I decided to teach myself how to knit this year. Just as it is with planting something in your garden that you will later be able to pick and eat, knitting something that you can someday actually wear is pretty exciting. Talk about a sense of accomplishment! I have the knitting bug bad. I look forward to reading all the knitting blogs every day and have already printed out a bunch of free patterns of sweaters and such that I hope to make one day. Santa even put knitting needles in my stocking!



Yesterday D, Steve, and I went on a fun tour of JPL with Steve's dad (Don) and got to see the new Mars rover being assembled for its eventual delivery to the Cape. Tres cool! Click here to see it...Mars rover.jpg


Here is another picture of Steve and his dad, the mad scientist = )...Steve and Don.jpg


This made us all laugh...phases.jpg The arrow was moved as they progressed through each phase, those funny engineers!


Here is a picture of me pretending to be a JPL scientist (a girl can dream can't she?)...
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After we got home I checked my email and was so excited when I saw that Flea had sent me the sketches she did for my herban garden design! Thank you Flea!!

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I can't wait to get started! I can almost taste the fresh herbs (yum!) and smell the lavender now.
I will put up some progress pics as time goes.

Happy holidays!



I decided to give blogging another go around. With my new knitting hobby and with so many interesting knitting blogs around I thought it might be fun to add mine to the mix. Thus begins my online journal journey =) I hope to include here neat stuff about the hubby and the zoo and include progress notes on my knitting and gardening endeavors. So, sit back get a nice warm cup of tea, put your feet up and enjoy!

Maddie wishes you all a happy new year!