Its picture day!

First I’ll start off with this handy map that shows you where I’m from. I found this online recently and it’ll come in handy when I’m next asked where Bermuda is. Surprises me how many people have never heard of it, and if they have they think I live in the Bermuda Triangle! *sigh*

I found a large container of buttons of all colours under my bed. Not quite sure how they got there or when I even bought them. Anyway, I had to make an orange jar cozy for some of the new buttons. 🙂

I’ve become a big fan of all things natural over the years and have fallen in love with coconut oil! It’s amazing for hair, skin and nails, and also cooking. I love smelling like a coconut! 🙂 I got this jar off of eBay, like most things I buy online. A…lot…of…things.

My sons blanket is getting bigger! I ran out of yarn though and haven’t added to it in a couple of days. I went shopping this morning, so I’ll be doing some more work on it tonight! :-

Here’s my 16 yr old who I’m making the blanket for. He thinks I’m crazy. Can you tell? hehehe

I felt an urge to crochet some earrings yesterday and made up a few pairs. I’m loving them, but need to decide on a process that’ll stiffen them up a bit. Especially for the loop earrings because the stitches will be twirling all over the place while they’re being worn.

I have an awful nail biting habit, and after 36 years on this planet, I need to sort it out. I don’t even realise I’m doing it, it’s just something I do while concentrating, thinking and/or possibly being stressed. So I decided to purchase some glue on nails. Maybe having these will stop me from biting! I feel like I’ve gone back in time to when these first came out. Hehe Hopefully they’re better quality then they used to be. I remember trying them as a child, they didn’t last long. I’m not really the girly type. 😉 If I can get my fingers looking decent, I can do some crochet tutorials without having to hide my finger nails! *ragged fingers crossed!*

Now wish me luck, I haven’t done anything to my nails in….ummm….hmmm….I don’t actually know. Wow, I need to take better care of myself.

TTFN!!

 

Posted with Blogsy

Ups and Downs

My favorite Uncle is visiting me for two whole weeks! Yay! He’s such a sweet man and has helped me so much in my life! He’s not really interested in sightseeing or anything. he said he’s here to rest! He doesn’t care if he does something or not! lol My sis and her fiance are coming over on Saturday to cook dinner for him. His fav. meat is lamb so they’re making the lamb with a red wine jus or something like that. What ever they said I remember my sis told me it takes 8 hours to cook! Wow! I’m bet it’ll be fantastic! 🙂

My little one almost didn’t make it to his 3rd birthday on Thursday. It was so awful! My three boys and I were coming from the grocery store after my uncle gave me money for food. We were very heavily laden and all had our responsibilities. I had a few bags in one hand and was dragging a trolley behind me. My almost 10 year old Gemaine was pushing the stroller which was crammed with bags, and my eldest son Delante (13) was holding on to my 2 yr. old Keivy when it happened! Keivy ran into the street chasing a damn feather! Gemaine was frozen. I screamed and Delante raced into the street before i could make it to him. I saw a car coming in slow motion in the corner of my eye and then the person beeped their horn and swerved. The beep got Keivys attention and he got scared and jumped back just when Delante reached him and snatched him up. Thank God that person beeped their horn causing Keivy to move, because he would have hit him since it was so close! It was the most horrific thing! Poor Delante was so rattled he clutched Keivy and was in his face screaming ” Why’d you do that!! You almost got killed! Why!?!?” I then grabbed Keivy and hugged him to me and cried. Gemaine was never one to show any emotion, but even he was visibly shaken and had his head resting on the back of the stroller. Keivy was pretty scared and was clutching on to me for dear life! I really hope the combination of events from the car to my eldest sons reaction scared Keivy enough to make him more aware of the dangers around him. I doubt it though. 😦

It was a bittersweet moment for us standing there on the sidewalk. Bitter because of what we almost saw happen, and sweet because that moment really showed me how much my boys love each other and of course how much we all love each other. Delante had been close to tears when he was hugging Keivy. He was actually on the ground praying to God and thanking him for saving his brother. That touched me to see that. Gemaine was very upset as well and hugged us all and tried to speak to Keivy to see if he was okay.

We walked in silence for a long time after that. Delante was carrying Keivy on his shoulders and refused to put him down, so we had to stop and let him rest his shoulders every once in a while. Keivy is one solid kid! 🙂 Gemaine kept on saying Keivy wasn’t allowed outdoors anymore. I was just trying to keep my composure so I wasn’t walking up the street blubbering like a baby. 🙂 What a day! I don’t know how many times I’ve thanked God for protecting my kids, but it can never be enough. 🙂

I’m off to make codfish cakes for my uncle so I hope you’ve all had a wonderful Easter and take care until next time! 🙂

P.S. – I haven’t crocheted too much this week; just added a few more inches to my blanket and am trying to complete another cross stitch project I started. Pictures coming soon! 🙂