purple!

So here we are in our new house with a giant "to do" list. You know how it is when you move into a new place...there are certain things that have to be done to make it "yours". well the room my 2 girlies share right now is like a deep red color (the previous owner painted it). They hate it so we went out and bought something they could live with. And now we have a purple room. LOL I still have my red room too as I talked the girls into moving into a bedroom that had a cream color on the walls (a lot easier to paint over that the red).

I am *trying* to be all creative and artsy and figure out something cool for the girls. I have been oggling over the HGTV website. They have some cute ideas!! I think I am going to paint some butterflies and some flowers on the wall after I'm done. Then head to "Bed bath and Beyond" for accessories! LOL you'd think I was decorating my own room! It's fun I just wish I had some kind of artistic talent then this whole process would be much easier.

I want to start crocheting more now that I have figured it out. My friend made some really cute animals that I'd like to try.

Anyways, I have kids running around getting into stuff while I sit on my butt typing....so I will blog another day.

I CAN Crochet!!

okay so I think I finally have a handle on this whole crochet business. I started a little handbag for my daughter the other day and I actually FINISHED it! LOL Amazing, isn't it? Well, if you would have seen me trying to learn to crochet the first time it WOULD be amazing! I swear my brain must have been on "retard mode" that day or something. My church was having a "Ladies Night" and we were all learning to crochet. Well, everyone was making these great potholders and here I was with this thing that looked like it could be a really fat shoelace or maybe a Barbie apron (if you REEALLY stretched your imagination! LOL so I gave that up real quick.

So I move onto knitting and voila it's SO much easier! Two needles instead of a little weird hook...I can deal with this! So I spend the next 4 months knitting to my hearts content. Until I had to move that is. Here I was facing a 9 hours flight over the Atlantic and I couldn't take my knitting needles. So reluctantly I pick up the dreaded hook again and buy myself a "how to crochet for complete morons" and spend most of the flight trying to learn the elusive art.

Anyways...long story short I managed to practice a lot of stitches but never really made anything recognisable. UNTIL today that is!! LOL

Anyways, here is my little creation...my DD#1 just woke up so pardon the bedhead look! :-)

back from the dead!

Well I am FINALLY updating this thing once again! We just got cable internet (yeah for high speed!!!) hooked up. None of our other stuff is here so i am sitting here on the floor with the puter sitting on a cardboard box of a desk. We ended up buying a house and i love it! It's not exactly our "dream" home but really who can afford that? We like it...enough room for all 3 kids and all our junk, I mean, furniture. Seriously, it's strange how much you get used to having nothing. i am looking forward to a few select things (ie kithen stuff and BED) but everything else is going to go through a major purging! Can we say "garage sale"? LOL

as far as knitting....I have been drewling over the yarn selection at Wal mart. I know that's not a REAL selection but come on...coming from an Army post in Germany it sure looks stunning to see a WALL of yarn instead of a little box or cubby full of like a 20 skein selection. I am itching to get my hands on some wool and make some clog slippers for my DH. Right now I only have like 1 1/2 skeins of yarn in my whole house; pretty pathetic, huh? So I couldn't stand it any longer and picked up my dark blue yarn that my best friend Allena (of www.starknits.blogspot.com) gave me b4 I left. I whipped out my crochet hook and my "how to crochet for idiots" book and a way I went. (actually it's how to crochet for pre-teens so there's like a scrunchie pattern and a vest and scarf and bracelet) I decided on a small purse. I guess I will give it to my girls or something. I wouldn't really do this in the color I have but I was desperate people! LOL

There are too many home improvement projects to keep me busy so I need to make time to knit and crocheting. I have several pregnant friends so I am really needing to get my butt in gear! Knitting is like the Perfect thing for baby gifts!!! I wish I would have learned it years ago. I am very grateful to Allena as she is the one who helped me learn.

But anyway it's like 5am here so I'd best be getting back to bed. Bloggin while I am supposed to be sleeping is a BAD thing!!! 3 hours later and ooppss there goes my beauty rest!