Day: June 24, 2011

My fabulous niece Kennedi turned 10 & this was her gift. So freakin cute!

I know, nobody should get this excited over a coffee mug for 75¢. But come on! A $20 mug, brand new for 75¢! I have been surviving with one of my beloved Starbucks mugs for 9 months & it’s about to bite the dust.
Perfect timing!
Living where coffee is pretty much nonexistent has made it difficult to find fantastic coffee related items but today I scored.

Here she is!

I went to Dr. White, the magical chiropractor with the metal torture tools I love, today and he worked on another part of my glutes. Ouch. Like a lot of ouch. But I trust in a day it will feel 100% better.
He wants me to start doing toning exercises (lol) since there is no ass left back there. I wasn’t blessed with a ghetto booty. I wasn’t blessed with a booty at all, I have to work hard to have an ass and 6 weeks ago I had an ass! Small but still, I was proud.
Now we start from step 1 again. I won’t complain about being thin, what I will complain about is being thin without muscle. I started losing muscle and got smaller. Not good. So now I need to focus on rebuilding muscle slowly and carefully since the damaged muscles and nerves are what hold my torso and legs together. Kind of hard to exercise without overusing those muscles.
I will trust Dr. White since he is the professional.
And reconfigure my diet to account for muscle building and nervous system repair. Should be fun! Not. I still hate food. Mostly the planning and preparing of food. Oh well, I will learn a lot in the process I am sure.
Our bodies are pretty amazing. I am all twisted and crooked but with the right application of pressure, deep pressure, on specific spots I am slowly straightening out. And stretching, exercises all help. I am so grateful that my body can be healed. There are a lot of people that can’t be and they live in chronic pain. My heart goes out to them, the strength of character it takes to live in pain and not be an asshole is amazing. I am not the kindest person when I have been in pain for so long. Sorry if you have had to deal with me in the last 6 weeks 😉

I am blessed with 3 amazing kids. Right now they keep me going when otherwise I may be a useless, emotional basketcase. They are hilarious, unique individuals that keep me entertained at all times. Sometimes they are a little too, umm… goofy, giddy, just plain crazy. But I can’t tell you how happy I am that I have smart, creative, happy, well adjusted, funny, brilliant children.

I love coming to my parents house in St. Anthony, Idaho. I especially love coming for a great holiday like Thanksgiving!
I am eternally grateful for my family. I may be biased but I believe I have the best parents in the world. I have been blessed with 3 wonderful big sisters and a fantastic little brother. My parents instilled a sense of equality, love, and independence in each of us that has made our family uniquely strong.
I also love that my family loves my husband. Truly, deeply loves my husband.
My kids. My kids are amazing. Unique, each their own person. Each with their own hilarious sense of humor. Each frustrating in their own particular ways. I am grateful for each of these things.
I am also blessed with friends that love me for me. Have accepted my friendship in all its limited forms. I am not a perfect friend, just like I am not a perfect daughter, sister, mother, wife.
All of these blessings come from one place, my Creator. My God. He gives me all I need. He has blessed me with a common sense (and black & white sense of humor) that keeps me strong through all trials and through the laziness of belief in times of bounty.
Happy Thanksgiving to all! I hope the coming year is filled with things to be thankful for. Keep your loved ones close and thank them daily for all they mean to you.

Habu Silk Laminaria Shawlette

Originally uploaded by chauntelandreasen

I love this.
At first I did not like it at all. The yarn is 100% silk and stiff to knit with.
Once it was done, washed & laid flat to dry I was disappointed that it hadn’t softened up at all.
So, I threw it in the dryer with some permanent press items & voila!
It worked, softened up nicely.
I would never call this soft, but it is light weight, nice next to the skin and balls up to next to nothing!

Habu 100% silk yarn, 3/4 of the cone

Size 6 needles, shawlette size of the Laminaria available at www.knitty.com

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Originally uploaded by chauntelandreasen