Crystal's blog about life. Home school, knitting, video games and you know,,, stuff that happens!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Little Known Fact:
Sunday, August 24, 2008
tired.... so tired....
They're still at it.
I had to put my foot down.
2 o'clock comes and they are out the door and into their tents.
I know they'll be up at the crack of dawn. What was I thinking?
The younger ones are staying inside. This'll give them a go at the Wii without the big boys bothering them.
Oh,, and another thing. Our friends Steve and Christina stopped by (thus the wii, Thanks Ya'll!) and of course their daughter Madison and her friend Whitney came too. You never saw so many sweaty awkward boys posturing and fluffing their hackles. It was frankly a little disturbing but they're pretty girls, so you can't blame them really.
B: (playing guitar hero)
G: wooooww, you're REALLY good at that! (dreamy voice)
B: "yeah,, I know,, probably the best I know" (dorky Napoleon voice)
G: "That's really coooool" (dreamy voice)
Kill.
Me.
Now.
I'd rather just have my head up my rear thank you very much.
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How funny is it that I've been assigned to talk about acne treatment cream? 'Nouf said really.
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
We've been invaded
Slumber Party.
Happy Birthday Thomas!
I have more than a 1/2 dozen stinky boys in my tiny eensey weensy house. The noise level is "pert-near" deafening. They are camping out in the yard tonight. Thank goodness for small miracles and good weather. The cats are a nervous wreck and I am well medicated. Thank God for Chris, I couldn't handle this without him here! A gaggle of teen and pre-teen boys need a dad to be around.
They're off to play flashlight tag.
Send Pizza.... and valium.
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I wonder if there are any franchise opportunities available to take care of these kids?
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Friday, August 22, 2008
I'm Disenchanted
It's a Cecropia (soft c). It's adult state is just as impressive and it's called a Robin Moth. If you want to check out the entire life cycle there is a great kid friendly site called wormspit.com. Thanks for finding that Jenny!
The same little girl later showed me her pet turtle.
She said she's had it since Christmas. I'm going to have to investigate that! HA! I'm not doubting her but isn't it a bit teensy to be 9 months old? I may be wrong. The funniest part is that she has that poor turtle's shell decked out with glitter! I'm obviously no turtle expert but something tells me that's not healthy!
I also managed to come home with a few less books. That's always good. The boxes are getting lighter but they still weigh a ton! I only came home with ONE book, no,, ok,, 3 books, but one I'm really excited about. It's The Trail Guide to World Geography. Thanks Kathy!
I stayed up way too late last night reading it over. I'm gonna need a nap today!
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Saturday, August 16, 2008
Galleries Field Trip.
I tried to make it more interesting for my kids by helping them build a pinhole camera and doing a little history of the Daguerreotype. They really got into it at home. Of course when we got to the Galleries the nice lady asked "Has anyone done any research on civil war photos and pinhole cameras?" and both of my kids are like "uh duhhhhhhhhh" and had a little drool coming out of the corners of their mouthes.
I'm trying so hard to help them be smart,, really I am.
So I couldn't take pictures there. It's understandable. But I could take pictures in the conservatory.
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Today I'm supposed to tell you about balance transfers. I'm clueless. Perhaps I should read the balance transfers 101 article on smartbalancetransfers.com?
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Monday, August 11, 2008
Squirrel Nutkin Bootie- a free pattern
Notes: I was given this pattern by a wonderful knitting friend in Texas. I kept loosing it and I would have to
call on her to give it to me again. She knits hers without the ribbing. I thought I'd put it here on my blog so
I'd never loose it again. I also modified the way it was written down in case anyone else who's knitting these
has never knitted short rows before. I added "line checks" after all the short row rows. I hope that I've
written it in such a way that even the most novice knitter can tackle it! Thank you Squirell!
CO 31 stitches using long tail cast on (or whichever you choose)
the left (LN)before turning (BT))
out)Bind off in rib (continue to knit the knits and purl the purls while binding off) with larger needle.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Baby Sweater
I used needles that are significantly smaller than the suggested size. I tend to knit loosely. I used a size 7 circular. Even with the smaller needle it still came out to be about a size 3-6 months.
It's a cute little sweater but every time I've knit it I have the same problem. About 10 rows in the button band sucks in and it looks like my gauge changes or something. I know that's not it,, my gauge is just fine. It doesn't block out either. Ugh,, oh well.
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Yesterday it was the colon cleanse,, today it's diet pills. I'll spend my money on yarn thank you very much!
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Saturday, August 9, 2008
Pinhole Photography
It looks kinda "otherworldly" does it not? It was taken out our back door. No, not a masterpiece but really cool considering it was taken with a mentos tin and some electrical tape! (btw,, our camera looks really cruddy like a sardine tin out of which an alley cat would eat. The above picture is one I scarfed from Makezine.com)
If you'd like to learn more about the history of photography and how the pinhole camera came to be you can go HERE.
If you'd like to make your own pinhole camera there are many tutorials on the net but a really good one is the Mintycam found HERE (this is the one we made) and you can make your own pinhole "Brownie" HERE.
The best part about the one we made was that you take the film to Walmart to get it developed. You don't have to mess with Fixer and Stop and Developer and darkrooms. Our first roll was free because they thought it was a blank roll!!! Well,, it was mostly except for the shot above. If you like a challenge, I highly recommend this project! It's great for History and Science!
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Ok, is there any delicate way to talk about this? I mean,, ewww. If you need a colon cleanse I guess this link is just between you and the internet! LOL
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