Our Sweet Sara has gone to heaven.

We had a horrible tradegy strike our family this weekend. Our dear sweet Sara was taken from us after a terrible accident. She touched the hearts of many people and everyone she touched was changed by her sweetness. She will be missed desperately. The photo above was taken by my son Michael. He is 7 years old and has yet to fully understand all that is happening. He will have this photo in his room tonight for him to have "his Sara" with him.

My oldest son Craig took this picture of Sara having fun after Thanksgiving dinner. She was always the light in the room. New braces on her teeth and all. She was so looking forward to Christmas her braces were green and red. After this picture was taken she and Michael helped her mom put up Grandma's Christmas tree. The holidays will not be the same with out her smile to light up the room.

Some none knitting news.

DH and I raced up to Rosemont to the Allstate arena to see Keith Urban friday night. On the way up we heard who was playing before Keith ... it was Gary Allan. We were excited as we both like his music also.

The concert was AWESOME! It has been over 20 years since I had been to a concert at "Rosemont". I show my age when I call it the Horizon. That was the name back in the day, when I saw bands like the Stones, Bowie and Queen there.

This photo is not from the concert as I didn't know I would've been allowed to take photos! Cameras were everywhere. DH was upset at that sight, as we bought an awesome camera for our Daytona trip. We found out later that a dvd was being filmed. Fingers crossed that it's true.

We also heard Nicole (Kidman, his wife) was backstage so that explained why when we left we hit an area that had heavy security. Frustrating when we had to walk all the way around the place to get to our entrance. Oh well we were inside and it was a fantastic evening. I plan to go again next time he is in the area!

On a knitting note. I finished my rib scarf this weekend. I started a couple of Christmas gifts. Also tonight is my very first knitting class!!! I've never taken a class before so when Pennie called to see if I would like to join her in taking this class I said sure. We are trecking up to Geneva to Wool & Company to take the Felted Clog class. I will tell you tomorrow how it went. I'm excited and can't wait to leave. Gotta finish up some work here then off we go..... :)

Yea me....lol

I had a great birthday. My DH gave me great gifts. My DS2 gave me his nano - ipod with the understanding I had to use it to workout. I had no headphones or anything for said workout. DH got me an armband to hold ipod and earbuds (pink of course) so I can start working out. Oh I also got a bottle of my favorite cologne and tickets to see KEITH URBAN next weekend. Very excited about that :D

Now we need to rearrange the basement so we can both work out downstairs.. yea....:D

Happy Birthday to me!!

I'm hoping to really enjoy my day today. It is a beautiful day outside today. Mid 50's and sunny. So far my DH and lil dude woke me up saying Happy Birthday, my sister and neice called me at work to do the same. I've also already received an e-card from DS1. Dad called to invite me to lunch today, kinda messed up DH plans for lunch but like he said he can take me to lunch anytime. He is a good sport about "sharing" me with family. I know he has "plans" as he has been bringing up my birthday to everyone. He also knows the ex didn't usually do much. I'm enjoying the attention.

On the knitting note:























Making this scarf for me! My birthday present to myself. The yarn I received from the Nascar swap and it is sooo soft I knew I had to make a scarf out of it. It is pink Crystal Palace Cotten Chenille. I'm doing a 2x2 rib pattern until I run out of yarn then it will be done.



I've also finished :
















Lil Dude's mittens are finished. I have no picture of the finished product and as of yesterday they were lost already. He was afraid to tell me he left them at school - hopefully they are in the lost and found. We will know later today.