Monday

This is the Amigurumi Apple house I did for a swap in a group I help run, but my partner left the group before the swap was finished, I am just glad I didn't mail this early. I think its adorable, and the picture is crappy I took it with my cell phone, batteries keep dying in the digital......and for some reason only one side of the charger works too, and its a brand new charger. Anyway I am going to use this for Aidens room...........which he doesn't really have yet.............this house is only a 2 bedroom, and we really need 1 or 2 more rooms..............there is just not enough room here.

I just finished this tonight...........a Gabu traffic light for Aiden too.........its so cute!!

Aiden had a scare yesterday.........my father went down to the basement to get something which is an accident waiting to happen, the stairs are very bad and steep. We have to prop the door open with a broom, well i was not in there, but apparently Aiden was.............dad will usually carry him down avoiding the bad steps.......but this time he didn't take him down and Aiden was sitting at the top of the stairs, and kicked the broom away.................the door fell on his legs right above his feet.............I completely lost it..........I hear my mom scream, a loud thud and Aiden crying.............I pushed everything out of my way trying to get to him..............I thought he fell down the stairs and the door slammed shut..........I got there, my dad had gotten to the door first and got it up right away, and handed Aiden to me............and he was crying, so I strip off his pants and socks and check him out..............a slight red mark on his leg...........THAT WAS IT...............omg I was so scared, I was shaking and crying myself and this little sweet boy of mine, comforted me!!! He smiled at me, told me it was ok, and kissed my tears...............HOW SWEET AND CUTE IS THAT?? I didn't stop shaking for hours afterwards.............I am just glad he is ok.............omg I am so glad.

I am going to call it a night and take a shower, and work on some more crochet........I have told myself that I am not joining any swaps for April, except one I signed up for in March, a magic ball yarn................but since taking on a second secret sister I want to concentrate on those two packages and crochet for us.

Cleaning and more Cleaning

Well its almost 11 am, and I have been so busy this morning........I wanted to just go back and lay down once AJ was off to school.......but I just kept thinking the cleaning won't get done by itself, and I seem to get things done quicker in the early morning. Aiden is still sleeping so that helps too.............last night I took all the books off the little bookshelf in the hall and put them in some baskets, to put away in AJs closet on the top shelf.............Aiden just kept taking all the books off and throwing them everywhere...............so this morning I put all the books away, I think there is over 200 of them..............got that done, and took a break. Cleaned and washed the bathroom and the floor in there and hallway...........waited for that to dry while working on a "stuffie" for one of my SS. Then went into AJs room to finish cleaning...........He had a big shelf in there, but I must have been insane to think that would be ok in there........it was piled with trash, toys, junk, and..........dirty clothes..........I knew we were missing clothes!!! the shelves were hanging crooked and the little shelf holders were half gone........so while I was trying to go through everything on there a shelf fell on my foot...........along with the stuff that was still on there...........so now my foot is hurting and scraped...........ok gotta be careful................yeah right..............another shelf falls, and this time i was able to move in time........or so I thought..........the corner fell right on my foot...............same foot.........so at least I only have pain in one. He also has built in drawers and two cabinets next to the closet........so cleaned and organized them..............got the shelf out of the room, and am taking another break...............all I really want to do is go lay down..................I am so tired...............but I know nothing will get done quicker and Aiden will wake up the minute I hit the bed.......speaking of which he just woke up. LOL

Bye for now.

Tired Today

me sandwhiched between my boys.....not a very flattering photo of myself, but it was hard having them smooshed on both sides of me while trying to hold the camera out and not falll!!! LOL

This is my Feb and Valentine swap package that came today from Jennifer. The tote bag is awesome as is the box and tissue holder, the box has lotions and stuff, I love it and was so happy to see such wonderful stuff.

This is hilarious!!!....I did this old fashioned TV the other night and AJ was on the computer and so I told him that i finally found him a portable TV today for practically nothing.......he gets all excited and comes running out asking to see, so I pretend to grab under my table telling him to close his eyes and hold out his hands..........well he does, and this is what I laid in his hands!!!.......OMG it was toooo funny, the look on his face!!!! I just love to "get back" at him from time to time. LOL

a Few Easter Pics

The boys with their colored eggs.

Easter Morning with their goodies

Aiden loved the egg hunt

New Post

Well after my last post this morning of my little vent, I forgot to write what I had intended to..LOL...........I have been busy today.........finally getting some stuff done. This morning, I made Aiden breakfast, which he didn't eat........he did eat his bacon, or so I thought until I went to get online and saw that he has spit out the bacon on my the computer desk.........bacon bits???.............LOL Anyway I cleaned and swept the kitchen, which was not so bad, the floors need washed, the other day Aiden spilled a pitcher of juice all over the floor, which he helped clean up, how cute!!! but we ended going out last night, and never got around to washing the floor, I hate that "sticky" feel and sound as I walk over that spot. Then I cleaned the utility room........redid the pantry shelf.........dusted it and rearranged everything, and woohoo its done now!!! It took me about an hour to do that, so I wanted to check some email, before crocheting a bit, then tackling the bathroom.....woohoo what fun huh????

Ok will update this post later on.

Group Swaps!!??? UGH

Ok well its now 10:48am I have been up since 7am.....made AJ breakfast, and worked on two crochet projects for the Secret Sister site. Its based in an AOL message board Our site leader, Barbara assigns you a SS, of course she is not secret to you, but the idea is you email and stay in contact with this person, and if everything works out, you both will stay SS until one of you decides to leave.....You exchange monthly with this person based on the theme for that month, she does have a month off in between projects to give everyone time to rest and so they are not having to send every month. This is great for people who don't want to swap in groups. As with any swap though, sometimes you get a bad apple who does not think they need to send.........they are removed and you are assigned another partner. I took on a second "sister" yesterday and have already got two things done for her, and for my first SS I am working on hers now......its a challenge for me with this pattern, but I really like it, so hopefully it will come out good and she will like it too. I will just limit my group swaps.....I am getting burned on some of them........I get so frustrated as to why people join a swap with the intention of RECEIVING and not giving......very SELFISH people. No surprise there, it happens, but when it happens a lot I get so annoyed. So it only makes me limit the ones I join. I also have this thing that if I don't really know the person I will not send first!!! That may seem a little rude of me, but when you get burned so many times with swaps, you tend to have that attitude. LOL I know I have mailed late in swaps.........but I always let them know. Anyway sorry about the vent there.........but its hard..........I know I would love to make a crochet group, but its hard to find someone to help you run the group. I am helping this lady run this one group..........She gave me owner status....and I now know her frustration at this..........she is going through a lot and I am really trying with this group, ..............we have swaps, which really only 3 of us joined...........they are swaps from Feb/March........the Valentine bag I did for this lady..............not only did she not acknowledged and thanked me.....but she has not full filled any of her swap obligations. I have swapped with her before, so I am not sure what is up with her......... don't join..........don't just not say anything at all........Well one of the ladies just left the group......I just got the email.......she is in one of the swaps, and I made an amigurumi apple house for her...........so now I guess it will go to someone else............ it came out really cute, will get pictures posted soon. I guess I don't blame her for leaving........but it would have been nice to finish the swap with her since this was my first amigurumi swap. Anyway I guess I need to make up my mind on how much more time I want to extend to the group..........there are some really great ladies in there......but we just don't seem to have much time..... think I will concentrate on the Blog Swaps, and the Secret Sister swaps. I have joined a couple of new crochet groups, so might see how they go.......they seem to be really fun and its always nice to start in a group from the beginning.

Well I am definitely done with my vent now.

Lapghan for my SS

I tested this teddy bear click the link to go to her site. I think she did an excellent job on the this pattern, its clear she worked very hard to write a pattern that someone else would understand.......... the body is essentially worked in one piece....the legs and arms are done seperately..but once the legs are done, you put them together and work the body up, adding the arms as you move up....I LOVE this idea............the head was difficult, and I don't believe it was her pattern at all..........its just that you end up with different "starting" points, not sure if that makes sense, but I stuck it out for her and finished it last night, after the updated instructions and going from my own counts, I was able to finish it with what I think the finished head/muzzle should look like. I think its adorable, and once Aiden saw it, he went awwwe, came over held it, hugged it and kissed it.........I will certainly make more of these cute bears.

Well I can finally post this picture, as my Secret Sister finally got it. I sent this to her with a bookmark and stuffed chick.....she got them today and liked it. I was really glad she got it. Will update on our Easter later today.

Saturday.............. Easter bunny is Close

My little ham!! after his haircut.......handsome isn't he? LOL I am not sure who took this picture, I found it the other day on my phone.........I did take some pictures yesterday and today and will post them later on...........I am so tired and sore today.............but had a great day. I took the boys to Exploration Place this after noon.....and they had a blast..........I kept squatting down to play with Aiden or show him something, and now my knees are hurting really bad........oh well, my fault!! I got a few pictures, but trying to get them to sit still long enough to take a picture is sometimes an impossible task!! AJ is always off doing something.....Aiden is so easy at home though, he loves having his picture taken. As you can see in these pictures.

I was brave enough to venture to Wally world today.........man it was crowded...........I only had to pick up a few things, luckily nothing easter related, atleast not there...........LOL We did stop at Walgreens where I really needed to get something...........See we already have the Easter baskets for the boys...........We are making AJs and we bought a premade one for Aiden with stuff we know he will love.........we did not buy a lot of candy this year............AJs stuff is blue and Aidens stuff is green............I love the colored candy combinations now...........anyway the other day AJ saw premade baskets at Walgreens with Pokemon....I think a Pikachu in it..........well I knew that Aiden would want one too, so I went there today to get two.....only found one............asked if someone could call another store, and the lady had an attitude, not saying anything, but just huffing and puffing.....so nicely I asked her if she had a "problem" with calling............I mean she was doing nothing but standing around looking at a magazine............so off she went and disappeared.......I did find another one, that some people had been standing in front of.........this after I searched every isle for a stray Easter basket with a stuffed Pikachu..............LOL I tried to find her to let her know, but like I said she totally disappeared..........oh well, I did tell the lady who cashed me out, so she could let her know so she was not walking around looking for me.............yeah right!! LOL..........

My Friday went pretty good...........I spent a few hours...working on a Star Wars square for the boys.........I already have the characters.......lets see.........I have the following squares..........C3Po......or CP3O..........I always confuse the letters.........R2D2....Darth Vader, although in the graph he looks really dorky!!! Clone and Storm troopers...........falcon ship, speeder, some red symbol.........Y wing..........Jango Fett, and Bobo Fett. I also made a graph on the computer 5 squares across and 7 down............12" squares..............I had to redo the layout of the squares today, because I didn't like how I had it before, I was having it where I would do 2 of each character square for each blanket....but knew I would get bored with doing 4 of the same square. LOL AJ helped with the layout...........I will try to do one strip a day..............but I will have swap stuff to do and stuff...........I joined a few CAL in this Crochetalong group I just recently joined............

I am soo Mad

First my crochet update...........forgive the quality of pictures, they were taken with my cell phone, for some reason my digital is eating up my charge on my batteries.....and the recharger is not charging on one side.

I am in a few swaps this month, and I made these butterflies and little basket for a spring swap......I always think of butterflies and spring together.....they are suppose to be pot holders, but I would use them for decorations myself. I hope my partner likes them.......I plan on doing more for other swaps and for my own kitchen.

I did this bunny last night, it only took a couple of hours....done all in DC. I am not too happy with how it turned out, but its growing on me.......I might place the ears a bit differently though, to me it looks more like hair than ears! LOL that is what the pattern called for, and I was not really paying attention to how it looked until it was put on the entertainment center.

I designed this square the other day for a living room..........I plan on framing it and sending it off......I hope she likes it.............I used white and country blue. I haven't measured it............hold on.........ok it measures about 13" wide by 12" long.........I really like how it came out and plan on doing one for our living room, or maybe a family tree type of design. the family tree one would be a bit bigger........ok a lot bigger, but I would love to do it.......

Ok now for the I am so mad deal..............ok AJ is on Spring break and I let him play at Jesses house yesterday......well both boys came here after awhile and were playing in AJs room...........and this was around 7pm, when I heard Aiden crying, i looked and he was in the hall, and I thought he was crying because he wanted in the bedroom with them..........but he came to me showing me his little finger, that had been shut in the door, not hard, but enough to hurt.....so i asked AJ who first said Aiden did it to himself, and i said no...........well then AJ said it was an accident, I told him no it wasn't, what did you think would happen when you shut the door with him holding it....so I told AJ Jesse had to go home since Aj was in trouble..........nothing was said after that.......well tonight AJ was over at Jesses playing and came home around 8 saying Jesses mom, Dawn had to pick up Jack and could Jesse and his friend stay down here.....i said ok just not long..........well he goes and then comes back saying Dawn told him that she can't have me KICKING her son out when she is NOT home.........OMG.............number one I didn't kick Jesse out, I told him he had to leave since AJ was in trouble......number two, noone.........NO ONE told me that Dawn was gone, and what kind of mother allows her son to stay with someone without telling the parent she is leaving..........and ASKING if its ok for her son to stay. I called and she didn't answer her phone, but i gave her a piece of my mind...........I told her she better not ever pull that with my son again......telling him that i better not kick her son out again...............i told her she had some nerve leaving without telling anyone..........I would HAVE NEVER told him to leave if I had known she was not at home........and when she has had to go somewhere she would usually call and ask........well most of the time.......the first time she met us, she had me watching him.........I mean I was basically a stranger, and she leaves him with me? I told AJ I don't want Jesse here again, nor him going down there..............she is one ungrateful, lazy, and rude mother to do that........but that just really pissed me off, so now apparently when I tell a kid that its time to go home, I am "kicking" them out..........LOL that is funny!!!

Well I am going to get off of here and finish this pattern I am testing on Crochetville. I have it about done.

Tag

I was tagged by Caroline, and here are the rules. Now lets see if there are 7 interesting things about me.

The tag rules are:
1. When tagged, place the name of the person and URL on your blog
2. Post the rules on your blog
3. Write 7 things about yourself
4. Name 7 of your favorite weblogs
5. Send an e-mail letting those bloggers know they have been tagged
So here are 7 random things about me:

1. umm........I am Finnish on my fathers side.......that is why I am so pale!!

2. I still get crushes.........at my age!!! I still have the hots for Michael Monroe. Despite most people thinking I am crazy for it. I think he is very very interesting!!!! ;D

3. I am not looking for a father of my two boys. The reason I find this interesting about myself, is that every single mother around me is looking for a father for her children. My boys have sperm donors, they just are too damn selfish to want to share in their lives. So I feel its thier loss, and most people, when they find out that I am NOT looking for a father for them, think that is interesting.

4. That I had my boys 8 years apart.............

5. umm......this is hard!!! is that interesting? LOL don't think so.......lets see......I still think of my first "love/crush" in kingergarten.......I can still vividly remember what he looked liked, how his voice sounded, the games we played, where we played them at.

6. The first man I did fall in love with when I was a teenager, and everyone told me it was just a crush and I would get over it and move on.........well i did move on.....but still love him very much to this day. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of him. I also found out its very possible to love two men at the same time.

7. That I am fascinated by so many things..........reminds me of being a child..........but I do find that very amusing about myself and interesting.

Ok now for 7 weblogs..............

Everyone that is part of the Swap Swap Gals
Wanda
Val
Christina
Kairi
Sabrina

Black Mage Pattern Tested

I was able to test another pattern for a Mage, you can find the designers website here

I enjoyed this pattern to, very east to make as it was very much like the White Mage.

Here is the happy couple together...pretty cute huh? LOL I love the colors.

As you can see the robe for the Black mage starts out exactly like the White Mage....section one is far right, section 2 in the middle and section 3 on the left side.

Here is the robe with more rows added on top of the sections.

Robe with front left side added on.

Here he is.......he is so cute, and again my mom claimed him, they are a couple my mom says!! LOL

I am tired, so hoping to get to sleep early tonight........I went to Amandas program, she is in high school, and the choir really sang beautifully........

I also cut AJs hair today, will get some pictures up tomorrow, he was sick this morning, but luckily he was fine later in the day, so I am thinking something he ate didn't agree with him.

My stomach is not as bad as yesterday, but still when I stand it will bother me, but so far not as bad, so thankfully its not getting worse. I don't want the flu again. Nor a cold.

Well I guess I should concentrate on some swaps, I have a month to get them done, but I like to get an early start on them.

Angels

These are the Nova Angels I ordered from Etsy...I love them. They are AJ and Aiden. I plan on making more of these for gifts too.

Had to throw this picture in of Aiden tonight. This is the hood and he had to get his little adorable face in the pic.....he has M&Ms on his face...cute huh? LOL

Well I am still not feeling too good.......and its late, but I really need to get some sleep.

White Mage

Well I finished the White Mage Pattern Click link for her website with pattern. .I tested this for a lady on Crochetville. I really enjoyed this and hope to test more patterns. I took some pictures for anyone who might be just learning crochet or those of us who like seeing pictures of the progress.

This is the starting of the Robe rows 1-10

Adding section 1

Section 1 & 2 of robe

all three sections of robe.

Rows 16 - 31

Sl Stitching row 31 closed at the top to form the hood

and here she is!! I think she is just really cute, and I loved making her. My mother has already claimed her....she claimed her as I was just starting her. So I gave her to my mom tonight.

This is a side view of her.

Not feeling Good today

I am not feeling so good today........I woke up this morning with stomach cramps and my back just hurting something awful. I FINALLY got back to sleep, but not for long, and woke up with the same pain..........I hope hope hope this is not the flu and just some random 24 hour bug bothering me.

I had a good weekend, Saturday the boys and I went to a friends to cook homemade chicken and noodle soup and watch a movie......that was nice, I let Chris spend the night with AJ and they were pretty good. Aiden was having fun, but I think he was ready to go home........he missed "mama" Saturday it was so nice outside..........beautiful weather...........Sunday was good too, another nice day.......the boys played outside most of the day...........and I sat out there with them most of the day.........for breakfast we had potatoes and eggs, but for lunch I was being lazy and didn't want to cook anything......I had to run to Wal-Mart for some yarn, so just got some subs there in the deli.....and pringles..........made for a very easy and yummy lunch......boys loved it.

I am hating this time change..............boys were out playing and just as bright as could be, and it was almost 7pm...........ugh! LOL I know a lot of people love it.......but I am having my own little strike against it........not that it will do me any good.

I am testing a pattern for someone on Crochetville..............woohoo my first time testing.......and I really like it. I am also taking pictures as I go along. I did finish my Nova Angels and will post the pics tomorrow probably.

I am going to get offline now..........just feeling icky!!!

My Boys

Well I am going to just add more here instead of making a new posts...not that it matters. LOL Anyway I know I have not updated really that much, and Its just that I have either been busy, or just too tired...........I don't even get online as much as I use to...........So lets see.....I went to the choices fair last week.....which is all the schools around town that let you ask questions and stuff about the schools...........well the neighborhood Middle school, has low test scores which means AJ could get a special transfer to another school........but I found out its not my choice of where to send him, but the districts choice...........which I think they don't make very good decisions concerning our kids and their education. Anyway I went there with certain Magnet school in mind, one with high scores and uniforms......but found out that it was not what we were looking for..............AJ wants to be in ROTC (Leadership) which I think is a good idea....but the school I had originally wanted him to attend did not offer it. So we looked at a school I went to when I was in Jr. High, its not in a good neighborhood, but luckily its right on the outskirts, and seemed to offer quite a bit of what we were looking for.....love the hours, which would be 7am to 2:20.........perfect a bit early, but I love the out time...........now he gets home after 4:30 sometimes not until 5 and there is just not enough time left in the day for much to do............they have uniforms..........they are also linked with NASA.....and AJ really loves that..............he is really into space and all that............so I also got interviewed for the paper.......so both AJ and I were in the paper, not our picture, but our interview.......................anyway a friend and I took the boys..........to this school to visit, I took AJ out of school, and first had lunch then off we went.............school was almost the same as when I attended, but with some new additions.............the school can hold up to 700 kids, although they only have around 200................they double up on math and reading.............which helps the halls.........meaning the kids never get out of classes at the same time.........so there is a small amount of kids in the hall at one time...........always teachers out in the halls while they are changing classes.........teacher outside in the morning and afternoon..........an officer at the school at all times............they have an excellent art and science room.............a huge new library........they offer free tutoring after school.............and have only had one fight this year..........not too bad. So I am going to fill out the magnet application and I hope he does well in this school.

Lets see.........we had some friends over last week for dinner and games..........we made a huge helping of homemade macaroni and cheese, which did not last............most had second helpings.......I also went ahead and made some porkchops too.................Someone tried to ruin the night by causing trouble like ALWAYS........but I didn't let her. Let her be unhappy. She will not bring me down along with her.

This weekend was weird, Saturday was very warm...................AJ had went to Lawrence to watch the Kansas Jayhawks play, which was also televised live on ESPN.........didn't see him in the audience though. LOL..........I had went to run errands with a friend.........had lunch and then he wanted to go to look at TVs. well I stayed in the van since Aiden was sleeping, then Amanda his daughter came out and I went in to check stuff out.........found a set of furniture I want. LOL Anyway I was going to check on Aiden when a lady came in saying the girl in the van accidently locked a baby in the van........easy to take care of right? WRONG........Scott informed me he didn't have keys to the doors!!!! Apparently Amanda had the doors locked, and then ran in to tell some lady that her door had blown open, and then the wind had blown her door shut with Aiden awake by this time and locked in..............oh man, he was sweating up a storm and we had the employees and some customers trying to help...........I walked over to Braums to get a drink for everyone, and knew that Aiden would be thirsty...............well it was crowded in there, and I told Amanda that if they don't get him out soon, I will have them break a window.........she went to check and came back with my very sweaty boy..........he was all red and saying, "I ok mommy" LOL how cute!!! I guess Scott had read my mind and was a bout to break the window when some guy was able to finally get a side window open and reached in to unlock the door! I was so relieved!! I remember when AJ was a baby, and I accidently locked him in the car at night at a grocery store, luckily within about 10 minutes an employee got him out.

Sunday was cold and rainy...............boys played outside for a long time...........today I have been cleaning and not getting enough crochet done!!!! LOL I go crazy when I don't get enough crocheting in for the day. I did finish AJs Pokemon spoink done.......and that is it for pokemon..............I am working on an angel pattern I bought tomorrow.

I really need to get off and get to bed..........I can't believe how late it is already.


Here are my boys......handsome huh..........I have so much trouble actually getting AJ to pose normally for pictures, he is always trying to be goofy in them which is ok but not all the time. Aiden is such a ham for the camera.

My goofy Aiden with his brothers hat on and his brothers shoes.........he just loved posing for the camera this night.

my handsome AJ and my little tired Aiden. LOL

Aiden with another pair of his brothers shoes........"Mr Goofy Goober!" LOL I loved taking these pictures............he is something else.........

I will try to get back online later to write more, but right now I have to get back to cleaning..........

Cold and Rainy

Well here is another pokemon I finished last week for AJ. I finished a pink one last week too, but forgot to take a picture of it. Anyway this guy came out cute and I think he is called Azurill.

I just did a bit of St Pattys crochet, and won't do anymore, there is just not a whole lot of patterns for this holiday that I can find.........there is only so many shamrocks you can do. LOL

I did this butterfly today. If you click the word butterfly it will take you to the pattern. She did an amazing job coming up with this pattern. I did my eyes differently than hers.........I just glued flower eyes on..instead of crocheting them on. I used the colors Raspberry, Camo pink and petal pink.........I also worked this pink ninja last night which my son has pointed out a long with everyone else looks nothing like a ninja..........well maybe not, but she is cute, pink and has dragonfly appliques on her, so what more can you ask? I have found a couple of ninja crochet dolls online, but NOONE will sell the pattern, only the completed project. I think the work is amazing...........but why only sell the item........why not make money on selling the pattern too............so I guess I will just try my hand at designing one. I think the work is amazing that they do..........but why design, if you don't plan on selling/sharing the pattern with anyone? I prefer to have the pattern and make the item myself, there is more satisfaction on my part. I did pay $4.00 tonight on an angel pattern...........very cute, and can't wait to get started on it.

That is my crochet update, will try to get online tomorrow with more.