I’m thinking about putting this one on the time clock at work…

Speaking of which if I want to be half way intelligent tomorrow I’d better go to sleep.

I almost missed it… but I didn’t!

When people are mean to you, how do you handle it?

When I was a kid at bedtime, I used to make sure my entire body, except for my head, was covered by a blanket.  

If  any part of me was sticking out, a ghost or a pirate would come cut the exposed part off. 

I hate putting my head under the covers, I can’t breath… I don’t know how I justified them not taking my head, but I did… and I was right, because it’s still on my shoulders.

Did you have a self preservation routine as a kid?

We  took a family vacation in March. It was the first real vacation we have had in 6 years…

Tonight I’m just remembering.

Sometimes I feel like I am just exisitng until we can go away again…

How often do you go on vacation?

Not that kind of hooking… I thought you all knew me better then that!

Crocheting!

I’ve known how to do the basics for a long time and occasionally I would whip out some scarves for Christmas using single crochet stitches… very basic stuff.

But I have been on a bit of a self improvement kick and I thought I should probably learn how to read patterns…

So I did… it’s like knowing a secret language, being able to read crochet patterns… I like it.

 I haven’t taken pictures of anything I’ve done… 

*gasp* I know! Me not taking pictures!

For Christmas I made six pairs of the cutest bunny slippers ever, and of course I didn’t take pictures…

I’ve made a few  hats and some bags… no pictures. *sigh*

I will start taking pictures.  

Getting a picture of this one wasn’t easy, getting Cooper to stand still for a picture tonight was painful!

A viking helmet! It’s a little big for him, but he likes it that way.

Isabelle posed for me because Cooper wouldn’t sit still, finally I snatched it off his head and put it on hers… 

(This is how she looks often these days… talking to  friends.)

Cooper wanted his hat back so he finally sat still. Gotta do what ya gotta do!

I found this pattern on Etsy from this shop…

Mamachee

She has some great stuff. I can’t wait to make the other patterns I got from her…

and I WILL take pictures…

I WON’T however subject you to all of them…

ALthough I have 27 more days to get through!

SO Have you made anything or done anything crafty lately?

I was very excited because I found the Xanga App for my iPad and I thought I would be able to post from it…

But alas… I am too brain challenged at the moment to figure it out.

I did however learn how to get pictures from the iPad onto Xanga… so.

This is the oven I stand in front of five days a week, for two to three hours a day, sometimes four or five hours on holidays.

It’s a little messy right there because I had just finished icing scone and frosting cinnamon rolls on the ledge and I hadn’t wiped it off yet.

Oven stats:  It holds 24 sheet pans if I load it up, usually I only have 18 in it at a time, I rotate things in and out.

Lately, I have been eyeballing other commercial ovens covetously…  it’s starting to concern me.  :-S

This is some of what I bake in the fancy oven.  I didn’t do any of the breads, just the sweets.

As I’m writing this it occurs to me that I didn’t get a shot of the sticky buns, cinnamon rolls, coffee cakes and the challah, I bake all of those too. Ah well, I have 29 more posts left to do that in!

What has been your favorite job? 

First day of May! This is my month…. I’m going to challenge myself to do a post every day this month. The trick is going to be finding something interesting enough to post about. Well, I failed that part for today… I guess there’s nowhere to go but up!
What would you think is interesting enough to post about?

I remember the day when I enjoyed  nothing more then to read my Xanga.

 To feel connected to other people through the things they shared about their lives,  to share my life and put it all out there.

Then I got a job.

 Now I still like reading the blogs, but they  fill a different need, one that isn’t quite as social.

 I just realized this when I was reading someone’s blog, (someone that I like a lot and have known for a long time on Xanga) and I found myself searching for the LIKE button.

I wanted them to know I had been there and enjoyed, but I didn’t want to make the effort of a comment at this time…

Maybe I’m just getting lazy.

*sigh*

It would probably  be hypocritical to ask you to comment on this blog… huh?

It seemed somehow fitting after yesterday’s post. In more ways then one. *sigh*