I've been MEME'D!!! - Twice!!

I got Meme'd by Vanessa first, and since I took too long to answer it Hope sent me the same Meme. I love both of you ladies, but I am only going to post the answer once. Hehe!! Here goes!!

The rules:

1) Link to the person who tagged me

2) Mention the rules

3) Tell six quirky yet boring, unspectacular details about myself

4) Tag 6 other bloggers by linking to them

5) Go to each person’s blog and leave a comment that lets them know they’ve been tagged
The meme:

1- I am an avid collector of shotglasses, and get them anytime I travel to a new location. However, I have never drank any shots from them, because I am more of an occasional wine sipper. So, why do I keep buying them?

2- My favorite color is pink, as you all know. When I was little I wouldn't dare drink any milk unless it was pink (Strawberry Quik).

3- Now, as an adult I cannot drink milk from a carton or plastic cup. It must be in a glass with ice.

4 - I hate apple juice. When I was 2 I had open heart surgery, and another right before kindergarden. I distinctly remember them giving me a pill with apple juice in a plastic cup. Since then, I can't even stand the smell of it. But I like apples, apple pie, apple turnovers, hot cider, and applesauce.

5- I have a fear of bugs crawling into my ears when I sleep, so if there is so much as a fly that enters my house in the summer, I will hunt it down and kill it before I go to bed. Hairspray is my weapon of choice.

6 - I sing with a band, and am not really nervous to perform in front of a crowd of strangers. But if 2 of my close friends ask me to sing on the spot, I get extremely nervous.

So, I am tagging these beautiful blog friends.

Tawana

Deborah

Mary Beth

Kim

Saunielle

Carrie

So, you must be wondering if there has been any knitting going on. The answer is yes!! Any FO's ? Sorry.. not this time.

I am still working on my sleeves for Wicked. They are just taking forever. Right now, it is not picture-worthy because it doesn't look much different from the last time.

I managed to redo my sleeves for Hey Teach, and they actually look like they will fit properly. Yay!!

Look at how nice the pattern is coming out. Yay!!

I also started something today, but it's a secret. Shhhh!!! It's a bit lacey, and I like it. I just may have to make a second one for me. Oh!! And I made those stitch markers too. There is no secret in that. LOL!! This picture is supposed to be turned the other way, but blogger has a mind of it's own sometimes.

Happy Knitting!

New Ideas

So, a lot has been going on in the past week. I have added more projects to my queue, well at least in my head.. and one more in reality. I will start with the most recent things first.

Yesterday, I bought the Fall 2008 issue of Vogue Knitting and the Fall/Winter 2008 Debbie Bliss magazine. I want to make the Druid Mittens, because they are soooo cute, and I want to make the cabled Beret from the Debbie Bliss mag. That will be my winter ensamble, along with a neck cowl that I will be making out of Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk Aran. See?? Functional buys!! Silk is not so harsh on your hair as wool is, so there will be less breakage. And since I did the big chop, I need to save as much hair around my hairline as possible. I think the hat will be perfect, as long as I flop it to the correct side. Hehe!!

I went to Seaport Yarn, and Purchased my Stitch N Pitch Tickets, and this is all the nice things that came in my goody bag.
I was surprised to see nice yarns such as the Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk, the Punto Del Este sample, and the Artyarns Ultramerino added to the bunch this year. I also love the buttons, and the SOAK. However, since the Debbie Bliss Yarn is only 97 yards, I had to go back to buy another skein to make my cowl... and now I will need 4 more skeins for the Cabled Beret. See how they get ya???

I thought this was so funny. Here is a picture of Tawana's daughter KJ with Anne-Marie during our Sit N Knit in Central Park this past Saturday. I laughed till I cried. KJ tried to kiss her, which turned into eating her face.. haha!! It was so cute. Sorry for the slight blur, but it was comedy in action. Haha!!
Here is another picture of KJ just smiling. This baby is so adorable. We are going to turn her into a knitter before she learns how to walk. Haha!!

So as far as my knitting content goes, I started the Hey Teach sweater as a break from the monotonous stockinette on my Wicked. I actually devised a way to turn the short sleeves into a long sleeve, and wanted to try out my design ideas. I am using Lion Brand Cotton-Ease that I bought at AC Moore for about $4.99 a skein. The stitch pattern is very lovely. However, my first try at the sleeve was a little BIG. Haha!! Well, you live and you learn. I have since frogged that portion, and started over using about 10 less stitches in the cast-on. I have recalculated the increases. More updates on the progress to follow.