http://sh0tgun.net/blog Family blogging at it's finest! Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:12:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have woken up this morning with a belly! 14 weeks+ Don't mind the odd pose, it's not easy to take photos of your own belly with a bulky Nikon! :roll: I've been feeling little flutterings for awhile now, but now it seems the fetus is gaining strength, or morphing ... http://sh0tgun.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/19/so-it-seems/ Finished the tiny longies on Saturday like I hoped! I think they came out pretty with the color & stitch texture symmetry. I'm about 35% into the Seamless Infant Kimono. I did have to frog it once, because I didn't have the pattern printed out yet & I just can't ... http://sh0tgun.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/18/tiny-longie-pants/ I did another Wordpress upgrade today, so if anything is working weird, or you get any errors, please let me know. The Automatic Upgrade plugin is a lifesaver, I can tell you that. Even with a dial up connection it only takes about 8 minutes, at the most. I've been trying ... http://sh0tgun.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/16/the-lots-of-things-update/ Two years ago yesterday (8.10), Dana was born a bit early at 32 weeks gestation. He was by far our tiniest baby weighing in at a whopping 5 pounds on his birth day. Upon discharge, he weighed a petite 4 pounds 10 ounces. He grew SO quickly that it was ... http://sh0tgun.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/11/youve-come-a-long-way-baby/ I've been into scrapbooking for almost twelve years now & in the last four to five; I've gotten into digital scrapping as well. Even more recently I've began to create my own digital scraps & it's A LOT of fun! A few of my good friends (*ahem* The Digi Twins) & ... http://sh0tgun.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/06/yarn-lover-kit/ So yesterday I get an Amazon book pre-order alert, usually I peek & then delete the emails.. BUT NOT THIS TIME! No sir! Dear Amazon.com Customer, As someone who has purchased Harry Potter products from Amazon.com, you might be happy to hear that The Tales of Beedle the ... http://sh0tgun.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/01/the-tales-of-beedle-the-bard/ It's been ages since I've blogged a recipe! I think at least over six months or so at any rate. I'll share one of my favorites using ground turkey (a staple at our home, we don't use/eat ground beef). I use the term enchiladas loosely since instead of wrapping the ... http://sh0tgun.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/01/cheesy-green-turkey-enchiladas/ I upgraded Wordpress (yes, again- those darn updates!) & ended up finding a nasty little bug that wasn't allowing my individual post pages to show up (All that would show up is 'Not Found' for this theme or using the Kubrick 'Error 404 Not Found'-- disabling plugins did nothing as ... http://sh0tgun.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/31/wordpress-sometimes-i-hate-you/ I've been plugging away slowly at the boys' birthday gifts. They're getting handmade doughnuts, sea turtles, & cheeseburger sets (as well as some other non-handcrafted items) for their birthdays. I have the sea turtles finished, but not yet assembled. The doughnuts are finished however & they are SUPER cute! They were ... http://sh0tgun.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/31/doughnuts-are-yummy/ LG soaker shorts. Yarn is TIG Kirsty on Carys BFL. I felt the need to revamp my soaker pattern as with the waistband style I prefer just wasn't keeping it's shape as well as I would have liked. I'm thrilled with this new style- based off my longies/shorts pattern! :mrgreen: http://sh0tgun.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/25/pattern-revamp-soaker-shorts/ I was tagged by the fabulous Robbie a few days ago with this fun little meme. First, here are the rules: - Link to the person who tagged me. - Mention the rules. - Tell six quirky yet boring, unspectacular details about myself. - Tag 6 other bloggers by linking to them. - Go to ... http://sh0tgun.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/25/6-things/ It's been awhile since I shared a good amount of photos. Figured I'd try to make up a bit! I made this for Baby 4 recently. The sweater is from this pattern, although heavily modified. (Specific mods listed on the Ravelry project page). The booties are a modified version of the ... http://sh0tgun.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/14/photo-time/ For Ella Bean's fourth birthday we gifted her with a fabulous retro play kitchen. For some of her small gifts, I improvised up a few things for her new kitchen- including this super quick, super simple to make cup of milk. This is a beginner (easy) pattern. You’ll need: worsted weight yarn (cotton, ... http://sh0tgun.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/09/cup-of-milk/ The blog has been fully updated & theme renovated. I still have a few minor kinks to work out, but they can wait as they aren't of any importance at all (only to me!). I wanted to get all my blog work finished so I can get to work on finishing ... http://sh0tgun.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/08/handcrafted-heartcrafted/ Sorry about the downtime & temporary ugliness/craziness, I FINALLY upgraded Wordpress & I have a renegade plugin messing with the blog script. Should be fixed soon! http://sh0tgun.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/07/site-update/