sit n spin

Josh had Thursday and Friday off due to school meetings so we've been spending more time with Sherri and Amber. When they were over at our home I remember that Amber loves to go in circles so I found our old Sit n Spin which both kids pounced on immediately.

Josh and Amber have a little competitive streak so everything has the potential of being a "race". They are really cute together and they have lots of fun playing.

Color

I bought this great, bright, colorful yarn by Regia which you will see is self striping. I made a pair of baby socks for the girl who cuts my hair but I unfortunately forgot to take a picture of them. I thought about making a pair of adult size socks but I saw a pattern for fingerless mittens and found the perfect blend. Socks are wonderful but this yarn needs to be seen and enjoyed not only by the wearer but also the general public. I think this pair will be perfect for a young girl (pre-teen or teen) but Josh agreed to model them and even asked if these were for him! :)

I might have kept these for myself but they are a little too small for me. I'll just have to make another pair for myself maybe in a more subdued color. I'll reference the pattern later but it was super simple to knit. Cast on x stititches, join round, knit 3, purl 2 until desired length to thumb then follow pattern back and forth to form the thumb opening then join round and continue pattern until desired length and bind off.

Actually I cast on a different pattern of fingerless mittens with Noro Kureyon Sock and still waiting if I like them to continue. I'm knitting from 2 skeins of the same colorway and an getting 2 different mittens. It's kind of fun in a mismatched sort of way. :)

Today I was in heaven because at the park where Sherri and I hang out with the kids after dropping the older ones at school I was able to enjoy meeting Maple the only French Bulldog that I've seen in our neighborhood. Her owner and daughter were very nice and they live in Sherri's apartment complex. Yay...now I have a French Bulldog connection! Maple was really sweet and gave me little nuzzles and snuffs. Awwww...now I really want one more than ever.

Phase I

The tile portion of the bathroom is now complete. Hector will seal the tile in a few days but our tile guy did a really nice job. We're pretty happy about the whole experience.

The grout is in and the tiles are wiped down make a big impact. The original color I chose for the wall was out of stock so Hector picked the next color closest and he did a good job. It looks great.

Tile

A quick post: the bathroom tile is placed and tomorrow the grout is applied. Yay!




I couldn't really get inside so I had to hold the camera as far as I could to get the bathroom pic. The shower tile came out as best it could considering I didn't take into account the size of the tiles to fit in there properly. The tiles are 13 x 13 so he had to cut the tile down to a smaller rectangle then even smaller for the corners. Oh well...live and learn. I guess that's why wall tile is shaped differently than floor tile. :) Okay, that's it for now since blogger is scheduled for an outage at 4pm...

Hey

It's only Tuesday and it feels like the week is dragging on. First of all, Tyler did great at his baseball game yesterday. He managed a double although it was more of a single because he runs pretty slow but the first base coach waved him on to second base which Tyler over ran. The ball was somewhere in the vicinity and he didn't know to hurry back and stay there so we were screaming and yelling at Tyler to get on the bag. :) He did make it back so that was thrilling for all of us. Even the other parents were cheering Tyler on. He made it first base again when he got hit in the foot by a pitch so he was happy about that too.

I'm taking a mini break from knitting. I'm so slow at knitting socks so lately it seems pointless and neverending. So I've invested my free time in Guitar Hero (the 80's version) and I'm having lots of fun. I'm trying to get 5 stars for all the songs on Medium; I've discovered the practice area where I can slow down the entire or just part of the song to get the fingering right then play it again at regular speed then go to Career and play it for real. I'm accomplishing slowly but surely and my wrists are feeling the pain. Time for a break so maybe those socks will get some attention after all.

The bathroom is coming along. The shower wall is tiled and we're waiting for the bullnose portions to be made which takes about a week. In the meantime, the cementboards are put in now and sealed. Hector and I have looked around at shower heads, faucet fixtures, paint chips, light fixtures, and bathroom accessories. We're making do of the 2 bathrooms and the kids don't seem to mind.

Hector's shoulder is feeling better but now he feels very tired and achy. Uh oh, I hope that he doesn't get the flu or better doesn't get any of us sick too. Keep your fingers crossed. I'm going to the Rincon area for my friend Kat's birthday for some gambling and fun in the sun next week.

so far behind

I've been lagging in the blogging department. I don't think I finished telling the rest of our vacation. Oh well. Here are some pictures of the Homewood suites....

It was very comfortable and looked to be pretty new. The bed was soft and comfy.

The kids can't resist a great pool and this one had some pool toys which made it so much more entertaining.

Our weekend was uneventful. We had the usual baseball game (they lost) and while the kids went to visit Grandma, Hector and I went to dinner at Gyu-Kaku which is a Japanese restaurant where you cook your food on a barbeque grill. We chose the Geisha menu with various meat, shrimp along with soup, salad, rice, garlic noodles and dessert. It was tasty and yummy although Hector was not completely satisfied. He likes bigger portions of meat. Overall, it is a very good restaurant but a bit pricey and you have to cook the meat yourself. Later I had a stomach ache so I'm not sure if the food caused it or not.

Hector hurt his shoulder somehow so he has been saying, "Ow" a lot. I get to rub Tiger Balm on him which reminds me to do that now.

catching up

Where to start?? I'll begin with the bathroom since I haven't posted any pics from that yet. Today Hector went to get the tile and supplies and the tile guy will start tomorrow. He will do the underlayment for the tile, backers for the floor and tiling which will take about a week. My part will be picking out fixtures, lighting and paint. Yay. Phew...I have the hardest part to do! :)

Okay here is what the ugly bathroom looked like before Hector demolished it which I must say is a vast improvement already.

Goodbye..ugly brown carpet which was hiding ugly beige/gold glittery linoleum. Bah.

It might be kind of hard to see the glittery beauty of the floor but you get the idea.

Here is the tile I picked out... Columbia Bone for the shower wall...

and a darker Ferra Brown for the floor.