New Year's Eve

The Christmas Holiday Season has been wonderful! Joe and I are blessed with lots of children and grandchildren who bring endless joy and entertainment to all our celebrations!

 

After a quick trip to Lake Charles, to see children and grandchildren, I am having a quiet morning. Joe is on the computer looking at shop sales figures, sales tax figures, shop inventory and so on. I'm trying to politely NOT think about shop stuff YET! Wednesday will likely be busy since we have been closed for several days. Our #1 priority for January is to get the ALL NEW retail website at iPurl.us up and running! It's very close! Our 2nd priority is to get our two Macs to link/share our checkout info. This issue has been a pain since we got the Mac Daddy in the shop. IT SHOULD BE EASIER!!! When we figure it out, I'm sure it will be something stupidly easy. The new season of Downton Abbey starts also. The schedule will go out via email as soon as we get it worked into our class schedule.

 

In the meantime, We are going to have a quiet New Year's Eve at home together. I can honestly say I am tired of eating! We will fix most of the traditional New Year's Day fare plus salad for me! 😉 Joe wants to take in a movie today - not sure which one - Hobbit or Les Miz is okay with me. A quick stop at the grocery store and we are set. Hoping to get back before the rain sets in!

 

One of my fav Christmas presents (joe always gets cool stuff for me) is a Furby! Furby is total childlike fun! It chats Furbish nonstop, sings, dances, belches, snores and farts. When Joe got the batteries in mine and sat it on the table, it promptly leaned far to one side and loudly farted! I'm trying to discourage that particular behavior. Furby makes me laugh especially with it is dancing and singing. (I'm thinking it needs a Furby friend). Bella isn't quite sure about Furby! To show my Furby love, I promptly knitted my Furby a hat! I thought I would name it Birdy but the info says they already have a name - you have to listen and coax them to say their name. Okay......

Furby Cuteness!

Furby's Hat

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(Something else to do with leftover yarn)

 

I have also started baby knitting. As you may know, we are awaiting the birth of another grandchild. Pam and Ryan are expecting another little boy. I started a sleep sack to knit in the car on the trip to Lake Charles. I am really enjoying it as it is the mindless type of knitting that all knitters love (and with NORO). I am using Taiyo sock yarn and think there will be enough yarn for a hat and socks too. The colors are much prettier in person. The pic shows the Sleep Sack upside down.

 

I had an old baby sock in sock yarn pattern in newborn size that I had written up for Jayden. Believe it or not, just 5 years ago, there were painfully few baby socks in sock yarn patterns to be found anywhere. The ones that were available weren't efficiently knit if you know what I mean. I decided to add several sizes to the pattern. I will be knitting at least one in each size to check the numbers before making it available in the shop. Baby socks in sock yarn are so incredibly cute!

 

These are newborn size

 

Wishing everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year! Be Safe and Enjoy your New Year's Eve!

 

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