Long time, no post…

Well, a lot has happened since my last post. We went camping the following weekend, with Miss PJ and family. Here are a few photos I took:

Jaxx and Shawn

Jaxx and Bebe

Shawn walking Jaxx out on to Deer Creek Dam

The buzzards on top of the dam

The stream below the dam

Leaves on top of the wet tent

It was a rainy weekend, but we enjoyed ourselves. The girls didn’t go with us. Katie went with her dad, and Annie went with my mom. Miss PJ brought her husband, both her sons and one of her nieces. And despite the fact that Jaxx peed in the driver’s seat of my car from excitement, it was a pretty enjoyable weekend. But, the best part of the weekend was when Shawn proposed to me!

My engagement ring

We plan on getting married next fall!

Since then, Miss PJ and I have gone back to sewing. We decided that we wanted to make new celtic outfits for this years trip to the Ohio Renaissance Festival. It’s been a couple of years since we went. We decided to use Simplicity pattern 3623. Here is Miss PJ’s finished outfit:

Miss PJ's outfit

Here is mine:

My new Celtic outfit

We couldn’t find buckles to hold the tartan to the shoulders, so we used special kilt pins. Here are mine:

Right Kilt Pin

Left Kilt Pin

I made Annie a new outfit this year:

Annie in her new gown

And she got to meet Santa, who was in a kilt:

Annie with Santa, his brother Mike and both Mrs. Claus

Where else can you meet Santa in October, and he’s in a kilt? Only in Ohio. But, Katie enjoyed a huge turkey leg:

Katie with her turkey leg

Katie decided to wear a mash up of my old costumes. The shirt and bodice is from the Celtic outfit I made in ’99, and she wore that with one of my old black skirts and what was left of the tartan I bought for the new outfit. Then, we locked the kids up:

Annie, the prisoner

Katie, the unenthused prisoner

But, all in all, the outfits turned out great. Now, I can go back to knitting Shawn’s sweater, and plotting the next costume.

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Sad disappointment

I speak of my Jaywalkers in Tequila Sunrise. I happily knitted on then as we watched a movie last night. I was less than an inch from starting the toe decreases. Then, tragedy struck. I decided to try them on. I should known things were going too well. They were too tight, they were like a second skin. So, rather than face the frog pond, I had Katie try them on out of desperation, rather than frog them. She couldn’t even get them over her heel. I thought for sure they might fit her, since her foot isn’t as fat as mine, but being that her feet are longer, they just wouldn’t work. So, I will either try a larger size, or move on to a pattern that I know will fit. I think that I’ll just make a pair of Waffle socks. I really like that pattern, and they are very warm in the winter. I guess I’ll figure it out when I sit down tonight to start over, huh?

Well, this weekend, if it doesn’t rain, we’ll be camping in mom’s yard again. I’ll get to try out the new tent mom bought me. That, and I didn’t really get to make s’mores the last time around. Maybe I can talk everyone into a fall hike in Hocking Hills. That would be nice, even though the leaves really haven’t had a chance to change yet. And speaking of change, I can’t wait until the weather starts cooling off, so it’s sweater weather. Anywho, I’ll post later on what I decide to make with the Tequila Sunrise. Happy Knitting!

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