yesterday was a pretty good day went to borders halloween party with littleman. they had storytime and cookies that looked like ghosts. littleman ate alot of his. he enjoyed listening to the stories as well. we tried our hand at coloring for the first time. he marked on the paper a couple times and than tried to eat the crayon. so after that they had a costume contest and littleman one in his age group of 0-3. we got a barenaked ladies snacktime cd. so that was an awesome day. i will post pictures later. my card reader is not plugged in right now. i now have windows reloaded on my computer so it works great again im happy

hi everyone!:-) This month the National Alpaca Farms Days are going to be be happening on September 27 and September 28. Click hereto read more about it. quoted from the website;"Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association marketing committee has designed a comprehensive plan to increase awareness of alpacas. We hope you will visit an alpaca farm and join us to make this day successful." I think it should be quite a bit of fun to go to and the web page helps you find a farm near you. If you live in Bakersfield and surrounding areas the farm details are at Field of Dreams Alpacas. I got to see their booth at the Mountain Festival in Tehachapi and there alpaca yarn was so soft and in so many great colors. They are definitely worth having a look at.

We finally got all the immediate family together meaning me and my family and my brother and his family and my parents up in apple valley at the same time and got a picture with grandma Davis. It will be nice to have to show them when there older. That way they can know what there grandma looks like. I cannot seem to find my memory card right now so I will have to post the picture later. Drat

All is well in B land. little man is growing like a weed. he is going to be out of his nine month old clothes pretty soon. he is crawling everywhere and is standing up propped by his hands for short periods of time 1 to 3 minutes. he is also taking steps now around the fireplace with his hands propped on the edge of the fireplace. oh and he has two bottom teeth and he thinks its funny to bite my big toe. If I am on the computer and my legs hanging down he will crawl up all stealthy like and bite my toe it is kind of funny but it hurts also. those little teeth are sharp. well i am going to sign off. have to get ready to leave and go let moms dogs out in a little bit because they are out of town. man im so tired. i need some starbucks.

i recently took a trip to apple valley California. its in the high desert. i did not realize how crafty my family is. my aunt onetta quilts and sews. My aunt patty and aunt Marilyn crochet. my mom makes awesome beaded things and does plastic canvas. my grandma does used to do hand embroidery and plastic canvas. I knit and crochet a little and i used to do bead work. so all in all my family is crafty.`My trip to Apple Valley was really good. I got to visit my grandma, see the quilting shop my aunt works in and go visit a local yarn shop. Oh and super target is awesome. I can't wait till they build one in Bakersfield. so here are pictures from my trip. enjoy



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okay so tonight i went and saw the dark knight with my mom dad and crystal(one of my parents room mates). It was cool got in for free because she works at the theater which is kind of nice. Crystal gave me a hellboy 2 Mylar. I love it. my mom was so mad though because she always says she claims everything even when she doesn't. so she was mad crystal didn't give it to her. my mom was all trying to sweet talk me out of it but i was like nope sorry woman. I love ya but I got to go. lol oh and the movie was awesome heath ledger was awesome. I will miss his movies. Ever since I saw him in 10 things I hate about you I knew he was destined for greatness.

ok onto business: the red scarf project is a charitable knitting initiative that provides warmth and support to foster youth. this is a really great organization that helps foster kids who are in college and trade schools by providing them with scarves to keep them warm and hand written notes sent along with the scarf are also welcome as well. here is the link to go check it out for yourselves and maybe knit a scarf.


so tomorrow i am headed off to apple valley with my mom and dad to visit with grandma and so she can see Vincent. I can also get out of Bakersfield for a couple days. i really loathe this town. well got to go type to you later

at the knitting giraffe she is having a contest to win 25 dollars for the loopy ewe heres the linkcontesttell her you got there from my blog ok>? ill post more later on watching starbuck kick some fracking cylon ass

so today was the big day. I went to joanne's today and they were giving five dollar gift cards away today and so I got some free sugar and creme stripes yarn with my gift card and saved a dollar as well because I had a fifty percent off coupon. so tomorrow I am going to go again and get two more skeins of yarn for free. it was kind of awesome. so here a pic of the yarn



the colour on the left is called natural stripes and the one on the right is pinky striped. I just love the colors. very nice. I have not seen these ones before so had to snag them up. While I was there also I was talking to a very nice gal about dishcloths and knitting on the bias and knitting just with a cast on amount of stitches and how the corner always sticks out and how to fix it. i said blocking is a good way to go and also to make sure you weave in your end well or to leave a loop to hang it on on that corner and than you don't notice the funky corner. if anyone has any advice on how not to get the funky corner let me know. I am open to ideas.

I also told the nice gal about abc's of creative pursuits. she had no idea that we had smaller yarn stores in bakersfield that weren't all corporate. i was like yeah theres a couple but abc's is the best and the people there are really nice and helpful. so newhos thats all for now. got to go check on the dogs its so hot here. I loathe the heat. blah.

first off i want to say thank you to Marcheterre and Eva who both donated 5.00 a piece to the spca. thank you very much. And dah dah dah dah I did the drawing and the winner is Marcheterre. Please confirm your mailing adress with me via email to make sure I have the correct address. a big thank you to everyone who donated.