Part of my childhood gone

I still can not believe that Michael Jackson died yesterday. I remember being 6 years old when Thriller came out and my mom buying it for me when I got a good report from my teacher (I used to walk around the class and talk to everyone ALOT). I had the silver socks, a make your own glove kit, and a record player with his face on it. One of the few times I remember my brother being nice to me was when he and his girlfriend went to the local video store to rent a VCR (yes they did that back then) and brought home the Making of Thriller video for me. When my parents took me to Disney World and Epcot when I was 10 I made them see Captain Eo about 10 times in one day (my dad was not happy). No matter what he did later on in his life he was a brilliant peformer and had many people who loved him. Tonight I have been watching VH1 Classic and they are showing old MJ videos (right now is Say Say Say with Paul and Linda McCartney). One of my favorite videos is Smooth Criminal.

My favorite MJ song is PYT which never had a video made for it but I found this on YouTube.

May he find peace in the next life that he never found in this one. Until next time ....

Happy Father's Day

to the best Daddy in the world!

Another one bites the dust....

Another finished object for me! This has to be a record - 3 finished projects in the same month. I finally finished my Socktoberfest socks. These are my Holland Socks, so named because I bought the yarn on our "babymoon" trip to Holland last summer.

The yarn is Regia Kaffe Fasset and I loved it. I love the colors and the yarn is nice to knit with. I have enough left over to make a pair of anklets. Details as always on the FO blog and on Ravelry.

Since every post needs a cute baby in it here is a picture of my fellas.

They were watching Sprout. Aren't they cute? Until next time ....

Fastest Finished Object Ever

So I go to knit night yesterday and completed the fasted object ever!

This is the April Showers dishcloth from the Monthly Dishcloth KAL group. I finished this in about 3 hours. After not finishing a project for almost 4 months I have two FOs in as many days. When it rains it pours. Until next time ....

An Actual Finished Object!

I have an actual finished object, my first since February. The third time was a charm for the Clark Sweater.

The pattern is the Teddy Cardigan from Lion Brand and I used 1.5 skeins of Vanna's Choice in Brick. The yarn is not the greatest but for a baby knit it will do. I messed up the buttonhole placement but overall I am happy with it. I found 4 elephant buttons at JoAnn's that I couldn't resist. More details located here and here. Here it is modeled by the recipient.

He was tired and ready to start our walk in the park so he was not the most cooperative model. However, he looks very adorable in it and I am glad the weather has been unseasonably cool so he can actually wear it a few times.

In real life issues the reason I am posting at 3pm on Wednesday afternoon is because I am no longer employed. I was laid off from my job on May 18th. I was not surprised but it still stung a little. After working there for almost 6 years and doing eveything they asked of me without complaint it felt like a smack in the face. Especially considering how some people do nothing but complain or surf the web all day. I am over it now though and I am looking at this as an opportunity. I am planning on taking my money from the No Worker Left Behind program and going back to school to become a medical biller. However, right now I am just sending resumes out even though I have unemployment. In this job market you just can not wait anymore. I had an interview yesterday but I was interview number 2 out of 28 for the first round so I am not holding my breath. So as of right now I am a SAHM which has been interesting. Unil next time ....