I've been in stitches all day...

Stud's drama club is putting on it's spring show this weekend. The kids had to be at school at 12:30 this afternoon, which allowed him to sleep in a little after being up late last night for Opening Night.

This is what I did while I was waiting for Stud to get dressed this morning...

...while waiting for the show to end...

...and what I did after the show. (I made the brim a little wider on this one. I like it better than the first.)

I have now made a total of 6 baby hats, and I finally think I have it down. Look at the size difference between the first one I made last weekend, and the one I made today! It the exact same pattern, but I believe the difference is the tension. I think I was pulling the stitches too tight when I first started. Now that I've got some kind of "form," I've learned to relax my hands a bit

Here are the two finished hats for KC's sister's twins. I hate to toot my own horn, but damn, they're cute!!

So far, since I taught myself to crochet a week ago, I've made 6 hats and 3 scarves. How hilarious is that? I made a scarf a day for the first three days. The funniest part of that is that it was in the 80s when I made those! I think I'm going to pack them away for the holidays. Or, maybe I'll make them again, now that I've gotten the hang of it...

Email of the Day (NOT for the kids!)

The Differences Between Men and Woman

(This one is my favorite!)

I just cracked myself up! (updated)

So, naturally, after school I headed straight over to Walmart to buy some yarn. I was so excited to make the baby hats, I couldn't help myself!!! Like I predicted, it took my an hour to make this.

SO cute, right? I can't believe it actually looks like a hat!!! Now, for the kicker...

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LOOK AT HOW SMALL THIS IS!!!!!

I was just about to pull it all apart, but then it occurred to me that it just might be the right size for a preemie. Anyone out there have any thoughts? I'm starting to think I should just make a whole bunch of them, pink and blue, and donate them to the hospital for all those sweet little preemies. They need to stay warm, don't they?

***UPDATE***

I decided to go ahead and finish off the brim of this baby girl's hat. It has a cute little lacy edge to it.

But, good Lord, it's tiny!!

Oh, and I forgot to mention....

This is what I did while watching Saturday Night Live last night. It's the same lacy pattern as the scarf I made on Friday. I think it's really pretty, and it's really a super easy pattern to follow (obviously!!). I love earth tones, which is why I chose this yarn. I teased Stud earlier, telling him I was making him a camouflage scarf, and I expected him to wear it. Bwah haha!

I went online this morning and found the most amazing baby booties and really cute hats that I'm going to tackle this week. They seem pretty easy to make, and they have videos that I can follow, so I'm pretty confident that I can handle them. According to the video, the hats can be made really quickly. If I could crochet as fast as the guy who made the videos, I can whip a hat out in about 20 minutes. So, I'm giving myself an hour. :)

I'm even more excited about these because I already know who I'm making them for. My brother's on-again-off-again girlfriend (of over 10 freakin' years!) has a sister who is expecting twins in about 5 months. AND, she's having a boy and a girl! JACKPOT!! I'm so happy for her. I figure, if I can't get these right this week, I have a few months to practice, right?

I found a couple more...

...of my favorite pictures of my daddy. ( It suddenly occurred to me that I could go back through my archives to find pictures I already posted. DUH!)

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!!!!

Wow, what a difference a decade makes!

Daddy and his Big Bro.

Daddy's Favorite Thing

Stud and I drove out to the sportsmen's club my dad belongs to, after stopping for cupcakes to share with his buddies. My daddy is a world-class trapshooter, so I thought it was only appropriate to capture him doing the things he loves most on his birthday.

My two favorite men!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!!

Since I have yet to transfer my files from my old computer to my new, I don't have many pictures of my daddy to post here. None of these are very recent, but you can still see how damn cute he is!!

This is from about a year and a half ago, at my uncle's 80th birthday party. This is my dad, my uncle and their older sister. Oh, yeah, I said older! This photo doesn't really do her justice, but trust me, she does NOT look like an 85 year old woman. Thank God there are some great genes in this family. This is my uncle who has been quite ill lately, so it's almost hard to look at this picture, because he looks so healthy here.
This actually from my dad's birthday 2 years ago. We had just opened the bar exactly a week before this, and we had a big bash for my dad's birthday there. This is a horrid picture of my parents, and they would kill me if they knew I was putting it out there for the world to see (well, ok mostly just my mother would kill me!) but I wanted to show you what my dad actually wore for part of his party. One of my silly cousins bought him a card that punched out to make a crown. Can you see what that crown says?! BIRTHDAY SLUT!! Bwah hahahaha!!! This was my dad's 65th birthday, and he actually wore THIS on his head!

This picture has been posted several times here already, but as you already know, this is one of my favorite pictures with my daddy.

A father is always making his baby into a little woman.

And when she is a woman he turns her back again.

~Enid Bagnold

A father carries pictures where his money used to be.

~Author Unknown

Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.

~Author Unknown

The greatest gift I ever had
Came from God; I call him Dad!
~Author Unknown

The first man a little girl falls in love with is her Dad.
-- Author Unknown

The lucky man has a daughter as his first child.
-- Spanish Proverb

To her the name of father was another name for love.
-- Fanny Fern