i just found this in my email and i’m posting/showing it off now while the kids are watching tv (aka fighting over who gets to watch ‘their’ show!)
This is a pretty pretty flower scarf made by soulmessenger (http://soulmessenger.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/blue-flower-necklace/):
i’ve got to add beads to the next one i make~ looks great!!
Wonderful work!!!
Nathalie
Tasha came running into the house and up to my room yelling “it’s mine! I’m keeping it!”
Then she drops a grey kitten into my lap and i’m all “i know it’s yours, i was at the vet when we got her”
And then she’s all “no, it’s a new one!! and i’m keeping it!” And i’m all “no no no no no no”
Turns out the kitten followed our neighbor home from a few streets up, and i instantly told tasha to go get him NOW so i can drive over to where he was and find the kittens home. No such luck~ kids and their shortcuts! Nothing but woods all around, and a firestation, and the closest house is way not where he came from or was walking to. And honestly, i was a bit mad at him for ‘giving’ tasha a cat. The solution? I told him i’ll take the new kitten but he has to take one of ours~ and it worked!! He went home and talked to his mom (she already picked out one of our white kittens a few weeks ago) and they decided to take Princess.
Here is our new kitty!!:
Adrian fell asleep on my bed and Shadow did not hesitate to curl up next to him:
Here is tasha and shadow chillin on the bed:
I am not a fan of ‘obvious’ names, but really~ we named her Shadow cause she really does follow you around all the time!
As for the other kittens, they will pile into any open drawer around:
If you open it, they will come!
Luis ran upstairs whispering ‘get the camera’~ and i’m glad we had batteries!:
Boomer and Rose (aka Sharon)
And here is one of Rose’s favorite pasttimes:
Attacking my feet!!!
later!
Nathalie
so i finally figured out how to look up activity on my ravelry page and i am super excited to show off these projects by other ravelry users!! oh, and if you’ve made one of my patterns and haven’t seen it posted anywhere on this site, just paste a link in the comments and i’ll get it!
afternoon delight turtle (http://gnathalie2.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/afternoon-delight/)
by Christi
kiwi bird ( pdf here: My_Crochet_Kiwi )
by kikaa
by plentimawfish
evil minions/hostile bunni (pdfs: evil_minions hostile_bunni )
by babyfirelizard
by princessdelerium
silly blue whale (pdf: silly-blue-whale )
by safia
by widneywoman
NERDY BIRD!!!!!! (http://gnathalie2.wordpress.com/2007/09/29/nerdy-bird/)
by pinktoque
overboard (overboard)
by littlelora
flower scarf (pretty-pretty-flower-scarf)
by tingletangle
by cbagary
by frabuleuse
by hariotmagee
by knitnut
by pania
by suzyteacup
Thank you guys very much!
nathalie
…..and so do the people that made it!! (link to the pattern: http://gnathalie2.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/pretty-pretty-flower-scarf/)
Here is my flower scarf made by fishbonette over at ravelry:
LOVE the yarn!!
And here is one by Circe (? french blog so i’m not sure of the name!!)
BEAUTIFUL WORK!!!!!
Thanks again to everyone who makes or even thinks about making one of my patterns!!!
EDIT: just found tingletangle’s scarf on ravelry ~ AND IT ROCKS!!!
Here is the new pattern for the cat toy i designed, semi-pic on the next post but i’ll post a good pic soon. It takes like half an hour or less to make and the cats and kitties have gone insane over them!!!
Good pic of the toy!!:
Click here for pdf:
Here is Chewy playing with the toy:
and this is Tasha tempting the cat with the toy:
And the whole time i’m typing the pattern this is in my lap:
He still doesn’t have a name yet, so any suggestions are welcome!!!
have fun!
Nathalie
…and i’m an addict. Not alcohol or drugs…no, it’s much worse. I’m addicted to kitties!!!! If it wasn’t obvious before, here’s what happened:
Me and Natasha went to the vet a few days ago to spend tons of money we don’t have on flea stuff. I bought 7 vials of frontline plus and 7 capstar pills ~ totally get those cause they’re only like $4 each and it instantly kills all fleas that bite them over a 4-6 hour time span!! ~ anyway, we got there a few minutes early and there was a girl standing outside with a fluffy grey kitty that she had found in the storm drain by her house. Apparently she’d been to every vet and pet store in town looking for a place to bring the cat, and long story short we have a new addition to our family!!!
Tasha named her ‘princess’, but then changed it yesterday to ‘alexandria’~ sorry about the crappy pic quality but the kids smudged the camera lens!
She spent the first few days growling and hissing at all the other cats, but yesterday she started settling in (she still hates Twinkle and Momo!)
Why in the world would i go and bring another cat home when we have so gosh darn many? First of all, she’s totally cool. Secondly, we lost 3 of Milkshakes babies to a nasty upper respiratory virus that ran through our house and we were all so upset about it i figured Alexandria would be a wonderful distraction!
~ These are the only pics i have of Piggy and Baby Girl:
Piggy is the white/orange one in the middle, we named him piggy cause the tip of his tail was bent! Baby Girl is the black/white one on the right. The second i saw the first cat sneeze i had all of them on penicillin but the those two were just too young to handle it. The saddest for me was piggy, i knew he wouldn’t survive and he couldn’t breathe at all so we took him to the vet to have them put him down but he died a couple minutes before the vet got into the room. Thankfully Baby Girl didn’t suffer as long, i just wish we didn’t have to lose them like that.
Here is Piggy like an hour before we brought him to the vet:
We miss you, Piggy!
The only cat/kitten in the entire household to escape the wrath of the virus? Rose!!!
She’s also the kitten in the middle in the pic above. She is fearless!! When Alexandria first came in the room, she was just growling and hissing away~ all the other cats ran off but not Rose! She jumped right over and started sniffing her new friend!
I am totally in love with Battlestar Galactica, so i wanted to name Rose ‘Athena’ or ‘Sharon’ after the cylon… why? Cause this is Cheetos baby “Boomer”:
the name fits!
Alexandria prefers to play with toys, whereas the other cats prefer wrestling around, so i designed a toy just for her:
Better pic and pattern coming tomorrow!!!!
later!
Nathalie
Maddie loves baking stuff without a recipie, and my god she worked wonders this time!!! We were out of baking soda and baking powder, but that didn’t stop her~ she made a delicious heart shaped shortbread thing with chocolate drizzled fruit on it!!
Mommy came over to pick up Tasha last weekend and brought me 2 bars of dark chocolate~ which Maddie used for the cake. All of it. And then true to form, her and Adrian decided to splash spoonfuls of melted chocolate at each other leaving me a giant mess on the floor. Without a mop. But you know what? I ate more than half of the cake~ that girl can mess up the kitchen all she wants if it means i get dessert!!!!!
I also finally got to start and finish a crochet project without getting drinks spilled on it by the cats~ i used this pattern
(http://www.suncatchereyes.net/rolypolybunnies.html) Super easy and fun to make, but the next one i make i’ll use actual google eyes instead of a sharpie!!
Adrian got a good picture of Twinkletoes sleeping:
(the stain on the floor is fingerpaints!)
Here is our beauty queen, Milkshake:
Here is what was under the pillow:
And here is sleepy Worry Wart:
Later!
Nathalie
Out of all the products ever made for acne, the only one that ever worked wonderfully was Bonne Bells Ten-Zero-Six. I bought it at a mall over 15 years ago and it rocked! I haven’t been able to find it at any stores here for years and years and years, and now that Madaleine needs pimple stuff seeing as how she unfortunately inherited my genes for super acne (sorry bout that!) i was on a quest to track down the elusive wonder-astringent!!!!
AND I FOUND IT!!!!!!!!!!!
I was so freakin excited~ i swear this is the absolute best acne whatever out there!!!!!
http://www.colorandflavorshop.com/home.php?cat=48
On to the snow:
It snowed on Sunday and just as Adrian predicted the power went out. For three insanely freezing cold hours. And right when i had put hamburgers on the stove! Oh, and when the power came back on guess how i remembered about the burgers?! yeah, i know, i should’ve turned the burners to ‘off’ instead of leaving them on ‘high’~ i was in the mood for papa johns anyway.
Here are pics that Madaleine took for me (she’s in charge of weather photos cause she takes the best ones!)
i like this one cause of the raindrop!
Natasha got a huge pile of snow and formed it into ‘Bob’, a snow frog:
it really really looked like a frog!!
Sorry, sweetheart! No prince today!
She was really upset though, cause about ten minutes later Hamster accidentally knocked it over.
Tasha took a kitty outside pic:
This is either Super Cheeto Friend or Sandy (i can’t tell!)
My computer got a crap load of viruses and i have had to re-boot it three times in the last month, but it’s all fixed now so i can start taking and posting more stuff again!!!!!
My new obsession???? Music and movie downloads!!!!!
How?
1. download this: http://www.bittorrent.com/ this program thing is downloads the movies and stuff onto your computer.
2. search for torrents. there are TONS of sites to download torrents from but the one i use is: http://thepiratebay.org/
3. you will need these two codecs: www.divx.com (download the thing, you can uncheck everything just not the codec!, totally free)
http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/ (also free)
4. i also needed an ‘ac3′ codec for sound, get that here: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/AC3_Filter.htm
(you might need this download from microsoft if you have an older version of windows media player: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx )
5. For non-virus/non-spam torrents, this is the BEST page to go to: http://thepiratebay.org/search/axxo/0/99/200
6. Other secure user name links that are good are these:
http://thepiratebay.org/search/vomit/0/99/200
http://thepiratebay.org/search/devise/0/99/200
If you’re looking for a movie and it’s not listed at these three sites, it’s just not available yet!
Always download .avi files!!!
Downloading movies and what to do (aka. How to get a movie without downloading viruses)
1. Let’s say you want to see the movie ‘Role Models’
(it’s really funny, i saw it last week!!)
2. Now go to this link: http://thepiratebay.org/search/axxo/0/99/200 (same link as above)
this is the page for role models :http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4735181/Role.Models[2008][Unrated.Edition]DvDrip-aXXo
3. click on ‘download torrent’ , then click ‘open’ and it’ll open the bittorrent program you just downloaded. then click ‘ok’ and the movie will start to download in the bittorrent box. when it’s done, just go to the ‘downloads’ folder on your computer and it’ll be there!!!
4. In the download box you just clicked ‘ok’ on, note that it lists the files you are downloading.
1. the text file ‘demoniod’ is just the tracker/uploader info page. harmless.
2. the blue computer icon thingy is a system info for the movie. also harmless. you can uncheck both if you want, no biggie.
3. the movie icon, this is the movie file!! don’t uncheck it!!
5. on my computer it takes like an hour or less before the movie is done. when it’s done, i get a conversation bubble that says ‘blah blah blah is finished downloading’. go to the bittorrent shortcut on your desktop (the green one with the white swirly thing) and open it. Then click on ‘completed’, then click the movie title, then hit the red X to remove it. All done!!!
What NOT to download (aka. I killed my computer so you don’t have to)
1. DO NOT download torrents that have movie files with .wmv, .wmp, .rar!!! Why? i have yet to be able to find a way to play .wmv or .wmp files, and usually those are just spam anyway. if you download one and push play it’ll just have a message that says you have to go to a website and fill out offers or it’ll say to purchase a special movie player (i.e. purchase viruses!) Same with .rar files. unzipping/opening them and jackpot! you win a trip to the store to buy you’re very own new computer cause the one you just had died….from a virus or 50. so don’t download those.
2. DO NOT download torrents with any text pages entitled ‘Readme’ or ‘Password here’. just virus-y spam. total crap.
3. DO NOT download torrents that have like 50 compressed files. even if the site is totally trusted, i wouldn’t risk it. plus, who the hell wants to unzip a million files just to watch a movie!!
4. DO NOT download torrents that look ‘iffy’. for example, a file for ‘Coraline’ thats been up for 18 weeks. or a movie file with no text info. or a movie file thats only been up for a few hours and already has hundreds/thousands of ’seeds’ and ‘peers’. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.torrent)
5. DO NOT download torrents for movies with the wrong genre, like a comedy listed as ‘action’ or ‘thriller’. Total spam.
Example:
For the movie ‘Role Models’, here are some links to BAD files so don’t download them!! this is just to show you what bad ones look like:
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/55991653/role+models?tab=summary (this one has ‘readme’)
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/68794261/role+models?tab=summary (wmv extension)
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/53766105/role+models?tab=summary (not only does it have ‘readme’ text, but it’s listed as an ‘action’ movie!!! )
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/57605889/role+models?tab=summary (this one is .rar, compressed files= password=VIRUS!!)
What do the abbreviations mean?
Example:
Role.Models.TELESYNC.XviD-ORC.TPB.
There are 5 parts to a torrent file ‘name’.
1. (Role Models) The name of the movie (or book, or whatever.)
2. (TELESYNC) The format in which the movie was released. Other ones are CAM, DVDrip, etc.
3. (XviD) The technology used to encode the movie. (Divx is another one. also Ac3)
4. (ORC) The name of the person responsible for releasing the movie. Others are axxo, devise, vomit (gross, i know, but ’secure’)
5. (TPB) The tracker name. (TPB stands for The Pirate Bay, others are ISOHunt, or Torrentbox)
CAM: camcorder recording, usually a tripod set up right in the theater. (i downloaded one where you could see the corner of a seat through the entire movie!!)
WORKPRINT: A copy of the movie made from an unfinished studio version. ‘movie’ quality, may not be 100% identical to the theater release. These usually have counters or watermarks. (the only good version of Paul Blart Mall Cop has a counter running at the top of the screen throught the whole movie, also has ‘property of whatever’ that pops up a couple times throughout. you don’t notice the counter after a few minutes!)
TELESYNC, or TS: still a camcorder copy, but then audio fed directly from cinemas sound system.
R5: R5 is retail DVD from region 5 (europe, africa, north korea) not quite sure i understand this, but mainly the picture is DVD quality, the sound is not.
SCREENER: theatrical release versions, these are the ones sent to movie reviewers or academy members. has the occasional watermark that says ‘promotional copy’. (mall cop movie had this)
TELECINE or TC: lower quality copy reel. colors a bit off.
DVD-RIP: final retail version of a film, typically released before its available ‘in stores’
DVD-R: complete copy of the original DVD.
HDTV or DS Rip: a recording made directly from tv.
Lomg story short:
1. download these things:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/AC3_Filter.htm
2. go here and get movies:
www.thepiratebay.org/search/axxo
3. watch the movies! (these movies will play on your computer. to watch them in your DVD player, you need to convert and burn them with any avi to dvd program~ give me a bit and i’ll find a ‘free’ one and post it)
Nathalie
yup. i bought some pipe cleaners at walmart last week for the kids to mess around with. Tasha made a pile of pencil grippers while i printed up some pages of a McCalls craft book.
Patsy spent the night with Tasha while Madaleine spent the night up the street and we had so much fun sitting on the couch trying to figure out the instructions!! Cute book, but i swear there has got to be an easier way to make the dumb critters!! I think most of the glue ended up on the blankets!
Me and Patsy both made trees (without a pattern) and then i made a camel. What did Tasha have to say about it? “Mama the camel has 2 humps”!! (sung to the tune of ’sally the camel’ from Barney) What cracked me up was when she started singing ‘Tasha the camel has no humps’!
So, here is a group photo of our pipe cleaner creations:
Her stuff is on the right, mine on the left, with James’s flower tree in the middle.
What else have i made recently? Not much!! With the kids home and bored all i really get to do is referee fights and play ‘volunteer maid’! But i did make this adorable puppet~
the cats are getting used to it!
puppet extra loves Twinkletoes!
The kittens still prefer my lap over any other spot in the house:
Oh, wait, nevermind! They LOVE piling up next to the couch (don’t worry- if you step on one we’ve got 15 more!)
I also made a car for the cats, i used the free pattern from crochetville :
http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=91065
and this here is my favorite kitty pic of the week, it’s Hamster and Chicken Nugget sleeping:
i know it’s blurry, i had to zoom in from across the room!
later!
Nathalie
there was nothing to watch on tv so me and the girls started watching videos on the ‘ondemand’ channel, and these are the ones we liked the most:
then when on demand stopped working, the tv was on pbs and there was some celtic women music? on and they were singing enya! love enya, and this is the song they were singing:
and then that reminded me of an AWESOME cd i listened to a million times and didn’t return to my mom for months:
and of course i can’t seem to find any of the other songs on that cd, but it’s really cool anyhow!
Nathalie
