Swatching, Ripping and the hunt for a Puppy!

I spent Tuesday swatching some Cashmere Luxury Aran yarn I picked up with an AC Moore gift card I won a couple weeks ago. I have had my eye on this yarn but needed to wait until they replenshed their stock. It is a really pretty pink ( my favorite color) that is destined to become the Tempting sweater from Knitty. I got gauge on the recommended needles( amazing-- I usually need to up the needle size). I now have about 1 inch done on the sweater.

I have 3.5 inches done on the back of Scoop du Jour. It is going slow as I am not overly impressed with the Cotton Ease. I actually don't like most cotton yarns ( except for Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece which is 80% cotton/20 % merino wool and knits like a dream). I will continue on with the cotton ease however, since I really like the yellow color.

I pulled out a UFO from about 2 years ago when I was still taking knitting classes and ripped it apart. It was supposed to become the " Where's the Opaque" sweater from the Sally Melville knit stitch book. I looked at it and now, with more knitting experience, knew it would swim on me and I would never wear it.

Now, onto the Hunt for a Puppy. We are going to let Anthony (our 14 almost 15 y/o) get a dog for his birthday. We had actually gotten a dog a few months ago 5 month old Rat Terrier/ Chihauhua /Shepard Mix). Unfortunately, he was very aggressive and actually bit me during an Obedience class ( a hard, break the skin bite). So, we returned him. We are going to get a puppy that has stayed with the litter and Anthony really wants to get a Pure Shepard. We may be making a 2.5 hour road trip out to look at some tomorrow. Any dog we get will have to get along with our other dog---my sweetie---Kendall. She is a Collie/ Shepard mix we adopted 2.5 years ago. Our other dog Paige, was getting up in age, and since he was a large dog, we figured he probably only had

another 1-2 years with us. Unfortunately, he only lived about 6 weeks after we adopted Kendall. He got very ill and our vet ran tests and diagnosed liver cancer. He died while doing his favorite activity--going on a walk with his boys. We miss you Paigey!!