Knitamazoo(tm)

It’s only been three days since I last posted but it feels like forever. We didn’t make the boat trip on Saturday as my hubby came down with a stomach virus which he in turn shared with me. I just love him so much! So Sunday was not a good day for me and on top of all the stomach problems I got one of the worst migraines I’ve ever had. At least I had gotten my house cleaned and bought the groceries before all this hit. The migraine hit around 2 pm and lasted until around 1:30 am. I was so nauseated that I couldn’t eat. I got up yesterday and came into work but I was so weak from not eating for a day that I had to go home at noon. But there is a bright side to all of this . . . even though I couldn’t knit Sunday I did get to knit all afternoon yesterday! And good things come from knitting all afternoon . . . I finished my Misty Garden scarf! A lovely feather and fan pattern knit in Manos del Uruguay colorway #107. I really enjoyed this scarf as it is simple enough to do in front of the tv but is not too boring. I couldn’t get either of my cats to sit still long enough to model the scarf and I didn’t have anyone to take my picture, so Booboo Bear will have to do. He is a good model and will pose anyway you ask him to. He kind of gets lost in the scarf but he’s still cute.

Here is a closeup so you can see the pattern and hopefully the colors better. Now that the scarf is finished I’ll cast on for the hat that will match. It won’t be out of Manos, but Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in a matching color. It will just be a basic hat, nothing too fancy. When I get it done I’ll model the hat and scarf together. Of course it will probably be 95 degrees F and really humid. Hopefully I won’t sweat too much and felt them!

We were out doing a little shopping last week and we came across one of those inflatable beds. We’ve been talking about getting one for awhile now as we are planning on having my family spend Christmas with us. We have a guest room with a double bed for my parents but no place for my brother or his fiance. We also thought it would be nice to have when we visit other family who don’t have guest beds. So into the cart it went. We blew it up this weekend and it’s pretty nice. It’s a queen size double high so it’s almost as high as a regular bed. Then when I wasn’t looking this weekend my hubby went out and bought a tent. Now we had looked at some tents and talked about getting into camping but I didn’t think we were too serious about the whole thing. How wrong I was! Not only does he buy a tent but he buys the Hilton of tents! This thing is huge (17′ x 11′) and stands 7′ tall! My 6′5″ brother could stand upright in it. It has a screened area separate from the sleeping area. There are two closets in the sleeping area and you can put up a divider in the sleeping area to make 2 private spaces out of it. We were going to try putting it up on Sunday but then I got sick. The plan is to put it up tonight and if we do I’ll take pictures. So now I guess we’ll have to get the rest of the camping paraphernalia as we’re planning on going camping Labor Day weekend. And I can’t fault him for buying it either. He got an awesome deal. Everywhere he’s seen it on the net it runs right around $300 but he got it at Sam’s Club for $137!! He’s so good at finding bargains.