It has been much too long that cool metal needles have graced my hands. For too long, "yarn stash" has not been spoken in this house. I am not sure how that happened. Too much going on, too much recuperating from surgeries! When the house is quiet (which is almost never), it calls to me! Slowly, I feel the knitting mojo flowing back into my body. All kinds of creative ideas! Which one to choose?
Must stop reading Ravelry.com right now! I had forgotten how much I "need" a spinning wheel and a drum carder! Don't forget a sock machine as well. Hmm, so so many needs, and yet sooooo little check book!
I am hoping in the not too distant future, there will be land I can call mine and finally have a place for some fiber animals. That is all that is keeping me going some days. The promise of the future. Some of this future better hurry up and get here before I am too old or busted up to enjoy it.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
We have BABIES!!!
Yes, the Anderson family has added more to it's household! Last night we discovered two baby guppies. Baby fish are called FRY. So we have two fry from our recent purchase of guppies. Right now they are too small and fast to get good pictures of. We have started feeding Tera Brine Shrimp to help add protein as both moms and babies need it. http://www.amazon.com/Tetra-Baby-Shrimp-Dried-Gammarus/dp/B00025K0XK We still feed our regular flake food as well. Our tank tends to get over fed. There are several reasons for this:
1: We let Cody help with the feeding. :)
2: We have a snail and an sucker fish that need something to clean up.
3: Multiple feeding keep them from being bored and nipping on fins.
4: Gives the babies better chance at survival if the adults are full.
5: They are FUN to watch eat!
I have not yet been able to figure out who the mother is of our two fry. However, we have several that look to have babies soon! (We hope)
1: We let Cody help with the feeding. :)
2: We have a snail and an sucker fish that need something to clean up.
3: Multiple feeding keep them from being bored and nipping on fins.
4: Gives the babies better chance at survival if the adults are full.
5: They are FUN to watch eat!
I have not yet been able to figure out who the mother is of our two fry. However, we have several that look to have babies soon! (We hope)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Had an AWESOME weekend in the Black Hills!
Oh my! Our spur of the moment trip to the Black Hills of SD was just what the doctor ordered! It was so nice just to have a brain break and do fun things as a family! We all were wishing that it would have lasted so much longer! Here are a bunch of photos of our trip! Enjoy!
This is just a few of the many pics we took on this trip.
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| Cool clouds heading West. |
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| More clouds |
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| Not bad for a camera phone. |
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| Headed west. Shouldn't his eyes be on the road??? |
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| Too much time in the Jeep. LOL |
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| Me |
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| Badlands on the East edge of Wall. |
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| More Badlands East of Wall |
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| Outside of Mt Rushmore. Stopped for some photos. |
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| Bouncing on Grandpa's pickup. |
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| The Thinker |
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| The picker. |
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| My folks at the entrance of Mt. Rushmore w/ Cody. |
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| Cody hugging a tree as part of the Junior Ranger program. |
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| Wagons HOOOOO @ Wall on the way home. |
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| Me and Cody. |
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| Like Father - Like Son |
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| You have been a great audience! Thank you Wall Drug! |
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| Dancing before getting back in the Jeep |
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| Ride em cowboy! |
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| New Extreme Sport - Stagecoach Surfing! |
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| Badlands on the way home. |
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| Badlands with pretty colors |
This is just a few of the many pics we took on this trip.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Happy Day!
I am very excited!!! I stepped on the Wii Fit this am and it told me that I had lost 3.5 pounds! Yeah!!!!! This is huge considering that aerobic exercise is still out of the question due to my knee. Slowly but surely I am implementing the lifestyle changes that I am learning in my Health Coach schooling.
I just have to keep reminding myself that I took me a while to get this size. So, it is going to take me a while to "unget" this size. :) The weather here has been perfect Fall weather! Nice cool nights make for really good sleeping!
I just have to keep reminding myself that I took me a while to get this size. So, it is going to take me a while to "unget" this size. :) The weather here has been perfect Fall weather! Nice cool nights make for really good sleeping!
Great Goggly Moggly
Wow, it has been a while since I have been on here! To say things have been a bit wild around here this last month is putting it mildly! This is what Sept looked like for me. Please remember these are only the things that actually made it onto the calender! None of my online classes are listed in this calender!
Black is everyone
Purple is just Shawn and I
Red is Shawn - my husband
Blue is CJ (that's me)
Green is Cody (our son)
Wed Sep 1, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
Thu Sep 2, 2010
8:45am - 9:45am CJ @ PT (thats Me)
Fri Sep 3, 2010
No School (kids)
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
11:45am - 12:45pm CJ @ PT
Sun Sep 5, 2010
8am - 12pm Church / Worship Band - Shawn & CJ
Where: Christ Community Church
Mon Sep 6, 2010
Labor Day
No School (kids)
Tue Sep 7, 2010
8:45am - 9:45am CJ @ PT
3:45pm - 6:45pm Shawn - College Class
Wed Sep 8, 2010
8:30am - 9:30am Cj @ Dr. Peterson
8:30am - 9:30am Take Eryka to school - Shawn
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
3:45pm - 4:45pm Pick up Eryka from school - CJ
5pm - 7pm Audition at PI: flu bug Shawn
5:30pm - 7:30pm Kids here
5:30pm - 10:30pm Wedding makeover & fittings CJ
Thu Sep 9, 2010
8:30am - 9:30am Take Eryka to school
11:00am - Parents get here
11:00am - Parents get here
3:45pm - 6:45pm Shawn - College Class
6:30pm - 9:30pm Wedding rehearsal CJ
Fri Sep 10, 2010
Cory & Sabrina's Wedding
8:30am - 9:30am Take Eryka to school
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
11:30 Check into Hotel Room
11:45 Start getting dressed for Wedding
2:30pm Wedding Pics
5:00 pm Wedding
Sat Sep 11, 2010
Patriot Day
Spend the day with the Wedding Party & parents
Spend the day with the Wedding Party & parents
Parents come to our house
Sun Sep 12, 2010
Parents here
Mon Sep 13, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
5:30pm - 7:30pm Kids here
Parents here
Tue Sep 14, 2010
Parents go home
Parents go home
3:45pm - 6:45pmShawn - College Class
7pm - 10pm Guild Meeting - CJ
Wed Sep 15, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
Thu Sep 16, 2010
3:45pm - 6:45pm Shawn - College Class
4:30pm - 5:15pm Cody Piano Lessons - CJ take
7:00pm - 9:30pm -Hodgson Observatory Visit - CJ take
7:00pm- 10:00pm - Worship Practice - Shawn & Carrie
2nd largest private telescope in the state
Mr Hodgson explaining his fence with each hanging square equaling a plant or famous star.
It is 610ft long and is 1in = 1 astronomical unit if I remember correctly. I have to say thank you to the ladies of our homeschooling group for taking the pictures.
Fri Sep 17, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
11:30am - 12:30pm Wardrobe fitting Shawn
5:45pm - 12am Kids arrive for weekend
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| This is the look that won him the audition to be the state's flu bug. :) |
Sat Sep 18, 2010
Kids here
Sun Sep 19, 2010
12am - 7:30pm Kids here
8am - 12pm Church / Worship Band - Shawn & CJ
Where: Christ Community Church
12pm - 5pm Apple Festival - Country Apple Orchard
Where: Country Apple Orchard
Here is the family at the Apple Orchard having a good time!
Mon Sep 20, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
5pm - 7pm Kids Here
Tue Sep 21, 2010
1:30pm - 3pm Swimming @ Family Wellness- Cody
3:45pm - 6:45pm Shawn - College Class
Wed Sep 22, 2010
10am - 11amShawn - College Class
Thu Sep 23, 2010
3:45pm - 6:45pm Shawn - College Class
4:30pm - 5:15pm Cody Piano Lessons - CJ Take
7pm - 10pm Worship practice - Shawn & CJ
Fri Sep 24, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
11am - 6pm Flu PSA Shoot Shawn
Sat Sep 25, 2010
10am - 2pm Green-ival & Bio-Blitz
3:00pm - classes at Landscape Garden Center
Sun Sep 26, 2010
8am - 12pm Church / Worship Band - Shawn & CJ
Where: Christ Community Church
Rain Storm @ our House
Mon Sep 27, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
2:30pm - 3:30pm Lawyer meeting
Tue Sep 28, 2010
9am - 10am CJ- chiropractor
3:45pm - 6:45pm Shawn - College Class
Wed Sep 29, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
3pm - 4pm Cody - Piano with Neal
Thu Sep 30, 2010
3:45pm - 6:45pm Shawn - College Class
4:30pm - 5:15pm Cody Piano Lessons
Throw in all my college and nutrition classes and there isn't much free time. Add extra time to those classes as the pain meds I am STILL on cause some brain fog. Sometimes, I will go thru something a couple of time to understand what the class was about! Thank goodness, I am taking internet classes this year. Now add in a garden, meals, laundry, groceries, etc and there is less free time. I swear sometimes it seems like 12 people live here instead of 6 for the amount of groceries we go thru! Oh yeah, work on homeschool stuff with Cody and find/research homeschool stuff for Cody. Spend hours on the phone dealing/fighting with two different insurance companies.
Yes, I have been dealing with a bit of stress to say the least! If I didn't have to deal with trying to make insurance companies do what they are supposed to do, I would be a TON less stressed. Because of them, I have not been able to do PT for the last few weeks as they are refusing to pay at this point. So I get to spend all my time on the phone trying to get thru to a human to remind them that they have all the paperwork that they need to approve PT. I have lost count how many times I have been put on hold and than hung up on, or told they will look into it and call me back. Days later still no call?? Great customer service or something.
Trying to get my family to eat more healthy is a process to say the least. Trying to modify familiar foods to be more healthy is a bit of a challenge. I have some picky eaters in my house!
Hopefully, by the end of the year, my knee will be back to 100%. It is getting better but not fast enough for me. I am tired of things taking so long to do because of my knee! I just keep reminding myself that the Lord doesn't give us more than we can handle. I just wish He didn't have so much faith in me! I just keep looking forward to June 2011 when I WILL hike to the top of Crazy Horse during their annual Volksmarch.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Oh My! We maybe found a new place to spend lots of money. YIKES!
Well, went to my weekly beating as I like to call it. My husband calls it PT. LOL After that we went to my good friend Teresa's business and visited for a couple of hours. Today was Cody's first homeschooling day all though we spent most of the morning out!
After Teresa's, we went next door to The Last Shop CD Shop. Spent $75 on books for the Squid worth about $200. Got all kinds of cool books. Dragons, Wizards, Pirates, Earth, Animals are just a few of the subjects bought. The coolest thing is that that Squid had input on all the books and is excited about them! This was definitely a store that we could have done without ever going into! The crazy thing??? We only looked at one set of shelves! It is not hard to find cool stuff there!
This afternoon with the hubby off at college, the Squid and I stayed home. He read about dragons and has started working on some of the puzzles in the book. I finished my first assignment for my CS 105 class.
Started entering our new books into a program on my Droid. Now that we are going to be buying more books that are in a series, I figured I should keep track to avoid duplicates.
Well, time for some sleep.
After Teresa's, we went next door to The Last Shop CD Shop. Spent $75 on books for the Squid worth about $200. Got all kinds of cool books. Dragons, Wizards, Pirates, Earth, Animals are just a few of the subjects bought. The coolest thing is that that Squid had input on all the books and is excited about them! This was definitely a store that we could have done without ever going into! The crazy thing??? We only looked at one set of shelves! It is not hard to find cool stuff there!
This afternoon with the hubby off at college, the Squid and I stayed home. He read about dragons and has started working on some of the puzzles in the book. I finished my first assignment for my CS 105 class.
Started entering our new books into a program on my Droid. Now that we are going to be buying more books that are in a series, I figured I should keep track to avoid duplicates.
Well, time for some sleep.
What I have I gotten myself into??
Well, my life is bit hectic and crazy. Let me tell you why! My house consists of 6 people - myself, my husband, his mom, eldest son (17), daughter (13), and youngest son (10). Right now my husband is going back to college for the first time in too many years to count. I too am going back to school online to become a Certified Health Coach. I am also taking a few college classes to work towards finishing my degree. So that equals out to about a double load. We won't talk about how many years it has been since I was in college either. I am so looking forward to filling out 3, that's right 3, FAFSAs in January. (insert sarcasm here!) So next year at this time, my husband, my self, and our eldest will all be in college.
Right now I am also dealing with a double knee injury from December 26, 2008. Yep, you read that right, 2008! I am in physical therapy following my third knee surgery. That whole issue is a blog unto itself. So I also go to PT 2-3 times a week.
Just to make this time of year a tab busier, my brother is getting married on Sept. 10. and both the hubby and I are standing up for him. The brides maid dress issue has been interesting! I am not entirely sure what it will look like until Wed and the wedding is on Fri. This has got to be one of the most interesting weddings I have ever been apart of! I will blog all about it and post some pics later as well.
Than to top it all off - the elementary school were my youngest goes is not addressing his learning needs. The poor kid had some less than quality teachers in the beginning and now the holes in his education are starting to really show. SOOOOOO, after much discussion and prayer, my husband and I have made up our minds to homeschool him. Believe me when I say that this was not something we just jumped into. We are just tired of fighting to get him the extra help he needs and having to reteach many of his classes after he gets home. I might as well do it myself the first time! Tomorrow we will start the paperwork to get our homeschooling plan official. The Squid (as we call him) is very excited about this! The change in him as been amazing and we just brought it up to him three days ago. All of a sudden, he is asking questions and wanting to know about all kinds of things. This is a complete 180 from him. He is excited that he gets to learn about things that interest him and have plenty of time to do it.
It is more that a bit scary trying to figure out how I am going to get my schooling and his done as well. As all of my classes are online, I am going to have him listen to the lectures with me and do age appropriate work based on what we just learned. By explaining it to him, I will learn it better as well.
Well, that is enough for now! Stayed tuned for the ongoing saga at the "Anderson Academy SD."
Right now I am also dealing with a double knee injury from December 26, 2008. Yep, you read that right, 2008! I am in physical therapy following my third knee surgery. That whole issue is a blog unto itself. So I also go to PT 2-3 times a week.
Just to make this time of year a tab busier, my brother is getting married on Sept. 10. and both the hubby and I are standing up for him. The brides maid dress issue has been interesting! I am not entirely sure what it will look like until Wed and the wedding is on Fri. This has got to be one of the most interesting weddings I have ever been apart of! I will blog all about it and post some pics later as well.
Than to top it all off - the elementary school were my youngest goes is not addressing his learning needs. The poor kid had some less than quality teachers in the beginning and now the holes in his education are starting to really show. SOOOOOO, after much discussion and prayer, my husband and I have made up our minds to homeschool him. Believe me when I say that this was not something we just jumped into. We are just tired of fighting to get him the extra help he needs and having to reteach many of his classes after he gets home. I might as well do it myself the first time! Tomorrow we will start the paperwork to get our homeschooling plan official. The Squid (as we call him) is very excited about this! The change in him as been amazing and we just brought it up to him three days ago. All of a sudden, he is asking questions and wanting to know about all kinds of things. This is a complete 180 from him. He is excited that he gets to learn about things that interest him and have plenty of time to do it.
It is more that a bit scary trying to figure out how I am going to get my schooling and his done as well. As all of my classes are online, I am going to have him listen to the lectures with me and do age appropriate work based on what we just learned. By explaining it to him, I will learn it better as well.
Well, that is enough for now! Stayed tuned for the ongoing saga at the "Anderson Academy SD."
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