A Collection of Images

1. Children of the mist, 2. Ogni cosa è illuminata, 3. And the rocket trees took flight to the heavens..., 4. Eid Mubarak - عید فطر مبارک, 5. My dog is faster than your dog., 6. Slow Hands, 7. Casual relax, 8. mango cheesecake, 9. Forgotten..., 10. Jellies, jellies everywhere!, 11. Once upon a time..., 12. GK Mystery Shawl

This is a meme I came across on Pink Trees blog. I found it interesting and decided to give it a go. So these are the images from my answers. I am not going to post my answers. But if you are interested in making one yourself...

Flickr meme

What you do:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker).

The Questions:

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name

Enjoy!

Whirlwind

It has been a crazy few days... and now I am in Alaska. On Wed, Tara and I were talking, as usual... and she said if I pay the change fee will you come up today. I said no. So she got off the phone with me and promptly called back to say she was going to change my ticket... this is what I get for emailing her my itenerary with my conformation code. So Kyle said I should go. I quickly called work (I was supposed to be back starting today) and some other important people and packed rapid fire. I left three hours later... now I'm here!

It's been good times so far. I watched the kids on Thursday... I am pretty sure I don't want more after that exhausting day. Then we went up to a cabin on Sat. and got home a few hours ago. I'll be here about one month exactly. Kyle comes up on the 2nd and then my mom on the 8th. We all leave for Fresno on the 18th.

Lowan did really well on the plane, sleeping most of the time. The most fussy time came when I bonked his head after a diaper change. Oops. I won't be posting much, but will be getting some knitting done, on Tara's dime no less. I'm using her yarn and needles, but the end result is for her also. I just need some projects to occupy my time.

I'm off.

Both Sleeves

Here is the cabled riding jacket with both sleeves attached. (I'm on the phone with Tara, as usual!!)



I do this funny self timer thing where my camera takes 10 pictures at a time and I just rotate getting different shots.



I need someone to photograph me.



But I guess over the years I have mastered the self timer. I used to take pictures of myself in clothes I bought and email them to my mom for her opinion on if I should keep them or not (done while I lived in Alaska).

Diapers

Here Lowan is modeling his BumGenius diaper.

I guess it has been so long since I've posted, I have a lot to say.

Lowan and I spent some time weeding in the backyard. He is such a good little boy!!

I did decide on diapers and we went with the bum genius. And Lowan is on day three of nothing but cloth diapers. So far so good. I am really happy with them and feel so good about the reduced waste I am creating.

This is our little baby Elvis look-a-like. He even has the lip curl down when he is awake.

I had some diaper rash concerns because you can't use diaper rash creams with the cloth diapers, it affects their absorbency. And he has had some rashy times. But it has not seemed to be a problem so far with the cloth. If he gets a rash, I will probably put him in disposables until it heals. The other thing you can do is put a liner in the diaper. That way the cream gets on the liner and not on the diaper.

I don't know what is up, this picture is rotated. But it keeps uploading this way.

We did have one leak yesterday, but I had leaks with disposable every now and then as well. He doesn't leak out overnight (but it seems like he doesn't pee that much overnight either). And we have kept all poop contained. So for anyone who is interested, I would recommend these very much (at least so far). Washing them doesn't really seem to be an issue either, and I'm finding this decision to be very satisfying!



The diapers were not cheap, but I figure they will pay for themselves in about six months. Plus I bought the style that are sizable and will grow with Lowan. So this should be the only set I use until I potty train him. Plus, it is said that cloth diaper babies potty train earlier and easier then disposable diapered babies. That we will not know for quite awhile!

Lowan is hanging out with Kyle. This is a boomerang Kyle bought to hang in his (Lowan's) bedroom.

Jacket nearing completion

The cabled riding jacket is SO near to completion. All that is left is the collar. This picture does not show both sleeves attached. I need to take some current photos. But probably not today as it will be nearing 100 degrees. And I swear I could wear this in -10 degree weather and be quite warm!!



I keep thinking about working on it, and haven't found it in me to cast on yet. I also finally got the yarn to finish Kyle's brioche hat.



However, my motivation has been low on that as well. Probably because I had Kyle try it on to see if he wants a brim that folds over or not, and in the process a few stitches were dropped. And I can't remember how to pick them up. I can't remember the brioche stitch at all it's been so long since I've worked on this project. But I'll get back to it soon enough.



Here is a little cutie I made awhile ago. This was my first attempt at crocheting in a very long time. I spent some time with my grandma, Moner, and she showed me how to do it again.



I sent this one to Alaska for Aidan, but I think Teagan took it for herself. I need to make another for Lowan. The little guy turned out so cute.



And as you can tell, I had a fun photo shoot with him!!