Friday, June 20, 2008

copycat

just copying some others...

1. Where is your cell phone? ………….. on the end table
2. Your significant other?…………………kitchen
3. Your hair? ……………………………….... elastic band
4. Your mother? ……………………………Pennsylvania
5. Your father?…………………………………Pennsylvania
6. Your favorite thing?……………………… laughter
7. Your dream last night?………………….. don't remember
8. Your favorite drink? ………………………. Pepsi
9. Your dream/goal?………………………… to be remembered
10. The room you’re in?…………………….. living room
11. Your ex?…………………………………….. don't have one
12. Your fear?…………………………………… spiders
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? ................ with a nursing degree and kids in school
14. Where were you last night?………….. Coffea with fellow knitters, then home
15. What you’re not?…………………………. content
16. Muffins?……………………………………… Dunkin Donuts chocolate chip
17. One of your wish list items?………….. lots of yarn
18. Where you grew up?…………………….. IL 2 years, MA 7 years, PA 10 years
19. The last thing you did?………………….. knit
20. What are you wearing?………………….. t-shirt
21. Your TV?………………………………………watching "Mr. Woodcock"
22. Your pets?…………………………………….. don't own any
23. Your computer? ……………………………. Dell
24. Your life?……………………………………… so so
25. Your mood?…………………………………. unhappy
26. Missing someone?……………………….. yes and no
27. Your car?………………………………………. my parents car actually
28. Something you’re not wearing?…….. rings
29. Favorite Store?……………………………ReBelle (duh)
30. Your summer?……………………………… home with kids like always
31. Like(love) someone?……………………… yeah
32. Your favorite color?………………………. purple/orange
33. Last time you laughed?……………….. yesterday
34. Last time you cried?………………………probably Sunday
35. Who will re-post this?……………………..reposters

Friday, June 13, 2008

alone

the husband figure is off to Indiana tomorrow morning with his National Guard unit to help with the flooding there. so its me and the kiddos for the next 5 days. visitors and booze welcome.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

cables

I did it. I finally knit cables, aren't y'all proud? It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. These are also not the best pictures of M, but it was nap time so what do you expect?



Tuesday, May 20, 2008

vote!

okay all my fellow Kentuckians...its time to vote! polls are open until 8 as far as I know.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

bibs!

its all Ann's fault, she got me on a bib kick. they're fun though and a quick easy project.

first up is a bib for a friend of mine who is a Penn State fan, lets go Nittany Lions wooo!!!!!!!!


second is a bib for a friend from church who just gave birth to a 10 lb 2 oz baby boy this past Saturday. all I want to say is ouch and I don't even want to think of a baby that size coming out of me thank you very much.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Anouk

and the finished project! I decided to stick with one pocket and seamed the sides shut. its tad bit too big yet, but I'm totally in love with the pattern. I'll definitely be making more of these especially if any friends of mine have little girls.




Thursday, May 1, 2008

give blood!



I'm a huge believer in giving blood. It had been awhile since my last donation, right before I found out I was pregnant with Gretchen. so with it being time to start up again I went looking for a place to donate and ended up at Asbury Seminary yesterday afternoon.

so give blood. you never know if you or a family member or someone you know will need a transfusion!

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

my first intarsia!

so excited I just had to post. this is one of the pockets for Anouk and also my first attempt at intarsia. so happy it turned out well!!

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Anouk

I've been working on getting Anouk finished for Gretchen before she starts crawling and dresses will be more of a pain to put on her. since she's ALMOST mobile I've been busting my butt. she went from stationary last weekend to rolling/scooting all over the living room. once she figures out how to get on her hands and knees its all over and life is over as I know it. ha!

enjoy my model- my teddy bear Rosie which was my grandmother's and given to me when she passed away.

in the pattern Anouk just has tabs on the side to hold it closed, but I'm thinking of seaming the sides starting where the blue/green meet and up to the arm hole. might work better for a wee one wearing it.



Saturday, April 19, 2008

potty training and books...oh my!

I've been way too tired to knit lately so I've been reading books. I recently finished The Other Boleyn Girl. fantastic read, highly recommend it if you're into historical novels. since then I've started reading the sequel to that book The Boleyn Inheritance. I'm about 1/3 of the way through and its very fascinating. definitely enjoying this author and want to learn more about that time period in England. because from the family rumors somewhere way back in time I might be related to Mary: Queen of Scots. who knows? I mean...I know my family is originally from England. its fun to think about at least and to wonder if any of the people mentioned in the books are really my relatives.

Potty training. finally. bout freaking time. M is 3.5 years old and until this week has had absolutely no interest in going the bathroom. I'd offer it to him and he'd scream his head off. finally someone suggested bribing him with M&M's. its worked like a charm. he's had barely an accident since Wednesday. he's still in diapers for naps and bedtime, but will slowly be phasing those out.

update on the car situation: finally have all the paperwork filed for our GAP insurance claim. just have to wait to hear from them I guess. I'll probably call on Wednesday to make sure they got everything in the mail. hopefully we'll still get something back on the car. looks like it would be a max of $1200. but we still lost all the money we put into the car in car payments. which freaking sucks. I have contacted a lawyer to see what our options are suing wise. sent him the information he wanted just waiting to hear back from him. so who knows. we just want to be able to get a reliable vehicle. its been nice to have my parents car, but it doesn't fit three car seats in it all that well. so we need something bigger. so for now we're still looking.