sent us Christmas money, double the usual amount. B's Christmas has already been taken care of, save a few things, so J encouraged me to go on a 200 dollar yarn shopping spree, to make me feel better I bet. I am so lucky. I went to a store that I have never been to, it's called the Tail Spinner and it's in Richlands, NC. It took less than a hour to get there. There were very few yarn brands I actually recognized in there. It's a good shop, don't get me wrong, but it's tailored more for spinners. I'm starting to gather learning things for spinning, so I was able to grab quite a few things for the future. I also got a Nostepine and two balls of Trekking, and it's lovely stuff. I've already casted on and have around 3 inches of a sock done. I still need to grab some size 0's for my Endpaper Mitts. I have the yarn and the needles for my hand, but no needles to cast on. That is frustrating. Where I live in NC the weather is still acting funny. Last weekend at the parade, we froze our butts off, today it was 70 F. Weird, huh? But if what I hear is true, I'll need warm stuff till May time in England. I can't wait though. We picked out a house and already I've heard about the numerous sheep that have been spotted. Hopefully I'll be able to get a wheel there and all.

The Elusive Blogger is Back!

For a brief time, that is. My hubby bought a lap top to treat our I-can't-do-without-a-computer disease. We're leaving tomorrow to see his family in Illinois. I have already looked up yarn stores and there's 10...swoon. That's a lot for a gir who would have to drive 2 or more hours to get to a yarn store. They live close to St. Louis, Illinois, so we're going to Missouri as well to look. I sent so much yarn over to England and I'm already accumalating a stash here. I just ordered yarn for Wendy Bernard's Somewhat Cowl and that's going swimmingly. I'm taking it up north with me as well. This week will be the longest I leave my girl at home, she's staying with my mom so she doesn't miss school. Her fifth birthday is in 2 months. Holy cow. The man of the house has said he wants to start trying for another, and well, I'm over the moon excited. I've been wanting another kiddo for a while, but knew it'd be better to wait. He said that he hears the first year of marriage is the worse, but it it's like it has been then great :) But for now I hope everybody is doing good.

...And the computer desk just fell on me.

Ouch. Got my wedding dress today (!!) and I picked flowers out...orchids and roses. I am bored with J gone so if anybody is interested my AIM is billyxthexkidd and just for kicks my myspace is www.myspace.com/thisreallysucks.

Just bumbling along...

I have a confession to make so here we go. Hi, my name is Shannon and I have the worse habit of starting something and eventually I put it aside and let it stew while I start on something else. I do have a few projects going on and it makes me wonder why my brain isn't completely warped. I have a project in my fiance's car, that I work on when I am in there, I have a project that sits close to the love seat, and then another near the couch. And lets not forget about my hoodie, it has been making slow process. And then last night I went to Michael's which is sadly the only thing that closely resembles a lys for me. I got some Paton's Grace and Rumor. Grace is mercerized cotton and I got in a pretty green color. Then Rumor, which is an alpaca blend, with acrylic. Some people are like ewwww acrylic, but there are some acrylic yarns that I like a lot. I like Caron's simply soft, and I do like alot of Lion Brand's things. I'm a mom to a four year old who insists to everybody that it's odd that you buy this stuff when her Mommy can make it. But to make it easier on me, it's acrylic for her. One day when she gets older and less messy, I'll start buying her more expensive things. But anyways, I went off the beaten path. I went to Michael's for Grace and some size 6 circulars. I'll be starting (see!) on Honeymoon, which can be found on Knitty. Rumor came home with me because I absolutely loved the color and the way it felt. But I already have an idea for it. At first, I was thinking for an afghan, but in the end the expense would be too much, especially if I couldn't acquire it over in England, which we may be moving to in November. So it'll be come a sweater.

Nothing new really this time.

I really don't post as much as I should, but some things have risen that have gotten my immediate attention. Shortly after my last post I was told some news by my *military* sweetie, we will be going to England in November. And now we're planning a September wedding. So with lots of news and now lots of planning I haven't really been able to work on ANYTHING. Except really late at night when my starts to wander and I cannot sleep. My knitting becomes my best friend then. I have put my hoodie aside for the time being simply because since late April/early May I have been working on something small for my momma. She was in the hospital around that time and I had actually found the yarn I bought for her promising to make her a pillow. The pillow never panned out, the yarn stayed in its box with some of its mates. I am halfway done with making her a white and blue stuffed bunny, for her team. So she will not only get to say, "My daughter made that for me", but as well as have something from me while her only daughter is over seas. And then for my brother, bless his heart he has taken all of this news as badly as our mother, his birthday is in early September. I have some Caron Simply Soft in my box in black, so I have begun to knit him an afghan. I'm using the skull pattern from the Domiknitrix book and I'm doing in texture rather than in intarsia and it won't be just black. I just hope an almost 18 year old will appreciate my hard work :)