....All This, And She Crochets Too

Here's me wearing a kerchief I made using this free pattern.


And



here's Emma and Holly (Tim in the bacground) at a Memorial Day



parade.  Emma's got on a red, white, and blue thread headband I



whipped up for her
.

My Little WIC Baby

Here's

the little man, helping to put together Emma's new trampoline at her

dad's house (on Memorial Day).

For anyone who may not know, WIC (see title of post) stands

for Women, Infant, and Children, and it is a federal program that gives

"food checks" for milk, eggs, and cereal to low income families. 

Of course we qualify, so we eat LOTS of eggs at our house. 

Tonight when we were all eating oreos for a snack, I asked if the

little kids if they wanted their's split open (they usually do). 

Holly said, "yes," and Ryan said, "No, I want the yolk to stay inside."

He was referring to the frosting, lol.

I'm still here, promise...

I know I've been a bad poster lately. I have got so much going on now, I can barely keep up with myself.

The job interview I had a couple weeks ago went ok I guess. Well enough that I have a second interview tonight with the board again. Honestly, I don't want to write too much because I am afraid that they would Google me. Weird times we live in, eh?

The job I am in currently is experiencing so many computer system issues that literally nothing is getting done every day. It's so comical. This is a BIG company, and oy, if people only knew....

I've been crocheting and garage sale-ing like a crazy woman, and I have even been taking lots of pictures to show for it! Go me! But, I stall out at the "load to Photobucket" and futz around with the flippin' thumbnail coding. Stay tuned, I do have another plan to help myself make better posts....

Right now I am making Giselle from the Cool Crochet book by Melissa Leapman. I am omitting the sleeves, and just making it like a tank top. So far so good!

Hmmm, family news:
Emma's only got ONE day of school left this year! OMG, that year went fast, I tell ya! Next year she changes schools and starts in middle school (6th grade). I am terrified for her, but she is excited about it and looking forward to it. She's leaving her Catholic school that she's gone to for 6 years, and going to the public middle school. She only knows one girl that will be in her grade, and we have requested for them to be put in many of the same classes. I'm glad she's psyched, and I HOPE she remains so after the beginning of the school year.

Holly's just zooming along in her Big Girl-ness. She's way beyond the toddler stages, and is about 75% potty trained. If we had enough money, or state-funded preschool, she'd be able to start preschool this fall. But, as it is now, that's not possible. I guess I gotta get my ass in gear and start an at-home curriculum for Tim to do with her and Ryan.... ;)

Ryan--what can I say about my Little Man. He's such a sweet little love bug. He has been watching Holly learn to use the potty, so now he is potty training himself. I'm so proud of him! He has a love-hate relationship with lawnmowers and weedwackers right now, which is in turns adorable and annoying.

Ok, I'll update everyone with my thoughts about my second interview ASAP. *Wish* me luck! I can totally see myself in this job....

Quizzical

The True You

You want your girlfriend or boyfriend to be together with you always, no matter when or where.

With respect to money, you spend as little as possible.

You think good luck doesn't exist - reality is built on practicalities.

The hidden side of your personality tends to be satisfied to care for things with a minimal amount of effort.

You have a tendency to overdo things, but basically you value your friendships highly.

When it comes to finding a romantic partner, you base your search on information from your friends.

Who's the True You?

Slow and Steady

Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It'd really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment. They expect you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then usually decide against it.

How Do People See You?

Your Star Wars Pickup Line

"I may look like an Ewok, but I'm all Wookie where it counts, baby."

What's Your Star Wars Pickup Line?

And my favorite:

Your IQ Is 110

Your Logical Intelligence is Exceptional Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Average Your General Knowledge is Above Average

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

That was fun!

Holy Canoli!

Time is just flying by. I've been so busy! You?

Memorial Weekend was really nice. Sunday we went to a big flea market in our town, got a few cool things. Monday we had great weather--shocking!--and we all enjoyed the little town parade. Then we went to Emma's dad's house because he bought a big trampoline. We all helped put it together, and then we all took turns jumping. It was awesome!! I want one! Then we popped across the street to the playground and played for a while. Then, NAPTIME!

This past weekend was ok too, weather-wise. I don't know what we all did to deserve TWO non-rainy weekends IN A ROW, but I hope we can keep it up! We didn't do all that much, but it still seemed kinda crazy. Emma's studying for finals now, so she's always so peachy-pleasant to be around. Holly and Ryan both had (have) fevers for some reason, but they aren't acting sick otherwise.

Ryan and Holly both love to go garage sale-ing with me, and Tim and Emma don't. So, the babies have to take turns (two toddlers in and out of their carseats 20 times to look at mostly junk is not do-able for me). It was Ryan's turn, so we went out on Saturday morning and came back with some cool stuff. Photos will be posted soon. For the first time ever, I found some Berrocco and other specialty yarns at a yard sale. Oh happy day!

mini posts for a while now

I think one reason I don't keep this blog up well (especially with crochet stuff) is that I wanted my posts to be substantial--or at least having SOME substance. Well, no more. I recognize that if I'm gonna do this regularly I need to be less picky about writing something substantially good, and just WRITE. Of course I still have my "I hate uploading images" issue, but ....

So, you're probably gonna see lots of mini-posts for a while now.


Here is one of my favorite drawings by Holly--it's a self portrait (she told me so herself!):



And can anyone tell what this is?! Only one of my favorite foods ever--RHUBARB! About $40 worth of it, actually, picked from my Aunt's garden. I made stewed rhubarb sauce, rhubarb Peek-a-boo cake, and I froze some (hopefully for a pie soon):