Not Enough Time.

I always feel there isn't enough time for stuff. There are so many awesome patterns I want to try, but there just isn't enough time. Not to mention, money for the yarn and people who will appreciate the work. lol. But that is the big mystery of life right? How to fit all this stuff into this 24 hour period each day. I know I have horrible time management skills always have. I don't think I could organize and hour if I had too. I'm easily distracted. See already my blog has wandered off to some other subject. Sorry..... I sometimes wonder if I have ADD but realize nah I'm just lazy.


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Inspiration

A lovely lady at the 'ville posted a picture of a blanket she had but no name to, in hopes that someone could give her the name of the pattern. Well we got a name of the possible designer, but for me that lead no where. She did however show a close up of the stitches, which lead to easily deciphering the pattern. whoo hoo. So me being drawn to this blanket. I picked up my hook and some baby yarn I had bought for a different project that didn't pan out, and started making stitches. Someone mentioned that it was a multiple of 12 + 7 more then enough for me. :D I'm very proud of myself for figuring out the pattern as well as not working from a pattern, since I am a pattern girl. Anyway my progress so far. I have no name for this blanket. Some input would be nice. leave me a comment with some cute names.

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Babette..

Soo, after much coveting of the babette blanket featured in a spring 2006 interweave crochet magazine I bit the bullet and bought a copy of the pattern. I love this blanket. I want one sooooo bad. However this means, I have to stop being lazy and join as i go.. which I am not good at, and I have to make the effort to sit and finish this. but I'll enjoy my post purchase bliss for the moment. Worry about the process later. lol so here is a pic of the blanket. it's quite lovely looking.

New scarf

I was inspired and got some help from a lovely lady over on Crochetville. She helped me make a crazy stitch scarf. it's awesome I love it... Too bad it's not for me. It's off to a friend who doesn't know she is getting it. lol and here are some pics of me modeling the scarf. enjoy.

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Wasting time....

Yup that is what i am doing, i want to sit and do nothing. lol Although productively I did just update all my ravelry stuff. linked things blah blah.. all that jazz. Now I am sitting here listening to 80's music. Saint Elmo's Fire was on early today i got a tad nostalgic. That is all for now. Be back in the morning with more exciting news. :D

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Updated blog

As you can see I changed my blog a bit. I was a little bit bored with the polka dots, so I went for the gusto and made it minimal and simple. Probably the only area in my life where this is possible. lol. At any rate. I'm tired today. I need some desperate sleep tonight. maybe I'll go veg in the room with fight club and pearl harbor while the kids kick it with the new Wii game.

Sweet Sweet Victory!!

I finished a blanket. Picture me running around screaming in the streets!! I"M DONE I'M DONE!!!!!!! YAY!!!! just picture it because I ain't doing it. lol
Anyway. I'm tired the blanket kicked my ass that is for sure.
here are some pics. Enjoy!

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Baby Ballet Slippers

I was at Michael's a few weeks ago perusing yarn, and I came across this baby bootie book And the only thing that caught my eye was the picture of ballet slippers. Well I had to have that book. so i bought it along with some others that were hanging around. and yarn ( of course) well I made me a pair of baby booties. a few pairs too, however i only have a shot of the first pair i made. Here they are in their cuteness.

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An awesome new graphic :D

A kick ass friend of mine on my military forum made this for me.

I give her huge props since she is awesome when it comes to graphics where I am kinda like graphic stupid. So huge props to Crystal, she rocks my siggy world. :D
** sorry you can't view the whole thing, but click it and it will take you to see the whole siggy. :D)

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Randomness

So i just re-read my blog from yesterday. OMG, talk about not proof reading before posting. roflmao I realized i made about zero sense with that. Anyway.... Tuesday, a brand new day in which to make random references and odd ball comments.
Ok hopefully I make some semblance of sense. I am not counting on it, but hoping none the less. Today is starting off at a jarring pace. I woke up early believing it was my turn to take the girls to choir. Get up, got dressed, went out side came back in got redressed because it turned out it was about 30 degrees or so outside.... brrrr... woke everyone up, started the car. All to find out it wasn't my turn. ugggh oh well now I'm up. I'm tired and want to go back to sleep. That won't happen though since I have errands to run...borring. My plan today didn't even involve getting on the internet this morning.. However D had other plans, which apparently involved the internet. So like the drug it is, i was strangely drawn to it. like the dumb moths and bugs to the bug zapper. ZAP!!!
However now that I am surfing the world wide web, I am on a search. I need to find a way to make a tassel for this blanket that I am hoping to be done with today. Which if I stop blogging I can go to the store and buy the rest of the yarn ( that I thought I was done buying) to finish it. I hope the recipient likes it, which constantly makes me wonder. I'm also not in the mood to go to the store. It's a huge chore, because I don't want to deal with driving around here... I'll stop there since it can lead to a giant rant about drivers in Katy, and it won't be pretty.... So I'm off hopefully to the store, I'll update later....

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Monday

It's monday, Rainy monday to be exact. yuck. It's raining which means possibly not getting to wear my flip flops. I am torn. My baby jacket, I want to start over, but I would hate to frog it all again. maybe I should just cut it and toss it. I don't know what to do. so I'll just listen to some Ashlee Simpson instead.

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Home made Pizza and sweet tea

So lazy sunday, what to make for dinner. Why pizza of course. I trek out to my local Kroger where I find these fantastic hand tossed pizza crusts ready for topping. yum. Some yummy tomatoes and mushrooms. Couple with some pepperoni and mozzarella cheese. Yummy pizza ensues.

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Now what goes with pizza, why good ole fashion sweet tea.
for those who are want to make their own at home and are confused, simply follow these instructions: Get 5 tea bags, i use cheapie national brand tea bags. black tea easy no muss no fuss. Lipton works great too. Get a small sauce pan, place tea bags in pan fill with water, boil water( you can turn off the water as soon as it boils and let the bags steep for a moment), still with me. Great this where it gets hard.... Get a 2 quart jug, start with a cup of sugar, add more if you want SWWWWEEEEETTT tea. Empty the bags from the pot, place tea in jug. stir add water to fill. Get a glass fill with ice, pour tea over ice. Enjoy. :D

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Mystery Solved

So I figured out that Panda Lyscot is mercerized cotton. yay jump for joy whoo hoo all that. Sadness it is 660 meters which translates into roughly 700 yards, i need 2 balls of this so 1320 meters or 1444 yds. :( i only have three skeins of my aqua at 400 yds each so roughly 1200 yards. Ughh i hope that I crochet too small and have enough. lol if not maybe I will just add the creme at the bottom for a different look. However bonus now that I know how much I need I can be prepared for next time. Luckily I wrote it on my instructions. For later use. So here I am at the start of my project. Lets hope it doesn't take forever as many of my things tend to do.

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