I'm a slacker!

Ugh! October was the last time I posted? That's horrible! It seems like having a baby around has just made a lot more things complicated. And with him catching just about every cold that floats around it seems like we are always running to the doctor!

I have however managed to get quite a bit of knitting done.

My favorite pieces?



This is the Baby cardigan from Knitting Pure and Simple.



Hybrid Rib Soaker from Little Turtle Knits
with a few modifications.



Longies I knit for a friend from my own pattern.



Peace Fleece Volgasippi Blue Longies done from Pamela's Faux Cable Collection



And some plain ol' green knucks for my hubby.

You know what they say...

appleside
Originally uploaded by fastknita

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. :)

I'm having way too much fun hooking fun little foods for little hands to play with.

Comes complete with Stem, Leaf, and butt...

I scream, You scream

WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM!!


My super duper friend has been hooking the cute little foods. She stopped by with her four awesome kids today and my little one was sad when she left with her carrot. LOL. I knew instantly I had to figure out a way to maker her some.

Anyone want some vanilla ice cream on a chocolate cone? What could be better?

Separation Anxiety?

So one of my dear friends (I truly think of her like a sister) is going to be gone all weekend and when she gets back she's going to want to read the new Harry Potter book that is coming out. I think I'm going to have separation anxiety. LOL. With any luck I will get some work done while she is gone. She is going to be sorely missed though!

Once again...

I've fallen into the trap of not being able to free my mind of someone's comments. Please if you are interested in Quixtar (not that you will know that's what it is when you are approached) please inform yourself with this video courtesy of Dateline. ;)

Also please don't leave me any messages about checking into a company before calling it a scam. I know what I'm talking about believe me when I say I've done my research. :-D

Ooh! A baby Carrier Contest??

I'm game! Totally. :-D

Check out this contest giving away a free carrier from Jenn at All Natural Mommies

I'll end this post with one of my favorite baby wearing pics of me and baby4.

Spam

I hate spam. Would you believe that someone would actually take the time to spam in my blog? I haven't logged in for a while but there were three very interesting comments which I chose not to approve.

Do you remember my post about That "glorified Amway business" that someone wanted me to join? I didn't name names as far as the company goes but it was Quickstar or Quixtar Someone actually took the time to post to me asking me if I knew the opportunity I missed with that company. My answer to you is why yes Mr. (or Mrs.) Anon I do. :) Thank you very much but I rather like my side of the fence away from the scams. ;)

So on to better and happier things. Baby #4 ended up being a boy. He came to join our family on February 12 weighing a whopping 10lbs 7.4oz. He's thriving on mommy made milk and sporting his lovely cloth diapers also made by mommy.

What Kind of Knitting Needle are you?

Take this quiz

Mine was super interesting. :D Hit the nail on the head. LOL.

You are bamboo.
Warm, cozy, and thoughtful, you take your time and enjoy how things feel, smell, and taste. You love the craft and beauty of traditional things, and you value the comfort and experience of knitting as much as the results. But while you are reveling in your warm cozies, don't get stuck. Warm is wonderful, but so is the whole wide world!

I have some yarn coming from a wonderful friend and I can't wait to see what she has sent me!

Newborn Fluffy Stuff

So I've really learned how to knit and I feel like my knitting has become pretty good. I decided I wanted to make something for the baby on the way and a friend gave me some wonderful Malabrigo Merino yarn.

The Results?



Beautiful huh? I'm really happy with the way it came out. :) It's so soft too! I think it will be a wonderful set for the baby.

I do need to make some more for my baby still in diapers. I have another friend that's sending me more yarn and then I can go to town on some more sets. :D

Also I'm helping in a fundraising effort for the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk. We are helping Christine to reach her fundraising goal of $2,200. (You can find Christine's official fundraising page HERE) Christine's friend Shelley and I are donating a cloth diapering set as a drawing at my store.

Here's a sneek peak at what those look like:




That's it for now.

Wow!

It's really been a long time since I posted. LOL. I had actually forgotten my user name and password but evidently I remedied that situation. ;)

So what's new around these parts? Well, the two older ones are back in school and loving it! Cliff has a wonderful job working in a town about and hour away. It's a wonderful blessing but we are looking at moving a little closer. Baby #4 is in the oven baking! (Yep that's right I said another one!) We will be looking for him/her around V'day.

Well I have a stocking at Panda Pants to prepare for so I need go get off of here and get some work done. I'll try to update with pics of what I'm planning. ;)

Sugar Highs and Lows

Ah man you just have to love kids. It doesn't take much sugar to really get them going.

This was taken at a dear friends wedding two weekends ago. She had been given who knows how much punch and helped herself to some sugar cubes. :( She was so cute though and such a good girl though. She was of course ready for her usual 9 PM bed time so we didn't really get to stay too long at the wedding.

My friend has been through so much and I think it's wonderful that she has finally found someone that can make her happy and is willing to stick it out through the good and the bad for the rest of thier lives. :)

All of my kiddos went with us but I don't think I managed to catch a picture of my son. He was too busy with the other kids to stop for a picture.

Ah and now for the sugar low. After she finally crashed with proof on her shirt that she had some punch.

Shooting For the Stars!!

My wonderful Husband has been wanting a business that was "ours" so bad. Tonight we were visited by some friends who had a business opportunity for us. Come to find out it's a glorified online Amway. NO THANK YOU! I had however been a part of a company once that I loved and truely believe in. Their products have worked miracles for me. :) I didn't go very far with it last time simply because I had a very unsupportive husband. So tonight we took the plunge. Now I have another website to add to my collection! We will be selling herbal wellness products. :) Now I'm not going to go into all tonight but I have personally used these products and truly believe that they work and are excellent! Ok I will quit boring you with my little lectures and give you a link. Our New Business

Well I am busy preparing more cloth diapers for the Grand Reopening for Lily Pad Landing and also trying to get all of my current orders finished up and get my new stock ready for the Grand Opening of Panda Pants! Boy it's going to be a busy month!

Seriously I'm trying to make up for it. ;)

Geeze I can't believe that I hadn't written anything in well over a year! The kids are really growing fast. My oldest DD is now in Second Grade. My DS is now in Kindergarten and goes every other day all day long. :) It's kinda nice because my youngest DD and I now have all day to ourselves. She is sleeping and I should be taking advantage of that by sewing.

Gosh so much has happened in over a year! I still have my business but it's taken a little bit of a turn. I ended up leaving the company that I was a licensee for and taking a venture with a dear friend of mine. We now have this website. Panda Pants

I did all of the graphics for it and my Partner did the verbage because incase you can't tell I'm just not very good with that portion. LOL. My wonderful Mother did the web tech portion of it. She is a guiness! We have a newsletter and a gallery and it's all integrated with Hyena Cart to make it look like it's one website. :)

My partner and I have lots of plans for our business. We both own embroidery machines and want to branch out from just makeing Cloth Diapers. We want to make and embroider childrens clothing and blankets and what ever strikes our fancy.

Now I'm sure you are all wondering what my kiddos look like now a days. So here is an updated pic for you.

It was suppose to be a school day and my DH was suppose to be working. However the weather had other plans.

It would have been a good picture if I had been able to get the little one to acutally look at me. She was too busy trying to figure out what the slippery white stuff was.

Enjoy!

Hello Again!

Wow it's really been over a year! My oh my! I'm so terrible when it comes to things like this.

This is just a touch and go message because I need to get my butt into the kitchen to make my family some dinner. I will be back though and it won't be a year I promise!

Cat Hat

She just looked too cute! We had to take a pic!

Cat Hat

Update on Wrist

First order of business... I guess I ought to update you on the wrist. Well I went to see the Orthopedist, per doctors instructions, and the Orthopedist said that it was not broken! Wonderful news of course! What I have is deQuervains Tendonitis. So I am now in a splint that I can remove instead of a cast! Yay!!! I can take a shower again!!

Kitchen Floor

Here it is. The vinyl that is going onto my kitchen floor. I just love it. I think it will look fab with our cabinets. Will update this when the floor gets glued tomorrow.

House Front (Roof DONE!)

This is a Pic of the Front of the house with the roof complete! Doesn't It look beautiful!

The Beauties

I haven't told you about the beauties that live in my yard. I don't like to pick flowers but I saw these growing and had to have them inside with me so that I could watch them bloom. I am so please with how my camera made them look!

Every since I was a little girl I have loved roses. These particular ones are my favorite. It has the soft feminine pink to remind me that I am a girl but the soft yellow to help my day feel brighter. Hope they make you as happy as they make me! Good night!

Master Bath Before

Okay here it is before. Guess I did these backwards. If you are ever thinking of putting carpet in your bathroom go get your head examined first! Worst thing anyone could ever do to their bathroom floors!