So much to blog

Life has been a little bit crazy lately. Yesterday, I celebrated my big 27...it is hard to believe that another year has flown by. B-days always make me a little reflective and wow, are there more things to reflect as you get older.

Hubbs was a true peach the whole weekend. I swear, sometimes I forget how lucky I am to have such a sweetie in my life. Love you, love you, love you hubbs. Friday, he sent me the most beautiful orchids to the office. He even ordered my favorite cake....campagne...ultimate yum. Saturday, he took me out to the Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge so we could see the buffalo and elk herds. I hadn't been out there before, and Ein had been telling me that he was looking to do a little road trip out to the prairies this fall.

We loaded up our buddy, and off we went! Ein spent much of the time in the car smelling the prairie. We had his window cracked open and upon rolling up to the buffalo, he went crazy! He started barking (so we quieted him down) and I moved him to the front seat by me, where he proceeded to try to jump out of the window! Must have been the cattle dog in him, I swear he wanted to get out there are start herding!

My wonderful sister scored big points this year for my b-day. She got me some beautiful Dale of Norway Baby Ull to get started on another pair of fair isle mittens (this time in my size, not hubbys). I will be doing another pattern from Knitting Marvelous mittens. See below for a sneak peak of the yarn and pattern. She also picked me out the most gorgeous shawl pin. It is being modelled by the Perfect Pie shawl. It is a Holz & Stein and absolutely fantastic. Thanks sis & brother-in-law D!

As for knitting progress, I have been working away at the One Cable Vest that I am doing for the Fall Cable KAL. Check out the group blog for my latest pic!