Blog changes

I added a few more links to favorite blogs which are mostly podcast blogs. In case you don't know what a podcast is, it is like a radio show that you download from the internet onto your i-pod (or i-pad or computer) and listen to when you want. I listed to all of my podcasts while I am at the gym. My personal rule is that I only listen when I am working out that way I always want to work out.



I added music too (thanks Laura!). What do you think? Do you like the music?



Also, trying to decide if Princess Knit and Quilt a lot blog should change with the season or stick with the pink and the crown that has become it's trademark. What do you think readers? Should I go with the seasons, do you want to see something different every few months for background or do you like the counted on background of pink swirlies? let me know!

blog hits - I have had 14,447 hits so far, considering I started the counter at 5,000 that is a lot of hits. Wow, there must be a few of you out there that never comment. hint hint.....

there goes a piece of my heart

Dear son turned 16 this week. The big deal of course is getting his license and the freedom of taking off in your own car at 16. Every time he leaves the house he takes a piece of my heart with him. I pray he drives safe.

oh and the ice cream cake had 15 WW points per serving! That is almost a whole days worth for me. luckily I only had 1/2 of a piece. yikes, seriously do they have to pack that many calories into things!?!?

and for those of you that noticed, I did not have 16 candles for his cake. luckily he is a big boy and he could handle the fact that his mom did not plan better than that.

What is on my needles, off my needles and other projects

I finished this very sweet hat last week and already shipped it off to California niece for her sweet little boy. She blogged about it here
(aw shucks)
Her little guy looks so darn cute in the hat, I really think he could be in a magazine and I don't think I am biased!


This is from Susan B. Andreson's Itty Bitty Hats. I used cotton since it was going to be worn by a little guy in San Diego.



















I just started the Heathered Hoody and I am loving it. This is my first cable knit sweater. It is a short sleeve hooded cardy. The yarn is lovely and not pink like the pictures are showing but red, a cranberry red. lovely!!!

Sweet daughter helped me pick out fabric for her graduation quilt. Thanks to Bette (Coralville girl) for helping us pick out wonderful fabric at Common Threads in North Liberty. Sweet daughter loved the blue and red that made the fabric pop. I am throwing in a few of my stash pieces so we can make it a good twin or full size quilt (depending on my patience when sewing the roses).

Other projects I am working on.... not fun projects but the weekly 12 loads plus of laundry (depending on sports season). Here is where I found Wrigley when I was getting ready to dig in to the pile. Those of you that aren't dog lovers probably don't appreciate a dog in clean laundry but I found it adorable. He dug a hole in the middle of a pile of clean that was on my bed waiting to be folded and he took a long Sunday snooze. awww.... I bed the fresh from the dryer warmth felt so snuggly. OK this was a silly attempt to get Wrigley into yet another blog post but seriously, he is the world's cutest dog after all!