Knitting in pink

Due to some repeated issues with bloglines not picking up my feed, I have decided to move to a wordpress blog. You can now find me here. You will need to resubscribe to the new feed. You can also access my new blog by typing http://www.knittinginpink.com

I was not able to import all my posts into the new blog so I have recreated my posts all the way back till September and a few more before that. I will be moving more things over as time permits.

Thank you for moving over there with me! : )

Bloglines, do you read me? Do you copy?

ETA: Here's my friend's Kelly response to your wonderful comments about her Christmas Tree Skirt: ""Thanks for posting these pictures, Valerie! Whenever I see this skirt, I'm reminded again at how happy I am to be done with it! Yes, it took almost a full year to complete, with the majority of the yarn being Lite-Lopi with a little Lamb's Pride and DMC tapestry wool mixed in. It was 13 colors I think (?more?), in all. Thanks everyone for your kind comments! Knit on! Kelly"

I have much to blog about but not quite enough time (Getting ready for a big sale at the store for over the weekend!). So, to tide you over, I'll show you a few pictures of the Christmas Tree Skirt from the book Handknit Holidays that my friend Kelly knit.

My Internet connection went out last Thursday and I only got it back yesterday afternoon... Do you know how horrible that is? Thankfully I was able to check my emails a couple times at other people's house but there was no way I could work or blog until my connection came back up. What a relief!

Anyways, I've been working on my socks. I have 3 one the needles now, which brings my total of single socks to 5. I'll post an update with pictures later this week. In the mean time I'll just show you some loveliness:

I was tagged by Nell and Toni for the "7/8 random things about you" meme.

Here are the rules:
Each person tagged gives 7 (or 8 depending on who it's coming from) random facts about themselves. Those tagged need to write in their blogs the 7 (or 8) facts, as well as the rules of the game. You need to tag seven (or eight) others and list their names on your blog. You have to leave those you plan on tagging a note in their comments so they know that they have been tagged and to read your blog.

Here are my facts:

1. Until just now I still had no clue what a meme really was or what it meant. Definition from here:

"meme n (mëm): A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. From the Greek mimëma, something imitated, from mimeisthai, to imitate.

In Blogspeak, a meme is an idea that is shared and passed from blog to blog, like a question posted in one blog and answered in many other blogs."

2. I once flew 2 seats over from Corky - Chris Burke from "Life Goes On"

3. My favorite ice cream used to be Chocolate Fudge Brownie by Ben & Jerry's but it has been replaced by Godiva's Capuccino with Chocolate Hearts ice cream

4. I married my High School Sweetheart.

5. I've watched every single episode of Bones. It is one of my favorite shows and I hope it goes on forever!

6. One of my favorite painters is Magritte, a painter from Belgium.

7. I went to see the Lord of the Rings Exhibition back in 2004 in 2 out of the original 4 locations. I went to see it in London and then in Boston.

I think I'll stop at 7! : ) And I won't tag anyone, but feel free to tag yourself if you wish.

For some reason, I thought that my one year blogiversary was today. I was wrong, it was actually April 3rd. Oh, well. I'll still celebrate it today, just this once.

Since I started blogging here at Blogspirit (I blogged for a few months over at MSN spaces) I've written 147 posts (including this one), had 585 comments and had over 20'000 visits. I am really happy that you find me interesting enough that you keep coming back, thank you to all of you. I hope to keep you entertained or at least show you pretty pictures for at least another year! : )

In honor of this belated blogiversary, I will make official the little contest I started 2 days ago. I need to find a name for my new wheel. Please help me by suggesting names for it. If you've already given me a name, feel free to participate again. The person who suggest the name I like the best will win something nice, I promise. The contest will be open until April 30 midnight.

Just a little story on keys and why you should be sure of which keys you have at all time.

I found myself, at 7:00AM in front of my locked apartment door and without a key to open it. I'd just brought my husband to the train station and he was already on his way to Boston. I had in my pockets, my keys, my cell phone and my driver's license. No knitting, no book. Now, the question is, why do I have keys, but not the right key to my apartment?

Yesterday an agent came over to our house to look at one of our apartments that he will be in charge of renting out. I gave him keys. What I thought was the front door key (my own key) and said apartment key. Later that evening my husband gave me a new front door key so I wouldn't get locked out of the house.

So this morning after getting out of the car I notice that the two keys I have are very similar but figure that I'll see which is which when I get to the door. I get upstairs to our apartment and try key number 1, doesn't work, try key number 2, doesn't work. Start panicking, try again each key quite a few times without success. I figure the lock is jammed and call my husband. He's on the train so can't really help me. So I call 411 so I can get a hold of a locksmith. After getting their emergency number I talk to locksmith, and he tells me that he will call me back later. He calls me back and by then it is 7:30. Says a guy will come "shortly" after 8am. Finally at 8:30, the guy shows up and opens my door... I'm glad I didn't have a baby in the house, or something on the stove (not that I'd leave the house with those 2 things inside, but you never know!)

Kind of a sucky way to start the morning!

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On a happy note, I will be going to Montreal tomorrow to celebrate a belated Christmas with my family. And I found out that the biggest knitting store of Montreal is 2 streets down from my brother's house where we will be celebrating! I guess I will have to go take a look! : )

First let's start off with the picture.