mum's birthday...

well...i'm still at the parents house for the next few days visiting...and so far we've had a really great time...dami has been on his best behavior...mum and i went to the yarn shop today...i picked up some yarn to knit the mrs.darcy cardigan...oh and some yummy noro sock yarn...we ate out at stonewood tonight celebrating mum's 60th birthday...tomorrow i'm off to the gun range with the boys...ricky wants me to shoot his 50cal and psl...i'm dying to shoot my guns...i haven't shot in awhile so it should be good times...surely we will hit up the key's and the hob nob on wednesday...not to worry...i'll take lots of pictures...but unfortunately i won't be able to post them until i'm back home...

as for what's on the needles...i'm still working on dad's scarf...only a few rows left...grandma's embossed leave socks...plus helping mum's knit her 1st great grand baby a sweater...and on vinyl it's danzig's mother...

boxing day...

ahhhhhhhhh...this will be my facial expression as i try to fight off the traffic and find a parking spot at the mall...why you ask...for the sales silly...is it really worth it...i dunno yet...but don't worry i'll let you know...

yesterday we went to kelly's uncle ray bubbles house for christmas dinner and gift exchange...we are always crashing her families events...i love kelly and her family...they are supa kick ass...it always gives the kellster and i time to catch up & hang out...dinner started at 1pm and we didn't leave till around 5:30...then we came home...kicked back...hung out...and finish calling the family to wish them a very merry christmas...

my mum said that christmas felt different this year with dani in new jersey, ricky, dami, and i in jax...and the rest of our family in canada...i must admit...i miss a big christmas with the family as well...we talked about maybe returning home for the holidays next year...i haven't seen my family in years...but then again if ricky reenlists then who knows where we will be stationed...and if he will even be home for the holidays...

ricky, dami, daisy, malulu, and i will be heading over to mum's house saturday night for some family time...5 days with the parents...oh what will we do...i know the boys will be at the gun range shooting the 50cal and the rest of the arsenal...mum and i will be hitting her lys...i'm not sure how much knitting we will get done with damster running around...i'm sure we will hit the beach and i absolutely have to hit that really good burger joint...the hob nob...

other then that...not much new on the home front...so as they say...that's all for now folks...

and all that jazz...

feliz navidad and happy holidays all...

*sigh*

not much to say...just some pictures to show some fun in the sun...

yet another sock...

i'm knitting up the embossed leaves pattern once again...i'm seriously head over heels in love with this pattern...it knits up so quickly...i received my order of sock yarn from loops last week and decided to use some of it up...my mum said that my grandma would be tickled to receive a pair of socks from me...she used to knit...maybe this will inspire her to knit again...

trip down memory lane...

wow i stumped accross this picture...it was taken a long time ago...it's dani when he was around 4...he's sportin' some hardcore tattoo's...i have to admit...it's one of my favorite pictures of him...i'm sure in a few more years the tattoo's won't be so temporary...he tells me that when he grows up he want's to be just like me...i think i've created a mini male version of myself...i'm not sure yet if that's a good thing or bad thing...only time will tell... ;)

boy does time fly...

wow...another year up and gone...damien's now 2...damn...that went quick...maybe i'll get lucky and he'll skip the terrible part...one can only hope...he had a blast this year eating his ice cream cake...none made it to the floor this year...whoohooo for me...poor daisy for not getting any scraps...he did really well at blowing out the candles...in fact so well they were lit about 5 times so that we could get a picture...we took him to target so that he could pick out one of his own gifts and he chose a...yo gabba gabba muno guitar...it makes lots of noise...all five characters singing 2 songs each...what more could a child ask for...luckily for the rest of us it also has an off button...