A Simpler Time

Do you recall a simpler time when cartoons were just some cat and mouse chasing each other around endlessly. Or the Moose and Squirrel that always were trapped someway and you would get this line like: Bullwinkle: Well this is a pickle...actually its more of a kumquat. What is this world coming to.

1st Pair of Socks, Part II

Well I have started on my 2nd, 1st pair of socks. This is 2 days worth of work.

I think I love the self stripping yarn the best, you don't have to worry about a fancy pattern. This pair is turning out a lot smaller than the first. But we will see.

1st Pair

Hey I finished my first pair of socks. Check it out!

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/sunflowergirls/stock-socks

Warning

Warning: (You must understand that to think about things like this and understand by understand them I mean you must be a little touched in the head to understand them.)




Here is what you have all been waiting for, with as my sisters so eloquently put it, with baited breath. In our last breath taking edition our editor gave you her thoughts on Urinal Cakes, lets see what her warped mind has come up with this time, in the compelling saga of a Girl and her toes.



When last we left our heroin she was contemplating the warning labels on Urinal Cakes. As I sit on my chair I look at my toes and I think why do people paint their toenails. Don't get me wrong I like having my toenails painted. But why do we do it? There is no reason to do it. It does not help you lose weight, breath or help your heart to beat. So why do we do it? Is it an unnatural obsession with paint? What is this insatiable urge that we have to color our nails. The world may never know.



Stay tuned for our next compelling adventure: Moose and Squirrel the real story

82 Ya Right

I thought that I could keep up the great work when it came to finishing projects for Christmas. Ya Right. I have only completed one bag since the begining of April. I did start a pair of socks and a tea cozy. I am hoping to get the socks done real soon.

I messed up on the almost complete one. I did not make the heel flap long enough. I might just leave it or I might (gulp) rip it out.

I am planning on picking up the yarn for my sisters Christmas gift today. Can't wait to go shopping.

Love ya all. smooches

Next New Project

Well we finally have had our new sliding glass doors installed it has only taken 6 months. I am so happy, they close so nice. I did have a scare though, I was removing the factory stickers and I thought that the glass was cracked, but it was only a little bit of glue. I was so relieved when I found that it was only glue. Ok next step curtians for windows after body double is done and Easter. The list just goes on and on and on and on.

Spring has Sprung

My garden is looking better and better everyday. I am in constant fear that we will get a cold snap that will kill all of my plants and it looks like my fear will come true tonight. We are suppose to get a hard freeze tonight. I am having a hard time with this. At least my apple trees have not started budding and hopefully it won't hurt them. I plan on covering all of the herbs and flowers that I am worried about. I knew it was too good to be true. I think we need some kind of action plan, like what we had in school. You know stop drop and roll. What could ours be hmmm. Duck cover and pray.... Have a Happy Easter everyone and a pleasant Passover to all of my Jewish friends.

Christmas is Coming

Yes I know there are still 269 days until Christmas, but if you have made a resolution to make handmade gifts for Christmas its like it might as well be tomorrow. I have completed 10 projects since February 22. 10 projects in 37 days. That is a great start. If I can continue at that rate I will have about 82 projects done by Christmas. 82 projects, I don't think that I even give out that many gifts, but at least I will have a great start on a present stash were I can grab a gift if I forget to make one for someone. The bags and mittens will probably go in that pile, except the red bag which I have made for Faith. Next project to start will be Sarah's (this is the yarn), (And if you are reading this Sarah don't look at the picture of this and don't look at my ravelry account under projects.)

I have purchased the yarn for it at this little yarn store just outside of Horicon call the Knitty Gritty Shop. It is a fairly new store and I highly recommend it. When I pulled into the drive and check the door, no one was in they were up at there house having lunch. It reminded me of when I was a kid at the vegetable stand and we would go in for lunch and then run out when we heard the bell. Well Dan came down and opened up the store it has a small selection of yarn, roving, and raw wool. They will also offer Organic produce from June to September. It also has a selection of gift items, toys, garden accessories, raw unprocessed honey, and a variety of willow furniture. You are also able to purchase 1/2 a lamb or a whole lamb from them in November. Not my cup of tea but its nice to know where I can get lamb if I need it. Well there goes my plan to roast a lamb for Easter. Just think I could get a whole lamb from them and roast it on a pit in my front yard. Don't you think that the neighborhood would just love that. According to my sister this is a much more acceptable menu for Easter as apposed to having Bambi, Thumper or Flower for dinner.

Have a great weekend.

New Project

I have recently finished a project that I have wanted to do for a long time. I have painted our bedroom. For Christmas I asked for gift cards for Home Depot so I could purchase the paint for this room. These are the before pictures.

Here it is. It took me five different paint samples to come up with this color combination. I wanted it to be warm and inviting but cool and relaxing at the same time. I feel so relaxed when I come into our bedroom. Next step: Find curtain material, finish the bed, and stain or paint the trim. I have the material for the sheers that I want to put in the room. I am going to reuse the sheers that use to hang in the living room of one of our old apartments. I also want to make some kind of covering for our closet since it does not have any doors on it. I use to have the sheers over the closet but I never really like how it looked since I don’t have a curtain rod up there and it was kind of just tacked up there. I want something that will be easy to open and close. I will probably match the curtains to what ever I decide to put on the closet. Now I just need to save up money for this project, unless anyone wants to make a donation. Pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters, hundreds no amount is too small or large.

Winter Projects

This past winter I half way finished a project. Our Hall Way.

This is the before picture, ugly wall paper boarder and all.

This is the after picture, sure I still need new carpet and need to paint all of the trim. But just look what a coat of paint will do. It make all the difference in how I feel about the space. It feels more like me and my style.

Beautiful Day

Sunday was such a beautiful day. It was 65 and sunny in March. That is completely unheard of in Wisconsin.

The flowers I can't wait until they bloom.

To all I hope you have a happy spring.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year, well I know I am about almost two months off on this. But since my Father died in mid January I really have not had a lot of time for myself. So I have decided that since it is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent that this will be the beginning of a new year. A chance for renewal. Lent is a time to really look at your life and better it. It is a time of self evaluation. So I am going to start with a new year’s Lenten renewal.

 

• Complete one hobby project a week! It could be knitting, sewing, making cards; working on my scrap books, working in the garden, my goal is to do more things that make me happy
   
• Get organized. Which includes getting my life back in to some semblance of order, since we miscarried I have felt like my life has just been blown to bits, there are days that it is just a struggle to get up and go to work. My father dying in January did not help that feeling either, but I need to get on with life and live, not just sit around like a lump

• Lose 25lbs this year. I know it is not all that I need to lose but it’s what I feel comfortable with. I don’t want to make an unattainable goal. I think it is better to make little goals and work toward them I can always up it later.

 

 

Yes that is it 3 goals, yes only 3. It’s a start to help me feel a little better about myself and the world around me.

 

• Write on this blog at least 4 times a month, that’s about once a week. I think I can do that.

 

Yes I know I said only 3 but I thought that since I was writing this on this blog that at least one of the goals should have something to do with it.

 

 

 

Bye for now!!!

 

It must be my lucky month!

I was sitting at my desk yesterday and I get this craving for a Heath candy bar, well what do you think was the flavor of the day at Kops “Heath Bar”. I was answering my e-mail’s and what do you think happened I won a Yum Yum Dish on the blog Rural Mama's Sandbox. It must be my lucky month.

While the Cats are Away the Mice Will Play!!!

DH has been in Reno since Thursday, and do you think I did anything besides sew, not  really. I finished the second half the the bags, just one more step to go on them, started a bonnet and apron. I did get some house work done. I also went out to dinner with friends on Thursday and Friday. I have not had to cook for myself this whole time. When I was not out with friends, I went to my sisters for dinner or I ate cereal. No need to make a mess. I just love not having to cook for myself, but I do miss DH. I can't wait to see him tonight. Shiann really misses DH, she has been mopey all weekend. She will probably not leave him alone when he gets home.

Are Your Beds In Order?

Well I’m on day 3 of taking clomid, was not feeling so well while taking it, but feeling much better now. I think it was because I did not eat a lot this morning and all the pills I take were not agreeing with my stomach. In case you didn't know AF came, at least the dr wants me to try another round of clomid. I was so happy when they told me that last weekend.

I know I have not been on very much, but since we have been having a little warmer weather here I have been trying to get my beds into order. We had some work done in the basement in November, which required trenches to be dug up around the house, so I have no idea what my beds are going to look like this year. I had planted a few peony bushes last year and I am hoping that they come up this year, we will see. The daffodils are coming up under the apple trees just like I wanted them too; I can’t wait until they bloom. I did get my seeds in the mail today. The poppies that I ordered are on back order and I don't know when I will get them. I very soon. They are pink and white. Shiann just loves the warmer weather. She is starting to shed a lot more, I feel like I am continually sweeping and vacuuming, I think I will take her to the groomer on Saturday, we will see. Hope everyone is having a great day and don't forget to turn in your taxes.

Waiting....

Not much going on here, just playing the waiting game, 2WW, waiting for spring, waiting for lunch, waiting, waiting, waiting. I feel like that fish from finding Nemo. Just keep waiting. Just keep waiting. Just keep waiting, waiting, waiting. What do we do? We wait, wait, wait. I know it was swim, but I am playing the waiting game so it's wait.

I started sewing a skirt last night out of an old pair of pants. I just need to add the hem then I'm done.

Could eating curry while standing on your head and singing show tunes get you pregnant?

I feel like a need a break from this TTC journey, but I am afraid to stop. I keep thinking that if I don’t get pregnant soon the polyps will grow back and I will have gone thru the surgeries the MC and everything else for nothing.

I’m afraid if I take a break that I will never get pregnant. I am also afraid to move forward. I keep thinking that if I don’t pregnant then I can keep trying and I don’t have to worry because I’m not pregnant and that means I can’t be hurt, because I have nothing to lose. I’m afraid to move forward because I don’t know if I can handle the thought of another MC. I’m afraid to move forward because what if this does not work and the next step IUI or IVF. I can’t afford either of those options and my insurance does not cover it.

How can I get over my fears? How can I move forward? Do I want to?

I feel a little better. Sometimes it helps to voice your fears. Does voicing your fears make them come true any more than not saying a thing? I think not. God does what God does.

I recently read a blog by a woman who was saying she was taking a break but she felt that this was going to be the month because the equinox is this weekend and the moon will be the closest it’s been to the earth in I don’t know how long. I’m not sure if the moon will affect my fertility, but I am not going to chance it.

All I can do is pray, pray and pray for a child. I’m obsessed with having a child. I have become an expert on cervical mucus. I am obsessed with taking my temperature. Last and certainly not least I am addicted to fertility drugs, but what woman who is infertile is not.

We are a unique bunch of women. We check cervical mucus, we temp, and we do aerobatic’s after sex. If you told us eating curry while standing on our head and singing show tunes would get us pregnant, their would be millions of women around the world doing just that. If that was the case I would do it every day for the rest of my little eggie’s lives. So pray that the Moon and curry does its job this month. I will be singing show tunes all week and I will keep praying. he he he

Fondu

I had a great night out last night with a couple of friends. We went to the Melting Pot in Brookfield. It was a girls night out complete with appetizers, salad and dessert. As well as getting to pick out a new/used purse. I really needed a night out with the girls but did not realize it until after we were done. TTC takes a lot out of a girl.

Just when you thought Spring was here....

Just when you thought Spring was here what happens we get 3 inches of that nasty "White Stuff". I know I said one of my words was JOY but how can we have that when we have all of this snow. I has just ogling my spring plant catalog. I think the same thing happened last year. Next year I should pay someone to steal all of my catalogs until after April, then maybe we would not get any of that "white stuff".

It's been a few hard days this month but it gets better every day. The first couple of days were filled with me crying off and on, stupid things would set me off, when Steve would ask what was wrong all I could come up with was that is March. Hopefully by the time this month is over I will be pregnant.

But every day I feel better and better. I got two new Civil War Dresses, Auntie Barb gave me two of hers that she can't wear anymore. One is a nice light cotton day dress which is purple with white stripes. The other one is yellow with flowers and green ribbon trim. The only thing I have to do is open up the arm holes on the purple dress. Other than finishing my under clothes I am good. I should also have my bonnet done after two years its almost done.

I was going to make a dress, but then I thought what if I am pregnant and can't fit into it. So that is when Auntie Barb said I could have these two dresses. I did pick out some fabric and I think we are going to make a sack or maybe a dressing gown. O' I also need to get a hoop.

Well goodnight all.

Ovulation

I am just not real sure about everything right now. I just keep thinking that I missed my ovulation. I just don't feel like this is going to be the month. I am trying to stay positive but it is very hard. I just want to try and have a child I feel like it's never going to happen. What should I do I feel so unsure about everything. I have feelings of loss lately I went to my godchild's first birthday yesterday, I feel like I should be happy but I'm not I feel like crying I feel like the whole world is rushing by. I still feel like I should be pregnant I feel like this should be the happiest time of my life but all I can think about is the little one that is gone.