Knit A-Long

I'm doing the Lion Brand Knit A-Long which is the Inishturk Sweater. It has a boat load of different cables which will make me a cable expert by the time it is done. I'm really enjoying this knit so far.

For Valentine's Day we had a Turkey Dinner. My DH (the chocolate cake guy) says that you are supposed to have turkey on all the holidays. Needless to say that doesn't happen, but every once in a while I make his day and fix him a turkey dinner. So tonight when he was fixing a plate of left overs he's saying "Every Day is Thanksgiving". It doesn't take much to make him happy. He's a keeper. Well, have to go watch the pairs figure skating. Later.

Calling Tracy K

Since I haven't heard from Deanna the winner of the fat quarters I have drawn the name of another winner. Will Tracy K come on down. Tracy I need your full name and mailing address so I can get your fat quarters in the mail. You can email me at ohiostar46@gmail.com . Thank you.

AND THE WINNERS ARE!

Good Morning. Would the following three people please email me at ohiostar46@gmail.com with your full name, mailing address and an email address so I can let you know your prize is on it's way.
1. # 25 Mary St. John Nielsen - Bonnie's Book
2. # 4 Amy Skattebo - Tidy Tote Kit
3. # 12 Deanna - 4 fat quarters.
Congratulation to you all. Many thanks for all who entered I have enjoyed chatting with you and reading your blogs. I hope you will all come back and visit and say hello when you do. Already thinking about what I should do next. We'll see how things go.

Give Away

Today is the day you may or may not have been waiting for. I'm having my first give away which will run through Sunday, Feb 7 (my granddaughter's birthday). The rules are simple: comment here and post it on your blog. Everyone gets one chance and the winners will be drawn using a random number generator. Please sign your comment with your first name last initial and leave your blog address. I'll come pay you a visit and get to meet new people. The First Prize is this hot off the presses book by Bonnie Hunter a signed copy. If you are not familiar with her you can find her at http://www.quiltville.com/. Second prize will be this kit for a useful item to use in your sewing room - you provide your favorite fabric everything else is included. Last, but not least, will be 4 flannel fat quarters in fall colors.

Let the fun begin and if you are new to this blog please take the time to read the post on January 13 this year about the chocolate cake question and then place your vote on the poll to the right. If you feel so inclined let us know how you voted and why. Only if you want to.

Good Morning

It is a windy, cold day here in Rupert. The sun was out this morning, but it looks like another storm system is headed our way. You may have noticed that I changed the picture on my header. This is what I see out my front window. The mountain is MT. Harrison. We are about 25 miles away so I took the picture with my zoom on my camera.

Dh has been out working on the deck that will run between the house and the quilt room. When it is finished it will have a screened in section, an enclosed part and the front part will be open. I'll try to get pictures of all the stages. This one is what was accomplished before he got to cold to continue. This spring we will be painting the outside of the quilt room and the house. The plan is to paint the quilt room a barn red with white trim and the house a white with red trim. Then we are going to paint a 3' x 3' quilt block to put up on the outside of the quilt room. I've decide to use the Ohio Star Block since it is on my business card.

I want to welcome all the people that are following my blog. Please feel free to leave comments, pose questions if you have them or just say HI when you get the chance.

Last, but not least Rosie Cat has decided that DH is her person. She follows him around, curls up in his chair or at his feet when he is on the computer, and when he watches t.v. she is in his lap soaking up all the attention she can get.

Knit-A-Long with Lyon Brand

Lyon Brand Yarn is having a knit-a-long startin this coming Thursday. I'm planning to try the sweater. Now to find some yarn and do a swatch ahead of time so I am ready to get started. Hope some of you will be joining me in this endeavor and you let me know you are knitting along.

The poll for the Chocolate Cake debate is coming along nicely. Don't forget to leave a comment on the post also when you vote.

Hope wherever you live your weather isn't making life to uncomfortable for you. This picture is the view we had yesterday morning from our living room window. The mountain is called MT Harrison and really stands out with the snow on it. It is about 30 miles from us.

Confessions of the Not So Famous

Here we are in the middle of January already. I know that most blogs host a giveaway when they reach 100 posts and I have passed that milestone. My excuse poor though it is - I was really busy moving. I will be hosting a giveaway, but it will have to wait until the gift I am giving is published and then arrives in my mailbox so I can send it to the winners mailbox. There maybe more than one surprise I am still thinking. So in the meantime I have a question for all of you.

In our family we have an ongoing debate of what is a CHOCOLATE CAKE?
Anita (me) says it is a cake that is chocolate, devil's food etc. with any kind of frosting.
Carl (dh) says it is any cake with a chocolate frosting. That the frosting determines what the cake is.

Needless to say it has created many lively discussions over the years and the family nuclear and extended is divided in their opinions. So what I would like to know is
What do you think is a chocolate cake. Please vote in the poll on the right.

P.S. DH has read the blog and says I have it wrong. He says that when you go to the store and tell the baker by pointing at the cake with the chocolate frosting "I want that chocolate cake", and then you take it home and cut it and you see what the cake is. So he says it could be any cake, but a chocolate cake is the one with the chocolate frosting. The poll has been changed to reflect this new information. We strive to be accurate.