Sunday, August 05, 2007

Yesterday was a fun one! Spent the day at Threadbear taking classes from Annie Modesitt and they were full of information and fun knitting. Learning how to make a cool plaid with your yarn was a highlight and so were the breaks when we wandered in a huge store full of yarn.
After I left there I made a stop at Sarah P.'s to finalize flight plans for our trip to California at the end of September. I am so excited. Sarah is going to the TGKA in Oakland to teach for Beth Walker who can't and she asked me to go along. I get to sit in on Sarah's classes that she is teaching and I am taking a class on my own one day. I am taking a class on how to make mittens on one long circular and how to do 2 at the same time. I really wanted the class on how to do 2 socks at the same time but it was already filled. Maybe I can sneak in for a few minutes???
There is also a large vendor sale . I know I don't need any yarn but think it will be fun to see what the west coast has to offer that maybe we don't see around here. Anyways, I think we will have a great time and am really looking forward to it. If this works out well and Sarah and I enjoy our time together maybe I can accompany her again as I am sure this is going to lead to Sarah becoming a National teacher! Someday we can all say, "We knew Sarah when she only taught in the Lansing area"--:-).
I have so many projects on the needles right now, I don't know what to knit first. I seem to really be into baby projects. I have the Surprize Jacket, a lace sweater by EZ,a Black Purl baby sweater done in sock yarn(from the Yarn Garden, and I want to do a baby hat-it is a red beret with a leave and a worm on the top-get it?-an apple beret for baby. Got that pattern at Threadbear yesterday.
I am trying to give up all pop. Did you know that only around the Mid-west is Soda referred to as pop?? In the east it is Soda and in the south it is Coke. At restaurants in S.C. and Georgia they ask if you want a Coke, which means any type of pop. Anyways I read an article that says that even one can of Pop(either diet or regular) can contribute to diabetes and even heart problems. Dan gave up pop a few monthes ago(it was easy for him) but I love diet pop,especially the new Coke Vanilla and Vanilla Cherry. Yum. Because of my kidney stones I am suppossed to restrict any pop with caffine(sucks the calcium from your bones into your kidneys) and tanic acids(any colored pop) so I usually stick to diet Sprite or Sierra Mist. Wine also has tanic acids but we aren't going there-there is a limit to what a girl can stand. I am already sick of plain H2O as the article also said flavored waters are not good for you.
Getting old should be a lot easier than this.