My Latest Addiction....

It's a sock yarn blanket. Yes, you read right, a sock yarn blanket. Lots of little squares like a patchwork quilt. I love it!!! It'll take me a long time to do it (I am weaving in some ends right now and that is like ramming DPNs into my eyes, but it must be done or it will look like a shag rug, LOL) but that's okay. I have several other projects going, so this one is a nice distraction.

On that note...... time to make more squares!! XD

Here I Go Again....

Yes, yes, I am still alive.

Honest.

It's been interesting, doing this full time working mom thing. It sucks and rocks at the same time. I love the extra money (the relief from constant worry about bills, and are things going to get paid or are they gonna get paid late.) but not getting to see my boys is starting wear on me. Bobo starts kindergarten this August, so I will see them both for about an hour in the morning, and that's it until the weekend. It's hard. Really hard.

However, oddly enough, I just put in my resume to get hired in, LOL. The minivan (affectionately called "The Thing-a-ma-jigger") that Hubby drives is starting to make really strange noises and we are looking at having to get another vehicle in the near future. So, a good pay check is something that is needed. And a steady one, where I wouldn't have to worry about getting extended as a temp every few months.

So that's where I stand as far as my job goes.

In knitting news, this is the latest project I am working on. LOVE IT!!!!! STR in Lemongrass and Puck's Mischief.






I may make another in complimentary colors as opposed to contrasting colors next time. If I ever get this one done, LOL!!! Here are a few projects that I have completed:

This first one is the first knitting project bag I had made. Below are the latest.





These are some mitts that I made for my bestie. I also have brought her over to the Knitside. She's working on her first swatch!! XD







These are some mittens I made for Hubby so his hands stay warm while shoveling at work. I love a man that appreciates hand knitted stuff. ;)




These are convertible mittens that I made for me from STR in Peaseblossom. LOVE!!!!



I will try and post more tomorrow.

It's Been a Long Time.....

..... and this promises to be short and sweet, LOL.

I am now working a full-time job on second shift as a temp at a local factory (a big name here in West Michigan) so I have very little time to do much of anything anymore. I get up, get Mouth to school, come home, spend time with Booga (now known as Bobo), try and get caught up on my fave shows, do laundry, dishes, etc... then catch a nap, get up, leave for work. Hubby takes a short nap after he gets home in the morning, then when we get up, I go to work, he goes to get Mouth at school. I spend very little time with Mouth during the week which sucks to no end. So, we are thinking of having me cut back to four days a week instead of five. This way, I can see all of my boys on Fridays. Which would be very nice indeed.

As well as a little more knitting time.

Heh.

Another Sad Loss

I just saw that Patrick Swayze passed away yesterday after battling pancreatic cancer. My heart goes out to his famiy, who are in my thoughts and prayers. He will be GREATLY missed.

Whew!!!

Well, we finally got Mom all moved up here to GR!



WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!



(can ya tell I'm a wee bit glad???)



It didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would, due mainly to the fact that Hubby and his buddy Damon did most of the work and did it quicker than a bunny, I tell ya. All her stuff was loaded onto the truck in around 2 hours or so and unloaded the next day in about 3 1/2 or so. It took longer the second day cuz we were trying to empty boxes as they were brought in (some stuff anyway) so we would have room for the furniture and bigger things. And between you and I? If they ever bomb Grand Rapids, I am hauling ass to Mom's. The woman has enough canned goods in her pantry to feed a family of six for a good three months or so, LOL. And we moved them all. *sigh*

It's going to be great having her closer. I will be able to drop in on her and chit chat, she can come over to my house whenever she wants, and I won't have to rush home after an hour drive or so to make sure I am back in time to make dinner or something. It was hard with the hour each way, and then Booga never got his nap, so he was uber cranky.... this will be much nicer.

Well, it's about nap time, so I am off to toss the kids in bed for naps and have a glass of iced tea and some chocky....

The Latest and Greatest

Well, it's been a while since I have posted anything longer than a muddled sentence, LOL. Things have been hectic and I have been avoiding the blog because, well, my Momma used to say, "If you can't say anything nice....come sit by me."

Wait.

That's not the one I should use, huh?

Anyway, i felt like my blog had been nothing but complaining, and who likes to listen to someone CONSTANTLY complain? Not I. So, I figured I would chill with the pissin' and moanin' and come back when I had something good to say.

When was that last post?

20 years ago?

*snort* So, here we go!

Mouth has been in school for 2 1/2 weeks and he is LOVING it! First grade is really agreeing with the monkey. And I have some great news! Ready?











Wanna know?















He was tested (NWEA testing) and he was so far ahead of the rest of the class in reading, they moved him into a Proficient class!! He will be challenged, instead of getting bored and perhaps tuning out or causing problems, which makes me so glad. My sister and I both read WELL ahead of some of our peers and when we had to read in class, we were chapters ahead of everyone else. We got in trouble for not "being with the class", and rather than let us read ahead, we had to stay behind. (That's when I did most of my note writing, story writing, whispering, sleeping.....)

So, needless to say, I am ECSTATIC!!!!!!!!!!! I always knew my Mouth was sharp, and to have it recognized in school is just awesome. He has challenges he has to work around, but they aren't holding him back in the least! *sniffle* I am so proud of our boy.

Hmmmmmm. Well, in knitting news, I am STILL working on the Love sock (bleah), started another sock in STR Mochaberry, and I really need to get a move on another hat for Hubby. Cold weather is a comin' (or upon us, depending on where ya are in the dang state, LOL) and I promised him the hat and scarf by the next cold spell. GULP

I started cross stitching again, so I wouldn't get bored with the knitting. Sheah, like THAT would happen *laughing until my sides hurt* But I finished a cute Halloween piece, and three Mary Engelbrit tea pots. I have a Halloween snowman in the works now.












Here are a couple pics Hubby took with his cell phone of the new friends the boys made this summer. Kaylin and Dax moved in next door for the summer, and the kids LOVED having them as playmates. Booga and Dax became best buds and greeted each other every time with hugs and big smiles. I think they had their own little language, too! They would chatter to each other through the window and one would nod while the other chattered, and vice versa. It was too cute! Mouth and Booga were so sad to see them go home to Utah, and Booga still asks, "Outside? Play Dax?"

Well, I am off to get something done around this house, even if it's wrong, LMAO.

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