You Are the Warrior

You feel that it's your role to defend and protect society. You'll fight for what's right, and you especially like fighting for the underdog. You love getting things done, especially if it means working with your hands. You also have a great mind for strategy... whether it's military strategy, legal strategy, or chess. You love being challenged, and you love challenging others. You are eager to prove how powerful you are. You are ready for a (literal or figurative) fight at any time. Maybe a little too ready.

What Role Do You Play?

Facebook

I finally joined today.
There's a link to my page over there
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Milestone for Garrett

He can go from lying down to sitting up all by himself now.
What a big boy!!

Change

Change is good.
I need to remind myself of that.
Just because something changes doesn't mean it's for the worse, it really can be for the best.

Changes in our lives recently:
1. Billy is now in school
I know it's for the best but it's so hard not having at home all day. We've been attached at the hip since he was born almost 6 years ago. Not having him around is hard.
2. Logan's in 4th grade
He has grown up so much. It's amazing how fast baby boys that turned into little boys...turn into big boys. Life just moves too fast for me sometimes.
3. Lifestyle Changes
I need to loose weight. I lost quite a bit after Garrett's c-section but now I need to re-loose about 15lbs of that on top of what I still had to loose. My goal is to be fit by my birthday (I'll be the big 3-0 then).
4. Social Changes
I spend WAY too much time here on my computer. Talking to people who may or may not give a damn. Finding out who does...and who doesn't hurts...so I'm going to take a step back and spend a whole lot less time online and more time sewing/knitting and working on myself instead of trying to help others.

Town Attacked by Bubbles

I know...
this isn't funny...
but I just couldn't resist LMAO at it:
Town Attacked by Bubbles

Don't tell my sewing machine....

but I've fallen in love with knitting.

compassion

noun
1. a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
2. the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/compassion

First Day of School

Billy's first day of Kindergarten.


Logan's first day of 4th Grade.

Logan's blanket :: Take 2

I tore out the first one I did (blue cotton yarn) after realizing I'd need like 20+ balls of that cotton yarn to make it big enough for him. Opps. LOL

I went to Joanns and with the guidance of my mother picked out a chunkier acrylic/wool blend. I also got thicker needles so knitting 2" takes 20 minutes instead of 8 hours. :-D

I'm a little more than 1/2 way done. I still have to finish the red stripe I'm workin gone....do another black, a red and then a double black stripe...and then it's done.

Are they all yours?

I was asked in Walmart/Dunkin Donuts today "Are they all yours?" and I smiled and said "Yes!".

I really wish I would have come back with a better response though....like

- No, MidCoast was having a buy 3 get one free deal.
- I'm not sure, we're still working on DNA tests.
- No, I stole that one (pointing to Ben).
- I wish. I gather all the kids I can find and take them to Walmart with me for fun. Because taking 4 little boys shopping is a BLAST! (Can you smell the sarcasm????)

Thankfully the lady came back and redeemed herself with a "Good for you!!" and smile so I'll stop my ranting here and let it go.

I need a t-shit that say...
Yes, they're all mine.
Yes, they're ALL boys.
Yes, I'd love to have a girl next time.
Yes, we have a TV.
Yes, we *might* have another someday.
Yes, I realize that how busy I am makes me look tired and old...and no I don't care.

A quote.

"I long to accomplish a great and noble task,
but it is my chief duty to accomplish small
tasks as if they were great and noble."
- Helen Keller

Update on the boys.

Logan and Billy are spending a few days with Shaun's parents. They'll be back Thursday morning in time for Billy to attend orientation for Kindergarten.

Ben is talking up a storm and has developed quite the cute personality. He's very loving, demanding, and independent at the same time.

Garrett is growing up WAY too fast. He's sitting, and starting to crawl. He still only has the two teeth on the bottom but he's working on more.

Our desktop is on the fritz (caught a bug) so I'm without my graphics program which means I haven't been taking any pictures (since I can't easily re-size/fix them). I promise to post current one of the boys as soon as we're back up and running.

They have all grown so much this summer.

Duh.

I bought a shake on the way home from the dentist thinking the cool drink would feel good on my sore gums and hungry belly. At least it would have felt good if my lips weren't so numb.

I couldn't close my lips around the straw.

No lip closing = no suction when you suck.

Duh.

Knitting - Logan's blanket

My knitting is getting better. I'm going to make each boy a blanket as practice.

Here's a look at what it looks like so far


I'm making my own pattern up as I go along.

Happiness is.....

Having Elmo on your butt.

Learning to knit.

I'm learning how to knit (again LOL). I've known how since I was a young child but have never perfected it enough to actually make something other than a dishcloth or a scarf.
So for practice I've made two dishcloths...here's the first...


I know....it's soooo impressive isn't it. LOL At least I'm proud....and it's useable. The second one came out better but I wiped up baby puke with it before I could take a picture of it so I'll have to post one once it's out of the wash.

My next project is going to be a hat.

Woolwich Days 2008

We took Snowflakes on the road to Woolwich Days. The boys had a blast and I even sold a few things. Garrett slept most of the time but when he was awake he smilied at everyone who looked his way. Grandpa watched the boys while they jumped in a blow-up jumping thing. Logan and Billy even got their picture in the newspaper. I'll scan it in as soon as the desktop is back up and running.