popping in a quick hello and update:
i've been working every free minute on my niece's blanket.  i'm afraid i might not get it done in time for Christmas - back to it, time's a tickin!!
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  a baby no more today is my baby Victor's birthday.   i can't believe he's 2.  just too big.   i officially have no more babies.    i'm kinda sad.   i didn't crochet at all yesterday.  but i did purchase some supplies for stuff, although i can't say until the recipients receive!!!    i'm loving this yarn swap!!!
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  slippery scott's! oh man, this sounds really twisted, but hey....
every few weeks, i condition the floors in the house with Scott's wood floor preservative - which smells fantastic - but also happens to be very slippery.  the kids are wiping out all over the house he he he - i know, i'm horrible, ebut they shouldn't run in the house he he he
my floors sure are shiny :)
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  9 wonderful years today is my anniversary!  9 wonderful years.  i love my man.  he is so absolutely wonderful.  a fantastic father... just a wonderful wonderful man.  i am so blessed to have shared these last 9 years in wedded bliss with him --- ahhhhhh, love is in the air.
he gave me this wonderful gift:


okay, onto crochet stuff:
i've really been working every minute i can find = i had the realization the other day that i only have 5 months til Christmas - that's very little time for a wholotta work to be done.... busy busy.

well, i really need to get... much to do:
my oldest is heading to my sister's in 6 days... i need to check on his laundry   YIKES!
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  before dishes well, this is what i have managed to get done today... before dishes

DONE! this is a design done by pfirsch. fantastic! love this purse

kinda crummy picture, but i finished 2 rows on the red throw - it's now 12" --- hmmm, what should my total length be? i need to figure that out.
now, off to the dishes - ick  ¶ 1:00 PM 0 comments

  infected well, i think it's official... i've got yarn acquisation syndrome - went to michaels yesterday and picked up some MORE yarn - sure, because i needed it, whatever. i got all lion brand chunky usa - of course it was on clearance. i'm not even sure how many i ended up with now, 24ish--- i think - ridiculous. here's my justification:
pink - for my lizzie, a sweater
navy - for my sil Christmas gift
denim - to possibly use with navy
blue,yellow,purple - to use on the rainbow blankie....
that makes it all legal, right?
oh well..... here it is:
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  happy birthday! my oldest turned 7 today. boy, is that a hard pill to swallow. he's such a stinky little boy now and no longer my little baby. he thinks the funniest things in the world are stinky feet, stinky butts, and sticky breath. and there are 2 more just like him, can't wait. :) my poor daughter, what she has to put up with.

finally, the Roadkill purse is complete!! lining sewn in, drawstring re-done and threaded (right this time). i am also almost done with the brown sugar bag. i just need to complete the assembly of the strap --- although, i think i would like to line it, too....*sigh*... they just carry so much better when lined and this one is really cute, yeah, think i'm gonna line it. the things i do to myself.

all things lost return home = purple H has been found.

today at WM i made some pretty good purchases...3skeins of patriotic red lion brand chunky USA at a mere 60cents each. and a "Teach Yourself to Cro-Hook" kit, with a pattern for a scarf,hat, and the flexi-hook thing, which is just like circular knitting needles, except they are crochet hooks. kinda bizarre. only a buck25. not bad.
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  a few dozen cheerios well, poo - i was on my way to sit on the back porch and watch that sexy hunk of a man i get to call my husband grill us all some dinner--- mmmmmmmmmmm (yes, that's for the man-not the dinner)sorry, sidetracked... so i grab my crochet bag take out my project and UGH! no H hook. i checked the suburban and then tackled the couch. took off all the cushions and then stand on it push in the springs so that i may reach deep into the mystery crevices that no one should have to go. scooping out the items that have been long lost and forgotten - sunglasses for the lego man, cartridges for leap pads, a hairbrush, a few dozen (yes, dozen) cheerios, oh goody-creative memories marker :)-hope it still works, ahhh, and then i feel it, long-smooth and skinny- ughhh, the staff to one of my son's teenage mutant ninja turtle dolls-uh sorry, action figures. it's clean now. i'm sad. defeated, i climb down from my searching post and begin to walk away (hey, the kids have to clean their crap off the couch-before i can put the cushions back on- and the dog hoover up those cheerios). turning back for one last hopeful glimpse- i see it, peeking out of a crack- just barely visible, shiny turqoise aluminum... i run back. damn. it's the J i lost a few weeks ago and just replaced. somwhere wandering this house is lost purple H, i hope she found her brother, lost turqoise H. and that they are together, not alone. *sigh*  ¶ 4:19 PM 1 comments

  pictures so i went to Joann's yesterday:

this is what i came home with, although 2 of each color. they were on clearance and then 30% off that! pretty good deal :)
why, though, are some of my brand new skeins naked? because i had the kiddos with me and they mutilate the yarn in the basket.

this is what i am making with it:

it will be a blankie for one of my two youngest boys. it is done with diagonal box stitch. fun fun.
i'll work on it a little more tonight because hubby has another movie he'd like to watch.  ¶ 6:08 PM 0 comments

  been a while... well, i have discovered i'm not very good at this blog thing. i don't post as often as i should. i'm really going to put forth the effort to do better. however, first things first - i realized today that i have a TON of wip's my goal today is to get it all straightened out and in priority. thinking about it, i was asking myself "why do you have all of these things going?" i thought it was because i quickly bore of doing the same thing... but surprisingly, my answer: i decided it's more because i want to use up my yarn. ;) man, i need to figure out how to get the smileys for my postings, too. i like those little guys :) so, off to prioritize!
but wait, there's more...
should i post pics under my "in progress" percentage bars... or would that be too busy?
give me your input.  ¶ 12:06 PM 0 comments

  Happy Independence Day!   ¶ 7:52 AM 0 comments

  fiber misfortune as most of you know (from crochetville)i normally keep my laptop in the utility room and a lot of times, i stand there and do some small crochet work while hiding from the kids ;). well, i learned a lesson today---if you chose to do some work at your washer/dryer, make sure that your project has not jumped into the washing machine during loading - especially if the skein has chosen to stay out. otherwise, you may have this tragedy happen to you:

i can't even describe the entaglement of yarn and socks and underwear. it was crazy!  ¶ 2:24 PM 2 comments

  catching up i haven't posted in a few days. seems like i had reason at the time..... isn't it funny. anyhow, i finished the christopher blanket in time for the shower -- yeah. here it is:



the socks i was making for my daughter suck. i truly think the pattern is off. i will try them again another day. too mad ro try right now. i hate wasting my time. here is the picture of the wart socks

i'm on to other things. i'm going to make a purse out of a pattern that i am testing for a friend at crochetville.... more to come on that. i'll be back later today.  ¶ 6:39 AM 0 comments