tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74853460649971209222026-10-09T20:17:37.805-10:00The three things that keep me sane when everything around me seems bent on making me insane!MamaMayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646344425686561507noreply@blogger.comBlogger227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485346064997120922.post-24879106269088817322013-03-24T13:26:00.001-10:002013-03-24T14:55:02.795-10:00

Ok, so lately I have been ignoring this blog.  I am sorry.  I have been really busy.  For one we moved... Agian, and now live in KS. I also now have a forth child!  He is 2 months old. In other big news, I have started to quilt.  I know, I am nuts, four kids and instead of a nice portable hobby I have to get bit by one that makes me want to sit at home at a machine....

MamaMayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646344425686561507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485346064997120922.post-19164141422275955922012-06-02T12:40:00.001-10:002012-06-02T12:40:47.326-10:00

I finally found a blog app that works well enough with blogger to allow for downloading of photos!  Now I am very likely going to go play with this for a while.  I need to figure out every thing I can do with it.  I am also trying to get rid of the little ad at the bottom without having to edit.

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So lately I have been trying different apps for posting on my blog.  Right now I hope I have found a winner. We will see.So this is a shawl I am making for N.  

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I am still alive and well, I have just been having some crazy stuff going down. Well and a new iPad 2... did you know blogger isn't compatible with an iPad?  I didn't.  There are some major issues, like not being able to post or even scroll down.  Don't even try to talk to me on labels and other option (if that made no since you are not a blogger on blogger trying to use an iPad.)

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Ok, long time, no posting. Sorry. We moved agian and I got a new iPad so there has been some learning curve. In other news, a friend of mine is letting me experiment with silk worms... Pictures to come!!!!!

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Ok, so this is a shameless promotion but I do really love Pampered Chef products and I am hosting a party... of sorts... You see I am not actually hosting in the terms of having people come over and feeding them, no, I am just handing out links and magazines and telling people to order.  So anyway, if you like Pampered Chef I am "hosting" this party until July 20th so please look over the

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Ok, lets begin by saying that many people that make free tutorials are not just doing it for the fun of it.  (yes it is fun, but that isn't the only reason to do it!)  I know that I do it to help people but also to get money from my ads, others I know want readership, others yet just want the good feeling from a comment saying "brilliant!" so there are many many reasons to make great

MamaMayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646344425686561507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485346064997120922.post-70177196321245542392011-05-14T19:28:00.000-10:002011-05-14T19:28:25.430-10:00

Today hubby and I had a date and went scuba diving.  It was great fun.  This the 1st time I didn't get hypothermia scuba diving and that made thing much more fun.  We had 2 dives.  On the 1st we saw a shark, trumpet fish, and several eels.  On the 2nd we went to a sunk military ship (a small tug like boat, still huge but small in comparison to the ships it would have

MamaMayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646344425686561507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485346064997120922.post-75751288078860435152011-05-11T13:55:00.000-10:002011-05-13T10:26:04.064-10:00

That is right... time to announce that we are moving... again!  7 years married and 7 different homes... I am starting to think that we shouldn't even unpack at all!

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The last week has been... well it sucked.  The kids have all been sick, I caught whatever it is and hubby did too.  And let me tell you this is a virus that makes your whole body ache and you feel super tired all the time. So considering I am stuck at home with 3 children, what do I decide to do?  Dye yarn... Silly me, sitting around with a fever of 102 and sick kids all in bed

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Living in the tropics is lots of fun and it always lovely, but you have to live with bugs, lots of them... It is spring and the bugs are in a massive breeding season... in comes the bug spray.  Before I always bought the bad stuff that would have all the poisons and warnings not to use it near food or food prep areas.  This time I found this AMAZING stuff called EcoSMART organic

MamaMayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646344425686561507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485346064997120922.post-55808051914229931252011-04-30T16:35:00.000-10:002011-04-30T16:35:00.556-10:00

I have been having fun with this modified pattern lately.As you can see it is a lizard ridge stitch with a mitered square.  I will be transferring the mods I have made from my projects page to this blog soon.  I am not sure if this counts as a new pattern or not... should I make a pattern page on Ravelry or not?

MamaMayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646344425686561507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485346064997120922.post-32568107127115278922011-04-18T10:55:00.000-10:002011-04-18T10:55:40.317-10:00

Sorry for not posting.  Hubby is working nights this month and well, a change in schedule that large has made the kids REALLY act out.  I have been working on the doom project, but I have yet to finish another row... I have tried 4 different yarns so far ang have found I have enough yarn foe everything but the last 3 or 4 granny groupings... and since I REALLY want all the rows to

MamaMayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646344425686561507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485346064997120922.post-45017291171522979432011-04-13T20:42:00.000-10:002011-04-13T20:42:54.158-10:00

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MamaMayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646344425686561507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485346064997120922.post-47504945971784905402011-04-12T15:54:00.001-10:002011-04-12T15:57:22.773-10:00

So the Doom project is coming along.  I measured it last night and it is 47 by 47 inches.  according to this site I am doing pretty well.  I think I could call it a queen in another 10 inches or so (20 inches as I am adding to both sides...).  After that I need to find an edging.  I don't know what edging to do... complete loss there...

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I got a free invite to try out the factor tree, and did.  I am not lying it was pretty good but my daughter doesn't like it.  She plays on it bor about 5 to 10 minutes and then she wants to do something else.  On top of that, when she is playing on it she needs my constant supervision as she doesn't have the spelling or reading skills answer the questions.  It would be much

MamaMayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646344425686561507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485346064997120922.post-4196818229300485002011-04-11T15:30:00.000-10:002011-04-11T15:30:24.849-10:00

 Ok, so i love free and well I found something free.  For every person that rents via my link I get a free rental.  If it is your 1st time renting from redbox you get a free rental.  So please click and get a movie!

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I have been really starting a lot of projects lately.  Don't know if it is a spring thing or what.  Anyway, the last thing I started is G's blanket:

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I have been making more dishcloths for my daughter.  She loves them.  I am seeing how many of these I can get from 6 skeins of cotton.  So far 6 cloths in total.  These are the newest 4. Now back to the Fiber Arts Friday Blog Party, Fibers on Friday and Crafty Fridays!

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The blanket is really growing.  I added 2 rows last night and am working on a 3rd one.  Just looking at it laying out flat makes it look impressive.  It is laying on a queen sized futon so as you can see it touches the edges.  I forget how big a queen is when it is a square so I am going to look that up tonight.

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So with the knot gone I am adding to the granny square. I have gotten about 1 foot done sense the last photo.  I have been asking random kids which yarn should be next and am just going with it.  I still have a bunch of yarn left so I should be able to get the queen size I am hoping for.  I am quitting at queen size regardless.  The texture on this blanket is fantastic with

MamaMayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646344425686561507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485346064997120922.post-82134879665434284212011-04-06T13:43:00.000-10:002011-04-06T13:43:10.937-10:00

I know that several people have asked me what happened to my Stash busting blanket of DOOM... well here is the reason for it being put on hold: Yep, a big ole knot. So today I tackled that knot so I can work on this again.  It only took an hour but that was an hour that I was unable to watch children as, unlike knitting and crochet, you can not actually watch the kids and work on it. 

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I made quite a few of the African flowers yesterday (well except for the single crochet edge).  As you can see they are made from all sorts of scraps and weights.  I am planning on buying a superwash wool and making a double crochet row and doing the "join as you go" method by Heidi Bears.  Seems better than actually sewing the things!  I haven't yet decided if the single

MamaMayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646344425686561507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485346064997120922.post-25071957940911757362011-04-04T19:53:00.002-10:002011-04-04T20:35:05.584-10:00

So I have startitus. I started another project. This time scrap yarn and the African Flower motif. I am randomly pulling yarn out of a bag and adding it. Makes for some odd flowers... sock yarn, Extra bulky, sock yarn... yea, that is odd. I am having fun with all the novelty yarns I have received over the years. I am getting into organizing my house, which is well, to say the least is in

MamaMayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646344425686561507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485346064997120922.post-48914678852386545222011-04-03T12:12:00.001-10:002011-04-03T12:30:55.164-10:00

So N has been my very good dishwasher lately (G washes too but he needs much more supervision and doesn't actually "wash" anything) and as such I thought I should make her dishcloths that were pretty. I have been looking at the African Flower motif for a while and N saw it and liked it.  I belted out 2 last night. These are just the right size for a little girls hand.  She is really

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