PIF & ABC's and a rant

I joined a couple of things this week and you can too if you want to..........

PAY IT FORWARD

Here are the rules:

“I will send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this PIF exchange. I don’t know what that gift will be yet and you may not receive it tomorrow or next week, but you will receive it within 365 days, that is my promise! The only thing you have to do in return is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog"

So if you wanna play, just send me an email to reno_rainy at yahoo dot com or you can also leave me a comment with your contact info.



ABC-Along 2008

I joined the ABC-Along 2008
that Vicki at Knitorious is hostessing. If you love to take pics, you should join us. Just click the link above. Sign-ups end on January 19th.


Okay, now for the rant.......

I was at work today and there was a couple in the waiting room waiting to be called back for a medical procedure. While they were waiting, the husband starts clipping his fingernails. This totally disgusted me. I wanted to say..."Hello!....You are in a public place which happens to be a medical facility and you are clipping your nails and letting them fly everywhere! I can't believe that someone would think this was okay to do. Come on.....go outside or do it at home or something!

Tap, Tap, Tap.......Hello, is anyone out there?

Well 2007 turned out to be an exciting year in more ways than one. Here is a recap:

  1. Celebrated my 40th birthday on April 18th.
  2. Got my Ravelry invite on June 21st.
  3. Celebrated my 6th wedding anniversary with my wonderful hubby on June 29th.
  4. Had my appendix and an ovarian cyst removed in July.
  5. Built a retaining wall on the south end of our property in August.
  6. Found out that my hubby and I are going to be grandparents in June 2008.
  7. Spent a couple of days in the hospital due to a heart condition and started heart meds on December 11th.
  8. Got a new puppy on December 17th (see pics below)
What an eventful year! Some of it was good, bad, and ugly!

So in 2008 I already know that I will be turning 41, not that big of a deal. My hubby and I will become grandparents for the first time by my hubby's daughter. We will celebrate our 7th anniversary. We are planning a trip to Texas to visit my family this spring. We are going to sell our Expedition and get a more fuel efficient car (we are thinking about a Prius). I will be seeing a cardiologist in Eugene the beginning of February. And the biggest life altering thing that will happen to me in 2008 is........I am getting braces! I have needed to get braces since I was in high school but it was something that my parents couldn't afford to do. My husband and I have great dental coverage right now that includes orthodontics plus I have great benefits through work that reimburse me for my medical and dental expenses, so we just couldn't pass up the opportunity.

I know I haven't mentioned anything about knitting yet. Well in 2007 I did complete a pair of socks! I had a ton of WIP's. Some will be frogged and some will get finished this year. I will post pics and the line up in a future post. I plan to do much more knitting and crocheting this year. 2007 seemed to have too many distractions.

And now for what you all have been waiting for.........I introduce to you........

Gracie



Gracie is half Chocolate Lab and half Weimaraner. She was born on October 27, 2007. She just turned 9 weeks old. She is very smart. She is completely house broke and knows the commands; sit, stay and down. My hubby is planning to train her to be a bird dog for hunting (we'll see how that goes).

I hope to be a much better blogger this year.