Kimbrey's Creations

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I edited this photo on my ipod with this app-

You select a picture, upload it and can select from existing edits or create a custom one.  I like to use this app because you can choose which section of your picture to apply the edits to.   When you're finished you can save the picture to your camera roll.  The are screenshots of the uploading, editing and saving process:

I joined the monthly club which gets the price of Quest bars below $2. I love these protein bars, and eat at least one a day as a meal replacement

None of these are staged, I just found them all like this

There is a breastfeeding group that meets at Greenberries that requested a few hats that look like breasts.  Turns out they really weren't that hard, it was just finding the right colors that ended up being an issue.  This is a pic of the first one I made-

I'm starting to work on a blanket inspired by the very hungry caterpillar.  This is the start of the caterpillar, but it won't go on the blanket underneath.

Navy, pink & white

 Pastel purple, pink, blue and yellow

Moment 1- I came home from work to find a lot of my plants knocked over.  I suspect Chunk since he likes to sit where I keep them.

Moment 2- Maddy tore open and spread around a whole bag of potting soil

1. Recipe for cake: 1 yellow box mix + 4 eggs + 1 packet dream whip + 1 cup cold water + 1 tsp maple flavor (optional), mix with hand beaters for 4 minutes. Add in chocolate chips (which I later regret, it made the cake too unstable for carving.) Bake for 32 minutes at 350 degrees in a greased rectangle baking pan. When it's finished flip the cake out of the pan and onto a flat tray.

We cleaned out our closets this past week and I made yarn from three t-shirts that we no longer needed and were too crappy to donate.  I’ve done this one other time, I’ll take a pic of that finished rug too.

         Last night was the second time we saw Colin and Brad perform live at Lyric.  I love Colin Mochery  and I always wanted to do the moving people skit with him because I thought I could do better than the volunteers they called up on the tv show. This impossible goal was number 2 on my bucket list. The first time we went there they called us up on stage to do the moving people skit! We had a great time participating on stage, although I will say it’s hard to move them when you’re laughing so hard. 

Chunk's update:

I talked to the vet this morning who said that Chunk has not vomited during his stay and is hydrated! They said he is well enough to come home! The only prob remaining is that he hasn't eaten anything during his stay, so with all the vomiting he probably hasn't digested any food in at least 3 days. As long as he eats something while he's home he can stay here, and it's a great sign that he'll recover.

I was watching a movie where this woman was pinning her hair up, and the end result was beautiful. I got distracted from the movie and started thinking- could I do that? would my hair even cooperate?  how awesome would my hair look? how hard could it be? 

Challenge accepted.

The plan:

Whenever I hear, see, smell or otherwise sense something I enjoy, I like to figure out how to do it.  For example I liked this one wine so I decided to learn how to make it.  Did you even know you can make your own wine at your house, and it’s actually pretty easy?  Well you can, it was, and I did it but I can talk about that later.

So I just go about my day and random learning ideas pop up.  This is my latest one-

Poor Chunky is spending the night at the vet's tonight.  He was acting lethargic, vomiting and wouldn't eat anything.  Thankfully Brooks recognized the symptoms and took him to the vet.

Here's the vet's report: Chunk was so dehydrated that they were unable to put an IV in his stubby legs (the vet's words, not mine).  They had to put water under his skin instead and hope in the morning they can get an IV in.  Chunk tested positive for pancreatitis so they have him on antibiotics as well.  They also did an x-ray and found a collection of bone shard fragments in his stomach. 

He said that bone meal in cat food is normal, so not to be worried about them.  I've been feeding my cat bone shards!  Iams Sensitive Systems with Bone Shards!

 Pictures from our trip a few weeks ago- most are from the AMX showroom at Time's Square

Memorable events from our trip:

I saw a man reach into his mouth like he was picking out some food, and instead, when he pulled his fingers out he had one of his teeth!

We saw Evita featuring Ricky Martin which was absolutely excellent.  My favorite part was the audience's reaction to him on stage which was just as entertaining as his singing.  One lady a few rows ahead of us was holding up a Puerto Rican flag.

Here is a weekly dose of Ruddy, Chunk, and Maddy pictures

Made from 100% cotton yarn using white, pink and brown.

The pattern is made up (since I can't red patterns).  The stitch is similar to my blanket posted before this one except it's 7 double crochet in one single stitch with 2 anchor single crochets on either side so that it makes a flat fan shape.

I hope to put this in our bathroom when I'm finished

I started this last Monday.  I'm kind of tired of hats so I started a blanket with Easter colors, but most people would probably consider these baby colors.

It's about 3.5 feet wide and I used a stitch that I made up (since I can't read patterns).  I will probably use 6 colors in total and it will be about 4 or 5 feet long.

My aunt gave me a Strawberry Cheesecake Quest protein bar to try the other day.

http://questproteinbar.com/?gclid=COztp6T07K8CFUOo4AodBmzs1Q

Wow, these things are great.  1 to 3g sugar, under 200 calories, 20+ grams of protein, most have - under 4 net carbs.  Most importantly they taste really good- even Brooks approved!

Today we went to the Vitamin Shoppe to try all the flavors and see which ones we'd like to get in boxes.

These are a list of the flavors we got, and I'll update as we eat them-