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 yay for fridays!!!  so ready for this weekend, i'm exhausted!  i do have a couple of finished grannies to show you guys.  i have one more that is ready except i need to weave in my ends so it doesn't technically count for fos.  :)

10 grannies done!!!

i'm running out of my colors so i'm going to have to start buying yarn to finish my projects.  it's all good, just an excuse to get to go check everything new out.  :)  i will have the hair update soon, until then have a great friday.  head on over to tami's amis to check out everyone's fos.  there are lots of really nice stuff out there.

it's wipw!!!



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as this will be a wip until it's officially done i will post my progress so far.  i'm doing pretty good.  all but 2 of the 44 brights are through the 3rd round.  i ran out of my red so i have to try & find a match for it.  i think it was a discontinued yarn.  :(  i have about 5 brights through round 4 which is my goal before attaching them.  i think the squares are too big for my liking through the 7th or 8th round everyone else is doing.  so here are the pics....

the last 2 brights waiting for more red on the left, one through the 3rd round in the middle & then 3 on the right are finished through to the 4th round.  i can't wait to see them all through the 4th round.  they are so pretty!!

same as the above pic but with the curtain bag storage, as you can see i have another one through round 4 in a different sequence of colors in the bottom left.  these are all the different color variations of the red/yellow/orange/blue in the bright yarns.

just a random pic of all the different rounds in a random shot.  :o)

happy wipw everyone!  check out tami's amis for more wips.

a special happy birthday today!!!

apparently i'm old enough to have a 17yr old!!!  YIKES!!!  :) 

today jess turns 17 officially at 2:45p.  :o)  i can't believe that 17yrs ago i was waiting on my dr to break my water.  i was exactly, one week from my due date & she was literally about to fall out!  i was a 6-7cm & 80% effaced! after he broke my water i was in labor (with only a "cocktail", so pretty much all natural) for only 2hours & 30minutes!!!! i told him the baby was coming, didn't know if she was a boy or girl, i wanted a surprise, he didn't believe me, i yelled the baby is coming & he looked down & had to put down my numbing meds & couldn't even give me an episiotomy!  it was all worth it though & i wouldn't change it for anything!!! :o)

anywho, she is a bright, beautiful, good young lady, and i can't wait to see what's in store for her in the future.  pretty soon she will be leaving home for college **sniff sniff**, the choice happens to be Sam Houston at the time.  i'm trying to persuade her to get interested in Angelo State so she's not too far away but far away enough to live her life.  she helps me in so many ways & i hope to surprise her with some privacy in the evenings as part of her bday present.  (right now the girls all sleep in the same room because we use the 3rd bedroom as an office for jason since he works from home.  i'm going to leave the girls stuff in the bedroom with jess but put the little girl's bed in the office so that jess can read & talk on her phone in the evenings without having to wake up the little ones.  she has been doing all of that at the kitchen table which can't be too comfortable.)  she will be so excited! 


happy birthday baby girl!!!  i love you so much!!!

first day of her junior year 8.22.11

celiac awareness day is today

i started following The Gluten-Free Homemaker awhile back & she has some great recipes & insightful stuff on everyday stuff.  i also signed up for her newsletter so i didn't miss anything & then i got this email today about her celiac awareness day post & it's astonishing that more dr's don't test for celiac's when there are digestive/intestinal issues.  here are some of the facts from her post, please click the link to read the full post.  :)

Among other celiac facts, the resolution states:

• “Whereas celiac disease is underdiagnosed because the symptoms can be attributed to other conditions and are easily overlooked by doctors and patients;”
• “Whereas as recently as 2000, the average person with celiac disease waited 11 years for a correct diagnosis;”
• “Whereas 1/2 of all people with celiac disease do not show symptoms of the disease;”
• “Whereas a delay in the diagnosis of celiac disease can result in damage to the small intestine, which leads to an increased risk for malnutrition, anemia, lymphoma, adenocarcinoma, osteoporosis, miscarriage, congenital malformation, short stature, and disorders of the skin and other organs;”
• “Whereas celiac disease is linked to many autoimmune disorders, including thyroid disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, type 1 diabetes, liver disease, collagen vascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and Sjogren’s syndrome;”

of the 5 facts listed, i'm #1 (they always thought my attacks were my gallbladder, nope it was from wheat making my insides attack itself!), #2 (i've had stomach issues my entire life, thought to be lactose intolerance was probably more of a wheat thing.  my initial diagnosis was 15yrs after trying to figure out what was wrong with me, why i was having severe stomach aches) & #4 (i've had 2 miscarriages, not for sure if wheat was a cause, & i'm definitely in the short stature category, i'm 5 foot nothing as jason calls it.  q also has eczema really bad & gets these bad scaly patches on her scalp i have a hard time getting rid of)  ;)

so if you have been having stomach issues, please talk to your dr.  it may be as simple (not at first) as a blood test & cutting out all your wheat.  i've been really proud of myself, for about a month now i have been extremely aware of what i put in my mouth these days.  as much as i want a simple sandwich, pizza, etc.  i have decided i'm going to be good to myself & not eat it.  q has been excellent as well.  even at 5 she knows that if she even eats something with wheat she will get sick.  she pretty much refuses to eat anything with gluten in it.  i did however let her have cake this last weekend but i think the next bday we go to i will bring her gf cupcake or something.  i don't think it bothered her but i need to be better prepared.  also i'm super proud of my teen, this has been as hard for her as it has been for me.  she loves anything bready!  but with self-diagnosis, she hasn't been tested yet, she has learned that it's not worth the nausea or the stomach issues to eat wheat.  she has even opened the eyes of friends at school that gluten free doesn't have to be gross or weird.  maybe this is why we have it, to open the eyes of others & help spread awareness.  i should look at it as a blessing & not so much a curse.  :)

i hope you all have a great tuesday!

this weekend

didn't do much of anything this weekend, which if you have been reading this blog, it's how i like it.  :)  we had a bday party for one of q's classmates at the zoo.  it was in the learning center & all the kids got to touch different animals & it was really neat!  we then went to the fort imagination park next to the zoo after it was over, it was just me, q & hopp, i think some of the partiers went on to the zoo.  i love this playground & if it wasn't so far away from our house i would take them more often.  we did have a minor mishap though.  q was jumping off a little platform to go swing & she didn't realize there was a big silver bar right in her way & hit it really hard on her forehead.  :(  poor baby, i was about to go see what she was doing & then i heard her screaming.  not the i hurt myself scream, it was the 'I REALLY HURT MYSELF' scream.  the one you know is not a cry for attention/drama queen scream.  :)  after i got her calmed down i convinced her to leave & head to nana's house.  it really needed ice because her forehead was starting to bruise & swell just a bit.  :(  she is ok, no major head trauma or er visit was needed but it's still really sensitive to the touch.  we had another party for sunday but the girls were not back from spending the night & going to church with nana so we didn't get to make it.

so here are the pics from the park & one from this am with the sad little bruise on q's head...

i forgot about this one & the next one.  in the goodie bag, they both got some zoo stuff & then these little masks, she is holding a plastic snake that moves crazy when you hold the tail. 



i love this little mask!  i may have hopp dress up as a raccoon for halloween



i love these shots, even if hopp isn't looking at the camera.  ;)

this is such a cool swing, i would love to have an adult-sized one in the backyard.  q was pushing this time.  i had to tell her to be careful because it didn't have a seat belt on the chair.  q thought she was such a big girl getting to push.

hopp on the horsey.

girls on the tire swing, this was right after the forehead incident.

can you see the bruise on the left side? (your left)  it's right above her eyebrow  :o)

 i hope everyone had a great weekend!  :)

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it's friday, you know what that means, it's show-n-tell time!!!  yay!!!  i've been working so hard to catch up with the CAL.  i'm only a week behind.  omg, making 88 round 2 circles is NO JOKE!!! 

so here is what i should have had done last friday.  now i have to catch up to week 2's goal & also get week 3 going.  it's a bit overwhelming but i know i can do it!!!  :)



now my coloring is better but i think it's because i have the two different shades by each other.  i really, really, really like the bright colors but once i pulled out the darker ones i really like them as well.  what's your favorite color set?

  i finally put up my curtains i bought probably a year ago & i thought i could probably use the bags for something & then it dawned on me i could use them for the bright circles.  it works perfect & right now, i could probably use the zipper bag for all 88 circles.  btw, i highly suggest you buying room darkening curtains!  they are totally awesome & really work.  i actually bought a set for one of my windows to try them out & i couldn't believe the difference!  but.... the one problem was i got 2 different sized panels!!!  i'm always doing this, it really pisses me off!!!!  the only good reason for doing that is i had an excuse to buy another set to match the other sizes.  :)  always look for the bright side ladies & gents (if there are any gents out there).  the only bad thing about them now is they have different designs on them.  it's ok though, not many people get the pleasure of checking out my room & my room is dark so you can't really tell anyways.  :)  ok, so back to the subject here are my circle savers.

circles with my storage solutions

man, this is a really big project but i think i'm really going to enjoy the end product!  that's all that matters right?  the man has decided that this is his blanket & that he will share with me.  :)  he keeps asking if i'm going to have it finished in time for winter.  uh yes... we do live in west texas where it's colder later in the winter. :)

i hope everyone is having a fabulous friday & enjoys their weekend!

the week in 'dos & some homework stuffs for q

i thought i would start a post on what q has been doing as "homework" for kindergarten.  i will probably do them with the hair do pics.  so here we go...

up first, the 'dos, we don't have a pic for monday due to the holiday.


tuesday they had alike 'dos but hopp had bows in her hair.  i'm so in love with her expression!



wednesday was a headband day by request not because of time :)



thursday, i was disappointed in my braid but i'm still working on it




when i practiced last night on the side twists they looked better & then i didn't have too much time for hopp's hair so i just clipped the long front curlies to the side & it looked so cute on her.  now if only i can keep them from instantly touching their hair after i finish.  ;)

 now on to some homework for the week.  i think there will probably only be one thing during the week but this was the project of about myself that we had to do over the weekend & then we had the letter A for homework today.

all about q, i was shocked to find out that she wanted to be a baker.  she has never had interest in baking but for some reason this was what she wanted to be when she grows up this time.  her fave food is spaghetti (gluten free of course) & cocoa pebbles.  her friends are alexis & angelina & her fave color is purple.  :)

A is for Angel  :)

i will have a fof post later just got to get my pics together.  happy friday everyone!

wipw

so i've been slacking on the posting since the weekend.  lots to show you so here are the pics:

first up, my wips for today...

dishcloth #2 of 4 for a friend.  i love the colors & it's ribbed for your cleaning pleasure.  ;P  then (CAL) i have 6 yellow circles of 11 that need to be made & then i have 11 more & then i'm done with last weeks goal & i can finally start this weeks.  this afghan is taking forever!

that's all for my wips




then on sunday we went to the park & hung out for a while, this is what happened...




we started out on the swings, hopp chillin'



then off to the playground area, q climbing up to go slide

hopp is checking out the big kids & standing on the logs.  on a gross factor i think that is smeared blood on the sidewalk.  there was blood splatter & then someone had stepped all in it.  it was really gross!!!

i can't keep this kid out of the dirt!  if you gave her dirt for xmas she would have a heart attack from delight!!!  i'm not joking people!  oh & another gross factor, that is a coffee lid someone left on the playground!!!   ga-rosssssssss

sister love, on the way to the prairie dog area

i seriously love this pic, it's rare that hopp will let q hold her hand.  she is an independent woman let me tell ya!

prairie dog, ground squirrel whatever you call them i love going to see them while we are at the park. they are so cute when they run around & they have seriously fattened up since the last time we saw them.  they have the cutest little bark they do.  :)

see, in the dirt again!

hopp had to get in on the dirt action too

jess & q huggin' it up, see hopp wants NO part of it!!!

ok, wait maybe she will get some love in but there is NO WAY she will even look at the camera!  deny, deny, deny!!  :o)



head on over to tami's amis & check out all the other wips.  happy wipw!

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well, i'm going to cheat just a tad, i don't technically have an fof because it's a wip right now but i have actually finished some of the goal for today.  i'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by this because there are so many circles that have to be done but i know once i get the rd1/rd2 goal over with it will be much easier on the next set of rounds & will go faster.  :)  so i have quite a few different pics of them to show you & then something super cute & a hair update so here we go!


first up, crochet along update, it's not too late to join inner hooker's crochet-along.  :)

here they are, i have a little over ¼ done, orange is not the right color but everything else is looking pretty much like the colors i'm using.



they look like cookies.  :)



stored in a wipe container so i don't lose any in the couch, boy, that would really piss me off!!  ;)  11 yellow/red, 11 red/orange, 2 blue/yellow & just 4 yellow centers for the blue/yellow ones.  this is my dark set.  i still have to do the bright set, hopefully by sunday i will have those done. 

next, friday hair update.  hopp has had the same 'do since tuesday just one mini pony on top but today i switched it up & put it to the side.  this is her normal 'do so no pics taken.  :)  i think my fave this week is wednesday's 'do on q.  she is sooooo cute & great to photograph.  just like last week i got my inspiration from hairstyles by mommy, check her out, lots of cute hair for you or your kiddos.  oh & she just posted how to make your hair curly without heat, curlers or wet hair to bed.  i will be trying this out soon!


monday



tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday

now for the cute report.  i have been smitten by q's freckles.  you can't really see them in the pics because they are so light but in person they are more noticeable.  i love them so much & i actually have freckles but they are more on my chest & shoulders.  just something about a little freckle-faced kiddo is so cute & sweet.  so i finally got a good up-close pic of them.  :o)

awwww freckles, now only if she didn't have a look of pain on her face.  ;)

oh & hopp & q both sleep together & i noticed hopp had some scratches on her back on & on her leg this am & if you look at q's face from this morning's pic she has a scratch on her eye lid, i'm thinking they had a cat fight in the middle of the night.  =)

we watched a brand new show :)

we have been seeing the previews to Ridiculousness for quite some time & if you are a fan of Rob & Big you know rob dyrdek, if you don't know rob he is a pro-skateboarder turned reality show funny man, he is also part owner/creator of the dc clothing/shoe line.  he is HILARIOUS!!!  i would love to spend just one day to hang out with him.  he keeps me in stitches, his personality is great!  let me just say before you see the trailer, i'm not a huge fan of watching people do stupid stuff so they can eventually get hurt & i'm not a huge-huge fan of when they actually hurt themselves but rob does his thang & makes this shit super funny!!!  so watch the clip & set your dvr to catch this super funny show!

oh, i forgot to say that i have not laughed this hard in a while, seriously i was in tears i was laughing so hard!  it just started on monday so it is showing throughout the week on mtv & then the new shows will air on monday evenings.  go ahead, i dare you NOT to laugh!!!