We Are in the Four Percent!

You know how iPhones have an app for...EVERYTHING?  Well, after having Keely I discovered that vaccines are much the same way.  Mumps?  There's a vacc for that!  Measles?  One for that too!  Chicken pox?  Heck yes there's a vaccine for that!  Well, Keely got her chicken pox vaccine last week.  Apparently something like four percent of children will have a mild rash caused by the vaccine consisting of about 10 chicken pox.  Yeah...10 seems about right...for the amount on her right cheek!  The kid is covered in chicken pox.  I'm just glad that she didn't have seizures or any more serious side effects. 

Fortunately, they don't seem to be bothering her, because I was allll sorts of ready to break this idea out.  Remember this?

That is the episode of Friends where Phoebe has Chicken Pox and they tape oven mitts to her hands to keep her from scratching.  Okay...I wasn't really going to do it, but it probably works really well.  

Drowninggggg

I feel like I am drowning in school work so I decided to take a short break to come over here.  I've been in class for about 2 weeks now and I really don't think I've ever read so much in my entire life.  Seriously.  Have you ever taken a Philosophy class?  They are so enriching and wonderful and if you want any spare time don't ever take one because they will literally absorb your entire life.  I am currently taking 2.  Wonderful.  On the bright side, I have this fantastic new computer for which to take all of my online classes on.  It's magical and I love it.  And it doesn't hurt that when I turn it on I get to look at this lovely background courtesy of Kurt Halsey's artwork. 

Looking around at Kurt Halsey's photobucket page is one of my favorite things to do.  And now I must be off to read about Marx and Emerson.  And never ever finish reading....EVER.  

Vacation?

Well, I just got back from Illinois with Keely the other day.  I have a ton of school work piling up already and school just started last Monday!  I am not quite ready to pack up the winter clothes yet, but I will admit I have been longing to go to the beach these last few days.

That is a picture of Keely and me last year in Wildwood.  I am so excited to go back this year!  We might even take off for a couple of days by ourselves...sans the babe.  We'll see how that works out.  With or without Keely, we will be going!

Headband or something like it....

Soooo...I finished my first knit project.  It's a headband...or at least it somewhat resembles a headband. 

That is the back of the "headband" on what I refer to as "my hair".  Give me a break, by 8 pm the makeup is off and I have given up on my dreams of perfectly coiffed hair hours before.

  Yeah...we're not gonna talk about the hair...especially not from the front view.  At least I saved you having to look at my glasses covered, not made up face.  Anyways, I think I kind of like it in a somewhat hippyish way.  I'm almost positive that is only because I made it myself.   

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it.

Here are my goals for 2010.  Now that they are posted I actually have to hold myself accountable for them.  Kinda scary.  I'm pretty excited about it though.  I'm super excited to see Keely in Elsie's snow day hat.  The D.I.Y. can be found here.  It seems like it should be pretty easy.  And painting my nails shouldn't be that hard...until you factor in a toddler.  Add a toddler into any situation and all bets are off.   

Those nail polishes would satisfy my urge to own all things Hello Kitty and they are super cute.  However, they are a bit out of my price range as far as a synthetic coating on my nails that will inevitably peel off goes.  I'm also really excited to add more sillisculpts to our collection.

  They're so cute and we haven't found a new one in a while.  I think finding them is my favorite part.  And now I must be off so that I can procrastinate on these goals for at least the next 11 months or so. 
 
  

I Want to Embroider Our World

Sometime this  year I have big plans.  Oh yes, plans of great magnitude.  What are these plans you ask?  Well, I plan on buying this:

That my friends, is the Kurt Halsey embroidery pattern from Sublime Stitching.  It is so very sweet that I would embroider it everywhere I could find.  Which shouldn't be a problem since we have a profound love for all things Kurt Halsey in this home.   

That sweet little piece of jewelry is the necklace that my wonderful husband bought me just out of the kindness of his heart on our daughter's first birthday.  I wear it all the time.  It is from here.  I love it so much.  Add onto that two Kurt Halsey tattoos that the husband has.  And a planned tattoo for myself.  Sure, we might be a little Kurt Halsey crazy, but how could you not love him?

Oh, hello there.

New blog.  It feels so...so...new?  Alright then, moving on.  I should introduce myself for all of my loyal readers.  (Hello dear husband o' mine).  I'm Erin.  I am the mom of a one year old girl.  I hate the voice of whoever sings on all fisher price battery operated toys.  I like to attempt to knit.  I'm not very good at it, but I would like to be.  I am currently attempting to make an audaciously pink scarf, and a cute headband.  I have wild dreams of being crafty, and knowing how to sew, dress myself, scrapbook, decorate, and cook everything in my life to perfection.  However, I have very little talent in the "craft" department, and I am lucky if my clothes go together, and my grilled cheese does not need to have the burnt part scraped off.  Luckily my wonderful husband is actually a very good cook and makes a living off of it.  I am going to attempt to keep up with this blog to chronicle all of the exciting adventures that occur in our lives.  

P.S. I also love pretty pictures of things.

Like this picture.  From here.  Someday I hope to have lots of yarn in pretty colors.