Archive for Life
November 19, 2011 · Filed under Life, My first book |
It feels like the whole country has been so divided for so long now, I do not want a political discussion because there are no winners in that, but I would like to discuss how depressing it is to have things so polarized. It’s hard to feel “together” in all this with the current climate. I’m so tired of it.
The book is due SOON, like really soon. Exciting I suppose, I won’t enjoy that excitement until it’s turned in! the manuscript itself is the part I have to turn in first, then I have to finish knitting some of the stuff and photographing them. It’s taken so long and taken over so much of my life I will be really happy to have it completed. I want to knit something again for the pure joy of knitting it. It’s been hard to enjoy the photography aspect of it because the weather is not what I really wanted to be working with, but such is life. Sorry if this is slightly depressing, I’m just a bit frustrated and want to have more work complete, faster. We’ll be visiting my family next week, which is a bad idea time-wise but it’s been a year and life is too short to not see family.
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September 8, 2011 · Filed under Life |
I have wonderful ideals all the time about things I want to blog about, but when I find the time to sit and type I can’t remember a single one of them! I seriously need to start making myself write them down.
Today I want to talk to you about door-nob safety covers. My little two-year-old has finally discovered how to open them (I put great effort into making sure it took her this long to figure it out) and when I could not find the old ones we used to have I ran to the store to get some. I brought them home and was promptly aggravated because they seemed to small and wouldn’t totally snap closed. LG would all the time bring me the two broken pieces from the one on our door. The one inside her room on her bedroom door magically has not yet fallen off.
So in desperation and irritation I ordered two different sets from amazon. The original ones that I had from ages ago, I loved. They where a bit loose on the doorknob, but not too loose. They had a bit of rubber to help you grib the doorknob itself, it was just a circle on each side an you could press them in a bit. I was always irritated by the groccery store Safety First variety because they lacked that little peice of rubber and I have to stick my finger through the holes to grip the door. Howoever after testing out two other brands, I think I hate them all.
As for which to actually use, it’s a toss up between the Safety 1st brand and KidCo Door knob Lock. I think I prefer the Safety 1st to them all, as I’ve gotten used to it, but as it didn’t fit properly on all my doors, I have had to use the KidCo on a few.
The Mommy’s Helper Doorknob Safety Covers can, well go sit in the briars on my back hill. I looked on the Babiesrus.com website and found a Dream Baby Door Knob Cover, it does not totally look like the old ones I used to have but I am 100% certain I got them at babiesrus so maybe it was an old model. I would like to try those out but I don’t live remotely close to a baby store.
So in turn I share with you after my frustration and my poor wasted dollars, to just stick with the Safety 1st from the grocery store. You may not like it but there are worse out there. It was a sad conclusion to come too!
August 30, 2011 · Filed under Life |
About a month ago the very wonderful little mailbox place near my house went out of business. The owner was a wonderful artist and a very funny guy with a good sense of humor. He prided himself on being the cheapest in town and I think that may have just been his downfall. He had ben in business for over 18 years. Petite Purls has had our mailbox there from the beginning and they never minded my crazy kids (ever try taking a 1 and a 3 year old into a store to mail something?).
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August 16, 2011 · Filed under Life, Photography |
I was so surprised to get so many comments on my last blog entry from my iheartfaces.com entry, it was fun to see a bunch of comments on the blog again. People don’t comment like they used to back in the hard-core blogger days! I also have a neat little facebook plugin that lets people post that way, but it doesn’t add to the post count which stinks, I mean who doesn’t get a bit dorked out when they see the post count number go higher then 1, or even into double digits? I know people are reading but I’ve always attracted a more quiet audience!
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July 27, 2011 · Filed under Life |
I am so knee deep in yarn and in this book I can’t tell you what side is up. I’m knitting like a mad women, while trying to balance two kids and LIFE. The life part is running a pretty close race with keeping up with the kids. By life I mean the house, the yarn, the cloths, the bank, the car. The car, keeping that dang car clean. The kids are determined to mess that car up at all costs. OMGOSH THE GIRLS. They are about to be two and four. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?? I CAN NOT!!!
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My name is Brandy Fortune, and I design knit-wear for kids. I love Crème Brulée, Sci-Fi, 70 degree weather and reading a good book in bed. I spend my time knitting, sewing, taking pictures, co-editing the web-zine 
