Darn you, Blogger!

So I used my blogger app for the first time yesterday to post a blog update and lo and behold!   It isn't here.  Not even as a draft.  Darn you, Blogger!

No big deal, it wasn't a long one.

Yesterday was so stressful for some reason.  I don't know what was going on in my house, but I just was ready to call it quits.  I ended up putting my kids to bed an hour early and just sat and stitched.  "Stitching therapy" really seems to make me feel better.  Might have to tell my shrink.........

The worst thing that happened yesterday was that my son, when he was supposed to be napping, sneaked out of his room and into the bathroom.  I didn't know he was in there, but I sure found out when I had to use the bathroom.  He was standing in the bathroom with my toothbrush in his mouth, my body wash was dumped all over the bath tub (easy clean up), the mirror had MY foundation painted all over it, and he was covered head to toe in my very expensive makeup.

Notice the pattern of items?  They were all mine.  I think him and Mommy need to go spend more time together.  I'm thinking of taking him to the park and then taking him for snow cones.  I figure he's acting out like that because he wants attention so I need to make some time for the poor kid.

Well, off that, I have a WIP from all the stitching I did yesterday.

Haha, didn't realize my Snapple was in the picture.  Ah well, stitching fuel, you know?  So what we have here is the start of the umbrella in my Geisha.  This is a Joan Elliot kit from Design Works.  Like all my other Design Works kits, the pattern is printed super small.  I have to check, double check, and then triple check to make sure that I'm seeing the right symbol because they're so small.  It's a bit annoying because they use symbols that are similar.  When you have bad eyesight and a tiny print pattern, a black heart and a black triangle look pretty much the same.

Alright, I'm done complaining!  I have to pay my bills and then go grocery shopping, so I'm off.  Happy stitching, everyone!

New WIP and other stuff

I am supposed to be working on my gigantic peacock kit, but I am at a point where my canvas is too awkward to hold.  It doesn't help that it's too heavy.  It worked for when I was doing the pages that dealt with the top rows, but now that I'm toward the bottom it's too much for my carpal tunnel to handle.  That being said, I am getting a q-snap floor stand so that I can just set that up.  Hopefully that helps.

I have a WIP of my "in the meantime" project!  I always use the random item picker website to choose what kit or pattern I do next and the picker chose this one:

I was in Hobby Lobby one day and I couldn't decide between this one and the frog one I was looking at, so I let my daughter pick and she chose this one.  That's how it ended up in my collection.  So this is the one I'm stitching while I wait for my q-snap.  This is as far as I got today:

Does not look like much.  I've never done beading before, so this should be interesting!  

My son begged me to download an app on my iPad called "Corpse Cam."  I was a bit apprehensive at first because of the name, but after reading reviews and seeing what the app was, I downloaded it for him.  We have been having some fun with that!  First we took a picture of my daughter and this is the mask he chose for her:

Terrifying, right?  I thought so...  My daughter on the other hand bursts into giggles whenever she sees this picture.  Something funny about it, I guess.

The mask he picked for himself:

He looks like a little bad boy lol

And then last, but not least, the mask he picked for me -_-

Alright, I'm watching Planes with the Minions, so I guess I should go spend time with them.  Happy stitching, everyone!

White Glove

Ah, the most annoying part of being a military wife: the white glove home inspection. I have one tomorrow morning. Thank God I keep up on my house and only have to wipe baseboards and windows :)  I'm procrastinating doing it, though.

My friend's son has his birthday party today, so I looking forward to that.

Nothing exciting has happened other than my husband's chain of command took action towards finding whoever broke into the house. There's an investigation going on right now and we weren't the only ones who had it happen like that (coming in through the second floor balcony). So it's someone targeting the second floor specifically for some reason.  That's scary.

Off to play Oracle of Ages and then clean...eventually...I gotta work on my peacock some, too.  So much to do!  Happy stitching, everyone!

Two days without incident

The most recent break in has caused me to take some serious measures. I have changed my front and back door locks so that housing does NOT have a master key, added chain locks to both doors, AND added bolt locks.  My doors remind me of the doors you see when someone on TV happens across a nutter or the little old lady shut-in (much closer to my personality to be honest). I bought bolt locks for my sliding glass doors, too. We also purchased a fireproof safe. I just ordered a night vision security camera set to keep an eye on the house.

I slept in my daughter's room two nights ago and could hear commotion and voices on my balcony. Nothing came of it other than another police report with an MP who acted like he could care less.

Even with that, though, I've been feeling better now with our improved locking system. I definitely slept better last night.

On to happier things...

My daughter is beginning to say words! Today she said, "Ouch!" and, "Tank ewe." She was mimicking her brother when she said those things. I have also noticed she's constantly burying her nose in books. She is obsessive about them lately and has to have a book with her in her crib when she goes to bed even though she sleeps in complete darkness.

My little Belle in training, it seems lol

I have not been stitching much as I'm addicted to Oracle of Ages.  I remember playing it as a kid and found it on the Nintendo e-shop.  I have still been stitching though...just slowly.  And only when my game boy dies.  And if I'm watching Fringe.  Requirements have to be met, y'know?

Alright, it's way after midnight and I'm about to finally start reading A Game of Thrones (I'm late, I know). So goodnight and happy stitching, everyone.

Warning: Paranoid Ranting

I'm going to sound like a raving lunatic, but here goes anyway.

The first time we had a break in, there were obvious marks where they forced their way into the house.  The last three times there is no sign of forced entry.

Here's why I feel like I'm going crazy.  Every few days my house looks like someone's gone through it.  Stuff will be moved around, random dirty dishes that we didn't use, and small nonsense items will be missing.  Example:  I took the kids on a walk yesterday and when I came back, my violin was sitting in the middle of the floor when it was stored in the closet.  My husband's theory is that someone's casing our house.

I think someone's been in the house many, many times since we've lived here.  I have two dogs and neither of them barked the last two times we were burglarized.  That tells me that whoever it is has been here enough to get to know them and that is terrifying.

I sound paranoid, I know, but when it's happened so many times...I mean...you start to feel that way.

Here's the real kicker.  The head of maintenance here has a master key to every single house on post.  The maintenance workers are allowed to go into your house without your permission whenever they want.  It's part of the lease agreement because if there's a gas leak or something, they need to be able to access your house.  The man who holds the master key to every house is a convicted felon who was dishonorably discharged from the military for stealing assault rifles.  The look-up of this man's name confirmed that.

How are we supposed to feel safe?

Last night four cars had their windows smashed and stuff taken and one car had all four tires slashed.  This place is a mad house.  Thank God my husband is PCS-ing soon so that we don't have to live here anymore.  Everyone tells me not to let this post paint my picture of the military, so I'm holding out hope that it can only get better from here.

Four Times in Three Years

I have lived at this address for two and a half years.  I have not liked this place at all since being here.  Though, I am probably biased as this is the first time I've ever been so far from home.  The first night I spent here was spent crying my eyes out and wishing I was back home.  It wasn't that I was unhappy living with my husband, it was that was unhappy living with my husband here.

This is the worst place I've ever lived.  Ever.  I have had my house broken into four times in the three years I've lived here.  They must be messing with me because the first two times all they did was move stuff around.  The third time they moved stuff around our house AND took some of my husband's military gear.  This last time, they moved stuff around plus took around $200 cash.

Because of them moving stuff around each time, I feel like I'm going insane.  This last time, the stolen cash was in my infant daughter's room and I am so disgusted that I was sleeping in the next room and heard nothing.  I feel sick knowing what COULD have happened.  I will be sleeping with one eye open tonight, if I sleep at all.

Ugh.

P.T.

Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE (with extra, extra emphasis on "love") Silent Hill.  I adore the puzzles, I love the fear, and the enemies make me so happy.  I mean, come on, Silent Hill 2's Mannequin (the leg monster) is still one of my favorite enemies to date in any game.

That being said, HAVE YOU TRIED THE DEMO!!??  I downloaded and played it a week ago, but I never wrote about it and figured now's as good a time as ever.

There's a demo on PS4 called "P.T." and it was so awesome!  It had all the right creepy moments and jump scares that bring you to Silent Hill in the first place.  I can not wait until the actual game comes out in 2016!  I will definitely be pre-ordering it as soon as I can.  I would tell you what the demo entails, but I don't want to ruin it for anyone.  Just...just play it.  It was amazingly creepy!  If the demo is an indication of what the actual gameplay is going to be like, I know I'm going to love it.  Not for nothing, but Norman Reedus is in it, so...y'know.  Walking Dead and what-not.

Off of that, I have a WIP!  Actually, my daughter's birth record is DONE!!

Alright, I'm off to bed because it's after midnight and I realized I've spent my night stitching.  Time for bed.

Happy stitching, everyone.