This isn't a great picture, but atleast you can see what I finished.  :-)  The lighting in my living room is awful.  I knitted this hat with some el'cheap'o Red Heart Soft yarn.  It knits up suprisingly well though!  Katie and Liberty have since asked for hats.  lol.  I finished one of the American Girls socks last night.  They are so tiny.  I'm in the middle of a short-row heel on another pair of socks fromSensational Knitted Socks.   I LOVE this book.  It makes sock knitting seem so much easier!  I've got some new knitting needles in my Knitpicks cart right now.  The Options set.  I'm just about ready to click submit order.  I've wanted them since they first came out.  I have some $$ from something of mine that I sold on e-bay.  So, I'm thinking I'll splurge and get them.  :-)  I just got some new knitting books too.  One of them is Knitted Babes.   I've wanted to make these since I first saw the babes that  Faith made.  Looks like she's making more.  Unfortunately, I don't know if I have any yarn in my stash suitable for a babe body.  :-)  If not, I'm going shopping on Friday.  I'm sure I could get some.   I really am going to post a list of projects I want to knit this year.  Really, I am.  :-)  Oh, thanks to Becca for telling me how to include links in my blog entries!  :-)

School news.....I'm having a week where I wonder why on earth I am attempting to homeschool my kids?  Let's just say that Devin is STILL doing school today.  Did you know it's nearly 7pm?  Do I feel bad for him?  Not one little bit.  He's done it to himself.  He's currently getting sucked into a game of Spongebob Life.....did I mention he's sitll working on math?  Ugh.  Mikayla is attempting to learn subtraction with renaming.  Can I just bang my head against a wall right now?  I don't know how I'm going to survive the next year when my dh is deployed.  I'm remember why I got cold feet last time and decided to move to NY with my parents at the last minute.  But, I'm not doing that again.  I need to just suck it up and deal with it.  Easier said than done.  On a positive note, Benjamin is going through the Get Ready for the Code books.  He's doing GREAT!  He's not real keen on handwriting, but he's barely 5, so I'm not pusing it.  I really think we're going to try Handwriting Without Tears in the fall.  Hmph....I should have inserted a link, eh?  Sorry....google is your friend!  :-) 

Here's my little joy for the day......a new mouse!  My old mouse was very, very wonky yesterday.  Would move the cursor up, down and to the right, but not to the left.  Very frustrating.  So, off I went to the PX (by myself I might add) to get a new mouse.  I wanted a cheap mouse.  They had ONE for $14.95.  I quickly picked it up before anyone else tried to get it.  :-)  Worls like a charm!  Who knew that the modern mouse doesn't even use a ball!  Huh!  Until next time...........