April 28th

My Grass Skirt for the Jimmy Buffett concert April 21st 2009.
My beautiful Monkey Socks that Kyla knit for me.
I don't have much to say today. Time to put needle to yarn and see what happens.

Jimmy Buffett

Oh Kay. Here is the deal. I am going to Buffett tonight. That is a fact. Half of the original group is still the same. Me, my sister and my BIL. The others have changed. Kyla is now going in place of my husband. The other two tickets have remained unclaimed. I had originally offered them to someone and yesterday I found out that they could not go. I asked someone else---nope. I have asked my other sister and that is who we are waiting on a response from. If she is a no go I have one more person and then it is up for grabs from anyone that wants them and can meet me at Verizon. Damn, this is tiring. All I want to do now is make it to the parking lot and have a beer! It is only 66 outside and breezy. I hope it stays warm tonight. I have no idea what to wear. I want to wear leggings but I think that will be cold. Of course if I drink enough beer I will stay nice and toasty warm!
The grass skirt is done with the exception of a pink flower. I decided to take pictures at the venue as to give its true effect. I actually had a dream the other night that Jimmy saw the skirt and liked the effort so much he asked me to go to the Raliegh concert and to Key West. Wholy cow! We talked on the tour bus just like he shares his stories in his books. We flew to Key West (Actually he flew the plane I just rode with the band), I met his family. I vaguely remember a dog. Does Jimmy even have a dog? Some of you may know that meeting Jimmy is on my 'bucket list'. Wow. Meeting him because of my grass skirt!?! That has to be double on my list.
I guess I need to run. I have to pack chairs, Leis, blankets, coolers, CD's. Lots to do. And of course I need to pack some knitting.
Knit on, Parrotheads!

Two in One Day

It has been a while since I posted and I realized that I failed to thank Kyla for starting to make me a pair of socks. I was shocked and amazed when she even suggested, I was astonished that she cast on, I was joyed to try on the first pair and watch her kitchner stitch it off! I watched her cast on the second pair and get fast to work. I watched like 'non-knitters' in awe to see the work progress quickly on those little metal double pointed needles.
Kyla Thank You! I am looking forward to seeing the second pair and wearing them with respect! Thank You.

Pollen

Then green haze that blankets the South has arrived. This means that many are sneezing and wheezing, and to those that are I am truely sorry. I am also sorry that I can not open my windows lest be bombarded with the spores.

While knitting at Three Goats Coffee and Espresso two weeks ago Kat asked if I knew what Shrinky Dinks were. This of course made me laugh since as a child I played with Shrinky Dinks and I tried to get my step-daughter to try them. When my SD and I tried them several years ago I saved two and have these wonderful pictures to share. One I was going to use as a zipper pull for Dominic and the other was a sweet little frog. Why a frog? I have not a clue. I failed to add holes so I have no clue what it was to be or if I just forgot. One thing I do know is they have been in my jewelry drawer for at least 6 years!



I have photos of my Garter-Banded Vest, finally. Both Dominic and Anthony took pictures for me. As you can see we are having nice weather. Gone are the cloudy, foggy, misty days we have had. I like the vest. I was disliking it beacuse I was dreading the sleeves. I think that the size will work good for a different vest with the addition of some waist decreases.

I know many of you are awaiting pictures of the 'grass skirt' but until I finish and attach flowers then I think pictures will be useless.

On another note the Lowe's YMCA knit day scheduled for April 18th has been cancelled due wholly to Healthy Kids Day. We will meet again on Thursday April 23rd 6pm. See you then.

Knit on.