New blog

So I don’t muck up this one with a bunch of diet/weight loss blather, I created a new blog to talk about all that stuff.

You can visit here.

 

Oops!

I almost forgot!  I changed my layout, which I’m sure is obvious, but wanted to add that the comments area is at the top of the posts now.  I always get confused with that when I visit blogs, so I thought I’d toss it out there.

 

Crazy 8’s

Jenn at Enjoying the ride tagged me! 

Crazy 8’s
8 things I’m passionate about

~My husband
~My pets
~My knitting
~Cooking
~My Family
~Giving to others
~Sex
~My friends

8 things I say often
~I love you
~Stop it Moxie!
~Hon, can you get me _____
~F*ck (Yes, I drop the F bomb a LOT)
~Wanna watch a movie?
~Be careful
~Have a good day at work
~See you this afternoon!

8 books I’ve read recently
~The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
~Storm Front (The Dresden Files book 1) by Jim Butcher
~Fool Moon (The Dresden Files book 2) by Jim Butcher
~Wilderness by Jim Morrison
~Love, Lucy by Lucille Ball
~Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
~Chicken Soup for the Couples Soul by Various Authors
~Salem’s Lot by Stephen King

8 things I want to do before I die
~Renovate our house
~See the Dresden Dolls in concert again (preferably many times!)
~Visit Ireland
~Go to Disneyland
~Own a brand new car
~Still have my parents when I’m over 50
~Take my Hubbin’ to see the ocean
~Be confident enough to sell my crafts

8 songs I can listen to over and over again
~Anything by the Dresden Dolls
~Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac
~Patience by Guns N Roses
~Mad World by Gary Jules
~Dragostea Din Tea by O-Zone
~Hurts so Good by John (Cougar) Mellencamp
~Under Pressure by Queen
~Sliver by Nirvana

8 things that attract me to my friends
~Honest
~Down to Earth
~Funny
~Honest
~Nice
~As drama free as possible (Or at least don’t include me in it)
~Honest
~Honest (Really…this is really really important to me)

8 things I’ve learned in the past year
~The plumbing in my house sucks, really bad
~I’m getting used to it just being me and Hubbin’ against the world
~Pressure cookers are fun
~My knitting skills have improved
~I have to depend on myself first and foremost
~I like a lot more vegetables than I used to
~Being alone isn’t always bad
~I’m not so much childfree as I am stupid-parent-free.  Bad parents make my eyes bleed.

8 people to tag
It’s a free for all, everybody’s tagged

 

Halloween Treats!

My friend Jenn over at Enjoying the Ride gifted me with this sweet Halloween treat!  I think it’s a really nice sentiment and I’m passing it on per Hootin’ Anni’s request as the originator.  As I don’t have a ton of friends in blog-land yet, and this is more of a random act of kindness than a clique thing I’d like to send it out to a few people whose blog I’ve read but not really gotten to know yet.

Without further ado,

Erin, The Absent Knitter, and Wanna Be Amigo!  If you choose to pick up your gift, just right click and save to your computer, post it to your blog and gift it to a few other bloggers you wish to give a little surprise to!

 

sigh

Why did I wait so long to sign up for Ravelry?

You signed up on September 17, 2007

You are #33422 on the list.

17284 people are ahead of you in line.

1449 people are behind you in line.

45% of the list has been invited so far

I read about it about a month ago but now with it seeming to be the buzz on just about every blog I visit, I really want to get in and see everything!

*sigh*

Must be patient!

 

Cherry Galaxy

I haven’t felt much like sleeping so I decided to watch some Keeping Up Appearances and craft.

I was sewing a button on to a crocheted water bottle holder a couple of days ago and wound up spending almost five minutes trying to pry a needle out of the cheap little plastic case it came in.  Hence, the inspiration for my little sewing needle book was born.

I used cheap crafting felt for the body and pages of the booklet, as well as for the cherries.  The stems are embroidered a stem stitch and split stitch and the “binding” is a lazy daisy stitch.

    

Now the needles slide out easily and with the booklet being about 3.5″ x 4″ it should be a lot easier to find!  I still have almost a full “page” that I can fill, which should come in handy when I find the rest of my embroidery needles.  Then I’ll have them all in one place and I can stop wasting my time searching and spend it crafting more!