Castle Count= 10
Miles Traveled around = 750
Cost for 1 tank of gas=50£ or about $110 (an we Americans think we have it bad!)
Number of Sheep Seen= Thousands
Number of Time keys were locked in boot requiring a call to the AA (american equiv = AAA)=1
Number of Photos taken= 1000 (and counting)---they are being burned to a DVD as we type
Hello from Pitlochry! We are heading down out of the Cairngrom Mountains and the Highlands back toward Glasgow. We fly out this evening to Dublin and meet up with Allison tomorrow after her overnight flight from Chicago.
We've had a lovely time in Scotland, and met some lovely people along the way. We are off to eat more fish and chips and drink more Tennets lager (from Glasgow and YUMMY!)
More from the Emerald Isle...Ps I've gotten like no knitting done, except when James was taking two hours to fish the keys out of the boot (trunk) yesterday...then I cast on the Koigu shawl...felt like a good time to do so.
Love
Knitty D
Knitty D: Lover of all things Beagle, Knitter Extradordinare, Die Hard Fan of Phillies, Eagles, Mets, Indians, Hater of Yankees, Auntie Bach to many, world traveler, average cook and downright COOL CHIC
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About Me
My Alpaca...
Beagles are a beautiful thing
Great Songs to Knit to on the IPOD Playlist
- "Umbrella" Rhianna
- "Girlfriend" Avril Lavigne
- "Mr Brightside" The Killers
- "Here it Goes Again" OKGO
- "Gone Daddy Gone" Gnarls Barkley
- "Breakable" Ingrid Michaelson
- "You Could be Happy" Snow Patrol
- "Crashing Down" Mat Kearney
Links to Knit For/With/By
On the Needles
- One Row Scarf by the Yarn Harlot
- My so called scarf
- Logan River Wrap
Off the Needles
- Morehouse Scarfs for Allison, Sammy, Alex and Timmy
- Mike's Manly Alpaca Scarf
- Loskins Socks
- Placket Neck Pullover for Mike V.
- Highland Triangle in Blue Sky Alpaca Silk
- Baby Hat and Booties for Christa
- Super Secret Baby Gift for Julie
- Silk Garden Lace Scarf
- Cascade Chunky Alpaca Hat
- Peak Experience Socks in Socks That Rock
- Spiral Rib Hat in Silk Garden
- North Sea Shawl
- GEYL
2008 Year of Books (I have read)
- The Boleyn Inheritance
- The Namesake
Favorite Yarns
- Black Bunny Fibers Merino Sock
- Blue Moon Fibers Socks that Rock
- Noro Silk Garden, Kureyon, Cash Iroha, Kochoran
- KOIGU-KPPPM and Kersti
- Schafer Anne
Things About Me
- I went to school in the Love Canal
- I am fascinated by medicine
- The initials of my college are "COW"
- I've lived in New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania
- I was born in New Jersey
- The WORST movie I ever saw was "Hope Floats"
- My favorite movie is "Cinema Paradiso"
- I have over 2200 songs on my IPOD
- I love the smell of fabric softener
- I like to sing show tunes while I cook and clean in the kitchen
- I want to move to Cape Cod (at some point)
- I would like to go polar bearing one day
- I had a great grand-parent (mother) until I was 21 years old
- I have one sister and 2 cousins. My cousins are more than 15 years younger than me
- I watch Baseball from February to October. I find it facilitates my knitting
- I worked as a health care provider in migrant worker camps in Ohio and Michigan
- The worst placed I've ever visited was Saginaw, Michigan
- My favorite city is New York City
- I have an entire room full of yarn
- I love to visit yarn shops when traveling (near and far)
- I love cheese (except for Swiss and Bleu)
- I been as far west as Alaska; as far east as the United Kingdom; as far south as Miami; and as far north as Carcross, Yukon (Canada)
- I was born in the Year of the Rat
- I am a Taurus (on Gemini Cusp)
- I hate taking out the trash
- I have a post masters certificate in End of Life Care from Smith College School of Social work
- I started knitting in October 2001; a product of 9/11 panic
- I'm learning Gaelic
- My beagles are Irish Beagles
- I took voice lessons
- I sang soprano in the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
- I played the piccolo in marching band
- I used to TP houses in high school
- I am a PEO
- My favorite flower is yellow roses
- My favorite color is lilac
- I would like to be on "The Amazing Race"
- I have had a dog (or more) my entire life
What Muppet are You?
| You Are Fozzie Bear |
 You're the life of the party, and you love making people crack up. If only your routine didn't always bomb! You may find more groans than laughs, but always keep the jokes coming. |
Quote to describe a typical afternoon napping with dogs...
"If you were to look into our apartment in the late morning, or early afternoon, or toward suppertime, you might find us together sleeping. Of course a good rainy day is preferable, but even on sunny summer days, the dogs and I get into bed. Rosie dives under the quilt on my right, Harry on my left and we jam ourselves together. After a little bit, Harry starts to snore, Rosie rests her chin on my ankle, the blanket rises and falls with our breathing, and I feel only gratitude. We are doing something as necessary to our well being as food or air or water. We are steeping ouselves, reassuring ourselves, renewing ourselves, three creatures of two species, finding comfort in the simple exchange of body warmth."
--Abigail Thomas, A Three Dog Life
3 comments:
Sounds like a fabulous time! Cannot wait to see those pictures- hope you will be sharing a knitting.
First of all, you are taking my dream vacation and if I didn't have so many fibery creatures to care for, I'd be so there. Secondly, your Phillies won; they beat the Braves. This momentous event should provoke a new podcast. I just found you and I'm almost done with the episodes. Come home, podcast about your vacation and what a yarn slut you were there and provide a little entertainment in my mundane existence!
greetings from Italy. your trip sounds great. ours is going well, went to 2 yarn shops in Florence, One was highly recommended and the woman was nasty - no touching! Can you imagine. The other shop had very utilitarian yarns. i guess when you have endless Koigu at Loop you become spoiled. I've knitted my way through Rome, in the car to Florence, Pedona (tiny town where we are staying), Lucca (lives upstairs), and Cinqueterra (where the walking nearly killed me). I hope you've had better weather in Scotland/Ireland than we've had here in Italy. It's downright chilly here. Guess that's better than blistering hot, Looking forward to your photos.
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