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Such a hot day...time for a ice cold blue slushie!

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Taking a break at Union Station....

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Lots of dragons...

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At the Chinese New Year parade in Chinatown, downtown Los Angeles...

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our schedule is so busy with activities and homework, I haven't been able to be at the beach to catch the sunset. Thursday, the boys finished their homework so I hurried us on over to the beach. We made it to see the sunset and the boys played in the sand.



That's Tyler down by the shore. I admit I was rushing too fast to grab everything and forgot the memory card in the reader. Luckily I had grabbed my little Fuji which came to the rescue. It's true what they say that the best camera to have is the one you have with you!

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Me...at the marsh...in front of the camera!

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The last post showed V modelling the latest hat I knit and today the post features their new dog Buddy. He is a massive pitbull with the sweetest diposition I've ever seen. Buddy is super calm, didn't bark at all when I came into the house and just wants to be petted.

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Here's a hat! My poor sock projects are being neglected but I'm drown to these quick knit fixes to keep my interest up.

I used one of my favorite yarns...Noro Silk Garden to add interest to the Everdeen Beanie from Weekend Hats.



Modelled by V who looks pretty without makeup although she would disagree.

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A finished knitted item. This one is a cowl that I love the concept of but haven't been able to find one that suits me. I like the idea of loosely wrapping it around the wearer's neck and not struggling with stray ends of a scarf since this is a loop.



I'm sure I can find someone who can love all that is has to offer...

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I have a good friend that shares a interest in photography and we get together and practice as much as we can. She and her hubby have been trying to get pregnant. They are now expecting twins so I wanted to try a pregnancy portrait. I lots to learn and lots to knit!!

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Switching gears since we are beginning our backyard remodel which is mostly replacing the walls.

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A beautiful day for the tidepools...

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Power outage on Sunday that lasted about 4 hours. Of course it had to happen just as it was getting dark.

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Another Noro hat completed...I'm just cranking them out but I feel a bit guilty neglecting my socks in progress. Oh well, those are the whims of a knitter who has ADD with her projects. :)


The colors are a bit more subtle than the last hat but still very pretty and colorful. My bff Kat gave the hat an enthusiastic 2 thumbs up last night so that made me happy. I can easily use up stash yarn for this project too. I think I will keep this one for myself and make more later for the gift pile. :)

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Another hat completed! The pattern is Riverbed Rib Hat from the Knit Noro Accessories book. This is a aran (?) weight yarn so this knit up in one day. The colors are stunning too. I think I need to block it to even out the stitches. It's so pretty to look at. :)

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On Ravelry I belong to a fun group of hockey lovers called Puck This and this month is the Hat Trick KAL (knit a long) where we try to knit 3 hats. Hat trick, get it? No prizes, it's just for fun.

So I like knitting hats since they're quick and easy (for the most part) and they make great gifts. I wanted to give my nephew Anthony a hat for Christmas but none fit him right so maybe this one will be good.

It has the fitting name of Man's Hat from the magazine Knitsimple. I used up some yarn in my stash in manly colors and I think it looks quite nice. Tyler was a nice model today since I needed an adult sized head.

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Trying to keep my head above water....with this 365 blog. I'm always behind  but I'm trying.



So I took some pics of things I have and Quatchi happened to be nearby. He was one of the mascots of the Winter Olympics 2012 in Vancouver. He is so cute but the regular size of the plush stuffed animal was a bit expensive for my taste so the keychain version was the perfect size and price ($10). Sometimes I hang him on my messenger bag to add the cute factor.

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Kathy and I hanging out in the luxury suite at Staples Center to watch the Kings game. Too bad they lost 1-0 to Columbus.

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Had a great time with Kat and Julie watching the Kings practice. I really love NHL hockey and the LA Kings. I like certain players too but these 2 friends of mine really like certain hockey players. It amuses me to no end because it's so entertaining listening to them.

I, of course try to feed their enthusiasm by taking lots of pictures of their players.



Here is Drew Doughty, one of my friend's favorite. He was skating on the other side of the rink so I went over there and took several pictures of him. I like this one the best.

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I made another batch of cucumber kim chi and here it is fermenting for 24-48 hours then I pop it into the fridge to chill and eat. Oh, it's so good!

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Hey, it's me. Still got the cold that doesn't seem to go away but lately I'm thinking I might have some airborne allergy because before my cold, I would wake with a sore throat and have some mild cogestion/sneezing which never occurred before.  Hmmm, anyway on to the pic of the day.

I was coming back from dropping Josh off at school and saw a cat laying on the sidewalk sleeping. I'd never seen this cat in our neighborhood before so I thought maybe I can grab my camera to take its picture.

Well as I walked down the driveway to turn onto the sidewalk, the cat ran off and this is the shot I managed to get. Pretty tortoiseshell kitty but kind of skittish.

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I completed this hat called Welted Toque from the book Weekend Hats. I didn't have the correct size needles so used smaller size which gave me a smaller hat. Josh was very sweet in letting me try it on his head (just for measuring purposes) and it will look cute on a young girl.



Josh looks cute anyway...maybe I can knit a plain hat in this yarn for him.

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New socks to show off! I like the bright orange and blue colors to match the optimistic look to the new year! :)

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Yay, we beat the Canucks who are always tough and a high scoring team. The Kings played hard and physical with lots of scoring! Scoring more than 2 goals has been a sore point for the team but it looks like they're fired up and working hard. :)



Final Score 4-1 and it was a fun game to end the year. Hope they can keep it up and play this way most of the time.

Oh and it's officially 2012 so I better figure how this blog is going to function.

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Still behind but I don't think I have many people checking in anyway! :)



Our New Years Eve date and a rare photo of the 2 of us together. :) We were ready to head out to the Kings game and accidently locked ourselves out of the house with no keys. Doh!
Luckily out friend was nearby and he has a spare key in his truck so we were off to the game. We took this picture while waiting on the porch. :)

Happy New Year!!