Has Anyone Seen Happy?

::crickets::

I know. I am a woman in the middle of life, and I should reference the classic claymation a little less often than I do, but I don't. Rudolph's Shiny New Year has always been one of my favorites, and it may always be. It is what it is, and as I watch it again this year, I wish you and yours a very Happy New Year! May your 2014 be a little smoother, a little smarter, and filled with a little more "Happy" than 2013...and may there be more of your favorite things every day!

Sweaters for everyone! (But I'm going to start that first one just for me!) 

Happy New Year, and Knit in Good Health, friends!

Not a Secret Any More!

Well, here it is, December 28th, and I can finally reveal all the secret holiday knitting! I think I look forward to this post more than any other during the blog year, because I generally spend most of November and December just dying to tell you all what I'm knitting...but not wanting to let the cat out of the bag! Well, the cat's out of the bag now...in fact, she's sleeping on my lap as I knit hexipuffs!

So here is the Christmas Knitting revealed!

Only 8 of those photos are gifties...that last one, the one in the middle, is some tiny sweaters I got distracted by after the Christmas knitting was done. :) Made from leftover sock yarns, how could I resist? Oh, that's right, I couldn't...lol! Anyway, the rest are as follows:

1. Transitioning to Winter socks - knit for Mindy, my daughter-in-law (who tells me that my granddaughter has taken them hostage, because "everything Gramma knits must be for Peanut!" lol!).
2. Hat for Peanut, knit to match the mitts in #5...because everything Gramma knits must be for Peanut.  Right? lol!
3. "Ugly Christmas Sweater" for my son, in miniature...based on a conversation we had last Christmas. He loves it.
4. Hat and mittens for Peanut because, well...see #2.
5. Convertible mittens for Peanut, because (as it turns out) she likes gloves better than mittens, and her mother and I know that mittens are warmer than gloves, and see #2. 
6. Cowl for Dollface...I wish I had gotten a photo of the way that she just put that thing on as soon as we were done opening gifts, and then wore it the rest of the day...but I was too distracted at her insistence that my house is too cold, so I turned up the thermostat a little instead of taking a picture. =/
7. Afghan for Mork and Mindy, because they live too far away to hug every day. Unfortunately, it seems that Mindy and Peanut fight over this one (success!) while Mork sits shivering in the corner (sad face). In case you are keeping score of the battles, I think Mindy is winning this one...Peanut has two afghans I've made just for her already! =P And finally...
8. Socks for Snake, my son-in-law, who opened them and put them on right away, over the store-boughts he was wearing...and I did take a quick shot of that!

So, as you can see, our Christmas was a success! As I said, we missed having Mork, Mindy and Peanut in town, but we got to spend time with both Sweetie's family and mine, as well as Snake and Dollface, and we had a couple of very nice days. I hope that you did too! Now, I'm off to knit some more hexipuffs...they have kinda been on hold since sometime in September, but I am back at it...at least until the knitalong starts!

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health as you prepare to welcome 2014...oh, my! Where has this year gone?!? :)

Happy Ho! Ho! Ho! to You!

Merry Christmas from the Pretties!
I hope that your day is pretty, too!

Hello? Where have my pictures gone?

So, this is an interesting Christmas Gift...

I logged on to write tomorrow's blog today, and it appears that all of my images have disappeared! Backgrounds, blog photos, everything! It's not going to stop me, but I figured that I should take a moment to explain the lack of cat photos, like this one:

And this one:

Christmas photos...

...and good old-fashioned food photos, too!

Hopefully, these new photos have posted just fine. I know the photos are still in my picasa album, but I don't know what to do next! I hope I won't have to put them all back one-by-one... Then again, I'll have a couple days off next week...I suppose it would give me something to do! lol!

Well, let's see what happens, then I guess I'll go from there. Right now, I'm going to see if I can contact Mr. Google...or Mr. Blogger...or Ms. Blogger...whoever is in charge of such things. Then I'm going to knit my way to Christmas!

I hope that you don't have any wrinkles in your holiday plans, and that you will have time to Knit all the things while enjoying Good Health!

Edited to add this note:
OK - we can all breathe now. Well, I can breathe now, because I figured it out. Somewhere along the line, the "visibility settings" on my Picasa albums changed... I don't remember changing it, but I don't remember a LOT of things these days, so meh. Anyway, all the pics are back, YAY! and SUPER YAY! But still, I'm gonna take tomorrow off...consider this our Saturday blog, ok? Thanks! You're the best! Knit in Good Health!

One Week Before Christmas!

You know, until it's actually a week before Christmas, I forget how busy and discombobulated I always feel when it's a week before Christmas! Are you like that, too? I mean, what with the secret knitting that I am rushing to finish...

...and the cookie baking...

...and the secret knitting that I am finishing up...

...and the gingerbread building...

...and the secret knitting...

OMGosh! So busy with the busy! BUT, this is really one of my favorite parts of the Christmas Season...putting on all the finishing touches is so satisfying! Bonus - it looks like I actually WILL finish it all this year! Three cheers for Pretty!!!

Hip, hip, HOORAY!

Hip, hip, HOORAY!

Hip, hip, HOORAY!

I hope that you are having fun and getting things done, too. :) Now, on to the next thing! Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!