i need to learn how to knit...

i hope everyone had a most wonderful Christmas

and a happy (and safe) new year.s eve.

i know that i and my family really did.

every year i always say...

"this was the best Christmas ever!  it will never get better than this."

and magically it always does, the next year always seems to top the last.

most of you know that i live in arizona.  

we don.t get snow where i live.  actually we break out our uGG boots 

and our woolen goodies and crank the heat if it goes below 60 degrees here.

i know.  i know.     babies.

but i wasn.t always this way.  

see...i was born and raised on mountainous utah territory.

i loved the cold.  the snow.  the skiing.  4 wheel drive.  the snowman making.

the shoveling..(not so much) but you get the picture.

so i was as surprised as anyone when my blood started to thin
when we moved to phoenix 14 yrs. ago.

winter treks back home produced more "hot showers", "fires"

and "layers of clothes".  "mounds of blankets" and "those hand warmer thingies that you shake and they get warm..in every available pocket"

2011 will most likely move our family back to the frigid winters 

of the beehive state.  after spending the holidays there, i realized...
 i am not ready for the cold.
i happened upon these photos today and they made perfect sense to me.
knitted lovelies for things that don.t even need to stay warm.

 i pods

 bicycles {love this one}

 apples

 trees

street signs

 soap

cars

wishing you all a warm new year!


{what would you cover with a fuzzy sweater if you had the chance?}

photos found here