Max's x-mas gift

Max's x-mas gift
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John and the boy's stayed up late last night to build Max's Star Wars Lego set he got for Christmas from his Grandmommy and Papa.

It had over 1000 piece's. All the boys have been playing with it. Now the Castle Knights and the Battle Droids are in heavy combat for control over the Dining Room table.

My 1st Pair of socks

My 1st Pair of socks
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Now i have a pair :) I just can't stop smiling.

Fish Tank

Strange things are happening in our fish tank. First off all but one of our aquatic friends have kicked the bucket. We had one fish left, Blacky. Derek won three gift certificates from the school fair for a free fish from a really nice pet store. That is when we got the 3 fish. We decided to get some snails to help clean the tank.

So I thought maybe Blacky was getting depressed being in the tank all alone so I decided to get some more fish. Well and a snail because the tank needs cleaning! We decided to go to a cheap place in hopes of getting fish that live more then a WEEK. We got 2 more fish but they were out of snails. The gal at the store said we could not have plady's (sucky fish) because we don't heat our tank but she said this other type were hardier and it would probably be okay. Plus if it dies we can take it back for a refund. So we get one.
Okay so now everything is normal, I thought.

Today i noticed a strange tiny little flibbity jibbit in the tank. What could it be?! AND a teeny tiny swirly snail. Not the kind we had before but the kind that look like little gnome hats. I wonder what will turn up in the tank tomorrow!!!!!

My first sock!!!!!

My first sock!!!!!
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Look look. I made a sock ;)

Now i just need to make a mate.

Christmas Rocks

Christmas Rocks
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I got a light up key board. It's awesome. Actually it is purple but the color is not quite right in the picture. It also controls the volume of my speaker. Very cool.

Derek and his MP3 player

Derek and his MP3 player
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Derek is checking out his new MP3 player.

Dad and Max building

Dad and Max building
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Max and Dad are working on Max's Lego Castle.

Pursey's christmas

Pursey's christmas
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Merry Christmas! The roast is in and we've opened all our gifts. I cooked dinner with one of my gifts. A new hand mixer.

For the last 2 days i have been working at the kids school. Boy am i tired. Thursday i was mostly in the class room and Friday i worked mostly in the office answering the phones and putting band-aids on. The kids not me, LOL

Today we are going up to Fremont for our first Christmas with friends. My mom gave me a great idea for dinner. Just have hor'duvers. Rock on Mom! ;) Gingered chicken bacon bites here we come.

Max's costume is done

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I got most of his costume done. Enough to put away the sewing machine. Again i need to put in gromits but so far i am to chicken. One of my friends pointed out that because he is playing a village child if I put a hole in the shirt it will probably be more realistic. ;)

now we just need brown hose and black converse shoes. Oh and i think she said try not to cut this hair to short. LOL

Terrible, horribel, No Good, Very Bad Week

Do you ever have one of those weeks where everything goes bad then you joke about something else going wrong then the next day it happens.

Yeah that.

So the week started out with the car getting a recall, the fridge breaking and the plasma tv going on the fritz.

The Car: It needs a recall so i call the dealer and make an appointment. I bring it in and they say it needs the 60,000 check up. I say okay blah blah blah. I get a loaner car. I ask can they please not give me a Jetta. The bottom of the car seat has this hard plastic and it is VERY unconformable getting in and out. He said no problem how about a Passat. No problem i have one so i will be firmilar with it. LOL yeah right. He checks it over and the gas then i am on my way. I try and get on the highway. The WRONG highway going the WRONG direction. This is soooo typical of me. So i drive a bit trying to find a easy place to turn around when my butt really starts getting hot. I mean HOT. Crap this car has seat warmers and i can't figure out how the hell to get it turned off. Then the car starts beeping at me! It says i am driving 75 and that is over the speed limit. But people are passing me!!! and i am going the wrong way and my BUTT is hot.

The Fridge: The freezer is cold but the fridge is getting warm. Hmmmmm I call my handyman Frank and he gives me the name of a good frige company. What luck someone canceled and they can have someone out by 10. Cool. lol That was a pun. So he comes and finds the problem right away but in order to replace the broken part he needs to melt about an inch of ice on the back of the freezer. The thingy that regulates the self thaw broke.

The TV: It won't turn on. :( It's very sad for us.


So that was my week. Oh wait, did i mention the water line that broke under the sink this morning, flooding the kitchen. Yeah that to.

Mysterious Rash

Max was trying on his costume pants this morning when i saw that he had a rash ALL over his legs. I asked him how long he had it and he said since yesterday. I called the Doctor and we got in right away, except we had to drive 40 min to get there but we made it back in time for a substantial snack and play practice.

Max has a viral cold that is manifesting itself as among other things a rash. The doctor cleared him for play practice. *whew*

Today is enchanted war day. He doesn't want to miss that! They will be practicing lots of stage combat and it's his favorite part ;)

Po decideds to sew

Po decideds to sew
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Po had decided to change her job description from Quality Control to Seamstress.

The pants are mostly done. They need to have a hem and be sized to Max's waist. Oh and they want patches. I've never done them before but maybe Po has some ideas!

Also i need to do the gromits on the shirt, just need to work up the courage ;)

Shirt Is almost done.

Shirt Is almost done.
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Well I just need to do one more sleeve. The sleeve is sewn and the cuff is on i just need to attach it. I also need to do some hand sewing on both cuffs. The pants will not take long, i do need to find out however how long they should be. I think they want them over the ankle not just below the knee. Also i need to find out if the collar needs to be tacked at the front, OH and gromits. I will need the little machine that does that. Hmm i guess i need to find out to what they want the cord out of. That will be a pain to try and sew. I hope i can use leather. Maybe i will just put leather in and they won't say anything, pft.

Fry Bread

Fry Bread
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Here is Max's piece. Derek decided to have cheese on his piece but we figured Max would like sugar. After having flattened it with both rolling pin and just fingers, I like the finger method better. Well i guess it depends how you like your bread. The hand method makes it puff up more which i think is kinda fun to eat ;)

Oh! Derek and i also made one piece filled with cheese. That was really fun. We both were expecting it to explode. It didn't :( While it would have made a mess it would have been fun to see.

Indian Fry Bread

Indian Fry Bread
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Last night Derek and I made Indian fry bread. He made it last month with his cub scout troop and wanted to try it again. I thought it would be a fun Friday night activity. Max had play practice but we saved him a piece.

Which brings me to the huge event taking place this weekend and many more to come. I've started Max's costume for Beauty and the Beast. It took about 4 hours of finding and driving to collect all the materials. Now i am wetting and drying the fabric and i just got done with cutting out the interface. My Mom will be proud! I am being very good about following all the steps and i am marking everything. And although i am being very careful, there maybe some hysterical phone calls to Iowa ;)

No Not Busy At All

So i dropped the kids off at 8 06am. Then i went to the grocery store to get chocolate milk for Max's cub scout meeting tonight. I dropped the milk off and quick dump meat and onion soup in the crock pot. Then went to Jo-ann fabric's to look for a pattern and fabric for Max's costume (He is in a community play - Beauty and the beast). The pattern # they gave me does not exist. Great! So I look through ALL the pattern books and find 1 that might work but Jo-Ann's does not have it in a child size. GREAT! The gal who worked there and was helping me suggested i go to wal-mart. REALLY! i said. Oh yeah no one ever thinks of wal-mart and they always have patterns in. I gave her a huge smile, thanked her and left. We live no where near wal-mart. *sigh* Off to wal-mart. Bingo!!!! Wal-mart has not only pattern i was looking for but also fabric. Excellent. Then i race home and eat a quick lunch because i have to pick Max up. The get out early because of conferences. Then Max and i get home. I vacuumed the living room, started a load of laundry, washed the base boards in the hall bathroom, scrubbed the toilet and cleaned the mirror. Then i helped Max with homework and continued making dinner. At 5 i pick up Derek from Robotics, we need to eat fast, Max needs to get dressed for cub scouts (don't forget the chocolate mail)lol if i write and say it enough i may remember to BRING THE MILK. Then i need to go to the community center and check with the costume lady to make sure the pattern i got is okay along with the fabric and take Max to his cub scout meeting at 6 30. Finally i need to get everyone home bathed, brushed and in bed.

John will come home hopefully around 8 and i will be sitting on the couch with knitting in my lap and a HUGE glass of wine in my hand.

I'm so glad that Wednesdays are my easy days ;)

Wool

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I just got the wool my Mom sent me! She went on a trip to Australia and visited a sheep farm. I can't wait to buy shuttles and a drop spindle. It's a beautiful deep purple. I can't wait to knit something with it.

How cool is it to have a mother that is aiding and abetting my yarn addiction ;)

Before & After

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After
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We had a great Thanksgiving dinner. The boys and i were most thankful for John getting home from Canada in time for dinner on Thursday. In Canada they hung out on the tarmac forever and by the time they got to O'Hare many passengers were in the process of missing flights. Sadly John missed his as well. He managed to get a flight into SFO and the boys and i picked him up around 1 in the morning.

Everything worked out in the end even though we had a late morning Thanksgiving day. We had duck with gravy, roasted veggies, steamed brussel's and rolls. We even used our fine bone china!

I'm done now

Cake for breakfast. Don't wake me up unless someone is bleeding!.


Happy Thanksgiving :)

Little Knitted Kitty

Little Knitted Kitty
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Awwww My first stuffed animal. How cute is that! I made a little kitty. It took 2 days but only one hour of actually knitting. The head was the hardest to attach. If I make another one (both boys have requested one ;)) I think i will try to do better with the head.

My new shirt

My new shirt
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Hurray, I finally got my Ravelry T-shirts. I also got one in white that says "where my stitches at?" I am a beta tester along with thousands of fellow knitters on ravelry. It is a web site where knitters and crocheters can keep track of projects, books and yarn stashes. Also you can get help on projects, chat and connect with fellow yarn junkies, get patterns and buy yarn ;) It is awesome. I'm not sure how much longer they will be in beta but someday soon anyone will be able to look at the site.

Also John's home from London!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah! The boys and i were very excited about John coming home from his business trip. Unfortunately he was very busy with meeting so he did not get to the Tower of London to get more of his favorite scotch glasses but he did see Michael Cain in a fancy restaurant.

12.42 / (17-n) = 4.14

Are you kidding me with that! OMG Derek is only 10 and he comes home with that. That is just mean.

Not to mention the upsetting of the delicate balance of knowledge in my brain.

What one does to one side must also be done to the other had to wade across the river of pink shoes, climb the mountain of yarn and swing through the forest of recipes to reach the page. The journey was fraught with danger as math clawed it's way onto the river bank kicking a pink suede size 6 sandle from it's foot. The mountain of yarn was next. The climb up was easy. Almost to easy. But looking down the mountain was so beautiful, full of rich browns and soft warm pinks. Ack, more pink! PINK! Feet slipped, down, down, down the other side of the mountain it slid gaining speed as it shot past alpaca and merino wool. The ground was coming up to quickly. In desperation it grabbed a hold of anything it could. Acrylic yarn tangled around it's neck like a noose. Luckily Math always carries a pocket knife! Cutting away the yarn carefully it reaches the ground unharmed. Math wiped the sweat from it's brow. Almost there. Quietly it entered the forest of recipes. They seemed not to mind, content to chat amongst themselves. It moved through at a steady but slow pace sidestepping a particularly hot vindaloo recipe. Up ahead it heard raised voices. "No there are 3 teaspoons to 1 tablespoon not 4!" Two dessert recipes were fighting. Using the arguing cards as a diversion it run past and out into the open. I made it. I KNOW THE ANSWER!

n=14

Thanks for the pocket knife Jen!

Tasty!

Tasty!
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And it was delicious ;)

Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie
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So yeah I still have not figured out how to add more pictures to a single blog, pft. I'm sure you have all noticed I'm kinda a maroon when it comes to the computer :)

Put look, I can make pie!

Our first fire

It's finally cold enough to use the fireplace! We are all very excited. Usually Dad is the one to make fires but Derek and i felt up to the task.
Another first of the season, pumpkin pie, yum. The boys saw eating pumpkins at TJ's and wanted to try one badly once i told them you can make pie with them. i finally gave in and bought one (darn those puppy dog eyes!).
Once again Derek is the camera man.

Oh FYI on the pumpkin pie. Make sure you drain the pumpkin after it cools but before you puree it.

Camping with Scouts

Last weekend we went camping with a Boy Scout troop. One of the requirements for Derek to finish cub scouts and bridge to boy scouts is to spend time with various scout troops. This helps them decided which troop they would like to join.

This was also the first time we slept in our new tent! It was very roomy :) Very nice when one of your boys is a ninja sleeper.

Derek not only got to do more archery and BB gun practice, but also worked on mastering outdoor cooking. The high light of the weekend was watching the camp fire explode in a huge ball of flames when they poured bacon fat on the fire!!!!!!

This was also Derek's first video. He thought he was taking a picture ;)

Not much going on

Well we are having a slow week. Other then the car blinkers not working everything is moving along. I finished a hat for Sean and Cindy's new baby girl. I am going to try and make booty's *crossing fingers* but i decided to give them the hat now because I'm not sure how they will go. I am almost finished with one of my wrist warmers. They are turning out really nice. I did my first button hole for the thumb hole and it was not to hard. It is a bit loose but it's my first one so I am okay with that.

Last weekend we went camping with the boy scouts and i have a video but it has been so long since i put one on I can't remember how to do it ;). Once i figure it out i will post it.

Happy Halloween

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This year John went as The Guy from Myth Busters. He even one the Best Character Portrayal category!

The boys went Trick or Treating with friends and had a great time. I stayed home to hand out candy and i must say there where more adorable little kids this year then ever. Which is a good thing because i forgot i had bought candy early and i ended up with 6 bags!

Oops

It was a 5.6 not a 6.2 quake. It still shook us though:)

Earthquake

Last night around 8pm we had quite a shake. It was 6.2 and less then 10 miles from us. Nothing fell off the walls and the pictures are still in place but it scared the kids a bit.

Thunder!?

We are having thunder! Really we are. At first we thought maybe someone was bring in their trash bin. But then it happened twice more. Ohhhhhh there it goes again. Awsome.

Sad Night

We are all very sad tonight. Our pet guinea pig Pigpig died this evening. Even though sometimes we lamented having to clean his cage we loved him dearly. He was a good pig. One of the boys favorite games with him was Spy Pig. He never bit and always made happy pig noises when we fed and played with him.

Goodbye Pig, we love you.

New members of the family

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Good morning everyone. I would like to introduce our newest family members. The gold on is Sebastian, Blacky is in of course black, Mo short for Mohawk, he has a strip of black down his back, and our two snails Gary (darker) and Jen. They all have there own little personality's. Blacky and Sebastian are good buds and like teasing the snails, Mo is a bit of a loner kinda staying to one area of the tank. Jen is a go getter often traveling the length of the tank to explore and find a good napping spot and Gary (Meow) is most often found on the sides of the tank.

Mixed up Day

Today started VERY badly. Last night i fell asleep on my stomach. When i woke up this morning i could not move my neck without being in a lot of pain. John messaged it for about 20 min. He is so sweet :) I rested a bit more and took ibuprofen. Because i can't lift anything or bend down without being in a great amount of pain John is doing most everything today. Isn't he sweet!! Everyone came with me to Trader Joe's to help me with shopping and lifting ;) On the down low, while i was taking back the cart, John and the boys decided to make October 13th MOMMY LOVE DAY. They told me about the new Pursey Family Holiday once i got back to the car. I must say I was almost moved to tears. What a thoughtful group of men and boys I have.

What a wonderful gift from my family. I am so very happy today.

Doing Dishes

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I had to do dishes this morning :( So i knit a washcloth ; )

2 Done

2 Done
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I'm done with the two EZ curtains. Now on to John's office curtain. I think i will save it for the morning though. I need wine and a pesto & chez sandwich.

Po is Helping

Po is Helping
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Quality Control!

Making Curtains

Making Curtains
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I am making curtains for the 2nd floor this weekend. I have four windows to do. I hope Frank can come and put in the rods next week when he comes to tear out the shelves in the garage.

My Hair

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Oh i forgot, I got my hair done! It is getting very long. Well long for me :)

ADHD drives me Crazy!

ADHD drives me Crazy!
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Sometimes the boys make me nuts. They play with all my toys! Derek and Max have TONS of toys, how come they are always playing with my stuff? Things go missing from my desk and turn up in strange places.

Hmmmm *thinking back to childhood* "Well if you can't find it look in E's room."

DOH!!! My boys are just like me ;)

Bad Night

Ugh, We are having such a bad night. Well in some ways it was a wonderful night. John came home and we had a weekday meal together. That was a treat not only for the kids but me as well. We like it when Daddy comes home!! :) the bad part is that we have many schedule over laps. Some are workable and some are not. As a parent it is very hard not to give your kids everything.

Sometimes being the decider sucks :(

Good Weekend

Saturday i had to go to a training session for the boys school. I help out with the art program. Not much else happened that day but Sunday was a HUGE day. Maxwell road his bike to the farmer market!!! Now with all of us riding it only takes about 10 min to get there. As a treat we got the boys rainbow snow cones. Yum ;) In the afternoon we drove up to Jen and Gary's. We tried to fit the boys bikes in the Passat but could not fit them both in. We are going to look into how much a roof rack is for the car.

Boys Don't Get Cold

It's almost October and the boys still go swimming!

Nice Hair!

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Today was crazy hair day at school.

My string bag is done.

My string bag is done.
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My intentions for this bag are to take to the grocery store. I don't know how far the news has spread but San Francisco was thinking of baning plastic grocery bags. You know if it passes in San Fran then it won't be long before it reaches us. Most stores now sell reusable bags that are made of some kind of biodegradable cloth. So i figured i would try my hand at a string market bag and save some money. I plan on making at leased 2 more.

Oh FYI at least at the IKEA in East Palo Alto you have to BUY the plastic bags they offer. My mom and i did not know last time we went. I guess it is a new thing, maybe their way of trying to discourage plastic bags. Instead of buying the bags we carefully stacked our stuff in the cart.

Oh the Possiblities

I've think i may have broken the beginner barrier in knitting. This is a big day for me. i am just over the moon. Last night i started working on the last step of my string market bag - the kitchener stitch. I've been dreading it since i started. I needed to learn it to graft the handle of my bag together. I only had 6 stitches to graft so that made it easier. My first attempt looks good. One side is a bit loose but totally acceptable. It was very late so i decided to wait and do the second handle today.

I really think i could manage a sweater at this point. The only problem is i have about a bazillion projects to do first ;)

Getting Stuff Done

The day has gone very well. I worked in Max's class for a bit then made copies of the school news letter for all the teachers to pass out. I did not even break the copier!! Then i came home and for no apparent reason i cleaned out the shed in back, moved the plants and cat boxes (so the plants get rain and NOT the cat boxes ;)), sorted and put away pool toys, washed the bin the pool toys were in and got out the leaf blower to take a picture of it (we are going to put it on Craig's list). Then i did my rounds of picking up kids dropping them off and going to get them again. Finally we had dinner, French Dip Sandwiches. Yum. By the way if your a fan of the French Dip but not of the meat try portabello (sp?) mushrooms. I sliced them and put them in with the meat. Very good. I go back and forth as to weather i like meat or not. Today not so much. For friends and family that don't know i am a closet vegetarian, mostly due to guilt. I read books about the meat and food industries then feel guilty and stop eating meat. But then i remember how tasty all the two and four legged critters are.

Mmmm, maybe there is some meat left from the Sandwiches?!

Derek lost a tooth!

Derek lost a tooth!
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Ack more teeth. I hope the tooth fairy comes soon. Maybe I should clue him *cough* i mean her in that she needs to check both pillows.

Stop taking pictures and help me!

Stop taking pictures and help me!
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Sometimes homework is hard :(

Thanks Mom!

Thanks Mom!
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I got Derek's scarf done! Now all my boys have scarves. Once i figure out socks better everyone will get some socks, but first hats.

Pft, Monday's bite

It is not even 9am and already Monday bites. I burned my mouth on something 3 days ago so i have to drink my coffee lukewarm :( I drove the kids to school which went fine but on the way home i had to U-turn twice because i missed the post office AND the street we live on! Who does that! Geez you would think after having lived here for 2 years i would recognize my own street.

On a happy note Max got cast in the play!!!! We are so proud of him :) He along with 7 other children will be playing the towns' children. It is a chores type part. I guess most new comers start in chores parts which i think is good. It kinda eases them into a new activity without overwhelming them. What we did not expect was that he would get into the older kids play. They are running 3 sections of the play. One for the younger kids grade 1-6, middle grades 3-9 and then the older kids grades 6-12. That last section also has adults in it from the community theater group. So 250 kids tried out and ~150 got parts. Rehearsals start Oct 5th.

My final thought for the day. . . Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr could it be any colder this morning!

We found Max's tooth!

We found Max's tooth
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I am not sure this will work. I have a set of pictures but i am not sure all will show up. So i guess this will be another test. So yeah we found Max's tooth! And that tooth is taking a little vacation around the house. We have found it in several locations including the living room, dining room and finally on my desk. I wonder if his other teeth manage to make it around the house as well. Or maybe they are trying to get out!! If i were a lost tooth were would i want to visit? Hmmm. . . .

Closet clean-up

Today i think i am going to clean out my closet and semi change over to fall. I'm not sure if it is going to get warm again or not. We have been having a cold spell but my guess it it will warm up a bit. I still think it is safe to put away stuff like sleeveless and tank tops, maybe shorts to. The pool is way to cold now and i already put my swim suits away.

I may look over my shoes, just to see if there are any i have not worn in a while. This in no way means i will get rid of any!

I also want to try and finish Derek's scarf today, plus the regular stuff like dishes, laundry, vacuuming, cooking, and picking up everyones stuff.

Worst Thing Ever

The most horrid thing just happened to me. I was going through my yarn stash when i looked over at my sandal stash and considered getting rid of some shoes so i could. . . so i could . . . store more YARN! I don't know what has gotten into me. To think i would ever get rid of a pair of shoes. I just. . . I need. . . chocolate.

Put'em Up!

Put'em Up!
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Help we are being held by dangours masked boys!!!

As you can see my wonderful and very smart husband fixed my flickr/blog problem. Yay! Yesterday went smoothly. By far Wednesday is the busiest day. The boys call it ouch day. It will get even worse once we get Max's schedule for the play.

My last thought for the morning, an apology . . . to coffee. I am sorry that i have forsaken you for the last two weeks. I though you were bad for me. I was wrong. You make me full of life and happy, and AWAKE.

Sleepy Morning

Every post i have to reselect the beautiful purple color i like :( There must be some way to save my setting. Hmmmm. To tired to figure it out this morning. I also can not figure out why flickr won't let me blog a picture. I did not get to bed til 12 then i woke up at 3 and could not get back to sleep. I need a nap for sure.

House Rule # 18 No diet coke after 8pm. No wait, make that 6pm.

Max lost a tooth!

Max lost a tooth!
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Well things this morning are getting off on a good note. Max lost a tooth in bed last night. That is the 2nd tooth he has lost by bed. It makes me a bit nervous. I wonder where they go. Hmmm.

Yesterday he had his call back for Beauty and the Beast. I think he will be cast as one of the townsfolk. They have been having him shake his fist and yell "kill the beast". I think he does it quite well really.

Derek is visiting a boy scout troop tonight. It is one of the requirments for his arrow of light. That is when he will move from cub to boy scout. I think he will join one of his friends troops but looking a more then one is a good idea.

I am starting one of my new jobs at the boys school today. I am making copies!!!! I am not sure how to make the sound more impressive, information specialist? LOL

John is doing fine. Sorry i can't say more then that. You know the drill.

My last thoughts for the morning: I like cream cheese. Really i do. It ranks right up there with bacon. If you could some how wrap the two and deep fry it. OH, oh, oh yummy.

Busy weekend

Well we had quite a weekend. Friday Max tryed out for a commuity play and he got a call back for today. Saturday we payed off John's car and sunday we had one of Derek's friend's birthday party to drop him at then a cub scout pack picnic. Derek had a blast at the birthday and Max, John and i had a great time at the Picnic.

My chore for this week is to figure out food for the kids during the week. We are going to have several day where we will have 30 min for me to make/heat up dinner and then we need to eat. The kids don't like many casseroles and i really do not like reheated food. I am nervous about how this is going to work. I know for sure that the stuff i do like reheated the kids won't eat, like soup and stews. I am not even sure we have time for nuggets. I think the kids are going to have to learn how to like nuked food. I noticed one of Derek's friends nuking some nuggets the other day and Derek did not seem to think that was a bad idea. I grew up with mostly homemade meals and again most were from scratch. Although we did have our fair share of ramen, cereal and Wendy's'. I guess i don't care what they eat right now as long as they eat. They are really good about eating fruit and veggies and i know that even if we don't have veggies at dinner they got them at lunch.

I also got my schedule for helping in Max's class. I am going to be the reading tutor for English as a second language kids. I am not sure what i will be doing. Then i will go and work in the office and work for 30 min.

Excited

I finally got to the place in my knitting where i messed up and had to start again. I had decided yesterday that i was going to try one more time (the 6th time i restarted) to make this pattern. If i could not manage it i was going to put it aside and move on to something else. I am so happy i figured it out. The pattern is for one of those string bags to take to the market. I have wanted to try making one for a while now. I had several problems with my first attemps, first i was doing the yo (yarn over) the wrong direction, and second i often forgot to do my 2nd yo which screwed up my psso (pass over slip stitch). I have never done lace work before and i am finding this pattern very challenging, but i think i have the hang of it now.

Max eating Breakfast

Max eating Breakfast
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Oh hey look, i figured out the picture thing. Only this is the third entry i have made today but i screwed the other to up. Okay enough of my ineptness with computers, on to the days events.

So far nothing has happened, LOL.

Well we have ants in the bathroom again, that is something.

This is a Test

Wow the green is terrible. I think i will try purple. And in doing this will figure out if i can to more then one post in a day.

I Have No Idea

I have wanted a blog for the longest time. Now i have one and i don't know what to say. Ohhh i can make the type a different color. Is it green. Ahhh cool. And a different font. Hmm . . . Now how to add a picture . . . I can't get it to work. Freakin computer. I was so hoping to not have to ask John. I think i figured it out, kinda . Or not. I am not sure what picture it will be. It will be a surprise! Bummer, how upsetting. I will have to get help to put pictures on. Well anyway. I wonder if i can post something then come back the same day. Did i mention i am new at this ;)