Of all times to post, I post on Christmas Eve. The time when most people wouldn't post. I haven't posted in forever. I am so sorry about this. Things have been crazy with the engagement and then I lost my job on Oct. 1st. I've finally gotten another job that is 10 times better. I actually have other women to talk too rather than just a guy. It's so nice too, they are all very nice. I love it already, and I've only worked two days. The down side...I get paid every two weeks vs. every week. But it's cool, more money at one time. Plus, I'll be getting taxes back soon. Travis and I are still saving. He has gotten a raise and things are going GREAT at his job. We already know where we are going to live when we get married. His Dad rents out a house around the corner from where he lives with his Grandparents now. At first we were going to just live with his Grandparents. His Grandpa isn't doing too well. His Grandma is started to have problems also. It's tearing him up. He failed every class this past semester. He had to go to the doctor and get put on some depression medicine. He's finally starting to do better. He's himself again. He's been working hard before he starts school back. He's going to try and do all his classes online. I will stay on top of him about those, so he doesn't get behind.
I'm in NC right now and miss him sooo much. I didn't bring knitting or crocheting with me. I haven't even been doing much of that lately anyways besides crocheting my Grandpa, Uncle, and Dad of Rasta hat for Christmas. It's becoming a tradition for them to get matching stuff from me. I've started making jewelry though. I have tackled that once again, and it's going much better this time. Travis's boss told me to send some with him to bring to her and she would inform all the ladies in the building. In two days I sold $80 worth. The ladies at my office want me to bring my jewelry to show them. So jewelry making is going well for me. Next I want to tackle, once again, quilting. It conquered me last time, hopefully it will be the other way around this time. While I've been here I was lucky and had given my Grandma an afghan that I had started for her to take home so she would have something to work on. That's what I've been working on while I've been here. I figured I would take a break from crafting while I was here for Christmas. What was I thinking now bring my jewelry stuff to make jewelry?? The first day, I was soo bored and had mentioned to my Grandma that I didn't bring anything to do and she pointed out the afghan in a bag, so I pulled that out and have been working on it ever since.I promise I will try to keep up with my blog again. I am also working on a website to sell jewelry on. It will be for me and one of my friends. I am hoping to also get back into knitting and crocheting to sell some of that on there also.Everyone have a Merry Christmas, if anyone still reads anymore ;)!!
NEWS!!
We are now engaged!!! Yay!!
I have a question....Does anyone know how to go about finding out what things that you make from patterns you can sell and what you can't. Right now, Does anyone know what the terms are on the Irish Hiking Scarf, hat, wrist warmers, cellphone case are on selling you product you make?
Well, things have definitely been crazy. I want to start keeping up with this blog again. My life will be changing majorly in the next year or so. Travis and I have decided to start working on moving out. We will also be getting engaged before all this happens. He hasn't asked me yet, but it's an understood thing. We have both talked about it. I just don't know when it will actually be official because he wants to surprise me :) We will be moving in with another married couple. We will share the rent and expenses with them on a house. They are our best friends. The guy has a little boy from another relationship and they both have another little boy and a 3 mon. baby girl. They are like Travis and I's brother and sister. Their kids are like our nephews and neice. We are all VERY excited about what we have decided to do. I have yet to tell my parents though. As some of you know, I was working on getting another degree. A degree in Office Systems Technology. I am 2 classes completed and 3 classes working on, into this degree. I already have a degree in Computer Technology with a focus in Networking. This is enough for me. I have talked to my Dad (not my Mom yet) and told him that I don't want to be in school anymore. He didn't get mad. He understood. So I have to talk to my boss about getting health insurance and getting some more hours. He said that he would still help me. But I think, once he finds out that Travis and I are working on moving out in the next year or so. This is depending on if the house we want becomes available or not. But he understood that I was tired of school. So after this semester, I am planning on quitting school. This means getting licensed in health insurance with work and I get commissions. Which is GREAT! Travis is really surprising me. I'm realizing how much I really love him since we have been talking about all this. He has been a super boyfriend and been so good to me. He is willing to sacrafice things he wants to save enough money each week to put back. Haha, Travis just called and said you are going to be really mad at me. And I was like why? He was like I bought another game. He likes to play computer games with Jody (one part of the couple we are going to be moving in with). I was like I'm not mad, it's okay. We were going to start saving in a couple of weeks when you have a better check, remember? :)Anyways, Things are GREAT! I was having some trouble with school. I am taking Accounting 101 online and it's kicking my butt. But it doesn't much matter anymore. I'm still going to be working hard on the class though. AS of right now, I am failing. But maybe I can make a grand comeback and pass with a low C. Maybe...I've been trying to do some knitting and crocheting. Right now I am working on a giant granny square afghan that I started a long time ago in crochet. I want to try and finish some of the stuff I have started and work on busting my stash since I need to start saving money and everything. My hobbies have to suffer but at least I will still be happy and have the love of my life!I hope everyone is doing well! I will try to keep up with my blog!
Okay, so the person must not read my blog anymore....
Anyways, I am back to knitting. I finally finished Travis's Grandma's hat. Now on to his Grandpa's. I am going to work on 3 scarves (or try to fit 3) on one set of needles. Now, I've never done this before. But I thought it's worth a try. I get 3 projects done in the amount of time it would take one. Pretty smart I say. I did start another Caps for a Cure hat. It's going to be the Plain Rolled Brim hat pattern again, but in a different yarn. It's still the 2 dollar yarn I got, but this has eyelash yarn mixed in it. Now I know what you are probably saying, omg, I can't believe you are using that stuff. Well, actually, this looks pretty decent. I made a scarf for the girl I tutor to sale for her church's Relay for Life out of something similar and it turned out great. Speaking of Relay for Life, I need to make her some more scarves. Maybe I will start a couple of those on a set of needles too.
I've been sick the past week or more. It's that time, but it wasn't suppose to be. It's been 2 weeks now. Now, I don't know if I've said but I have endometriosis. My Mom had it and she apparently passed it on to me. I haven't been officially diagnosed with it yet, the DR doesn't want me to go through that right now. Even though I would rather know, so I know how bad it is. So next time I go to her, which should be soon, I am going to ask her to check on it with my insurance and go ahead and get the ball rolling on it. Because if I don't have endometriosis, I want to know why I am in so much pain. And when I was younger (when I first started) it was very painful. I mean rolled up in a ball crying painful. I got put on the pill and it slowly start getting better. Well now I'm on the continuous pill. Which if I could make it this long I could push my period to once every year. Well I was getting close to that, but now it's started getting worse again. And I can't, or my body won't, hold out even 4 months. Which I was in the 5 months range I think. So now I have been on it for 2 weeks now. I've continued to take my pill, I was at the beginning of the month when I started. So I have one more week left. But this has been the painfullest time yet in a loooong time. I mean, I have basically been on the heating pad the past couple of weeks whenever I could be. And when I wasn't I was in severe pain. It's been hard not to cry. Travis hasn't seen it this bad yet and he's been sweetheart about it. He's gotten me the heating pad at his house and everything. Because when I hurt, my sides hurt, my back hurts, my head hurts. Basically my whole bottom half of my body hurts and then my head. And then when I get really tense about it, my whole body will start to hurt. So that is what I've been going through the past couple of weeks. I couldn't even make it to my friend's wedding because I was hurting to bad Saturday. I feel so bad, but I know she will understand. But that's like huge to me, I wanted to go and see her in her dress. And I haven't met her now husband yet. And I had heard so much about him and I wanted to meet him and she wanted to meet Travis. Maybe one day. I haven't gotten to talk to her yet because she is on her honeymoon of course. So I will talk to her when she gets back and we will meet for lunch and some shopping probably. Hopefully I will be able to go the Travis's Company's Employee Appreciation party this coming Saturday. I've been so excited about it. He went shopping with me and bought a beautiful dress for me. My friend that makes jewelry let me borrow some that looks awesome with my dress. I'm not one to say things like this, but I look so good in this dress. I never say anything like that about myself, but I seriously do. I'm so ready to go and look good on his arm. He's going to look so hot too, as he always does. He looks so good dressed up. mmmhmmm.... All I have to do is find the perfect shoes. My sister is going to do my make up, since I don't wear make up (all I wear is mascara and blush if I do wear it) and don't really know how to put it on. I like to go for the natural look on regular days. But this won't be a regular night, it's special. My Mom is going to take up my dress so it looks perfect and so my boobs won't fall out of it (hehe). I know something looks good on me when my Mom says it does, bc she ALWAYS tells me the truth! I love it but hate it at the same time. And Travis is such a good fashion person. You would think he was gay. He picks out great clothes and shoes for me. :) That's a good thing because usually I like stuff that everyone else thinks is ugly. :) But I'm just different I guess. I haven't decided if I'm going to wear my hair up or down. I'm going to ask my sister what she thinks. The dress ties around my neck, so she might say up. I might see if she will do that for me too. And I'm thinking about going and getting my nails done since I have none from biting them. stress, stress, worry, worry. I need to stop, because it's a nasty habit, but it's so hard. Last time I did it was because I chewed gum instead of biting my nails, but I can't do that anymore since I have TMJ and it's kills me. Gives me a nasty headache if I chew gum too much, which was a hard habit to stop in itself. Okay well, just letting y'all know I'm alive and how things are going.Have a great week everyone!
hey everyone. I was wondering if the person that was collecting knitted squares for a young lady who was making a blanket for a teacher of her. Well I have the squares but I lost the mailing address. If that person could email me at
JLTURNER1@aol.com I will get the squares on the way. Sorry about this!
Jnn
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