Thanksgiving is almost here

and I'm excited to visit our family. I know superman is going to get upset while we're there because my sister in law and I talk forever when we hang out together. Princess I know has not slept in days because she's excited to see her cousins plus their are 2 new babies we didn't know much about until last week. My other sister in law has promised that she's going to make me these potatoes that she makes, it's Amish style and taste oh so good. Plus she's getting some Amish food for superman that I'm going to surprise him with.

It's going to be a packed house since superman has 6 brothers and sisters plus their children have children of their own. I doubt I'll get much sleep while we're there but that's OK it's been a few years since we've gone to our in laws for Thanksgiving. The excitement builds and I'm actually ahead of the game.

We're all packed.

Christmas can be expensive

and as usual we will not be going crazy buying a bunch of stuff. We went shopping for a Christmas tree today and all I can say is how in the world will we have enough money to buy stuff for under the tree if we spend so much on the tree. $200 is way beyond what we wanted to spend so we left determined to way until the day after Christmas to get a tree when it goes on sale at 1/2 price.

I am one of those people who spend Thanksgiving Day searching for where I'm going to shop on Black Friday. I've awaken at 3 am sometimes only to stand in line until 5am when the idiots come out side to say that only the first 5 people can get the computer at that good price. So I hang out while some of the world sleeps because it seems like the rest of my area is standing in line with me. Coworkers used to think that I was crazy because at one job I did have to go in the Friday after Thanksgiving so I woke up at 2 am shopped then went to work at 8am.

I am 36 now and I have to say that there are somethings I have given up on. Getting a desktop including the monitor from Best Buy for $299 is one of them. Never having to dye my hair again is another one. I'm finished dyeing for until we return next week but I have a lot of skeins to twist and take pictures off.

Tonight's picture is my Feather Lace Cardigan using my Waterfalls Lace. I added the front panel and it looks like it's going to go with everything, I'm going to finish the sleeves some time this week.

I knew it was going to happen

but I didn't think know how I would handle it. Yesterday I had to go for a physical and I was placed on Cholesterol medicine. For the past 3 years I've gotten bad cholesterol reports but the doctor I used to go to (remember the idiot I wrote about last year on my blog) said that "He doesn't like to put African Americans on cholesterol medicine because of our family history." When I told my new doctor what he said she apologized for him using those words, she said I couldn't believe a doctor would say that.

I live in an area where the color of my skin is often more important than any thing else. Thank God I know that not everyone in the world thinks like some people in my area. This year I have met some of the sweetest people in other states and others that I met when I first started doing fiber shows. They care about me, the call, email and accept me just the way I am.

It's been a quiet day around here because it's raining so I didn't have to take princess driving. I took superman to lunch today because yesterday was his birthday and he had to go to work because he was doing some advance training at work.

We're having a time with both our dogs because they keep disappearing for 30 minutes or more every time we let them out in the morning. The little one Max needs a hair cut badly but we can't do it because he's still healing from his surgery. He looks like a big ball of fur and so love able. He loves to lay on his back with all 4 paws in the air while I tickle him. How can I stay mad at him when he eats up the bedding we brought for him or he brings in tree barks to sit on our beige carpet.

Tonight's picture are new colors of Calypso.

I got my 2 new base yarns in today and can I say 2010 is going to be better than ever. New techniques and new bases makes for a 2010 to dye for :)

Lucky to be alive

because I've been teaching princess to drive a standard drive car. She jerks the living day lights out if me, she just can't seem to get give it gas. Thank God for my seat belt because I would have gone though the car window so many times tonight. She doesn't want superman to teach her because she says he doesn't have any patients.

My head is killing me but I have to teach her drive. So when your praying say a pray for me that I can say the right words to help her.

One down 2 more to

go for the fiber and sock shipment. I was able to send so many packages today we had to get huge bags to go to the post office. They're all sent and I'm excited to hear the feed back from everyone.

Today I was able not to take my meds during the day because all it does it put me back to sleep. I was able to get about 100 skeins of yarn dyed and I'm going to work hard to get so much done this week to make up for last week's delay. I hate that I have to be on meds and I know a lot of it has to do with the weight I've gained.

I love myself, I'm proud of all the stuff I can say God brought me through never would I have thought that at 36 years old I would be this over weight. I have a physical this week and I know I'm going to get your cholesterol is high, you need to lose weight, your everything is way pass where it needs to be. Last week my blood pressure was so high they were happy I wasn't driving. There is no way I can become a size 2 over night (I don't remember ever being a 2 like princess) and I'm not going to get on a bunch of pills to lose weight.

I want to lose it the old fashion way, diet and exercise knowing that I can keep it off for years. I've been reading about runners who begun running to get over an issue in their life; one man ran his 126th marathon because he was an alcohol. Running to him took away the desire to drink and he's been running for 26 years, he even ran a ultra marathon of over 300 miles. How do I get there how do I get so fed up of the weight that I run every single day?

When will I be fed up of the meds, so many parts of my body hurting or migraines ....

The mother load of tension

headaches. I have a pain behind my right ears that hurts like hell, I can't even move my head. Yesterday it hurts so bad I tried everything; ice, a hand held massages, icy hot... Nothing worked so today superman took me to the doctor. I have some pain meds for the pain and an anti flamatory to help with the swelling.

Princess also had to go to the doctor I taught she had 2 toe nails on one toe. The problem was the length of her toes in running shoes that caused a blood clot on her toe nails. The doctor had to make a mold of her toes so when she wears her running shoes it will elevate her toes. He also worked on clearing up the blood clot. She's going to have to stop running for a little while to clear things up.

We getting in the swing for the holidays and I told superman I want to go all out. We haven't put up a christmas tree in years so this year we will, plus I want to bake a bunch of cookies and cakes, I want us to hand make at least one thing for each other. We're going PA for Thanksgiving and I can't wait. I intend on spending the entire weekend knitting and hanging out with my great in laws.

I better go it's time to back up my hard drives.

Today was just one

of those days where I got no dyeing done. I wanted to do a little dyeing but I had to take Max to the vet to get his stitches out just like the post operation instructions from the other vet said. Guess what he had no stitches to take out they just give everyone the same paper work regardless of how the surgery was performed.

After the appointment I took him get his hair cut only to get a phone call from Petsmart that they couldn't do it because he has a hole. This hole is where his surgery happened so I had to bring him back home but not before he decided to that my entire car needed a good licking. His hair grows so fast that he's getting his hair cut faster than our other dog Demetrie.

I did have the opportunity to take photos of my hand dyed roving and begun stacking the piles of yarn, goody and pattern to go out with the order. I'm also working on getting an order together for my new bases and new fiber for next year's season.

My new technique will be released next week in so many colors I will not know when to stop. I know it's going to be a big seller for my 2010 season. I better go because it's time from me get back to knitting more models.