Almost the end...

of Breast Cancer Awareness and Soctoberfest Months...

Well as some of you may know, before we moved we had a BIG scare in the Z house around Breast Cancer. The short version of the story is that I had mastisis at least 4 times (there were 3 other times I was very sick which could of been related to that during this time period...the more I look back at how sick I was and what I did to offset it the more I think it was mastisis starting up) and I had lumps in my breast that would not go away. I was breastfeeding our son so mastisis was not unconceivable, but alas the doctor was concerned because the lumps would not go away with medication and the frequency of the mastisis. Well we went to a specialist and I was given the clear, but I had to stop breastfeeding to make sure. Our son was a year old so we decided to stop for my health. The lumps are now gone, but I still have to watch very closely the girls. So this was a big wake up call and breast cancer is now something I will care very deeply about. Sooo when the State of Colorado offered me pink breast cancer awareness plates I happily paid the extra fee and got them for the Prius...

Now onto Soctoberfest:
The wonderful Lolly set up a great KAL that is lowkey for us knitters of the world...now this is good for me because goodness knows I am not the greatest at keeping up. I signed up for this as encouragement to finish the socks I am knitting for Brad for his birthday. The birthday is Nov 9th so I thought great I will work on them this month anyways PEFECT...now have I touched the socks this month...NOO. These are my first pair of socks done in Koigu and it is a great yarn...I am just so selfish that I can't bare to part with my lace leaf sweater (on to grafting today so pics VERY VERY SOON!) Well here is the sock I have about 1.5 more inches and getting ready to turn the heel...maybe that is the problem because honestly that scares me a bit....without further ado my first sock the father son socks from the Fall IK '06. I plan on making R some matching socks...man I gotta get a move on!