| Supergirl |
| 90% | | Robin |
| 80% | | Superman |
| 75% | | Spider-Man |
| 70% | | The Flash |
| 65% | | Green Lantern |
| 65% | | Wonder Woman |
| 60% | | Hulk |
| 55% | | Iron Man |
| 50% | | Batman |
Thia almost doesn't make sense, but the link is: www.thesuperheroquiz.com and it will give you a picture and everything...have fun
 It is hard to imagine that I have had this blog for a whole year, and I never remembered doing it on my daughter's birthday. She is 3 now, and growing up so fast. I wish sometimes that I had more time and money so that we could go and do little girl things like shopping, and lunching, and have her own room with tea party....maybe later next year. I have a finished object, my daughter loves hats and I made one, that was not intended for her, but I hated the way the yarn felt, and stretched. She loved the hat, and since today was her birthday, I finished it up this morning and gave it to her. She loves it, and I am glad. The yarn is already stretching out where I sewed up the top six stitches. I had to tighten it up. My daughter was in trouble picking up her mess when I had the thought to take a picture of the hat, and so it is modeled here by the ever accomodating Little Man.
 I had a really fun time today making my own t-shirt. I also have a few other ideas for some other t-shirts, and I hope to get to do them before I forget them. I had 6 whole unsupervised hours today, (without the kids I mean.) I have so much going on tomorrow, I hope my phone does not get turned off, I have no money now, and I have not paid my bill, they took away my long distance. I figure shortly it will be turned off. Oh well, I will have to do something about it. Hopefully tomorrow I will find out if I have a job or not. Or maybe I can land a patent. I know I have a good invention and you knitters out there will love me if I get it passed, so watch out, I might be coming your way, or maybe not, we will see. Anyhoo, here is a picture of my shirt. I bought the shirt at Micheal's for three dollars and I bought the iron on transfer and paint in a packet for a dollar at Jo-Ann's. It was dry in just a few hours. I can't wait to wear it for real, (I was just modeling it.)
Okalie Dokalie, I have been a bit busy today, I have done laundry, I have done all my dishes (which I hate more than any other chore), I had three children under three all day, I cooked, I served breakfast and drinks, I changed diapers, I took a bath (yay!), I gave baths, I helped kids potty, dressed kids, changed their soiled clothes, cleaned up after kids, vacuumed my floors, Mr. Cleaned my bathroom floors, and to top it off drank a whole pot of coffee! I am sorry, but having an almost three year old and an almost two year old, and a one year old is kind of hectic. I had to replace the foil on the kids windows, they ripped it down, and they ripped the curtain apart the other day. I also took out the trash and cleaned out my fridge. Boy, I wish that coffe was caffeinated, I am starting to really drag........zzzzzz, so for now, my post will be unfinished, and I will pick up where I left off tomorrow.
  Okay, I have a lot of news for you, first, I have an unfinished sweater for a toddler, that I have to finish the sleeve on, but I will do that in a little while. I have some great news, I have created an invention fo knitting, that is a good idea. I sent in the idea and they have called back already twice, and I have a meeting on Monday to discuss everything. I can't wait. Wish me luck. I also have an unstarted project. I found a pattern for Teletubbies online, and I was amazed, this lady did a wonderful job. Her website is www.joyfultoys.bravepages.com/tubbies.html and the pattern is really good. There are somethings that are a little confusing for me because I think she is maybe British or something, and I don't understand, but I am excited about this pattern.
I don't have a picture to post, I am ashamed of myself, I have a bag of unfinished candy corn that I think that I am going to make myself sick on. I am trying, I have had a pretty rough 24 hours let me tell you. I got up, and my kids were acting pretty okay, but then my little cousin calls and she is going after the job I told her about, because I wanted it. I had already applied and everything, and then she asked me what to put on her application to make her more appealing to an employer. I told her, I don't like liars. Anyhow, she went and told this woman that she really needed this job, and I am the one that actually needed the job, my cousin already has a job! Anyhow, she came over and wanted me to fix her hair for her, sure why not, I am screwed anyhow right? So then, my X has been telling me that he hasn't been seeing anyone. Anyhow, I went to get my camcorder and guess who he is shoving out of the front door? Shad a huge stack of womens laundry in her hands. And she jumped at him practically to get a kiss after smiling at me, and this was all in front of the kids. I do not have a divorce yet because he did not want to grant me one, but yet he has a girlfriend? That he denies exists. I asked him why he was not happy that he was dating someone and why he felt he needed to lie about it all of the time? His answer....it was because I deny him. You know in spite of everything I am a hopeless romantic and I thought that if he could take a couple of years and straighten himself up that maybe we could work things out. He does not seem to understand what the counselor and I have been telling him, so now all hope that he thought he could have had will never be. And he has been hounding me about calling off child support. I called my caseworker because being temporarily out of work, I ran out of income, with no child support and such, in order to recieve temporary assistance in my state, I have to have an open case for childsupport on record. I am so tired. How did I ever get mixed up with this person? I am just ready for it all to end. I want a job, I want to be independent, (moneywise), and I want to be able to move very far away when there is nothing left for me here. I found out that my grandfather has congestive heart failure, and I am wondering just how long he really has since my dog did not last very long when she had it and I put her down, I feel even guiltier now that my grandpa has it. It was terrible to see my dog go through it, and my poor grandpa broke his ribs the other day, I am guessing from coughing. I have to take my kids over to see them all of the time, they get upset when I don't come over at least a couple of times a week. I love my grandparents so much, and when they are gone I will probably move.
 Okay, I don't know if I am happy about Blogger switching on me or not yet, but I do know that it put off by blogging last night, just when I was learning to get into a rythm. Anyhow, I was going to post about a baby sweater that I had started and then abandoned because I had just made one like it. I am going to finish it though, but it will be made of blue and grey stripes. Like the one I made of yellow and grey only this one has a few changes around the neckline, and the sleeves and such. I wanted to make it completely seemless, so that I wouldn't have to kitchener anything. Maybe when I am done I will post the pattern. I like raglan sweaters because there is less to do in the finishing department. Without further ado, here it is....
I have another unfinished object, but this one wasn't really mine, I bought a bag of yarn at the salvation army and this was in it along with a half done sweater in yellow. They were both done on about size three needles. There are no buttonholes. I think it is made for child around six or seven, I am not sure. It is olive drab in color and I am guessing that it was intended for a little boy. There is some scrap yarn in the bag from the sweater and I intend to sew it up soon, but I don't know anyone who could wear it. 
I have had a UFO sighting in my very own living room, and I think I might be scared. It was a pattern that I started a long time ago, and I don't know if I will be able to finish since I changed the pattern so much. It was Mom's Fast Florida Footies pattern, and I was trying to make them big enough to fit a man with a foot like Fred Flintstone. I did not succeed. I made it big enough to be very comfortable on me. And now I have to figure out how I changed the pattern. Here it is, the one and incomplete.... 
I really wish I knew someone in blogland. I don't. I have never met another knitter face to face that has a computer, and they are older anyway. I have to sit and wonder about all of the people going to Rhinebeck, because I have no idea where they are talking about. Not one person mentioned an actual location. It would help the rest of us who live below the Mason Dixon line. I I live in southern Missouri, there is nothing here in the way of the fiber arts. I told the people at my University that if they had fiber arts I would live there. Anyhow, I am just a little upset that I always miss out on the good stuff and I don't even have a place to go to a fiber fest. I just get to look at everyone else's purchases and wish that I could some year get away to go on a trip somewhere. I think that in the near future I will go to Europe again and I think that I will probably go alone so I do not have to pay that much for anything. I do ahave knitting progress to show, but I am too depressed to post a picture because it will not be of a fantastic yarn that someone bought, or of a pure fiber. The gorgeous colors are pretty much not available either, another disappointment. The only problem that I have in ordering from the internet is that I can tell the real color and I do not want to be disappointed. Oh well, I going to get off of her and try to do something else with my day besides knit.
I thought it had been several weeks since I had posted. But it has been only 8 days. I have been so busy with job hunting, I have not had the best of luck lately. I have been hearing that I am over qualified. And I am pretty much, but that does not mean that I do not have bills to pay. Anyhoo, I went to the local Jo-Ann's the other day and I saw some yarn that I knew would be perfect for some sweaters for my two babies. Check it out.  I just love it, it is a superwash yarn which is super important for kids, and I bought it for $1.50 a ball, and it is softer that a thick bath towel. I can not wait to knit this up and put it on my kids. Every time my son sees it he throws a fit because he can't keep it and it is so soft. Well, I am getting ready to take a nice hot bath and do some feminine primping, (eyebrows, legs, etc.) So, I will get off of here to go torture myself. Type at you later;)
Time is passing by so fast that I don't really have the time to post as frequently as I like. I have been trying so hard to get a job. I made some stitch markers the other day for a project that I ripped out three times, yes three. I made them to be bright, but I noticed that they are all copper colored and that one of them has a three leaf clover bead in the middle of it. It reminds me of an Irish lady named Pat. I think that I might give them to her because they are obviously not very good luck for me because then I wouldn't have ripped out the sweater three times. No loss. You live and learn. Here is a picture, I will post more pictures later of the other stitch markers that I have made over time, and maybe some of the jewelry. 
Okay, I have a minor obsession making baby sweaters, but it is only because they take so little spare time. I have been working on one for my friend Jessica's little boy, and it will replace the one he grew out of from last year. (The red one with the orange stripes.)I think that blue is a good boy color, but I thought that just blue would be too plain. I like this color, even though the yarn itself is very ACRYLIC. If someone made this yarn in an affordable alternative, I would probably buy it. On the other hand, I was thinking about selling stitch markers. I have some pearls that are very pretty, and some periodot, and some other type of beads. I am not sure whether or not to try maybe an etsy store or what, but I will think about it. On the dating front, Mr. Dreamy has me pretty intimidated, and I usually do not get intimidated by men of any kind. I really like him, but he thinks that I am married in the together sense of the word. I am legally still married, but I am separated, and have been for almost 2 years. I just don't know how to bring it up without seeming obvious, but maybe I need to be who knows. Anyhow, here is a picture, and there will be more to follow, I did try knitting a little bolero sweater, or a shrug, but I messed up three times. The first time was right, it just didn't look right until I tried twice more. Duh. 
The other night I went to the store and ran into the one guy that I said I would actually like to date. His kids went to daycare at out facility, and I helped take care of them fro time to time. He does not live in my town though and it was a surprise to see him there, but the thing that really made me happy is that he went way out of his way to speak to me, and he immediately knew who I was when he saw me. It was really nice. He talked to me for about 20 minutes in the middle of the isle, and he looked so nice. I looked awful because I had worked half of the day cleaning the inside of someone's house, and their deck and things like that. I can not wait to get a full time position that will pay me enough money that I can be comforatable.
 My aunt happens to be a park ranger at Prarie State Park. There are prarie chickens, and buffalo, and plants,a nd bugs, and such. Over the weekend, the park had an event and people came from around the area to see pioneer people doing what people used to do. There was dutch oven cooking, and music playing, brain tanning, stantic throwing, and games, such as the throwing of buffalo chips for a prize of $1,000. (I think.) There ware people dressed in old fashioed clothing, and wood fires every where, but there was no fiber craft, no quilts, no afghans, no nothing, only one woman was wearing a shawl and it was not even knitted or crocheted. It was store bought and looked like somone popped the whole thing off of a knit-wit. I was dissappointed, but when I asked my aunt why they did not have someone spinning up the buffalo hair for the evnet, she said she was lucky to have what she got. So, I think that the next time they have the event I would like to talk to her about setting up a spinning wheel, and maybe a loom, and have someone kinning, someone crocheting, tatting, and quilting with examples of each of them. I did not want to poke at a sore spot, but I was curious. But, if there was a way to get the buffalo wool, I would love to learn how to spin, first though I need to get a spinning wheel.
I have something about men to get off of my chest, I said that we were going to go to the State Park, but he (X) could meet me at my house if he wanted to. He says great. So, did he ever show up? No. Did he call? Yes, an hour and a half later. Turns out he calls and leaves a message saying he did not feel so well. Why, you ask? Because he had a house full of people all night into the morning, and he stretched his earring holes, which made him ill. He thinks it is okay to stay up and party and use ear piercing as an excuse to stay away from his children and he thinks that is perfectly acceptable. He has seen his children once for an hour and a half this week, and has he paid any child support? I am sick and tired of being nice. Especially since the other day, I noticed that he drank our 2 year old daughter's pain medication for her tonsils. Not only did he take more than one dose, this is the third time he has drank an actual overdose of liquid hydrocodone medication. He needs to change and apparently nothing I say will work. The courts won't make him take a drug test, and they will not try to test him or order one unless he is arrested for a prior offense. I am sick of his lies. I hope he stays away.
 As I said the other day I got to see my cousins two little children. One is five and the other is two. They never wanted the second of the two which is a shame and it broke them apart. I was upset when I found out I was pregnant, but after a day or two, I calmed down and then I fell in love with the idea. I would not trade having my two for anything in the world, but I would have made me rich whilst having them. (If we are dreaming.) Anyhoo, here are my two precious little bugs.
 Okay I have managed to land two days substituting, and I hope more, but for now, that is all I can do. I have been working on a blanket using up all of my scrap eyelash yarns, and some other acrylic yarns, (*gasp!*). My kids seem to love it. It is furry, and it looks like sesame street was ground up and woven into something, but I call it the monster pelt. I have been trying to keep busy, and so far I am succeeding, but I did not get to go to Kentucky the other night like I wanted to. I am still poor. I am really counting on getting this state job, and if I do I will be so thankful. I would even be able to pay someone to watch my kids so that I could go to church, speaking of which, I need to make a little girl sweater for my pastor and his wife's child. His wife is my friend Theresa, whom I know and love and miss. I really am getting back in touch with a lot of people that I know back in my home town, and I have to go the high school reunion next year. I have to lose 30 pounds or I am not going. Kidding, I am definitely going. I can't wait;-) I was listening to my tape of the Dixie Chicks, which I have just found after about three years, and the tape broke. It came off of the little round thing on one end, so now I can't listen to it anymore. I must buy a CD. I also got to see a couple of little cousins the other day, and I must say that my cousins little girl and my little girl look a lot alike. I think my daughter looks more like my side of the family that my X's, but I am sure he would never agree. I also made chocolate devils' food cake. MMMMMMMmmmmm.......so good.
I have been constantly filling out job search after search trying to find something that I am qualified for, and I would like, is day shift only, and no weekends. I really could use more help from the X, but he is not currently paying child support so I am a little strapped for daycare. I can't even afford to pay for someone to watch my kids for an hour. On the downside of my life, my arm has been killing me lately. I am not sure why, but I think it might have something to do with pilates. I have been trying it lately, and it seems to be a pretty good workout for the midsection. You will feel it later. I have been working on another baby sweater, but it is grey, they same shade of grey that I used in the baby Ezekiel baby sweater. Only, this time I will not be using any different colored stripes. I do not feel like taking any pictures right now. I am so tired, and stressed out trying to figure out where my next paycheck is going to come from. I have managed to be pretty resourceful up until now, but I have simply just run out of options. I have been called to substitute for two different occasions locally and I am looking forward to it. I miss all of the excitement in the children's eyes when they realize that it is time for art.
 I have finished my step-mother's afghan, and I will be mailing it out tomorrow, or rather later today. I am surprised that it took me since Sunday, since it was actually very easy. I do not crochet much and when I do, the pattern has to be written in a way that I can understand, which is not much. I used the pattern from the lion brand website titled the 5 1/2 hour afghan. The pattern actually calls for 3 balls of Jiffy yarn to be used concurrently, but I used two strands of homespun instead. I used three differnt colors, and a Q hook as called for. If you have not been to the LionBrand website, you should go, they have tons of free patterns to print or download. Here is the link if you are interested.
You know, I can't seem to help myself, but I think all of my pictures make me look stupid, so I think I have momentarlily taken one that is okay. So, yes, I am once again changing the photo of myself in my profile. I will have more progress later today in knitting hopefully. I am gong to go fill out some applications for now. I have to get a job. I would like to find one that will let afford a better lifestyle, but I don't know if that will happen. You would think that a college degree would help you to earn a better living, but so far that has not been the case.
 I have been having a particularly annoying day. My family is driving me crazy. Some one called at the crack of dawn this morning, and woke my son up, who screamed forever, and then I stepprd out on the porch for a second, and my daughter immediately started screaming, and I have an afghan to finish by sometime this week. It is for my step-mother's birthday on Monday. I finished the dress for my cousin and hopefully I can get a picture of her in it later today. I have got to get some kind of job soon, I am going crazy. I still do not have my car back. I miss my car, and I am sick and tired of driving around a car with handicap tags. I am only 28, as of the 21st of last month, and I am not handicap, and I have a car of my own, and I want a job. I can't get a job with this car, everyone looks at me like I am a lawsuit waiting to happen. I always thought it was important to take good care of your car, and to have a good one, but my car is being stripped down apparently without my permission. My battery has been taken out the hood was up in the rain, and there are clothes of my X's roomate in the backseat of my car, which means that when the battery was in the car, his roomate was driving my car 30 miles to work and back. I have an older BMW which I love like a faimly member, and I am getting horribly impatient waiting for it to be fixed. I think I might go annoy some family members so I can borrow a size 24mm wrench. okay, I feel better, I like that I can say what I like without having to worry online. No matter what I say, it always gets blown out of proprtion. No, I think I will leave my internet on all day and go to the park.
I am making a pair of gloves for my father in cream Hauk, by Dale of Norway, the pattern is from Schachenmayr book #72 S 2, titled Inspiration.  It doesn't seem to be a manly color, but it is just plain natural colored wool. I could not get any other color at the time from my lys. So far I am really enjoying the construction of the gloves, but it is hell on my hands. My hands have been swollen for two days now, and I guess they will probably be that way until I finish them. I might need to look into getting some plastic needles, or some clovers, or something that has some give to it. I have been using Boye aluminums in size three. I actually will have to get more needles, because of the fingers. Ihope to have them done soon!
 I just finished a purple sweater for a baby, but I can't seem to find the right type of closure for it. I tried buttons, but the guage is so small that it really is a fight to get any button through it. It is the baby yoda sweater, and I like the pattern okay, but there are a couple of things that would or did change. The sleeve size was way too small to use in the original pattern so I added a few stitches to the sleeve, and if I were to do the patterns again, I would figure out how to do a smooth band of garter stitch along the front edge where there is border. (I added the border myself, I thought it looked too plain.) Other than that, it was a very well written pattern, and I don't remember where I got it from, but it was a pattern from someone's personal website. Please let me know who if you know so I can give them credit. The color is way off, but it shows what was done. More next time...
 I have been very lax in keeping my promise to myself about my blog. I don't do it for the satisfaction of anyone reading it, I just like having a place to vent. And to show my work. I don't have much else going on right now in the way of leaving the house, but I have been busy. I have been comissioned for a wedding, and I have a picture of the current dress I am working on. I really like the way it is going so far, but the pattern is incorrect for all of the layers you have to sew through. It makes the top layer shorte than the others and the bottom layer longer and then I have to trim it perfectly, and resew. Color is great, a shade of dusty rose in chantung, very silky. I think my cousin will be surprised when she puts the dress on for the first time. It is also much lighter than a store bought dress because lining can be bought very thin. I have been very inspired by this though, and I also watched marc jacobs on tv the other day, and loved his slip dress. I have to make some. In several differnt colors and then I have to make sweters to go with them.
I have been kinda lost ever since I quit my job, I have been spending my time with my kids and loving every minute. Anyhow, I have had a yard sale, and I am being commisioned to make a dress for my cousin, and possibly make curtains. Itold her how much it would cost to make black-outs and she almost fainted. To top that off, she lives in an all metal house, and there is no way to secure that curtains, so they have to be magetically secured to the walls. I have secured two other jobs, and I think that I will like them both, substituting in the public schools, and doing photography. I have an art degree, but I don't have a lot of experience with the editing programs such as Adobe. This will be new, and I hope very satisfying. I have been knitting, and possibly today or tomorrow I will have something done. It is very cute but tomorrow is also my son's first birthday, so I am having a party. The party that I wish I could have had for my daughter as well, but I did not know that many kids. Now we do, and it will be lots of fun. Talk at you later.
I thought I should post a more accurate photo of myself for the blog. Other than the last profile pic, three was only one, and it was bad.
  I have been working on the Angelina sweater for a while now, but I think I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. I also cast on for the Simply Marylin by Debbie Bliss. The colors in the pictures are pretty true, and if you notice, you will please excuse my bed cover in the picture. I washed my sheets and everything a couple days ago, but the dog jumped on the bed, got under the covers and dirtied it up again. I have been so busy at work. My boss, thinks she knows what is going on, but I am really starting to wonder, we have had payroll problems, ownership problems, and controlissues because she pretty much allows her daughter to walk all over her staff. She is going to lose all of her staff if she is not careful. I resigned as the director, I was tired of taking all of the blame. I was not adequately staffed or funded, and I did the best I could, but she did not appreciate it, so I stepped down, however, I still have a job. She wanted me to stay and pretty much since I told her what I thought of her skills as my boss she has stayed away from work. Everyday she says she will come to work and she only ends up being there for a half an hour or so. She said she would help me releive people so they could take their lunch breaks and then she left. She didn't do anything. She was there a total of about 10 min. She told me last week she would get me my paycheck, and she sure did, after I went on strike for two days. Which made my paycheck a total of four days late. I was freaking out. The girls came over to my house after work and cheered me up. We also went out the other day and I saw someone from my past. 13 years past that is. He looks very different now, and I know I do as well. He seems to like kids, and that is nice since I have two, but they have a father and I am not looking for anyone to move in with me, or to move in with, marry, or anything like that. There is someone that I would like to date, but I doubt that I will ever get the chance. He was a fellow art student and of course he had red hair which I secretly have a huge weakness for. I am also trying to apply for a teaching job that I am not certified in. Wish Me Luck!
 I have proof that I have been busy on something blue. It is a baby blanket for my son. I made one for my daughter, and this is late, but almost done. My son is now 10 months old, but when I had my daughter, I was not working and I had no other child running around to keep me busy. Anyhow, it is now technically the month of violet and purple. I am torn between the Simply Marylin sweater by Debbie Bliss and the Salt Peanuts sweater by ? I think it might be Veronique Avery. Oh, man, on a personal note, I have been having one hell of a time at work, I even missed two days becuse they would not give me my check, she didn't have enough money to pay me. I had bills to pay, and when the bank would not cash my four day late payroll check, the car I was driving broke down, my son was sick, and I thought the world was conspiring against me. Until, that is, the girls from work called me and came over to my house, and we drank wine and had a gripe session about work. We like our jobs, the details are the only thing that bothers us. And so I have less progress than I thought because that was Friday evening and the girls were here until 3:40 AM. I should be finished tomorrow or later today, I would like to add a border as well to complete the look, so we will see how it goes.
 Okay, as you might remember, I finished this baby sweater about two weeks or so ago, I think. Anyhow, I finally got the buttons sewn on, and I really like it. It is a size two, and my daughter is two, so I had her try it on for size. She likes it so much she wants to keep it. I always seem to procrastinate when it comes to buttons. Oh well, I can't wait much longer, Marsha, the mother of previous said baby, and her husband Scott and her other child that I am very fond of, Malachi, are all moving to the Windy City at the first of the month. I am going to miss her, even if we aren't as vocal as we used to be, I am going to miss swimming and walking and being pregnant with her. We both have our children fairly close together and the last time she got pregnant it was because she wanted to be pregnant with me. Awwwww. They are moving for better opportunities, since she is a nurse and wants to study mid-wifery. Good luck! You will be missed. My next finished project will be blue. In honor of Project Spectrum.
 I have been working on a hat for a week, it seems that I never get my lunch break anymore, so I worked on it last night, and this morning. I have so many other things that I need to work on. I have a Christmas list a mile long. I need to make bigger sweaters for both of my kids, and baby sweaters for three different expectant parents.  Has anyone else seen one of these things? It is called a yarn clam and they sell them at my LYS (when I can get there). I just thought that they were pretty cool and that I should let other people know that they keep your yarn from rolling all over the place and convert and bag that you are carrying into a yarntainer.
I don't mean in the religious sense, but in the sense that someone from highschool found me on that Classmates site, and they sent me email, but I don't want to talk to them. They were a friend at first, until I realised that he was trying to stalk me, he even asked my parents for permission to move in, so I moved out at 17, along with several other reasons. I told my mom he found me and she thought it was cute. What is she thinking? I have no reason to want to talk to this person, so I won't. Up next, I have finished assembling my Lace Leaf Pullover. And I really like it, but there are some tragic mistakes. Like, how do you weaving the two ends to a kitchener stitch if there is no side seam? I have 2 mistakes and since I don't have a clue how to fix the, I will embrace them. The front of the sweater is flawless, it is on the back, and under the right arm that I have problems, but you live and learn, and ask help, then grow. I don't think it is so bad considering I never kitchenered anything before in 4 years, and never sewn in a whole sleeve that was already seamed. The picture is a bit warped, but oh well. 
 Both, of my digital cameras seem to be giving me problems. So, I have a fuzzy picture. I still need to sew buttons on, but it is a raglan sweater in size two knit with Lion Brand Woolease in yellow and grey, on size 9 needles. I am almost finished with my Lace Leaf Pullover by Teva Durham. I have to sew the sleeves on. I put it out of my mind for two months, and forgot to finish it. I had the body completely done, and half of the sleeve, and i just got busy. More pictures later. Get this, the X cleaned the inside of my house, the outside with a mop, and mowed my yard. I forgot Father's Day was this weekend. I have three men to buy for, or make things for. We will see how that goes, I need to send a package out for my Dad, he lives in West Virginia, and mail takes forever. Kind of like this post, gotta go.
I have made up my mind, that it is time to post, and I will have several new posts in the near future, because I have a couple of projects finished. I would also like to have a pair of gloves done before the end of hte month, only they do not go in the project spectrum guidelines. My Dad wanted a pair of gloves that had the first finger from the first nuckle up and the thumb from the middle nuckle up exposed. And since he lives in West Virginia, I thought it would be best to make them out of Dale Hauk, which is water resistant. I believe that it is not the only one, but I do know that it is the main ne that advertises. My LYS did not have any blue, so I got cream, and I am going to knit in a band of color, or a pattern of some sort. I finished the yellow and grey baby sweater, but I have no room left on my SD card, and my batteries are almost dead. I will post pics of it next time. I used a pattern off of magknits, but I did not use the heart pattern, and I put stripes in it. There are a few changes that I would make if I were to knit it again, the main one is that it would be so easy to knit the sleeves in the round, so I think I will give it a shot. I have at least two more baby sweaters to make for now, both girl, and both for this winter. I need to make sure that they are not too heavy. In other news, I applied for an art teaching position in the public school arena, but was too late, however someone I know got it, her daughter used to go to the daycare that I currently manage, and she is a delightful woman who I am glad to lose to, if I have to lose. I have been meaning to write her a letter of congratulations, now she won't have to substitute anymore. There is a guy at work, that I like, he doesn't actually work there, but has kids that come to our daycare. I think that he is good looking, but other than that I don't know anything else about him. The man is as elusive as a shadow. His kids have been going to the daycare for about three or four months, but I have only had the pleasure of talking to him about twice. I don't like to play games either, or I would make something up, but I think I will never get the chance to date him. I have only been trying to figure him out since I met him, and found out he was divorced. Life has been busy, putting in applications is unnerving, and trying to make sure all of the details are right. I still need to put in some more. I think I might move if it helps. Teaching is what I want, next to knitting, so I am going to chase my dream. I'm out for now, talk at you later.
Okay, I have indulged in a few conspiracy theories in my life, but wondering why someone is visiting a site repeatedly would seem a little out there. There are sites that I visit everyday, and I do not know anyone on the net. Those are the people who post everyday, and do not have kids like myself usually. This means that they they usually have lots of progress to show, and I live through them vicariously. It has been a while since I left a post on anyone's blog, and I don't do it often because I DO NOT KNOW ANYONE. Call me shy, but if I remark on something to someone, and I do not get a response, I am not going to leave another remark. And since it has happened so many times, I figure forget the rude folks. Some people need to get over themselves. I have said my piece, thank you so much, there will be happier times later.
 okay, I fell off of the project spectrum bandwagon. I am doing things all out of sorts, and when I do do something that goes in the guidelines, I rip it out because I don't like it. I tried to knit a hat and sweater from the mission falls book of knitting for kids and I used a different yarn and of course it turned out nothing like what I thought it would. But, I submit that it is not all my fault. The yarn that I used was a silk and wool blend by elsbeth lavold, (I think I butchered that), But the label said that it was for a size 6 needle and before I balled it, I thought that was a good estimate. After though, I knew it was iffy, and after I knit it up, Total Disaster. That yarn is best suited for a size 4 needle. If not smaller. And not only that, but the lady in the shop was right, it seems to have no life to the yarn. It is very limp and not plump. I do not know now what I will use it for considering it cost so much. It was $8 something a ball. Which to some people, is not so much. In knew news I have been working on a raglan toddler sweater knit from the top down in yellow and grey stripes. I will post more pictures later.
My car has been giving me some problems lately, I drive an '89 BMW 525i. I love my car, but lately, it has been acting like it needs a vacation. I have put in a new starter, and it is saying something to me in German that I can't understand. So, I hope my car can fix itself, or something like not need any new repairs for awhile. I am trying to get hired in the public education system, and I am hoping it is going to go well. In the meantime, my ex husband was escorting me to and from work, since he doesn't have a job. He begged me for a new hat all winter, since he has all but worn holes in the old one, but I didn't see a reason to make him one until he drove me around alll week. I thing I may have been unnecessarily harsh to him in not doing something that he asked, when he agreed to drive me around for a week with little to no arguement. So, without further ado, I give you the manos toboggan.... 
I know I do, I am so close to finishing my lace leaf pullover!  And here are the pink needles in my Dad's hat..... 
 Cupcake pattern courtesy of http://grandbluedoor.com/knitblog/?cat=3
Okay, okay, I know that I haven't been that dilligent in my posting this past month, but when I couldn't post pictures, it drove me nuts. I, however have been knitting and as of last night I made a stocking cap in one evening, that's right, ME! I can't believe how much I have grown as a knitter, and all of the blogs I have visited and borrowed ideas from. As a matter of fact, I made my stocking cap on PINK needles, thank you, but it is actually for my Dad, so we won't tell him about the girly aspects, but as I was saying, I borrowed the basic pattern for my hat from almost felted, I will tryto insert a link to her website later, but my baby is sleeping next to my pattern book. I am mostly done on my lace leaf pullover too, except for the sleeves, and sewing together. This pattern flies.All right I can't upload photos again... nevermind.
 Oh wait, I mean here it is. I went outside to get a good shot of it.
 A finished placket neck pullover made of 2 skeins lion brand cotton ease on #7 needles, in the size 1-2 with the 2-4 yr measurements, and the button bands to the side. Now I get to move on to the the lace leaf pullover in lion brand thick and quick cranberry color, for 
 Finally! I can't believe after two weeks that I can finally post pictures. I wonder what made the difference, or if they were working on the website or some thing. Anyhoo, I am almost done with the placket neck pullover, eith one adaptation, I put the button bands on the side of the front placket, you will have to wait to see.
We returned home safely today from the hospital after my daughters' tonsilectomy. Sometimes I am glad I am a pack rat. I did not have to go to the pharmacy because I had the medicine that they prescribed for pain already in the cabinet from an ear infection last fall. I did not get to knit at the hospital the way I thought I would, the whole thing took all of about 40 minutes, surgery and recovery together. I first went to get something to eat. I did not eat this morning because I did not think it would be fair to a two year old that she could not have any of the food in the kitchen. So, I waited 'til the last minute and got her up and gave her a bath and off we went after getting the baby together as well. It did not affect her at all, she was up screaming and yelling and having a good ol' time two hours later. Her appetite increased I think. She had a plate of macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, and some other stuff, and then she had a cheeseburger, and then she had another plate of macaroni and cheese, and sweet potatoes, and asparagus. Believe it or not, the asparagus is always the first thing to be eaten. So, as follows are some gratuitous pics of my babies....or maybe not, for the past two days, I have been having problems uploading my photos to blogger, I don't know why, but for now, no photos I guess.
Okay, I am going to rant a little bit, the children in my house have been sick for a couple of weeks, just when they were getting over everything, they went to the doctor and picked up another virus from the doctor office. I have been busy, and tomorrow my daughter gets her tonsils taken out. Well, I am a director of a daycare center, and today we had a staff meeting. That means I am at work. I was not home to answer the phone about my daughter's surgery. No, I do not want forty people there, but am I avoiding telling them? No. They accused me in a message left at the house while I was at work of avoiding them. Am I avoiding the whole lot of them.......Seriously thinking about it now....no. But they sure do know how to upset a person though. Okay I feel better. I should have a picture to post tomorrow with my new camera, of the placket sweater from last minute knitted gifts.
 Here I come...with some minor modifications that is. I swatched for the lace leaf pullover, and there is no way it will work. So, I have decided to try another sweater pattern with some other reddish yarn. Okay, I seriously need some help. I can't get this whole button thing to work. Can someone Please help me?
Have been busy with lots fo things, I knit a sleeve for the baby cardi from Last Minute Knitted Gifts, only to riiiipppp it out because it was slightly different in color. So, I did what any other self respecting knitter would do, I got revenge and made it mad by starting another project. What else? The ever popular jaywalker socks by Grumperina. I am using a fortissima sock yarn that has all of the colors of the rainbow in it. Whenever I find my camera I will take a photo. Talk to you later....
I have been so excited, this will be my first knit-a-long... March*Lace Leaf Pullover by Teva Durham in LB Woolspun color Wine *Amelia Earhart Aviator Cap in Bernat Cottontots color Prety in Pink April*Beanie for Dad in Heathertone color Fransiscan Rust *Cabled purse in Jiffy color Pastel Yellow May *Slippers from Fiber Trends in Brown Sheep Company Country Classic American Heathers Prairie Green and Grape Jam June *Cigar Gloves in Tuir (some shade of Blue) July *Simply Marylin by Debbie Bliss in LB Wool-ease Chunky color Orchid August*Mock Cable sock pattern from Spin Off magazine in Fortissima Colori 451(white with grey specks)*Angelina sweater from White Lies Designs in Plymouth Encore DK color 256 cream Remember, this is all a guess....
I have joined the ranks of the knit-a-long cyber-knitters! I have to admit I am kind of proud of myself, I am not really a computer person. This has and still is a great learning experiance for me. Project Spectrum....I actually think I have yarn in almost all of those colors. I went out and bough some wool-ease chunky today in a purpley kind of color today. It was on clearance, so I had a hard time saying no. They are clearancing out a lot of stuff over at Hobby Lobby. Did any one else see the wool put out by Lion Brand? It doesn't feel as soft as their other yarns. I do not know if I will end up getting any or not. It is really hard to get good yarn around here, there is only one yarn stire in town and her business hours are from 10 to 5 and guess what I work? 10 to 6. There is it....no chance. She does not have any Noro as far as I have seen, and I really like the look of the hourglass sweater in last minute knitted gifts. I really do not want to substitute yarn for everything that I knit. Anyhoo, one of my friends had a bead shop here in town, and she just went out of business today, so sad. They did not seem upset about it though. Everything was 50% off by the time I got there. I should have bought more, but i knew I wanted yarn too, so I scrimped by with $21 dollars worth of beads and findings. I always want to join those secret pal things, but getting to the good yarn store is a daunting task, I would feel upset if I could not get a better yarn than what Hobby Lobby sold. I don't want to let anyone down. As for pictures of my two darlings,(ha, ha), I think I have a couple that I can share....  
 Here is the boyfriend/husband sweater in action, and believe me this sweater did not come without it's consequences. Some of the things that happened during this sweater are the reason that my husband and I are separated. I wanted to forgive, but something inside me says no. So, here is part of the demise of my marriage. Sorry about the flash reverb.
 I guess I don't talk that much about my life, so here goes, I have been gone a lot from work the past two weeks, with two sick children, and so to "earn" my salary, I knit the baby afghan my boss wanted. I didn't have to, but I thought it was a good thought. It will cheer her up a little, and not only that, I missed pay day, and she did not have enough money to pay me my full salary. I will get it I know, but I can't hardly live like this forever. I need to find a work from home job or something. Anyhow, the baby blanket was in acrylic yarn *gasp!* I know, but sometimes it is practical. It is in Simply soft by Caron Yarns, for a boy of course. My kids are better now, and so I will be back at work tomorrow, it should make things a little more relaxed with one less thing on my boss's mind. I will post pictures of my kids later, when there are at 100%, they still look a little tired.
  Sometimes I actually have to wonder if I have a suicide wish, I have so many things to do, on top of going to work and being a Mom. I would like to finish my angelina, but it is taking so long, I have been working on it FOREVER...maybe this is why I have not seen a finished one on the internet yet. Anyhow, I finished a baby quilt, and I am also working on a scarf for a guy, that has cables. It is for a friend that does not have a heater in his vehicle. Sorry, no pictures yet, and I really am going to have to figure out what the deal is with my camera. All the pictures keep getting fuzzier and fuzzier. I think my picture card is getting worn out or something. Oh well, I am going to get a new camera soon. If anyone has finished the Angelina, I would love to see some photos for inspiration.....
 My DD has ben sick and so I have been knitting by her side during the night. I am a much slower knitter than most of the ones I have seen in cyberspace, and so if it doesn't look like much, sorry. This is 4 hours worth of knitting for me, and I am halfway done with the length of the body of the sweater. It is the sweater from last minute knitted gifts I am knitting the size 2-4 sweater in lion brand cotton ease using the stich counts for the size 1-2 yr olds. AS it turned out the yarn was much bigger than I anticipated, but it might be perfect after all. I forget my kids are growing up.....
  Well, I know I have not posted lately, but I have been working. I sewed a purse and wallet for myself, made a pair of the baby slippers from the last minute knitted gift book, and I finished the sweater for my son.
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