JANUARY 2011

Happy New Year!  Finished 3 of these hats for the grandchildren for Christmas plus three elfs  .This hat was made from my handspun, handdyed yarn carried with Karabella Aurora 8.  Ellie wanted the handspun when she saw it on the spool!

Ellie's Elf - the boys were red and white

Every year we have a re-enactment of the Christmas story - this was Josh, Megan and Elizabeth(cousin).  There were not enough partcipants this year so Josh had to play the King and Joseph.  Quick costume change on the side!!!

Marge always makes us fimo angels for christmas.  The two laying down are Josh and Ellie.  Now I just need Logan.

Christmas was saddened by the death of my 89 year old Aunt Vi.  She had congestive heart failure and was doing great until December.  My mother was her twin sister and my mother had died on Dec. 3, 45 years ago and now her sister died Dec. 17th.  What a happy reunion that must have been. Aunt Vi was the last of the Gilbertson children.  She will be missed!

Then the grandchildren, Nicole and Pete all came down with the flu for Christmas Eve.  We had Christmas dinner on Christmas Day instead.  Jenna and my sister were home.  It was quite busy but always Great!

I am just finishing up a sweater for me from Knitters, Winter 2009 - Page 74, The Lapis Jacket.  When it's done I'll put up a photo - but it's similar to a sweater I bought and I wear all the time, so I think this will be a hit.  It's fast knit out of a Bulky yarn. 

I have a new job at an appraisers, two days a week and for the holidays I worked at Home Goods, which I loved but they couldn't keep me on as a regular so I'm interviewing at Chico's Tuesday.  Hope I get it.

I got a parakeet for Christmas.  I asked for it and wanted a hand fed bird.  I talked to a pet store in Excelsior who said they were getting hand feds in the next week.  Well, she kept saying she was getting them but never did, so Dan (He and Jenna gave it to me) went to Petco in Chanhassen and bought a cute little blue parakeet.  After three weeks of trying to tame this bird, I gave up and took it back.  But before I did that I stopped at Bird Store on 50th and Bryant to see what he had.  He had a plastic swimming pool full of parakeets.  Solid yellow, white, green mix and blue mix birds.  I had never seen a yellow before - looked like a canary BUT they were so tame, they stayed in this open pool and let you pick them up.  I was so impressed,   I took the one back to the store.  I found a beautiful white baby that is already pirching and is very tame.  He's so young I cannot get him until Jan. 22nd.  This way I will have a chance at training him and having fun with him.  I have always had birds except for the last 8 years.  I have had parakeets that were so tame they would talk, play catch with a tin cup, take a bath under a dripping faucett, come when I called them down from the drapes, sang happy birthday, unfortunately learned a few cuss words, called the dog, "here tina" and were very affectionate.  I can hardly wait to get my new bird.

Enough of that - Hope you all have a wonder New Year