Hello, February!

I've realized something as I've sat trying to write this update for the past few days.

I am not a writer!  A poet, yes.  But definitely not a writer.

That's probably why I haven't been able to blog daily like I always tell myself I will.  Sometimes the words are there and they are fabulous.... but mostly, I just BS my way through much like I did on my high school English papers.  Heh

January simply flew by. 

I managed to read 2 books:  A Time to Kill by John Grisham and The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson.  (The latter being my new book for the month.)  It was a good start to the Walt Longmire series!  If you haven't heard of it, pick it up.  You can also stream the first season of the A&E show - Longmire - on Netflix.

I've fallen WAY behind on my Bible reading.  I found this great app that has plans to help you read through whatever it is you want to in Bible.  I chose a 365 day plan to help keep it simple enough to read daily.... apparently not simple enough for me though.  Oops.

I've given myself every excuse not to be at the gym.  That stops today.  I'll post the proof later.

I managed to finish a WIP that I started quite some time ago when I was testing the pattern for one of my favorite crochet designers, Sandy Powers.  I've very happy with the outcome! I'll post a photo of it once I'm able to take my time and get a good one.

As my last Photo Friday post shows, I've been doing well on my mood blanket.  It has been so much fun to decide what mood I'm in every day and document that in yarn.  I will have to break my blanket up into multiple blankets.  I'm thinking about doing 6 over the course of the year with 2 months in each blanket.  It will be interesting to watch them all progress and see the collection I have at the end of the year.

I didn't do so well with taking more photographs in January.  But I'm attempting to do better this month.  I've even decided on a little project to take more photos of myself since I'm normally the one behind the camera. Those will be a post all unto themselves.

Guess that's enough rambling...... for now.

Photo Friday

Poor little Tornado has felt icky all day! Ran a fever over 101 most of the day. I think it may have finally broken... *fingers crossed* so I was able to get him to eat a few crackers and drink some water. Hopefully I'll be pulling my hair out again tomorrow! *wink*

Photo Friday

At the start of the year, I decided to take on the challenge of documenting my daily moods with yarn.  Every day I add to a blanket with the color of my choosing that reflects my mood.

I chose to work my blanket in these colors/moods:

Red = angry/frustrated
Blue = happy/content
Green = tired
Black = stressed/worried
Gray = sad/lonely
Variegated = confused

Every odd day (1st, 3rd, 5th, etc) I would add 4 rows to my blanket while every even day (2nd, 4th, 6th, etc) I'd add 2 rows.

Now that January is over, I am happy to share my progress.  Here is the start of my "crochet" mood blanket for 2014.

I will try to blog separately about my blanket and the moods I had.  That may not happen terribly often but since I want to blog more, maybe I'll finally kick my own tush and keep up!  (I know I've failed so far but I'm a WIP just like my blanket. Haha)

More to come throughout the year.....

Photo Friday

He's getting better! I love that he's wanting to practice. Just wish he'd follow directions a little better. Haha

WARNING: Photo overload about to commence!!

I've been very, very snap happy lately.  Here's the proof!  *snort*

Midget tries going to sleep before leaving for school a lot.... but this day I managed to annoy him awake. *snort*

Itty Bitty had some appointments at Children's last week. It was just him and I that went so I spent a good portion of my time taking photos of him for practice. *grin*

Definitely click on this next one to see it big! The small photo does not do this one justice AT ALL! *grin*

Itty Bitty had his 2 month check up on Friday. He was quite the trooper having to get 3 shots and an oral vaccine. He came home and just sacked out for hours.

And last but not least, one I snapped last night.  LOVE IT!!  *grin*

Hope you enjoyed the photos! Check back soon for more! *smirk*

Project 365 - Week 2

8/365

Itty Bitty had his 2 month check up last Friday and got a bunch of shots. I figured I could cuddle him and make him feel better while taking photos. Course this is the only good shot I got because he wouldn't stop moving. *snort*  (If you've been following my blog, you know this is also the start of my Project 52. I won't always have the same picture in both projects but today I am.)

9/365

It took me until 11:30 pm to finish it but it's done! Our first dungeon for D&D. I wonder how it will go!? Guess I'll find out starting tomorrow (Sunday).

10/365

Whatcha mean there's laundry to fold? All I see is a mama relaxing with D&D! *snort*

11/365

Seriously... who told Itty Bitty he could grow up so fast!??! And this was after he'd been pushing up for a few minutes. He was up a lot higher than that just before I took this photo. *tear*

12/365

As I was getting Midget ready for school on Tuesday, I realized (again) just how big he really is! He's got such long, hairy legs it just blows my mind! *snort*

13/365

The only thing that physically hurts me worse than my own aliments is watching my children suffer. Today was no exception. Midget had a horrible coughing/choking episode at school that sent us to the ER for a couple of hours.

14/365

What a truly horrific day for all of us! We found out today that Midget broke his leg at school yesterday. We still have no idea how but Midget held up tramendously well with all the things the docs had to put him through. He's quite a strong, little trooper! He's been feeling a lot better since his leg was stabilized in the cast. I just hope he heals fast! The first spica cast was a nightmare... I can only imagine how bad this one will be!