3rd and Last Post for the Day

I got my camera batteries charged, so been taking pictures, that is why we have 3 posts.........so scroll down and read the other posts...........I also updated last night as well...........Anyway I am about ready to get offline and finish up some crochet and take off.

This is AJs bed........My little Aiden had to jump on it with his "stolen" tootsie pop and ham it up for the camera. Anyway see how AJs mattress is pushed into the wall.............I HATE this.............I tell him over and over not to do this..........but he does anyway...........want to know why? He does not want to "fall" through the crack between the bed and the wall.

This crack!!!............see it how HUGE it is? I could barely get my arm down there.......but according to AJ he doesn't want to get stuck in it.............OMG!!!! I have often laughed myself silly thinking to myself that I will go in there one night while he is in a deep sleep and pull his bed out further so he could actually fall through!!! I haven't done it yet..............but I think I would actually make it worse, since he will surely think he was right and then I am in trouble!!! LOL

Here is the Pokemon crochet I started last night.......yep I only got the ball done of the tail............oh well..............I was tired and frustrated, so never picked it back up...........I think I will have it done today to surprise AJ with..................Chris will surely start bugging me too..........so I won't let AJ have his until Chris has some too..............Cruel aren't I??? LOL

So I am off to get some stuff done and I am just glad this day has started out so nicely................I woke up feeling free of junk I had floating around in my head.................I like that feeling. LOL

2nd Post for Today

Well here is the snow we got yesterday, we actually got a bit more than this....but this was me tryin to get a pic of the huge flakes that were falling. Pretty huh?

I have been so sick the past couple of weeks, that the only thing for breakfast Aiden got was cereal................I just could not handle eating or even smelling eggs.........but this morning I felt better and wanted Aiden to have a hot breakfast........So I made potatoes and eggs with toast. This is a picture just to PROVE I actually fed him a hot breakfast. His milk is hiding over by the computer......he quickly asked for it though when he saw me drinking my milk. LOL Anyway, he ate most of it.....didn't eat his bread though.

My father working on his car fixing the damage from the curb "incident" You can see the mess he makes with all his stuff. When I took this picture his head was all the way into the wheel well, but upon the "snap" his head poked up..........

This is the broken control arm...........the huge screw driver is pointing to the bent.........I just can't see it........but I am not a car person.........and to me this things could have been the new one for all I knew!!! LOL My mother had to Show Off and say, "Oh yeah you really bent that good!" Thanks MOM!!! LOL Anyway its fixed and I will test it out soon.

This is my sons room, the room he says is not messy!!! There is the basket that I have not emptied in a few days...........actually more clothes have gotten piled into since the basket made its way into his room. LOL How terrible is that..........

Ok next post will be my last one for today.

Three Posts Today, 1st one Whats in your Purse

I saw this on another blog and thought this was funny.........whats in your purse.......I challenge everyone who reads this to post on their blog, What's In Your Purse" leave me a comment that its done, so I can see too. Anyway here is my purse

Very cute from the outside huh? Cute Tinkerbell purse........I love Tinkerbell.

Well this was pretty scary!!! Ok I pulled out
~4 Diapers
~Travel Wipes
~Pink Wallet Stuffed with receipts
~Sample of Dove Shampoo and Conditioner
~Fold up mirror and brush
~OLD Gum
~Two Lipsticks
~A Wad of napkins
~A Wad of slightly used Tissues.....EWWW I know but hey some were used for my son. LOL
~Dragonfly Checkbook
~An Empty Picture Holder
~More and More Receipts!!! I have way too much in my purse.
~A Hair clip
~A Hair Banana
~A Screwdriver!! I lent this to a friend and never took it out of my purse.
~My Keys
~Some kind of flavored drink mix for Water
~A Tootsie Pop which Aiden quickly grabbed.

Ok this is pretty scary, because I have always been the type that hates carrying a purse.............but the smaller the purse the happier I was about carrying one............So upon opening my purse and actually taking everything out was a shock to me...........how did I get so much stuff in there................where did it all come from..............I carry the diapers and wipes, because who wants to carry around two things.............NOT ME I mean I have a little backpack for Aiden diaper bad, but only toys seem to go in now.................I always forget to put diapers and wipes in it so when my father takes him somewhere he will have more to change him with then a Thomas the Train or track!!! LOL I can't even count how many times I have gone to the store and didn't have any diapers or wipes with me..........and its ALWAYS when Aiden goes "poo" as he calls it.................so I have to run to the back of the store to baby department and buy some diapers and wipes................I think Wal-mart is trying to tell us moms that we need the exercise...............putting the baby department in the back of the store. LOL

Anyway there is my purse...............guess what? I put EVERYTHING back in there...............ok well I did throw out the slightly used tissues!!! LOL

Not Again?

It was a cold day!! Woke up to rain...........my father was able to get the parts for the car, but did not put them in because of the rain.....oh well, hopefully tomorrow if not whenever, as long as we got them . Anyway I relaxed most of the day and worked on some crochet..............back and leg are feeling much better, not hurting as much.
I did this today, actually started it last night, and my son, AJ and his friend, Chris were so excited.......they kept coming out and asking how much I had gotten done, but I had put it down to visit with a friend...........but I did finish it today, and am somewhat happy with it.........I just noticed his little cheeks are crooked, but I think its cute.........and I have 6 more pokemon patterns to do....I got them from this blog........Pokemon Characters Here
This lady is amazing at designing them......I am really glad I found her blog.

Well anyway, the rain turned into snow............I was in the bedroom talking to my mother and laying down as I was really tired, and my dad comes and says come look outside, and we saw beautiful snow falling...........I mean the flakes got really huge!!! You can't really see in this picture, but they are huge and I tried to take the pic in front of my neighbors house, but you can still see a bit of it falling. I took some with the digital, but batteries are DEAD again!!!! So they are charging. The pokemon picture was taken with my cell phone........which I had to get the number changed AGAIN!! I was hoping...........really hoping I would not have to get my number changed again..........but I am being harassed by a very unhappy person. My chest hurts something awful from all this........but looking at my little one here.........makes me happy, he is kissing me and hugging me and just being downright too cute!!!!! he is talking into my pedometer................like its a phone..........walking around with it up to his ear, saying hello? Hello? too cute.

AJ is still staying with a friend...............Aiden and I were suppose to go over tonight to watch movies and have dinner..........but I told him no, because of the snow and I didn't want him to get the kids out in the mess.............His van is not very good on slick roads. So I stayed home and watched tv, and watched Aiden run around like a wild boy! LOL luckily that didn't last long.


So I am off to crochet a new pokemon......I think this one is called................oh I don't remember off hand. LOL its a blueish/turquoise color.

ICE SUCKS!

I am getting a bit tired of our weather!!! Lets see..............we got an icy/sleet falling that started Wednesday night and into early Thursday morning.......by late morning it stopped and was still very cold out, ground was white with the sleet. Everyone was saying that the roads were clear............so I decided to go to AJs conferences at school............my father drove to work and got there in less than 15 minutes and said roads were clear.........ok no big deal.........my worries were over...........I had been debating on going but with everyone saying the roads were fine, I thought I would be fine too.............ok so off AJ and I went.............as we were pulling into the neighborhood closer to his school.........I had noticed a lady that hit the curb, and her tire was laying on its side.....pretty bad................i just went slow and made it to the school........I did slide a bit but nothing happened, I was able to stop. Conferences went well, he is doing good in school..............ok we left.........AJ wanted me to go pick up a friend to come over and play, so I went the same way I came without remembering the car that had hit the curb...........well I saw it too late, and so was going very slow, well a truck coming from the other way was too busy looking at the tow truck pulling this ladys car up onto his truck.............and he veered into my lane, right in front of me...........I was upset but not panicking, but tried to pull to the right to avoid hitting him, and at that moment, hit the icy spot and lost control of the car, still trying to avoid him hitting me, the car gains speed.............and BAM.........hits the curb very very hard............it was loud, and I made sure AJ was ok, sat there for a few minutes watching this JACK*** in the truck keep on going!!!!!!! I was furious at him............but was blaming myself for going out in the first place...........I got out to look at the car, didn't see anything wrong, so got back in trying to pull it out, and the sound was horrible................I got back out after straightening the car, and noticed the tire was pushed back into the wheel well...........i could turn it left but turning right or going straight, was a no no..............so i was able to drive it over against the curb so the butt of the car was not out in the middle of the lane anymore...............the guy from the other car, whos daughter was driving, came over and starts screaming because another truck was sliding my way as i got out of the car..............luckily I was not hit, but the tow truck driver from the other accident said there was no way i could drive..............the lower control arm was bent..........ok so I called my best friend who of course came to my rescue, and we had my mom call some tow trucks to see how cheap we could get a tow.........all I had was 40 dollars on me, and from past experience they don't take checks or credit cards.............

Anyway we took the boys to McDonalds because the tow truck drive was going to be awhile............he luckily took the 40 I had, he told my mom if that was all I had, he would be happy to come tow the car......everyone else wanted almost 70 dollars to tow.

Anyway after i got home and settled, my back started to hurt so bad, and I was dizzy and my right leg was all cramped up and hurting.............so been taking Ibuprofen in hopes of not having to put up with the pain. LOL

I am off to watch some TV and spend time with Aiden.............Aj is going to spend the night with a friend.

BINGO

I was thinking of hosting a BINGO game on my blog............I would list around 130 words or so, and have everyone playing pick a certain amount and then I would call 2-3 words a day until someone calls a BINGO. I would then send them a prize. Would be crochet or store bought, maybe even both. Nothing too much. I just really like playing bingo, and one of the message boards I am part of, plays a bingo game, and I am running a bingo game in a crochet group I am in.....but just not enough bingo games going around!! LOL Anyway I was thinking as I was making the list for the crochet group.......that I could maybe start one on my blog.......if I get enough people interested..........so if you are, please leave me a comment with your email. I will go from there. I will probably host a game once a month and send the words to your email box..........after you called a bingo, I would then send out a questionaire so I can get an idea of what you like.....can't guarantee what I would send, but I would certainly try.

So leave me a comment if this sounds like fun and pass the word around.

Feeling Better

Ok I feel better than I did yesterday, I could barely talk above a whisper yesterday, I mean all day, no voice and when I tried it hurt........so I was really hoping that by this morning I would be feeling better............well I am !!! I still lose my voice........it was funny...........I was talking with a normal voice, then in the middle of it, boom the voice was gone...........it came back..........and doesn't hurt as bad, the coughing is driving me crazy. I get out of breath very easily, but other than that I do feel much better than I have been. I finished a square for the Mania swap..........and its below.

I used Camo Pink yarn and really liked how it came out. Very easy

I did this bag for a Valentine swap...............I did this last night.

Ok above is a Clover Hook...........I found this at Michaels for 6 dollars............now I personally think this is too much money to pay for a hook..........but it really does make a difference when I use it...........so I fell in love with it and was telling my mother today that I really need to get the other sizes...........this one is an
"H" size............but paying 6 dollars for them a piece was not something I was looking forward to...................soooooooooooo, when I was at WalMart tonight, I made my way back to crafts to see if they had gotten any new hooks in..............I was hoping, and sure enough, there was this package, "Ergonomic Handles and Crochet Hooks" Woohoo, not only did this have two handles...... but also hook heads in sizes F-K.............6 hooks!!!! All the sizes I mainly use! But that is not all.........

Check out the pretty purple zipper case it comes with.............I mean this was my payday!!!.............This was WOW!! I no longer cared that I was sick, or the crowds of shoppers out at night.

Here is the inside..............its so cool, and I can't wait to use it tonight.................It was only 20 dollars.............and talk about cheap!!! if I had gone and bought the Clover hooks indivually, it would have cost me over 30 dollars..........and this has two handles and a case to carry them in...........Anyway just had to brag about my find.

I am off to clean up the house and crochet. AJ has Friday and Monday off from school, and is looking forward to the "holiday"

Do Mothers get Breaks and Lunches? LOL

Well I got sick Friday night..........it started with coughing and chest pains.......from the coughing........I felt horrible, not to mention I was freezin..............I had 7 blankets on me and still I was shivering.........little Aiden was such a sweety........he laid in bed with me, kept kissing me.............I know I am sure my germs were just having fun spreading all over the place........but he was sweet.........we both finally fell asleep.............then I woke up sweating...............AJ had a game Saturday, and I woke up barely able to stand up straight, but I didn't care, I was going to his game anyway..........so washed my hair, got dressed and could barely talk.............chest was hurting..........Aj kept telling me I could not go................he said he wanted me to lay down....................I didn't want to, I wanted to see him play..........I had already missed one game because I was sick............but I could not make it............I went to get Aiden up to go, and he would not wake up.............I tried for a few minutes........but finally gave up and off AJ went to his game............I laid down on the couch, and Aiden got up eventually and was sweet at first, but then decided he was going to throw a fit....................he screamed and kicked his feet against the floor................would not let me touch him...........I tried to comfort him...........tried to hold him and kiss him and talk sweet to him......but he was having none of that, and frankly I was so sick, sore, and hurting so bad, that I was hurt by him not wanting me to touch him...............I know it was more just me being sick but still................how immature of me to get upset that he was acting like a typical 2 year old throwing a fit!!! I did not yell at him.......but I sure wanted to...........I just wanted to scream for him to shut up.........but I knew he was tired and not getting his way..............but I finally went and locked myself in my room...........bad mother? I don't know........but he came to the door screaming and kicking the door.........my mom tried everything to get him to come to her, but he wouldn't.............I laid in my room, hurting and crying................and feeling really sorry for myself!! Thinking don't I get a break? I mean being a mom is the hardest job in the world..............we are 24 hour mothers...............believe me I love it.............would not change being a mother for the world............but doesn't the law say we get breaks?? LOL............well........we do get a lunch break...........after WE fix it.........dish it out and then get food thrown at us................and a lovely HUGE mess to clean up for out trouble!! LOL

Finally I could not take him at the door anymore, he had stopped kicking the door, but was still crying, and calling out for MOMMY............It broke my heart.........here I was feeling sorry for myself.......and my little baby was out there practically begging for me to let him in.........which I did, and he cried a bit longer at my bed, then crawled in and FINALLY let me touch him........and kiss him.........he snuggled up in my arms and went to sleep...............so guess what? I GOT MY BREAK!!!.........my little sweet Aiden finally gave me what I so desperately wanted and needed............A BREAK..............and guess what I did? Fell asleep with him...........LOL

After we woke up felt better...............ok my body did anyway, throat and chest still hurt.............but I did venture out with my best friend to get my hair cut.............I needed one.....I get so tired of my hair laying on my neck and driving me crazy..........got home a little later than I wanted to..........but the night was a better one..........boys fell asleep pretty quickly.

I am making chicken wings for lunch now................they smell so good............I skipped the bbq sauce and used a recipe that called, for soy sauce, honey, garlic.......ketchup and can't remember what else..............AJ helped me make them............so they are about done...........

Hopefully I can work on some crochet.

Message Boards

I am in a few crochet groups, and am always looking for new ones....so if anyone knows of a new one opening up or a fairly new one, let me know. I also like to check out message boards. I am on a new one that just opened in January. Its called Crochet Rocks...please check them out and join, or post the link for others. I know there are some really great message boards out there, so enough to go around. LOL if you have a favorite group or message board share them please.

Well its a nice day out, we still have some snow on the ground, not much though. its melting fast. I have just about everything switched over to my new screen name....if you would like to have the new screen name, let me know. I also found out that AOL has been making changes to their services....one being their message boards. My mom and I preferred the old board format as did quite a bit of people....well they announced those old boards were going bye bye, and no more back doors into them would be allowed....well sure enough they changed late last night.....earlier than they said. Well that was really the only reason we changed back to a paying member of AOL. So I read up on the free AOL service and we will not lose any of our screen names....some people were telling me that you are only allowed one name....but I found out that is not true, you still have 7 email names. So today I have switched to the free AOL and was told twice I would not be "accidently" charged for this month.....no more money will come out of my account. I hope this is true, as AOL is famous for screwing up. LOL

Anyway I am off have some things I want to get done.

Burrr

Well it was still snowing this morning.........it started last night while I was at a friends house..............I really didn't think it was going to snow.............we were suppose to wake up yesterday to snow, but only thunderstorms and hail...........but around 7pm it started snowing, and by around 9 when I was leaving, we had to shovel our way through to the car, got the boys in, car on and then came the scraping of ice and snow...........we headed home on some really slippery roads, the wipers were freezin and making these loud farting noises against the window, which Aiden and AJ really got a kick out of ...........they were laughing their heads off!!! LOL we made it home.........and by this afternoon it was starting to melt. :( oh well.................anyway I have been on the computer getting stuff transferred over to my new Screen name..........YEP I made a new one.............it was available first try!!! I really really love the new name............I like the one I have......but too many people think its because I like the Blue Angels.......or worse.......I will keep it though for the school...........until AJ starts middle school..........then give them the new one..............anyway I have the same name for yahoo too........so that really worked out...........I also found a VERY GORGEOUS layout for my Myspace.......omg its gorgeous..................I was about ready to give up when I found that one........WOW I don't think I have ever found anything prettier!! I am sure I am just exaggerating here, but I LOVE it, and I think you all get the idea! LOL




I received my Secret Valentine swap yesterday from the SwappinSquares yahoo group........I love everything!! Thanks so much to Rose for making such a wonder package!!!

It snowed!! WE got about 3" woohoo huh??? LOL I took a picture before the snow started to melt and people trampled all over the yard.

I feel triumphant!!!

Today was a very warm and beautiful day.......I woke to all the snow melted.............and It was pretty out, sun shining............My father, Aiden and I had lunch with my best friend.........and that was really nice.........We came home, and I finally stood up for myself!!! I was very proud of myself...............I will no longer allow anyone to run over me........to treat me like crap.........I am so much more calmer now..........and I think that is just all I needed to do.........was to stand up for myself. To never allow this person back into my life to hurt me anymore, or to hurt my boys.

Anyway I have started on some squares for the Crochetmania SAM swap........they are due by the 15th. I am really liking this one square I am working on. Might have to just make more.

Anyway I am off to help AJ look for a game.

Sunday

Well I just made these love bugs last night.....i used red and white for them.....the wings are used from a heart coaster pattern.....I really think these are just too cute......I will find the pattern and post tomorrow.......these were what my mom wanted me to make for the boys. I love them.

Well I found a pattern for the Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles and AJ wants a set......My best friend says his son will want a set too..........but anyway this is the first head!! LOL I have not made the body yet.....will here soon.

Side view of the head and his mask.........I think these are coming out really cute!

Aj seems to be feeling much better........he went out with a friend today, and right now he has a friend over from school. They are playing on the Playstation right now..........its been pretty quiet here today!! WooHooo........I love peace and quiet.