Episode 96: The Sweater Bet

Jetsetting:

• bitter cold and very turbulent, had fo's, worked all day friday, packed up Milo, tore out carpets, saw Heather for a bit, had Chinese food.
• Carpets tomorrow, Heather is helping us out. 
• Funeral tomorrow for my cousin, wake is right now
• Gonna move my honey on Thursday. Work on Friday.
• SPA in Freeport, ME on Saturday, thinking of a midday meet, so everyone will hopefully be around.
• Going home to MN in a few weeks to spend time with Trevor's mom and with my grandma.

Landed:

• ha!

Enroute:

• Interrupting Cow Socks
• Brown Hoodie a bet has been wagered
• Ampersand Socks 
• Snuggle #1

Take Off:

•   Snuggles and baby things

Holding:

• Did a bit during the pure romance party. Still the As You Wish from HH 

Reservations:

• RJ's QT's - test skein of mohair/wool(oops) blend is fabulous, go leave your feedback please at www.barnontheweb.com. 
• Kettleworx Resistance Day 1 - gotta get moving again
• Snuggle Challenge - a new prize in the mail! Girl Cave Bag - here's a picture! You are gonna love it! Get those snuggles posted! 
• Pure romance party
• Amazon thanks for shopping!
• Tried to go flying, battery dead.

Special TFR:

• Thirtyone bag finally came. HUGE!

Episode 95: All over the place!

Jetsetting:

• Snowed out until the last round trip on Wednesday, rest of week uneventful except for the wonderful welcome home to a fallen soldier, video at end of 'cast. 
• Friday: Heather came down to visit, we had Thai food - delicious, went to a cheerleading comp, stayed up late: watching random tv stuff, Heather was getting the update ready and yapping into the wee hours. 
• Saturday: Shredded(hard), did test dyes for my socks, she had a meeting with OTR(which seems to have gone well), I ran errands and prepped a delicious dinner for my honey for his coming home from work!
• Sunday: Football day.  Very sad about the Pats, just didn't seem right somehow and no fines for all the head to head hits from the game. 
• Monday: Went on a cleaning laundry binge, went flying and visited Honey's sister and nephew, gave him his first flight lesson, flew back to RKD and then got stuck in the plane! Had to call another plane to come and let us out. 
• Loss in our family :(
• Ran errands today and now doing this!

Landed:

• Crosswords at the Coffee Shop

Enroute:

• Interrupting Cow Socks
• Brown Hoodie
• Ampersand Socks

Take Off:

• Snuggles after I finish the other

Holding:

• WW drama! Silly USPS forgot to leave a notice!
• Lots of oil, started As You Wish from HH

Reservations:

• Amazon prizes claimed
• Amazon thanks for shopping
• RJ's QT's - test skein of mohair silk blend is fabulous, go leave your feedback please at www.barnontheweb.com
• MGYC Jafarr!
• Snuggle Challenge - a new prize on the horizon! will have more next week! You are gonna love it! Get those snuggles posted!

Special TFR:

• WW

Episode 94: The Great Flyin' West Giveaway!!

Jetsetting: 

• Tues + Wed - boring
• Thurs was very bumpy in the morning. Went to RUT in the afternoon and the winds finally calmed down! Whew
• Fri was beautiful.  Also found out I will be getting a new RKD pilot as the other one is running for the Caribbean!! 
• Nasty weather tomorrow... not sure what that is going to hold! short work week for me and a long weekend after! :) I love it! I'm so glad that the other pilot was flexible and we were able to work with each other and be flexible in our schedules... it really makes being in an out station easier, since there are only two of us in these small stations.
• Sushi with my Honey last night. He is gone for the week for work. Flt was out of AUG and DFW flight was cancelled and I got it all fixed almost before he even landed in BOS! I love understanding this industry and having people on my side that can help me!
• SPA in 2 weeks, CJ Kopec retreat in May, KITM in Nov, Maybe Rhinebeck... if weather is great, might do a day trip in Wendy. 

Landed:

• Sheldon Blanket for Nikki

Enroute:

• Crosswords at the Coffee Shop
• Interrupting Cow Socks
• Brown Hoodie

Take Off:

• Surprise bag!
• Baby stuff: 4 babies arriving by July... lots of very good friends welcoming babies! (none are mine, just to make that clear!)

Holding:

• Surprise Bag - merino from Heather that she got and gave to me to practice when I first go tmy wheel. Going to use as a plying strand, will go on a holder
• Still waiting for my Woolee Winder - WHERE IS IT?!?!?!?

Reservations:

• Amazon Winners! 1 unclaimed from December! If you bought the following
• All prizes are claimed!
• then contact me asap with a picture of the item and you or a receipt! and I'll send you a $20 gift card! If there are multiple items bought, only the first person who responds will get the card!
• Snuggle Project With Sadie Check out her group for all details... prizes for the top 3 podcasters with the most snuggles for their drive... We took second last year! Lets do it again! can't double dip with podcasters, but can double between a podcaster and Sadie's group. (made sense?) 
• Throw down with Heather for Highland Handmades... Let's crush them!!! And thanks for the snuggles!
• Mel-Tran Designs - Clogging videos are totally awesome! great podcasts!
• New to me podcasts: A down under Yarn Video W/ fifikins, heartland Knits with Vicky, Spin Control with Shilo, Swedutch Handcrafts w/ Annuska from Sweden,  and theorganizedknitter with Dawn
• RJ QT's - www.barnontheweb.com
• You have to go check him and his family out at their website. 
• We are going to help each other out.  I am trying to have the most people knit snuggles for the FAL/KAL that Sadie is doing(and beat Heather), He is trying to make his yarn products better and needs feedback.  So here is our plan.  You need to note the secret code that was on the screen(not gonna give it to you here!) and go to my rav group and give RJ some general feedback about what you like in blends and what you don't like.  It doesn't have to be super specific(RJ's words, not mine) but he wants to make his products better. He has a CSAA, and shares sell out quickly when they are available. He rescues animals that being sold to slaughter and makes them part of his herd! It is a smallish herd right now, but is always growing! 
• You also need to take that code and go to his blog (^above) and leave a comment in the blog to win the prize... what is the prize!?!?! You need to go read his blog... but it is pretty and fibery and delicious! GO LOOK!!  RIGHT NOW!

Special TFR:

• My T-shirt rules!

Episode 93: Woolee Winder FTW!

Jetsetting:

• Work fairly uneventful except for Bag armageddon, a nervous flyer, and Severe COLD! 
• Lost the furnace on Thursday and it was only 50 deg when I got home. bbbrrrrr....
• Lots of football this weekend... my Vikes lost and I was so sad, but not surprised
• Lots of crockpot cooking on Monday, went to Chiro feel so much better.
  

Enroute:

• Crosswords at the Coffee Shop
• Interuppting Cow Socks
• Sheldon Blanket for Nikki
• Brown Hoodie 

Landed: 

• Nada 

Take Off:

• Will be asking honey to pick from one of the secret bags... if I don't love it, I'm giving it away!

Holding:

•  Did some 3 ply practice... I love how it came out! The colors combine in very cool ways.

Reservations:

• Heading to SPA in Freeport, ME on Feb 2nd with Heather, go check the Rav group for the SPA meet up thread!
• Amazon Winners! 2 unclaimed from December! If you bought any of the following:
• 1.

  Soffe Men's Running Short,Black,LGe

• 3.  12 Super-lon #18 Cord Ideal for Stringing Beading Crochet and Micro-macram Jewelry Compatible with Kumihimo Projects S-lon Spring Mix
• then contact me asap with a picture of the item and you or a receipt! and I'll send you a $20 gift card! If there are multiple items bought, only the first person who responds will get the card!
• Snuggle Project With Sadie Check out her group for all details... prizes for the top 3 podcasters with the most snuggles for their drive... We took second last year! Lets do it again! can't double dip with podcasters, but can double between a podcaster and Sadie's group. (made sense?) 
• Throw down with Heather for Highland Handmades... Let's crush them!!! And thanks for the snuggles!
• Thanks to willowfairy (Helena) for the Flying High airplane
• Thanks to Leslie (shiftecat) for Amelia figure and plane
• Thanks to CrazyMaria (maria) for Suki - thanks for watching and I'm glad you liked your prizes!
• New to me podcasts: Sheep Dreamery with Kelly, Sheepish Podcast with Holly,  Mel-Tran designs knitting corner with Melissa

Special TFR:

• Propane to keep my house warm!

Episode 92: Bring on 2013!

Jetsetting:

• Worked Wednesday, off thursday due to Blizzard(honey drove in blizzard), Worked Friday. Was a mess friday. Runways were glare ice. cx's first trip and then flew the last 4 legs back to back. 
• Saturday another storm moved in. Honey had to drive home in the heart of the storm. 5 hours each night, way worse on Saturday then forecast. 8" for us down here. Gonna be cold this week.
• watched football and knit and spun on Sunday. Honey went to take a nap... Vikings had awesome drive with 2 min remaining and AP was trying to break the record and I was jumping up and down and screaming and my poor honey thought I was hurt... He was NOT impressed... 
• Monday headed north to Milo for NYE. Went to Chinese with Heather, Paul and my honey. We came back and watched Brave and then played some Cards Against Humanity! SO FUN! It was nice to stay home and have a few drinks and not drive. Paul was the DD for himself and Heather, so they got home safely. 
• Tuesday got honey a new phone from Walmart, crazy apple deals. Came home and doing this! 

Enroute:

• Crosswords at the Coffee Shop
• Interuppting Cow Socks
• Sheldon Blanket for Nikki
• Brown Hoodie

Holding:

•  Plied Raspberry Lemonade
• Tried spinning thick... I think the fiber came from CoggieTM

Reservations:

•  Amazon Winners! 3 from December! If you bought any of the following:
• 1.

  Soffe Men's Running Short,Black,LGE

• 2.

  DELON Intense Moisturizing Smooth Vanilla Body Butter 6.9 Oz

• 3.  12 Super-lon #18 Cord Ideal for Stringing Beading Crochet and Micro-macram Jewelry Compatible with Kumihimo Projects S-lon Spring Mix
• then contact me asap with a picture of the item and you or a receipt! and I'll send you a $20 gift card! If there are multiple items bought, only the first person who responds will get the card!
• Snuggle Project With Sadie Check out her group for all details... prizes for the top 3 podcasters with the most snuggles for their drive... We took second last year! Lets do it again! can't double dip with podcasters, but can double between a podcaster and Sadie's group. (made sense?)
• Thanks to lesley, Pixieknits for the Martina Behm Pattern... I totally forgot last week! SORRY!
• Thanks to Vicki(dragonfly soars) for the woobies pattern set
• Thanks to Coggie for the Calligraphy!
• Thanks to H and P for the Christmas gift! awesome airplane bag made by Heather!
• and my yarn from KITM! :) squee! First silver maple sock!
• Picking a project from the bags!
• For my Rant supporters... here is a Not safe for work little video.  It may be offensive as there is swearing but its someones music video response to internet haters. 
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz2jbCJXkpA

Special TFR:

• 2013 - was a long year last year and had many many challenges. Thanks for sticking with me