Blog Filler

I saw this at January One:

Do a Wikipedia search of your birthdate, minus the year; list three interesting events, three people who were born, and three people who died on that day.

Events
1. 1911 - Theft of the Mona Lisa is discovered
2. 1989 - The first ring of Neptune is discovered
3. 2004 - The Scream, the painting by Edvard Munch, is stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

Births
1. 1920 - Ray Bradbury, American writer
2. 1904 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
3. 1935 - E. Annie Proulx, American author (wrote Brokeback Mountain)
4. 1963 - Tori Amos, American singer, songwriter, and pianist

Deaths
1. 1861 - Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)
2. 1485 - King Richard III of England (killed in battle) (b. 1452)
3. 1350 - King Philip VI of France (b. 1293)
4. 1286 - Erik V Klipping, King of Denmark (murdered) (b. 1249)

My birthday -- the day to be afraid of if you are a king or emperor.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

$3 for 100 CDs is a Good Deal

This past weekend, our local library had their Spring Cleaning sale where they sell all the books, CDs, videos, etc that they are removing from the catalog. I've never been to these before, so this was my first time. While throughout the weekend, prices were based on per book ($2 for hardcover, 50 cents for paperback, etc), the last 2 hours of the sale today was whatever you can cram into a bag for $3.

Of course, by this time, all the really good books were picked over and I pretty much got my hands on whatever I can get my hands on. Husband and friend manage to picked over dozens and dozens of CDs, and kept in a pile the ones that didn't suck. I managed to fit about 100 CDs into one bag. I packed it FULL. 3 rows of CDs stacked upon each other, and crammed the odd few into the corners and sides of the bag. We are probably going to be picking over that bag in the next few weeks.

As for me, mostly old timey cookbooks. But for $6, it was well worth the deal. My mom went through some of them and she loves it! She'll probably end up keeping most of them.

Daisey was super tired this evening after spending the afternoon outside. She wanted to use my pile of books as a pillow for some reason.

As for crafting, I am still working on that Jaywalker sock. I am about ready to turn the heel. No pictures. You don't want to see a picture of a sock that grew only 2 inches in the past 2 months.

Also, my new baby bib site is up. Check it out! It's nothing fancy, but hopefully it'll get the job done.

Bibs are made to order. The more you order, the better the deal! Prices start at $4.50US/bib to $3.50US/bib (if you order 10). Thanks to Oiyi for the encouragement!

And just to be fair, Milo should have a picture up too.

Coming Soon

I am almost done the new website! I'll be offering a selection of bibs to be made to order! I hope to be done by this weekend. Here's a sneaky peak!

Ninja Advice

This is hilarious!

Real post coming soon...

Project Spectrum

It's the third week of March, and I had yet made a contribution to the Project Spectrum. Well, the wait is over.

After making some bibs for little R in Australia, I got the sewing bug, but unable to make big projects because of my living situation (still in my mom's basement...we are looking at possession for the new house for the beginning of May now), I started making more bibs. And staying with the theme (ignore the sushi one. Not really red or pink)

I was able to sell them to someone who works at the same company as husband. They have their own internal classified ads on their intranet, so he posted it, and I was able to sell it. I've had a few requests for customization, so I am thinking seriously about setting up a website where you can choose what type of fabric you want for your bibs. I was thinking like $4 each or 3 for $10. I have the domain registered already, so I hope to get that going this weekend, maybe.

And one more pink thing is that (I ruined the surprise by being insistant) I've got one of these on the way. Now, I can't play a lick of guitar, but I am pretty good at the Guitar Hero. We'll see how that helps me be musical....

Tomorrow we find out if Daisey's surgery is a success. Hopefully it is and we don't have to worry about her going blind anymore.

All done!

Daisey got her stitches out! No more cone! YAY!

Once we got home, we promptly gave her royal stinkiness a bath. She so soft and nice now. You can see the scars from where they had cut on her face, but that should go away when her hairs grow back.

Just wanted to thank all you who sent well wishes for Daisey. We appreciate it!

Everything is more or less back to normal...

Back to Normal

well, except for the cone part....