Day of Love

So I saw this on Christa's blog and thought I'd give it a whirl. I "know" Christa (I use that term lightly... I've only met her briefly a couple of times) through my sister-in-law Tracy. Apparently they are best friends. I am trying to sever their ties and make them both dependent on me. I'm pretty desperate for friends -- and quite frankly they are the coolest people I know. I have not shared this plan with either of them, so if you guys could keep it under wraps, I would really appreciate it.

Anyway, on to the goodness:

1. How long have you been married?

7 LONG years....... I mean 7 BLISSFUL years! lol!

2. How long did you date?

We dated for about 5 1/2 months before getting engaged. Then we were engaged for a little over 2 months before getting married. WHAT WERE WE THINKING?????? :-)

3. Who eats more?

Until 2 weeks ago it was me. It was actually kinda scary how much I could put away. Shane eats like a bird anyway. When I'm old and fat he's still gonna be a little rail.

4. Who said I love you first?

I did. He was my first love and I just couldn't hold it in any longer! I totally freaked him out though!!!!

5. Who's taller?

Shane. He's almost a foot taller.

6. Who sings better?

Me, but only because I actually sing on key. That does not mean I have a good voice. Yikes!

7. Who does the dishes?

Me. Shane works too much. That and he loads the dishwasher completely wrong every time and then all of the plastic cups and bowls flip over during the wash and fill with nasty grimy dishwater. Yuck.

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?

Shane -- and it will be that way until we buy a new bed. On both sides of the mattress there is a huge indentation where he sleeps ('cause he never moves). So no matter how many times we flip and rotate the mattress, he always leaves his mark.

9. Who pays the bills?

Me. In the entire 7 years we've been married our bills have only been late twice -- Once when Kelly was born and another when Isabelle was born. Both times I was in the hospital and he forgot to pay. Spoiled boy!

10. Who mows the lawn?

No lawn to mow.

11. Who cooks dinner?

Me. Shane used to be the cook in the family until I finally learned how. Now it's been so long you would have never known he ever knew how. Currently he can only cook a handful of things -- frozen waffles and pre-cooked bacon. If he's adventurous it will be regular bacon instead of the precooked variety. It just doesn't happen that often.

12. Who is more stubborn?

Shane. I totally thought I was the most stubborn person on the planet until I met my match 8 years ago.

13. Who kissed who first?

He did. We were at his apartment at Ricks hangin' out in the kitchen when he leaned in to plant one on me. Then he looks at me and says "Wow... it's been a long two years....." Best kiss EVER!

14. Who asked who out?

Shane always asked me out. Every single date. That's pretty impressive given that I almost always asked all other guys out first.

15. Who proposed?

Shane did. But only after I told him he had to. He likes to put things off. LOL!!!!

Actually, It was pretty cool. We were both working for a Salvation Army summer camp near the Tennessee border (yeah, weird) and he proposed on a boat at night under the stars. Sooooooo sweet!

16. Who has more friends?

If Shane tried very hard to make and keep friends he would beat me 'cause he's way cooler and funnier. But he doesn't try. So I win all the way!

17. Who has more siblings?

Dead even.
Shane has four: Amy, Loren, Tracy, and Brtiney
I have four: Josiah, Louis, Guy, and Steven

I've dyed and gone to Heaven

So here is my nerdy-ness in all its glory! Wool yarn is soooooooooooooo nice and sooooooooooo very expensive. Like a small ball (and I mean small) of wool yarn is about $8.50 - 12.50. You can't even make one sock with that amount -- so you can pretty much forget about a sweater! So I found out that you can undo wool sweaters that you find at thrift stores that have either never been worn or hardly ever warn (meaning the yarn is still good). I bought this lovely doo-dad at a local thrift store for 3 bucks. Smashing, isn't it? I had already taken apart the first sleeve when I remembered to take a "before" picture. It took a LONG time to unravel --- long long long.



So after many hours of unwinding, this was my beautiful bounty:

That's about $50 worth of yarn


So now I want to change the color -- 'cause you know, I can. I figured since this was my first time I would use just a small ball as my test subject.


So I loosely bound it together to prevent it from tangling and then rinsed and "washed" it (you have to be careful about washing wool because it will felt)


Then I put it in the dye bath. I'm using America's favorite -- Berry Blast Koolaid (minus the sugar)



Then it's on to rinse.... wash.....rinse again.... rinse one more time.... there you go.....


Hang that beauty to dry.....


And Viola!! Strawberry success!

It worked!!!

So since June/July I have been putting on some weight. Okay, a lot of weight. I gained a little over 20 lbs. Yikes! So after about the 10th time of someone asking me if I was expecting, I thought it was time to do something about the weight gain. I decided to join weight watchers and give it a try. I love it! It's only been one week, but it's really helped me with my portion sizes. Yesterday I went in for my weigh-in and I lost 2.6 lbs!!!!!!!! I'm sooooo stoked! Anyway, just thought I'd share with you my excitement!!!!!

It's a purse!

So I was talking with Emily the other day and I realized that I forgot to post what my last project was. From the poll it seems that most of you guessed correctly -- I won't say anything about those that guessed wrong! ;-) But anyway, I actually finished knitting 2 days after I posted the poll, but I got lazy and never finished the purse. All I had to do was put a button on and a purse strap, but I just kept putting it off. Well, I finally added those things last night and I think it came out really nice. The purse strap is actually an old belt I found at goodwill. It was a lot harder than I thought trying to sew that thing together. I bent 2 needles and broke one. Finally, I took a knife to it to make big enough holes so I could hand sew it together with yarn. I guess we'll see how it holds up!

Yogi Berra

For some reason the girls really wanted to do yoga. So, we pulled out one of my yoga videos and let them have at it. We're still not sure why, but hey... if it keeps 'em busy, we're happy to oblige! (Yes, I find it odd that they are wearing leotards too.... just go with it!)

Turn your volume up!!!!! The voice on the video is hilarious!

Snow time!

What do you do when it snows and you have no yard???? Snow angels in the parking lot, that's what!!!!

Kelly thought this was SOOOOO funny. Every time I told her to move the snowball to get a picture of her she just kept saying "I'm a snowball head" and then would laugh hysterically. Watch out everyone, we have a comedian in our midst!

River IQ test

Okay, so I was at Erin's blog yesterday and she posted about this "River IQ Test" from Japan. Let's just say I'm not very smart...... I tried for well over 20 minutes to figure it out and STILL couldn't. Then, I tried again today and within 10 minutes I finally figured it out. Although, I really couldn't tell you how I did it... I just know I got them all across. Anyway, I thought it was funny enough to pass along to everyone else. Enjoy and tell me how long it takes you to figure it out!

This is an IQ test. It’s fun. Click to Play the IQ Rafting game straight from Japan, and see if you can get everyone across the river.

Everything is in Japanese, so here’s what you have to do:
Everybody has to cross the river, but there are rules:

1. Only 2 people on the raft at a time.

2. The father can not stay with any of the daughters without their mother’s presence (or he will beat them).

3. The mother can not stay with any of the sons without their father’s presence (or she will beat them).

4. The thief (striped shirt) can not stay with any family member if the Policeman is not there.

5. Only the Father, the Mother and the Policeman know how to operate the raft.

6. To start click on the big blue circle on the right.

7. To move the people click on them. To move the raft click on the handle.