Hooks and yarn

I just finished my first scarf for this season....

Here's a big throw I did last year. I thought about making some as gifts this year, but the yarn alone was WAY more money than I can think of spending as a gift (except maybe for my mom :) )

This is a super warm blanket when it's this time of year!! The bad thing is, I wanna redo the colors in my living room to be a little less seasonal (it's mostly warm fall earthtones in my LR), and so I may have to get rid of the blanket if I paint and get new throw pillows and decor. We shall see... I'm not changing a thing before spring...

OH-  I'm really going to start trying to get more involved on BlogFrog, so here's the deal. I'm gonna try to post a new discussion question of the day in my BlogFrog community. Feel free to join, discuss, and get to know me and anyone else who happens to read along!! Come by tomorrow, I'll have a new link to my community discussion :) In the meantime, click on the picture below and tell me about yourself under the discussion " Introductions!"

my billionth attempt

Appropriately titled, because I've started blogs on several other sites before, and for whatever reason, either I stopped writing or they were deleted. I've decided not to give up yet (maybe I should take the hint!! )

Today I was mostly lazy. Lady M and I completed her school work before lunchtime, which is always GREAT! Sometimes she gets too stubborn or is having a bad day and the school day will drag ooooonnn and oooooon, but today was nice. I decided we needed to finish shopping for the ingredients for Lady M's halloween costume (she's gonna be a pink poodle), so we headed down to Hobby Lobby for the finishing touches. Then I went by my mom's house (who happens to be my best friend--- I know, it's strange!) so I could use her sewing machine to make a big floppy bow to attach to Miss Priss's costume. She's going to be an elephant, but the costume is a little unassuming, so I'm adding a bow to the top to make a little "girlier". It's funny that I care because I was SUCH a tomboy as a kid myself, but I want my girl to look like a GIRL!! Unless of course, she wants to dress up like a boy for Halloween, then I'm sure I'd go all out to create the exact opposite effect.

Anyway, I ended up coming home from my Mom's with my very own sewing machine. SO MUCH FUN!! I've always wanted one, but have been so very BAD at my sewing attempts I never thought it would be worth the investment. So today, Mom pulled out a sewing maching that belonged to my grandmother (from whom Lady M got her middle name- Viola), and told me I should take it home because it's just collecting dust at her house (she has her own machine and sewing cabinet). I am so happy--- I can get some fabric and make those little homemade shift dresses and jumpers my mom made that I hated so much and make my kids wear them !! Funny how your thinking changes shift when you're the "maker" and not the "wearer".

But that's about all for the day... Miss Priss just put in her pacifier, grabbed her snuggle bear and climbed on my lap, so it's about time to put the girls down and tackle the mess I didn't clean today.... ugh! Hopefully I'll be able to write again soon!