Stitch n Bitch Update! Location has changed!!!

Hi Ladies,

Rachel just called to say it was her birthday tomorrow and would we consider moving our meeting location for her birthday dinner. So we are having stitch n bitch tomorrow night at the Wasabi Bistro. I'll put a link to their website at the end of this post so you can see where they are located. See you there! Please leave me a comment if you need a ride or can't make the meeting.

http://www.wasabibistro.biz/

Surgery ---

Yesterday was the first of three surgeries for my Dad over the next 6 months or so. Yesterday his Vascular Surgeon cleaned out his Popliteal Artery on his right leg. The surgery took a little longer than expected, but was successful. After the surgery Dr. Pepper (that's really his name) came out and showed us part of the aneurysm that he had repaired in popliteal Artery. Dad's next surgery will be in November right before Thanksgiving to work on the left popliteal Artery. If my dad has his way with scheduling the last surgery will be scheduled after ski season is over.

http://www.tpub.com/content/armymedical/MD0501/MD05010018.htm

Pictures of Jaydan and Mia

My brother Jaydan shared some pictures of his trip to Hawaii with his fiance Mia. This is one of the few photos of him where he looks truely happy.

Stitch n Bitch Update:

Wednesday at our weekly stitch n bitch meeting I was lamenting on the price of yarn at one of the local yarn shops in Seattle. Rachel brought to my attention that there was discount yarn shop located in West Seattle that did mostly online business. So I wanted to share the website. http://www.littleknits.com/. I checked it out a few minutes ago and the prices are unbelievable. I will post an update with the hours that Little Knits is open to the public in Seattle. Once I recieve a reply to my email.

This week's meeting will in be in Queen Anne at the El Diablo Cafe. Hope to see you there:) Leave a comment if you need a ride or can't make the meeting.

Wedding Pictures

My wedding pictures are now available. Check them out at www.shack.smugmug.com

Reminder

Stitch n Bitch meeting is tomorrow night in Belltown at the Uptown Espresso. See you there! Also please let me know if you need a ride:)

Progress!!!!!

Last week Iwould not have been able to leave the dogs in the kitchen without Jasper crying until my nerves were shredded and I was heaped in guilt for not letting him roam the house. Tonight I got to enjoy watching 20 minutes of TV with Jasper and Samantha in the kitchen since they had just had dinner (I don't want any surprises to found later). I got to watch the last few minutes of TV show before heading outside with them for their nighttime walk. Hurray!

Fall Garden Clean Up

Today being a beautiful fall day I decided when after I got home from dropping Paul off at work that I would take time to clean up what had become of my summer garden. I yanked all the tomato plants out of their containers.

Lesson #1 Tomotaes needs LOTS of direct sunlight in order to grow and ripen into beautiful red globes for eating and canning.

Then I yanked the corn out of its container.

Lesson #2 Its a good idea to plant corn with enough room to grow...Space out the stalks and make sure there is also enough room for the roots.

Next it was time for the carrots. I should baby carrots. They were some what successful. Since there are about 20 primi baby carrots waiting to go into tonights soup and salad.

Lesson #3 Make sure your carrot container has enough root space and don't try to transplant them when thinning out.

After pulling out the tomatoes I found the basil plant that I had proudly made one batch of pesto from this summer. It looked very pitiful..I'm hoping it will make a come back for next summer's bounty.

Lesson #4 Don't hide your basil plant under the huge tomato plant.

Then I looked into my dedicated herb container and looked at 4 foot tall plant that used to be a small stevia start. I clipped about 2 feet off the top and brought the leaves inside to dry so I could sweeten my tea without going to the artiful sweetener. I'll let you how that turns out. I might make some mint stevia tea since I have a great mint plant down in the front yard.

Final Lesson - Keep a gardening journal with the dates that you had planted things so you know when to expect to harvest your crops.

I think I will try to plant some spinach for the winter. I'm open to any suggestions for a winter garden.


Well I have turkey soup to make now. Dinner is calling and the load of laundry that needs washing also....

Stitch n Bitch Wednesday October 21, 2008

This weeks meeting will in Belltown at the Uptown Espresso. See you there.

Kj

Announcements...

My brother Jaydan just announced his engagement to his girlfriend Mia. The two planned to be married in June.

Housekeeping

So I'm trying a new program that is supposed to help me develop good habits that will keep my house clean and clutter free. I'm only on day three but I really like the fact that the program doesn't require me to start with a clean house and recognizes that the house didn't get dirty and cluttered overnight.

Jasper and Samantha has vet appointments this morning. More shots for Samantha and Jasper. Samantha took her shots like a trooper and Jasper cried in protest. We also found out that Jasper still had his dew claws and a small hernia. The vet assured us that the hernia would be taken care of when he gets neutered in December. I'll have to remember to ask about the dew claws on our next visit for more shots in three weeks.

Samantha and Jasper have been adapting to their designated eating times. I almost have them willing to eat simultaneously...hurray and then we will work on eating without Paul or I in the kitchen...I have to remind myself that we are taking babysteps here and Jasper is not a carbon copy of Samantha.

Well its time for switch the laundry and bring up some stuff cooking dinner for next few days. I managed to sort threw all four bags of paperwork/filing that had been hiding under Paul's desk in the office and I am caught up on Thank you notes right now.

Jasper...

On Monday I flew to Boise to pickup Jasper --our new miniature schnauzer. Jasper is a cutie weighing in at 10lbs and he has the cutest little stubby legs and long body.

He and Samantha have been playing nonstop eversince. Samantha constantly has her happy face. Usually this face would only appear when she was playing with her cousin Max (my brothers dog).

Samantha's happy face.

Max's happy face when he got to come to play at our house with Samantha.

I'm excited because Paul and I have to two days off together this week and next week.

It's almost time to go back to work!

Tomorrow is my last day before I have to go back to work. In the last four week's Paul and I have gotten married, went on our honeymoon and adopted a new puppy. Jasper is still settling into our home but he and Samantha seem to be getting along just fine.

You can see our wedding and honeymoon pictures at www.shack.smugmug.com