52 Weeks of Happy 5/52

Week 5 of 52.  I think I skipped a week in there.
I have been so busy and my life is up and down.  That is why I am Dancing in the Dark!  hahaha

What makes me happy?  This week is is picking paint colors.  I have decided to paint the inside of my home.  I will hire a painter since my ceilings are so high and I hate prepping for paint.

Right now my living room looks like this:

The mantle


The walls in the living room are caramel tan, green and red.


Here is the green wall.  It is seen from the living room but it is the hallway.


I'll get better photos later.  My bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and dinning room are all white. Boring!!!
The colors that I want to paint these rooms are Cream, gray/with blue tones, and maybe a pop of teal on the island. The island has Corian counter tops. They are off white with speckles of blue, dark yellow, dark blue, red.  It really is pretty. It is called Fiesta.
It looks like this


The colors I picked make me happy.  They are light and beachy. The other colors are nice but they darken at night and feel heavy. They are cozy and cabin feeling.  I need light and airy now.

Happy week 5 to everyone!!!

52 Weeks of Happy 2/52

I missed a couple weeks but here I am.  
Something that makes me happy is sunsets. I love to see them and I love to take photos of them.

Here is a sunset in Highland.  I only walked to the corner where I wouldn't have a house in my way.  Nature is the frame.  What I mean is the dark area above are the black clouds. The trees frame the sides and the hills frame the bottom.  It was an amazing night.
This is a December 2012 sunset.


Here is a sunset from January 2012.  We were on our way to church. This is in Highland looking towards Redlands.


Here is a sunset that I painted.


Here is an almost sunset at Redondo Beach. I am saying:
PRAISE THE LORD!!!


Again here I am at Redondo Beach in April 2010. This is why I have on a sweatshirt.

A post from the Past: August 24, 2008

I am transferring my blog post from Live Journal over here to Blogger. I will start with the newest first so that the last post I post will be the oldest one from LJ.  That way you can scroll down and read it in order. 2008 to 2009.

August 24, 2008

I've been Working on my knitting a lot lately.  Here are some pictures.......

These are some markers I made for my knitting.
Every metal part is Sterling Silver, the wire going thru the beads are headpins with that silver cluster soldered on (by the manufacture) all sterling silver.  The beads are all glass except for the skull which is bone.

Then I have been busy knitting on several projects at the same time.
Here is ONE finished sock. I am casting on the second sock today.

I'm getting better at the gusset where you pick up the new stitches from where you slipped the stitches for the heel. I also am not getting the ladders.  I used Regia Design Line sock wool.  I knit in size 0 metal DPN's because this pattern called for 72 sts. to be cast on. I began with 2.25 dpn's and the cuff was looking huge. So I ripped out and went to size 0.   They are so thin my hands would hurt after a while Sooooooooo I would take a break and work on a NEW SCARF with my new NORO Silk Garden wool.  I love the colors.

Noro Silk Garden Sock-40% Lamb's Wool, 25% Silk, 25% Nylon, & 10% Kid Mohair
This scarf is my own pattern. I wanted to learn how to make cables and I wanted to make something
that would show (socks are basically hidden by your shoe and pants, so I chose to make a scarf.
I am just knitting stocking stitch on the edges, then garter stitch, a cable every few rows, more garter stitch, then stocking stitch edge.  The stocking stitches are rolling in. I don't mind but it is making the scarf narrow. So I want to know about Blocking. 
If I block this scarf flat, will the edges cease to curl?  

I am using my signature knitting needles in size 3.50mm or US size 4.  This yarn is more like a DK weight.

I am also still working on my sweater by Jarod Flood.  I am using Queensland Kathmandu DK. It's a tweed in  the color Chocolate.   I love this yarn.  I am enjoying knitting this so much.  The yarn is  85% Merino Wool, 10% Silk,  &  5%  Cashmere. 

Here is my sweater today.  I am working on the body.

So other than this, I also spent the day at the beach yesterday with my granddaughter and friends. It was so 
beautiful and we swam in the ocean.  The waves were so big.  I got bowled over once.  I had sand in every nook and cranny.  But it was a wonderful day.  Not too hot. Only in the 70's at the beach while back home in the valley, San Bernardino valley it was hitting 100 degrees.

Huntington Beach