I love St. Vincent DePauls...

I went and got the girls some new used PJ's today..Here are the girls modeling there new Jammies... and of course me and the Kittah... Havent seen her in a long while...I paid 2.00 dollar a pair for them.... they are great... The nighty Brianna's wearing is torn on the back and the bottom on the trim but otherwise there is nothing wrong with them.. they needed more jammies and I had a few dolllars. i love going shopping there. I could spend almost all day there looking around even for my self.. I have bought clothes from there and still have them I believe... Its a great place and I have donated many things to them...












Now here is my kittah and mee...Kora loves taking pix.. She is acutally pretty good at it.. Ok here we go..





We bought me a 1994 Dodge Mini Van.. We want to Haul a few things this summer and we needed a car/truck that could do that... Jeff is slightly jealous. i wont let him have the van during the day. I have the boosters in the van now and I hate transfering them unless I have to.. It needs new tires but Jeff can get those for a discount at work.. Nice huh??? Its white and it has 168,000 miles on it.. Most of those are highway miles... We will have two nice highway cars when we get newe tires on the van.. That sounds funny sometimes yet..


Ok I need to go find some lunch and get the girls working on homework. I have to write out Kora's history questions and then help Bri with her reading. I make her read but she needs me right there to make sure she is reading the right words... I am hoping next year goes more smoothly than this year has... I need to get Kora writing more on things. I think I am going to do something and I will keep you all in the light of things as I do it..

One more thing the job is going great. The Boss really likes what I am doing and I have been doing little extra things that I wasnt asked to do.. I notice it needs being done so I do them.. I have messed up a few times but corrected myself and the Boss was very happy with that.... LOL... I am happy again.. I dont have anyone over my shoulder besides the boss...So it makes it easier and I have plenty of time to crochet and get my items up and going.. I dont have anything new right this minute. Sill working on some things...I have some new wash cloths coming up but I am working on the round ones.. wont tell you what I am doing with them... I want them to be a suprise...

Anyway I am really gone now.. Just thought you would like the update... N....

Tubing...

Hey all. We have gotten the girls into Tubing down a hill in our back yard.. But I dont have pix of it.. I was hoping some one could tell us where to find a good tube from where they arent using the pool tubes we use...LOL.. Yes I know another mark to put in The R Family memory book.. You should have seen Jeff and I last night...

Jeff went to help the girls last night because we had a bonfire and it was just beautiful out last night... It was an awsome night for a fire and the girls outside sliding down the hill on my pool tube.. Of course we put a hole in it but thank goodness for good ole duct tape...LOL....

Anyway I wish I would have had my camera outside with me because when Jeff went down this hill the first time he couldnt stop... The I went down and then we both went down together.. But I freaked out and I bailed off the tube and then he rolled about a foot after falling off with me...It was funny. For those of you who really know us I wish you could have been here to see it...

It was funny and just plain assed awsome to see us all out there playing in the snow.. This is what I promised the girls when I got my foot better..I promised them when my foot healed I/we would take them tubing or sledding.. But now they need sleds and tubes...

Anyway thought you all would like an update on whats going on here. Also here is my newest thing I made.. Its a wrap/shawl. Its going on Etsy soon. I am waiting to get a few more items finished to load up pix on it... Kora getting used to taking pix with my new camera. She chopped some of my head off with the first pix of just me.. What do you all think of that shawl/wrap with the black?? I think it looks snazzy... Well I need to get downstairs to spend some time with my family.. Just thought I would drop a line and let you all know we are still here somewhere and what i have been up to... this shawl/wrap will go for 45 dollars plus shipping on my Etsy account..

Me Bowling.. Yikes.... That big butt of mine that my hubby caught yesterday...




The girls happy with themselves... They are getting to be pretty good bowlers even with the bumpers up.....






Me Again..... Yikes... Wish I could have gotten my video to load...



Jeffrey.... his cute back side...LOL....





I have a video of 15 minutes of us bowling but it locks my damned computer up everytime I try to load it for some reason.. Any suggestions would be good...

I am fustrated today.. We were doing so well with Bri and her big book we bought her at the beginning of the year and she has gotten back into her ways of doing " I dont want to Read".... Then I read and she doesnt want to do the assignment.. I just threw her book on the floor and told her I quit.. I will listen to her but no more reading from mom.. I will do what needs being done with her but I am sick of her deciding what needs to be done...

I try not to get mad but sometimes my anger just over flows and I just want to quit it all.. I will not send them to the schools here. NO WAY IN HELL... Kora was picked on and none of the teachers did a thing. Its no different than when I was in school..

I have a new shawl coming out in Etsy or here.. I have like 60 granny squares to finish putting together... They are only 2 1/2 inches big apiece.. They are a night mare but they are beautiful... I took the pattern from one of my books but of course I couldnt find all the colors I needed so I improvised it to my own color scheme.. Turned out really pretty.. The colors are Caron colors, Grape, LimeGreen, Grey Heather, Blue Mint, Autumn Red,Watermelon Pink, and Pessimon.What ever that last one is...LOL... Never heard of it until I picked it up...

I finished Zombieslayers blanket and they have it already... I made Mrs Z a hat also.. Here are those..





I have also made a St Partricks Day Beanie Set... Didnt mean to do that but hey it happens. Turned out really nice. i meant to make it more for a kids size head but it turned out more for pre teen to adult size... Here is that set..







Ok peeps I dont ask this very often but if you would with your next post please post my Etsy site please.... I am not begging but just get word out ther. There many greaet shops... Not just mine but lots of them... If you need to go into my Etsy site at my side bar to get my Webpage please do.. I have 44 items up for sale..Sign up as a buyer and buy away or let me know what you would like. I have a sale of 15% off everything before 2/15/2010 in my shop... Well we have school work and I have house work to attend to yet.. Then I want to get some more squares together this afternoon.. Talk to you all later... Will make rounds tomorrow I promise or later this afternoon if I finish my chores first..

Th Maritime Museum Manitowoc WI

Here are some awsome photo's for those ship lovers out there.. We were going to Milwaukee yesterday because Jeff works Monday now and has Tuesdays off and then works Wednesday through Saturdays now.. Just untitl his hours pick back up.. But as we were driving it got really slippery yesterday. It was snowing and it just was yuckie... So we decided for the safety of the family we would turn around. We were going to go to the Zoo here but decided to do something different.. They have a Submarine outside of the building they do tours on. Well I got outside and on the deck but couldnt go any further.I handed my camera to Jeff and walked back inside. I freaked out.. I hate being in/on places I can see between the cracks.. If you take me fishing and I can see the water through the dock you wont get me on the dock.. I am the biggest chicken of all times.. But I took fifty some photo's yesterday with my new camera so I wont I post fifty photo's. That will get boring today.. I will post some of them.. I have to delete some anyway. they are way to blurry to post. I am still learning how to use the camera. the nice thing about it is that it has a museum mode where there is no flash but it takes awasome pix in the place..

This is where I stopped outside.. Chicken me.!!!!!!!















Ok People.. There are alot more of these and I will stop here today with these and let you enjoy these right now and in a few days I will continue on with part two of the Maritime Museum.. So there was our little trip yesterday.. Ok I am off to find some breakfast and also help Bri with her homework. She has been more willing to read for me lately so we have started back up with her big blue book we bought her at the beginning of the year..

Got a JOB...

Hey all. I have been talking about the perfect job for a while now.. Well I think I found it... I had an interview with Service Master here in Town the other day. He said he needed a few days to think. Well I called him back today and he chose me out of the three interviewee's he had last week.. Yayy mee.... I start on Feb 9th.. I will be working alone..

I am so excited I can barely type.. It doesnt interfere with my crocheting and my shop during the day and then working and then family time this time around.. I am so happy.. Only 15 hours a week for starters but he said if he likes what I am doing we can talk about adding another account to this one.. And getting more hours in. yayy me again. Well sorry for such a short post but I am off to finish cleaning.. N..

Things Going on Here..

Hi there.. I have quit Burger King and most of you will yell at me for not having a job now but you know what I couldnt handle only working 7 fucking measly hours a week. I was promised 30 hours a week and then it went from that down to maybe 20 before I hurt my foot and then I went back and she was barely giving me 15 hours a week and this coming week I would have had 7 measly hours.. I went in and talk to her yesterday and she told me I wasnt trying hard enough.. So I told her if she felt that way about me I quit. I handed her my shirt and visor she had given me when I started. I also told her that if she felt I wasnt trying hard enough oh well she could find some one else willing to do the job. There had been many applicants since I started.

I dont piss around with other people like that anymore. I did have a job interview yesterday and will know more this coming week if I got the job or not.. And I have been filling out applications like crazy way before my decision to quit was final yesterday.. I have more time to get my Etsy Shop going and also find better employment.. I am hoping the Assisted Living one calls back. I was going to do housekeeping for them.. But if the Service Master one Calls back first. i will take that one first..

I am not picky. I just want a little respect OK. Is that so hard to understand in a job. Sara the manager at BK told me I wasnt trying as hard when I came back to work after hurting my foot. You know you try walking on a foot that is still sore and let me know how well you work.. I was moving as fast as I could.. Or felt able to move.

I dont know about fast food. I am done with it for now.. I am just done with it.. Sick and tired of it.. I am sick and tired of managers thinking they can bully us employees just because they make way more than minimage wage... Anyway I am done with BK.. I have to admit I cant even eat there food anymore.. I get a yuckie feeling..

Anyway one more thing and I will quit ranting today.. I have my Etsy site at the botton of my Blog here. I cant move it up for some reason.. If anyone has any suggestions I am more than willing to take them.. Check it out and let me know if there is something you want.. I have ordered some more Ribbon Yarn to make another scarf or something with. Not sure what i am doing with it yet.. I wanted four balls but didnt have enough in pay pal. That is how I am paying for most of my supplies that go into my Etsy site. Not using Jeff's hard earned money..LOL.. Ok Ok I am off to help Bri with her reading.

Talking about that she is wanting to try now that its after the 1st of the Year.. So we have been working on her big book again.. She is doing great.. Just need to her to realize she can sound almost anyway word.. and have her memorize those words she cant... thanks eveyone for being my friends... Talk to you all soon.. Will either make rounds later this afternoon or tomorrow..N..

UpDate.. I am so happy..I got a new camera today for my B-day and x-mas present from Jeff.. Our State Taxes came back today.. Yayyy... Will give more details as I learn how to use it. Its a Kodak and wonderful little thing so far.. So much clearer pix.. Will load some later for you..

Stupid McDonald's.. and New Eye Glasses

Hi there. I quit McD's in late July early August ok.. Well its tax time as we all know.. Well I had to fight with them to get my W-2's.. I went to the store I worked for and the store manager was really rude to me.. Well we looked up the Financial Investment they work with to issue the checks and I called them the other day. The message said they would call back within 24 hours.. I didnt hear a thing of course. So I went over to the investment place yesterday and asked for my W-2's.. She said they were going to mail them on Monday.

Well I made it sound like we were having our taxes done yesterday and I needed them. So she said as long as I have an ID I could have my W-2's there at the office.. One less stamp they had to use.. LOL..

But I hate fighting with people.. I hate knowing they were jerking my chain..

I am looking for new eye glasses. I have a new prescription but I dont want to pay 300 dollars for a pay of glasses. So us girls went over to Eyemart last night and I found two pairs I want for 98.61. They are beautiful and I can spend an extra 30 dollars to get a one year warranty on them and scratch resistance and tint on both pairs.. So for a 130 dollars roughly I can get two pairs of glasses instead of one pair for 300.. Yikess that is still like a third of the price..

What a deal huh?? Well all my other tax info came in the mail safely and so did Jeff's.. He should be home soon.. I need to get eating and then get ready to go get our taxes done..

I am going to take this afternoon to work on Zombieslayers blanket and then I am waiting for some yarn to make Mrs Z her hat.. I found some very beautiful yarn to do that.. I will post them when I am done and if you want one I can make you one as well.. Here is a sample of ZS's blanket if he doesnt mind..



I have some more stuff on my etsy account today.. I have face scrubbies and hats and scarves..

My Foot any My Dad Ken

Hey all. I went back to the foot dr last night. I was late because I thought I had to be there at 4:45 insttead of 4:30.. Yikes.. HUH?? Anyway the foot is healing and I can finally wear my shoes again on that foot. I hated that surgical shoe... Esp while working..Thought everyone would like an update there at least..

You all know my grandfather passed away last month before x-mas.. Well the funeral is today in Texas and my mom and Ken are down there right as I type this.. But I got ahold of Ken's son and they are going to meet up at the funeral today and meet after all these years... Ken has wanted to find the kids for years and just never knew how to go about doing it..

I am glad i could give Kendal a heads up on him meeting Ken after all these years. I was told by Kendal that my mom and Ken would have to go just miles away from his house to go back to MN anyway.. The way life goes.. I am happy.. I was jealous at first when I first found out that Ken had found his children. I thought I wasnt going to be loved as much as he might love his own two children.

I was wrong there. I was being stupid but I grew up with the man. But to be honest I always knew there was an empty space there too..Just like Stuart says on Stuart Little..He has an empty space.. LOL.. Getting bad when I am quoting quotes out of kids movies...LOL..

Well I have to go to the Post Office today and then I have to go to work.. I will talk to you all either later tonight or in the next few days..Talk soon. N..

Happy Happy Happy B-day to You...

Hey all there are two B-days this month... LOL..Yes I know I already said that yesterday or the day before..But anyway...

Happy Happy Happy B-day to Kora Jo... She who turned 9 on us today... Yikess 9 already.. Where has time went.. I remember bringing her home and having a hard time with her.. She cried all the time.. She was border line Colicky.. Anyway I have said this before. I wish I had my digital camera when she was a baby.. I would add photo's of her when she was brought home till now.. Poo Poo.. On that.. Oh well it happens right..

Anyway here is the B-day girl today on her special day...Outfit number one from Grandma Carol.



Outfit number two and you cant see her newly white socks under her pants.. I was going to get them in a size eight but they are too big in a size 7 on her yet.. They are too long and to big in the waste yet.. Boy is she skinny..




Kora Jo with her two new books from Adopted Grandma Tshsmom and family...


Here comes the cake.. Chocolate cake with white frosting and Hershey Kisses on top.. for decoration this year.. Mom is getting a bit artistic in her old age... LOL..



Kora Jo with cake and candle lit.. But it took about four tries to get her to blow it out as we took photo's... It was funny..



This what Daddy finally got from her.. It was hiliarious.. I was in the bathroom and I heard him Say We got it...LOL... I am going to miss my young babies as they grow up.. They are growing up way to fast... You know we take them into a restaurant and Kora can order her own food now.. So can Bri with some help.. But still its the point. I see so many kids there ages and parents are still ordering food for there kids.. I mean when does a child learn??




I watch these spoiled children and watch them leave messes for other people to clean up.. I mean sure it was Kora's b-day today but she helped me pick up dishes from the livingroom and put them in the kitchen.. I may do the dishes and such but she helps clean the livingroom and her room that very seldom gets cleaned.. I try to enforce the play with one toy at a time rule but yeah right.. LOL..

Well here is my 9 year old baby to share with my friends...She did get somethign from us and I forgot to photograph it.. We got her two color by numbers.. She is doing well with them.. The only thing is the canvas doesnt have the numbers on them.. She has to follow the chart that does have the numbers on them.. But she loves doing them.. She loves to color and draw.. Both girls are showing artistic sides to them..

Anyway thanks for being friends and I enjoy sharing this special day with you all.. I will make rounds more than likely either tomorrow or Friday. I dont have to work on Friday.. Talk soon..

Stuff

Hi all. I have been around somewhat... I visit and then miss a few days to go play on Etsy... I have sold ten items on there... I am working on a custom job for a lady right now.. She wanted twenty white facial scrubbies and 18 teal and then she also wanted 15 soap savers..Those dont take long to make.. She is helping me with the teal because I could not find it here and she lives in the Chicago area..




One more week from today I have to wear that awful surgical shoe when i am either walking around outside or at work. I havent worn it at home in weeks... I hate the thing... I dont think I hurt my foot more by not wearing it because I was sick for five days over x-mas and I couldnt walk even if I wanted to really.. Or stand for long periods of time I should say..

I have made a new item for my etsy site without a pattern and my own idea.. The pants are a bit tight.. But hey its a start.. I just need to know to make thema little a bigger next time.. Jeff swears you could get a preemie in them but I dont think so... Sorry but I just dont think so...








I am now working on a custom order for ZombieSlayer and Mrs Z.. Its turning out really nice.. I wont post pix of this one until I am done... No sneak peeks yet Mrs Z.. Unless you want me to e-mail Mr Z.... But no one else is going to get peeks until I am done with the blanket..

Kora is really into her color by numbers. We bought her two more on Saturday for her B-day.. These dont have the numbers on the canvas so she has to work with Jeff or I when she wants to do them where she can ask for help but Jeff and I painted some more of our paint by numbers last night.. I havent take photo's of them yet but will before we finish them and then of course after we finish them..

I am getting money from my mom for my b-day and I have no idea what I want to do with it.. No idea at all.. Kora is getting money from my mom also and I am looking at getting her some stuff she needs instead of getting her things she wants this time around..

I am a bitch people.. I may seem very nice on here but I am a royal bitch... I did something over New Years.. Not to my MIL but I have a little brother named Dennis and he is really Family Oriented... I finally told him I am not the oldest child and where our older brother is sort of.. And that they arent the youngest children there are two girls younger than they are..

Dennis has been asking me for ages and I finally got sick of carrying this secret around with me.. My dad asked me to not say a thing about it and I just finally felt Dennis needed to know also.. We are all adults now.. It pissed me off when my dad told me not to go to my grandmothers b-day party and to stay away from my family.. I didnt go to my grandmothers party because we couldnt afford it.. Other wise I would have been there.. And then telling me to send back any mail I get from the family.. I am sorry for what ever beef he has with the family its not my beef.. LOL.. I might have spelled that wrong.. In that context..

My parents have to go to Texas early February to have my grandfathers funeral. They need to go spread his ashes... They cremated the man.. Well when they come home they are going to give back the brand new truck my grandfather had bought before he got sick.. My parents cant afford 400 dollar truck payments... Life is a box of chocolates and you just never know what you are getting..

Well I need to go find some breakfast and work on Mr and Mrs Z's blanket.. My hands hurt but I am having a hard time putting the crochet hook down..

Happy Monday my friends and I will catch you all later.. I will be back with up dates later in the week with things and what we got Kora for her B-day on Wednesday and what she got from Tshsmom for her b-day that is sitting on my TV..

One more thing really quick.. Here is what my MIL taught me to do while we were at her house for NYE..








Ok now I am gone really.. Enjoy the pix.. If you know someone having a baby let me know I can strike you a deal on the hats and I ship world wide..I will just have to take these off my Etsy site for who ever buys something.. Well anyway gotta run.. Happy Monday again..

Damned Schools in America

I was watching the news at Noon today they are cutting more schools next year again.. For the school year 2010/11.. They are looking at laying off more teachers and closing another school or two here in WI.. I am so glad we home school our girls.. Its not here in Green Bay this happening but you just never know when its going to be our turn here in town..

That means bigger classroom sizes and more drop outs because the kids arent going to understand what is going so instead of asking for help they are going to get fustrated with the system and walk out and not go back.. This is my opinion here... But it hurts to hear about it..

I grew up in a small town in MN and we had up to 30 kids in a class. That was tough sometimes.. I didnt understand alot of what was going on to be honest with you. I barely graduated.. I sort of gave up my senior year of school.. I decided running with my friends was more important than doing home work..

We had to do a 15-30 page report before we could graduate with English and I flopped taht one.. I got a D- on mine if i remember right.. So how do these kids that are used to smaller classes going to feel next year when they have 30-40 kids in a class. A new school because the old one had to shut down.. I dont get it..

SME you might remember that dang report we had to do for the English Teacher back home.. I almost slipped on where it was... Just fustrating for me since my parents were no help with home work and my friends had there own problems.. I couldnt stay late at school half the time.. I had no way home.. I didnt have my drivers liscense and I had no car, no parents that cared enough to pick me up from school...

But anyway I am hoping these kids here in WI have it better than I did. I look at them and wonder why they need 30 million dollars to run a school.. How is closing a school they obviously need going to help them because they will just have to pack more kids into another school and give that school that much more money to deal with..

I cant understand it.. I am angry inside and really just glad we are home schooling our girls.. Bri fights with me on loads of things but she is learning slowly.. Kora still hates math but she is trying.. Its not like if they were in a school setting.. Anyway I am off but just thought i would mention this.. Hope you all have a wonderful night... I will be around tomorrow before I go to work.. I only work three hours tomorrow..

New Years Eve

Hey there... I know its been like four days but its better late than never again... We went to his mothers house and I forgot to take photo's of the girls and grandma's... Oh well... Maybe next time... We had a fun time... I made dinner and Jeff sat and visited with his mother and partner.. He hooked up there DVD player they had bought at the Dollar Store for 20.00 bucks.. Nice little machine for that price to be honest..

The girls opened there presents from them.. They got horse stuff and two movies and each a set of clothes...They got candy and crackers in there stockings and each a small bear..Very nice stuff.

We had ham that we were suppose to have had for X-mas but kept it for NYE instead.. I made the girls Shirly Temples with dinner... But I think they had way to much sugar though because on Friday they were both just too mouthy for there own goods...

Oh Jeff and I bought something yesterday for us..We got our paint by numbers back.. Yayyy... I miss doing those with him..We have cleaned off the table with and put them up there when we are painting and put them in the closet where they dont get destroyed when not using them..The only thing we have found is that you cant find one that you dont have to mix paint with anymore.. All of them are where you have to mix the dang paint.. I hate it..

But anyway that was our x-mas gift to ourselves... I go back to work on Thursday because Thursday starts a new pay period.. So she didnt want me working Mon-Wed and having to pay me for them I see...LOL.. I dont get it...Oh well...But at least I am going back.. I cant complain to much..

Ok well I gotta go for now.. I will be around in a bit to say hi and see how everyones doing. I need to get some food down my gullet and then help Kora with her cursive writing.. She struggles with some of the letters yet.. So we are taking our time there...So talk soon. N..

Here is our X-mas Its Late but Better Late than Never

Here is Bri with her gifts...And then I will do Kora...They are missing some gifts in the mix of there toys already but here is the gyst of what they got...Bri is missing her Topple Game she got from Tshsmom in these pix.. Its on the kitchen table.I just forgot while taking photo's.... Also missing photo of girls with there game they got from Santa K....LOL... Its on the table also.. I havent tried it with them but Jeff has.. I have to admit I am missing more pix than I thought.. I will makea list of what they got at the end...






Here is Kora and her presents...






Here is mom and the puzzles Santa K sent... Jeff isnt home yet and he doesnt me posting pix of him right now.... Or at least his last request was dont do it... So I am abiding by him there... Beautiful puzzles...



One more of the girls together.. Here they are with there super Loom and hook.. We are taking this to grandma's house tomorrow and she will show them how to do it.. They arent listening to me.. Maybe they will listen to grandma....



Ok from my parents they got there coats, snow pants, hats, gloves
From Tshsmom and family they got Topple, gloves,stencil coloring,
from us they got from the dollar store each a horse, the coloring pads you see with Mickey Mouse and Winnni Pooh, each one puzzle, and a dart board game that is down stairs..

Then from Big Lots. A discount store here we got them Labrynth, another two puzzles, a whoopi cushion, and there Super Loom...

They had an OK X-mas with what little money we had... I appreciate all the gifts that were given.. If I missed any I am sorry.. I am out of it yet slightly.. Forgetting in old age... LOL..

Ok now if any one wants to donate a new camera for my b-day I am more than willing to take it... LOL... I want a newer and better camera. I have a Nikon L4 Cool Pix right now.. I just want something where I can take better photo's of my crafts for Etsy when I am on there.. I was told my photo's arent real clear. I know what they are talking about..

Well I needt get going. Enjoy and enjoy reading through the girls pix... They are my pride and joy and I enjoy there looks. Just wish i could have gotten video of them opening them this year on my camera like I was going to instead of these individual photo's... But sickness hit us.... Ok Ok I am gone.. Talk to you all soon..Happy New Year...