Say it with me now

No more sickies. No more sickies.

It seems weekly, dangit! We were all prepared for friends today, and Joey threw up about 5 minutes after waking (and it was weird yellow yuckiness, and yes, I have a call into the ped). WHY!!??!! Poor Chris, he has been such a good boy (after last week!!!), said "it's ok mom, i don't mind", when I told him that his friends weren't able to come. Paul even picked up the house, did the dishes and swept for me last night in preparation!!

Well, on to a new week. Hopefully this episode won't run rampantly through our house. I think he is ok, but we will see. He only JUST decided to take a bite of toast.

Last night's sewing fiasco was just that, a FIASCO! I am getting a new serger. Mine works ok, but it doesn't work well. I find myself fighting with it more than getting along with it. Paul has ok'd it, but I am planning on raising half of the $ first, with my sewing profits. The lusted over machine is a Babylock Imagine. Jet air threading (oh-my-gosh.... i almost fainted), no tensions to mess with, auto needle threading..... thud. Tee-hee, I am a dork. The sucker isn't cheap though. But I am sewing 4-5 days a week, and I have worked really hard with my current serger for a little over 2 years now (so I know it isn't user error), and my side business has turned into more than just side work. I need to sit on it awhile tho.

Here are the finished products that went for sale (and sold!) this week. Joey fell in love with the turtle set, so I am trying frantically to find more of that fabric to make him one. The peasant shirt was made by one of the girls that I work in the congo with. She does such beautiful, stunning work. Yarn is "On the Wings of Fairies".

Still no DSL

It makes me want to cry. For real.

Lots has happened in the past 2 weeks. Life goes up. Life goes down. Right now it's on a straight away. We had to check my baby sister back into a mental hospital last night. Yes, it's the second time. She is only 15 for fuck's sake. Yep. A bad word. But, it isn't fair. She shouldn't have to deal with being bipolar, suicidal and a cutter at FIFTEEN. I just want to take her in my arm's and make it all go away forever.

She should be dealing with high school drama, being on the volleyball team, chasing boys and figuring out who she is hanging out with on the weekends. But no.

I do put the hospital thing in perspective tho. We could be planning her funeral (we passed a cemetary on the way there). I have gone through that... it would be safe to say I NEVER want to deal with suicide in the family again. So, we take it one day at a time. I am always there to tell her I love her and offer support in whatever way she needs. She lights up my life. We may be 10 years apart, but that doesn't matter to me. She is my best friend. I love her with every little piece of me.






My boys are wonderful, and I can't even begin to say how much I love watching them enjoy our new home. Last week we had our friends Becca and Chelle (or Chelle and Becca if you are talking to Joey!), and they brought bubbles :)

I am working like crazy, but there is an end in my customs list. I also have 5 new colorways dyed for a stocking next week. I'll get a pic of one of them up this weekend. In the meantime, I just finished these soakers. "Spirit" and "Fire" of a elemental set (she has earth and water already).

How can one email reply manage to ruin your day???

Easy. We were declined as potential adopters for a golden retriever. I won't lie, I am incredibly sad. It's the second app that was turned down. First one - they refused to adopt to families with young children (which is pretty interesting, being that their site advertised some of the dogs as "wonderful with children"). This one - our lease agreement was too restrictive. Oh. We want to give a dog a good home for gosh sakes! We wanted to love one that had been left at a pound.

All this because I am trying to do things the right way. The hoops I have to jump through are numerous, and people just are not willing to work with us at all.

Oh well. Maybe it isn't meant to be? Perhaps we should wait a while for a dog. Or we can go to the property prop. mang. co and see if they can ask the owner if we can have a puppy. But, damn, I don't want a puppy. I have Joey.

The good news? I am pet sitting for my mom, and our best buddy Zeus is here right now to cheer me up. I am going to go pet him.

Dial up sucks.

Need I say more? It took me 5 minutes to connect, go to blogger, log in, and get to the "new post" page. UGH!!! I am super irritated. I can't even connect to verizon.com to order DSL. Damn thing keeps timing out!

But it has made me super productive in the crafting area. In the past few days, I have dyed 3 pounds of yarn, sewn up 3 outfits, and kept my darn house clean. Now, if I could just post pics to the internet of my stuff, and sell some of it... my life would be complete.

I haven't yet started on Chris' second knuck. It's on the "list". I am working on a pair of knucks, as a thank you for the work she put in on my website. I am also diligently working through Joey's hoodie. It's about finished.

I am super excited about this colorway.


It's much prettier in real life, and I am hoping to get some good pics in natural light tomorrow. It will be paired with a lap t-shirt, though I haven't decided what size. I was going to go with a 3-6 month size, but the print is on the larger side, so I don't know how it will look. I may just do the 18 month size.







And I can't leave out the other outfits I have been working on :).
Outfit #1- Cotton firetruck knit, paired with the most amazingly soft corduroy pants (with a special treasure pocket on the side)
Outfit #2- Chinese New year set. Michael Miller flannel bottoms (fantastic designer!), and a delicious cotton knit for the top. I may just keep this set for Joey.
Outfit #3- The knit shorts are Blackberry Ridge Merino, dyed by an amazing at-home biz, Wooly Wonders by Nada. Their stuff is just fantastic!!! Shirt is a soft cotton rib knit.

a bit more uplifting.

I still don't know what's up with the house. The decision has been left in Paul's hands. I don't know that he can say that we won't move, but I have told him that if he decides we will, I never, ever, want to hear about the paint job. He has to be 100% sure of his decision either way, and I will support him, I just can't support daily bitching about the color of the house.

The rental co may surprise us though.

Anyway, I wanted to show off some of my accomplishments from the last 2 weeks.

First up, the "retro" soaker-

















Second, leg warmers w/ the "No strings attached waistband"













Third, shorties in the "jewel" colorway

















Fourth, a little love gnome



























and last but not least, a pair of "heartbreaker" undies :)















oh, and some yarn :). DK weight for knucks

i want to throw up

... there isn't more to say. our move is now up in the air. they decided to paint the house, and it is ugly. ugly enough for me to really dislike it, but it's ugly enough for paul to want cancel the move. i don't even want to fight with him... if we move, i'll have to hear about it for the rest of my life. i feel like i don't have a leg to stand on either, since i think it's pretty horrible. in his words, it's "puke green with burgandy trim", and while i don't think the green is puke-y, it isn't a pretty green.

the rental company knows how bad it is. they already had concerns voiced from a handy man who was working on it, and the manager has seen it and dislikes it. but in their words, they have spent 4 grand already, so it probably won't be re-painted.

anyway. i am just overwhelmingly sad. i knew this was coming. it's destined that i don't get to move.

Seriously.

I love Target. Upon chelle's urging, I went there looking for a windbreaker. Didn't come out with one, instead came out with a new kitchen table set. Darn thing was 50% off, and Paul and I have been lusting after it since it came out! It's not some great Pottery Barn set (my dream!), but it will do it's job well, and I can get rid of my peeling table and broken chairs!!! I tried for that windbreaker, but couldn't find toddler sizes.

Speaking of Chelle... I finished these up for her baby on the way!!! They are made with a wool crepe, bound with soft fold-over-elastic. The crepe I used is wonderful stuff. Super trim, but works like a charm. These babies are daddy friendly!!!



















I also have 2 cut out from PUL in a size small. Those above are newborn sizes. I love sewing for a newborn!!!

Ok. I need to knit. I have to dye tonight. That's my list. The legwarmers are done, shorts are being finished (once I tear myself away from this blog), and I need to work on the soaker. I'll post pics tomomorrow.