I made this for a Wild West birthday party. It's a little more Little House on the Prairie than Wild West, but that's okay. I'll have to get a better picture, but this works for now! And it'll double as a Halloween costume (before she has any say in it, pretty soon she'll want to be a princess)... I made the 1 year old size, but it's pretty big. I might have to redo the elastic in the wrists before October, but that should only take a few minutes.
I might also want to buy a bonnet pattern. I kind of fudged one so it doesn't fit, but it looks like a bonnet hanging down her back (just like Laura Ingalls Wilder wore hers)
Friday, April 3, 2009
In my spare time...
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Keep Portland Twisted
I just saw on the Twisted blog that they have a cute tote bag for sale that says "Keep Portland twisted"
Of course I'm going to buy it. It's cute, reusable and you get a 5% discount when you bring it back and use it.
As a side note, I've been thinking about my blogging habits recently. I've been posting 5 time more to this blog than my private one (on myspace). It use to be the other way around. Am I not sharing my feelings with my friend anymore or am I just being lazy. There's tons of topics in my head every week but they never make it onto either blog.
I'm leaning towards lazy. With Sabrina, I really don't have much internet time anymore and what I do have is spent mindlessly staring at facebook or ravelry.
Just today I had a story to tell, but now I don't think It's important. It starts with my SIL having "water on the knee" and ends with me buying a pair of U of O rain boots... Totally random. Wanna hear it?
Last week Erin was only working on Friday (Great Wolf Lodge until Tuesday, one day rest and Thursday daycare was closed). She show's up to work with the hugely swollen knee and ended up being taken to the doctor by one of the attorneys. She didn't come back to work because they gave her this awful medicine that totally stoned her. I went over there Saturday to watch Evan so J.P. could take Alivia to ballet (apparently it's hard to watch a 2 year old when you're passed out on the couch). This Monday and Tuesday she came to work, but couldn't take her meds or she wouldn't be able to do anything and she had a huge tax return due.
Tuesday night they picked Sabrina up from daycare for me and her knee wasn't getting better. The swelling was down, but it was spreading. She was going to watch Sabrina for me this afternoon, but we decided that she probably shouldn't watch 3 kids if she couldn't walk.
Daycare was closed today. So, instead of Richard dropping Sabrina off with Erin when he went to work, he picked me up from work early and I dropped him off.
Sorry, this is all discombobulated because I'm tired and should be sleeping...
On with the story. I had a gift card for Macy's and decided to go and spend it since I had some extra time. I didn't find anything... I was checking out the shoes when I found them... University of Oregon rain boots! I took a picture and sent it to my cousin in Texas because they're HUGE UofO fans. I just thought it was a funny picture, but she texted me back saying she wanted them. I feel like I was on some kind of journey for some unknown reason. But everythign happpens for a reason, right? Maybe the guy upstairs wanted my cousin to have those boots. I don't know. I'm going to send them tomorrow, if I can find a better box. I hope it doesn't cost too much to send, the boots were only $11.70 (the tag said $40, but also said $24).
Of course I'm going to buy it. It's cute, reusable and you get a 5% discount when you bring it back and use it.
As a side note, I've been thinking about my blogging habits recently. I've been posting 5 time more to this blog than my private one (on myspace). It use to be the other way around. Am I not sharing my feelings with my friend anymore or am I just being lazy. There's tons of topics in my head every week but they never make it onto either blog.
I'm leaning towards lazy. With Sabrina, I really don't have much internet time anymore and what I do have is spent mindlessly staring at facebook or ravelry.
Just today I had a story to tell, but now I don't think It's important. It starts with my SIL having "water on the knee" and ends with me buying a pair of U of O rain boots... Totally random. Wanna hear it?
Last week Erin was only working on Friday (Great Wolf Lodge until Tuesday, one day rest and Thursday daycare was closed). She show's up to work with the hugely swollen knee and ended up being taken to the doctor by one of the attorneys. She didn't come back to work because they gave her this awful medicine that totally stoned her. I went over there Saturday to watch Evan so J.P. could take Alivia to ballet (apparently it's hard to watch a 2 year old when you're passed out on the couch). This Monday and Tuesday she came to work, but couldn't take her meds or she wouldn't be able to do anything and she had a huge tax return due.
Tuesday night they picked Sabrina up from daycare for me and her knee wasn't getting better. The swelling was down, but it was spreading. She was going to watch Sabrina for me this afternoon, but we decided that she probably shouldn't watch 3 kids if she couldn't walk.
Daycare was closed today. So, instead of Richard dropping Sabrina off with Erin when he went to work, he picked me up from work early and I dropped him off.
Sorry, this is all discombobulated because I'm tired and should be sleeping...
On with the story. I had a gift card for Macy's and decided to go and spend it since I had some extra time. I didn't find anything... I was checking out the shoes when I found them... University of Oregon rain boots! I took a picture and sent it to my cousin in Texas because they're HUGE UofO fans. I just thought it was a funny picture, but she texted me back saying she wanted them. I feel like I was on some kind of journey for some unknown reason. But everythign happpens for a reason, right? Maybe the guy upstairs wanted my cousin to have those boots. I don't know. I'm going to send them tomorrow, if I can find a better box. I hope it doesn't cost too much to send, the boots were only $11.70 (the tag said $40, but also said $24).
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Great Wolf Lodge
As a mini-vacation, my mom took us to the Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, WA (North of Centralia) for a few days. None of us had been there and we had heard mixed reviews. So we went knowing that it wasn't Disneyland and that we might not like it.
We did have fun! Yes, it isn't Disney, but it was fun. I would suggest not going on a weekend. We checked in on Sunday and it was a mad house! Monday was better and Tuesday there was hardly anybody there. The prices on the buffet fluctuate, depending on the day. Monday it was more expensive than Tuesday. We only ate there for breakfast. The other restaurant was pretty good. Erin found something in her food and they were quick to identify it (it wasn't anything gross, a bit of plastic) and they comped her meal and a dessert (chocolate fondue!)
Sabrina acted like she had an ear infection the first night (cried all night unless she was nursing). The next day we were going to take her to the urgent care, but they didn't open until 6pm and by that time Sabrina was acting normal. The second night she woke up once, so we weren't concerned.
We went on all the water slides and some of them are pretty wild! The more weigh, the faster you went. On Tuesday there was practically no lines on the 4 big slides, so we went over and over and over.
One of my fave things was this gigantic bucket:
Pretty cool stuff.
And she does have ear infections, both ears.... again! Poor baby.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
I also knit another shrug, but I don't have a good picture of that yet....
We've just been invited to a western themed birthday party and I've decided I need to make Sabrina a little pioneer outfit. I have a month, I bet I can at least sew a bonnet and maybe a dress. I'm having troubles finding a dress pattern, but I'll ask some of my more... sewing-friendly friends what they think.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Christmas projects
Hacky Sacks for 2nd cousins.
Yarn: Lion Brand Kitchen Cotton from stash
Hook: Don't remember, but it's a tight gauge
Pattern: My own. Maybe I'll write it up some day. Very ease, just used basic crochet knowledge.
Notes: Filled half full with polypellets
Octopus for one of the twins
Yarn: Red Heart Supersaver from stash
Hook: Don't remember
Pattern: Octopode Pandemonium (ravelry)
Octopus for the other twin
Yarn: Red Heart Supersaver from stash
Hook: Don't remember
Pattern: Amigurumi Octopus (ravelry)
Chapstick cozy for teen 2nd cousin
Yarn: Red Heart Supersaver from stash
Hook: Don't recall (I know, I'm so bad!)
Pattern: Chapstick/lipbalm holder (ravelry)
Mini purses
Yarn: Red Heart Supersaver from stash
Pattern: My own
Notes: One strap is braided and the other one I crochet with two strands of yarn held together (loosely with the same sized hook). Buttons were found in stash.
Soft ball for a 2nd cousin
Yarn: Red Heart Supersaver and another unknown acrylic from stash held together
Pattern: Used the same pattern as the hacky sacks, just a bigger hook
Notes: Stuffed with Polyfill.
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