Motherhood....Potty Training and Painting

We are turning our den back in to a bedroom for our boys. Last weekend I repainted the walls and today I plan to repaint the molding, doors, etc. When we first moved into this home, I had a lot of time to paint since I only had 1 kiddo, but now, not so much. I really hope I get the room finished and get them moved in by Sunday. Emma's been making the sleeping arrangements a nightmare lately.

So FINALLY, my daughter has shown serious interest in potty training. Everytime she wets herself, she comes crying to me that her, " butties hurts." I told her if she went potty in the toilet it wouldn't hurt. I guess this was the magical sentence because last night she legitamitely used the toilet several times and pretended several times more. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we can finally do this, so I don't have to spend another G** Damn dime on diapers/pullups!

I received this pattern, along with a couple of others, from Lion Brand via email yesterday. I'm SO gonna make them and buy a little bird cage to display them in. Is that crazy old lady sounding?http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/80015AD.html?noImages=

I Love Her Stuff

If you are a fan of amigurumis or a crocheter, you have to check this pattern by Gourmet Amigurumi. I LOVE her creations and have been a huge fan for sometime. I just got her newsletter announcing the sale of one of her patterns. Me thinkie I may just have to indulge and buy it because these little snails are to die for!!!

Just a Little Bit of Stress

The last two weeks have been stressful to say the least. After much discussion and looking at the pros and cons, my husband and I decided to not play it safe and take a risk. A risk that will majorly effect our life. As in many situations, our decision not only effects us, it effects other parties. Is it wrong to put your own family's livelihood above others? Especially, when you can't please everyone all of the time and it's inevitable that someone will be hurt by your decision. Well, at this point, we just have to sit back and wait and see if our decision works out. I feel firmly down deep inside that we made the best decision, but sometimes you doubt yourself and things don't always turn out like you've envisioned. I don't usually pray for myself, but I'm thinking I may start. :)

Ganpa Hows

I've found if I get out of the house early, I'm more productive and happier in general. So for the past few days, I've made appoint of leaving and today, I'm off to my new part-time job, cleaning my Gpa's house. Of coarse I'm paid with love and happy to do it. PLUS, my Gpa has an AWESOME treadmill that no one uses. He originally bought it for my Gma to encourage her to get off the couch when she was sick, but she never ended up using it. So look out treadmill here I come! Mem is very excited about going; she loves Ganpa's hows. He's actually her Great Grandpa, but Ganpa is hard enough for her to say. Infact for the awhile she called he Ganma; hehehe, if you knew my Gpa that is really funny. He is not expecting me to come over until Tuesday, so I can't wait to see his face when he gets home from golf today to a clean house. Not that he makes a big mess, but he could use some help. Anyho, I'm off!

Silver Linings

Dr. Jekyll

Mrs. Hyde

This is how I feel lately! Wow, have I been a grouch lately; ask my husband, he LOVES me right now. So today I decided to get my day started early and hope for the best; so far so good. Each time I get irritated, I dig deep inside and find a silver lining and it's working. So here are some of my silver linings so far today:

Irritated = Last night as I got my daughter ready for bed, I realized we had no more pull ups. So this morning I was just planning to wake up to a big pee pee mess.

Silver Lining = Started potty training her, AGAIN, and this time she is into it and so far no accidents.

Irritated = Once again, this morning realized there is NO MORE SOAP.

Silver Lining = Make a trip to Targay and found myself a purse, a couple of shirts, 2 dog bowls, a dog bed and much much more which was ALL ON SALE. YA Baby!!!

Irritated = Just cleaned the floors yesterday and as I walk in I see black grease mark, Thanks Hubby!

Silver Lining = My daughter says to me as I'm cleaning, "Is okay, Sannon, I help!" Thank you, Mems!

What I've Been Up To!

In My Crafty Corner: I began making these dolls before Christmas, but didn't make time to finish them. I finally completed 1 yesterday and was so excited, I took a picture of it and gave it to it's intended owner. Hopefully Miss. Em will nap today so that I can finish the other two (I'm crossing my fingers). I found and purchased the pattern for this delightful girlies on Posie gets cozy. I decided to use material in red for the holiday, but I think they could be displayed year round.

In My Crochet Corner: I mentioned that I've been crocheting quite a bit lately. I got back on the hook by making scarves for my boy's teachers. Then I decided to make a scarf for myself and once Emmie saw it, I realized quickly I needed to make one for her. While making all these scarves, I decided to ripp a blanket I began making my husband a couple of years ago and started all over from scratch. I've run out of yarn so I'm waiting for it to go on sale so I can buy more. In the mean time, I did the same thing with a blanket I began making my son a couple of years ago; ripped it and started over. Now I'm at the same point with his blanket, I need more yarn, but I have to order his yarn online because my local Joanns doesn't carry it anymore. Wow, is it pricey, even on sale. He better use this blanket until he gets out of college or ELSE!

My Scarf

Hubby's blanket

Ant's blanket

I found a YARN SHOP!

This shop has been right under my nose....Darn It! I'm always on the look out for a yarn shop close to home. Once I was driving down a main street, a town away, and saw a sign in a mini shopping center that said YARN. I pulled into that center as fast as could be, to only be disappointed to find that it was a coffee shop with no yarn. :( Why call it yarn? How about COFFEE! Anyhow, last week I made a trip out to Torrance, another town away, and while waiting for the light to turn green at the stop light, I noticed the store name, Concepts In Yarn & Needlepoint, on a large board with at least 12 other store names; totally hidden, can't believe I saw it, yet made sense why I'd never seen it before. As it was the New Year's holiday week and we had plans to go out of town, I put it to the side, but remember today and googled it. Sure enough I found their website and am SO HAPPY to find that it is an ACTUAL yarn shop! HIP HIP HOORAY! PLUS, it's closer than Michaels or Joanns so there is no excuse to go; RIGHT. Now, I just need to get my husband to watch the kids and maybe convenience a friend or TWO to join me! :) :) :)

Kiss 2008 Goodbye...Happy New Year!

I decided to change up my blog and it turned out to be a 2.5 hour ordeal. Since I'm not very computer savvy, I deleted all of my sidebar and had to start over from scratch; typical, hahaha. Anyho, I figured it out and I'll add to it until it's back to normal.

Our New Year's Eve was fun! Each year we celebrate at our friend's house who have children the same age as ours. Since our kids are young and since my husband wakes up so early everyday for work and can't stay up late, we celebrate the new year with New York at 9pm and are in bed way before midnight. This year we toasted the new year with champagne and kids with sprite! The kids loved it!!!

On New Year's Day, we headed out of town to the desert for some fun in the dirt. I think everyone would agree that once we got to our destination, this trip was one of the best ones ever. My friend and I had a blast riding "Mommies Only" on our quads. At one point we just pulled over and chatted. My husband's friends were a Frigin blast! My cousin must have told be what a riot they were 10xs. They were so funny all weekend and watching them launch the Manx was crazy! We had a great time so much so that we didn't want to leave, but with no more water and a low supply of food, we had to go.

They couldn't stay away from the fire pit if their lives depended on it!

She brings her purse everywhere, even to bed. :)

My friend's husband launching their Manx.

I've been crocheting quite a lot lately. Although the WIPs are blankets so they won't be completed for a while. I'm thinking of starting a new project; one to work on when I'm bored with the blankets. I'm thinking a Amigurumi kitty in a pink and white cotton yarn I have using this pattern. I want to surprise a friend and I think she'll love it!