Don't care, don't care, don't care.

So many political posts on Facebook!  I get it, it's an election year and I get that people are flexing their right to an opinion, but my goodness!  Enough is enough!  I have seen a meme that very much shows exactly how I feel right now:

Excuse the grammar on the meme as I didn't make it, I just saw it.  Anyway, I'm just kind of ranting right now because I have friends who keep trying to drag me into political discussions and then belittle me when I want nothing to do with it.  I don't post anything regarding my political views because I like not having conflict, but it seems that somehow I'm being labeled as "ignorant" for not wanting to engage.

I don't get it.  If I did engage, then I would be ignorant as well.  Politics really bring out the worst in people.

Sorry, I'm kind of venting and a little frustrated that my friends seem to think we can only be friends if we're discussing politics.  When I politely decline by saying, "No thank you, I would like to keep my views to myself," (literally what I say every time I'm asked, even if I agree with them) I get berated or "Oh, you must be a such and such supporter."  Never fails.

So, since I know a lot of people seem to have this same issue as me, here's something cool.  Check this out!  

Thanks for listening to my vent that was really just a bunch of frustration and nonsense...

I forgot to edit

I posted yesterday?  The day before?  Something like that saying that I would add a picture of the square for the Moogly CAL.  I forgot to come back and edit the post with the image, so here's an image of that AND an image of the new blanket I'm working on.

First, here's the square for Moogly:

This is probably my favorite square so far for the CAL.  I loved making this one and it ended up being a really cute square.  I might have to make a blanket out of just this one with different colors.  Very fun to make.

Mmkay, here's the new blanket I'm working on:

Look familiar?  It should!  This is actually a picture I took this time last year when I made the first square of the blanket.  Now I've got all 7 of that square done and I'm almost done with the next 6 of the second square.  This is the Bold Blues Throw and it looks way prettier in person than the image shows.

Okay, I have to break up a sibling fight right now because my kids are at that age where fighting is pretty much all they do.  Happy stitching, everyone!

Yay, I'm back!

We moved into our new house and just got our internet hooked up today.  Now I can finally start really working on my projects again.........after I finish unpacking all the boxes.

So a bit of sad news:  Sophie has been put into the land of unfinished WIPs.  I have one more round on it before the blanket is done, but I don't have the color I need.  I don't know the area well enough to know where a Hobby Lobby is and I haven't got a mailbox set up to order it.  Basically I'm being super picky on what color I use for my border.

So in the mean time I'm working on the Moogly 2016 CAL.  I just started square 5 a few minutes ago and will probably edit with some pictures later.

This was mostly a "hey I'm still alive" kind of post.  Happy stitching, everyone!

Casting On

Well, it's happening.  I'm teaching myself how to knit.  Look how far I've come!

Okay, so I have only figured out how to cast on...but that's still way further than I was yesterday!  I know the yarn looks black in the picture, but it's actually the Surprise Stripes yarn by I Love This Yarn from Hobby Lobby. So it'll be either pink or grey in the next few stitches.

I'm only practicing right now, but I'm hoping to make a pair of socks by the end of the week.

We're moving again in a little less than two weeks.  Hopefully when I get to my new house I can FINALLY unpack my Geisha and get to work on her again.  I miss her... ha ha!

Okay, that was all.  Happy stitching (and now knitting), everyone!

I am a Pegasister

I don't know how it happened.  One day out of the blue I actually paid attention to an episode of My Little Pony and now I'm hooked. My daughter watches it and is obsessed with Pinkie Pie, but for me it was just background noise for crochet.  Not anymore. No, sadly I have even gone so far as to buy a Rarity (she's my favorite) for myself.

Anyway, so that's going on right now.

I just got an Ellipsis 8 tablet. Do NOT recommend. It's very apparent as to why the store gave it to us for free. Two of them even!  A few things: it's extremely slow.  My first gen iPad is faster than this brand new fresh out of the box paper weight.  The touch screen has a mind of its own.  It randomly flips through pages and scrolls and acts like it's possessed. Then when I am actually touching the screen it won't respond at all sometimes.  The battery life is pretty awesome though!

I'm actually posting this from the slow, annoying tablet. I'm not sure how the blogger app works, but I attached a photo of my Sophie's Universe progress. Hopefully it actually works.  If not I will just go to the actual website and fix it.

Anyway, this whole not having a computer and relying on a terrible tablet thing is frustrating me, so I am going to just say happy stitching and be off.

EDIT:

Yeah, the Blogger app is garbage.

Anyway, here's a picture of Sophie's Universe page 19:

It's really hard to lay it out on tile while your cat is constantly diving into it and sliding it all over the place. Not even a second after the picture was taken, she dove into it and slid it into the couch.

I also have the first two squares of the Moogly 2016 CAL finished:

Block number 1

Block number 2

I think the third block is available, but I haven't checked yet. Okay, now that I've updated you on my projects, I'm off because I am about to throw my tablet across the room. I need to go buy a new computer...

Finally Settled!

We're finally settled in Texas.  Well...not really settled, but we're here and I have internet finally.  No project updates right now as everything is still mostly packed.  Though I should be done with my 19th page of Sophie soon.

We're moving again in March, so I won't have very many project updates until then probably.  This was just a quick update to say hello and that we're still alive.

We're in Texas!

Alright, so we're here!  We made it!  I don't have a house yet, so we're living out of a hotel at the moment, but we will hopefully have a house tomorrow.

We've been in Texas for three days, but I only just got the internet in our hotel room to work.  I am going stir crazy without any of my crafting or video games.  This is killing me.  I can't wait to move into the house!  That was all.

Hopefully the next time I write, I'll be writing from my new home.  Happy stitching, everyone!