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Ryan tagged me, so here goes!

1. I went to a Catholic school K-4th grade, then was homeschooled after that.

2. When I was a baby, I gave my parents a cancer scare (turns out one of my kidneys has a cyst and doesn’t function, but it wasn’t a problem and doesn’t affect me other than not being able to play contact sports and stuff like that)

3. I started Civil War Re-Enacting when I was 13 and got my family into it (we spent my 14th Birthday at a Re-enactment in Fresno!). I wore a corset, hoopskirt, the whole deal. And I would totally do it again if I had the time and means (and if I could convince Nathan to join me! HA!!!)

4. I “wrote” and recorded my first song when I was about the same age. The lyrics were:
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
(repeat indefinitely)

5. I locked my sister Veronica outside on the deck when she was a baby (I would have been 2 or 3). After my mom rescued her before she could fall, she told me Veronica could have died. My loving big-sister response: “That’s ok, we can just get another one”.

Edit: Oh yeah, I’m supposed to tag other people. I don’t think there are 5 people who read this blog who haven’t already been tagged, so I’m not gonna pass it on. If you want to do it though, go ahead! Consider yourself tagged!

I thought of a name! It’s very suiting considering how many projects I often have partially completed at one point in time.

Also, more personally and *deep*, I am a work in progress myself, still being shaped and molded into the woman God created me to be, so it fits both me personally and me as a crocheter.

*drum roll please*

Introducing…

Work in Progress

Yippee! *clap, clap, clap*

So, I went to knit/crochet group (ok, I know it’s just knit group, but I have crocheter’s complex) and it was really fun!! I can’t wait for next week :-) It truly is a diverse and dynamic group, but I love that everyone just chats away, sharing life and a love of all things yarn! I didn’t feel as out of place as I sometimes do as a a first-timer (plus, I was stoked that Sierra, another first-timer, was a crocheter too!)

And then Chauntel had to go and tag me! The horror.

JUST KIDDING!!

Here goes:

Four jobs I have had:

-Babysitting
-Babysitting
-Bargain Network (why? Oh WHY?!? NEVER WORK THERE!!! EVER!!!)
-Insurance Agent

Four Movies I could watch over & over:

-Garden State (My husband proposed with this movie!)
-Princess Bride
-Amelie
-Singing in the Rain

Four Places I have Lived:

(I just barely make 4 places LOL!!)

-Riviera, SB (Family’s)
-Riviera, SB (Grandma’s)
-Downtown, SB
-By Oak Park, SB

Four of my Favorite Tv Shows:

(Um…this is hard! We don’t have cable, LOL)

-Scrubs
-My Name is Earl
-What Not to Wear (I miss this show!!)
-Law & Order (any of them!)

Four Places I have been on Vacation:

-Europe (England, Italy, Switzerland, Paris France)
-Various Southwestern US States (Family Vacations)
-Rwanda & Uganda (technically a missions trip)
-Maui, Hawaii (Honeymoon)

Four of my Favorite Dishes:

-CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!!!!
-Filet Mignon
-Fusilli Ooga Ooga from Palazzio’s
-Cheese (Almost any kind)

Four Websites I visit daily:

-Weight Watchers Message Boards (Just Married Board)
-Christian Women’s Fellowship Online (private Message Board)
-Fertility Friend (no, we’re not TTC)
-Mercury Insurance Agent/Broker Zone (work)

Four Places I would rather be right now:

-At home
-With my husband
-At the grocery store
-At our storage space looking through my yarn stash (tomorrow!)

Four bloggers I am tagging:

-Nathan
-Sarah (if you see this from Italy!)
-Anyone
-Anyone else

Ok, now on to something more interesting, hehe.

I have pictures of crochet things! YAY! (I’m an internet junkie…I uploaded these when I went home for lunch, haha!)

The blanket I am currently working on (and hope to actually finish this year):

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Detail shot:

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What it will (hopefully) look like when I’m done:

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And just for kicks and giggles, introducing my first granny square (thanks to The Happy Hooker):

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And finally, please help me think up a new name for my blog!!