"To Keep Your Wife Happy"

Yes, you got that right! We have our very first gas fireplace stove. I love the old-fashion styles. It fits perfect for my family room. Our family room is always freezing. I had always dream to have a fireplace for my home and I accomplished my goal. 

Now next is my master bathroom new tub. 

I'm happy wife now. 

Reeses

Happy anniversary that we have you for a year and we are looking forward all of these future years to have you as our baby piggy. You are so silly little girl with a such of personally. We love to cuddle with you. Thank you for being a such of cuteness! Sometimes you bits us. Tsk tsk tsk... I do love to take you for a bath. You are seeming that you do hate to take a bath, well you need to be clean. You are always pooping during bath time. You are supposed to be a good swimmer. I love to see you when you are jumping excited about hay. You are so calming down when I hold you. We love you, Reeses. 

Butin Necklace by Laura Nelkin

I wanted to buy this pattern for $5.00 in Ravelry. But I don't want to waste my money for this little necklace. So I have been thinking a lot lately and figured it out how to knit it to makes look alike hers. So I went to my basement and grabbed the stuffs for this little project.

I used fingering weight yarn such as sock yarn. I placed the 51 beads onto the pre strung yarn. I "read" very carefully at the patter of Laura Nelkin's butin necklace. Then I got an idea. I deceased the stitches in between center of beads. It's work! So I was still, my demand, to finished this to see what it'll be like. And turned it out it's exactly the same! And I'm not trying to steal it. I was just playing around with it. I was surprised about it. So this is her designed necklace. It's fun to knit it. And it's quickly project too. 

Sighs.....

I hate when the frames are not facing straight, they were faced in zigzag way. It's annoying to me. So I went to Michael's store and bought some of scrapbook papers. They are only 56 cent each. So I taped the paper on the back of each frame. I used kid's wood small blocks with super glue from gorilla for standing. The standing for frame is so expensive. Sorry kids, ahem. I'm happy how it was turned out. I like them on top of wall than mount on the wall. Oh, btw in case if you hearing people are wondering why my lamp is there, it's for my doorbell ring light flash. It's helpful. 

Last night, I was grumpy about this. Wyatt broke the coat closet door. Also, it was in the way between the door to garage. They are always bumping and fighting to each other so the closet door is lost the game and felling down, RIGHT, on me while I was cleaning DVD cabinet! Yes, I was yelled and scared. And hurt too. So I wanted a nice curtain so I went to the store and bought these.. I used a bath rod. I wanted colour is yellow/gray. But this is good too. It's blue/gray. I used black ring clasps to hold the curtain than slip them onto a rod and make it difficult to slides open the curtain when we are using it. I didn't want a tall curtain to touch the floor. This is perfect. I need to get used to it. I'm used to the door. 

Pioneer Cuff

I just couldn't resist to knit the cuff with beads while I'm crocheting a dress for Emma. It took me an hour to start to end this project. 

I asked the designer, Laura Nelkin, about the beads. I'm member of Craftsy.com. I asked her about the regular beads from Walmart. She suggested me to buy Toho, the Japanese seed beads. It's the best quality beads than any regular beads. It made from Japan. (I'm hoping I'm right). Not from China. So I returned the beads to Walmart. My local Michael's store is carrying Toho Japanese seed beads. I was thrilled about it. 

The Japanese seed beads has very smoothly on the inside and outside of bead. It's best for the yarn. I once worked with another project with the regular beads. It DOES different between from regular and Japanese beads. I slid the beads on the thread of yarn very smoothly than rough and hard to move the amount of regular beads. I kept played with it. I'm definitely buying Japanese seed beads only. The beads look so yummy!  

I'm using Toho glass beads clear and dark green in size 8 and 6. The clasps from my stash box, it's good thing about stash, ahem. 

The pattern is came from the designer named, Laura Nelkin. She's crazy abt the beads on knitting. She influenced on me about it. The yarn is cascade heritage yarn. It's fingering weight for this project. You really do want to knit in fingering weight or lace weight. Sport, DK, and worsted are too bulky for cuff. I pre strung the 60 beads on the working yarn. I placed the 4 size 6 dark green with dental floss. I'm just playing around if I like to use floss. I prefer to use a steel crochet for place a bead. But the floss is good for the traveling so you won't spill the beads that I once did spilled the beads on my bed, Derek was like groaning and said "not again!", ahem.

It's fun and quickly project to knit. 

Psst, I went to Michael's to bought even more Toho beads. If you buy 3 or more, it'll be $2.56 from $2.99. Eh...

Lo and Behold........

Lo and behold the sweater is FINISHED! It's been two years. 

Wyatt gave himself of his selfie.

We went to Hyrum McDonald's. The kids wanted two slides. South logan McDonald's has small playground. So Hyrum is better for now. 

It's not normal for the horses to laying down together, TOGTHER! So cute! 3 horses.

Homemade oatmeal/lavender soap. Fun. 

I have been spinning for a week. I want to make the shawl or baby sweater with garter stitches. I'm still working on that. 

That's our week. 

What Are We Doing Lately....

I have been sewing stay-in-place kitchen towels lately. It's quickly project and also it's fun to sew. The leftover fabrics are good idea for this small project. I hate when they are always fell down, lie down on the floor, and no one picking it up. I want to sew a few of theses. It keeps me to stay sane and busy while the kids are coloring time. Right now, I like the chicken/farmhouse style.

I decided to try again to make homemade butter from whipped cream. Last time, the butter wasn't good. The last time I didn't know it does separated from buttermilk and butter. So I mixed it together. Now this time I separated. It's much better and delicious. I like this way than store bought butter: it has vegatable oils. I wanted a pure butter. We shakes the butter in a mason jar. It's fun and good arm workout. I am happy with the result. I'm thinking to do this often. Next time I need to buy cheesecloth to squeeze some buttermilk out. I like the feeling of a mini farmer. 

I wanted to knit the fingerless mittens. I wanted in summer colors: green as a grass, and yellow as a sun to remind me to cheer up during the grey time in winter season. We definitely want to have some of bright colors in winter. This mittens had multi-surgeries. Thumb was too tight= cold, numb thumb. Not good, nope. Wrist was too tight that I forgot to stretch long-tail cast on. I made sure the top fingerless ribbing is loose while I bind-off them so I can spread, moveable, comfty my fingers. I did wanted to gave in this project but I am keep telling myself, nope, keep going on and finished this. I'm glad I did finished. I told Derek, oopies I have the wrong colors: Green Bay football colors, not in Denver broncos colors. I grinned a big smile to him and act innocent. He forgave me. He's a good husband.  

I knit in cascade yarn: wool/nylon. Leftover yarns from Emma's heart and flower cardigan that I knitted a few months ago. I knit stripe every turn colour round: round 1- yellow, next round green and do it again over and over. I wanted thumbs green than all of yellow. I washed and blocked them. After I washed them, it's good shape like you are ironing your wrinkle clothes. 

We went to the DI store today. The toys is brand new unopened box so I was like why not.

And bought this too. I like the colour. Mini farmhouse style in my kitchen. 

And bought this "new" old tv because my another tv plug is loose and it'll be fell off from the tv anytime. ATV plug or something like that. The kids are always changing the plugs: DVD player plug, roku plug, and wii plug. So now we have three tv. One each plug and stop play around with it. It's good tv. All we need is ATV plug and it works. I love to shopping at the DI store. DI store is like an antique store to me. 

Psst, I also bought DVD storage, a microwave plate. Microwave plate, itself is cost $99 if you need to order a new ones. Right now, we can't afford it so I looked it at the DI store and found it. It's fits inside of my microwave. All is good. Also plastic rug for my computer desk wheel chair. Carpet is getting worn out by wheel chair. 

There you go, it's our week moment. 

Yes, February Is A Few Hours Expired.....

Yes, spring month is only a few days to come...

So today, I decided to keep myself busy and the kids were coloring papers while i was sewing a short pants for Wyatt. I'm happy how it turns out well. I went to Hobby Lobby today and bought more fabrics. Also today it was felt good outside, only 51 degree. I wish this degree for summer. I hate 80 degree and above. 

A Quite Busy....

We are quite busy this month.... I'm glad this month is shortest month. I'm looking forward for spring to come. I need some colors. 

So here when I was going to downstairs to my basement, I found them in the blue box and read together in a quiet moment. So I ran and grabbed my iPad and took the pictures of them. 

They were eating the sandwich together. It's good moment to remember. They want to use a crib mattress. Sometimes they sled down the stairs with it. Also jump on it too. I like to keep a mattress: camp bed for kids, sleep on floor in my bedroom, family sleepover, etc. 

I wanted a quickly project than knitting. So I sew Wyatt's p.j.s pants. It was fun to sew it. I only like simple and basic sew. 

He is finally happy because I had been sew Emma's skirt. 

I wanted more fabrics to sew. So I went to JoAnn and bought these fabrics. It reminds me of mamasoule.com. I want country fabrics than heroes, princess, Disney, etc.. I love cotton tree greenish and yellow fabric so much. I want to sew a curtain with it but I'm planning to sew it for Wyatt's pants. Maybe a short pants. And the bird, and lady bug are for Emma's dress. 

I asked my old neighbor, Diana to ask her husband to make me a blanket display in farmhouse style. So he did and made it for me. It made out with old, rustic wood. I absolutely fell in love with it. I have her a huge thanks for this. Aaron is handy man. My dad was going to but I didn't want to wait. Also when I went to JoAnn for the fabrics. I peeked and saw then I sudden grabbed the farmhouse faucet for decor. I bought 3 of them. Yellow/blue, pink/tan, orange/green. I am crazy for farmhouse styles. I love country decors. (See the below of above ladder). 

We finally decided to hired a realtor to set up sell our house last week. My house is now on MLS listing.  I'm hoping it will be sold soon so we can move to Clarkston to a permanent home. We have to wait and see. I'm hoping The Lord wants us to do that. I'm hoping things will be work out smoothly. I'll let you know when it happens. I want Christmas to come because that's my future so I can "tell" myself that we did or didn't sold our house back to February like back to the future. Oh well, it never will happens. I prayed to The Lord for the strength and keep going and endure to the end. Right now, I am trying to enjoy my house while it lasts. I tell to myself that this is my home until its sold.

A Moment To Remember.