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The Ginormous Baby Blanket is Finally Finished April 18, 2008

Posted by Emily in : American Idol, Family, My Handsome Husband, Pregnancy, Princess Hannah, Saba , add a comment

The “never ending blanket project” is finally done. It has been TWO years in the making, and this morning, I finished it. When I was pregnant with Hannah, my sister Jenn thought I should make her baby blanket. You know, something to do with my time as I lazily hung out on the patio, watching the ships go by. She sent all the yarn and crochet needles to me on Saba. There was only one teeny tiny small detail that I had to figure out on my own . . . I need to learn how to crochet. Thankfully, there was wife of a student that knew, and after a ten minute lesson, I was on my own.

This is the first and only blanket I have crocheted. Measuring at 6′ X 5′, I made it is entirely too large for a baby, so it’s now a little kid blanket. Hannah still needs to “grow into it.”

I would like to point out that it didn’t take an entire two years to complete this thing. You see, I kind of forgot about it. Since it was far from being done when Hannah was born, it was put in the back of a closet . . . lost in the black abyss. I rediscovered it in January when I was cleaning out my house and decided to finish it before leaving Saba.

I have to thank the writers guild for ENDING THE STUPID STRIKE, and American Idol, because if there was nothing on TV from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, I would never turn on the TV, and this blanket would still be unfinished. If I didn’t have something to entertain me while I crocheted and my husband studied, well, I would be BORED TO SLEEP. And really, I can fall asleep very easily, anytime, anywhere, during any hour in the evening.

Viewer Discretion Advised April 18, 2008

Posted by Emily in : Family, Friends, My Former Dog Children, My Handsome Husband, Princess Hannah, Saba, Thoughts , 1 comment so far

Remember how I said we are ready to leave Saba? This is why:

This nasty, ugly, scaly snake was on our patio yesterday morning. EATING THIS POOR GECKO. GROSS! is all I have to say. Okay, I said a little more than that when I saw this cruel thing happening. Hannah was quite intrigued with the snake, but I assure you, I whisked her away while David (who obviously has no fear of snakes, or anything for that matter) snapped some pictures.

This little gecko dude has no hope now. His poor little feet sticking out of the snakes mouth is just GROSS.

Now that the snake had successfully eaten his breakfast, he needed to be disposed of. While there are no poisonous snakes on Saba, I still didn’t want this thing close to me, or Hannah, or my dogs, or my stuff for that matter. David (who again, doesn’t have a fear of nasty creatures) picked him up with a BBQ fork and CHUCKED him off the patio. FAR AWAY.