fo feather weight cardi

So the feather weight cardi is finally done!!! I of coarse used left over yarn and since I seem to only make things out of yellow and purple that is what I had. My hubby says it is a vikings sweater I didn't intend it that way lol but I guess it does look very vikingish...

ignore the sour puss beside me I don't know what her problem was lol

side view

and here is the front I love it I made changes I made it longer then butter cardi and I made it to my arm circumference instead of chest and because my other one had too big of arm holes. I compensated but making a bigger collar band. I like this one allot better then butter cardi (which I love too) but the fit on this one is just a bit nicer. also I picked up pretty much every stitch when picking up collar instead of 2 for 3. It is over I am done lol

we are back in our own house now I am sooo glad to tell you. I am actually sitting here sweaty from zumba and happy lol. I missed my routine this is nice to get back into it. The hubby went to his buddys cabin over the weekend and while he did that I got this...

Isn't she lovely she followed me home I had to keep her lol. It is 100 percent cotton but has the shine and loveliness of bamboo. I love it. It is going to be a some what cowl by Wendy Bernard. I almost thought about making coachella but I am starting the process of trying to get a breast reduction and I think that would be a great thing to make after. I can actually own a bra that I can wear with coachella lol.

This too followed me home from my favorite lys Knitters Palette. It was great to see Pam (the owner) and I got to hang out with Angela my gf who used to work with me in a very tense awful environment. but she now has Pam who is sweet as pie :) I love the shop and the people.

but I love this more then I can even say with words I think it would have to include words photos and maybe a interpretive dance lol. It organises all of my circular needles which you might have noticed I only knit with circulars about 99.9% of the time. And I am a little bit

anal so just seeing them all in thier place makes my heart grown 10 sizes just like the Grinch.

Well since we had awfully severe weather while the hubby was conveniently gone this weekend(straight line winds up too 100 miles a hour tornado warnings down pours like a freakin monsoon) my hubby now has to work 10 hour days for mosquito control all week to make sure we aren't getting eaten alive worse then usual. :) And I will be working over time all week to dealing with fire monster. Wish me luck people.

Things I love when I house sit.

So not all of house sitting is shampooing and morbidly obese dogs sleeping on my legs all night. These are some of the things I love at my sisters..

Her Jacuzzi tub... need I say more once you clean the cat hair and dust out of it I love this sucker
don't get excited the pool in the back ground is the neighbors this lotion that she has it is the best face stuff ever wooooo hoo...

hanging laundry out on the line. Don't ask but there is something that I love about it.


this is the beautiful grapevine that grows on there fence. It is pretty and provides privacy (from their kinda dorky neighbors)

When it is trimmed and cleaned up this backyard is huge and nice don't ask about the big bald spot in the middle there used to be a pool there but then it was going to be a garden now it is weeds and a bench lol.

and last but not least my hubby's friends wife who is awesome loaned me these (not that it has anything to do with house sitting) thanks again Dee now I am off to read and hang out with the hubby after a long day of house chores like cleaning the leaves and old lawn furniture that got sent into the dog pin to die. Happy Fathers Day people.

So here is the waka waka video for my zumba class from the YMCA the two girls in the very front are autumn and angelica my teachers this is autumns choreography. Shakira is donating 1$ to one goal for every viewing of the video responses for waka waka. :) This was lots of fun the kids taped one today but it got ruined so they re tape next week. :) I am in second row and by me is my girl friend Missy. Take note of the pregnant lady who is way too cute on the left side. :)

We are still house sitting at the sisters house which means I am tired (since you never sleep as well at someone Else's house), I shampooed lots of carpet today (one of the pets was having issues before they left) and I spent way to much time going up and down stairs. (4 level home). They found out Andy (whom I have blogged about before because he steals food and has the jaws of a rabid crocodile) has diabetes. So he has been on a strict diet and we are watching him close. We took the girls to the drive in theater last night to watch toy story 3 and it was soo great. All four of us loved it. Teared me and the hubby up at the end.

I also have got to catch a few episodes of this seasons deadliest catch. I was very sad and brought to tears because captain Phil was fighting with his son who was stealing medication from him and harsh things were said and done and since Phil passed away after suffering a stroke during unloading (I believe anyway) you don't want things to be left like this. I was in tears watching yesterday. I am way to attached to cranky old crab fishing men I have never met not to mention my crush on Eric Nyhammer captain of the rolo. It just isn't right. My heart goes out to the Harris family and I hope the boys are able to do their dad proud on the boat knowing he is watching over them smoking and sweating it out with a red bull in a better place.

So I am up way WAY too early. My hubby has been going to bed earlier and I there for have been going to bed earlier and earlier and so when he got up and started getting ready for work at 5:30 I couldn't get back to sleep. So I am up messing around getting ready to head to my sisters for our annual house sitting. My sister packs up her family each June to go to her hubby's family reunion in Wyoming and we pack our troops up and head to her house to care for all the animals and what not. This usually means living a week and half in lap of luxury since they have cable and central air. but since we now have central air and a more comfortable environment it probably just means a bigger house emptied of most groceries lol. but non the less maybe I will get to watch some new deadliest catches:)

Yesterday in my zumba class at the YMCA we taped our version of Shakiras Waka Waka. She has this big thing going for her charity one goal. So when it gets posted I will link it to here :) but this is a pic of all of us girls sweaty after words.

the front two middle are my teachers autumn and angelica and I am there then my neighbor Missy. She spawned Cole who is monkey butts best neighborhood buddy and she rides around the place on his bikes pegs it is way too cute.

Anyway you have that to look forward to when I can get my hands on it. After class I went to get the kids are the day care they threw on their suits and went out to the splash pad for a while. My kids eventually froze and wrapped up in their towels to warm up but Calvsters He played and screamed and splashed and stayed in there until his lips turned purple, was covered in goosebumps and he was shaking like a leaf. I wrapped him up to snuggle him and warm him then he wanted to go back in but I insisted we needed to go home and eat. I fed them then we curled up on the couch to watch Iron man and knit while he asked me the normal calvin questions...

is that tony? Is he building the war machine??? Do good robots always win bad robots?? Whats his name?? Is he a bad guy? Is he sad? Did those army guys die? Is that tony ? and on and on for the entire movie.

but for the rest of the night this sat there and started at me all night. I am almost done with the edge and will go on to arms.


then I will move on to this cute cute had can't wait.

I also threw some Rhodes rolls in this dish when I got home from the gym 5:00 they were ready to go in the oven to I brushed them with a bit of butter and threw some shredded cheese on them and popped them in


mmmm cheese and bread this is all I need for the rest of my life I think lol. but I made baked penne to go with it. So simple cook one pack of whole wheat noodles add one jar of spaghetti sauce then cover with one pack of shredded cheese and I sprinkle with Italian seasoning and bake it quick.

you get this ..

this was our dinner last night and it took less then half hour all said. and for a second time Calvin shocked me by eating all this dinner!!! This is the kid who usually lives off toast waffles and pb&j at home. But since we can't have pb (fire monster is allergic) he has ate every meal. A few years ago he would have starved except for the occasionally waffles I convinced him to eat. I am not even kidding.

but look at this big guy now eating away. He even told me he liked it almost as much as the tacos lol. Every one ate every last scrap on their plate with our so much as asking "can I be done now" or "how many more bites". and they all got a black bean brownie for dessert. :) Notice naughty over seeing dinner like always lol He will be packed up to go house sit with us. He always makes things more interesting when thrown in with the two dog two cat mix at my sis's. Three of them act like he has always been there while the newest cat is soo confused and stalks around behind him looking like "where did that guy come from??"

Well I am off to grab a cup of coffee and pack my cat for a week lol. My calvsters goes home today.

if you don't already think I am crazy

So here is glimpse two into my crazy. I do this every now and again through out the summer. I soak every ones flips flops in a sink with some oxy clean and then I scrub them with a brush and then I run them through the dish washer on the top rack with out the heat dry. I read in a magazine to do that. Don't put any dish's in there with your shoes btw. I we have allot of flip flops. This really gets them clean I have had the white rainbow ones since I was pregnant with Monkey butt !!! They are seven years old and still white!!! I just take them out and toss them in the sun to dry. :)

I found more flower today at Micheal's and thought wooo great 4th of July and summer clippies
so if you aren't sick of seeing them here are more. I found out the community garage sales is next weekend I am selling all of these my sister is going to make some kids jewelry and I am also going to do temporary tattoos and colored hair extensions.

There are some very pretty carnations

and some Poppy's too. They are great. I am still struggling with the allergies. My hubby has been working over time every day since we have had a week of rain so I have been on my own with the three kiddos so far. But on the plus side I made Indian tacos and Calvin (who is a crazy picky eater of coarse) loved them to pieces!!! He ate a entire taco and two Indian breads with cinnamon and sugar and some applesauce for dessert!!! I had one taco and one Cinnamon sugar!!

I will do the recipe one day. You take roads rolls raise them and then you roll them out and stretch them and the fry them in oil and make normal tacos with them like they are tostadas. They are super filling. I will take pics next time I do it. We do Cinnamon and sugar with some butter on the left over breads for dessert!!! They are great!! My sister made them few weeks ago and I have been thinking of them ever since. :) Well off to be tortured more by three small children who apparently never sleep lol. Have a good night guys

apps and new hair what could be better???

So Sunday we had a lazy afternoon. I made a few yummy appetizers and we mowed them down and took a nap on the couch.

These are pioneer woman's twice baked potatoes...
and some yummy baked weight watchers onion rings. I am not a big onion fan but I love these..

My allergies have been just killing me and I can't breath 90 percent of the time. So when my brother in law came to drop off Calvin I was curled up sleeping so heavy on the couch (and forced to breath through my mouth) that I was drooling on the poor cat!!! He gets really needy when monkey butt is gone for a few days.

Who has two thumbs and a new hair cut???
This girl right here ;)

you know what that means HAIR MONTAGE

I got it cut and then did what I always do take my razor to it...

here is a blurry one with a flower

and the head band.

I think this is going to be way more gym friendly and I won't have to rock pig tails every day of my life now. Well I have to go clean up all my hair and force the bad kids to go to bed. :)

Have a good one guys

a peek at my crazy...

So Thursday I spent the entire(ENTIRE) day cleaning and did weird little organizing things like this. I am going to show you a few things I love in my house. I am a very clean person since I come from a home that could be featured on the show hoarders most of my siblings and I are a bit anal since we never NEVER want to go down that road.

This is my junk drawer for cords and chargers.. I got this little tip from a show on ion called shes crafty.

In this one I have some glass decorations chip clips and weird odds and ends that I need in the kitchen..
This is the kids arts and crafts cupboard. I have everything sorted into bins and labeled...

and all the cards are sorted into things like this... These are their flash cards

And this coffee mug Shelby got me Love it soo much and my cute little cheery containers. But the main thing is the coffee maker. Our old one pooped out this winter so off the the store I went not knowing what I wanted. I knew I didn't want a glass carafe. This was in our budged (even less then I planed to spend) and I was very surprised Ben sets the coffee maker for 5:30 a.m. and I get up around 8 the metal Carafe keeps the coffee warm until I get up!!! It is great I still nuke it for 30 seconds because I am a slow coffee drinker and I want it to stay warm for a while. but it is soo great. You can even choose the strength of your coffee.

So there is a little peek into my anal little world and how things are at my house. I am now going to snuggle up on the couch and knit until my twice baked potatoes are done and watch new moon with my hubby so he can take me on a date to eclipse :) My hours are numbered until not only monkey butt gets home but Calvin gets here. He is going to be here for 4 days while my sister is out of town for military training. Hope your guys weekend is great.