#4 of 8 is Done...

I know, it was only 7~~ but the number keeps growing. I figured I was going to make one for my Step-Mom, so now it is 8. But I just remembered, I also joined the Stocking Stuffer Swap at Crochetville. So it actually is #4 of 9.  This is Eons' Custom Made "Red with black stocking"..   I used black boucle yarn for the cuff part. The picture is kind of dark.  I kind of combined two stocking patterns for this one. I started out with the Holiday Cheer Stocking, but only chained as many as the Stocking Bells Christmas Stocking pattern. (Both are from the Lion Brand Yarn site). I also did this one in rows, not rounds. (Like the Stocking Bells pattern.)  I probably confused things more but I wasn't sure if the heel and toe were done differently. Oh well. :P     
I am currently on Stocking #5, same red with white cuff thing. I'm almost to the heel part. If I keep going at this rate, I will get them all done with no stress.    There's only 56 more days until Christmas.   :D   Do you have all your shopping done? I sure don't!! I so far only have one thing for both boys, one thing for the puppy (an Angry Birds squeaky toy ball).   Which reminds me, I should probably make a stocking for Jetta, too...  So that makes 10 stockings. Ugh. (Sigh...)  Maybe I will buy her one, at the Dollar Store. LOL

Look what I got in the mail this week!! Three squares, and a potholder! From Lovin2Crochet. Thank you so much, Carole!! I just love the Teddy Bear Squares.  And the potholder is so cute.  Thanks Carole.   I have been trying to get some squares done, in between crocheting stockings. It's hard for me to not get sidetracked...  There is a Gingerbread House CAL going on, too. I have been wanting to crochet a Gingerbread House forever. And there's finally a free pattern for one. Sigh...    Too much to crochet, not enough time. :(   I also might finish Eons' Snuggie. I don't know if I should even bother?...  He had been saying forever that he wants a snuggie.  Every time I ask him (I just did :P) he says he still wants it. So. That's another thing I have to finish before Christmas.  :)   The snuggie is easy enough. It's actually just boring...  I should get it out and see how much I have done so far.  It should go quick.   Then that will be two gifts for Eon. :P   (Do you want to know what I got them? :D)  Okay, I'll tell you. Cuz my kids don't read my blog. (Unless they are standing right behind me.)  I got Eli an AC/DC throw plush blanket (he loves AC/DC). And he needs a blanket.   And I got Eon a Darth Vader Lego Alarm Clock.  :P   That's it so far... 

Last week was "Say No To Drugs" Week at Eons' school. Monday was Crazy Hat Day, Tuesday was Crazy Socks...  I forget which day this was. Pajama Day.  (I always wonder if kids wear the Pajamas they slept in.) Eon did not sleep in these, lol! He had the Spongebob PJ pants, and I went and got him the T-shirt- so he would have "matching" Pajamas.  So now he has a new T-shirt, too.  :)    And he has a Spongebob hat...   No he doesn't like Spongebob. Why do you ask?....  :P

And, here is a cookie that Eon made for his teacher....   He wanted to make Sugar Cookies this weekend. I was going to start them Sunday, but they had to refrigerate for two hours. And it was already like 8 pm. So I said I would do them while he was in school Monday, and we could make them tomorrow night. Well Monday my husband had off work, and we ended up going shopping (early birthday present for me :D).  So I had to do the cookies after dinner. Oh well.  They got done.  :P  (The cookie is a Pumpkin. With chocolate frosting and sprinkles, and pink sugar. LOL)  :P

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Don't throw those pumpkin seeds out! Make some Roasted Pumpkin Seeds with them.   They must be all right, the kids even like them.  :)  And they're healthy. High in protein, iron, and some calcium.  I found this chart, if anyone is interested. (Mine were made with butter and salt though...)  Okay, so maybe not so healthy with butter and salt added, but... Healthier than candy and junk food. :)

It's Pumpkin Time... The Most Wonderful Time of The Year..

Until Christmas Time, that is!..  Lol...   We carved the Jack-O-Lantern last night. Well, my husband did the carving. Eli drew the face on it. Eon and I did the "gutting".  :P  Eon got all the seeds out. And I tried to get all the pumpkin out, to save.  0.o   I don't know if it was worth it. But... Once I got started...       I cooked some of the pumpkin last night. The rest is in the fridge. I'll have to cook it today.   It didn't seem very ripe. It took forever to cook.      Once the seeds are dried out, Eon wants to roast them. :)  (Now I'm wondering if the seeds will be okay... I guess we'll find out.)  

Pumpkin Pancakes. I made these for breakfast yesterday morning. (With canned pumpkin~ We carved the pumpkin at night. So I didn't use it for the pancakes.)    They were pretty good. I haven't made them in a long time.  This isn't the recipe I used, but it's very similar: Pumpkin Pancakes  We didn't use walnuts, and we just used regular pancake syrup. :)

And; since I had almost the whole can of pumpkin left, I *had* to make a pie with it! :D  I don't think anyone minded.  I could have ate the whole thing. But I was good. I only had one piece. :P  I love pumpkin pie. Sigh... 

#3 of 7 is done..

I finished the third stocking yesterday. It looks smaller than the first one, but it isn't. I just didn't have the cuffs folded down the same.  I have at least two; probably three more of this same pattern, to do. 

Look what I got in the mail yesterday! Another friendship square. Yay..  :D  Thank you, Mary (karishema). And a lovely card, too.  The color looks off to me. The lightest color is a pale pink. Does it look pale yellow, or off white~ or is it just me?... 

Jetta is nine months old today!...   I tried taking her picture this morning. This is the best one I was able to get. She was being too hyper. "Ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball?..."   :P  In fact, she is laying here staring at me right now, waiting for me to throw her ball. (Sigh...)    I don't know if I mentioned it on here, but I got her fixed a few weeks ago. I already took her to get her stitches out. She was feeling back to herself after about four days, I would say. Then we had to keep her from wanting to run around. Or jump.  That was about impossible.  But she didn't pull or lick or bite any of her stitches out, and it healed up fine...

Look what I found in the fridge yesterday. I opened the fridge to get some coffee cream out, and just laughed...  :P  She's a funny dog. 

Friendshipghan Progress...

I have been edging the remaining squares that weren't edged yet, today; and crocheting another row onto the afghan. I feel like I actually accomplished something. :)  I just have a bunch of ends to weave in now. And get some more squares. :D  So I can finish it.  I think about 11 more should do it. But I can't figure out how many plain and how many mutli-colored/variegated. My brain is mushy today for some reason.

Eon was outside riding his bike yesterday and we saw a grasshopper. I said "Go see if you can catch it". Well...  I ended up catching it for him. One of it's legs were gone. :( (Which might be why it was so easy to catch.) I let him keep it in a jar for a while, to look at it. Then I let it go outside. He wanted to keep it as a pet; and put one of his hamsters in a different cage then put the grasshopper in the aquarium. (Sigh...)  I said we would have to find out more if a grasshopper would make a good pet or not. And that it would probably die if we kept it in the jar.  I think he fell in love with it. It did have a cute face. And it looked like it was smiling if you looked at it face to face. :P

Guess who was outside our back door this morning waiting for us?  :D  Mr. Grasshopper. (Or Mrs.?)   I haven't seen it in a while, so it must be off finding some food or something.      We googled grasshoppers, and grasshopper eggs, and then he saw some grasshopper desserts he wanted me to make: Grasshopper pie (that does look yummy), grasshopper pudding, grasshopper trifle, grasshopper bars... (Sigh..) This one little grasshopper is going to make me gain more weight!!..  (Oh yeah, it's Eon's fault, not the grasshopper's.)   :P 

You are probably wondering what in the world this is?....   When I was edging my squares & crocheting them together today, Jetta was in there with me. She found a Milk Bone she had hid, over by one of my bins. Then she put it over by my bookshelf, then (SOOOO weird!!) started trying to dig at the afghan (some of the squares were just laying there on the ground) with her nose, to "cover" her treat up.  It was so funny.  She probably thought she buried it. LOL!! She's so cute sometimes...

There it is. Hee hee... 

#2 of 7 Christmas Stockings is Done

Okay. Would it be "is" done, or "are" done?  Whatever..   :P  I finished this today. It's the Lion Brand site's "Holiday Cheer" Stocking pattern.  I am going to give this one to my brother. I figured I will get all the "gift" stockings done first, then I won't stress out so much about finishing ours.. (I won't have to hurry and ship them last minute, either.)  I am thinking about crocheting one for his puppy, too. (Max is the 5th picture down, so you don't have to read through the whole blog post.. :P ) He LOVES that dog. I have a bunch of ideas of what to put in Max's stocking. But only a couple ideas of what to put in my brothers'.  (What do you get the guy who has everything? Or can buy it, if he doesn't have it?...) 

I made some more Pickled Eggs. Apparently the last jar I made was just a little appetizer. :P  NONE of the kids like them, either. I sent a picture to the 19 yr old, and he said "YUCK"...  (So it's not like we all only got one, folks...) I did have two. So you can guess who ate the rest.  I used little cocktail onions for this batch. And doubled the recipe I used last time.  The cocktail onions are yummy! I am NOT an onion eater. I mean, I like onions. But to eat a plain onion? No way.. (My Dad will eat an onion just like it's an apple!)  But I love cocktail onions. (They are basically pearl onions in vinegar, so kind of like Pickled Onions?...)  You can see them floating on the top of the liquid.

It's a Monster! Ha ha...  The kids try on all the Halloween masks every time we go to the store. 

I have so many pictures of Eon with a mask on.  :P  You can see the little kid behind Eon is putting a mask on, too....   (This is probably one of the ways they get sick, so much.)  :/  

I thought I would post a picture of the sky one evening. There was snow on the mountain, and the sky was purple, with the moon...  This picture doesn't do it justice. The mountain looks much bigger in real life. And the sky was so beautiful...  But, I thought I would share it anyway.  :) 

The Santa Pillow Is Done

I finished this about five minutes ago.  It was all done, except for the little black felt circles for the eyes. I didn't have any black felt, though. And it took two trips to Walmart yesterday, to get some. I had it on my list; but the first time I went in, I forgot my list on the seat of the car. I didn't want to go back out and get it. And I didn't remember the felt until after I got home. Ugh! (I got everything else I needed, though.)  Anyway, it's done. :P  I think I put the pattern link in before, but here it is again: Happy Holidays Pillow. You have to be a member at the Bernat site, but it's free. (I love free)  :)   And, I think I mentioned it before as well, but I'll mention it again: The pattern is wrong. I had to increase two stiches each row on the white part, and decrease two stitches on the red part.  The rest I did just like the pattern. And I didn't take a picture of the back, but I just did regular sc's and did the "bobble" row, too; for the white part...  I think it's super cute.  

And here is another Christmas project I got done. Our internet was down the other day. (I wanted to finish the Santa Pillow that day, but couldn't- since the pattern was online.)  So I started looking through all my patterns (in books and magazines), to see if there was anything else I could get done for Christmas Crocheting...   I think I'm going to give this to our youngest son's teacher.  I might make one for us, too. And *maybe* one for my Step-Mom. I haven't decided if I'm going to crochet her a stocking or this, yet... (I'm crocheting one for my Dad. So...)   Oh, this pattern was in the Dec 2006 issue of Crochet World, btw...   :) 

I kind of want to do some Halloween Crocheting. But I think I'm going to skip it. There's a lot of cute things out there to crochet. But... I really want to finish all my Christmas stuff and so I. Must. Resist....   :P  I do have one thing almost done that I might finish up though (a scarecrow).   Have a Great Sunday, everyone... 

Pickled Eggs

I have been craving Pickled Eggs lately. My Grandma used to make them for the Holidays. It seemed like every Thanksgiving and Christmas, she would have huge jars of them. My Dad and Uncles were downright obnoxious about who got the first Pickled Egg. (It used to irritate me to no end..)  But I did like Pickled Eggs. At first I just ate one to make my Grandma happy. But then I would have to eat at least one every time.  She gave me her recipe for Pickled Eggs, years ago. But (can you believe it?) I have never made them. Ever. Her recipe, or any other...   I finally dug her recipe out yesterday and got some beets and vinegar to make some. But, I ended up using a different recipe (minus the extra ingredients that my Grandma's recipe didn't have..). Since my Grandma's recipe calls for three dozen eggs (I guess she would have to have a big recipe, for the whole family at holidays..)  There is no way we would eat all those. So, I used this recipe:  Pickled Eggs Recipe Simply Recipes.  Now they have to sit for a few days. (But I want one NOOOOW!!!) :P  I am going to have to find a recipe that uses like a dozen eggs. That would be about a perfect size for our family. (Especially with two boys who eat like there's no tomorrow..)

Santa Got A Makeover!

Okay, well maybe *Santa* didn't, but this Santa Pillow I was working on, did. :P Remember how badly Santa needed a beard trim? :P Thanks to hunkyscutie on Ravelry (she is making the same pillow). She told me to increase two stiches every row, and decrease two stitches every row on the way up.  It's on the Bernat site, which you have to be a member (but it's free) to get the free pattern. I am so happy it worked!!!! Thanks again, hunkyscutie. (I don't even know if you read my blog, but..)  :P    I decided for the back of the pillow, I am just going to do plain sc's.  That beard wasn't "hard", but...  I wouldn't want to do it for the second side.  It feels good to finally get started back up on Christmas crocheting. Hopefully I can stay on track now and get it all done in time. :)

I finished another shrug. This is the fifth one I have made. I think I might take a break from shrugs for a while.

I made the navy blue one (a couple posts back) for a girl I send things to on PR. I had asked if she would want one, and what color. But then I just made her the navy blue one, since it had been about a month, and no answer. Well about a week after I mailed the shrug to them, the Grandma wrote me and said she would like one, in light blue. Oh well. My own fault.  :)

I have been making cards (and envelopes), for the card swap in October.  I signed up for four. So, I am done making cards for that... I made two of the Pumpkin cards, this one, and the next one.. 

Nothing special. I just made it up. I'm kind of embarrassed to use it. Maybe I will save it, to send to a child...  I don't know.  

I was thinking about making some pillowcases. I really need some. Plus, I wanted to make some fun ones for the kids. I really need to figure out how to use my sewing machine. (Sigh..)  I found this video on how to make a simple pillowcase. She makes it look simple, but I know I would mess it up. :P    Well Happy Tuesday, everyone. :P  I hope you have a great day.  <3

Birthday Boy(s)!! :)

Well I haven't blogged in quite a while... But I'm sure you can tell from the title of my post, what I was busy getting ready for..  (Okay, not really. But it was worth a shot. :P )  I was pre-occupied with it, though.  Friday was our 8 (now 9) year old sons' birthday! And, my husband/Dads' birthday, too. Yup, they share the same birthday. (Incidentally, our nephew/kids' cousin has the same birthday, too. But they live in Texas.)   Here are the Spongebob cupcakes I took to his classroom.  :D

Here is Eon, passing out cupcakes to his classmates. They were a hit. His teacher loves Spongebob, too. :D  And the little Spongebobs were rings. So the kids all got to take home a little something, too. (I was considering getting a little something to give out, but I didn't. So. Bonus...)   :D  And everyone went home with blue lips! lol  :P

 I think this student was held back a few years... ;P   lol  I had to pick Eli up from school, and go straight to Eons' school; so I "forced" him to come with me. (I think he had a *little* fun..)

The cake and presents and balloons, waiting...  :) I was a little disappointed, by the end of the day, the balloons were laying on the ground. :/

Eons' balloons...

Hubbys' balloons... :D I have to give him a hard time, since he turned 41.  Hee Hee (I am a year older than him, so...)

The cake. Eon wanted a football cake; when we were at Walmart looking, one day. And my husband liked it, too. So since they both liked it, that decided it. This isn't the cake they picked out (that was about a week ago). But it was the best one available.  I did the "Happy Birthday" letters myself. (I didn't feel like waiting for them to do it.) I'm glad I took a picture of it, because by the time everyone got home from work/school, the letters were all melted and it just said "Duuuuuuh"... :(   Oh well.  (The little footballs are also rings, how neat is that?) P

Eating MORE cake.... This is at a friends' house, who also threw a Suprise Birthday party for my husband (they didn't know Eons' birthday was the same day, until I told them.) :P  My husband thought we were just going over to their house for a BBQ.  But they invited some co-workers (ex-co-workers, really) and their families. Only two, but it sure seemed like a lot of people with all the kids and noise! :)  It was really nice of them to do that. <3

My husband eating cake. (He would probably be mad if he knew I was posting this on my blog) :0

So, here is a better picture of him. :P

Eli had fun playing with their rat, Lilly.  I think we all had fun.  :)     

Time to Make Some More Cards.. :)

So far, all I have done is this one. But I have thought a lot about making cards, and looked at a lot of ideas. Does that count? I kind of like this one. I saw someone else's card (similar to this layout, but a birthday card). I thought "That would work for a lot of sentiments.." And made this one. I am going to join the card swap for October in the Just Because Greeting Card Group. So, I thought I would get a head start on making cards for it. Plus I just need cards to send people, anyway. I might make a bunch of these. I need to get some more of the little leaves. The original card, which I saw at Card Making World; looks like she just used a leaf punch out (which- I have the exact same punch out, but no leaf stamp just like it...) I guess it wouldn't matter. But I like to have my leaves all the same. ??  I used a butterfly stencil to make the "swirling wind" (at least that's what I thought it would look like) effects with embossing. I think it turned out pretty cute. I need to find some envelopes the right size for this card. Or make some...  Hmm..

I saw an adorable new Bear with Balloons this morning on Suzielah's blog! I love it.  (I will never finish any Christmas Stockings, I keep getting sidetracked by all this cuteness...  :P )  It made me think of my Bear with Balloons Cards I make. That would be cute to give together with Sue's bear, as a present. :) 

UFO, FO, Puppies, and Pancakes

Since I took a picture of this, I might as well blog about it.. :P  This is my oldest sons' afghan I am making him. Whether he wants it or not.. lol.  (I hope he will want it.)  I started this as part of his graduation present. Yeah. See how long it's taking me?...   I jokingly said, "I will probably finish this by the time he moves out and it will be a graduation/Housewarming present." Well, I'm even late to the game for that one, too.  Sigh. It will just have to be a present. :P

And, here is an FO. My third "Simple Shrug" I have finished. A friend of ours saw the one(s) I did, on FB. She asked if I could make one for her daughter. I said I could! :)  I used Simply Soft for this one, and an H hook. It came out just on the small size of gauge. But, she wanted a size small. So I think it worked out well..

Here it is on me. I shouldn't have tried it on. Now I have to wash it.  lol.

And look what I got in the mail the other day!!! An RAOK. <3  Someone sent Hobby Lobby to me. :D  I have never tried "I Love This Yarn".  I can see why it is named that. It's sooo soft! And all different colors; to make friendship squares, and who knows what else? :D  I am thinking maybe a scarf for Pine Ridge, with the burgundy. And maybe another shrug with the plum color? I used just over 6 ounces for this last shrug I did, and the skein is 7 oz, plus two little balls extra. So I should definitely have enough.  Thank you, Madison! <3  <3 <3

And, it's been a while since I posted any Puppy Pictures...  :D   This is Max, again. (My brothers' puppy.) He's SO CUTE!!! I just want to hug him, and squeeze him, and kiss him, and love him! And call him George. :P  Maybe someday I will get to go visit my brother (and his puppy) again.  He only lives four hours away. 

And here's one of the latest pictures of Jetta... It's a Rough Life, being a Dog...  :P

And here are the pancakes I was talking about...  I saw someones' post on FB about making "Smores Pancakes".  I googled it, since it sounds yummy.  I saw a bunch of different recipes. Some with crushed graham crackers in the batter...  I finally just made regular pancakes, and put all the toppings on: Crushed graham crackers, mini-marshmallows, and chocolate chips. And since we had some, chocolate syrup. (Plus regular syrup.)  And, I have to say, they are yummy. So yummy, in fact, I couldn't finish them. (Too sweet/much, for me..)  :P  But our 8 year old sure did finish his. :D    

"Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Well this is a pretty boring video probably to most people. But... I love the rain. (I know, I'm weird..)  It rained here Saturday night. There was an awesome thunderstorm. Me and the kids were watching the lightning in the 14 year olds' bedroom. :P  Then, Sunday it rained, too. There was some thunder, but nothing like Saturday night. Then, it started to hail! I heard it first. At first I thought "Man, it must be pouring!" And I got up to look and saw that it was hail. ("Oh"...)   Maybe that isn't so big of a deal. But in Southern Nevada, it's kind of weird... Right after it started hailing, my husband turned on the Weather Channel and found out there was a Severe Thunderstorm and Flash Flood Warning for the whole county.  Hmm.  I guess that was the worst of it, here. We didn't get any flooding here. But I noticed in spots along our road the next day, there were huge puddles. Remember this post? I didn't mention it in that post, but last year when it rained, our road gave out. It is STILL not finished, and blocked off.  Fortunately, I don't have to drive down there anymore. (Our sons' middle school is (was-since he is in high school now) down there... And, a new elementary school. You'd think they would finish a road that leads to two schools? There are other ways to get to them, but both schools are on or just off this road..)   Anyway~~~

Sunday was a somewhat stressful day. Besides the weather (which wasn't stressful, actually); that morning, Jetta got out the laundry room door (which goes into the garage). The garage door was open, and she BOLTED. I RAN out there, as fast as I could. (No shoes, running on an all rock yard~ Not fun~ I can't even walk on the rocks, let alone run?...)  I yelled, "Jetta!!! SIT!!!!" THANK GOD she listened to me, and I was able to get her.  She was about five feet from the road. That is exactly how Portia got hit by a car.  :(   My feet hurt for a couple hours, afterwards. And I think I tore part of one toenail away from the toe. Today is the first day it doesn't hurt. But, I got her.  We really need to get a fence...  (Sigh.)  Maybe someday when my husband starts working again.        Then,late Sunday evening, our 8 year old threw up. I saw him go in the bathroom and I heard him coughing strangely. I said to my husband, "Is he okay?" (Sounded like a throwing up gag/cough to me..)  Sure enough, it was...  :(   And guess who was unofficially "elected" to clean it up?  Yup, me....   :/  It was all over the bathroom~ Floor, toilet, garbage can, wall, tub....  UGH!!!  But it could have been worse...  If my husband had cleaned it up, it would have doubled or tripled in size, lol.  ;P   Well the next morning~ early in the morning~  I woke up (at 2:30) to check on him, and the couch was gone (the couch he was laying on). And he was asleep in the chair.  Well you know how it is when you're half asleep. I just went back to bed, since he was sleeping and I didn't see anything anywhere.  I learned later on that morning that he had thrown up on the couch (it was in the garage). So, he missed school Monday. And Tuesday I picked him up early since he still wasn't feeling well.  (I won't get into how much homework he had-- UGH!!-- for third grade???)      Well I guess when it rains, it pours.   (Bad joke, I know... :P)

Darth Vader

After making Perry the Platypus, I had to make something for our 14 year old. (I don't know if I mentioned, but he was also having a hard time adjusting to high school.)  I asked him if he liked Perry (that was when he rolled his eyes :P )  He said "No". I said "What would you like? Darth Maul?"  "Yeah". (I knew it..)  "Or Darth Vader?"  (I was pretty sure there wasn't any Darth Maul patterns out there. But I did remember seeing a Darth Vader Hot Sauce Bottle Cover pattern and had been thinking about making one, forever..)   Well, today was the day I finally did it. And I still have enough time to blog about it, before I have to leave to go get the kids. ;P  I just added a bottom, and stuffed it. And sewed on some eyes.  I still need to make the light saber.  I can't find my needle nose pliers, though. And I need to get some pipe cleaners.  I hope he likes it.  He liked the Graduation Teddy Bear that I made him. And the Spongebob.  :)

"Where's Perry?"

The Semi-Aquatic, Egg-Laying, Mammal of Action...  Here he is. :P  I LOVED crochetbugs' Perry, and HAD to try and make one. Even though I don't have the book she used to make some of the parts with. (Like the body and legs).  I was still determined. :)  I used this Guinea Pig pattern as a start off point. BUT, I did only sc's. And, did 27 rounds all together.  For the rest, I winged the arms and legs kind of going by crochetbugs' pictures and guesstimating. The eyes, I just made up. And the bill and tail, I used KristieMN's "Floppy Friends" bunny pattern (the ear), as a start off point, too. (I'm still working on the Knuffle Bunny, here and there, using that pattern...  :P So it was "in my brain".. )  Oh, for the hat, I used a Ken doll hat pattern from an Annie's Attic pattern book I have.    I used Red Heart Super Saver, in "Turqua" and "Pumpkin". And black, and white..  And a G hook. 

I kind of thought, "He's too skinny."  :(  But after looking at pictures online of Perry, I guess he is kind of skinny in "Real Life".  And, my son likes him...  :)  I made Perry for him; since he is trying so hard, and doing so good in school. (He was really having a hard time, these first two weeks-new school/third grade is a lot harder/different than second grade...)  So it was kind of a "reward".     I might make more of these.  The 14 year old rolled his eyes when he saw it. So, I don't think he wants one.  (I will have to try and figure out how to crochet Darth Maul for him... Sigh... Or maybe Darth Vader. Sigh again...  LOL) 

I was asked by a friend to crochet a shrug (the Simple Shrug) for her daughter. :)  I'm kind of excited. I'd been wanting to make another one, but didn't have anyone to make one for...  I will have to go get some navy blue yarn though. So...  I might *have* to go to JoAnns'...  ;P   It's for the step-daughter of my husband's co-worker (who got him the job out here to begin with).  So, I *have* to get nice yarn to make it with. ;)