Anyone seen "Dead Snow"? It's a Norwegian movie about Nazi zombies and a group of people who head out to a cabin on the mountain surrounded by woods for miles and miles from each direction. Obviously, a lot of them die (I haven't seen the entire movie, yet, so no spoilers!), or perhaps they all die.
I do have one insignificant little note. All Norwegian movies I have seen have all had metal music playing during the opening scene. Well, I guess I've only seen two Norwegian movies. The other would have to be "Funny Games". If you look it up, just so you know, there is a 2008 movie by the same name that was made in the U.S.
In the Norwegian version of the movie "Funny Games", a couple of guys take a small family hostage while they are on vacation and plays sadistic games with the family just for their own amusement. I saw that one all the way through. It was definitely a crazy movie.
Anyways, back to the original subject! I'm currently watching "Dead Snow". I had seen the first ten, fifteen minutes of the movie about a half a year ago but had to stop watching it for whatever reason. Now, my fiance's friend, my fiance, my baby, and I are enjoying some good ole nazi zombie movie.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Aristocats and Yogurt!!
Just got up for the day an hour ago. I have an app on my phone that I played for my baby - it's called baby learning cards animals, or something like that. If you double tap on the picture of an animal (and they have a sound bit for that animal) then you can hear what that animal sounds like! And it is pretty entertaining for a baby because they can hear the sounds and also look at different animals - including favorites such as cats and dogs, and also lionfish and even octopi!
I like it just for that fact. She can see many different things in the world all from the comfort of our bed.
Aside from that, right now we are watching The Aristocats and I'm eating yogurt! She seems to love this movie about as much as a four-month old can love something, other than me, that is, haha. I'm kind of excited for when she realizes that I am leaving and won't be near her for a while (for work). But then, I don't want her to be upset, I want her to always be happy, which is rather easy to accomplish.
Do you have an easy baby? What are some of her/his quirks? I love hearing about baby quirks!
I like it just for that fact. She can see many different things in the world all from the comfort of our bed.
Aside from that, right now we are watching The Aristocats and I'm eating yogurt! She seems to love this movie about as much as a four-month old can love something, other than me, that is, haha. I'm kind of excited for when she realizes that I am leaving and won't be near her for a while (for work). But then, I don't want her to be upset, I want her to always be happy, which is rather easy to accomplish.
Do you have an easy baby? What are some of her/his quirks? I love hearing about baby quirks!
Friday, January 18, 2013
Mechanical Turks??
Does anybody use Amazon's Mechanical Turk? How do you like it? Do you make any good money? Or do you just make a couple bucks a day?
I just signed up for it, and it says I have to wait a couple of day (48 hours at most) to start working on the HIT's, as they call them.
I do have to say... I'm kind of excited to start doing them, mostly so I can keep being a stay-at-home mom, if I can make enough money, that is! So, I've been looking at all of the HIT's and almost all of them are less than $1.00! Literally, most of them are .01 or .02. It will kind of suck, but I have heard of some people making enough money to rival a part-time job. Honestly, that would be great if I could make that much money, because then all the money I would make could go toward debts and all that sort of stuff!
In the future, I would like to move to Portland with my daughter and fiance. It's just a life goal for my fiance and I. We want to move there to raise our daughter and any future children. We especially want to be in a city and have plenty of opportunities to live and see things. You see, we love going out to the library, to concerts, to eat, to museums, etc... But where we live right now, there isn't much to do except look at the river :/
The Mississippi River, that is. And although it is a "place to see" in the U.S., it is pretty boring. Especially if you've lived next to it your entire life.
How about you, do you live next to anything particularly interesting to someone else, but rather boring to you? Tell me about it in the comments!
I just signed up for it, and it says I have to wait a couple of day (48 hours at most) to start working on the HIT's, as they call them.
I do have to say... I'm kind of excited to start doing them, mostly so I can keep being a stay-at-home mom, if I can make enough money, that is! So, I've been looking at all of the HIT's and almost all of them are less than $1.00! Literally, most of them are .01 or .02. It will kind of suck, but I have heard of some people making enough money to rival a part-time job. Honestly, that would be great if I could make that much money, because then all the money I would make could go toward debts and all that sort of stuff!
In the future, I would like to move to Portland with my daughter and fiance. It's just a life goal for my fiance and I. We want to move there to raise our daughter and any future children. We especially want to be in a city and have plenty of opportunities to live and see things. You see, we love going out to the library, to concerts, to eat, to museums, etc... But where we live right now, there isn't much to do except look at the river :/
The Mississippi River, that is. And although it is a "place to see" in the U.S., it is pretty boring. Especially if you've lived next to it your entire life.
How about you, do you live next to anything particularly interesting to someone else, but rather boring to you? Tell me about it in the comments!
New Project
I'm working on a new project... It's another scarf! I'm trying to make it a little more intricate looking, as in having a different design every once in a while.
This one, I will be using the single crochet for the most of it.
And for three rows (or four, I haven't decided, yet), I will double crochet. These rows will be near the ends. About seven rows of single crochet to each end.
As you can tell, I'm not that great at following a pattern. I like to just make it up as I go along.
I have a hard time following a pattern because I can never figure out how to go in between each kind of stitch, or I find a stitch that I can't do, or I just mess it up and then never figure out how to do it in the end. Well, I guess I just give up every time.
Do you have any suggestions for me? Maybe a website that tells me how to crochet using a pattern??
This one, I will be using the single crochet for the most of it.
And for three rows (or four, I haven't decided, yet), I will double crochet. These rows will be near the ends. About seven rows of single crochet to each end.
As you can tell, I'm not that great at following a pattern. I like to just make it up as I go along.
I have a hard time following a pattern because I can never figure out how to go in between each kind of stitch, or I find a stitch that I can't do, or I just mess it up and then never figure out how to do it in the end. Well, I guess I just give up every time.
Do you have any suggestions for me? Maybe a website that tells me how to crochet using a pattern??
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Crochetable!
So, I decided last night around 10:00 to start crocheting a scarf... It started out really well, and then I accidentally forgot a stitch or two (or 5,000) in a few rows along the way. But once I realized that, I added some stitches in the rows to make it back to the approximate width it started out!
I used this yarn:
To make a scarf that looks like this:
I actually got this yarn for Christmas, it is Lion Brand Yarn. You can check it out at LionBrand.com!
To make this scarf, I used a simple single crochet. You can make it as wide and as long as you want. I don't know exactly how many chains I made, probably 10 or 15 chains to start it out.
I used this yarn:
To make a scarf that looks like this:
I actually got this yarn for Christmas, it is Lion Brand Yarn. You can check it out at LionBrand.com!
To make this scarf, I used a simple single crochet. You can make it as wide and as long as you want. I don't know exactly how many chains I made, probably 10 or 15 chains to start it out.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Violins and Yours Truly
This past Christmas, I got a violin from my fiance's parents. Starting last week, I began violin lessons. I just had another violin lesson today.
Do any of you own a violin? How about other instruments? Can you actually play them, or are they purely decorational?
I actually own many instruments. I have a clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello, multiple guitars, and a keyboard. I know how to play the clarinet with some skill (should I mention I received the highest score on a solo?). As for the others, I can play the trumpet (barely), and the violin (barely). What is pretty cool, is that once I learn the violin, the cello is close behind. Just a matter of learning to put my fingers one (or two?) string over.
Is anyone else learning the violin currently, or already know how to play? Want to share some tips?? I am always open to tips!
Do any of you own a violin? How about other instruments? Can you actually play them, or are they purely decorational?
I actually own many instruments. I have a clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello, multiple guitars, and a keyboard. I know how to play the clarinet with some skill (should I mention I received the highest score on a solo?). As for the others, I can play the trumpet (barely), and the violin (barely). What is pretty cool, is that once I learn the violin, the cello is close behind. Just a matter of learning to put my fingers one (or two?) string over.
Is anyone else learning the violin currently, or already know how to play? Want to share some tips?? I am always open to tips!
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Houston, Texas
Hey! How is everyone doing today? Want to attend a football game? Well, I've got the site just for you! This site has houston texans tickets, tennessee titans tickets, and even denver broncos tickets! Just type in ticketamerica.com and find the team you are looking for.
I'm Getting Married!!
Ok, so I have been engaged for close to a year now. I was two months pregnant by the time he proposed, and it was Valentine's Day :)... (How did your hubby propose??)
Mine had gotten me a ring for Christmas (just a flower ring to wear when I was going someplace nice).
So, on Valentine's Day, he asked me if I was going to wear my ring, which of course I was already wearing, and I stated so... He then got down on one knee and said "No, I mean this one." And pulled out a beautiful ring with four diamonds placed in the middle with a square of diamonds surrounding it, and some diamonds going along the ring's band on either side. Of course, he was all nerves, and once I saw the ring I said "Really!?" "Yes, really!" "Yes!!!"
So, that is my proposal story.
We have decided on getting married in either August or September in a state park near us. What was your wedding site? Was it a library (my first choice)? Church? Or maybe a barn??
Mine had gotten me a ring for Christmas (just a flower ring to wear when I was going someplace nice).
So, on Valentine's Day, he asked me if I was going to wear my ring, which of course I was already wearing, and I stated so... He then got down on one knee and said "No, I mean this one." And pulled out a beautiful ring with four diamonds placed in the middle with a square of diamonds surrounding it, and some diamonds going along the ring's band on either side. Of course, he was all nerves, and once I saw the ring I said "Really!?" "Yes, really!" "Yes!!!"
So, that is my proposal story.
We have decided on getting married in either August or September in a state park near us. What was your wedding site? Was it a library (my first choice)? Church? Or maybe a barn??
At the Doctor's Again??
The poor thing! My little girl, Carolina, had another doctors appointment recently! And she got three shots :/ The little thing just screamed and cried and screamed some more.
It really hurt me to hear her scream like this, because I had never heard her scream like that before. It was the worst pain she had ever been in! But, some good came out of this visit... I got to see how much my baby was growing!
She is now 25 inches and 14 lbs. 6.6 oz. How big is your baby getting?
It really hurt me to hear her scream like this, because I had never heard her scream like that before. It was the worst pain she had ever been in! But, some good came out of this visit... I got to see how much my baby was growing!
She is now 25 inches and 14 lbs. 6.6 oz. How big is your baby getting?
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