A little sock love, a little doggy love, a little bit of everything…

These are the first socks I ever knit. I am very proud. Made out of Premier Yarns Serenity Sock Weight in the colorway Mint using size 2 needles and the Basic Sock Pattern by Patons.  You can find lots of free sock patterns on Ravelry for the sockaholics in all of us.  I made them last year and since then have quite a few other pairs in progress.

I made the daughter shave her legs and everything for the photo. She was not as impressed with them as I was. She is afraid to show too much interest because I might start knitting her things like ponchos, gaucho pants, or maybe even a snood! And we wouldn’t want that would we?

How in the heck would she be able to hold her head up at Wal-Mart? Speaking of which, if you have a couple of hours to kill, I found a website that is a total fascination to me. Check out http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/. You won’t be able to look away. I perused every photo just to be sure that I’m not in there. You never know who’s going to catch you on one of those days that you forgot to brush your hair or wear your pants or something…Amazing.

I’m a little hesitant to tell another story about my dogs as Faith has gotten a big head from the last post. She said to let everyone know that she is available for autographs, but is limiting it to two per person and will not sign body parts. (Unless a treat is involved).  Also, if you are wanting her to make an appearance, she has penned a rider listing her backstage demands including one case of Evian spring water, a fresh deli platter (with extra deli), fresh cut dandelions and three stuffed toys- barely chewed.

But here’s your short dog story anyway. Because we do have three dogs and dogs have a tendancy to make an occasional mess. Particularly, Ralph as he has no limitations on what he eats and oftentimes it comes back to haunt him. The rule in our house is that the first one to see it, has to clean it. Sounds simple enough, but you would be amazed at the lengths my husband and daughter will go to in order to avoid being the first one to see a mess.

So, we are sitting on the couch watching television, when my daughter comes home from work. I hear the door shut and the dogs all run to say hi. Then I hear:

“Uh oh! Ralph, put that down!”

“Oh gross!! Don’t eat that!”

“Yuck!”

“Go outside!”

SLAM.

She walks through the living room, smiles sweetly at me as she heads to her room and says, “I didn’t see anything”.