As promised.

Lets start with exciting news...I get to try something brand new. Its through http://mysurvey.com/ I would love to refer you but they don't have a button. anyway I am eagerly awaiting my package. Getting antsy here...OK back on topic. TATTING. as promised I made a couple videos. The videos are for double and triple picots and making a self closing mock ring..

Double picots. the easy way to describe these are...a long picot joined to the ring...did your head explode??? I hope not because they really are quite simple.
To do this you need to make a long picot...and yes pretty darn long. FORGOT to tell y'all, you can do these on chains also..you'll know. s0 LONG PICOT,*snug it up to the rest of the DS. put as many DS after this picot, that you want in between. like 2 or 3..or even 1.
*put your hook as if to join...JOIN to what you ask...to your ring (or chain) not a shuttle (lock join) but a regular join..pull your shuttle through and make a couple more DS
* go back and make then what ever size that you want. BY that i mean if you want the INTERNAL picot smaller or larger in regards to the outer.

TRIPLES!
*long picot as before except longer
*snug to DS
*make a DS or two whichever the pattern says
*make a much smaller picot..probably around the same size that you usually do or smaller.
*again make a DS or two
*join as the double picot
*more DS's
VOILA! a triple picot. again adjust to how you want it.
Technically you can keep alternating these to get more and more picots but it really gets excessive at 4.



Needle tatters I WILL have a video up tomorrow I think doing this...still pretty simple. Also needle tatters you should already know how to do a self closing mock ring...just working with a ball and needle. SO
ONWARD! Self closing mock ring...easiest description would be "tatting a chain to LOOK like a ring"
*start with the CTM (continuous thread method) keep a loop and start a chain. follow the pattern. right now our pattern is sets or 4 ds and a picot so 4-4-4-4... like a regular chain
*set the shuttle up through the loop and pull gently closed. it'll make more sense with the video..so here goes



here's a picture of a ring on top of a ring using the SCMR technique


oh while writing this blog i got my package...I don't know if i am not supposed to tell you but they were delicious I want more.

In the woks

Well tonight i am working on a few more tatting videos...should i make some knitting and crochet videos also...I don't know. I'm kinda bored.
On to some life stuff...yelling, yelling for Anthony to get a job...found a water park...awesomeness.


the buckets are my favorite


this is not so much...
boy were they tired...oh look its the pineapple upside down cake I made last night...OK I think that's all i have for you today.

Sunday stealing...like 3 (for me)

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Sunday Stealing: The Eighty Meme, Part One

1. What curse word do you use the most?
F*ck,Sh*t

2. Do you own an iPod?
nope, if you wanna send me one... i would have no problem with that;)

3. What person do you talk to on the phone the most?
my grama

4. Do you still remember the first person you kissed?
yes..big mistake too.

5. Do you remember where you were on 11/9/01?
yes... i was at home doing homeschooling and knitting

6. What was the last movie you watched?
snow white and the seven dwarfs

7. Has anyone ever called you lazy?
duh yeah!

8. Do you ever take medication to help you fall asleep?
no..i have three kids they are my meds.

9. Has anyone told you a secret this week?
no :(

10. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
eyes

11. What are you looking forward to?
thread conditioner in the mail today, fountain plaza park and tatting

12. Do you own any band t-shirts?
no

13. What will you be doing in one hour?
putting pants on

14. Is anyone in love with you?
I like to think kinda so...but actions speak much clearer

15. Last time you cried?
yesterday...listening to the audiobook of harry potter and the deathly hollows...i cry a lot...when i'm happy, when i'm sad, when i'm reading....tons.

16. Are you on a desktop computer or a laptop?
laptop

17. Are you currently wanting any piercings or tattoos?
i want to design my tattoo to represent my kids in the non normal way...

18. Would you ever date anyone covered in tattoos?
probably not.

19. What were you doing before this?
putting on a bra and panties and a shirt.

20. When is the last time you slept on the floor?
i can't even remember

21. How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
i have no idea, the last few days i have had the same amount of sleep but i am just lethargic.. i think cause its so hot.

22. Do you eat breakfast daily?
no

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its been pretty turbulent. I don't know. My sister has been over since Friday. i haven't really tatted anything...so sad. I don't even remember where we are...new day tomorrow and all that..

Right now I am needing to re-read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows... I can't believe that its almost out in theater. I also can't believe that my sister hasn't read it!!! Craziness. Hmm... i don't think I have much in me tonight...I'll do some tomorrow...we'll see.

Sunday stealing

Sunday Stealing: The Oh My! Meme, Part One

1. The phone rings; who don't you want it to be?
MY EX..HOPEFULLY HE'S LOST MY NUMBER!
2. When shopping at the grocery store, do you return your cart?
YES. I WOULD WANT SOMEONE TO DO THE SAME...DO ONTO OTHERS AND ALL THAT JAZZ
3. In a social setting, are you more of a talker or a listener?
LISTENER
4. What was the last compliment that someone gave you?
IT WAS FROM MYSELF AND IT WAS "YOU ARE A GREAT MOM!"
5. Do you play the lottery?
NO
6. If abandoned alone in the wilderness, who would you want with you?
A NATURE GUIDE WHO KNOWS THEIR STUFF
7. Do you like to ride horses?
I HAVE NEVER RIDDEN A HORSE SO I WOULDN'T KNOW
8. Did you ever go to camp as a kid?
YES..A TIME WITH GIRL SCOUTS AND A REGULAR CAMP
9. What is your favorite party game?
HMM...20Q'S
10. If a sexy person was pursuing you, but you knew he/she was married, would you go for it?
HELL NO! I AM SO AGAINST CHEATING. JUST LET THE OTHER PERSON GO
11. When was the last time that you lied?
TODAY. I HAVE FELT SICK ALL DAY AND I LIED AND SAID I WAS FINE
12. Could you date someone with different religious beliefs than you?
AS LONG AS THEY DON'T KILL OVER THEIR RELIGION
13. If you have a S/O, who pursued who? If not, do you like to pursue or be pursued?
WE PURSUED EACH OTHER. I WAS NICE. MET IN THE MIDDLE
14. Use six words to describe yourself.
VOLUPTUOUS,INTELLEGENT, CRAFTY, SOFTY, ARGUMENTATIVE, HARD-HEADED
15. Name a song that could make you cry?
JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL - CARRIE UNDERWOOD AND BABY NOW I'VE FOUND YOU - ALLISON KRAUSS
16. Are you pleased with your education?
NO. DEFINATELY NOT. I WAS RAN AROUND THROUGHOUT MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AND I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA. I TRIED MY BEST WITH WHAT I HAD
17. How do you feel about gun control?
??? I DONT LIKE GUNS THEY SCARE ME.
18. If your house was on fire, what thing would be the first thing you grabbed?
MY KIDS DUH...THEN MY LAPTOP, AND BRA
19. How often do you have a romantic weekend?
NEVER
20. Do you think more about the past, present or future?
WHEN I'M ALONE I THINK ABOUT THE PAST, WHEN I'M WITH MY KIDS I THINK OF THE PRESENT AND FUTURE AND WHEN I'M FALLING ASLEEP I THINK ABOUT THE WHAT IF'S
21. What was the last adult magazine that you have read?
NONE, I DON'T READ MAGS
22. What are you told about your eyes?
THAT THEY ARE DAGGERS
23. How tall is just right?
6 FOOT 4
24. Where is your dream house located?
IN MY HEAD
25. Do you have a secret fetish?
UM...SEXUAL???DON'T KNOW. IN NON SEXUAL...TATTING
26. Have you tried bourbon? If yes, what type?
MAYBE. IDK
27. Have you ever seen a male or female stripper?
ON T.V
28. When was the last time you were at TGI Fridays?
A FEW YEARS AGO.
29. When was the last time you were at Church?
SO LONG AGO...I HAVE NO IDEA
30. Where was the furthest place you traveled today?
THE PLAYGROUND
31. What was your favorite job?
BEING A MOMMY. I GUESS.
32. What condiments do you like at your BBQ?
KETCHUP, YELLOW MUSTARD, AND DILL RELISH
33. Bud is hosting Thursday Thunks this week. Will you play?
DUNNO
34. Do you look like your mom or dad?
...UM...BOTH
35. Who was the last person that you showered with (it's okay to leave out the name)?
MY DAUGHTER. SHE WAS LIKE 9 MONTHS OLD.

shuttle.

OK,OK. I'm here. I last did needle tatting, rings join and chain. Today is shuttle. My video that I'm going to put on here is just one way of doing things. Everyone must realize... no way is the wrong way. I learned from a book. The total pages committed to tatting was 3 or four, plus a pattern that i don't think highlighted all the wonderfulness of tatting. So onward. I learned in a way I though was wrong. I was so WRONG about that. I was tatting. but i wasn't "flipping" it. I really don't like to use that term but almost all tatters use it...basically to me...how it clicked... was using the shuttle thread as the core, which mean moving the hand thread or loom thread ON the shuttle thread. I didn't get it before. So I totally confused you now...great. Onward yet again...

Rings with a shuttle. I'm sure I talk about this in the video and you can clearly see in the video but imma state it here.

grasp the thread end with your thumb and first finger and wrap in a clockwise way around the rest of your fingers,ending back at the pinch.you have a ring or circle around your hand now. start your first DS...I've already posted about in a few back. so you continue following the pattern or if your lucky, your brain. Pinch the stitched and hold while you pull on the shuttle thread, until it closes. BAM ring.





so that's my opinion on things. That is how I do my rings, join, and chain. NOW we get to go onto funner things. Until next time...adios!

so...you needle tat too?

I am also a needle tatter, in addition to being a shuttle tatter. I think that needle tatting is easier than shuttle. At this stage shuttle tatters are to chains, and joins. I thought that I would also do needle tatting in step with shuttle so this blog entry is going to be about needle tatting.

Why I like needle tatting...
I like needle tatting because we don't have to remember to do the flip. Projects seem to fly by when I needle tat. I am a knitter which also means that i am handy with needles and they are very comfortable in my hand (not more comfy than a shuttle mind you.) so...

I am going to post 2 videos that will hopefully help all those new needle tatters. Crap! I just realized that I didn't post about shuttle join and chains...damn. OK next time, tomorrow.





much luck!

YAY!

Sunday Stealing: The Dark Side Meme

1. You’re building your dream house. What’s the one thing that this house absolutely, positively MUST HAVE? (other than the obvious basics of course)
POOL

2. What is your dream car?
PLYMOTH VOYAGER SE...MY OLD MINI VAN. I LOVE IT

3. What is your favorite website that isn’t a blog?
http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/shannoninlove I GET AMAZON CARDS FROM HERE AND I GET TO SPEND THEM.

4. iPhone 4 or Droid, which do you want?
NONE.

5. When you’re feeling down or lonely or just generally out of sorts, what do you do to cheer yourself up?
TRY TO LISTEN TO MUSIC THAT'S PEPPY

6. Tell me about something or someone that you love that most people seem to hate.
I'M BOSSY. I LOVE THAT AND EVERYONE ELSE HATES IT

7. What do you want to be when you grow up?
I AM GROWN UP...ISH

8. Would you go on a reality show if given the chance?
YES...BUT ONLY WIPEOUT

9. Who was your favorite teacher when you were growing up. (Grade school, Middle School, Jr. High or High School only.)
MRS.McCOMISH

10. You get one pass to do something illegal or immoral. What are you gonna do?
KILL MY BROTHER
its not what you think. he's controlling my mom and if he were dead she would stop doing drugs and i could have my mom back.

11. What were you doing 10 years ago?
KNITTING AND HOME SCHOOL

12. By this time next year, I ...
WILL...mah, I DON'T KNOW.

13. Do you think the United States will elect a female President in your lifetime? Do you think this would be a good thing?
I SUPPOSE, AND HOPEFULLY. CANT TELL UNTIL AFTER THE FACT

14. Which fictional, TV show character you would shag anytime?
BOOTH! OMG SO HOT.

15. What is your greatest pet peeve?
DRUG USERS AND ABUSERS

16. Tell me about your most recent trip of more than 100 miles?
NONE.

17. Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?
DICTIONARY

18. Do you have a nickname? What is it?
SHANNYPOO AND SHANNANANA

19. What are you dreading at the moment?
GOING OUTSIDE...ITS HOT AGAIN

20. Do you worry that others will judge you from reading some of your answers?
NO. BECAUSE THIS IS MY OPINION

21. In two words, explain what ended your last relationship.
CHEATING LIES

22. What were you doing this morning at 8am?
TRYING TO SLEEP

23. Do you have any famous relatives?
NO

24. How many different beverages have you drank today?
1 SO FAR

25. What is something you are excited about?
MY KIDS STARTING TO TALK MORE
GETTING MORE TATTING THREAD
HOPEFULLY WINNING A CONTEST

26. When was the last time you spoke in front of a large group?
LAST WEDNESDAY... NOT SO LARGE

27. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
STUPID DANDRUFF

28. What were you doing at midnight last night?
NAGGING

29. What’s a word that you say a lot?
UM, ISH, MAH, STOP, LISTEN,RRRRRRRRRRRR!

30. Who is your worst enemy?
DRUG USERS AND ABUSERS

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my day in la la.

Boy its been a good day today-ish. there was a very nice delta breeze to cool us down. I don't think we broke 80. So the family was out playing today. Also there was a community meeting. Hmm I think that some of the topics went over our replacement managers head... truth be told i really didn't appreciate the attitude when we residents brought up legitimate problems... as if we were the ones causing them..Any way tonight is our eat out in dinner night. that mean a bit of food from the restaurant down the way and store bought orange chicken...so tasty. So ALL day i have had Queen's song Somebody to love in my head...on repeat.... I'm going crazy because i want to just scream it away but i tried that and it didn't work. So later I'll get around to some more tatting proficiency on here.

what happened here?

I has been so hot here. I am like dying. Melting. All three of my kids are sick and its so hot. SO off comes the hair to cool them down... not to mention it was time to trim up... this time it just all came off...so here goes.

my very cute boys. Great now i wont be able to tell them apart even more so. Damn! Somehow i think that they will be much happier like this. BTW Azzy is on the left and Trey on the right. However i feel horrid about Anavay..

I mean it looks OK.... right? she freaking moved! it came out shorter than i wanted it...but at least she's not going to have jelly in her hair EVERY day..Oh and i tatted this today. Its all messy and perfectly an example of crappy tatting but i tatted it and i love tatting...speaking of which i am running out of thread...so sad..

This made me ponder this afternoon...why do tatters get obsessed with the tatting supplies? I have just totally flipped my lid. I...just...need...another shuttle, a different shuttle, different feeling thread, a different color, a pattern, a blog...need need need. i feel as if my hand is disconnected from my body when it doesn't have a shuttle in it. It yearns to move in its memory! my eyes look almost automatically for how much is in front of me. I feel my eyes zoom in on its prey as a tigress. I feel addicted but how can this be? its just thread. I dream about tatting. it soothes me and relaxes me. It is...you know i really wish i found this earlier in life. i would be a different person for sure. But i digress.. I will try to do another part of my goal tomorrow.maybe a couple.

I don't know. I have issues. so i have been reading this wonderful blog all night last night and I don't know. this woman makes me want to loose weight but i am just so...it just sucks. i kinda want the weight loss surgery but i would fell better about... i don't know dieting. partially because i know i have no way to go to all these appointments, the doctors wouldn't allow me to be the size i want and well it just kinda creeps me out. I guess tonight I'm going to try to chew my food to mush. maybe I'll get full. oh well anyways the surgery wouldn't help any way because I'm a person who only eats like once a day. and if i do that then i would die with the surgery. It sucks because i think...hmm. i have going outside. walking around... not good for me. Its just weird. i just like being inside my apartment knowing everything is going to be constant. just knowing i guess.

But for right now my boys are gone and should be back in a few minutes. they took a long walk to the 99 cent only store. now those boys love being outside and i try to indulge them as much as i can possibly stand. I know i don't like going outside but i do it so hopefully my kids wont be like me. its so hard!!! i don't like other kids and i know that sounds so mean and wrong but these kids are outrageous! how dare they lay hands on my babies. i want to lay my hand on them. I feel bad because my kids are little wrestlers (with each other) and I'm afraid that one day that will kick in and they will start hurting the other kids...and the attitudes...geez. Only child syndrome. man. i hate that the most.

It is so miserable in Sacramento right now. its the uncomfortable time between spring and summer. I cant wait for the weather to make up its mind. I feel like I'm losing my, mind that is. sometimes i hear things. sometimes i cant put words together. sometimes i forget large chunks of time. to tell you the truth... I'm kinda scared. I mean this stuff shouldn't happen for at least another 20+ years.I think i hear them so I'm off!

no i didn't have to re-edit this because i forgot a title...ok i did

guess im feeling REALLY bored so here's another one!

Saturday 9: Midnight Confessions

1. Have you ever had to confess something to a lover or friend?
yes and it was hard

2. How well do you handle rejection?
not good... it makes me angry

3. What makes you feel old?
my back!

4. What makes you feel young?
knitting, ironically

5. What’s something you are old school about?
i have no idea what old school would be for me.

6. What TV show's seasons would you buy on DVD? Tell us why it rocks.
HEROES!!! because it just does!
Buffy the vampire slayer. because its much better than any other vampire themed show
Gray's anatomy - because Miranda Baily rocks my ass!
ok ok . i watch a lot of tv. i want all season of all my shows. too many to list

7. If you could create your own TV channel, what would it be?
every show i like and it would never cancel things i like!

8. Where do you like to go for a day trip?
to a craft store. with money.

9. Name some things that you still want to do in your life.
I want to drive to different places, i want to learn everything about everything i like. i want to learn how to cut hair. i want to see my kids grow up to be wonderful people.

hey all!

I was feeling kinda... i don't know. bored, i suppose. But anyway. found this quiz like thingmagigger and i wanted to do it so its something called Sunday stealing.
I found it off this website and it took me here. so here is my answers to

Sunday Stealing!

Sunday Stealing: Another Question Meme

1. It's 2AM and you are not home. You are more than likely:
at my sisters. asleep

2. What's the last thing you spent more than $100 on?
RENT!

3. What do your bank checks look like?
regular, plain, bank issued...i don't use checks for anything but rent

4. Where did the shirt you are currently wearing come from?
the store..lol. walmart, i believe

5. Name something that will be on your Christmas wish list:
shoot! shuttles, needles, thread and more thread!

6. What color is your toothbrush?
white and purple

7. Name something you collect and tell us about it.
i guess i collect yarn. i get it from all over-ish. Rumpelstiltskin, Michael's, friends, thrift stores.

8. Last restaurant you ate at. Who were you with? How was it?
the last place i actually ate at was the canton restaurant 'round the corner...wow more than a year ago. I was on a date with my boyfriend because the kids were over at their grama's. i personally think their food is the best.

9. Who was the last person you bought a birthday card for?
my grama. i love her to death.

10. What is your worst bad habit?
right now my worst habit would be tatting. Its my dumbing hobby. the only one i can just do that and nothing else. nothing else goes on in my head when i tat. other than that...bossing people around

11. Name a magazine you subscribe to?
i don't subscribe

12. Your favorite pizza toppings?
pepperoni and onions

13. Whose number were you looking up the last time you used a phone book?
mine, i was 18 and seeing if i was listed...i was.

14. Other than family, who is the person that you love most?
hmm. it use to be my ex bff but well shes ex right? but not family...no one

15. What is the last thing you cooked?
potato soup...its awesome. and tomorrow i plan on making chicken hash

16. Name something you wouldn't want to buy used?
UNDERWEAR!

17. Which shoe do you put on first?
left foot, i wear flip flops most of the time. but when wearing shoe shoes... i do right first

18. What is the last thing you remember losing?
i imagine besides my mind... my bff

19. What is the ugliest piece of furniture in your house?
i guess it would be my rocking chair that my boyfriend is glued to.

20. Last thing you bought and ended up returning?
space heater

21. What perfume/cologne do you wear? If none, why?
i have a lot of headaches so i don't really wear perfume

22. Your favorite board game?
i guess monopoly because of the money

23. What was the last board game you played?
scrabble

24. Where did your vehicle come from?
i don't have a car...wish i did but don't. want one really bad...but...

25. If a movie was made about your life what would the theme song be?
well i know that a few songs play in my head constantly...Hey Jude, going under, and toxic. so i guess those

26. You're sad, who can cheer you up easily?
no one.......maybe my daughter

27. What was the color of the bridesmaid dresses of the last wedding you went to?
have never attended a wedding

28. What house cleaning chore do you hate to do the most?
BATHROOM

29. What is your favorite way to eat chicken?
cooked. no really i love my boyfriends BBQ-ed chicken with mahatma's red beans and rice with mexi-corn. awesome

30. It is your birthday. You hope the cake is?
Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate!

Another Ordinary Day

I'm taking this opportunity to post an entry. All of my kids are downstairs playing. Boy oh Boy is it muggy here in Sacramento. I can't wait till it either rains or gets hot...Any way i was just thinking about the funny in my life. there is a gauge in my household. Its called the shirt test. Mind you this test needs to be ran many times in the course of the day. My son, Atreyu thinks that getting dressed is the best...even worst his theory in life is the smaller the better...I wish it was fitting just right. So the shirt test is you put your arms up and if we can see your belly its too small...so today my other son AZRIEL wanted to wear his brothers shirt and of course it's obviously to small this is how it went.
tummy is showing??? solution? pull up the pants!!!




Boy I guess that didn't work . My daughter, by the way, has the oppisite opinion. she wears hers much larger.