Happy Thanksgiving!

Today may be the "Super Bowl" and Pittsburgh may be in it, BUT, today is THANKSGIVING in my home!
The oncologist gave us the news 2 weeks ago that Joe was and is Cancer FREE!!! 
In November, he was on a Pic line aka feeding tube. He watched all 25 of us eat Thanksgiving. It broke both my mom and my hearts. So when the news came back as wonderful as it did, we were thankful. Thus the dinner! 
It was even better than November and Joe ate everything!
Miracles can happen, just believe.

Knitting has been Wonderful!!! My nephew asked for and got this fun hat. He loves Japanese art and culture. I got the rising sun graph on Ravelry. 

And this little guy, picked his own yarn and pattern. He loved his new sweater he got today. He knew all the colors and proudly let everyone know each color.  He also told everyone, my Aunt Debi (no more Daubie : (  made this.  


It's so wonderful to have your life back. Have your husband back and returning to work tomorrow. After a year that I don't ever want to re live, EVER!!! I thank God every day for the blessings he has given us. Never ever stop believing. 

A new Year A New Life

                       Merry Christmas!


What a wonderful Christmas it was. The best news, NO surgery!!!
Hubby is mending nicely. It took ALONG time, but it is happening


The picture is of my son on Christmas morning. I made him 
the hat. All the specs are here.  Its a Trapper hat that all the kids are wearing. I saw it a AE and figured, I made this hat years ago, why not again!  He loved it, can't you tell by the expression on his face. LOL!!! He is our hockey player and we are so proud of him.


As 2011 approaches, It is filled with hope, relief and promise. Of good things, happiness and healing. May all of you have a wonderful new year! May God bless you richly, as he has done for my family.  May you feel his love and all your days be good!

Months go by....

 Months have gone by. Seasons have changed. Knitting has been my salvation. 
Surgery was complicated. He came through. But spent a total of 35 days in the hospital. The good news. There was no cancer anywhere in his body. The lymph nodes that lit up on pet scan were false positives. Seems radiation did a number on him.


Are we healed? No. But alive.
He has a blockage. Its scar tissue. Causing cramping and pain. NO food. Just a feeding tube.
Hopefully God will give us a miracle and open it this weekend. 


In the meantime. The daughter has made out. I made the vest at the hospital. I made this cute pullover too. The yarn was yummy soft! I think it will be hot, so she will probably wear it on cold campus days. 

 And this cutie is my nephew. He turned four. He wanted a sweater from Aunt Daubie(Debi). So of course I would make him what ever his heart desired! We went to breakfast and then to my favorite LYS. He picked the brightest yarn he could find. SO very cute!

I have the back done and am getting ready to finish the front. Can't wait to see this little cutie in it!!
If God sees it, I will post next time with happy news of no surgery and a husband gaining weight and headed to back to work.....

The sun came up

The Summer is going sooooooo fast! Yesterday was one of the most Wonderful days of the year! The hubby's PET scan came back clean!!! The tumor is gone and the surgery is in 4 weeks to remove the residue left and get rid of the cancer cells. Life, its a wonderful thing, when you are given it back! Through all of this I have been sitting next to my guy as he endured the rounds of heavy Chemo. And while he slept, what did I do? Yeah you know me too well. Knitted!!! I am so proud of myself. I finished not one but 2 UFO's.

The  Daylily by Nashua was finished last week. Love the look. Not so crazy about the feel of the yarn.  It was an easy knit and worked up quickly.

The shrug on the right was a beach purchase. And it was a UFO that has been resting in my sewing room for two years! Come on, it was on size 17 needles!!! I could have finished that in a evening!!! But I was at one of America's most beautiful places, Outer Banks, and who wants to knit?  Check that off as DONE!!! I like it. I will get a plan pink or orange long sleeve tee to wear under it. The yarn was YUMMY!!!  The pattern came from and written by a wonderful shop owner down in NC. Love, Love the shop. If you are there go here!

This little lovely is on its way to being done in a few hours. I figure I will get it done up at camp in two weeks. A simple vest that the daughter picked out awhile ago. Very simple. Fun yarn. Perfect for the 21 year old college student.  She has been on my case about, not making her anything in awhile!!! Excuse me. Go back a few post and see all the knitting I did for you girl!!!!!!! It does make me feel good that she wants me to knit for her!!

And, not that I am, NOT, knitting for her now, I AM!!!  Picked up the new edition of "Knit Simple" and we both fell in love with the hooded pullover.  While waiting on the PET scan 

to be over, I sat in the waiting room and knitted much further than the picture. I am at the sleeves. It is a fun sweater that you knit top down. I like that.

I love the yarn I chose. Daughter wanted a grey. And she loves this shade. I hope make a matching hat and mittens with some of the same color I bought last fall.

Writing is so much easier this morning. Sleep came so much faster last night and the sun came up so much brighter today. Life, has some deep valleys. But the coming up and out of the valley makes everything so much more..........MORE. 

Thank you GOD for prayers answered and for the blessings ahead. Thank you for making my husband one of your miracles.

Sitting in the Sun.

Enjoying the very warm temps. All I want is to be outside, after a long cold worry filled winter. Every part of the beginning of this year has been an ugly memory.
As we move forward with healing, we stepped back, for another round of Chemo. Just to be sure we kicked it in the ass good! The next step is a PET scan and then surgery to rid his body of this monster.  His spirits are good and my vibes are positive that the outcome is excellent.


 So, the knitting is coming along.  The cardi above is a work in progress, and is on its way to be being complete. Very easy, very pretty. 


The book, excellent, quick read.  Love it. If you are a Blossom Street fan, the book stays on Blossom Street, and all the same characters remain.  I look forward to finishing it up this week, so I can start, "Summer on Blossom Street". 


Looking forward to many warm days, ahead and lots of knitting, reading, sewing and scrapping. Oh yeah and I guess some cleaning. 
I guess its back to the sun and sitting and knitting. 
Hope your summer is a good, warm one.

Done during Chemo

After just 5 hours of Chemo with the hubby, I finished the baby sweater and it went home with the baby tonight. 


I passed on the ribbon around the neckline. Ribbons around a babies neck? Please! 
So, I am off to the next project.  A summer shell for the daughter. It is in bright turquoise with bright pink and black. I have a feeling she isn't going to like it. But what can you do. 
Not too much other knitting to speak of. To much thinking is too heavy a task right now.  Simple and fast is the new game plan.
Back to what I love.........Knitting

Quick and Easy

It is finally MAY! I have never wanted to see a year pass as quickly as I do this one. And Its only for one reason. So my family can have their life back.

I want to be able to go places and not worry about my husband. That my kids can laugh a little harder and worry a little less. I just want to be normal and boring again.

Knitting has been hard. Hard to concentrate on a difficult pattern. So I decided just to give in and do something mindless.

The baby sweater was a KAL from Carol's Needleworks. I don't plan on going to the KAL, but I thought it was a cute spring, summer, fall sweater for the newest baby. It is going to be fast and fun. I really like the yarn. I think it will be easy on the mom for care.

Well, the soon to be 16 year old is reading this and making fun. So I think I will get back to what I need to do.........Knit