What HAVE I been doing?

Once again it has been ages and ages since a post. I got so far behind it was overwhelming to try and decide what to post about....so I just didn't :-).

I suppose it would be impossible to "catch up" so to speak on the happenings of the past several months so I'll just ramble about what ever comes to mind and not worry about being chronological or anything so mundane!

Needless to say, we have had a multitude of grand kids' birthdays, etc. that I've missed telling about along with several other things.....so on that front we'll just start with today! Dax turned 3 on Monday and his party is this afternoon.

Poppy made his cake again this year and here is a shot of it before we head out to the party.

On my side of things, I'm still knitting. A few other things have wormed their way into my knitting time, but I am still getting a little knitting in almost every day.

I am working on the TKGA Master's Level One with Jo Ellyn and Michelle. We try to meet every week to work on it together. I've missed several sessions from either having health issues or being out of town but I'm plugging along on it! I have done and blocked swatches 1 - 7 and have 8-14 ready to block! The worst part is going to be the research, questions and reports. I only have 2 swatches and the project hat left as far as the knitting part goes.

I have also been doing some cute little dresses that Amanda are working on and are going to try to sell. We have permission to put them in a little shop at Turner Falls.....we just have to get several more made. We'll put them out there and see what happens!

I've also been doing a lot of sewing lately. Savy let me know recently that she and "Hanna" didn't have any matching summer outfits!! I have done 3 matching outfits for them and messed around and did not get a single pic of them! Hopefully I can catch them dressed up in their matching duds soon and post them. It was a challenge to be sure! I have discovered that the only patterns out there for sale are for 18" dolls like American Girl, etc. Well, the My Twinn dolls are 23" dolls!! So.....I have been finding patterns for Savy then "creating" a matching pattern for Hanna. Guess it's good for keeping the old brain cells working....lol!

Since I had made several outfits for Savannah and Hanna I felt like I should do some for Dax too! I missed a pic of the pj's I did but got a shot of his "cool dude" outfit that I did.

The other "thing" that has been cutting into knitting time is my couponing. I have gotten serious about doing the coupon thing. It does take time and effort, but it is really starting to pay off! Most of the time I'm happy if I save from 40-60% off my bill, but occasionally I hit that week where I really do awesome!! I've only managed to pull of walking out of a store with several bags of stuff without giving them one penny twice......but I HAVE done it, know it can be done and man, is it a high!!! Did it yesterday at CVS. I got 2 big cans of Folgers Coffee, 5 snack bars, a Loreal Revitilizing cream and a vitamin water.....after coupons and the Extra Care Bucks I'd gotten in weeks past I owed nothing....not one penny....and got $4 in Extra Care Bucks to spend on the next trip!

The other time I had the $0 balance happen was at Walgreens. Got 5 12 packs of pepsi, a 42 count Prilosec, 3 boxes of Special K Cereal, a chapstick and an eyeshadow....all for zero money!! Like I said...it doesn't happen often.....and I'm happy enough when I can go to Homeland and save 57% off my bill like I did this week.....but the "free" weeks are really a natural high! It sort of becomes a game to see how well I can do!

Well, time to head out for that Birthday party! Will try to post on a more regular basis...not that anyone out there will think to check in since it's been so long!