ok, so it’s nothing big, but i did blog at least once for every day of november.    i really will try to keep it to three posts a week-ish, from here forward…
i finished another gift knit:

and that momentum takes me into the remaining 6 Christmas knitting projects (one is started, already).  let’s see [...]

as november comes to an end…  and not far behind the year 2009…  i wonder how it all goes by so quickly!
on a much lesser scale, i can’t believe the holiday weekend is already over and i’m back at work, tomorrow.  can you believe tuesday is DECEMBER 1ST?!?!
i got a little more holiday shopping done, [...]

today’s successes were of the purchasing variety…
i worked the shop and not only did we beat last year’s sales for the day, i contributed by falling victim to classic elite’s inca marl at 50% off…

i also got to have a fun dinner with some fam, got a little holiday shopping in at barnes & noble, [...]

so the mittens i’m working on are done but for one more thumb!

and while i was at a couple gatherings today i couldn’t knit on anything gifty that i had going, so i worked on these socks…

that’s handspun that jackie made me two years ago.  they’re finally in the home stretch.  i’ve wound off what [...]

i almost panicked just now thinking “i have to post to my blog!” but then i remembered i did a mug shot thursday post, this morning.
just for fun, here’s a non-mug shot, as well… mom busted out the waterford, as well as the china and the silver.

thankful for coffee!

Originally uploaded by noppstar

happy thanksgiving mug shot thursday! bonus finner face!

- looking forward to mashed potatoes.
- glad she only has to travel two blocks, tomorrow.
- going to combat a few of the plethora of calories ingested tomorrow by takin’ a walk with her momma in the morning.
- happy to have a four day weekend.
- laughing at finnigan and his silly antics.
- probably missing your face.
- [...]

hand turkeys are fun
masterpieces, even for
vegetarians
(look becca – even you can play!!  )
heeeeeeee!  here is the flock of hand turkeys that has responded to my turkey call…
please take a sec to check out missy’s response.  truthfully, she’d started her project before i requested response, but it’s fitting and soooooo stinkin’ cute!!

cary got literal.

kristy did [...]

it’s getting to the end of the month and my brain is getting pretty foggy in terms of blog fodder.  i get all these brilliant ideas while i’m away from the computer and if i don’t write them down they get all tangled in the rest of the silly thoughts i have throughout the day [...]

so the project i picked up yarn and needles for at loopy, friday night, was on and back off the needles in less than 24 hours.

it’s the foliage hat from fall 2007 knitty in malabrigo worsted, colorway is brisa.  hoping the recipient will like it, i’m certain it will look adorable on her.  stinkin’ cute, [...]