I can't focus...I need to finish stuff but it just keeps getting put by the wayside...so tonight I don't have much of a blog, because I am going to be working on finishing the fringe on Ber's shawl.
Happy crafting!
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
So...news
We are having to give Bard a new home. He's become increasingly jealous of the baby, and the methods we've tried so far have done nothing. Bard is almost passive-aggressive with it. Not acting out, being a good boy, and then growling at the baby a different day. So until we find him a new home, Husband and I have both been keeping a closer eye on him, and not leaving the room if he is out and Munchkin is playing on the floor. So we've notified people on facebook and have put an add on craigslist to see if we can get any interest that way. All in all, it's very disappointing. When we got Bard we weren't thinking enough to the future.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Friday = DONE!
Well, today was Friday, and for my weekly chores that means grocery shopping! And since Husband worked in the afternoon/evening I got to go by myself. (so was not looking forward to that) With the awesome Cozi app I already have my grocery list ready (although still adding things to it and organizing and what not. But anyways, I get Munchkin in her car seat and off we go! It was a fairly un-eventful trip, although WIC gives you so much baby food! Seriously, I have no clue how we're going to go through all of it. 16 jars of baby food minimum a week, it's crazy! Since we moved I've been shopping at a new Dillons, just as nice, but things are in a different place, so it sometimes takes a little extra time to find things. Munchkin was pretty happy during the shopping so the extra time wasn't really stressful. There was a surprising lack of people there, honestly, I think there were as many people at 4 on a Friday as there are at 10 at night, for someone with social anxiety, it was quite relaxing.
We're all done, going to check out, and we have a very nice young guy clerk, who has only done the WIC checks once before (poor thing) So he struggled through it, but was very nice, we got everything taken care of, and I'm going to walk out to the car, and I can't find my handy dandy WIC folder thingy. So I look in the diaper bag, on the counter, everywhere, finally find it in the cart. Disaster averted I head to the car. Everything's in the trunk, baby buckled in the back, and I can't find my phone. Let the freak out begin, I looked all through the diaper bag, the back seat, took the grocery bags out of the trunk looking for it, couldn't find it. So as I'm loading the bags back into the trunk I feel something odd in my shirt, I had my stupid phone all along, it had just fallen down and was playing hid and seek, evidently on a much higher level that I was. Oh, so much fun.
But in much better news, I got all but two things on my daily list done, and everything done for my Friday list! I'm so proud of myself. Now, I'm going to take the last 20 minutes of my time before bed and goof off.
Night!
We're all done, going to check out, and we have a very nice young guy clerk, who has only done the WIC checks once before (poor thing) So he struggled through it, but was very nice, we got everything taken care of, and I'm going to walk out to the car, and I can't find my handy dandy WIC folder thingy. So I look in the diaper bag, on the counter, everywhere, finally find it in the cart. Disaster averted I head to the car. Everything's in the trunk, baby buckled in the back, and I can't find my phone. Let the freak out begin, I looked all through the diaper bag, the back seat, took the grocery bags out of the trunk looking for it, couldn't find it. So as I'm loading the bags back into the trunk I feel something odd in my shirt, I had my stupid phone all along, it had just fallen down and was playing hid and seek, evidently on a much higher level that I was. Oh, so much fun.
But in much better news, I got all but two things on my daily list done, and everything done for my Friday list! I'm so proud of myself. Now, I'm going to take the last 20 minutes of my time before bed and goof off.
Night!
Friday, July 13, 2012
So I've changed my mind
Instead of doing FlyLady's beginner baby steps i've adapted then end 'control journal' to my purposes and have started using the COZI app on both my phone and Husband's. I use the to-do list as my daily control journal, and have made an extra list for my weekly chores. I'm even working on one for the monthly 'zones' of deep cleaning. Plus Husband has his own to-do list that I update so he just looks at it when he gets home from work and knows what I need him to do for the day. It's quite awesome. Plus I love the calendar part of it. That's actually the main reason I downloaded it in the first place.
In other news the shawl for Ber is complete!! (except for the fringe, which I'm hoping to finish tonight if I can ever get Munchkin to go to sleep. She's tired, but really doesn't want to give in. It's okay, I got an hour nap in earlier, so I'm good till about 2 am, then I'll need to tag Husband in for a little bit.
Tomorrow while Husband is gone at work my plan (after getting my morning/afternoon checklists done) is to get out the sewing machine and re-familiarize myself with it, and sew up a blanket I've had pinned together for at least 2 years. If that goes well then I'll do some patch work on my pair of cut-offs, and my only pair of jeans. So fingers crossed it goes well.
Well, Munchkin is down in her crib for the second time, and hopefully this time she will fall asleep on her own. (I hate letting her cry, but she needs to sleep.) Every time I try to put her down in her own bed today she's woken up and started crying, but it is bedtime now, so she gets to cry for 10-15 minutes before I go and 'save' her from the 'evil sleeping place'
Gotta love kids.
Here's the shawl folded with 1/4 of the fringe done (it takes forever!!!)
In other news the shawl for Ber is complete!! (except for the fringe, which I'm hoping to finish tonight if I can ever get Munchkin to go to sleep. She's tired, but really doesn't want to give in. It's okay, I got an hour nap in earlier, so I'm good till about 2 am, then I'll need to tag Husband in for a little bit.
Tomorrow while Husband is gone at work my plan (after getting my morning/afternoon checklists done) is to get out the sewing machine and re-familiarize myself with it, and sew up a blanket I've had pinned together for at least 2 years. If that goes well then I'll do some patch work on my pair of cut-offs, and my only pair of jeans. So fingers crossed it goes well.
Well, Munchkin is down in her crib for the second time, and hopefully this time she will fall asleep on her own. (I hate letting her cry, but she needs to sleep.) Every time I try to put her down in her own bed today she's woken up and started crying, but it is bedtime now, so she gets to cry for 10-15 minutes before I go and 'save' her from the 'evil sleeping place'
Gotta love kids.
Here's the shawl folded with 1/4 of the fringe done (it takes forever!!!)
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
about nothing
I don't have much to say tonight, so I'll just say it, I'm watching Hulu and trying to finish a crochet project. I'll post a picture of the finished project tomorrow (before washing/blocking)
The adventures of Yukki & Kenny : The haunted house
"Kenny, are you sure this is safe?" Yukki's high voice asked as she flitted near the goliath's stone-colored shoulder.
Holding back a large sigh he replied "I am almost positive this is not safe. If you wanted things safe why did you become an adventurer?"
Yukki paused at his question "Because if I didn't I wouldn't get to stay with you!"
Shaking his head Ken continued to stare at the door "we have to go in, midnight on the Winter Solstice is the only time that Brandibar's dead lover will show up. And she has information of this 'thoon' cult that we keep running into."
"Oh yeah! I keep forgetting, I think the house is scaring me."
The goliath shook his head as the pixie on his shoulder almost fell off in fright as the front door creaked open all on it's own.
"Are you ready?"
"No" her tiny voice replied
"Good, let's find this ghost before the malshapers do"
Ken walked in, Yukki flitting nervously at his shoulder, her natural glow dimming in the dark shadowy room. Lit by moonlight the old house had an eerie beauty, until the sound of bugs and rodents running around was noticed. And the dead bodies were a little disconcerting. Ken's foot steps echoed in the large foyer. The rotting wooden floor was covered in decaying rugs, a grand chandelier hung in disrepair above their heads. To the right was an arched doorway, Yukki's pink glow turning the skeleton bones a eerie shade in the dim light.
'What are you doing?' a voice whispered in Yukki's mind
"Kenny! The ghosts are speaking to me!"
A disbelieving look on his face Ken turned to the fey "what are they saying?"
"They're asking what we're doing here."
"Well, just let me know if they start screaming or threatening our lives, that's when you need to start worrying."
A pause from Yukki as she flew off the stone shoulder, illuminating more of the decrepit house. A burned wooden table was faintly visible in front of the skeletons to Yukki's right. She continued past the doorway further into the hallway, Ken's heavy footsteps following behind her. A staircase loomed ahead, the tatters of a dress hanging between the rails. Yukki's head turned sharply to the right, the voices leading her to the back corner of the room. "Kenny, I think there's someone back here." She whispered as a beetle skuttled under her.
"What are they saying now?" Ken asked, keeping an eye on both the staircase and the skeletons in the other room. When neither moved, he turned his attention to Yukki as she passed into the corner room. Squish Ken looked down, a large beadle under his boot, it's bright red shell cracked.
"IGNARO! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY PET!"
"Kenny, I think the ghosts are mad now." Yukki backed up into the doorway as Ken stepped in front of her, shielding her from the glowing butcher knife sailing towards her.
"Why do I let you talk me into these situations?" he muttered as he pulled out his long sword.
A bolt of radiant light shot past him towards the hazy figure in the corner. "Cause I'm fun!"
"Yeah, sure you are"
Holding back a large sigh he replied "I am almost positive this is not safe. If you wanted things safe why did you become an adventurer?"
Yukki paused at his question "Because if I didn't I wouldn't get to stay with you!"
Shaking his head Ken continued to stare at the door "we have to go in, midnight on the Winter Solstice is the only time that Brandibar's dead lover will show up. And she has information of this 'thoon' cult that we keep running into."
"Oh yeah! I keep forgetting, I think the house is scaring me."
The goliath shook his head as the pixie on his shoulder almost fell off in fright as the front door creaked open all on it's own.
"Are you ready?"
"No" her tiny voice replied
"Good, let's find this ghost before the malshapers do"
Ken walked in, Yukki flitting nervously at his shoulder, her natural glow dimming in the dark shadowy room. Lit by moonlight the old house had an eerie beauty, until the sound of bugs and rodents running around was noticed. And the dead bodies were a little disconcerting. Ken's foot steps echoed in the large foyer. The rotting wooden floor was covered in decaying rugs, a grand chandelier hung in disrepair above their heads. To the right was an arched doorway, Yukki's pink glow turning the skeleton bones a eerie shade in the dim light.
'What are you doing?' a voice whispered in Yukki's mind
"Kenny! The ghosts are speaking to me!"
A disbelieving look on his face Ken turned to the fey "what are they saying?"
"They're asking what we're doing here."
"Well, just let me know if they start screaming or threatening our lives, that's when you need to start worrying."
A pause from Yukki as she flew off the stone shoulder, illuminating more of the decrepit house. A burned wooden table was faintly visible in front of the skeletons to Yukki's right. She continued past the doorway further into the hallway, Ken's heavy footsteps following behind her. A staircase loomed ahead, the tatters of a dress hanging between the rails. Yukki's head turned sharply to the right, the voices leading her to the back corner of the room. "Kenny, I think there's someone back here." She whispered as a beetle skuttled under her.
"What are they saying now?" Ken asked, keeping an eye on both the staircase and the skeletons in the other room. When neither moved, he turned his attention to Yukki as she passed into the corner room. Squish Ken looked down, a large beadle under his boot, it's bright red shell cracked.
"IGNARO! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY PET!"
"Kenny, I think the ghosts are mad now." Yukki backed up into the doorway as Ken stepped in front of her, shielding her from the glowing butcher knife sailing towards her.
"Why do I let you talk me into these situations?" he muttered as he pulled out his long sword.
A bolt of radiant light shot past him towards the hazy figure in the corner. "Cause I'm fun!"
"Yeah, sure you are"
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
I was slightly naughty today
I'm going to say sorry ahead of time, I'm typing this on my phone, so it might have a few more errors than normal at the moment.
Didn't get as much cleaning done as I should have today. Kept getting distracted by stuff. (mostly D&D to be honest)
We went and visited Maw Ma for a bit today, which was nice, we had fun catching up and are planning a dinner next week so she can come see our new place.
Husband and I spent a fair amount of time together working on my characters for our campaign. Yes, I did say characters as in plural, I play a pixie cleric named Yukki (a little pink haired fairy princess, literally) and a goliath fighter named Kenny (a large man who very much enjoys the violence of battle.) they are loosely based off two fictional characters, leave a comment if you have a guess!
Husband (who is our DM) has made an allowance for me to play two characters partly because of our lower number of players, and because I made them to fit so well together (Plus Yukki would throw a fit and refuse to heal without her Kenny) I told Husband that if he ever wants to have me only play one character he'd have to kill off Kenny, there's no way Yukki would go on alone if he were still alive.
I realize to some people it may be weird to hear me talking like these characters have a personality of their own, but when you spend literal hours working on building all their strengths and weaknesses, along with their gear, spell/attack capabilities, the character starts to come to life. Husband once had a character, a Tibbit (a shape-shifting house cat) cleric that demanded everything she owned be of the highest quality. Husband couldn't stand the Tibbit by the end of the campaign.
As you can by now tell, we spent a lot of time on D&D. But I've been working on getting to know my characters better, their attacks and Yukki's healing, cause someone *cough* Blondie *cough* keeps trying to get himself killed. And in order to keep up with that monk who tries to be a tank but doesn't have the hit points or the armor to back up his intentions. Yukki keeps telling him to wait for Kenny, but no, the monk doesn't listen. If she knew the spell she would turn the monk into a toad so he would be less trouble-some.
Okay, back to actual reality, Husband and I went out to the drive in tonight! We got to see Brave and the first half of The Avengers. I loved Brave! It was such a good movie, I laughed, I cried, it moved me Bob! All in all, I recommend both movies, and hope to get them both when they cone out on DVD.
Well, I think Munchkin is finally ready to sleep, so off we go!
Didn't get as much cleaning done as I should have today. Kept getting distracted by stuff. (mostly D&D to be honest)
We went and visited Maw Ma for a bit today, which was nice, we had fun catching up and are planning a dinner next week so she can come see our new place.
Husband and I spent a fair amount of time together working on my characters for our campaign. Yes, I did say characters as in plural, I play a pixie cleric named Yukki (a little pink haired fairy princess, literally) and a goliath fighter named Kenny (a large man who very much enjoys the violence of battle.) they are loosely based off two fictional characters, leave a comment if you have a guess!
Husband (who is our DM) has made an allowance for me to play two characters partly because of our lower number of players, and because I made them to fit so well together (Plus Yukki would throw a fit and refuse to heal without her Kenny) I told Husband that if he ever wants to have me only play one character he'd have to kill off Kenny, there's no way Yukki would go on alone if he were still alive.
I realize to some people it may be weird to hear me talking like these characters have a personality of their own, but when you spend literal hours working on building all their strengths and weaknesses, along with their gear, spell/attack capabilities, the character starts to come to life. Husband once had a character, a Tibbit (a shape-shifting house cat) cleric that demanded everything she owned be of the highest quality. Husband couldn't stand the Tibbit by the end of the campaign.
As you can by now tell, we spent a lot of time on D&D. But I've been working on getting to know my characters better, their attacks and Yukki's healing, cause someone *cough* Blondie *cough* keeps trying to get himself killed. And in order to keep up with that monk who tries to be a tank but doesn't have the hit points or the armor to back up his intentions. Yukki keeps telling him to wait for Kenny, but no, the monk doesn't listen. If she knew the spell she would turn the monk into a toad so he would be less trouble-some.
Okay, back to actual reality, Husband and I went out to the drive in tonight! We got to see Brave and the first half of The Avengers. I loved Brave! It was such a good movie, I laughed, I cried, it moved me Bob! All in all, I recommend both movies, and hope to get them both when they cone out on DVD.
Well, I think Munchkin is finally ready to sleep, so off we go!
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