It's a sock!!!

Well, we're still at Mom #2's house, but the good news is, we're going home today!!! I'm excited because I haven't gone anywhere in a week, other than outside once to attempt to build a snowman without gloves(yeah, I know), and to dig a trough for the dogs.
I've been missing my kitties pretty bad. I'll be so excited to see them. I'll have to take some pics, and post later on. : )
In other exciting news, I FINALLY FINISHED MY FIRST SOCK!!!!! Do ya wanna see?? Here it is:

Ta-da! I'm very proud of the way it turned out, and it actually fits my huge foot. I was afraid that it would come out too small. So I'm very proud of myself. I've been wearing just the one sock on my foot last night and this morning.
Other than that, not much going on. I changed my scarf so that it has a garter border, rather than the ribbing. It was looking a bit weird. But now it looks a lot better.
Anyway, I probably should get dressed and start on getting all of our shit together. I'll talk to ya'll later!!

Well, we're still at Christine's Mom's house. There's really no telling how long we're going to be here. Christine's car simply CANNOT handle snow. It snowed more today. We were supposed to go to the apartment to check on the kitties and Maya. I didn't get to go because someone needed to stay here with the dogs in case they got stuck out there. See, we're in Broken Arrow. The roads, from what I understand, are fine here. However, in Tulsa, where we live, the roads are fucked up. In Tulsa, they haven't gotten any of the snow up from the last time it snowed, let alone this snow. So the driving is pretty dangerous out there. From what I understand, people had abandoned their cars. So, they were afraid that they would get stuck. They weren't even able to make it to the airport to take Zac, Christine's brother. I was kinda disappointed that I didn't get to go see the kitties. I had been excited since last night. The plan was that they would drop us off on the way to take Zac to the airport, and then Christine's Mom would come get us when she was done. I figured it would be the perfect opportunity to see my kitties, and get some much needed affection from my love. But it didn't happen, so I was pretty upset.
Anyway. I guess that probably sounds kinda selfish, but it's just the way that I feel....But, they went to the store and brought me home Subway, which was really nice. Christine's Mom also got me "cabin fever presents", which was incredibly sweet of her. She got me yarn, and one of those I taught myself knitting kits. Which is totally cool, because the kits come with stitch markers, yarn needles, a stitch holder, two sets of needles, a gauge checker/needle size checker thingy, point protectors, and a stitch counter. She also got me some gloves. She also got me some really pretty yarn. It's in a bunch of different shades of pink. Very pretty. She says that she wants me to make something for myself. I'm making a scarf with it. I'm doing it with a border of ribbing, and stockinette stitch as a background. I dunno, I'm just kinda playing around with it. I don't really care how it turns out, I just want to experiment.
My sock has gotten much bigger. I'm on the gusset. Just plain knitting now. After that I'll just have the toes to do. At some point, I would really like to try two at a time socks. I found some really pretty sock yarn on knitpicks that I would like to make Christine some socks with. It's Chroma Fingering Sock Yarn. I LOVE all of the colors. So freakin pretty. But I'm thinking for Christine, I'm going to use Roller Skate.
In other news, my Mom is letting me get one of those electric cigarettes. I've been struggling hard to quit smoking, and I figure that this is the best alternative to smoking. You get the nicotine without the smoke, pretty much. You can smoke it anywhere, which is awesome. I really can't wait to try it out.
Anyway, that's about it for now.

The happenings(or lack thereof) of Today

We just got home from another evening at Christine's Mom's house, or as I like to call her, Mom # 2. : ) We had a good time. We had dinner, and later we had some wine. I basically just sat and knit. I worked on my sock cuff, which is almost up to a full inch! Woo-hoo! I mess up on the ribbing, but I am NOT frogging again. I was thinking that when you're working on ribbing, you need to purl the knits and knit the purls, but apparently I was wrong? So I started knitting the knits and purling the purls, or that's what I THINK I'm doing, and it's coming out fine now. I'll have to remember that for my next sock. I'm pretty proud of it so far. And I REALLY ♥ LOVE ♥ the colors. : )
Christine ended up getting sick last night. She had diarrhea. Poor baby. She slept on the couch, because she wanted to be close to the bathroom, and she just doesn't like being bothered too much when her stomach is upset. I came out every couple of hours to check on her, and make sure that she was okay. I set up the couch for her with some blankies(one that I had crocheted for her : ) ) and some pillows. I made sure that there were waters in the fridge, and got out Mistro, a dragon that I had crocheted for her last year. I came out at one point and she was all curled up. I wanted to give her a forehead kiss, but I didn't want to wake her. I know that she has a hard enough time sleeping without being sick.
Other than that, we went to a small town to go to a Tastee Freez. Has anyone ever been to one? They have pretty good food. I had a really good burger, and a dipped cone. She had a frito chilli pie...I think that's what it's called...and some tater tots, and a chocolate covered cherry ice cream thingy.
We got our tater tot casserole dish back from Christine's Mom tonight, so I'm planning on making that tomorrow night for din-din. As for now, I'm thinking about tackling the cheez-its and playing some sims, which I never did last night. I promise, as soon as I actually have something done on my sock, I'll post a pic! I'll talk to ya guys tomorrow.

FRUSTRATED

Katrina is driving me insane. I'm sorry, I know she's a puppy, but my God, she is. She pees and poops everywhere but outside. We've had her a week now, and she's pottyed outside three times. And that was it. I think it was just random coincidence. And I'm the one that usually get to clean up the messes. I get to clean the bathroom every morning because her and Aurora have peed and pooped everywhere. Aurora is no better. I went outside with her earlier, and she would not go. I was out with her a good ten minutes at least. I even tried running around, because Christine had said something about them running around gets their bowels moving or something. It would be better if we could put puppy pads in the bathroom with them, but Katrina tears them to shreds. And we put a baby gate up over by the bathroom door to keep them enclosed in the rest of the bathroom, in order to prevent them from pottying over by the door, so we don't step in it. But, they hop over the gate anyway. I'm just frustrated.
In other news, sock knitting isn't going so well thus far. Last night I had left my knitting on the floor by accident, and one of the dogs had gotten a hold of it. I went to work on my sock, and one of the three needles had fallen out. Then I cast on this morning, and moved all of my stitches to their needles, and I guess I messed up somewhere, because I came up missing a stitch. Anyway, we're going to her Mom's house tonight, so I'll try again tonight.
And she just called me into the bedroom to clean up dog puke. LIKE I DON'T CLEAN UP ENOUGH FUCKING DOG MESSES ALREADY!!!! Could I PLEASE have a break. I'm just gonna get off here for now. More when I'm less frustrated.

Socks, Tater-Tot Casserole, and a somewhat Job for Christine

I started knitting socks today. I got mad at the square that I'm knitting. We're currently not on speaking terms. Well, it's my own fault. I had to rip out some stitches, because I managed to forget to yo on one of the rows. Whoops. So I ripped back, and in the process of ripping, I managed to drop a couple of stitches. So I had to rip back even further than where I had intended whoops. So I lost track of things. And now, I'm on the very last part of the square, and my decreasing is off, so naturally I'm just frustrated. So, I'm taking a little break.
So, yeah, I'm knitting socks. I had founds DPNS on Wal-Mart last night. I have NEVER seen them at Wal-Mart before, so you can imagine my excitement. AND they actually had the size that I needed for the socks. So, I bought those and started on my socks today. I ripped it out on the first try, because my ribbing didn't seem right. So, I started over. I just got done with my first row. Whenever I get done with my ribbing, I'll post a pic. I'm using this stuff. It's coming out really pretty, from what I can tell.....of my first row of knitting...lol. I have big feet, so I figured stretchyness might come in handy for socks. I dunno. I don't know anything about knitting socks, so this is kinda a trial and error run. Apparently knitting socks it supposed to be wonderful....like the ultimate knitting things, but I don't know yet. I'm still trying to get back used to using dpns, so we shall see. I have crocheted socks before. Have I mentioned that? I can't remember. Anyway, I made Christine two pairs of socks. One in sport weight in this blue kinda color. And then another in worsted weight in purple, as an experiment. I wanted to see which she preferred. If maybe a certain one breathed better, or kept her feet warmer, but she had no opinion lol. Oh well. I tried.
Moving on....hmmmmm....oh, Christine did manage to get some work at a restaurant that we visit frequently. I have no idea what she's going to be doing there. I would guess either wash dishes or wait tables. She hasn't gotten home yet, so I'll post tomorrow and tell ya'll how it went. Apparently it's an under the table kinda deal. Which is fine by me, because we need any kinda money we can get right now.
Christine has been working out recently. She's been going back to the gym, and has lost ten pounds!!!! I'm so proud of her! It's not that I think that she needs to lose weight or anything. I honestly love her body the way that it is. She's nice and cuddley. : ) But she's not meant to be big. She's 5'2 and has a very tiny bone structure. Like she's supposed to be in the 100-110 range. And her back and knees and her body in general is constantly bothering her. So she really NEEDS to lose the weight, for her health.
God knows I could probably manage to lose the weight. I just don't have the motivation. I'm ok with my size. And Christine finds me attractive the way that I am, so I really don't see the point. I know that I probably should for health reasons, but I just don't want to. I used to be like super self conscious about my body. I'd go on diets, take pills, go for walks and all that lovelyness. I got down to about 155. But, I gained it all back. Maybe once I have a job and some money, I'll look into joining a gym.
Speaking of a job and money, I really do want to go back to school. I would really love to study web design. I had back in the day, when I first went to college. I kept getting distracted by a girl who shall not be named. All I'll say is, it's the worst relationship that I've ever been in, by far.
But anyway, I suppose I should get something done around my house. I have dishes that need to be done, and my living room needs to be straightened. Yikes! I still have to get dinner ready! I was thinking that I could make tater-tot casserole. In case of none of ya'll have ever had tater-tot casserole, here's the recipe that we use. It's good!!!

1 Can Cream of Chicken
Tater-tots
1 tube Ground Turkey/1 lb ground beef
Onion Powder

De-thaw your meat. In a small casserole dish, put press meat to the bottom of it. Put some onion power on top. Pour cream of chick on top and make sure it's spread on evenly. Then, layer some tater-tots over the meat. You just need one layer. Put in the oven on 350. Cook for about an hour, or until the meat isn't pink. When it's done, sour cream goes GREAT with it! : )

And I just realized that Christine's Mom has our small casserole dish!!! Damn!! Maybe I'll just make some hamburger helper. Oh! Here's another idea. If ya'll are ever looking for a healthier alternative to hamburger meat, try ground turkey. It tastes just as good, I promise! : )

My Kids are Giving me a Headache

God knows I love them. But really. They are. I just got done taking everyone outside. Then I had to go clean the mess in the bathroom. That was fun. There were torn up puppy pads everywhere. And I mean, when I say torn up, I mean they were like in SHREDS. To make it even more fun, there was piss and shit everywhere. Now everyone keeps getting into everything that they shouldn't. Like the trash. Or bugging the Poor Valley.
All I want is to sit and knit in solitude for a good....I dunno maybe an hour or two. I want to have to sit and have nothing to think about other than where I'm at in my pattern. If I start knitting right now, I can't just have my happy little knitting solitude. I'll have to worry about stopping in the middle of my work to stop somebody from getting into something. *sighs*
In about a half hour it's nap time for my children. It will not come soon enough, I'm telling you.
In other news, last night's dinner went pretty good....well other than the Alfredo noodles not cooking properly. I don't understand what I did wrong. I let the noodles cook for twelve minutes just like the box told me. I guess next time I need to let them cook longer.
My appetizers almost caught on fire. They had been in the oven on broil for all of two minutes, and apparently they gotten all smokey. I think there's something wrong with our damn broiler, because the last time I used the broiler, the texas toast caught on fire. And they had only been in there like 2 minutes. Anyway, since my broiler was acting a fool, I went ahead and just set the oven to 450. They turned out just as good that way. Ben decided that they smelled good or something, because he stole one right off the little plate that I had put them on for Christine. Christine said he didn't even chew.
The cherry-o cheese pie turned out really good. Actually I'm fixin to go grab a slice for my breakfast. tee-hee. And I'm thinking that now it's time for my little ones to take a nap, because everyone is acting kinda tired, and I don't want anyone stealing my cheese pie.
I'll post some pics when I finally get the second square done and sewn to the first one, which I really do think should be today, because I don't have much left to do. I'll talk to you guys later!! : )

A bunch of stuff.

I still haven't managed to get my second square done. *sigh* I wasn't really in much of a knitting mood yesterday. I know weird. But I did get a little bit done on it. I'm hoping to get it done tonight while Christine is at the gym. I enjoy my alone time at the house, because I get to have *ME* time. : )
Yesterday we got food stamps. They gave us $200 to last til the end of the month, which worked fine for us. Needless to say, we went shopping. Christine kept getting worried that we went over our budget. She always does that. But, we didn't. We got some meat. And some things for meals. : ) But we mainly got snacky items, because that's what we were mainly short on. We got two boxes of family size Cheez-it's. One for each of us lol. We are Cheez-it's addicts in this house. Especially me. And, sadly, I've managed to get Gia addicted to them too. She actually knows what the box looks like. It's crazy lol.
Tonight for din-din, I'm thinking that I'm gonna make some chicken Alfredo. I'm also gonna make some chestnut bacon wraps for h'orderves. Here's the recipe for them, if you care to try it:

Can of Water Chestnuts
Bacon
Dill
Worcestershire Sauce
Lime or Lemon Juice.

You just combine the dill, Worcestershire sauce lime or lemon juice and let them soak for about fifteen minutes. Then you wrap the water chestnuts in the bacon and stick a toothpick in them. Then, you just stick them in the oven on broil. Pretty easy huh?

I'm also gonna make Cherry-O Cheese Pie. Here's the recipe. That's pretty much my plans for this evening. I'm really wishing that I had some nicotine lozenges. I'm trying to quit smoking, and it my head hurts SO damn bad. : (

Oh, I forgot to tell ya'll that I had an interview with Aflac today. Didn't go so well. Not because of anything that I did wrong though. It's just, the dude realized that we're needing the money now. In order to become a sales agent, you have to get your license. That costs $400. Then he was saying that it takes six to seven months even to get really started. He was a really sweet guy though, and I seriously appreciated his honesty.

Well, I guess that's about it for now. It's about nap time for my kids. It smells like someone pooped. AWESOME! *eyeroll* Talk to ya'll later.

The Kids.

As promised I am going to post some pics of my animals, otherwise referred to as the kids, being as we don't have any "real" kids right now. So here they are!

First of all my biggest kid, Christine



Christine's great. She's very sweet. She's also very stubborn and very opinionated. She is one of those people who you either love or hate. Obviously, I love her. She's an indie musician. She is very passionate about her music. I will post some links to a couple of her videos from youtube in case any of you are interested. Gotta support my baby's music. :)

Gia

This is Gia. She is one of my princesses. And she knows it. She is very dominate. But she is the hugest sweetheart. She is always smiling. In this pic, Gia has a blankie that I had crocheted her over her body. Since the pic was taken, she managed to rip a huge hole in it. *Sighs* But, she is still a puppy(Technically anyway. In March she'll be a year old.), so I really can't be mad at her.

Valentino

This is Valentino. He can be found in various odd places in the house, plotting world domination. We give our kids voices, and Val has a Russian accent. Val loves boxes. He is also a very lovey kitty. When his female(Aria) isn't around, he will follow me around everywhere. He is a huge cuddle bug. And he is OBSESSED with hair! Also his beautiful blue eyes tend to win me over, even when I want to be mad at him.

Benito

Ben is a really huge sweetheart. He loves to be near his humans. He is GINORMOUS. Seriously. And he thinks he's a lapdog. He will MAKE room on the couch for himself lol. Ben loves to chew on his chewies and play with his siblings. We have to watch him to make sure he doesn't get to rough, which he's usually pretty good about.

Aria

Aria is a very sweet girl. She loves to play with her brother Val. She has a lot of patience for the dogs, who are constantly torturing her and Val, but she lets them know when she has had enough. Aria loves to eat, and she loves to chase jingle balls and laser beams around the house. She also enjoys sunbathing in front of our sliding glass door.

Aurora

Aurora is a very sweet girl. She loves to be near her humans. She loves nothing more than to lay beside me or Christine and chew on a toy. A lot of the time, she will drag multiple toys up onto the couch. Aurora is also very cuddly. And she loves to give lots of kisses. :)