Sesame Street Personality Quiz

You Are Bert

Extremely serious and a little eccentric, people find you loveable - even if you don't love them! You are usually feeling: Logical - you rarely let your emotions rule you You are famous for: Being smart, a total neat freak, and maybe just a little evil How you life your life: With passion, even if your odd passions (like bottle caps and pigeons) are baffling to others

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz

Apparently, that's me! My sis is an Elmo. We're both super cool!

Before and After Pics, as Promised

Before:


and After:





Fun, huh?

A Thanksgiving to Remember!

Have you ever thrown 13K down the drain? I don't mean spent it on frivolous stuff. I mean did you actually feed it to your garbage disposal?

Well, my mother-in-law has. She threw my diamond engagement and wedding rings down the disposal yesterday, with the disposal turned on. Yes, you read that right.

I took them off to clean them. They were sitting in a cup of bright blue, see through WINDEX!!!! Apparently, that looked like a dirty cup to dear MIL. In her zeal to clean up after the turkey day dinner, down the rings and windex went into the disposal and the cup into the dishwasher.

The wedding band is salvageable. It can't be worn, but we can take out the diamonds and have them reset. The 1.5 solitaire was sheared into at least two pieces though. We only found the top half.

So, the next time (and probably every time for the rest of my life) anyone ever uses the phrase "money down the drain" I'll probaly think of the time that $13000 went down the drain on Thanksgiving.

Once we get back home, I'll update with before and after pics.

Potty Learning and Funny Things My Son Says...

So, L is 19 months old, and today she had only one 'oops' in her diaper, all of her own volition. I have not initiated toilet training at all with her. Last night, I was awakened to her screaming (and signing with both hands) "POTTY!!! POTTY!!!" at 2 am. So, we went. Today at preschool, she told her teachers she needed to go. Twice. I really don't know what to make of this at all. She's been going potty a lot over the past month or so, but I kind of figured it was a phase. I'm thinking that she's actually training herself at this point. M didn't potty learn until he was 3.5 years old, and that was only because my MIL went cold turkey on him, while he was staying there for a few days. Trust me, I'd been trying for about a year.

And, for the latest installment of what my son said today at preschool:
One of his friends threw a frisbee really hard over the fence of the playground. A college kid picked it up, planning to give it back. M starts yelling at him "Hey! That's our frisbee. You can't take it. That's not nice!" The kid is obviously flustered as he hands the frisbee to M's teacher, who explains what was going on to M. M replies "I thought he was going to take it and run!"
Take it and run? Where the heck does this stuff come from?

M's scarf is done!

I think it turned out well. He seems happy with it, although he's a bit upset that I did not put enough spots on his 'scarf dinosaur.' He is now asking for red and blue mittens, so I'll have to see what I can do about that. :)

Magic Ball of Yarn Swap!!

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Originally uploaded by Chatty-Cat

This is my first time participating in a swap like this. The idea is that you hid all sorts of treasures inside a ball of yarn for your downstream swappee to unwrap. It sounded like a load of fun, and should help to freshen up my yarn stash. So, here's my teaser photo for the person that I'll be mailing this to. I'll post again, when I get mine to show everyone the goodies!

Isn't he HOT???

I just wanted to share a pic of my sexy husband! I got some great pics today with the digital camera, and I just had to share!

Pay it Forward with Stitches!!

Inspired by this: http://stitchandbitchlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/pay-it-forward-sharing-the-stitching-love/ and someone else on a forum I frequent that posted it on their blog, I want to join in, and share the stitching love. To participate, please leave me a note in the comments, and I'll craft something especially for you, the first three (only three?) respondents and post it out within the next 6 months. It could be knitted or it might be sewn. Depends who it's going to, if you see what I mean? Also, if you can, please consider doing the same yourself. I know a lot of knitters give a lot to charity, but this isn't charity. It isn't because there exists a need, or a void to be filled. It's because you'll make someone smile, and make the world a better place.

YIPPEE!!! Let's get stitching to make someone else smile!!!

Enchilada Casserole Recipe

Lot's of you have been asking for it, so here it is:

8 small (taco size) or 6 large (burrito size) tortillas, torn into small pieces
8 oz bag of shredded Mexican cheese (Kraft Jack mix)
2 T butter
2 T dried minced onion
8 oz tomato sauce
1 can Rotel tomatoes and chilies (I use the original)
1 t Italian seasoning
1/2 t celery salt
1/4 t pepper
2 eggs
1 cup cream
1 cup sour cream
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
paprika

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Saute the onion, but don't burn it. Add the tomato sauce, Rotel, Italian seasoning, celery salt and pepper. Simmer for about 5 minutes. While it's simmering, lightly beat the eggs in a small bowl. Add the cream (not the sour cream) to the eggs and mix. Remove the tomato mixture from the stove and quickly stir in the egg and cream mixture. In an 8"x8" square oven proof dish, layer the tortillas, tomato/cream mixture and Mexican cheese in that order, using 1/3 of each item at a time (FYI, use about 1 cup of tomato mixture per layer) for 9 total layers. Spread the sour cream over the top. Sprinkle the cheddar over the top of the sour cream. Top with a little paprika for color and bake for about 25 minutes until thoroughly heated. Enjoy!

Scarf for M

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Originally uploaded by Chatty-Cat

My son has a cute little dinosaur that he carries around with him almost everywhere. It's a Utahraptor that his Gramma and Papa brought back from a trip. I had this skein of yarn lying around, and it thought that I would start knitting him up a scarf. I couldn't wait to try my hand at needlefelting, so I added the dino as soon as their was room. It's just a simple garter stitch scarf over 20 stitches with an occasional row with extra wraps to creat the loopy effect. The yarn is Noro Cash Iroha.

Pumpkin Patch 2007 #1

Isn't she adorable???




We went to the pumpkin patch about a week and a half before halloween. I got some great shots of the kiddos. This is my favorite. I'll put up some more soon!

YEAH! I'm in!

Finally, I got my ravelry invite today. So, I have been neglecting all other duties to set up my account over there. It is so super cool!