all confused...

I can't keep the days straight!  I keep thinking it's Friday.  I was checking my Google Reader and noticed some TWD posts and thought...wow, these people are posting really early--Tuesday isn't for several more days!  And then I saw another one...and another.  Oh yeah!  It is Tuesday!  But clearly I do not have a TWD post.  However, I do have 4 large casserole dishes in the fridge waiting for my end of the year Bible study retreat.  Our food plans are: lasagna w/salad & garlic bread, cheesecake, chess bars, Mexican dip & chips, & sausage & apple breakfast casseroles!  I'm getting ready to trek all that food out to the lake house of a family friend where I will spend the night with 8-10 lovely college ladies to enjoy time together before several of them graduate and move away.  Super excited!

So sorry about the lack of posts, but I just cannot make any more food than I'm currently doing!  I never thought I would need all 4 of my 9x13" pyrex pans all at once until I started working with college students!

little April showers?

Loved this scene but kinda over the rainy weather and huge storms!  How are they where you live? We've had a ton of rain here.  Just praying we don't have a flood like last year!

New Hobby!

Ok--really this is just a new focus in my old hobby, but I am currently obsessed w/making stuffed animals!


I made my first--some little bears back in May 2010--and then made oh-so-many variations on that pattern, that I decided to start to branch out and make some other cutesy little things :).  I found an awesome animal pattern database and have gone crazy!


Here are some favorites:

monkeys for the twins

a bunny for a friend's new baby

cherries for my bestest's little one's toy kitchen:

A hippo just because he's friendly:

and because they are also friendly...

a cute little bluebird, another hippo, and a mouse on which i messed up the head: 

And, most special of all...

This little ducky friend

who oh-so-magically reverses...

and becomes a twirly-eared bunny!

I've also made a can of spam with slices and a wedge of cheese but forgot to take pictures of both of them :(. 

These have been such fun projects to do--I used to always make baby blankets but I've noticed that most of my friends w/kids end up with tons of blankets, plus these toys knit up a lot faster, are very original and safe, and they help me use up my massive stockpile of yarn!

If you are a knitter or a crocheter you should definitely look for free pattern databases online--there are so many creative and easy things that you can make!