Dogs on Thursday

I finally had pictures from the drowned camera (sad story here) processed. So I have a few more pics of Oliver on his vacation. He enjoyed every moment as much as we did. Isn't he sweet? He loves to pose for the camera the ham! I am not in such a hot mood right now as hubby has been "talking" to me about not letting him know that I let Oliver back in the house without telling him. Well the thing is, he found a loose Labrador and I called the owner (number on tag) and they nonchalantly said be there in a few minutes. I know this family as the mom comes into the library were I work and we had a conversation about her dog always getting loose. She doesn't look for her any more and relies on folks calling her when they find her dog! Anyway, Lab is in the house with me, Oliver is outside with hubby. Oliver is going nuts as the Lab keeps coming to the door with his toys in his mouth. Hubby is removing the dead flowers from the pots and waiting for the guy to come. Lab runs to the back door, Oliver bolts around the house and watches as Lab has another of his toys in his mouth! It was a little funny. As if the Lab knew what was going on. So, Oliver at back door, hubby in garden in back, bell rings, I go to answer. Lab follows me, Oliver runs around to the front, Lab goes out, Oliver comes in. Simple, right! I finish making breakfast. Where could hubby be? Bang, Bang at back door, "DO YOU HAVE THE DOG???!!!! Well, yes he came in when Lab left. You could have told me.......yattta...yattta...yatta". You get the picture. I am pissed, hubby is steaming and then he says" Did the guy even thank you?" What can you say to that. He is such a lamb and then boom....he makes no sense and I am left wondering if I am the crazy one! Gotta love him.......he is so kind and really helps out at home and never complains...just every once in awhile he gets miffed. I will survive, so here I am ranting away...but I though it was appropriate for Dogs on Thursday. And now as I read this back for my numerous spelling mistakes I am smiling and on my way to give him a big kiss (Hubby that is, not Oliver!)

On the knitting front I am working a baby bib from "One Skein" and it involves wraps and short rows. So, that has been holding my attention. If it is not to ugly I will post a picture. I wanted to use up some nice cottontots yarn that I had. I am also still slogging away on my reversible cable afghan. Someday it will be done.

Dogs on Thursday

Oliver had the best time of everyone on vacation. He romped in the waves and dug in the sand and did his usual thieving of personal objects, fortunately to the amusement of my family. Except for my brother-in-law, who was personally insulted every time Oliver stole one of his sandals or hats. I don't think he is a "big" dog lover. Anyway, Oliver enjoyed himself and I think he made the vacation for me. He was fun and well behaved on the ride down and home. Plus he enjoyed every minute he was away!



Is this a too cute face? Blondes need extra protection from the sun.


A boy and his dog. My husband just loves Oliver and they have fun together!





On the knitting front I finished two potato chip scarves and my little toddler dress. Pictures for tomorrow as I have to buzz off to work now. Everyone have a great day!

Vacation Photos...and Yeah for sisters!

View from Balcony- The House- Main Room

Swimming

Beautiful Sunset...... We had fabulous weather the whole week. Sun every day and warm enough to swim too.

Where the road ends and the ocean begins. We also visited the Lighthouse at Currituck

Having a great dinner out at Awful Arthurs- Bay seasoned shrimp and King Crab Legs--yummmm!

My wonderful sister Mary Kay sent me her photos for the blog. Is she an angel or what! Barbara you are too, just not with the computer! (My other sis.) I do have the world's best sisters and they are the most fun on vacation. Well, anyway I will let the photos speak for themselves and I have saved the Oliver ones for Dogs on Thursday. Thanks to you all for stopping by and I will have knitting pictures as soon as I can get my hands on the new camera!

P.S. Sorry about the size of the photos. My sis used different image sizes on her camera for different pictures. I tried to re size but couldn't get it to work.

A very sad :o( story.........

Well here I am posting from work still. My computer is the very last one to be done as we paint and unpack from room to room. I could use my son's or hubby's, but I want my own back up and running. I need a solid day to catch up on posting, ravelry, and email. You don't realize how much you use the computer until you don't have it for awhile. Anyway, that isn't the sad story. Here it is (now no laughing it really is supposed to be sad!). Early one morning on vacation my husband awakes me from a dreamy dream and says "let's go watch the sunrise!" I am excited, we haven't done this since our honeymoon days of marriage. So up we get and out we go. Of course Oliver (our Golden Retriever) comes along. Out the door and down the steps to the beach. We walk around and play with the dog for a bit. It is a cloudy morning and we really won't be able to see the sunrise. I walk into the water and hubby follows with Oliver splashing around. I turn around and there is husband pulling up the swim trunks that the dog has pulled on and out of his pocket pops the camera and down it drops on the sand as I try to scramble for it. At the same time the surf is rolling in and guess what hubby is doing? Tucking in his shirt! That's right, as our $250.00 camera lies in the sand with the surf rolling in he is tucking in his shirt. I scream, the water flows over the camera and he tries to grab it but too late. It rolls around in the surf and finally he catches it!!!!! (Insert unbelieving expression on my face quickly replaced with shock.) Now, may I digress at this juncture. Some of you may have one of these husbands or significant others at home. When you do something stupid it is followed by admonishments and long serious lecture on how to be a more responsible person. For your own good of course. But when the shoe is on the proverbial other foot there is always a very logical reason for said actions. O.K., back to the story. So, knowing as I do what will follow I say very calmly: "Why didn't you pick up the camera when it first fell?" Simple, right, to the point. He says: "I didn't think the water was coming in so quickly." My mind is trying hard to grasp this stupid, umm...dumb, no, no, moronic answer as he stands there trying to get the camera to work. I think to myself, is this worth going into a big production over or should I just let it pass. Well, of course I let it pass. No point in beating a dead horse. So, anyway that is my sad story. All my picture taking went out to sea, and I will be trying to salvage what I can from the memory card. I will take it to a store and download it to a disk in the hopes that they are still all right. My sister promises any day now to forward hers on to me through email. So I hope to have some photos to show you my vacation. Yesterday we bought a new camera and bang goes my hope of getting one for myself. Husband uses his for work. So there you have it. Read it and weep. I just did. I even had photos of lys in Southern Shores. At least I can take pictures of my wips and post them as soon as I am set up again. Please don't cross me off as a knitting blog...I really am knitting some fun stuff. Two afghans and the second sock of a pair. Plus I have goodies to finish for the FIA swap and my secret pal. I will have pictures of knitting again. How about my new favorite eye candy to brighten up the post!

Just a quick note

It is early in the morning and just Oliver and I are up. We watched the sun come up over the ocean from our balcony. I took some pics and will post next week. It is quiet and the gulls are calling out and Oliver is very interested in them. We are having the best of times being together with my sisters and my mom. The hubbys are playing golf and we are making cocktails and swimming in the pool. We decided that we should try and see some of the island so we might actually leave the house today. It is 80 degrees and sunny here on October 9th! Such beautiful weather. Thinking o you all and I have actually knitted for about one hour yesterday. I brought all my unfinished projects with me..I thought I would get to them...LOL hope springs eternal. See you soon..........