Juicebox Jackie O

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Knitting Confessions

1. I have never used Socks that Rock.  I have no idea if they really rock or not.

2. I don't particuarly like Wollmeise.

3. I have never flashed my stash. 

4. 75% of my stash is sock yarn and I haven't knitted a sock in years.

5. I finished the flower pillow.  17 short days into 2012 and I have completed a project in 2012.  And not just finished, but started AND finished the same project, in the same year.  You know, just in case that needed clarification.

6. I am knitting a project with my handspun yarn.  I've only used my handspun once before and I frogged it.  Did I mention I've been spinning for 5 years?  I think I'm way overdue knitting my own handspun yarn.

 7. My yarn collection is only rivaled by the bags I own to carry it all around in.

Five reasons not to use sarcasm on your toddler.

1. That blank stare.  She could be calculating the square root of 1,278,461 in her head, but the faint smell of smoke and the abrupt change in conversation tells me "Mom, I don't understand, so I'll just ignore what you said".

2.  Her new favorite word is Awesome.  "Hey mom, I just spilt juice all over the couch and it's awesome!".  Uh huh.

3. Did she just call someone a dumbass?

4. The very cheerful "You're welcome!" you get after thanking her for wiping her nose on your shirt.

5.  After being told she's a genius for tripping over the same rug every day for the last year, she really thinks she is a genius.

Now I can just sit back and wait for the Mother of the Year nominations to start rolling in.

Send in the Owls

By the time you read this, this blanket will be done!  Actually it won't but it'll be really close!  Estimate date of completion: January 8,2011 (which would only be 5 days in production and some sort of record around here.  Cute, right?

I simply love having my sewing room in the neighborhood we are in, there is the cutest little snack cart that comes and visits every day at the 5pm break between Spongebob episodes.  The girl that runs the cart is very attentive and likes to make sure that you have soup and chocolate milk with your coffee. 

She can get a little overvealous in showing her product and she likes to make sure that you know her produce is fresh, not plastic all the while blatantly ignoring your requests for a refill on your coffee.

And you really have to be careful in the way you request that she remove her wares because she can be a little touchy.  Cross her and you might see mad face.

Have a great weekend!

Work in Progress (WIP) Wednesday

This is going to be really cool.

I decided that Molly's room needed a change.  Goodbye Ladybugs and Hello Owls!  So not only do I decide that I need to make her new blanket, pillowcase, curtains etc., I also decide that I need to break out the hooks and make her a throw pillow. 

What?  Toddlers don't really need throw pillows?  Pfft...

So I came across this, Blooming Flower Cushion, and immediately broke out the red heart stash and got to work.  It's not like I've got anything else going on, right? 

I think I've got a severe case of project startitis.  With any luck I'll be done with it all before she enters her "black" phase.