i gave up.....

on reading the camera book!

got through the first pages ~ how to insert batteries (duh!)

how to insert SD card (double duh!)

how to remove batteries (ummmmmmm.....DUH)

how to remove SD card (can you say.......DUHHHHHHHH??)

so then i flipped thru to scan the features ~~ o-key doe-key then.......

snapped a few too dark!

face cloth for L J

sock progress still too dark

my new sock project bag!

new socks to start

more new socks to start too dark!

oh and also gave up my personal goals for SOS 2008 it ends sept 1st and think i've only made 2 pairs!!!

but looky ~~~ this person made 14+ !!!!! All Tangled Up - Knitting from Across the Pond

have a fab-ewwww-lous weekend :)

p.s.~~ i hear we've added a baby boy to the family!!!!!!!!!

hang'in 'round

i love lazy daz

mine!

made these saturday
SockPixie:Magic Slippers!

watched munchkins sunday

was told "mine" when tried to take pics

ran off with them

finally got them back

it's not like they'll fit him

maybe he likes pink!!!

moving along on Sockamania socks ~ they'll be done in time for drawing ???

disorganization

the house is a wreck

there is stuff all over

oh be quiet! i know that's nothing new here

but it's much worse than the norm!!

yelp! help!

26 candles

oops, 24


nope, 23


wrong again 22


welp anywho, i turned 26 today ~~did to


did to


i said DID to

C D B decide to chew a couple candles ~ hey they wouldn't let him light them sooooooooooo

J ~ S ~ L B ~ L J ~ C D B baked me a cake

how many family members does it take to light a cake????

after getting them all lit ~ they promptly blew them out for me!!!

it was too cool ~ you should have heard C D B yelling "CAKE! CAKE!"

kids, camera, Socks!

a few pics from the weekend

and a pic of my new toy this replaces my kodak but am reading up on it before using ~ a first for me!

C D B has this new thingy he does


i tried to capture it uh, nope, that's not it!


he laces his fingers and jumps with them out in front of him ~ it's so funny in "real" life

he also jumps, jumps, and bounces on his bum!!

he also screamed bloody murder (loud enough that Poppy came out to see what was wrong and what we were doing to him) when L B and L J wouldn't let him on the trampoline!!

we tried to explain it was their turn ~ all he would do was yell JUMP! JUMP!


started some more socks ~ the 2nd cable footie is almost complete ~ maybe this week???

these have become my favorites -- i know -- i whined about the yarn breaking and the thin-ness etc, but with each washing they are soooooo soft and warm!

if you can get your hands on some -buy it!!! Freshisle Fibers -watermelon i'll be stalking the site for more myself!! (oh yeah, get the single ply) it sells out within minutes ~ YEP! minutes.

garden stash!

L J's marigold plant has grown 5 feet!! it's hard to believe he came home from school with this in a paper cup of dirt (not to mention it was having issues when we actually planted it) i am amazed and it's protecting the garden from the "wild bunnies who like to chomp"

yum!! see in pic on the right side??? those are my HOT peppers ~ YAY! some finally turned red ~~planted 5 of those hot pepper plants ~ one has probably 20 peppers on it! the others have 5-10 ~~ i'm very excited to see red ~ hard to wait 75 days for a RED hot pepper

the tomatoes are mediocre ~ don't think i'll get the "beef" ones anymore & the green peppers and cucumbers went crazy

we have 2 watermelon growing and 1 cantaloupe

NO pumpkins :(

Tuna thinks maybe next year!

we have tasted the hot peppers and they are hot! hot! husbeast (ha!) says i'm crazy - that i should plow over them - nope!

when all else fails..........

i suppose

you can

powder the dogs!!!

C D B was allowed (yep! i did allow) a small ~ travel size ~

thing of baby powder

it was NOT full but he managed to spread it around nicely!!

rat ratt rattss!

also finished this over the weekend!

it's too cute :) hard to properly photograph :P

gotta say tho, almost ran out of yarn and the last rat is a bit smaller than the others ~ i like him!

and when i make the second scarf ~ will make the change on ALL of them!you can see better pic here at Morehouse Farm it's a kit under "critters"

dern it Socks!

i'm very behind in Sockamania but did finish my first celtic cable footie this past weekend.


auggghhhh it is too small :(


'member when i didn't follow the pattern for the other and knit the foot too long to fit me? (i did end up sending to my oldest sister)


welp, this time i followed the pattern exactly ~ on the foot part! ~ the cable part got messed up

and i guess i should have listened to myself - early on realized that foot might be too short -blah!


it is cute tho and the second one is almost done (trying to mess up the cable the same way i did on first one!)


know anyone with small feets???


might have to pass on knitting toe-up

things i try to remember

kids will be kids ~ and should be KIDS


they will say things that make you shout with laughter and/or cringe with embarrassment


they keep you grounded ~ just in case ~ you get too full of yourself


dirt and bugs are OKAY ~ each has a purpose


learning CAN and SHOULD be fun


their smiles and hugs and sticky fingers help make the day go by


laundry and dishes and housework will always be there....the little ones grow ~ enjoy them NOW


can't (and don't want to) keep up with the Jones'

happy b day!!!!!!!!

another birthday!!!!


at 10:36 pm


he's now 23

next up Socks!

made this


made this


can you see it? it's a rooster! amazingly husbeast (ha!) saw it right away :)

bought this! i love it that it says 101 of 100!!!!

this cloth was.........ahhhhhh.........difficult to photograph ~ took probably 20 pictures ~ only 4 came out


on the rest my camera said "unrecognized format"

then when downloaded.....one of the four said the file "existed but was damaged" and wouldn't let me view it!

is the cloth possessed????

a sampling

of pictures ~ lots of pictures!!

welcome to the w...........'s water wonderland!!

better ditch that gameb*y boy!!


one



two





three!




can you do it??

slide slide!! do it!

me too!

this was gathering energy the night before

cranking the hose!

invitation to get wet?

wet but still crafty! pipe cleaner insects and bracelets!

he got air!

chase the big brother

no more water, no more water!