HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!

 

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!  

Well I hope that all the Mothers out there have a great day today!!  Being a mother sure has changed my life!  I have always looked up my own mother, she was so supportive of me, and still is.  She was always there for me, even when I knew she was angry, or disappointed in me.  From the time I can remember, she has ALWAYS made me feel loved, wanted, and safe.  I knew that no matter what I did, or was happening in my life, I could count on her!!  She taught my so many things, and even now as a mother myself, I am still using what I have learned from her, and what I still learn to this day.

I will never forget the moment I heard my boys heartbeat for the first time, the first time seeing them during the sonogram.  I will never forget the moment my eyes saw them for the first time after they were born, nor the feel of their skin, or how amazing it was to finally touch them, kiss them, look at how incredibly sweet, perfect, and amazing they were!!!  I love them so much, and have raised them to know that love, to know that I will ALWAYS stand beside them, always support them, even in anger, even when they have done something wrong.......NO MATTER WHAT.

here is a story Aiden brought home from school, I don't know who actually wrote it, but it's in a book that the kids made.

Title, "If you give a Mom a Muffin"  

Illustrated with love by: Aiden

If you give mom a muffin, she'll want some coffee to go with it.  She'll pour herself some.  

Her three year old will spill the coffee.  She'll wipe it up.  wiping the floor, she'll find dirty socks.  She'll remember she has to do laundry.  

When she puts the laundry in the washer, she'll trip over boots and bump the freezer.  

Bumping the freezer will remidn her that she has to plan supper.  She will get out a pound of hambruger and look for her cookbook.  (101 things to do with a pound of hamburger)

The cookbook is sitting under a pile of mail.  She will see the phone bill, which is due tomorrow.  She will look for her checkbook. 

While she is looking for her checkbook, the phone will ring.  Her five year old will answer and hang up.  She'll remember she wants to phone a friend for coffee.  

Thinking of coffee will remind her that she was going to have a cup, and chances are.....If she has a cup of coffee, her kids will have eaten the muffin that goes with it.  

"HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!"

Dear Mom, I will give you a muffin for mother's day!  Love, Aiden 

I can tell you that his drawing was super cute!!!

First Aiden had to "organize his opinion" of why he thinks I am the best mom, then he wrote it out with a picture. 

Name: Aiden

"Mom of the Year"

"My mom desservz to be mom of the year.  My mom is really super nice to me.  My mom is the best one!! My mom is super amazing.  She takes good care of me.  She can do the best in the world!"

Written in his own words spelled by him too.  :D  He then drew a picture of me with pink hair!  He knows I love pink. 

For you crocheters out there..........this is a lady who is offering a pattern for free for 48 hours......which is less now, but head over to her blog to check it out.  

Twinkie Chan

FLOWER CUP COASTER

DragonFlyMomof2 Designs©   

 

“Flower Cup Coaster”

Aurora Suominen Copyright ©4-2013 All rights reserved.

About 5” across with a G Hook & Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn. (3.2oz will make 6)

For Abbreviations/videos/links, see “DragonFlyMomof2 Designs” at http://myblueangels.blogspot.com/

NOTES: “Sts”=stitches means any st or ch sps.

Rnd 1: Ch4, work 15dc in 4th ch from hook.  Join in 3rd ch of beg ch4.  (16dc)

Rnd 2: Ch3, dc in joining.  Work 2dc in each st around.  Join in beg ch3.  (32dc)

Rnd 3: Ch3, dc in joining.  [Dc in next dc, 2dc in next] Repeat around ending with a dc in last st, join in back loop (BL) of beg ch3.  (48dc)

Rnd 4: Ch1, Sc in joining loop.  [Sc in front loop (FL) of next dc, sc in the BL of next dc] Repeat around ending with a sc in FL of last dc.  Join in the unused loop in front & below your 1st sc. (48sc)

Rnd 5: Ch1, sc in joining. [Ch3. (Behind work) dc in unused loop of rnd 3.  Ch3, (Going in front of work) sc in unused loop of rnd 3.]  Repeat around ending with a dc in unused loop of rnd 4 (behind work).  Ch3, Join in first sc.

Personal use only, do not reproduce, sell, or copy my pattern.  Pattern available for download on Ravelry.  "Dragonflymomof2" http://www.ravelry.com/designers/aurora-suominen

DragonFlyMomof2 Designs by Aurora Suominen, Bluedragonflymom@gmail.com “Flower Cup Coaster” ©2013

HEART OF A DISHCLOTH

DragonFlyMomof2 Designs©

 “Heart of a Dishcloth”

Aurora Suominen Copyright ©4-2013 All rights reserved.

H Hook & 1.2oz of Worsted Weight cotton yarn.  9” from heart to heart

For Abbreviations/videos/links, see “DragonFlyMomof2 Designs” at http://myblueangels.blogspot.com/

NOTES: Bolded print: Repeated in pattern. “STS”=Stitches: Any st or ch sps.

Rnd 1: Ch4, work 11dc in 4th ch fr hook, join in top of beg ch4. (12dc)

Rnd 2: Ch3, 2dc in same dc.  [Ch1, skip a dc, 3dc in next dc] 5x.  Ch1 & join to top of first ch3.  (18dc & 6 Ch1 spaces)

Rnd 3: Ch3, 2dc in same dc, 1dc in next dc, 3dc in next dc.  [Ch2, skip ch1sp, 3dc in next dc, 1dc in next dc, 3dc in next dc]5x.  Ch2, skip ch1sp & join. (42dc & 6 ch2 sps)

Rnd 4:  Skip 1dc, [+5dc in next dc, slst in next dc, 5dc in next dc. Skip a dc, slst in next dc, sc in next ch2sp.+  Slst in next dc, skip 1dc]5x. Repeat +to+ once.  Do not join!  (6 hearts)

Rnd 5:  [+Ch4, sc in slst between heart humps, Ch4+, sc in sc between next 2 hearts]5x.  Repeat +to+ once & join in first sc. If using a 2nd color, pull your color through with your joining. (push heart humps in front of the chains)   (12sc & 12 ch4 spaces)

However you choose to change/join your new color, make sure that in Rnd 6 you are starting your new color WHERE you joined at the end of rnd 5.

Rnd 6: Ch3, [+3dc in next sp, ch1, 3dc in sc, ch1, 3dc in next sp+.  Dc in next sc]5x.  Repeat ++ once & join.  (60dc)

Rnd 7: Ch3, Dc in 3sts.  [+Ch2, sk-sp, 3dc in next dc, 1dc in next dc, 3dc in next dc, ch2, sk-sp+.  Dc in 7sts]5x.  Repeat ++ once,  dc in last 3sts & join.  

Rnd 8: Ch1, sc in same st.  Sc in 4STS.  [+Slst in next dc, sk-1, 5dc in next dc, slst in next st, 5dc in next st.  Sk-1, slst in next dc+, Sc in 9STS]5x.  Repeat ++ once.  Sc in last 4sts & join.  

Personal use only, do not reproduce, sell, or copy my pattern.  Pattern available for download on Ravelry.  "Dragonflymomof2" http://www.ravelry.com/designers/aurora-suominen

DragonFlyMomof2 Designs by Aurora Suominen, Bluedragonflymom@gmail.com “Heart of a Dishcloth” ©2013

My Life is Good

That's Aiden right behind the girl with aqua pants, he is wearing the striped shirt.  He has a music program earlier this month, it was a Jazz program, and they all did awesome!!!  I will post the videos soon.  I really enjoyed being there, Sat right in the front row, he was happy to see me, I could see him looking for me, then he spotted me and waved, smiled and blew me a kiss.  How sweet!! 

Austin received the "Army Recruiting Command JROTC Award last week.  I was again very proud of him.  He has done really well in JROTC and seems to like it a lot. 

Last Saturday, Austin was spending the night with friends, so Aiden and I went swimming for a couple of hours, then came home to rest up before going bowling, but Aiden changed his mind and wanted to go to the yearly Board game day/night.  He is really into playing board games..........so he had a lot of fun.  We both did, he wanted to go to dinner, and chose Golden Corral, since they have the Cotton candy.  LOL  I really enjoyed the one on one time with him. 

Of course we had to make a trip to Wal-Mart where he wanted me to buy the Electronic Banking Monopoly game.  So I did.  he is really good at counting money, so I didn't see any harm in getting this one. 

I have designed a coaster, a dishcloth, and redesigned an older square design of mine this past week.  I am about to have them tested and will offer them online soon. 

Time to crochet!?!

I have been so busy lately!!!  Been bogged down with allergies since Spring break!  I started taking my allergy pills, but the allergies are still really bad in the morning.  You know that feeling when you are swimming and you get water in your nose?  Well that is how I feel in the mornings and it feels worse!  UGH!  I can't wait for allergy season to be over.

I also got some "Spring" cleaning done this weekend, and my body is reminding me that it's not so young anymore!  I sometimes forget that I'm 40!!  I don't feel it, well not all the time anyway, it's weird to describe,  but I have to remind myself that I am not as young as I once was, and that my body needs some rest.  It seems to take me longer to recover.  I have always had issues with my knees, ankles, and joints,  growing up I was always spraining my ankles....my knees would give out.....my feet look awful right now..........they are swollen and my ankles are really "out" there.   LOL I have to laugh about it though, if I don't, I will cry!  :D

Anyway with all that is going on, my crochet has started to get cobwebs!  I need to finish an afghan for my mothers queen size bed, will take a picture of progress soon.  I granted a wish for a lady in my crochet group, for a lapghan........she likes jewel tones, and I used a combination of 6" and 12" squares.  I used my Circle of life pattern from my recent, "Symbols of Life" designs, and a 6" "Diane's Flower" from my designs as well.  Here is the finished product......

I got it mailed to her last month! 

I also am joining, "The Crochet Crowd" challenge, starts 4-15 and ends 5-15.  This one is for the, "Ocean Waves throw"  As usual, I went crazy trying to come up with the 5 colors.  I could have went with one color or even two, but for me when I do an afghan, which I can tell you has been a very long time......for years I have done afghans using squares, not one pieces.  So this is my first in years!  I wanted to go with the amount of colors the pattern called for, and I want to use this for my living room.  You can see my couch above, it's a sage green, I have green tiled tables and a green carpet, but I was leaning reluctantly towards green for the colors, but decided NO..........I am using the below colors:

From Top to bottom: Aran, Dark Orchid, Shades of Purple, Orchid, and Watercolor.

So the water color has some green in it!  I sure hope this comes out right.  I will post updates, hopefully I will be starting on this sometime today. 

VIRUSES, BUGS, AND ALLERGIES...

You decide on the "blah" of the week!  I tell you I have been sick a lot since late last year.  It's either flu like or cold like.  Last week, I thought my head cold was into my eyes, as they were leaking and very hard to see out of.  After waking up for my 5th day with my eyes cemented shut, I decided to call the dr.  I was lucky enough to get an appt with a couple of hours.  No infection, (thankfully), but it's mainly my allergies.  So I HAVE TO, NEED TO remember to take my allergy pills!!  It seems each couple of years, my allergies come up with something new to bug me with.  This was also my 3rd visit within a few months where my blood pressure was high.  So they put me on medicine for that.  I think that explains the dizzy spells I get every so often.   I need to read up info they gave me as well as checking online about how to reduce my blood pressure.  I know stress plays a huge factor in it.  As a mother of two boys who are 8 years apart in age, I'm always under stress.

So I will work on de-stressing my life as best I can, and not letting my temper flare up.

Boys are back in school from Spring break and there is only a bit over 2 months left of school.