Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Happy Birthday again

Happy Birthday to my best friend, my soulmate, my HUSBAND...

Woke up to the wind howling like mad this morning...then the rain came down...and kept coming...

It's now about 2:00 in the afternoon and I see the sun peeking out...

About 30 minutes ago this is what the sky looked like West of us...the clouds were moving our way




and this is what the sky looked like to the South of us



the next two photos show what our street looks like...



Monday, January 18, 2010

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Meredith

Today my eldest turns 36...where did the time go?

Remember the photo in the last post of our street...it still looks that way!

Today is very windy...things are blowing all over the place...

I'm staying in where it's nice and warm...although not sure how long we'll have power

and we're slated to have rain for 10 days...

At least I have knitting projects to do...

I stayed up last night to finish the knitting on an afghan/throw...now just to get those pesky ends weaved in and it is completed...except for blocking

I have a dozen or so other projects already on the needles so I'll be fine staying put for a few days

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Our Street


This is the street in front of our house...good thing hubby went out at 6:30 this morning and moved our car to the side street...the street is being ground up and new paving put down...supposed to take a week and with no inconvenience for the residents on the street...glad hubby moved the car because I sure wouldn't want to drive on this....

LA Trip

Yesterday I accompanied my friend, Mary Ann, to Los Angeles. This what we encountered on the wayThe cloud didn't last long...we were out of it soon...traffic wasn't too bad either so we made really good time.

After 'business' was taken care of we decided to do some previewing of a 'local yarn shop'...we stopped in at Wild Fiber in Santa Monica. They are located on 14th Street about a block south of Santa Monica Blvd. We found a parking space and ventured over...the outside was being painted...we entered to a warm greeting by the salespeople...they were very helpful...and of course the first thing we inquired about was sock yarn...this is what we found...They also had a nice selection of needles, yarns and roving for spinning in addition to books.

We then inched our way down Santa Monica Blvd towards the pier. Mary Ann had never been to this pier so it was a treat for her and I'm sure she had a wonderful time. We found an eating place and replenished ourselves on cod, clams, and fries. Then we walked all over (wonder how many pounds we left there)...

The pier was quite crowded but we found out that a part was fenced off as they were getting ready for a Texas alumni get together...Texas and Alabama college football teams are playing in Pasadena.

We decided we'd best head back home by this time. Traffic was heavy and we were going down the road the car took a turn a parked...what?...oh okay...a yarn shop...so we ventured in to check it out....

This one is on Wilshire Blvd...Compatto Yarn Salon...again we had a nice warm welcome and the sales staff was very helpful.
Do you see that ball winder under the right side of the sign...it's electric and boy does it go fast...
Again, we saw a nice selection of yarns, needles and books.

All in all I would have to say that our trip was successful in all aspects.

Would I make the trip to these yarn shops again?...yes