Hanging out with the babe thinking about growth as it relates to my yoga practice. I would love to grow and continue to learn about yoga. I need a new level of challenge and to learn from different teachers to really round out my personal practice as well as my classes I teach. I feel like my classes and my own practice ( I don't have much of one with the babe always around) have grown stagnant. I need something to really breathe life back into it. So I am searching for new classes with hopes its not going to cost me an arm and a leg. I am also thinking about starting on my 500hr ryt with the 300hr therapy track included or 200hr ryt in a different style of teaching. I just really like learning new things. Anyway enough of my dreaming, lol.

I am still slowly crawling along on the beagle sweater and hopefully I am almost done with the front. I signed up for HSKS again its 13 the Yule Ball. I'm pretty excited I love the people who do it so its nice to hangout with them again. Anyway I am off to take the baby outside so she can run around and play.

Pumpkins Pumpkins Pumpkins

I love pumpkins and pumpkin flavored things. So this weekend we went to Pumpkinville, for the baby of course, lol. It was really sweet watching her pick her pumpkin. I loved it. We went with some friends and then out to dinner after. It was a great night.

Anyway as far as knitting stuff goes. I am working on the front of the Beagle sweater. I finished the back a couple weeks ago. I need to do the sleeves too. I am really hoping if I keep knitting a little bit each day that I will finish it in time to power knit the rest of the afghan for my friend for Christmas. I am not hopeful at this point because I am knitting so slowly on this sweater because I am bored. Oh well.

I made some coconut macaroons yesterday from the cookie a, sock yarn and cookie recipe club. They were super easy to make and tasty. I have to be careful I don't eat too many because I can't afford the calories, lol. I'm off to make some pumpkin coffee (shocking I know) and figure out what I am teaching tonight for my gentle yoga class. Yay!

Hello Wednesday. Thank you for bringing us to the middle of our week. So following up my last post. Sunday night the beagles owner came for her. Apparently she is an outdoor dog and they didn't realize she was missing. She is an outdoor dog because she chews everything. Well I follow this up with a no shit sherlock. Beagles are working dogs and when they are bored, which is pretty much anytime you don't have them actively doing something, they go straight to chewing. She had fleas and needed a bath. So I get that she is a pain to have in the house but its a pretty terrible life to be chained up in the backyard all day and night. So the whole situation kind of made me mad. The teenager and her mother that came to pick the dog up seemed happy to have her back but if they aren't going to take proper care of her whats the point....but I digress.

Anyway. We went to toddler tales today and on the way over Evie passed out in the car and she remained unconscious until the last 2 songs of the class. So because she had a power nap we are skipping nap time....yay.

Yesterday we got our patterns and recipes for the Cookie A sock club. I was a little disappointed in the patterns. The yarn is nice but the patterns didn't do anything for me and this isn't the first shipment I have felt this way. I am not sure if I want to join again next year. Its been fun for the most part though. I'll just have to use another pattern for the yarn.

Ending on a happier note because this was kind of a whiny downer post, lol. I am enjoying a nice cup of pumpkin coffee while my daughter carries her sidewalk chalk around the house. I bought the ingredients for the coconut macaroon recipe from the shipment. The weather is warming up a bit while keeping a nice breeze. My house is not completely trashed and if my husband has time or feels up to it tonight we might be eating pasta with mushrooms and pumpkin-gorgonzola sauce . It looks like an awesome recipe. :) I will tell you all how it goes next post. For now I am off to enjoy my coffee and maybe do some knitting. Happy Fall!

Furry Family

Well we have a temporary addition to our furry family. A beagle was wandering the streets yesterday afternoon. She had escaped from her home. She had a broken lead attached to her collar and she was going up to each house in the neighborhood. Evie and I were getting strapped in the car ready to head to Target. She came up to us wagging her tail and looking for love. She was a little shy, she tucks her tail when you pet her but she really likes it. So we took her into our backyard and put up signs looking for her owner. We haven't found her owner but she is enjoying laying on a pillow with a bone in our laundry room. I don't want to let her into the house in case she has fleas or something but I do feel bad for her. I am wary of bathing her in case she bites from fear. She is the sweetest dog though. So tomorrow when the SPCA opens we are going to take her in. Hopefully she is chipped so she can find her family.

Other than that we might head to the fall festival at the local park for some fun kid crafts and face painting. We will see what happens. I hope its not going to rain..... The fall weather has started to set in so its been chilly out here. Of course its suppose to start warming up this week. I like the cooler weather though, the season of warm woolies is coming. :)

Knitting progress: Beagle sweater: I finished the back and now I am working on the front. Slow progress but thats alright. Hopefully it will be done by christmas. I am also waiting for my CookieA sock club shipment to arrive. Hopefully it will get here by tomorrow. I have been good so far and not looked at the spoiler picture in the thread but I really, really want to. I am wondering if its going to have a Halloween theme or fall theme. I also can't wait to see the patterns....

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

No its not Christmas yet, although that is a wonderful time of the year, its fall and October. I personally love October. Its when J and I started dating, when we got married, Halloween and the leaves all really begin changing. Plus, for those of us who enjoy knitting and wearing our woolies, its time to pull out the sweaters and cool weather clothing. I hope we get to go camping this October. October here is not too cold usually. If we were still up north we would probably have random snow, lol. Ah well.

Uh oh gotta run, crying baby.

New and Yummy

Ok so I just tried Tempeh for the first time and I have to say its really, really good. So I'm pretty excited about it. It was a pretty interesting sandwich with veggie slices and avocado. Yum. Love, love, love it.

Its been a pretty good day so far. I took pilates which for some reason was not as hard today as it usually is. I had a fabulous new sandwich, we are meeting up with a friend for coffee at starbucks, then I teach my yoga class and then I have a meeting for the yoga seminar I am teaching at. Yay! So it should be a busy but fun day.

As for knitting yummy's I found this amazing yarn that I REALLY REALLY want but they apparently only sell it in the UK, lame. Its called Araucania Botany Lace. Its so pretty. :)

My favorite is probably the green but the colors are amazing and as I said I really, really want it. Now to figure out how to acquire it without spending a million dollars in shipping. I will need to talk to my LYS at some point to see if they might try and carry it. LOVE.

Alright I am off to get some knitting done on this sweater before coffee (well before more coffee in the form of a Pumpkin Spice Latte). Yum! This post is delicious. :)

Finished!

I just finished my spoilee's handmade gift. I'm so happy its done. I just need to photograph it and buy 2 more things for the box so I can send it out as early as possible. :) Its a little crazy how much time I have before I need to send it out so I will probably slowly continue to add things to the box, lol.

On to the Christmas knitting. Just gotta finish Jesse's sweater and the afghan I am working on. I want to cast on more but I am going to hold off until I finish something first.