So Much To Knit, So Little Time!

My, how time flies!  I can't believe that it has been over two months since my last entry!  I vowed then to try harder to keep my blog up to date, and I see that I have not done a very good job of that!  Well, I will try again!  Lots has been happening in my life.  Work is extremely busy.  This is usually our slowest time of year, but that is not happening this year.  The weather keeps roller-coastering between cool and rainy and hot and humid and there has been a resurgence of repsiratory and stomach viruses galore.  UGH!  There have also been lots of personal life happenings, some good, some bad.  The bad include my Dad has had some additional heart problems which now appear to be under control with new meds, thank goodness.  Also, a couple of weeks ago, I took one of my kitties, Precious, into the vet for a routine teeth cleaning, and during the preoperative blood work, they discovered that her kidneys were not functioning properly.  She stayed in the animal hospital on IV fluids for a week before coming home.  I now have to give her subcutaneous fluids 3 times a week -- sort of a kitty dialysis.  She seems to be feeling better now as she plays a lot more.  And the icing on the cake was the day I was coming home from learning how to give Precious her the fluid injections, my car's transmission died!  Here I was on a hot day with a dead transmission and a sick cat in the car!  The lesson I learned from that day is NEVER ask "what next?" because you just might get an answer, and it will never be a good one!  On the good note side, my sister has become a grandma!  One of my nieces, Katie, had the cutest little baby girl on May 6th!  And there is a new man in my life!  I started dating a while ago, but it wasn't until a couple of months ago that I met Rich.  He helps me give Precious her fluids and he is a really great guy!  And best of all, both cats adore him!  I have also painted my third Bob Ross type painting, as you can see from the above picture. And I have signed up to take the fourth class in June with a friend, also named Lisa.  That painting will be of a waterfall. I have still been walking as much as possible, unfortunately, the weather has not been very cooperative. Walking definitely helps me to put things in perspective.  I have also added some of my favorite pictures from the walk to my album above. Some of the pictures have been taken quite recently - in the past couple of weeks - and some of them were taken back in April before the leaves came out on the trees.  And during all of this, there has of course been knitting!  I have knit some assorted scarves and a baby blanket for Kayla (my sister's new grandbaby).  I have also started knitting a new batch of chemo caps.  That  is my favorite summertime project!  Last Friday I went to the new knitting store that I recently found, Backstitches, and bought some gorgeous yarn that I just couldn't pass up!  It is Berrocco's Suede, and the color is a bright pink, #3753, Belle Star.   http://www.berroco.com/yarns/suede.html   I saw a pattern for a gorgeous shawl using that yarn, and I was hooked!  http://www.berroco.com/225/225_oakley_pv.html  Now, Backstitches is not a new store.  They have been around selling cross stitch supplies for many years, but I just recently found out that they have begun selling yarn -- and what gorgeous yarns they have!  It is a dangerous place for me to be!  ;)  I will take pictures of knitting content and post, I promise!  Until then, Happy Knitting!  I will be back soon, I promise!!!!!