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300 of 365

Lisa — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:24:14 +0000

Thursday was day 300 of the year and day 300 of my Project 365 of 2011! Are any of you doing a Project 365, this year? How exciting is it to get to 300??! I can’t believe there are only 65 days left of 2011. WOW. Let’s make them matter.

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In my spare time

Lisa — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:10:00 +0000

Since my husband went out town on business, this week, I’ve had a lot of alone time in the evenings after the littles go to bed. I’ve spent that time watching Mad Men (I’m on season 3 already! <3) and crocheting these miniature doilies. I added a simple pin to the back and so they can be placed anywhere. Above, I pinned it to a piece of lace hem tape and tied it around my head. Voila! Instant headband.

I will be listing some mini doily pins tomorrow and through the weekend. I have a plethora of colors available! And since my stash of hem tape has grown a bit in the past few months, I think I’ll be sending a piece along with every mini-doily for you to use however you like. Stay tuned!

prettying up

Lisa — Sat, 08 May 2010 06:31:16 +0000

One of my favorite people graduates from college, tomorrow. I’m going to dress up for the occasion. I rarely wear dresses. I have only a few I like, so they get saved for special events. I think college graduation warrants getting prettied up. To get myself used to air touching my legs (ha!), I put on a dress, this morning. It’s a purple pinstripe button down (shirt?) dress. I paired it with my yellow flats and I was good to go. A day of pretty!

Well, it only lasted about 3 hours. My mom suggested we go thrifting and…well, I like to do that in comfort. That means my Keens. My raggedy, almost two-year old Keens are my most favorite shoes. They’re the most comfortable. I’ve waded through a flooded street in them! The insole could use a replacing and the tops could use a cleaning, but I still love them and wear them whenever I need to do a lot of walking. Needless to say–they would have clashed terribly with my dress. So, I changed and that was the end of my dress-wearing for the day. I drifted back into mommy-frumpiness. At least I was comfortable.

It was pretty while it lasted.

~~Tomorrow~~ TODAY (~6.5 hrs), I embark on a road trip with my mom. To San Antonio. Jason bought me my first iPod, specifically for this road trip. It’s a used shuffle, found on craigslist, but it’s tiny and pretty and black!

I will probably only get to kiss my babies goodbye. I’ll say a prayer for daddy, who gets to do the morning routine by himself, and for Grandma Linda, who is having a sleepover with Andrew at her house tomorrow. I’m going to miss my boys and a good day of thrifting, but it will be so worth it. It’s a time to celebrate!

blog neglector!

Lisa — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:12:57 +0000

That’s me! Hello!

Well, it’s Spring Break around these parts. My kidlet has been home all week and has gone buckwild. I have even conceded to *gasp!* video games on a weekday, some afternoons! He’s usually only allowed to play Friday evening & Saturday afternoons. Alas, I need a break from wrangling and the never-ending “mama. mommy. ma. mom. mom. mommy…” parade. Who knew those 3 hours he goes to school every weekday were so coveted? Not I.

Another excuse for my lack of blog posts is that house-hunting consumes about 95% of my internet-time. That endeavor is just FRUSTRATING, to say the least. I’m getting discouraged. Really, really! It’s a seemingly never-ending cycle of find a house we like, get more info, walk through it, hate it, look some more, find another house we like, get more info, walk through it, hate it….and so on! That is such a first-world problem, but GAH! Make it stop, already. I want it to be July. I want to have a patio and get sun burned in my own backyard. Thankyouverymuch.

I did get a chance to take my weekly self-portrait, today. Little victories.

10 little things about me…

Lisa — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:53:58 +0000

I was tagged by Tia, of Christopher and Tia, to do a “7 things about yourself…” and was flattered anyone really wanted to know any random facts about me. I procrastinated bunches before committing. I had a list forming when Vanessa, of So Darn Happy, tagged me to do a “10 things about yourself…” meme! ah! So, I decided to just list 10 things instead of coming up with 17 even remotely interesting tidbits. These 10 are probably more than you wanted to know anyway…

1. I’m shy. Ridiculously so.
2. I cuss.
3. I bite my nails.
4. I clean my ears too much.
5. I don’t wear makeup.
6. I’ve had an engagement ring on my finger for over 5 years.
7. I’m an “extended” nurser. my nursling is 20 months old. My oldest weaned at 29 months (few months into pregnancy).
8. When I first started knitting, I thought it was so boring, and had nightmares about it. When I woke, it felt like I had slept DAYS. In reality, it’d be the middle of the night, many more hours til dawn. I was afraid to go back to sleep.
9. My heart bleeds, so I don’t wear it on my sleeve. Most of the time.
10. THIS is my mellow-song of the week. It’s a cover and I absolutely loathed it when I first heard it on sirius. I can’t get enough, now. And below you will find my dance-song of the week. It’s adorable. You’ll probably love it.

Psychic City (Voodoo City) – Y…

The image at the top of the post is an old vexel I made in Photoshop a couple of years ago. I just added a pink layer to it. Because it’s February and pink is necessary.

2 gifts added, 2 completed

Lisa — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:41:24 +0000

I added two gifts to my list and completed them! They’re for my son’s teachers. Neckwarmer, crocheted from chunky yarn. They were super easy.

You can find the quick pattern by clicking [[HERE]].

lacey slouch/beret

Lisa — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:12:45 +0000

My sister requested a slouchy hat/beret that was lacey. I immediately scoured ravelry and this was the prettiest. I showed it to her and she liked it. The pattern was really simple and memorable. I finished it in about a week, but I took a few breaks here and there.

Pattern: Gwen Slouchy Beret, by Lauren Nell Roy
Yarn: Patons Classic Wool in “Old Gold”
Needles: US 6 & 8
Mods: twisted rib

By the way, I got a new lens for my camera! It’s the elusive Nikon 35mm f/1.8 that has been the subject of my material lust for the past few months. I sold a zoom lens I pretty much never used and only had to add about $25 to get the cost of this one. Pretty rad!

mama joins the silly hat club.

Lisa — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:23:00 +0000

Before I made the baby wolf-ish hat, I cast-on in bulky yarn (LB’s wool-ease thick & quick). I knew it would be huge, so I set it aside to work on the baby hat. After I finished it and actually liked the finished object, I went back to work on the other. It is HUGE, but comfy. It has a chin strap, so i can actually take it off and it just hangs to the back, hoodie-like.

Rusty mustard [scarf]

Lisa — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:46:19 +0000

Something amazing happened this morning: I put the finishing touches on my mustard scarf! Of course we aren’t having the ideal weather for scarves, so it’s been folded up and put away. I’m praying for an early Texas winter. I’m highly doubtful those prayers will be answered. I practically melted, standing next to the window to take that photo. It was just so awfully hot out, today! Nathan played at a park for like 15 minutes and his face was bright as a tomato after and he was thirsty as heck. You know things are bad when playing on a playground is like a punishment. Poor kid.
ANYWAY! LOOK AT MY SCARF!

I used size 15 needles and ONE SINGLE BALL of Southwest Trading Company’s KARAOKE yarn. just one! It took me just about a week to complete. I probably could have finished up faster, if I did more than 2-4 repeats a day. The stitch pattern is basic and memorable but looks really nice! It reminds me of the Lover’s/Solomon’s knot in crochet. In fact, since I’m a much faster hooker (ha!) than a knitter, I may just have to try that next time I want to make a lacy-ish scarf.
With that little project out of the way, I’m thinking of tackling something slightly larger. I can’t make up my mind regarding yarn choice for the February Lady sweater I want to knit, so I figured I should knit a sweater for Andrew. I’ve knit that kiddo 3 sweaters and he never wore one more than 3 times. He didn’t wear one of them AT ALL! I’m currently scouring Ravelry for inspiration. So far, all I have on my list is the Tomten pattern from Knitting Without Tears. I have a few skeins of cotton ease that might be good for it. We’ll see!
If you’re a crocheter with a toddler or a toddler to crochet for, I just posted my toddler slipper pattern to Ravelry. You can find it by clicking HERE or you can just see the pattern HERE on goodknits.com. Hope you like it! It’s easily adaptable to various sizes–just crochet more or less rows!

365.66: it was my birthday

Lisa — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:38:02 +0000

how old am i again?;)

i had a pretty decent day, thrifting, and hanging out with 2/3 of my boys. no cake nor a happy tune that goes with it, but whatever. i have some cute new shoes i spent less than $2 on and a few old needleart leaflets. good day, now good night!

365.44: us

Lisa — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:13:28 +0000

the base for daddy’s valentine’s day card. <#3
you can see outtakes from this “photo shoot” on my flickr, here.

365.43: today sucks

Lisa — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:39:23 +0000

just one of those days.

365.33: cuddles

Lisa — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:08:38 +0000

separation anxiety is brutal, but the cuddles make up for it.

365.29: thirsty Thursday

Lisa — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:59:36 +0000

mmmmm water.

brown mary jane slippers

Lisa — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:11:36 +0000

i’m kind of on a slipper kick. In case you didn’t know, I updated the tutorial for these. Check it out!