Good morning gals! It is warmer here this morning than it has been for almost a week now, which is nice. I imagine my heating bill is going to be a whopper just for these last few days. I turn the heat down at night, but I just can't stand it in the day time. I can't knit when my hands get cold as they get really stiff.
Jean: Sounds like you have some white stuff there. You can just keep it and not share. I don't want any! Lots to do yesterday with the family in and out, huh? I know you enjoy them though. I talked to Alicia yesterday and her appt went well. They have their ultrasound on Wed so we will know whether we are going to have a boy Wilkinson or a girl Wilkinson. I am shooting for a boy! I would like my son to have a son.
I am on my third and last set of the baby layette. I am making one for a friend of of my son's and dil's that we got close to when Jay and Alicia started dating. They live in Chicago and she is a television producer. She is a sweet girl and is expecting their first baby in August. I had almost a whole skein of the green left so I am using that and praying I don't have to go out and buy another skein as these skeins are pretty good sized compared to what I usually buy so will be left with a lot. I have the hat and one bootie finished and am finishing the last 6 rows of the other bootie then I will start on the sweater and get it knitted up. I am trying to get things done that have a time frame except I keep dragging my feet with the darn blanket and I have to get serious and get the thing done. I only have a little over 2 months until her shower.
I got a movie from Netflix called "The Black Dahlia" about the 1940's murder case. Pretty lame in information and was more about 2 of the cops involved than the case itself. I have read a book written by a man who claims his father was the Dahlia killer and it makes much more sense that the drival put out in this movie. The author, Steve Hodel, has some pretty compelling evidence about this young woman and his dad, George Hodel, who was a physician and could have easily commited the crime I guess. The man was very wealthy and the police had been investigating him as a serial killer anyway. Interesting stuff if you like crime fiction, which I do.
Well, the laundry is crying to be put in the dryer and yesterday was change the sheets day so I have those to do this morning too!
Have a great Monday!
Faye
It's nice of you to make the baby items for others. My stepsister in AZ knits baby booties for a pregnancy crisis center there. Unfortunately she never kept track of how many she has made over the years but I'm guessing thousands. She can knit a pair while she watches TV in the evening or she knits while we have coffee. She knits in the car when they travel and on the planes too. She used to have to use generic colors but with the new ultrasounds, she has been able to add pink and blue. She likes to use the varigated pink, blue, and white just in case the picture wasn't accurate. 
from Iowa!
. You will get that blanket done in time no doubt! I do like crime novels as you can tell by my post above. 
and liked it fine
. Hope it works out for you. Let us know how you take to it and if it does the trick to help you lose those last few pounds. 
Did you know that this very day is the blue-est day of the year? 
Yep I read it in the news. You will be better tomorrow for it isn't a blue day.
Nighters folks.
I love my doctor. We only go to see him once a year. 
I love to come home to the smell of something cooking which I have to admit I don't do very often. I guess I am a throwback to my mom about leaving appliances plugged in if no one is home. 
I've never heard of the bluest day until now. I learned something today! 
I do remember the Cherry Ames books! They were my favorites and I wanted to be a nurse for the longest time! 
Get some of those bags to line your crock pot if you don't already have any and it will really save clean up time.
I dumped everything except the meat, rinsed it well and started over using a regular onion instead. It came out fine this time or at least Jack thought so.
have my weigh day tomorrow. 
, but I got it before that happened. I use it a lot. If you want it I could try to e-mail it to you. She also has a neat thermometer program that you can download and send her what ever amount you think you want as a donation. I wish you well come Friday my friend.
I know you and your main squeeze will be happy and 
love having a 4th. Then the little tyke will grow up and keep up the tradition for a 5th. I think that is so super.
I'm sure Jack is a very proud grandpa! I never read the Boxcar Children. I wonder if they came along after I was beyond them in age. I missed the Barbie craze by a year or so too. Beth had a classmate who dressed as Pippi Longstocking for Halloween one year. She had long hair and somehow her mom wove wire into her braids to make them curl up. She was cute.