
Saturday morning I baked a Funfetti cake (with Little Man helping me to stir), and after getting dressed for the day, Little Man and I headed out while Hubby stayed home to work on his home fix-it project. First we went by the library to drop-off a book, then we went to Subway and picked up a sandwich to share. After that we headed to Michael's for some craft shopping (Little Man wanted pink glitter glue especially).

Then, with Little Man in his lobster swim trunks and his lobster t-shirt, we headed to the pool. We played and splashed for an hour and a half before having our picnic lunch. Then we sat for a few minutes before running through the water again.

After another hour at the pool, we headed home and Little Man took a mini nap while I got things done around the house, including icing the cake. When Little Man woke up I had him help decorate the cake with the stars and stripes sprinkles.

Little Man likes the icing best, so I let him lick the icing spatula.

The sides looked a little bare so we took stars and put them on the side. After our hamburgers and french fries we enjoyed our "birthday" cake (I decided since it was our nation's birthday, it could be considered a birthday cake...didn't use candles though!). Later, after Little Man was in bed (not sleeping though, he kept hearing fireworks and firecrackers), we watched the same movie we watch every July 4th...Independence Day with Will Smith. And while we watched I cast on my 2-at-a-time sample socks... to learn the method by Melissa Morgan Oakes.
I broke out my sewing machine to sew a lining for the accessories pouch I had knit, and I not only learned how to switch my feet, I used the zipper foot for the first time to sew in my first zipper!


I'm very happy with how this little pouch for my bigger tote came out, especially since I didn't have to buy any of the materials for it! The yarn was from someone's destash, and the zipper and fabric (which together cost less than $1.50) were purchased with a gift card.


I finally took photos of the gift tags I won through a Twitter drawing run by Knit It Up. Knit It Up does the Sock Yarn Cinema yarn line that I like so much, and on Tuesdays they do drawings or sales that are advertised only on Twitter. I entered a drawing and was able to choose which set of gift tags I liked from the shop. I chose Elegant Craft...
A handwritten note was on the back of the wrapping...
And inside the tin, are 25 tags to use for handcrafted gifts...a place for special care instructions is on the back of the tag. Aren't they lovely! You can grab up your own (or a different style) at the Knit shop at Etsy!


I'm very happy with how this little pouch for my bigger tote came out, especially since I didn't have to buy any of the materials for it! The yarn was from someone's destash, and the zipper and fabric (which together cost less than $1.50) were purchased with a gift card.

I finally took photos of the gift tags I won through a Twitter drawing run by Knit It Up. Knit It Up does the Sock Yarn Cinema yarn line that I like so much, and on Tuesdays they do drawings or sales that are advertised only on Twitter. I entered a drawing and was able to choose which set of gift tags I liked from the shop. I chose Elegant Craft...
A handwritten note was on the back of the wrapping...
And inside the tin, are 25 tags to use for handcrafted gifts...a place for special care instructions is on the back of the tag. Aren't they lovely! You can grab up your own (or a different style) at the Knit shop at Etsy!I've also finished my February Lady Sweater, but I'm waiting to get Hubby to take some photos of me in it, so hopefully we'll get around to that this week, and I'll share photos later of my finished sample socks too! Hope everyone had a great July 4th!










Little Man and I got to spend time together right away on Monday when I took him to the pediatric dentist. He loves going to the dentist, and the experience for him is a lot cooler than what I remember as a kid. They're in the process of remodeling now so that there will be television screens on the ceiling and kids will be able to play video games while having fillings and the like done. Wow... I took him to school after his dentist appointment, but we were able to play later, and it was nice hearing about his day.
We ate leisurely, enjoying the view, and then walked across the street to the
I had the window seat on the return flight to Charlotte, and though I was squeezed in by my seatmate who didn't get up so I could use the restroom, the view was spectacular.
Especially the view of the Grand Canyon.
We passed Atlanta, and I knew we were close to home. I got to my car in Charlotte, to learn that I had left a light on in the car and the battery was dead. I had to get the car jump-started, and then I was on my way home.


Here I am eating my New-York-style deli sandwich (roast beef on 

What followed was a crazy fun night of drinks, dancing, laughing, more dancing, more drinks, and lots more laughs (and 


