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You Are a Conservative Chick

Like Elizabeth Hasselbeck and Ann Coulter, you're conservative and proud of it. You speak your mind, even if everyone else around you disagrees. As you see it, you have to stand up for traditional values and what's right.

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Needle needle needle

I finished a layout of my new knitting projects!

Credits: Urban Vintage by Traci Reed, Date Bits 2 by Misty Cato, DJB Kelli font

I'm going to make another iPod cover for Rob, and then start a doll dress for Heidi's Bitty Baby. :-)

Here's another one of my Power Panther experience:

Credits: Heart Song by Traci Reed, Date Stamp by Amber Clegg, DJB Kelli font

Crazy Week

Oy...I'm glad we are starting another week. I don't have the energy to actually write out everything that happened, so I'm making a list.

~ Mom took the girls for the day on Tuesday. I visited my knitting store and got some advice.

~ Worked at church on Wednesday. Sang at two Lenten services and went to Knit Night to meet some other knitters. Finished my hat but it didn't fit! Had to rip it all out and start again.


~ Played Power Panther on Thursday - very fun! Rob brought me flowers, a card and a new iPod for Valentine's Day. I couldn't give him his "gift" because I can't print right now at home. Sigh.

~ Friday was a long day. Rob had to work at the basketball tournament. During the day, Gretchen colored her headboard with crayons, painted herself and her porcelain with a body stamp thingie, and both of them snuck Valentine candy.

~ While playing in their bedroom, the girls managed to unlock and open a window, through dolls clothes out onto the roof and planned to climb out to get them. Luckily, Heidi told me before they ventured out. They spent the rest of the day in their room, after I removed all toys and stuffed animals. I stayed in my room so they couldn't pull anymore stunts. We canceled the babysitter and subsequent date night we had planned. That stunk.

~ Today we stayed home from church, as I have a cold and feel yucky and Gretchen kept telling me she was going to through up. They were good all afternoon, so we went roller skating tonight. Heidi seemed to have fun, but Gretchen reached her limit after an hour and started to melt down. One of the boys from their class (a wild, out of control little thing who is never supervised by his parents) decided to kiss Heidi on the cheek. She was really embarrassed. I wanted to clock that kid.



~ Our washing machine died today too, so I ended up washing a load by hand. Looks like I'm making a trip to the laundromat tomorrow.

~ No school tomorrow due to President's Day. Too bad, 'cause I love routine!

I have a new hobby

It's amazing how one thing can distract you from another. I've been digiscrapping for about 3 years now and still love it, but sometimes I get in a rut and get a little bored with it. I've been wanting to learn how to knit for so long, and I finally went and bought some yarn and needles and figured I'd give it a try. This is where I was reminded of the real value of face to face, personal interaction, rather than just the Internet.

I went to You Tube to find some videos on the basic procedures for slips knots, casting, knit stitch and purl stitches. I found some really good ones, and they were really helpful. So I decided to go for and and began making something that kind of resembled a scarf. It wasn't really supposed to be anything specific, but more so just to practice the stitches. It came out pretty garbled looking and really pretty ugly! LOL

Yesterday I went to the little knitting shop which is literally right around the corner from my house, hoping to find some guidance. Mom had the kids for the day, and I wanted to take a little time for myself...yay! The shop is so warm, cozy and inviting. There is nothing like being able to touch and see all the yarns, and talk to the owner who is so knowledgeable about all things yarn. A lady, who reminded me a lot of my Grandma, took me around the store and answered all my questions. I wanted to make a hat (which I'm realizing now is more of an intermediate project...oh well), and she set me up with a pattern the yarn and the needles I would need. I sat down with her and she supervised me casting on and knitting a couple of rows. It was so cool to have someone who was willing to take the time to teach me, and it feels good to be supporting a local business rather than getting my supplies at Walmart.

I'm going to try to remember to take photos along the way, so I can document my first official knitting project. :-) I'm probably the only one who is truly excited by this, but I don't care...it's fun!

the cutest Valentine card idea ever

I want to make cards like these for the girls' preschool class. :-) Click the photo to find out more...

A tag from Melinda

1. Name your two favorite scrapbooking topics: my kids and the "everyday moments"

2. Where are the two best places you've been to? Disney World and the Canadian Rockies

3. Name two things you do every day: Read/write emails and take my BP

4. Tell us two things that pretty much everyone knows about you: I'm a musician and a digiscrapper

5. Tell us two things that everyone DOESN'T know about you: I worked for a rape crisis program during college, and was a synchronized swimmer for about 8 years when I was a kid.

6. Tell us two things that got you into the hobby of scrapping: My friend Patrice, who is a paper scrapper, encouraged me to try it and was patient enough to help me through the learning process. Also, once I found digiscrapping, it was a natural fit since I'm a computer geek by nature. I was surfing for layout ideas online, and stumbled across Scrapboo-bytes.

7. Tell us two things that you want to accomplish in the next six months: Lower my blood pressure and lose 30 pounds

8. Name your two favorite scrapping tools: Photoshop CS2 and ACDSee 10

9. Name your two favorite sources of scrapping inspiration: Ali Edwards

10. How has your scrapping changed since you started? I do a lot more journaling now, and I'm less worried about making my pages look a certain way. It's more about telling the story for me now.

11. What scrapbooking project have you yet to try but would love to? I would love to make an altered tin album, and also get a 12x12 3-ring album so I can make an album with different sized pages.