Yes because I REALLY needed more yarn Mom and I hit up AC Moore and Hobby Lobby for yarn. Well ok I DID need cotton yarn which my stash is sadly .. errrr was, lacking. Now I have LOTS of cotton yarn! YAY! And we just couldn't resist the lb of yarn 2 for $9 at AC Moore- once fuzzy pack and one really bright variation yarn! YESSSSS I LOVE YARN! I'm ( Read more... )

Yup I so fail at updating this thing! Rawrg! Anyway lets see latest news.... I started up a Facebook page for my crochet selling and so far have only had 1 order, but thanks to Jessica Kidd my fans are going up so hopefully I'll get more soon ( Read more... )

Dear Hiring and Career Gods ( Read more... )

I'm really proud of the amount of vegetables and fruits I've eaten so far today. I'm trying to see if that will help me with amount I want to eat after I exercise.  But lunch today was a bowl of mediterranean veggies with a little bit of olive oil and seasoning on them (from the Schawn man) and I had some strawberries and kiwi with some trefoils ( Read more... )

I've gotten TWO new cupcake "books" (one is a magazine in the past week). Scott got me one from Taste of Home today-- and I have a couple recipes I think I might make tomorrow and Scott's Mom sent me a box of goodies that had another cupcake book in it along with Irish CDs, a box of chocolate and a whole bunch of cross stitch magazines :-) YAY.

So ( Read more... )

So this week I started the 3 week cardio jump start program on EA Active Sports for the Wii-- in addition to those work outs I've been trying to do 30-45 minutes of cardio a day. Since I started it on Tuesday, with Wednesday as the rest day, I've worked out 142 minutes and burnt more than 600 calories. YES! However, I also acknowledge those calorie ( Read more... )

Ok sooooo we didn't go away for the weeknd. Scott lied. Instead he planned a surprise birthday party. So lets break this down into weekend days .

SATURDAY
Saturday morning I had to go pick up my bridesmaid dress for Diane's (one of my bridesmaid) wedding that is in June. So instead of us taking the bag that we packed Friday night, Scott suggested we ( Read more... )

OK more like hooked on yarn! I finished the baseball blanket today!!!!! YYAYYYYYY!!!!!! Its currently getting washed. Also I started special project #1 which will not get talked about specifically except that it is AWESOME already and its going to be bigger than the pattern says because I'm using thicker yarn cuz i HATE thin yarn so said screw it ( Read more... )

So I've decided that not only do I need a job REALLY SOON for money reasons (aka Student loans)- I need it so I can stop being so stressed and stop GAINING WEIGHT :-( I'm back up around 145 and just hovering between 145 and 150 and I know that me being stressed all the time ISN"T HELPING. I REALLY DISLIKE THIS :-( and while I love Snickers she ( Read more... )

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle.
- e.e. cummings

That is a quote that I feel today. Those of you who really know me, probably can figure out why, if not, its probably better that way. I just wish sometimes that I could completely be myself ( Read more... )