Just A Little Bit of Knitting

But,boy, did it take a long time to complete. Last Christmas, I started a dark gray scarf for my son who lives in the colder region of the US. I worked hard to have it completed by Christmas. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to do that. Also, when I showed it to my son, he wanted it longer. Well, guess what? I finally finished that thing. It wasn't like it was a hard, complicated pattern - just knit 2, purl 2. Whew! For something so easy, it sure took me a long time.


Another project I recently finished didn't take a year to finish. Love these little felted bowls.


Don't these look delicious?

Last weekend, my husband and I took a trip to Florida. I hesitate to say where we went and why we went but....

If you watched any football on TV last weekend, you can probably figure out that we traveled to Florida to be stumped by the Gators in The Swamp. However, the red navel oranges were delicious. :)

Quilt Giveaway

Dana, over at Old Red Barn, is up to her sweet,generous and gracious tricks again. She is giving away three, yes, three quilts. Not just any old quilts...we talking outstanding, gorgeous quilts. The kind of quilts that call out your name, begging you to curl up in these quilts on a cozy couch. Quilts just like these:



The rules are simple: First, visit her blog and leave a comment, Then, blog about the giveaway on your blog (just like I am doing), post the give away button on your blog (just like I have-----see look in the right margin), and create a video on why you want the a quilt and upload to YouTube(won't be able to do that - no video camera and my camera doesn't have video ability). Now, just because I can't create a video does not mean I am not in the drawings. See, Dana, gives four options to increase one's chance to win. For commenting on her blog, I earn one entry in the drawing, blogging about this giveaway, earns me 5 entries. Placing a button in the margin, I earn 5 more entries. If I could make a video, I would earn 50 more entries. Wish I could but I can't but having 11 chances to win one of these quilts is better than not entering at all. Deadline is Monday, November 17. Hurry, hurry, hurry..

Message from Son

Hope you did, too!

Friday Nights in SC

I love high school football. There is just something about being out on a Friday night with neighbors, friends and family yelling your heart out for your favorite high school team. For me, it is the GHS Eagles.


Last night our local high school was out of town, so my husband I drove 15 miles up the road to see a smaller high school play for their regional championship. A very dear friend of ours calls the game for that small school. He is quite the entertainer during the game with his southern expressions and the nicknames he has for each player - i.e.Boomer, Tank. The building in the photo below is the players' locker room. Before the team comes on field, you can hear the players getting pumped up, yelling, chanting.

The smallness of the stadium gives the illusion that you are right on the field and that the field is smaller. In fact, I questioned my husband about the distance from the goal line to the goal post. The distance seemed to be shorter but, of course, it is the same as any other football field.
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The football experience is so different than our local high school games. All throughout the game, on both ends of the field, long, loud blasts of what sounds like a train whistle fills the stadium. Long ago the main employer in this town was a textile mill.I wonder if these are the whistles once blown as work shifts changed at the mills.

After every touchdown, fireworks are exploded over the town's water tower, which happens to be next to the school's parking lot. At one time, a cannon blast would take place after each touchdown. For whatever reason, that no longer takes place.

I really enjoy visiting this football stadium. Even the boiled peanuts are better....hot, fresh and not prebagged. Huge cups of peanuts cooked on site.


Haven't mentioned cooking/baking lately. Made this delicious chocolate chip pound cake the other night. Lots of chocolate and lots of chips. It was consumed rather rapidly by my colleagues at school.


I also have finished another baby hat, Coney. I found the pattern on Ravelry. I enjoy knitting these items and giving them away to friends and their little ones.