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I'm not exactly sure what I'm writing... so here's a picture of a kitty!

Our new kitty, to be exact. My mom... (love her to death, but she's an idiot sometimes) took in a kitty. Female. Not spayed. I TOLD her she was going to get kittens. The cat was preggo, and there would be kittens everywhere. I also told her that Mama Cat would have a calico, and it was MINE. Well, somehow, she forgot all that. So, kittens arrived, four of them. One was calico, one was the one above, and there were also two orange tabbies, which my aunt took. My freakin' brat of a sister decided she wanted to keep the calico kitteh. I want to bitch-slap my mom for forgetting what I said. So... We looked around a bit, but we couldn't find a home for Mr. Poe. Admittedly, we didn't try that hard. We were going to put up a poster at the hospital, but somehow, I never got around to making it. And then....

GW's ex wife happened.

Yeah, I know, it sounds like it doesn't have anything to do with my mom's unwanted kitten, but it does.

And this is how. 

X-Lady sends GW a Facebook message, asking if he could take one of the cats that they had when they were married. She's getting another divorce, and isn't sure if wherever she is moving to will take 3 cats. Could we find it in our hearts to take Sir Henley? GW says... Of course we can. And then says to me that it's not fair to say no to my mom, and yes to Ex-Lady. So... Kitteh count will be up to SEVEN, come Memorial Day weekend. 

So, here are some more pictures of Mr. Poe, who is adorable beyond words.

Blurry, because the little bugger never stops moving unless he's asleep.

Scoot & Mr. Poe

Scoot & Mr. Poe 2

Shamefully Neglected

Yes, I do mean my blog. Sorry, blog... :(

I've been busy with a growing Bibbit, making stuff, and planning on making stuff...
The little imp has decided to stop growing, so I've been doing a lot of feeding. He's dropped down from the 90th percentile, to the 10th. While this worries me, Dr. E says it's no big deal. I'm short, and TJ is skinny, so she wasn't expecting him to stay a bruiser forever. At 10 months, he weighs 17 lbs, 14 oz, and is 28.5 inches long... He hasn't gained even a full pound in 4 months. I feel like a bad mom, even though he eats EVERYTHING, and is always nomming me.

GW also let me have a year's worth of PonyIsland... So, I've been doing that, too. I loves me some ponies!! This one's my favorite so far... Her name is StarCloud Radiance, nicknamed Cloudy Day, and she's a Purrpony. SQUEEEE!!

I made this for GW... Bibbit's first "cruise" around the living room... I only had my phone to take pictures with (we left our camera battery chargers at the hotel when we went to PAX... DOH!) so they're a little fuzzy, but you get the idea.

I have to go back to being a mom now... That Bibbit keeps me busy! 

I Heart Ponies!

I love horses. I always have. Once upon a time, one of my uncles bought me a horse. I named her Sarah. She was old, and not much good for anything except (very) occasional rides, but I loved her to death. When she had to be put down, they didn't tell me the truth then. They just said she'd moved away, and I didn't learn what had actually happened until I was much older and able to take the real news without pitching an eternal fit. 

When I was younger, I also kept an extensive collection of My Little Ponies. They were really the only toys I ever played with. GW found me an online game a couple of years ago called Ponystars, which was recently cancelled. That made me very sad, as I had put many hours into breeding and dressing up my ponies. Their original creator still maintains the French version of the game, Poney Vallee. But they annoy me with their 20-day waiting time for foals to grow up. 

So ANYWAY.... The whole point of this post was that I made a new dipe. With PONIES!!!! I found the flannel in the remnants bin when I was looking for flannel for wipes... GW said I couldn't get it, because it was a John Deere print. He relented when I told him "But nothing wipes like a Deere!!" (He cracked up, 'cause he likes my dumb jokes.) The fabric grew on me as I made my wipes, so I saved enough for a diaper, too. It's also fully snapped, which is totally awesome! This is the first dipe I have that has all of them where they need to be, because I was able to put them on before the dipe was finished. The pictures make it look a little wonky, but I assure you, this is the best dipe I've made yet.

Why I Shouldn't Make Diapers For YOU.

Ok, I'm going to make a list now of all the reasons you do not want my diapers.

First off, Pattern.
The pattern I make my dipes from is completely customized to fit my baby. It probably won't fit yours. Right now, I'm only making pocket fitteds, because that is what I need for overnights. I have customized it until I can stuff it full of what I need, so it's probably going to be too big for most babies. Oh, and it still needs a cover.

Next, Time.
We all know that time is money. I don't know how much my time is worth, but I do know that I don't have much of it to spare. I couldn't promise you X number of diapers by X date, because chances are, you'd be pissed I couldn't meet the deadline.

Next, Choices.
I don't have much to offer for prints. I usually only buy just enough to make one or maybe 2 diapers from each print that I have. I only have 4 snap colors, if you count the size 16 white ones. The others are red, black, and teal. I don't do AI2's, nor do I have materials for making them. I stuff my dipes with inserts from other dipes, and microfiber towels from the auto department. I just recently got some washcloths to use for this as well... So, yeah, no OBV or OBF or hempin' here.

Next, Quality.
If you've read any of my other posts, you'll know that I HATE my sewing machine, and it sucks. I just wouldn't feel comfortable making you shoddy dipes.
But... I've seen some WAHM dipes lately that made my skin crawl, and weren't worth the fabric that was abused to construct them. I wouldn't ever make mine that bad, but still, I don't want to end up on the "this WAHM suxxorz" list. And I don't want to go crazy, and start making things like nursing sombreros and "learning toys" out of junk. I don't want to ever have to tell someone that "all I can do is try".

Gifts = Success!

Kathy loved her scarf, and now insists that Alex gets a matching pair of pants. I'm not sure if I have enough of the Kermit fleece left for a full pair of pants, but I could probably appliqué a Kermit face to the butt or something. When Kathy opened her gift, Miranda looked really sad, she didn't have much to open right then. It was a good 20 minutes before she got to open her scarf, and it took a lot of willpower for me not to scream at Dawn "Just give her the damn present already!!!" So, when she finally got it, she never noticed her scarf was kind of wacky & twisted. How could she have noticed when it was either wrapped around her neck, or being rubbed on her face from the time she unwrapped it? So yeah, she liked it a lot, and seemed pretty thrilled that I would make something for her. Ryan got to open the goodie box, and immediately put one of the peanut butter bon-bons in his mouth. He tried to shove the box under his gifts, but he was caught, and was told they were to share.
Another good thing is that Ryan doesn't freak out as much anymore about me BF'ing Alex. I think he's figured out that I'm going to do it when it needs to be done, no matter where I am. Of course, this is getting more difficult, since Alex has figured out that *shock!* there is a world beyond the boob, and he wants to see it.

Alex got a book from Kathy, which he loves... And also his first taste of wrapping paper, which he also loves.

He was not so happy when I took it away, though...

So, he had to get a new present to nom.

We were supposed to go to Holly's Christmas party, but, when we got home, we decided to take a nap, and totally missed the party starting time. We didn't want to be there too late, and we had TJ for the weekend. After hearing Heather's recap of the party, it's a good thing we didn't bring TJ along. The Yankee swap was full of gifts that would have puzzled TJ to no end. Such as the inflatable sheep that was subsequently brutalized by most of the males at the party. Or the '1001 sex positions' book that Heather acquired. Or the fat squirrel statue (Which Heather said had no purpose other than to sit there, and look fat and cute. Everyone wanted it, of course, and much thefting took place.).
Now, we get to make dinner on Christmas for my mom & her Santa-boyfriend. This should be interesting.

More Sew Happiness!

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Ok, sooo... First, Miranda's scarf.... I couldn't decide which side to use as the outer, the print side, or the super-fuzzy-stick-your-face-in-it-and-snuzzle-it side. So I made it 2 sided. Above, you can see where the print isn't as defined. That is the snuzzle side. It was a complete fucking pain in my ass to sew. I thought I was doing awesome, and that Priss agreed with me that minky was the best fabric ever invented. When I turned it over, it was a different story. Bird's nests, dropped stitches, and FUCK THIS FABRIC!!! So it is a leetle bit crooked, but I hope she won't notice.

Next, Kathy's scarf.... I totally effed up cutting the fringe... So, I faked it by cutting some of the fringey things shorter, to make it look like I did it on purpose. It works, yay!

Next, Bibbit next to our magic sparkle tree! Aww! That highchair, btw, is the same one that TJ used, which was given to me by my Grandma. It sat lonely for 11 years in my mom's attic....

Next up... Christmas Bites (fabric from Joann.) They're all out of it online, so when I was an idiot and washed it with my red Alova, I was totally depressed. Two hot washes with oxyclean and RnG fixed it right up. Santa's beard shouldn't be pink...

 And this is what I made with it! Alex's magic sparkle tree outfit!

We're going to the in-law's house for celebrating tomorrow (er... today) So I was glad I finally got to put this together. While I was making the appliqué, my boobs leaked, thinking about how cute this was going to be for pictures. Damn my boobs!

Stash Shots!

 When I took  my first "stash shot", it was cute and tiny... Well, Alex was tiny, too. I had to wash every night, and sometimes use the sposies I had to fill in, like if I knew he was going to poop, and it wouldn't be on him for more than 20 minutes.

I got burnt out staying up until 2 or 3 am every day to wash the diapers. Finally, I threw a fit of overtired rage at GW, and I got more diapers. As luck would have it, this was when Fuzzibunz perfect size went on sale, and GW said I could get 6 more. I got them from Fuzzibunzonline.com, because they had red. And I really wanted a red one. When comparing prices, I had added 6 to my cart at Kelly's Closet... They sent me an email saying I hadn't paid for my cart. Since they are the same company, I though "Oh no!! My diapers aren't on their way??" and I ordered them. The ones I had ordered before arrived that day. I hadn't read KC's policy about no cancellations, so after some frustrating emails, I told GW about my mistake. He said we could keep them, as he didn't want to pay shipping on them twice if I could use them. So, I got 6 more. Then, I got into making diapers, and bought a few WAHM dipes, too. 

Covers, stuffers, etc...

 These aren't all of them, though, I have more. Some were dirty, and I have made others, too. We don't really use the BumGenius diapers anymore, only as a last resort, because Alex's butt doesn't like the lining they use. The bat dipe I made is too small already, but the longies still fit.