I'll sleep... eventually... right?

Yesterday, I got some medicine where the side effects are just fabulous... flushing, hot flashes, sweating like a sinner in church, and insomnia.  I am exhausted - no sleep... none... quiet literally, I may have dozed for an hour and a half if I'm being generous.  My face feels like it my eyes are going to fly out of my head, though I've been reassured that can't/won't happen.  Oh, let's not forget being incredibly irritated at everything.  So what did I do with all this time?  Take a look...

I started with this little thing...

I ended with all of this... and yes, you are seeing correctly...

It includes a lace edging worked sideways.  If you have to be up due to insomnia, might as well be productive.

Magical weekend

So we celebrated Hobbit all weekend long.  First on our own at Walt Disney World - specifically the Magic Kingdom and then supper at Chef Mickey's on Saturday which was her actual birthday - and then we went to my folks' house on Sunday to celebrate her and Daddy since his birthday is Thursday.

Here are some photos of the fun we had - in collage form to save you from colossal scrolling.  The first set is from the parade at the Magic Kingdom, then the second is supper at Chef Mickey's, followed by the final set of my folks' house.

It was magical - and exhausting - weekend.  Time for me to relax!

Double digits, oh my!

Today is Hobbit's birthday.  She turns 10 at 10:10 am ET.  It is so very hard to believe that she is even here, much less that she's been around for a decade now!  Y'all know I don't get milestone sappy because I'd rather celebrate than sob, but wow... this girl has put me through the ringer, that's for sure.  So to celebrate my little Hobbit in all her glory, here is a look at the past decade with my little tsunami...

This little curly headed monster has been working those dimples since the day she was born - saved her hiney a lot!

Then the "terrible twos" hit... and have yet to actually let go.  That face, yeah I still get that... a lot!

This little stinker has taken us all for a ride - such a roller coaster ride.

Mary Poppins... not hardly... too mischievous... though she does love her best.

Me and my mini me... we do know how to act a bit silly... most of the time.

Never one to be afraid to take the path untraveled, my little explorer and independent girl.

Never afraid to follow her own heart and be nothing less than exactly who she is... fairy wings and all.

Even if that means smearing her face with mood changing lipstick to get people to laugh.

By her 5th birthday, she had it all figured out.  Blankie, bunny, and juice was all a girl needed.

Still, if making waves made her giggle... that's exactly what she did!

She would get lost in her own little world, complete with imaginary friends Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Hagrid.

Always making sure to grab the best moments of life and hang on tight...

and always with her own signature touch of sass to go along with it.

Eight years into the journey with my mini me and I swore, I wondered if she would make to double digits... seriously!

Though along the way, she finally started to learn some calming methods... then we learned, she was academically gifted.

Lots of things clicked then - she was challenging, sure, but partly because she just wasn't being challenged herself.

and though we still have days that we both just feel like we've been beat down and run through the ringer...

We still manage to find our smiles and love our way through every obstacle.

So Happy Birthday to my sweet, caring, lovable, trying, impossible, intelligent, driven, determined, silly, frustrating, and funny girl.  You have brought so much into my life that I simply couldn't image it without you.

I love you, Hobbit.

You know, that slow kind of crazy

That's the type of train I've been on lately.  You know the kind.  It's crazy, you know it's crazy, but it has just enough sane moments in it to make you think it's doable.  Oh yeah, those are actually worse than the full blown crazy trains.

I've been finding moments to stay sane though.  I've been knitting and even gathered up all my stuff for my Summer OWL.  I'm going for a Potions OWL - three colors - by working a Color Affection.  I even have a shawl chosen for my BROOM, just hope I can figure out a way to make it fit the Mission.  I also got some new yarn today which, as you know, makes life perfect.

I made these for Peanut's roommate as an Easter present since she came home with her for the break.

I made these for Peanut and they were so silky feeling.  She honestly liked them and I'm sure they'll get used.

Here are the fixings for my Potions OWL.  It's going to be gorgeous, I just know it!

This is my fabulous yarn.  I'm going to make my mama something with it.

I have been knitting a lot more lately so that I can be just as well versed in that as my crochet.  I am enjoying it but my goodness it is a much longer process.  What takes me a few days in crochet will take me about three times as long as knitting.  I'm sure I will never be as fast knitting as I am when I crochet but I feel good about the progress I've made... I mean come on, I made thumb gussets!

Time for some comfort food - hamburgers and fries.  I will be back shortly, I hope y'all have a great weekend!

Drumroll please...

Way to go, Lauren!  I have already notified our winner of her good fortune and I would like to thank everyone for their participation.  Stay tuned because you never know what I'll have up next.

Have a beautiful Thursday everyone!!