Charmingly Wicked

Presents and time wastin

2009-12-31T13:26:00.007-05:00

Been awhile. Moved, new job, blah, blah, blah.

This summer was good though. My BFF Sue came down to visit. Too short though. We need to live closer. But we would never get anything done. LOL!

Glad Christmas is over. Here's what I made.

Grandma trees, hearts, twinkles and all rounds.

I also made Christmas light bulb ornaments.

And now that the deadlines are done, I started something new.

It's the Lotus Flower Bed Spread from the Big Book of Favorite Crochet Patterns. One square down, only 129 to go.

Talk about too much time...

2009-07-13T20:25:00.001-04:00

Way too much time on their hands

2009-07-05T16:39:00.003-04:00

'Deadline' - A Post It Stop Motion @ Yahoo! Video

Sometimes I wonder about people

2009-06-10T14:39:00.005-04:00

Like people who drive around with this sign all day:

Eww. Did you ever play that game?

Like people who are in charge of others:

Really? You would think business majors should know how to spell, and punctuate. And they should know the difference between managers and mangers. At the very least they should be able to tell the difference between time and money. So closing costs 9.05? I am so glad to be away from that place.

And you really wonder about people who write things like this:

Ok enough observation for today. Carry on.

New Moon Trailer

2009-05-31T22:42:00.001-04:00

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON trailer in HD

Harry Potter Trailer

2009-05-31T22:30:00.000-04:00

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Trailer in HD

Crap and more crap

2009-05-06T22:36:00.003-04:00

I haven't had time to blog about anything. Well it's kind of hard to do anyway when you don't have a puter at home. But oh well.

We had to move and just finished that whole mess Monday night. Now we are staying at the in-laws' until the work on the house we are moving to is finished. So all my crafting stuff is in boxes in storage. I am having separation anxiety.

Things could be worse though.

There's always that.

Finished Filet

2009-04-01T13:58:00.003-04:00

I finally finished it. Now all I have to do is find my wool wash and block it.

A Little Crafting

2009-02-23T10:19:00.002-05:00

I haven't done much craftwise in quite awhile. Just been too down in the dumps to even want to pick up needles or a hook. But in the past few weeks I have picked up one of my wips and put some work into it.

It's the Dragonfly Afghan in Filet Crochet from Hass Design. I started it in August of last year. This is the first pic I showed of it.

And here is my progress now.

Pretty big difference huh? It has 124 rows and I'm on row 78. When I picked it up again I was on row 24. So that's a good bit.

Here's a close-up of one of the dragonflies. Can you tell that's what it is?

Wind turned into this?

2009-02-22T10:43:00.003-05:00

I was using a friend's laptop last night and after 12 saw that it was snowing. Yep, we have snow again. We go for years not having anything but flurries and this year, boom. We have it lots. Here's what it did.

Can you say Sucks?

2009-02-21T23:16:00.002-05:00

I had no internet for about 6 months, but I have had it back for a few weeks now. And then Sunday night guess what? My computer DIED! Are you kidding me? Who thinks this is funny? Obviously the computer trolls do. I definitely do NOT.

Can you say Sucks? I know that you can.

Happy Friday the 13th Everyone

2009-02-13T23:46:00.002-05:00

I had a pretty good day. I had to work, but all I did the whole time was this:

No customers, no crap, just playing with chocolate and strawberries all day.

The other day, there was a huge storm. It all hit while we were in Wally World. And when we came out, this is what we saw.

Hope everyone's day was a good one. How could it not be? Friday the 13th is an awesome day!

The new LOL

2009-02-09T07:00:00.001-05:00

more animals

Super Bowl Commercials

2009-02-02T08:12:00.000-05:00

You gotta love em.

They won!

2009-02-01T22:48:00.002-05:00

Pittsburgh. Super Bowl 43 Champs! Way to go boys!

Guess who's back

2009-01-31T10:18:00.002-05:00

Yes, that would be me. Back online. It will take me a bit to catch up on everything. So sleep deprivation is in my future. Not that that's any different from the norm.

I checked my bloglines and most of the listings have 200 new posts. Will I ever catch up?

I'll have fun doing it though. Post more soon.

Everyone have a great Super Bowl Sunday. I know I will. My team is playing again. Woohoo!

Go Steelers!

Unwanted internet hiatus and Twilight

2008-12-15T11:16:00.003-05:00

I really hate being without the net. It's hard not being able to search for patterns and read blogs, etc. But just stopping in to let you know I am around.

Read the Twilight saga and then went to the movie. Awesome. Enough said.

Hopefully I will be back sooner than later.

Two posts in one day?

2008-08-30T20:41:00.004-04:00

I finished my hexaflexagon cushion. So here's the updated pics.

All those looks from one cushion. Magic right?

Few and far between is better than none, right?

2008-08-30T10:24:00.009-04:00

Yes I am still alive and kicking. Although at the moment it is slow going. I am still trying to get over being sick, almost but not quite.

The kids are in school. All of them. And that keeps me busy cause there are three different pick-up times. So I'm out in traffic a bit longer than I have been in previous years. And it wears me out, which is probably why I got sick so fast and hard.

I have been crafting though. All crochet as of late. I don't know, just soothing right now I suppose. So here's a few pics.

I made two doilys. This one for my bff cause I wanted to cheer her up. It's the Victorian Rose Doily.

And this one I made for my aunt who came to visit. It's the Hearts Afire Doily.

I have started a filet afghan for another friend. Who just in case she sneaks over here again, I won't mention by name. That would spoil the surprise right? It's the Dragonfly Afghan.

I made a magic potholder. Saw the tutorial vid on YouTube and thought it looked interesting. Fast and easy too.

And then I started a hexagon granny square afghan. I am using sock yarn. Just cause I like the colors. So it's not quite as big as it could be if I'd used worsted, but I like how it looks anyways.

And I also started a hexaflexagon cushion. I have all the individual pieces made and started putting them together but then I got sick. So the pics are just of the pieces.

On top of everything, I start work tomorrow. It's only part time for now, but could I get any busier? See you next time.

The powers that be SUCK!

2008-08-15T19:12:00.002-04:00

In their infinite wisdom, the powers that be made a decision.

That the new Harry Potter movie shall not be shown until July 09.

They think it's a great idea. Well I'm here to tell them:

"That's what you get for doing your own damn thinking."

You can hear fans all over the world yelling out in frustration.

Ahh, how sweet

2008-08-10T19:20:00.003-04:00

Look what I got in an e-mail today.

Wasn't that sweet of her? How does she find the time? hehe

Yes, I know it's automated from Bloomsbury. But it was still cute.

**smudged out my name, cause I don't go by my given name, and didn't want to leave it that way, just so you know, it wasn't just sent to M hahaha**

Got Vader?

2008-08-04T17:34:00.002-04:00

Darth Vader sleeps at my house.

You know you're jealous.

Happy Birthday Harry Potter and JK Rowling

2008-07-31T13:50:00.004-04:00

Everybody celebrate! Read one of the books, watch one of the movies. Most importantly, have some cake! A golden snitch cake perhaps?

And the only thing that could make today any better? They are releasing The Tales of Beedle the Bard in December! Pre-order yours today!

Insert Evil Laughter Here

2008-07-30T14:47:00.003-04:00

To see full screen, here's the website.

Much ado about squat

2008-07-15T04:07:00.005-04:00

Yeah, nothing new really. Still a lot of YouTube'n going on. You get sucked in and you can't get out. But that's ok. I enjoy the vloggers. And I get to watch t.v. show episodes too. But I haven't neglected my blog reading. I just don't comment a lot these days. If you can't find your voice, you just can't write.

I knitted a little, I crocheted a little. The kids weren't home this weekend, so I had a bit of time to myself. I watched some on demand movies and read some of my new Stephen King. He's never a disappointment.

And so this won't be so boring, some random pictures.

An illusion knitting square of a dragonfly.

Some crochet cat rollies.

My father-in-law's birthday banana pudding. With candles no less.

And some yummy Hawaiian coconut pudding. It's called Haupia. Sent to me from a lovely woman I "met" through the YouTube.

See ya next time.