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Corey and Chloe

Corey and Chloe share a moment.

Delicious!

Delicious!  But what is it???  This is a ball of all of my scrap sock yarn.  I perused lots of books and websites trying to decide what to make with my scraps that I have collected so far (an overflowing basket, which was screaming “DO SOMETHING NOW!!”).  I decided to make a blanket for Mark and I.  I am double-stranding and making garter stitch squares using a size 8 needle.  As for the yarn, it is one strand of the scrap yarn and one strand of Regia Stretch 1, which is sold as blanc or white but is really off-white.  Below is the first square.

Ahhhhhhh

Ahhhhhh – more Regia – this dose of enabling is brought to you by Joan.  We all need a Regia enabler in our life.

A study in contrast…….

Corey and Mark went to the World of Wheels car show at the McCormick Center in Chicago yesterday.  As a study in contrast, this is my favorite picture they took:

As beautiful as that picture is, below is Mark and Corey’s favorite picture from the show:

There are tons of really cool pics they took of funky cars and trucks and skyscapes of Chicago – but somehow that is their favorite picture.  Just to redeem themselves, I’ll post a picture of the two of them taking of picture of themselves – they are both really great guys who had a really great guy day.

Louie

Corey and Danielle’s new kitten has been named.  His name is Louie.  He’s adorable and loving and Stripes and Louie get along beautifully.

Molly makes herself at home

Here’s Molly making herself at home while Keith and Justin were in China.  She took over the house and Carrie and Chloe are very content that she wasn’t a permanent fixture again.

We’re almost there

This is Carrie modeling the almost completed blanket for Corey and Danielle.  Now it’s time for the border – the long, long, long boring border.  The picture is kind of cruddy because I took it at night from my Iphone since my digital camera was not cooperating.

Pretty and practical

We took our tree down on New Year’s Day (just so you don’t think we are those people who still have lights up in May), but since I haven’t been able to get my pics off the camera, this post is a little late.  This is a good way to store Christmas ornaments.  We have a small tree, which translates to small ornaments.  I’m sure I didn’t invent this idea, but I thought I’d share since it was a new idea to me.  The ornaments also look really pretty in the egg cartons.

Corey……..this one’s for you

Corey:  Remember when you told me I had to get rid of this picture in the bathroom?  You said it reminded you of the old wallpaper that we got rid of and that wallpaper was ugly and this picture reminded you of it?

Below is the replacement picture.  I used a page from my 2008 wall calendar and I think it’s really cute (girl term).  Hope you approve.

Keith…..the world traveler

Keith left for China on Christmas morning.  He is with Justin enjoying everything they can in 2 1/2 weeks.  They have visited Justin’s family and friends and seen many beautiful sites, as many as they could cram into that time period.  The above picture is Keith at the Bird’s Nest in Beijing, which was built for the Olympics (as any fan of the 2008 Olympics would already know).  If you weren’t a fan, check it out here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Stadium.

Keith:  Dad and I are glad you enjoyed yourself and even happier that you’re ready to come home.  We have all missed you.  Molly has probably missed you and Justin most of all, though.  I’ve made her a new reversible flannel blanket for her basket.  As soon as I can get the pics off my camera, I’ll post a picture of her so you can see how she made herself at home again at our house.