My First Knitted Mouse!!!

Our First Web Cam Pictures!!! LOL!!!

Day One of Lent

Well this day went by in a flash!  Father Greg said that Lent begins with ashes and that's a good thing... I must not lie, I didn't do exactly what I was suppose to do today, OK excuse #1 The phone rang #2 it rang right at the half way point of my morning coffee!?!  I was railroaded!!!  After that everything was fine until my loving husband decided to make me his punching bag!  He told me I didn't care and that I didn't want to help him!  I'm all about support.  I'm a back bone.. bend me!  I do love him and I'm proud of him.  Unlike myself, day one for him went smooth!  I did however knit a little bitty bookmark from green yarn.  Its kind of cute!  It gave my rectangle knits a purpose and it put a smile on my face :) now its time for bed, I'm going to Greenville in the morning with my Mom and I'm super excited :)

LENT :)

By the time I finish this post it will be Ash Wednesday, which means the beginning of Lent! I love the thought of it but choosing one thing to "give up" is hard for me. So for my first Lent giving up something for 40 days and 40 nights isn't enough, I'm going stop this nasty little habit of mine and nip it in the bud. Knowing that this may be an issue for me, considering Xavier is quiting also, I plan on filling my days with knitting, tea, and prayer. Lots of prayer! I'm pretty sure I'll have carpal tunnel by week two and NO fuse left to deal with simple things in life; Really I'm only working with half a fuse now :) So why is giving up this habit so hard for my mind to grasp. I've done this kind of thing before... and that was with something a lot worse!?! Its not the quiting that I have a problem with, Its the things associated with it! Like talking on the phone, drinking coffee and well its a stress tamer!?! So I guess 22 minutes ago I quit! I pray to learn from this and grow... and hoping to fill this void, if there is one, with a hobby not another habit!!!




HAPPY LENT!!! ;)

WCOCB!?!

I can't believe this!  I've totally got a case of blogger block!  Its driving me crazy!  I have 10 different post waiting to be finished and posted.  I can't seem to focus on one subject long enough to complete a thought.  I have a great thought process for writing, or at least that's what all my teachers have said in the past and I can't get in to that groove!  I can't seem to find any of my past grooves!  I feel somewhat lost in my life.  I feel that having children makes me dumb, or just exhausted!  LOL!!!  All the things I used to be good at have faded and/or I can't get the thoughts to my hands.  I tried to make Oreo cookie balls dipped in white chocolate and well they just didn't look as pretty as wanted them to.  Really good but not pretty.  I did teach myself to do a long tail cast-on for knitting.  It only took me 5mins to learn and 10 mins to get it right!  I guess all my creativity went to that and not the cookie balls :)  The bad part is that I've always been good at stuff.  The first time was a charm for me.  I guess I'll try and push my personal expectation back a little and say "3rd times a charm" :)  I'm extremely hard on myself with things like that.  I don't like to fail but when I do, I love to learn from it and share it with other people.  I think I'll go buy a chocolate fountain this week!  I love the old way of doing things but I'm not going to be defeated by white chocolate Oreo cookie balls!!!