It's amazing what a little medicine will do!

Due to many late nights in a row, the cold bug I had mostly fought off returned with a vengence. :(

I was wandering around here feeling so 'poor me' yucky. Then I decided to take a decongestant.

Now, I don't feel too bad at all!

Decongestants are my friend.

Project status

Way back here in November, I listed out some of my 'current' craft projects and mentioned that maybe I wasn't being realistic. Well, I thought I should update my list:

Projects in progress:
* Monkey-girl's needlepoint stocking (stitching 90% completed)
* Homespun crocheted shawl - DONE!!!!
* Seed-stitch knit chenille kerchief - ripped out
* Crocheted ribbon purse - DONE!!!!
* Needlepoint sampler I forgot I started 10 years ago (80% completed)
* Crocheted doll dress - DONE!!!! (plus another one)
* Beautiful cross-stitch tree sampler for me (20% completed)
* Christmas presents (40% completed, decided to gift them whenever)
* Funky knit socks (5% completed)
* Stunning black layered wrap skirt for me (I have all the stuff I need)

Future projects:
* two baby blankets for new babies I know - DONE!!!!
* knit cropped sweater for me
* knit wrap sweater for me (35% completed)
* cuddly knit sweater for monkey-girl
* monkey-girl's crocheted afghan for her bed
* oodles of cross-stitch kits hiding in my closet
* snazzy pants I bought a pattern for
* snazzy wrap top I bought a pattern for

Plus, I've returned to working on my wedding scrapbook...it's only been 10+ years... ;)

So, all-in-all, I've actually accomplished quite a lot in the last three months!

Our cat, the packrat

We have a 5 year old girl with long hair. Thus, the normal state of our house is that there are hair elastics ("ponies") everywhere.
During the last 6 months, or 9 months or year, whatever, the ponies have been disappearing. It's getting to the point that I can't find the colour pony I want to match Monkey-girl's outfit. (And she used to have a LOT of ponies).

We know where the ponies have gone.

The psycho cat (Kitten) steals them and piles them into his food dish. What's up with that?

(He also likes pipe cleaners and pom-poms.)

Internal Monologue

But Monkey-boy, that was going to be my bagel.
Hmpf. Now do I make another for me, or should I just wait for him to not eat his?
Because, I don't really want to eat two! I am, after all, trying to cut down on the 'extra' eating.
And I'm hungry...I don't want to wait.
Sigh. I guess I can just wrap his up if he doesn't eat it all.

But I don't like to clean...

You are Dishcloth Cotton.You are a very hard worker, most at home when
you're at home. You are thrifty and seemingly
born to clean. You are considered to be a
Plain Jane, but you are too practical to
notice.

What kind of yarn are you?
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We're ba-a-ack! **UPDATED**

We had a great time at Disneyland!

We got there Saturday night, and checked in to our hotel just in time to watch the top of the fireworks from our room door.

On Sunday, we got up and zipped over to the park right away. It was crazy-busy! Apparently, the secret got out that Superbowl Sunday is a slow day. Even though it was our longest day, we didn't do as much as the next two days, just because of all the people. Monkey-girl got her face painted as a butterfly and it turned out really cute. I'll try to post pictures later. We watched the Fantasmic show Sunday night, and though it was pretty cool, it wasn't really worth the crowds in my opinion. If we had a better view of it, it probably would have been better. Then we tried to get over to Main Street to watch the fireworks. After all, Fantasmic and the fireworks are the only reasons to go on a weekend on the off season. The wind was so calm, the smoke didn't blow away, so the top half of the show was completely blocked. We were glad to have seen it the night before.

Monday and Tuesday were excellent! I don't like crowds, so that is why we like going in February on week days. The weather was hot (for us) and even though there was some smoke and ash from the fire on the Anaheim hills, we had a great time.

On Tuesday, TKHubband's parents took the kids for part of the day, so us big kids could go on some big kid rides. We did Space Mountain twice, Thunder Mountain twice, both sides of the Matterhorn, Indiana Jones and Splash Mountain (yes, I sat in the front and we got soaked).

Monkey-girl decided she loved Jessie (from Toy Story 2) this trip and we got a couple of great pictures when we found the Jessie character by Thunder Mountain.

Monkey-boy (who loves flying rides and spaceships) decided he loved Star Tours and we took him on it three times! If anyone mentions "Light Speed", he says, "Where's my space ship?" and then runs around the room with it yelling, "Wight speed!"

Both kids also adored the Buzz Lightyear ride. (Okay, all of us loved it!) And I got the best score of any of us - picture to follow. It's great that they have computers there for you to e-mail your pictures home (with a record of your score)...they just need a few more of them. Even in the slow times when there was no line-up to get on the ride, there was a line-up at the computers.

UPDATE: I won't mention who is with me in the spaceship for her own protection. ;)


We got home Wednesday night just after 8pm and now things are mostly back to normal. Monkey-boy said to me yesterday, "Mom, I want to go to Disneyland and go on the space ship ride!"

It will probably be a while before we go back again, so we're planning to make a collage of pictures of the trip for their room. That will help them remember the trip better as they get older.