EweDevilhttp://blog.ewedevil.comQuick BlogcastNewhttp://blog.ewedevil.com/2009/06/13/new.aspx?ref=rss<IMG src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/51351-46438/comingsoon.jpg">Rebecca Velasquez2009-06-13T19:32:00Ztaters!http://blog.ewedevil.com/2007/11/09/taters.aspx?ref=rss<DIV>this is so frustrating! finally it seems that i'm going to be able to post again - although it is still telling me something weird behind the scenes.<BR><BR>lots of stuff going on around here. too much to catch up. just going on from here. <BR><BR>we had harvest day last weekend (isn't that funny.... i said no catching up and that's the first thing i do!)<BR>looky!<BR><BR><IMG src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/images/51351-46438/taters1.jpg" width=441 border=0></DIV>
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<DIV><IMG src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/images/51351-46438/taters2.jpg" width=448 border=0><BR><BR>isn't that fun!?! <BR>we followed some simple instructions we found on the internet and planted 'eye pieces' of a sweet potato. and voila! just like magic - a few months later, we have our very own itty crop of sweet taters! not a bad little harvest for first timers <img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/emoticons/laugh.png" border="0" /><BR><BR>think i'll leave it here.... don't want to push my luck on getting an actual post in - crossing my fingers and clicking 'post'...</DIV>Rebecca Velasquez2007-11-09T14:31:00ZBlack and White Photoshttp://blog.ewedevil.com/2007/08/05/black-and-white-photos.aspx?ref=rss<DIV>This is my J ... <BR><BR></DIV>FamilyRebecca Velasquez2007-08-06T02:32:00ZTest this is only a testhttp://blog.ewedevil.com/2007/08/05/test-this-is-only-a-test.aspx?ref=rss<DIV>Testing, 1...2...3, Testing</DIV>Rebecca Velasquez2007-08-06T02:30:00ZNap timehttp://blog.ewedevil.com/2007/04/12/nap-time.aspx?ref=rss<P>my baby V is home with the tummy ucks today. we've spent the morning on the couch looking at books and watching sesame street. he ate a few graham crackers and i told him to lay down and get a little nap. after a small protest, he says "fine, i'll lay down...but i am NOT going to sleep" </P>
<P>"okay, baby, but i need you to just let your body rest."</P>
<P>"i'm tellin' you, i'm not taking a nap."<BR> <IMG src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/images/51351-46438/Vnap.jpg"><BR>okay baby....sweet pie</P>
<P>my X just turned 6. so hard to believe. i've got to spend the rest of the afternoon readying goodie bags and such for his upcoming party saturday afternoon. now that i have the time, because V is .... sleeping. but we won't tell him that.</P>
<P>oh, one of hubby's cousins is expecting his first baby. it's a pink one, so i am knitting her a sweater...</P>
<P>so far:<BR><IMG src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/images/51351-46438/eejvsweater.jpg"> front and back with sleeve1 on the needles.<BR>and yes, you do spy a <A class="" href="http://misocrafty.squarespace.com/sockknittingresorces-/" target=_blank>misocrafty</A> <A class="" href="http://store.tangleonline.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_12" target=_blank>sock </A>(or, in my case, baby sweater)<A href="http://store.tangleonline.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_12"> tote</A> in the back... </P>The ZooknitRebecca Velasquez2007-04-12T17:19:00Znot just terrariums!http://blog.ewedevil.com/2007/03/20/not-just-terrariums.aspx?ref=rss <IMG src="http://app.onlinequickblog.com/images/51351-46438/DSC02577.JPG"><BR>now, they're vivariums! but i'm a bit worried. anyone with great knowledge of snails? there is one in each of my terrarium jars. one of them also has a bizarre tiny centipede type thing...i'm a little freaked of this as well. okay, so back to the snails. J named the one in this container bob. bob used to be very small. bob is not at all so tiny anymore. his little shell is about 1/2" wide now. i thought it'd be pretty cool having him... but now, is he going to kill my baby tears? they are starting to look a little shabby.<BR>the snail in the other one, dubbed joey by X, is a mere 2mm. itty itty itty. <BR><IMG src="http://app.onlinequickblog.com/images/51351-46438/DSC02563.JPG"><IMG src="http://app.onlinequickblog.com/images/51351-46438/DSC02583.JPG"><BR>he can stay for a while. X is the one who discovered him. and has staked claim. also, joey's enclosure has started to grow fungi! what? it's all pretty crazy and amazing to see the different things happen.<BR>i'm hoping to get some live moss. NONE, not one of the 12 greenhouses in my area carry it. no pet stores sell live moss, either. i'm bummed. somebody want to mail me some moss??? it doesn't grow in these here parts of Texas. humph.<BR><BR>a friend of mine is growing baby #2! it's not yet certain whether the baby will be pink or blue... so, i've started the blanket in a neutral green. but it's a good green. kind of a cross between olive and kelly. the plan is to make several blocks in different textures and colors and then stitch them up. i hope it will look as good as i imagine it.....<BR><IMG src="http://app.onlinequickblog.com/images/51351-46438/babA1.jpg"> awww, look at my joshy. crazy puppyThe Zoocrochetblah blahRebecca Velasquez2007-04-10T13:48:00Zsign here, pleasehttp://blog.ewedevil.com/2007/03/15/sign-here-please.aspx?ref=rssi don't know why i haven't done this before. i know, i know, bad mom. a few days ago i took the kidlets to the library. they got their very own library cards. the only requirement is that you are able to write your name. so even little V got one. <br><br> <img src="http://app.onlinequickblog.com/images/51351-46438/DSC02562.JPG"><br><br>they were each allowed to check out 4 books. E, of course, has already gobbled up 3 of hers and is about half way through the last. i've read X and V their books about a gamillion times. J has read the smallest of his, and started the 2nd last night. i'm looking forward to taking them back for returns and new check-outs.<br><br>my X is home sick, again! poor baby. he's got the barfs. blech. a mom's favorite thing.<br>oh, tomorrow, i'll show you pics of my new terrariums <img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/emoticons/laugh.png" border="0" /><br><br>The Zooblah blahRebecca Velasquez2007-03-20T14:04:00Zcool.... like mehttp://blog.ewedevil.com/2007/03/13/cool-like-me.aspx?ref=rssdon't you wish you could be as cool as me?<br>i knit this hat for J, at his request. the grey is wool ease, the black is some corriedale/silk that i spun a while back. <br><img src="http://app.onlinequickblog.com/images/51351-46438/DSC02551.JPG"><br>oh my boy. crazy kid.<br>i don't remember the pattern i used. it was a freebie on the net somewhere. check: <a target="_blank" class="" href="http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/">KPC</a>. i'm sure i found it there. i know, i know.... it's a great looking hat and all. but just why exactly does it make me the coolest cat in town?<br>CHECK THIS OUT!!!<br><img src="http://app.onlinequickblog.com/images/51351-46438/DSC02548.JPG" height="335" width="437"><br><img src="http://app.onlinequickblog.com/images/51351-46438/DSC02547.JPG"><br><br><br>EEEEEEEEEEEK! that's right, girls & boys! i got my own labels! aren't they absolutely perfect!?!<br><br>lisa, of <a target="_blank" class="" href="http://www.clothinglabels4u.com">clothinglabels4u </a>- is the BEST! awesome-awesome-awesome! i can't say enough good things about her and the help she gave me....oh! the quality of my labels!! to say that i am thrilled is a giant understatement. if you are considering having labels made for your projects - lisa is <i>the one</i> to go to! (tell her i sent ya!)<br>knitRebecca Velasquez2007-03-17T15:16:00Zahhh classics illistratedhttp://blog.ewedevil.com/2007/03/13/ahhh-classics-illistrated.aspx?ref=rssthe sun has spent the day behind grey clouds. the wind is blowing cold air. another crap day for spring break. but the girl has made good use of the weather.<img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/images/51351-46438/reading01C.JPG"> she's reading the classics illustrated version of treasure island. so is J, and just let me tell you, he is <i>not at all</i> impressed that she has gotten further in the book. since friday afternoon, she has sped through Beverly Cleary's 'Socks', Heidi (CI) and now 1/2 of Treasure Island (CI). she just loves to read. which is really a wonderful thing...except when i go up to check on them before heading to bed at 10:45 and find her, not sleeping in her bed, but all comfied out in her closet with the door shut (so i wouldn't notice the light), so engrossed that it took her a good 5 seconds before she even realized i'd opened the door. really, i'm glad she's a bookworm, but the girl needs to sleep!<br><br>oh, and yesterday's secret project:<br><img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/images/51351-46438/cinderellaC.JPG"> looks cute, right!?<br>Rebecca Velasquez2007-03-13T21:54:00Zgloomyhttp://blog.ewedevil.com/2007/03/12/gloomy.aspx?ref=rsswouldn't you just know it? first day of spring break. just look at the weather!<BR><IMG src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/images/51351-46438/DSC02498.JPG"><BR><BR>yuck. it's wet and dreary. looks like the sun took a break, too. i sure hope it gets better as the week moves on. i'd hate for the kidlets to be stuck inside the entire break. seriously, you have no idea how much i'd hate that. ummm - for them, i mean... of course.<BR>alrighty, i've got to run... i'm supposed to have a project completed and photographed by this afternoon.... nothing like the last minute <img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/emoticons/laugh.png" border="0" /> but hey, <EM>this time,</EM> it's not my fault. there was VERY short notice. crochetblah blahRebecca Velasquez2007-03-12T16:44:00Zrewardinghttp://blog.ewedevil.com/2007/03/05/rewarding.aspx?ref=rssicky sickies are running untame in my house! my poor babies just won't get well! X and V just can't seem to get over this freaky fever they have. sometimes motrin will bring it down, and other times it won't. very weird. X said something really funny....but first, the back story:<br><br>my children still climb into my bed at night. yes, even the 9y/o - although not very often any more. hubby and i only have a full, so by morning it's ummmm<i> full</i>! we've begged, pleaded and even threatened. now, we've moved on to bribes. i know, i know.......shhh! it's a "reward system". that's a little more pc, eh? gum, candy, books, money - whatever we can find! so, at the dinner table every night, we hand out the brib...errr reward for not getting into our bed the night before. yes, horribly mean to hand out goodies while the others are watching. yes, sometimes there are tears. i know, i know, what kind of a mother am i? letting these poor babes sit there and cry? causing it even! but hey, it's working! not every night, but even one complete night of sleep is success to me!<br>ok, so on to the funny:<br>as i got into <i>my </i>bed, next to my sweet X (don't you remember- i told you he is sick!), he opened his eyes, and in a precious little sleep whisper, he says to me "this does NOT count for my prize tomorrow. i have a fever." sweet pie.<br>and now, yarn:<br>this is a 'little' shawl i knit for my nannie for Christmas.<br><img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/images/51351-46438/nannie02C.jpg"><br>i think the yarn was called cara mia? i'm not sure. it's been too long. anyway, <a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/khs-triangleShawl2.html">here</a> is the pattern. <br><img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/images/51351-46438/nannie03C.jpg"> i added a crochet shell to dress up the edges a bit.<br><br>it was a very easy knit, not all that quick... although it probably would have been for someone who is faster than me.... <img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/images/51351-46438/nannie01C.jpg"> <br>any way, i enjoyed making it. my nannie enjoyed receiving it - the reward for my work <img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/emoticons/laugh.png" border="0" /> . i hope it keeps her warm on chilly mornings <img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/emoticons/laugh.png" border="0" /><br><br>knitThe ZooRebecca Velasquez2007-03-05T15:14:00Zadditionhttp://blog.ewedevil.com/2007/02/23/addition.aspx?ref=rsswhat does a girl with 4 children, 2 dogs, and a cat need in her life?<br><br>give up?<br><br>a dragon. bearded dragon that is. her name is kitty. she is 3 months old and about 6 1/2" long. for now. she'll get much, much larger.<br><br><br> <img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/images/51351-46438/kitty1_005C.jpg"><br><br><br> <img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/images/51351-46438/kitty1_015C.jpg"><br><br><br>i have much yarny goodness to show you. but my children are hogging the computer with the picture software stuff. <br>i guess getting back to my "blogging mood" is going to take a while. i'm getting there......slowly<br>Rebecca Velasquez2007-02-23T23:06:00ZBACK and LOOKIN' GOOD!http://blog.ewedevil.com/2007/02/21/back-and-lookin-good.aspx?ref=rssHEY! Oh man, i've missed you all! i know, i know, it's been a looooong time. unexpected, but apparently needed walk about.<br>i've been busy. very busy. crocheting, knitting (and learning so much) and designing (lots of reading and learning here, too!).<br>i am a happy little girl about it all <img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/emoticons/laugh.png" border="0" /><br><br>see the new sheep? do you even remember the old one?<br><img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/images/51351-46438/lone_sheep.jpg"> <img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/images/51351-46438/eweSQsm.gif"><br><br><br>i know, i know, she was <i>really cute. </i>but not at all an original. she was cut and paste, color change, shift this compilation of ms cliparts.<br><br>ahhhh, but new sheep. <i>she's all <b>MINE</b></i>!!<br>millions of huge thanks go to Tara (of <a href="http://doyourworsted.blogspot.com/">DoYourWorsted</a>) if you are not already reading her space - go now! well, after you leave me a comment here (was that garish!?! - hey, i <i>need</i> to know you're still around <img src="http://blog.ewedevil.com/emoticons/laugh.png" border="0" />)<br>Tara is aMAZING with her computer skills. she makes awesome awesome little cliparts. my little sheep is barely a cube on the iceburg of what she can do. don't believe me? <a href="http://doyourworsted.blogspot.com/">go look</a>!<br><br>nice to be back!<br><br>blah blahRebecca Velasquez2007-02-21T15:40:00ZXavier's Robothttp://blog.ewedevil.com/2007/02/10/xaviers-robot.aspx?ref=rssThis is a video of Xavier's robot, he's been working on this for awhile and is now ready to display to all. Hope you enjoy. <A HREF="/files/51351-46438/XROBOT.wmv"><BR><BR>XRobot</A>Rebecca Velasquez2007-02-11T03:09:00ZZoohttp://blog.ewedevil.com/2007/01/06/zoo.aspx?ref=rss<P>right click the link below and chose "save target as..", then save it and view it. </P>
<P><A class="" href="http://www.ewedevil.com/lions 041.mpg" target="">movie 1</A><BR><BR><A class="" href="http://www.ewedevil.com/lions 038.mpg" target="">movie 2</A><BR><BR><A class="" href="http://www.ewedevil.com/lions 040.mpg" target="">movie 3</A></P>Rebecca Velasquez2007-01-06T16:55:00Zfrankenblankethttp://blog.ewedevil.com/2006/11/18/frankenblanket.aspx?ref=rss
<P><A href="http://www.greenkitchen.com/blog/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #990000">michelle</SPAN></A> (of <A href="http://www.greenkitchen.com/blog/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #990000">green kitchen</SPAN></A>), you're genius! thank you for the name for my new blanket. and what better day to introduce it, than HALLOWEEN!?! i give you:</P>
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<P>oh they were too cute! i had a raggedy andy and old macdonald. my camera was not charged so i did not get pictures. but, it's charging right now and i'm going to go up to the school and snap some quick shots of them... and then, of course, i'll get in some pics of everyone's real halloween costume. too much fun <IMG src="http://BLOG.EWEDEVIL.COM/emoticons/laugh.png" border=0></P></DIV>crochetRebecca Velasquez2006-11-18T16:15:00Z