ok. as promised

they finally finished uploading.
they are just simple patterns. most of them are intuition. if something doesn't fit then add a couple more DS.
i don't really care what you guys do with these... just don't claim them as your own. ok?
any way they are a hand drawn...sorry if they are not all that great but i don't know how to use those drawing programs...ok so here are the pictures






so if clicking on the picture doesn't work then here's the links.

TRIPLE RING (SIMPLY SAM)

JUST A TURTLE

TARGET PRACTICE

HANGING TURTLE

EYEBALL

hope this works...first time for everything y'all

Magic Thread trick...

ok so i was feeling a bit 90's ponytail all to the side, tatted earrings... i thought i was so cute...and then them... i thought i would have a little fun with them and i had picked up some temp Halloween hair color...bright red. I think that ana looked real cute with the red... i was a bit messy but it was fun. Now is it me or does azriel kinda look like the oldest on Tool Time...i forget his name.

Now onto some tatting...My first Queen of hearts by Mary Konior... i kinda love it...


Next is a scan of my doing Jon Yusoff's snowflake ring thingy... I like her's better.

and then this is a "Priscilla square" necklace... needle tatted...horrible... will look tons better in shuttle...
Now for today's...long needed lesson. Magic thread Trick.

First off i don't know who first did this...all i know is that it is very useful.
The thing really to know about this is three things...

1. use the looped thread going toward which ever end you want to hide.

2. at all times have the looped thread follow the shuttle thread

3. and the MOST IMPORTANT... leave the last 1/2 stitch of the last stitch normal...Do not have the looped thread follow all the way to the end...otherwise it will unravel to where you started the magic thread trick.

So i made a video for it...now here's the video...


ok its taking forever to the files to upload that i am trying to put on here so...probably later tonight. but in the mean time Gray's Anatomy is on... so night night

also one more thing... if you are curious about slow cooking... go check out my favorite website of right now A YEAR OF SLOW COOKING
the chick has good taste.

A little of this...a little of that

I just wanted to drop in and update about a little bit of everything. First off. I am currently tatting Mary Koniors queen of hearts... picture soon. secondly. boy oh boy. a friend said i should enroll my two boys in preschool. i am so scared and nervous....there is so much to do, scared scared scared.

A little bit of good news...i think i might knit for a while... i don't know. i feel just sooo...blah! which is a shame because its so pretty outside..I was thinking about doing this pattern 10 STITCH BLANKET
There I am committed to it...i opened the pdf...lol

So funny though...Caillou is about Halloween today...(god i hate that show...the kids love it though) I wonder what i am going to make my kids... i really kinda don't want to go trick or treating this year...so. oh yeah for the time being i stopped trying to potty train Anavay. Honestly right now, neither of us are going to succeed at this. I am too stressed about stuff to be as patient as she needs. I think I will try again next week. It sucks about trying to potty train her because i can't take her out any where, tons of laundry from her and a ton of cleaning the floors. But she does like going on the big potty with the little potty seat. She just glows when she goes potty...glows i tell you.

Oh and i should be getting three of my books in the mail today.. UBER EXCITED

as time goes by

Have you ever reflected on your past life... odds are you have. If you have kids then you know a little more than others. I was just thinking....When i started to tat I tatted every single minute of every single day... then slowly, very slowly i noticed that it has lessened quite a bit. Then that lead to what other things have i loved, that i did every day that i don't do anymore...a few things came to mind...knitting, games, sex, reading, socializing...just a few that pop to my head.

My person problem is i want to do everything at the very same time, right away. and once i have pretty much learned all the aspects of that thing then....out it goes. So i find myself sitting here on a Saturday yurning to tat something, but nothing comes to mind. yesterday i ordered some more tatting books.

UCK! had to go tend to my slow cooking. man oh man i hate shrimp. it just feels soooo wrong. so very wrong. this time i didn't have to do anything but rip off the poor shrimps tail. i can't believe that i got through that....ok back to our blog.

Books. i know that i will want to do a few patterns out of them... and plus a couple kid books for night time... not the books that i wanted.. well 1 book i wanted that i didn't get... Amelia bedelia. i love that bitch!..no but seriously. she is so funny, but i know that if i had to deal with her i would probably kill myself. but i got Where the Sidewalk Ends, and the little red hen. i think that they would love to listen to those. But i think that they would have fallen off their butts laughing at Amelia. Any one want to send me one? LOL. I also need to find another copy of green eggs and ham. I love Dr.Seuss so much. Any way....that's 4 tatting books for me, and 2 kid books for the kids...for $9.50! I think that is so awesome. i used my gift cards from SWAGBUCKS...then amazon free shipping with super saving....first time for everything.

Thursday i was watching Grey's Anatomy and it was the last seasons finale... boy it was so much more emotional the second time around...even though i knew what was going to happen. I love watching TV without any one around. I am free to really experience the show or movie. That's part of the reason i hate going to the movies. i can't experience the movie in front of everyone.

Boy this is pretty direction-less. I keep thinking about ripping off the tails. i still feel them in my fingers.

As you can tell i am feeling a lot less pitiful. That's because Monument had been having Anthony working... i feel so much better when he is gone... i know that sound messed up, but it happens. you start to miss someone, then all of a sudden they matter to you again... i love that feeling of people mattering. its a healthy pain. I can't wait for it.

Today I am doing 2 recipes in my slow cookers... thats right two. A large as hell 7 quart and a tiny 2.5 quart... see why i needed a larger one? totally justified. So i am making APPLE BUTTER and COUNTRY CAPTAIN CHICKEN
the chicken smells weird to me. Its not really food i eat normally...but i am trying to change my palette.
the apple butter is smelling awesome. although its competing with some strong smells. I had never tasted apple butter but Anthony bought some, i used it for sandwiches and that was the first day i did not have to tell any of them to eat their lunch...even Ana. she ate it all. I was so amazed. So I am trying to make some more.

b*tching and moaning

START OF A BITCHING SESSION. IT IS VERY RUDE AND Y'ALL ITS VERY BITCHY. VERY GRIPEPY

So the past couple of weeks have been nothing short of horrible. Just to start, my rental agreement needs to be signed....our manager is dragging her butt...not to mention she is so ridiculously power hungry and controlling, it amazes me.

Secondly... Anthony is YET again going through the I WANT phase. it is THE most irritating thing about him...every 5 months or so, he goes through a phase of want want want. Most common phrase...I don't want to do_____. Can I please get a hands up from people who HAVE to do things they don't WANT to, all the time? That's right everyone.! Every SINGLE person does things they don't want to do...I mean does he think i like cooking every meal, that i like cleaning, laundry, teaching the kids, discipline... but i still HAVE to do them...answer me this...what makes him so special.? why does he feel he should be able to get out of his small cleaning chore... and let me update you here with his job...he got one and they have yet to put him on something...except for once a week...one day a week....and he thinks that he doesn't have to do anything else all week...Which brings me to our fight...Friday. I had simply told him THREE days before to clean the desk. He is the ONLY one who uses it...any way... big fight...and then another week of him not doing stuff because he is also on a power trip...honest! he is a "security guard" and is getting i guess power drunk....which brings me to the fight again...i started cleaning the crap on the desk... which means tossing stuff...apparently cleaning is theft.? also shoving someone from you is called assault. NOW this is pretty funny to me because he is always complaining how police officers twist things to fit in the right crime...and yes. i have seen this. but this is ridiculous.

So thirdly. i found out yesterday that someone had called security on our apartment because of fighting...we hadn't fought since Friday afternoon... i don't know when they were called but it cracks me up...because if they were called Saturday night, they were called because i was crying with my show...Grays anatomy. and then if Sunday night, then the same thing... sad episodes. so now i am unable to cry in my apartment...hmm.

Fourth...Anavay is potty training...or should i say i am trying to potty train her. needless to say she sh*t herself and is now back in diapers. This was BY FAR the most littlest thing to happen but hurt me the most. Now she didn't mean to do it... but growing up, i watched my mom clean my brothers underwear because he pooed in them...till he was like...IDK. but old. It was so gross and bad. he got his own bathroom that he promptly f**ked up, all sorts of special treatment, not to mention the soul breaking of my mom. she got so many eye infections from that i think that she should have been blind ages ago. any way its that whole "not wanting to be your mom syndrome" all of my hate and resentment and everything wrapped in Ana's panties. It killed me. And on top of that...a gigantic cherry on top.

While i was trying to keep myself together and not to smack Ana for something that she couldn't help, the boys were opening the door. I can not count how many times i have told them not to open the door...it scared the holy hell out of me... so i left the bathroom to check on them and there they are standing at the door, its wide open. Some poor girl stuck in the wrong time. I spank them (because they most definitely needed that one.) go to the door to see if someone is actually there, poor girl. she must have been only 19 or 20...maybe even younger...i couldn't tell i was crying. she asked if something was wrong and i broke down... so weak. she couldn't do anything but stand there and witness a break down. she was just asking if i was going to this community thing...i feel real bad for her. she asks if i need a hug. i just keep crying. I also can't deny the hilarity of the situation either...i am wearing a faded gray shirt with a black and white striped skirt, my hair is so messed up and it smells and its Sacramento... so its like almost 90 degrees... so poo smell, heat, messed up hair, tears, oh and plus. I'm fat. so right now i am just kinda laughing at myself. i should have had better control of myself... i would like to think that, if Anthony hadn't been such a jerk, i wouldn't have been in such a crappy mood, Ana's poo wouldn't have bothered me, and i wouldn't have been standing in my doorway crying like a 4 year old forced to share his hot wheels.

And to top it off...Ana is sick again...which means I am the only one to take care of her. to comfort her...so i am going to get sick soon...i really hope not. but. that's usually the way it goes.

OK. i think that is everything...

nope sorry one more thing.

a couple days ago i get a message on myspace from my EX's ex- girlfriend. now to understand this dynamic, we travel 4 years in the past. i got with this really attractive young man. Calvin. he was funny, cute and very sweet and protective. our relationship didn't last for a couple reasons, his ex was calling me and threatening me constantly. she was truly upset that they weren't together anymore. so she was on a rampage. another reason was that he wanted someone who was helpless...that person was not me, i had a job, i was a strong woman with a strong sense of who i was...i ended up getting pregnant and he ended up cheating on me with the ex...awesome right? not. anyway i told myself and lived by it...i said "oh well...i hope they stay together, at least that way i know our relationship was worth the misery" I come to find out that they are no longer together...so pissed off. but at the same time laughing. so she had two boys by him and tells them that they have brothers elsewhere and messaged me to ask if they can have some sort of relationship..."cause they are brothers" is she meaning this... and then in her last message she was all like...oh i hope we can start over, hope you forgive me... and i ask myself...start what over? was she under the impression that we had a friendship? forgive? hadn't thought about them in years. water under the bridge. but if she thinks that i am going to be all happy, "yeah we're family" NOT a gigantic NOT. the thing that scared me the most is that she is hiding behind religion.
"I have changed...I go to church" I wonder if she realizes how truly UN this is. how many people have said this and gone back to their normal ways. i would rather cut myself than to deal with anyone who uses church as an excuse. Those people who are religious... sorry but there is a difference between y'all and those who use it as a cover. So that.

LATER I AM GOING TO POST A COUPLE PATTERNS I MADE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE MADE THESE BEFORE BUT I LIKE THEM AND I WANTED TO SHARE THEM.

Hmm. stuffs and stuffs

So not really showing any tatting this post, basically just... i don't know. Well right now i am watching this ridiculous show on PBS.. its called a place called home. They are kinda...mental. right now they are discussing developmental milestones. this is kinda annoying to me... because right off the bat, i know that my boys aren't fully talking and they are 4. it kinda irritates me because i know that my boys are more advance in other parts of their milestones... i kinda wonder if people now days realize that people have been grown and born and grown...over and over again. why should we classify every moment in their lives.

I seriously doubt if cave people were standing there grunting about how their child is how ever old and should be doing whatever...i seriously don't think so. Grr

ok also the last episode i watched like a couple weeks ago.... it was men and breastfeeding... now this really pissed me off. honestly i think that the men on there are freaking weirdos. and the women going along with it think that they are princesses. total BULL! first off breastfeeding is woman's work...honest to god. when i was breastfeeding all i wanted Anthony to do was to change the boys diapers...but these "men" were talking about bringing her food, entertainment, and other stuff. this is just so wrong... you DON'T need bells and whistles, you need a pillow, a place to sit, and the BABY. MEN stop trying to make things about you!

I just kinda....hate those types of people. everything HAS to be BROUGHT to you... PLEASE. I can understand a bit of help but when the man is trying to compensate for not being able to breastfeed.. kinda creeps me out.

ugg. i just need to stop being angry... stop it shannon...STOP

does anyone else think that people should stop telling us how to raise our children...soon we will have the babies and just turn them into the government to raise them...cause that's whats going on. you can't do this, can't do that, they have to do this or your a bad parent, how awful is this country for parents...government is just doing too too toO much. they are the reason the kids are as bad as they are now days. ok ok stop stop

memories.

So I was just informed that my great grandma just died. Sadly I did not know much about this woman. I knew her as grama breezy. I only saw her a couple times when i was younger and something stood with me. Her story. The Toothfairy. to me that is her legacy... the only thing i truly remember about her. The story is just a memory now. i can only remember a few details. I know that my grama will be very sad not to have her mom anymore...so this is my goodbye to grama breezy. See you later chick! can't wait to meet you again.

fun pics and TATTING UPDATES!

I am going to start off with some fun kid pictures....enter the hat!

ON ANAVAY
AND AZRIEL
my son Atreyu...the trailblazer!
Don't ask me why i threw this in here... it was just fun...that's me...(don't look and the stomach) and my boyfriend Anthony. Everyone was goofing around and everyone got to "airplane"Tatting updates!
I am working on the summer challenge over on Intatters. So i have two to submit. I will do that shortly.The top one is Anne Orr book #48, its a really easy patterns and it's so elegant. It was quick to tat up. Easy to remember and again...its soooo pretty! The second one was a little harder. Also from the same book. If you are going to try this pattern i suggest using 2 shuttles, not only will it come out looking better but so much easier. This is an easy pattern (once you get the hang of it.) the 1st round is just a large ring. if you want you can make the ring a split ring so you can climb out of the picot and make it look better. Again really easy and pretty. the second one is actually my favorite!


Then this... its called Tatted Daisy and it was designed by W.M. Odum...there is one center ring and the rest is chains...its pretty easy but you get tired of chains...real tired.
And lastly this is my attempt at roll tatting... i know HOW to do it but it doesn't come out looking good. I believe that this was made with a needle.

I tried letting people at Intatters know that both ROLL TATTING and JOSEPHINE RINGS are MUCH easier on a needle than trying to do it with a shuttle. I actually have a video for roll tatting but i need to get to it...bummer.
Oh and i almost, almost forgot... I am teaching my friend Brianda to tat... i think she might have it.Now am I forgetting anything...I don't know...Oh question. i bought a tatting book without my boyfriends knowledge...does this qualify as cheating?

Also does anyone have an explanation about why tatting is so addictive?
I have been wanting to knit for like a week and the more i think about knitting the more i tat... is this unusual?

stealing.

Sunday Stealing: The Crafty Fifty Meme, Part Two

Cheers to all of us thieves!

26. What do you normally smell like?
me. or hawiian ginger body mist

27. Do you like Carrie Underwood?
i guess

28. Been to “The Vegas”?
no, where's that?

29. How far away do you live from your parents?
i have no idea where my mom is...

30. Are you happy with your job?
i guess.

31. Where do you work and what do you do there?
at home and i do tons!

32. What did you get in the mail today?
no mail. just ads

33. How do you like your steak cooked?
well done...really well done...ok jerky

34. Britney Spears…is she back?
i haven't heard a song from her in like 6months

35. What do you usually order at Taco Bell?
beef supreme chalupas

36. Have you ever sat all the way through Gone With the Wind?
a few times... mainly when i was a kid

37. Have you ever been to Mt Rushmore?
no.

38. Is it just me, or was The Marine (w/John Cena) a really horrible movie?
i never watched it

39. Are surveys like the cocaine of myspace?
no, cocaine is the cocaine of myspace.

40. Where is your favorite place (that you have actually been to)?
my favorite spot is um...hmm. no where i guess.

41. What is your favorite candle scent
berries

42. Do you believe places can really be haunted?
fuck yea! i am actually haunted everywhere...i don't mind it at all.

43. Do you smoke cigarettes?
only when i drink...but lately i have been just wanting one.

44. Have you ever been to NYC or LA?
no

45. How many states have you been to where all you saw was the airport?
never been on a plane

46. Do you think 50 questions is enough?
no, i need more!

47. Are you currently planning a trip?
to bed! maybe the waterpark tomorrow

48. Is Ryan Seacrest gay? Should anyone care?
i don't care...i think the only person who should care is his GF/BF

49. Do you take anti-depressants? Sleeping pills
I probably should. i have been feeling really off lately

50. What do you think about space travel?
i think it is awesome...

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So

I don't know if its true or not but Anthony says he now has a job! As a security guard. But like i said i don't know. it might still fall through. Boy oh Boy wouldn't that be nice! Send him good wishes!