Well the misses is making me a crew cap and from the picture she showed me, it looked really cool.  Well from the instructions they give you versus the picture is totally different.  Instead, the instructions want you to girly-fi it.  It had this huge border that looks nothing like the picture.  Why do that?  Cause all that did was piss off the misses.

I hope they both turn out … I would love to be able to wear them this winter!

This is going to be my Jackie O sweater

This is my Itchin’-to-Knit sweater

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This is going to be a tote for me!!!

This is going to be a purse for my niece Allie

Unsure what I’ll make out of these… maybe skirts for my two older nieces Ash & Bec

This is going to be my computer bag… so excited about this project!!!!!!

I’m thinking these will make good table runners for this year… lost of colors and they span summer, spring, fall, & winter.

by Tim O’Brien

Harsh and bitter, you tell it like it is. This usually comes in short,dramatic spurts of spilling your guts in various ways. You carry a heavy load, and this has weighed you down with all the horrors that humanity has to offer. Having seen and done a great deal that you aren’t proud of, you have no choice but to walk forward, trudging slowly through ongoing mud. In the next life, you will come back as a water buffalo.

Take the Book Quiz at the Blue Pyramid.

Margaret wanted to buy something so we went to Target and found nothing. How odd is this, she is in the book isle and there’s nothing there that she wants that has been released? I know I know, Margaret not being able to find a book? Absurd isn’t it? Well, I perused the gaming isle and while I could’ve gotten a couple of Mario games for my DS, but I know me. I would’ve gotten tired of them after 5 minutes. We were restless, bored, and wanted to buy something!!!!!
SO…..

We ended up at Linens-N-Things after I suggested that we get us a special coffee mug. To say that it stopped with coffee mugs would be a lie. We bought us 2 special coffee mugs, 2 big cups that we’ll use for soup (chunky preferably), set of red wine glasses, set of white wine glasses, set of pilsner glasses, set of mugs, and 2 pillows. The brand of glasses we bought were Libbey. It’s funny that we came around to those, because our regular drinking glasses are Libbey brand. The weight, the feel in our paws, and the quality screamed out to us. So we bought them. I suggest them to anyone, not for the quality alone, but the cost (pretty cheep).

Welp, I’m off to make some creamy chicken and mushroom soup for the misses (remember, chunky soup!!)

Not one of your average chick lit books. This book is filled with small town politics, laughter, love, adultery, family, great friends, & mystery. All the ingredients needed to make a wonderful book. Another great one from Andrews, and I would definitely suggest this book to anyone looking for something to read @ the beach!

Title/Author: Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
Pages: 357
Rating: 4/5
Format: Paperback
Comments: I was infuriated at Rosie for not fighting. She didn’t yell, scream, or pitch a fit about losing her husband and job to Minty. If there is one thing I hate it’s a woman acting like a door mat. But Rosie didn’t act like a door mat. She fought when she needed too and gave in when she felt like it. She picked up the pieces of her battered heart and went on living. In the end she became a stronger woman then Minty will ever be.

Title/Author: A Little Change of Face by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Pages: 336
Rating: 2.5/5
Format: Paperback
Comments: The premise of the story is that 40-ish Scarlett Stein decides to make herself dowdier in order to prove to her friend (Pam) that men like her for who she is not what she looks like.

I thought the story sounded unique so I picked it up. The newness wore off around the 5th chapter, and I started skimming around the 7th chapter. The story had so much promise but it ended up falling flat. The characters were shallow, selfish, and acted like they were in high school. Try as I might I just couldn’t put forth the effort to finish this book cover to cover. One main reason is I dislike reading a book about women (most of which were going on 40 years old) acting like a bunch of immature 10th graders. That was the biggest turn off for me. I had planned on reading “The Thin Pink Line” by the author also, but I think I’ll set it aside for now. I don’t know if I can take it.