Not all was lost, I managed to post on a blog, just not this one. Five new items, 4 pairs of shoes and 1 pair of longies, are now up at May Angel Star Crochet. I’m working on more shoes, they are seriously adorable.

I caught up on the last 5 episodes of The Vampire Diaries. I forgot how much I love the character of Damon. Now I have to wait until April to see more.

Also, the show V is amazing, it’s kept me on my toes. I like that.

My weekend is incredibly busy, so I’m most likely going to stick with being quiet, especially since I am in a crochet mood.

This is the kind of week that scheduled posts would work wonders for me. Problem is I only like posting in the moment. I like sharing what I feel right then, not days or weeks later when the feelings aren’t the same….

This is the first time I’ve blogged from my phone. My fingers are starting to go numb, stupid carpal tunnel.

Off to bed I go.

Good night all!

I’m liberated!

For awhile I thought about doing my own thing and while it’s not perfect and I still have things to work on, I’m excited to be on my very own without Etsy.

I am now one step closer to my crochet goals! Eventually I would like to design, but right now my brain is a little bit fried from life to truly focus on it.

I will *fingers crossed that I get approved* be able to sell some new items soon, like these Newborn Pink and Brown Mary Jane Skimmers (a Hook Candy pattern):

Come visit me and if you are interested in something free to give away on your blog, let me know!

May Angel Star Crochet

And no, I am not pregnant

My hands have been working like busy little bees and the following is what I have to show for it.

Forest Wool Longies (size small)

Harvest Wool Longies (size medium)

Yes, not only were they completed but also listed on Etsy. Aren’t I productive?! Click on the descriptions to be taken there! I also have a blue one in medium but I need to pick up some more yarn. It’s 80% done.

I feel like the last few weeks I have only posted in three categories. May Angel Star Crochet, Writing and Wordless Wednesday.

You know what, that is okay, because that’s what I’ve got going on here. It is, what it is.

As for the next installment of Set Free, I’ve been toying with the idea of posting the beginning of the story. Would you like that?

Oh and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 starts showing tonight at Midnight. I will be there! Jacked up on caffeine, no doubt, but there nonetheless.

Then it happened.

Saturday Oct. 30th, I told Brian that I wasn’t feeling right and that I thought maybe I just might even throw-up. I went to bed promptly after my declaration.

The prophesy was fulfilled, I spent all night and until almost noon on the 31st doing just that and unfortunately the other end was just as active.

Sunday was for sleeping. Between naps there was some sucking on ice or flavor-ice pops and watching episodes of Weeds on Netflix.

My kids were amazing. Leaving me alone in the morning while Brian was at church, he had to be there super early to do AV. When he came home he brought me the Sprite I requested and then took all the kids to Galaxy Games and Golf to play and Wendy’s to eat some lunch. I received handmade drawings and whispered “I love yous” from just out of reach. Katie even gave me a quarter.

It was absolutely awful and the feelings of being trapped in my room started to rear their ugly head. See the last time I was ill like this I was suffering from excessive morning sickness when I was pregnant with Alex. I had spent a lot of time doing the same thing, except I was backed up in the other end and substitute Reba and CSI-Miami for Weeds. My thoughts switched from Oh, I’m so sick this is awful to Do I really want to have another baby and go through months of hell just like this again?

Around 7pm I actually got my appetite back. I had two scrumptious meals of applesauce and then went to bed for the night.

Brian got sick that night and was in bed for two days.

I was functioning but not fully, not that I had a choice. When you are a mom the show must go on regardless of how you are feeling. Kids still need to have lunches packed, though Brian did get most of that done, and kids still needed to get to the bus stop on time. Having no motivation whatsoever to do much of anything, writing was the last thing on my mind. My laundry is sky high in equal piles of needed folded and needed washed. The fanciest meal prepared for dinner was pigs in a blanket and it went downhill from there to spaghettio’s and meatballs to frozen pancakes.

Brian and I are still not eating a whole ton. Last night I had some yogurt and a couple of chips.

There was a silver lining to surfing the internet in a haze of recovery. I found an awesome pattern, Dragon Fly, for crochet longies by Ladybugz Farm that I purchased the license to make and sell.

So I did a trial run yesterday and they are so cute.

I may hop on the writing train within the next couple of days.

Or I might just crochet some longies.

Either way I’ll be happy doing it.