It's Hump Day?

Well Aiden absolutely loved his dragon, I think he kissed it a few hundred times!! LOL He wanted his picture taken with it. Just look at how proud he is to hold his dragon? LOL

I got the Amigurumi Round Robin package, this all cost only 3 dollars to mail......I think we might have more of these.......How cute are they? lets see, from left to right...we have a smores, an ice cream cone, a frog, a crab, and a bee. I know I am taking the smores, the crab and maybe the cone.......I have a frog and bee exactly like this.....so I will let the next person to choose. I will add a couple of extra's too.

Well if you had not guessed the Mystery CAL here it is.....a flamingo, I kept saying peacock, but was thinking flamingo, but could not think of the word. LOL Anyway I finished this up today, and the picture is not very good, so will try to take a better picture tomorrow with my camera.

Today was not such a good day, the boys did not want to listen, and Aiden was wild tonight.......he finally went to sleep cuz I made him go to bed early since he was acting up. I also managed to cut his nails and toe nails, which I can only do when he is sleeping.

Tessa came over today for a bit and we talked, so that was a welcome relief from the boys. I love them dearly, but I sure wish they would not have acted up so much today.

Dragon Ami

Well Aiden's Dragon Ami is done........It took me a few days to work on him, but I have been so tired lately. the Original pattern can be found at this SITE her pattern did not call for wings, but Aiden wanted wings.......I took him to Walmart the other day to pick out yarn, I took him to the green yarn and said pick out the colors you want for your dragon........he chose Spring Green and Hunter Green, I didn't buy the Hunter as I knew I had a few at home. Spring Green I use a lot so I knew I didn't have any.
Here he is from the back........Aiden is sleeping so he has not seen him yet. I think this dragon looks more like something else than a dragon, but its way cute though.

I had a good day, I forgot to do some laundry, but thankfully its not piled up.......mainly just hung around the house, it was another super hot day, so we didn't stay outside too much. We have more storms nearby, and some are really severe.....I am hoping no tornadoes.

I talked to a friend of mine who was kicked off of Section 8 for being evicted, and I do feel for her situation, I know what it's like to be without a home..........I just wish she would open her eyes wider and see the bigger picture, that her making a ton of calls wanting people to give her money is not the answer.......her gas got shut off today too. :( I sure hope she can find a place to live, and even if she can't I told her we will call the shelters.

Other than that, not much else is going on........my dad could not get a hold of my uncle Jimmy, he has cancer and its spreading. This really made me very sad and upset.

I had to take my mom into her doctor yesterday to sign some papers for one of her meds.......it really took a toll on her to walk.......he was just beet red, and almost fell a few times. I was worried about her, and scared too. I know I get frustrated around the house that i do everything, but I know how hard it is for her, that she can't do the things she liked to do. I worry so much about her. I can't imagine what is going on in her head. :(

Ok enough of the bad news..........I am waiting for a box of mini ami's, I joined an Amigurumi Round Robin

Blog Award

Last night I got a comment from Caroline, at the Kansas Hooker letting me know that she gave me the Kreativ Blogger Award. I tell you this brought a smile to my face.......it also made me laugh, since I had been at her blog looking when I got confirmation of a new comment on mine. :p

The rules with this award are to:
1) List 7 things you love.
2) Link back to the person who gave you the award.
3) Pass it along to 7 other bloggers

Seven Things I Love:

1. My family.....without them I would be no one.

2. My home..........without it we would be homeless and in this current day, you have to be GRATEFUL for that.

3. My friends.........

4. International Vanilla nut coffee......I have never been a coffee drinker, but this coffee is soooooo good.......I have a cup almost every night.

5. Stargate Atlantis......I loved that show and man was I not a happy camper when they ended that show. :(

6. Fresca.......peach flavored

7. My Crochet!!!

Seven Bloggers who are deserving of this award:

Sissie's Crochet Place

Wanda's Crochet Paradise

SmoothFox Original Crochet patterns

Craft's Place

Home is where the heart is

Wolf Dreamer off the Hook

Dishcloth Diaries

Sunday

Well above you can see the WIP I have going on...I started this little dragon for Aiden Friday, but only made his head....I started on him so late at night, that I just got too tired to keep going....then yesterday I did his body, and sewed that to his head, but got into watching a movie and put him away, I just finished his tail....and wanted to post before finishing him up....the pink stuff is the Mystery CAL, I have a few more things to do for it, and put it all together...I know what it will be, can you tell just from the picture?

Aiden and I will be camping out in the living room, Austin has a friend he met at school spending the night tonight, so they will sleep in the bedroom, so I will have Aiden out in the living room, and stay with him out there, we have a queen size blow up mattress, so he will like that.

I frantically worked my butt off this morning and afternoon, doing my cleaning....I didn't have much to do, but mainly dusting, sweeping and vacuuming...but wanted to get it all done before Blake got over here, I don't like cleaning when we have company. Anyway got it done, and even got the rest of the pool out back drained and moved....we will till up the dirt "circle" and plant grass seed, I so want grass back in my backyard....We will put the pool behind the garage and hopefully it will more level there, and since the boys don't really play in that area, I don't mind the "bald dirt circle" that will be there when the pool comes back down. Hopefully the grass will grow quickly....

Anyway, I am worn out from doing so much so fast.....but the rest of the day and evening went pretty good. We have some storms in the area, last night Austin and I were outside talking with our neighbor and this huge bolt of lightening lit up the whole sky, and then a huge clap of thunder that really freaked a lot of people out, lights came on, doors opened. LOL.....no major storm or rain though. Hopefully nothing severe tonight either.

Anyway.....I will get off of here and work some more on Aiden's dragon.

I joined an Amigurumi Round Robin...and I will be the first one to receive the box, and it will be mini ami's, so I need to get some patterns out. I can't wait to see what Cyndi has put in the box....she and her mother do such cute ami's....

Rest!

I am so sore tonight.......I was super busy today, and was hoping for a relaxed day....hmm.....it seems I am always "hoping" for one of those days. LOL Anyway Austin spent the night with a friend, so I took Aiden out today to get some clothes.....he needed shorts. I am really disappointed with the boys clothing departments as opposed to the girls section......they always have this HUGE section for girls, and if you blink, you just might miss the boys section. Very disappointed in that. We did manage to find him some shorts and shirts.......he even helped pick out a t-shirt, "Transformers" which I would like to take Austin to see this weekend.....Aiden can still be a bit rambunctious in the movie theatre, sometimes he just does not want to sit still or be quiet. Anyway, We also managed to finally fix the holes in the ring of our pool......we hope anyway! Will know for sure tomorrow if they are fixed and hold air.

I didn't get to work on any crochet today..........I did get a bit in tonight, I am doing a mystery CAL hosted by Tiffany, and I am pretty sure I know what it is......will take a picture and post tomorrow.........but I am caught up now. I will get to work on Aiden's dragon tomorrow........he picked out some green yarn, Spring green actually, and he also wanted darker green, so he chose the Hunter Green...........He was so cute picking it out....and he really likes when he can "do" stuff for himself, and help out too...........With some things I wish he was more independent with......and other times, it's like I wish he would let me help him with.........like potty training.......I know we started a bit late, but come on, he is 3 and I still think that is a good age to start............we started early, but he just would not have it..........but lately, he expressed some interest in it.......we finally gave up on the "singing" potty chair we had gotten him......he played with it more, and it sat so low that he flopped down on it........so we just said the heck with that.......and we got him a seat that sits on the big potty...........well he is now wearing his underwear and so proud of himself, he knows when he has to go........and does #1 and #2 in the potty.......WOOHOOOO!! Anyway I still put a diaper on him at night right before bed..........and he is ok with that. I don't mind washing the underwear when he has an accident, but I don't want to have to wash and change the bedding that much......but so far since wearing the underwear he has only had 2 accidents...........and those were both awhile ago now.........so he has done really good with this.........I got tired of buying diapers! LOL

Grandma is DONE!!!

I finally finished the Ami Grandma., the one on the right is for Margaret, I will send that to her soon, the one on the left is for my mom and was done in a C hook, I messed up on the color change of her shoes, but didn't notice until I had her body done, which was worked around the legs, so there was no way I was going to "frog" that and redo it. I will be making another grandpa for my mom too, and that will be done in a c hook The one for Margaret and her grandma was done in a G hook

My moms Grandma I did the shawl on both of them without the last 2 rows that the pattern called for...I had to make more rows just to them both long enough.......so not sure why they came out short in the beginning, but both shawls had to be redone last night and today, so I was just not going to do the last 2 rounds. LOL

Margaret's done in a G hook

This Amigurumi Dragon I did for Tiffany for a wish she had in a group. I hope she likes it, I mailed it the other day.

Dragon

Busy Saturday

This is the Busy Bee done for a Ami Things with wings swap in the group, Amigurumi Swaps & More group, I made this for Tiffany, and had a hard time parting with her... If you are interested in the pattern, check out this BLOG You can also find a link to her Etsy store there as well. She does such cute projects.

I made this Purple Butterfly for the same Ami group for the swap, "Any Cute Ami done in purple. This went to Tiffany.

I also did Belle again for a Birthday swap in the Ami group and this also went to Tiffany, this is a side view of her, and I did her in a C hook this time which seems to be my favorite hook size with Ami's.......I think I did a better job with her this time around. Which makes me think I might redo the Cinderella and the Aurora dolls too.

The front of her.

Wow my day started out busy...........but no major issues, except for the neighbor girl from across the street bugging me since last night........I don't like that parents/grandparents don't teach them manners..........We set up a pool last weekend, and this little girl visiting her grandma yesterday wanted to swim, and we said tomorrow afternoon well yesterday she came over to play with the boys and I said they were not home, and I got the third degree from her......anyway she did that 3 other times and finally I went and told her grandma and that if she wants to play with the boys today and go swimming, that I would send the boys over sometime today when they were ready........well I got online this morning to check something and her son IMed me and I said we were cleaning and we would let them know.......well 10 minutes later here comes the girl..........we told her no that we had cleaning and stuff to do, and we would come for her when we were ready.........well an hour later here she comes again!!!! we told her we would be done in 2 hours, I told her grandma too.........well not more than 30 minutes later, she comes and walks right into our house.....I told her to go home and don't come back until we come to get her.......... I don't really care, I am not the local pool and playground for the neighorbood kids..........they come over and fight my kids for their own toys. Both Austin and Aiden have scooters, and these kids will come over and immediately jump on them, the girl will walk over and grab it from Aiden and say its my turn now........I have told her to stop, that I don't really like other kids playing on them, they might get hurt and I don't want that responsibility or to feel bad that they got hurt. Anyway We got the toys organized, under all the beds cleaned, I got the sheets off of my bed and Aiden's bed, and I also cleaned the utility room, did 3 loads of laundry, and we got part of the closet done..........so most is done.....I will finish up the closet later today when I make the beds..........

No crochet for me yet............I was working on an Ami dragon for a Wish in a group and last night I put his "parts" together.........the body, the head, snout, two ears, two horns, two eyes, two eyelids, two legs, and two arms.........Whew!! LOL I want to get working on him some more today and get him finished.

I need to run to Walmart to buy a new umbrella for our patio table, the one we had was left out and open in the wind, and it broke.........this will be our third one that I get today, so hopefully that is the charm to help us keep this one closed and safe!! LOL

Well I am off to finish up the kitchen and get some crocheting done once I get back from walmart.

I had to post this, this was taken a couple of weeks ago..........We were outside sitting on the front porch and the expression on Aiden's face was just too cute.....I love this shot of us.

The three of us after AJ got home from school.....this was his last day! I love this. I just got Austin's report card today and he did very well! He brought up his band grade and I am so proud of him.

I did this doilies a couple of months ago, and forgot to take pictures of them.......you can really tell, but the design are bells inside the red part and the blue part

Can you guess what this is? Its a mystery CAL in my Amigurumi Swaps & More group........Tiffany is hosting this for us.......I have the 3rd set of instructions, but have not worked them yet today........I am working on a Ami Dragon for a wish in Crochet Swap Buddies, I have it almost done, then will work a bit more on Grandma the ami I am doing for Margaret and my mom, my moms is being done in a C hook while Margaret's is being done in a G hook, and I realized I goofed on my moms, she is suppose to have pink shoes, but I gave her the brown shoes, never changing colors from when I was working the soles. Oh well, I am not going to redo it as I have the legs done and the body done on that one.

Busy Busy

AJ had a friend spend the night Friday and they were up late........I took the boys to lunch and then home again to help my mom who could not get back up from the porch swing........then she came with the boys and I to garage hunt......my dad came too............and we hit one and spent 30 dollars...........LOL I bought some sea shells, a new walker for my mom that works much better than the one she has........this one is like new too...........anyway off to another one, and another.............then the flea market, where I found a tall lighthouse, with a tea light candle...........it has beads for the "walls" and its so pretty, I took pictures of my finds, and will post later.

We also got stuck at the flea market, when my van would not start, the battery was dead, we thought the battery was dead, but found out today it was the altenator.

Today was super busy........not meant to be, but this morning, I took the boys and went to a water park for about an hour, with my neighbor and her grandkids, and there were some guys there that were drunk and kept falling all over the place..........we had decided to leave as storm clouds were coming in, and I was not comfortable.......I got sun burned just in less that an hour...........anyway sat on the front porch with my mom for awhile, and my dad took the boys with him to find out if my alternator was bad, which it is.........so we have to call some salvage yards tomorrow to find one, or might have to wait a week for a rebuilt kit to come in, brand new they are over 200 dollars, and I can't afford that right now. I made macaroni salad and got stuff ready for a bbq............then cleaned....I had a few loads of laundry to do, had to put clean sheets on 3 beds............and I am now just getting to sit down. Looking forward to resting the rest of the night.

AJ has 3 days left of school, then he is out for the summer. I sure hope this will not be a summer full of, "i'm bored, there is nothing to do," LOL

I have been working on an Amigurumi with wings, but didn't get a chance today......so will work on that tonight, I am so tired and hurt, that all I want to do is fall into my bed and sleep the whole night.

Anyway I am off to relax

Crochet picture update.

This was taken today after I finished the face for Aiden's Pokemon Pichu....he loves this one too, and was super excited when I was done......I actually finished it yesterday, but did the mouth today.......he carried this and Squirtle all over today.

Another shot of Pichu

This is an Ami Guinea pig I made for an ami swap, and I went through a couple of patterns before giving up and doing this one...the other patterns I did had too many mistakes and just were not coming out right.

I did this Snoopy for a Cartoon Ami swap and I did not want to part with him.......I love the Charlie Brown cartoons, and this was just so cute.

Austin planting the flower he got for me at the Mothers Day weekend special.

and Mr Aiden planting the flower he got.

I did this Pokemon for Aiden recently, and he loved it, and it did come out really cute.

Crochet in the News (Newsletter)

I am going to be doing this in a group that I have once a month as well as a monthly newsletter, and will post these on my blog as well......hopefully these will take off and get better in time. If you would like to check out this group, please click the groups name in the Newsletter. Don't let the name fool you, we will have more than just amigurumi in there, and a great bunch of ladies.



Amigurumi Swaps & More Wednesday May 13, 2009

"Crochet in the News"

Welcome to an addition of crochet in the news......this will happen once a month, and will be in a newsletter type of format......here you will find stuff all about crochet...........so any blog you like online and would like everyone to know, just let me know and I will add it here. If you see any news in your local area, or on the news in general, just send it my way, including news online. I will add it to our monthly "Crochet in the News" newsletter and make sure to give you the credit for it.

So now onto the "news"

There is a website called, "CraftGossip.com"

Click the link to see some really awesome and unique crochet hooks....if you have seen any unique hooks please share with us.

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"Guys who crochet?"

Click the link above for more on men who crochet.

Do you know of any men who crochet, have you been asked by a guy to crochet? Then share that with us........My son who is 11 will ask every so often, but I will ask him why he wants to learn......(I would like to know) and he tells me so he can crochet his pokemon characters faster than me, and design more patterns that I have not yet!! Can you believe my son there? LOL as if I don't have enough to do already! Now he wants me to teach him to crochet so he can spend his time doing it while I am cleaning? I DON'T THINK SO!! I would actually be jealous! LOL Kids nowadays just don't understand what being an adult is........anyway I am getting off subject here.

I have seen some blogs about men who crochet, and also came across this site about "Krochet kids" If you would like more info or just to read more about the guys who are doing this, click the name and enter their site. They even have a newsletter you can sign up to receive. They have a Myspace page too, so click the link to be taken to that page.

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Well that is the first issue of our "crochet in the News" newsletter, bear with me while I am getting this done..........I will also be working on our Newsletter that will run monthly as well............our first issue of that will more-in-likely be out in June.

If you have any questions or would like to see anything here, please email or let me know in a comment.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!

This post will be nothing but good things......no complaints, or sob stories......I have had a very busy few days, and am looking forward to a much relaxed night. Today my boys took me to Botanical Gardens, which was very pretty, we had rain this morning, but luckily no more than a few sprinkles while we were out......above is my boys and me........aren't they handsome.

Aiden and I at the gardens..........he enjoyed it I think.....he didn't complain, and seemed to enjoy the bridges and the water scenery.........and playing Garden Bingo! LOL I Love this shot. It came out good.

A good picture of AJ and me too............Aj really enjoyed the garden too, and loved walking around and seeing the fish.

This was a very huge Red wood tree, you can see the rings and find out what they mean....both boys thought this was really cool!!!

How pretty is this scenery?? this little streamed "streamed" it's way down a very pretty water fall and rocks..........Aiden really loved this, and there were a few times that I thought my rugrat would fall in! LOL

The boys got Mama and myself some really pretty flowers to plant, which I will show pictures of later this week.

Another really pretty short of some flowers.........I will show more pictures later on as they are just too pretty not to share.

I have a roast in the slow cooker, so I need to get the boys settled and ready for dinner.

I HOPE ALL THE MOTHERS WHO READ THIS, HAD A REALLY GREAT "MOTHER'S DAY"

Frustrated

I just had a rotten day Tuesday........AJ would not stop bugging me about stuff, and it was really driving me mad........He ended up being fine the rest of the night, but then it seemed to be Aiden's turn to drive me mad. LOL They finally got to sleep and I caught up with some online stuff. I just put some clean clothes away, got my bed made and have started on Grandma.........She is another crochet project I have to do for Margaret, she needs her in July, and I am also doing two of everything with this one as my mom wants a set, then another grandpa for my mom too.

I have found more pokemon patterns, that both boys are bugging me to make. UGH......I hope later today is better. The sun is coming out, maybe that will help everyone to settle down. LOL

I made pork chops in the slow cooker Tuesday with mushrooms, onions, mushroom soup, seasoning and potatoes, and it came out really good, everyone ate it all..........

How much more Rain?

This is AJ and Aiden my little pilots, When Aiden's dad was in town we went to the Flight Museum and they were "flying" around town. LOL

we went to the Art Museum and they had this glass sculpture hanging from the ceiling, they also had one on the floor which was the "ceiling" on the first floor, and you could actually walk over this on the second floor. It was gorgeous.

Well woke up to more rain.............I was so hoping we were done with the rain, but I get reminded from people that this is the season for it......well boo hooo..........who cares? LOL I am tired of the the rain, and when it's not raining, the ground is still wet and muddy, and the boys can only really play on the porch or the sidewalks, and that is no fun.

I am still trying to relax a bit from a very busy weekend. We did have fun, and seeing Aiden spend time with his dad was nice, I loved hearing Aiden call him daddy, and want to show him things and stuff...........of course his wife would not leave him alone and has recruited her 2 year old son to "question" daddy on everything she wants to know, so she coaches him in the background, about asking him this and that.........she is still insisting something is going on, and says that Thien spends more time with Aiden, or that he doesn't spend enough time with Mathias..........EXCUSE ME!!!????...........Mathias has had his daddy since the day he was born, he has him everyday, Aiden has only just recently had a handful of days with his daddy.........who the heck does this twit think she is.............fine be jealous of me you twit, I can understand that, but how insecure is this "thing" that she is jealous of Aiden? She flat out told Thien in the beginning that he was to have nothing to do with Aiden, not see him, or talk to us, and for awhile Thien did that......but he came to his senses and said he would not do that...........and now she is constantly trying to guilt him.....and using her son to do it..............I don't like this person.............I don't care how insecure her issues are...............I JUST DON'T CARE, Aiden has every right in the world to see his father, and how dare this twit try to take that away from MY SON. Her son got to go to Disney world and does not have to struggle to be able to go to fun places.........they have the money to do those things, I struggle everyday...............I don't get to take my kids to Disney world.......So she needs to seriously back off my son!!!

Anyway!!! LOL I am trying to catch up on bedding, had to wash my bedding again today, thanks to Aiden, who went pee pee on it...........potty training is going better.........but he still wears a diaper to bed............and it leaked during the night. He fell asleep laying on my bed, and I just didn't have the heart to move him until I was ready for bed. LOL then noticed the little mess waiting for me.

I am tired and hope to relax most of today and work on some crochet. .

Getting to know me

Getting to know me

1.High heels or boots? High Heels
2.What time did you get up this morning? 10 am

3. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds

4. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? oh man its been awhile, I don't remember now. I know it was a kids movie.

5. What is your favorite TV show? Right now it would be NCIS, I have several though that I like. I am still really bummed that the Sci-Fi channel took off Stargate Atlantis :(
6. What do you usually have for breakfast? Slim fast shake, or one egg, toast and milk
7. What is your middle name? Mae

8. What food do you dislike? Liver

9. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Earth Final Conflict and the LOTR soundtrack
10. Favorite sandwich? Thin sliced Chicken or turkey, swiss cheese and lettuce

11. What characteristic do you despise? stuck up snobby people who think they are always better. Liars

12. Favorite clothing? LOL can my flip flops be considered a fav clothing? LOL I don't really have a fav clothing.
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation? Finland, somewhere in Europe, Disney World or some huge amusement park with the boys.
14. Are you an organized person? YEAH RIGHT. I try, does that count?

15. Where would you like to retire to? near the ocean
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? They are all memorable.
17. What are you going to do when you finish this? go to bed
18. Favorite drink? ice tea
19. When is your birthday? 4/17

20. Morning person or a night person? Night
21. What is your shoe size? 9

22. Pets? Not yet
23. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Aiden's father came to visit him this weekend and Aiden was happy.
24. What did you want to be when you were little? Wonder Woman I also wanted to be a "Charlie's Angel" LOL
25. What is your favorite flower? Lilacs, Carnations.

26. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? all of them
27. What was the last thing you ate? A white chocolate Peanut butter egg.
28. Do you wish upon stars? Yes
29. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? well.........PINK!

30. How is the weather right now? cool and cloudy

31. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? Scott
32. Favorite soft drink? Diet Root beer and Diet Orange, I love coke, but don't drink it too much. 33. Hair color? blonde

34. What was your favorite toy as a child? My barbies and my Wonder woman.

35. Summer or winter? Winter!!!
36. Chocolate or vanilla? Vanilla!!

37. Coffee or tea? Tea and my International Vanilla nut coffee
38. Favorite Food of all time? Chinese
39. Favorite dessert? Don't have a fav.....ok I do, Carrot Cake omg soooo yummy.........

40. When was the last time you cried? Earlier today
41. What is under your bed? one of AJ's flip flops, a toy car, my tool box........a small pillow......umm........I sure hope that is all now.....I told AJ to get the DVD case that was under it.

42. What did you do last night? Said good night to Thien, cleaned up a bit, took a shower, and went to bed watching tv.
43. What are you afraid of? Spiders.........eewwwwww

44. Salty or sweet? sweet

45. How many years at your current job? going on 12 years now.
46. Favorite day of the week? I actually like them all, but any night that is playing a favorite tv show. LOL
47. Positive or negative? Positive, sometimes too much........I am negative about certain things, but more positive........omg, if you ask my family and friends they will say negative, but I keep going everyday trying to stay and think positive......

48. Favorite pastime? Crochet
49. Beach or mountain? BOTH
50. Do you like finding out all this stuff about your friends?
Sure I do.....

Rain Rain Go AWAY!!!

I am so tired of this rain...........its been raining for over 2 weeks now..........and we are suppose to get rain throughout next week too, I am hoping the weather changes and we get some sun.......Anyway I did this Cinderella today......started her early this morning, and just had some time tonight to finish her......I think she can out cute but noticed I forgot to add her necklace and I don't like how I stuffed her neck.......she looks like she has a long neck............I might redo her with a lighter blue too, and not stuff her so much.

Here is a side view of her.

I received this Toilet paper cover from April with the key chain and some candy. I think this is too cute.

I finshed my living room afghan..........one of them anyway, I think it took me about a week.............I will make a pillow before making the second afghan.

I received this from Tiffany for the Amigurumi Food w/ faces swap, and these are so tiny and cute!!! the other stuff is for a Birthday swap, and I love them too.

Aiden's father is in town until Monday. We hung out at the house today and had dinner at Applebee's tonight, and now both boys are sleeping, and that is where I need to be. LOL

Update

Mr Aiden here with a Spiderman scooter that had belonged to AJ when AJ was small, we didn't realize we still had this, but apparently my father had put it away in the garage, and AJ found this this weekend........so Aiden was using it today, and had fun with it...........I took this photo this afternoon. Talk about warmer temps, we had to turn the air on, the temp inside was around 80 degrees, and outside its about 84...........it was hot in here.

I took this today outside too, I love how the sun shines down through the trees through all the leaves and you the shadows and stuff. We spent a lot of time outside...............Aiden playing on his scooter, and AJ was planting his flower that he got from school today.

now is this not the coolest little jedi boy you have seen?

Well I started Pokemon Lucario Sunday night, and worked on him for about an hour, then a bit more on Monday, and then put him aside last night to finish another strip to my living room afghan...........I have 7 more squares to do to finish one.........but anyway I am working on Lucario tonight and this was him earlier.......I have his arms done too now. Now that "horn" in the middle of his chest is more pointy than the original one was...........the original one looked more like a boob. LOL

We had a great Easter, I didn't take a ton of pictures like I usually do, because how many pictures do you really need? I usually end up taking too many, and I didn't want to do that this holiday.....here are the boys with their baskets, we made them......and they both loved them of course. We had to have the Easter Egg hunt inside because it rained all day.....I mean it never stopped. My father wanted to go for breakfast, but I wanted to stay home to get some stuff done and set up for dinner. So he took them in my van since his heat didn't work, well I had been in the laundry room cleaning up and didn't hear my phone ringing until I got closer to the front of the house, my dad called to say some guy hit them..........someone ran into the back of them.........the other guy told the police it was his fault as he was not looking in front of him.........anyway my van had a few scratches on the bumper but no damage, and the other cars whole front end was smashed in. I am just glad the boys and my father were not hurt and then I was happy the van was ok. LOL Anyway we had a great dinner and I was happy to get some rest later that night.

I did this pencil holder for Aiden last night and he likes it, I didn't put a button on it though. He has been walking around carrying this. LOL

I tested this really cute cow for Ivory, click her name to go to her blog. This pattern is called Strawberry the Sleepy cow. You can see its tail in the photo, some picture taking on my part. LOL

This toilet paper cover was done for Margaret, she had one listed for a wish in a group we are in. this went out today with her Grandpa........Aiden and I had to go to the Box store to find a box for him........and as someone in another group put it, he will have crik in his neck since its bent a bit to fit him in. LOL Aiden and I also had lunch together, and then relaxed the rest of the day.

I have had a headache since some time during the night, and I am getting dizzy, I am hoping its just stress and I am not getting sick.

WOOHOOOO THE OLD MAN IS DONE

Well some of you have been keeping tabs on Grandpa's progress.........so he is finally finished!!! I started him on the 20th of last month, and took my time with him, he was due to be mailed until the end of this month........and I wanted to work on other projects in between working on him............but he is finally done, and I could not be happier. The pattern called for using yarn in french knots for his eye brows and hair, but I used stuffing......I thought this looked more realistic!!

Here is the old man from the side

and with his coat open...........he was a pain at times, but now I know what changes to make for Grandma to make her easier to make. if you pull up his pants, you will see white socks and his skin. LOL How cute.

I am doing good, just been tired, My dad was sick today, had what AJ had not too long ago, and I am hoping Aiden doesn't get sick or me...........short update there, will have a longer one soon.