the movie

Oh.my.goodness! I finished the movie last night, didn't think I'd be able to get through it all, the kids made it a bit difficult. Now that I've seen it, I swoon even harder after Mr. Rochester. How dreamy is he, seriously?

I think the BBC did a really good job with it and from what I've been reading, people seem to think it's the best version to watch. I questioned if there were others in my other post and all I had to do was look on youtube, there's a few out there. And a new one is being made also with Ellen Page playing Jane, I think she'll probably do a good job playing her. I haven't been able to find out who's playing Mr. Rochester yet though, maybe he hasn't been cast?

I'm going to have to buy the dvd soon so that I can watch it without all the having to click to the next part. That way I can watch it over and over as many times as I want.

Bronte along

I don't think I can even put into words how excited I am for this Bronte-along! It's been going on for a little while now but I'm just now getting to posting about it, I'm slow with things sometimes.

The first Bronte book being read, watched, crafted is Jane Eyre. I read this book back in December and absolutely fell in love! I'm rereading it right now, I read it really fast the first time since I had such a hard time putting it down, I'm hoping I can really absorb it more this time around.

Also, I'm trying to watch the BBC version of Jane Eyre. It's taking me such a long time, there never seems to be enough time to really sit and watch it with the kids being sick so often. They're better now, so hopefully it will be watched entirely very, very soon. I've made it through the first episode only, my kids need to let me watch it in peace already! Is BBC the only version of Jane Eyre out there? I know that a lot of classic books get made in to many different movies, so I'm wondering if this is one of those books. If you want to watch the one I'm watching, youtube has the whole thing right here, so you can watch too!

To learn about how the Bronte-along works, go here and to see the others participating in with this also, go here.

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I watched the movie! Read about that here.
I made my last post about Jane Eyre here.

goings on

Everyone is finally healthy again in the house, it's so nice to sleep through the night again. Especially on my new king size bed, it's absolutely heavenly! Anyway, I thought I'd pop in today to share a few things I've found going on out in blogland. In no particular order, here they are.

Lindsay at Living with Lindsay is again hosting the $5 craft challenge, I forgot all about and didn't get anything made unfortunately. Go check out all the really great cheap crafts to make over there! I'm getting tons of ideas.

I really almost don't want to share this giveaway because the tote is really cute and I can picture myself carrying it everywhere! But, here it is anyway. At Craftaholics Anonymous, they are giving away a Thomas Paul small goldfinch bag. You'll love it when you see it I'm sure.

Bronte-along! Click over to learn more about it, I'm excited for it and will be posting more about it as soon as I find more time.

Carol is reading Pride and Prejudice and she's inviting others to read along with her and discuss the book. I'm so happy that she invited me to join in, I really can't wait to talk about the book with others! Come join in if you'd like to read the book and talk with others about it as well!

Pride and Prejudice

I have finally read a book by Jane Austen! I loved it! I can't wait to read the rest of her books. Unlike the thing with Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, I totally understand the love that people have for Mr. Darcy! I have fallen completely in love with him too. I couldn't wait for the book to shift back to him, I was almost giddy when he and Elizabeth finally expressed their love for each other. If you haven't read this book, I don't want to give too much of it away. I really good go on and on but this would just be a complete spoiler then.

Have you read this book? Are you in love with Mr. Darcy as well?

I was going to read another Jane Austen book after this but I'm going to reread a book that I just read last year, I'll let you know all about which one it is and why in another blog post real soon!

giant boy granny

Here's the blanket I ended up making for my cousin's baby boy. I went with an over sized granny square bordered in two rows of double crochet. You might be shocked in the type of yarn I went with, I know I was when I bought it, variegated yarn! But, I like the colors in this yarn, I think it's perfect for a little boy.



I first started with a rectangular granny but that wasn't working out too well, so I pulled it all apart to start over (after going through a ball & a half of yarn!). I managed to get it all finished off a few hours before the baby shower. I think I need to start making a stash of crocheted baby blankets so there's not such a hurry to get done next time.

thank you

I just wanted to take a minute to say thank you to every one of you who reads my blog and leaves me such kind, encouraging comments. They and you all mean so much to me, I don't know what I would do without the encouragement I find here on the internet. People in my life are good but they don't really get much of what's going on with me, and I don't blame them because I keep a lot to myself most of the time. Anyway, thank you all for being so great!

Now, I need to go cuddle my sick boy some more. We went to the doctor today and he's got gastroenteritis, the poor guy. He's been unable to keep anything in his stomach since Saturday night, he's really, really sickly right now. If we can't get his vomiting and diarrhea under control by tomorrow afternoon, we're supposed to go to the hospital to get him some help there. I really hope we don't have to go that route, I hate seeing my baby so sick like this.

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Sick kids have been keeping me busy for quite some time. We just can't seem to shake any of it. Sami had hand, foot and mouth disease last week, I only knew of the name before she got it. I really hope none of my kids ever get it again, that was a stressful week but she's completely fine now. Lizzy's having a hard time right now, keeping food down is hard for her, it's not fun to have her feeling this way. She woke up screaming yesterday, it scared the living crap out of me. Hopefully, if this warm weather sticks around, we'll be able to finally shake all this sick.

I'm not sure if I remember posting about hubby's injury before but back in November he broke his ankle while at work and has been at home since. He's been getting so many different dates from his therapist of when they'd expect him to be able to work again, so far going back this year is not looking very possible. We have to also make another trip to Edmonton because they think that a couple pins may have slipped out of place, so that might put him back in for surgery sooner than they expected. The next surgery wasn't supposed to be until September, we'll see what happens in April when we go see the surgeon again.

Everyone keeps asking me if I'm going back to work since hubby isn't able to yet. I have thought about it, I think it would be nice but hubby isn't too patient so I'm not sure him staying at home all the time would be the best option. Then there are others who are saying I should open up myself an etsy shop, even hubby's trying to get me to do it. I've been thinking about it but even if it does happen, I can't see it being until sometime next year. I'm not entirely confident in my blanket making skills just yet, someday maybe.

Water for Elephants

I saw this on my mother's bookshelf almost a year ago and immediately wanted to read it but thought there was no way I would get through it. I don't know why I thought that, this book was a breeze to get through, only two or three days was spent on this one. I was hooked from the first page when the main character telling the story said he was ninety or ninety three, he couldn't remember. The book was all about the main character's time spent in a traveling circus and all the crazy things that happened during his time there. There were a few parts of the story that made me want to stop reading but I pushed on, I guess I'm not one for really weird scenes. But, I did laugh out loud at the end of one of those weird scenes when he was found in a trunk with clown makeup on. I was sad when in present time his family forgot all about their visit they were supposed to pay to him. But, in the end things turned out good for him and it made me happy. I love to read a book where I really like the main character, this was definitely one of those books I loved.

Jane Eyre

Another book by a Brontë sister, this was actually the first one by one of the Brontë's that I read, I read it at the end of December. I read this one because I had heard so many great things about it, people really love this book. And you can definitely count me as one of them! I could not put it down, I read it in two days. I don't even know what it is exactly about the book that made me love it so much, I just can't get over it. This book is still so fresh in my mind, I could read it a hundred times and not get tired of it, it really was just that good.

Has anyone else read the book? I'd love to hear what you thought of it. Also, I just recently found out that there was a movie made of it, actually I probably did know but forgot. Anyway, I'm going to get to the library soon so I can watch it. I hope it does the book justice.

Wuthering Heights

I finished this book about 2 weeks ago now, I've just kept forgetting to write about it, I've even read another whole book in that time so hopefully I still can remember all about Wuthering Heights. I swear that somewhere I've heard that this book was a romance novel and also that people really love Heathcliff, but I'm not so sure where everyone gets that from. I guess I can understand the romance, there is some of that in there but the loving Heathcliff part? In the beginning when he was young, I thought he was alright but the more I read, the more I really began to hate the character. He was just a completely evil man in my opinion. Even though I really hated him, I still didn't want the book to end. I was so engrossed in it the whole time, it's really a fantastic read so I am so glad that I picked it up and read it. I will definitely be reading it again in the future.

I have a couple more books that I've read recently that I will share soon when I can find some time. I need to figure out which book to pick up next though, both are by Jane Austin and it will be the first I've ever read by her. I have Sense & Sensibility and also Pride & Prejudice, I'm just not sure which one to choose first.

SAL progress

I'm finally caught up with Sylvia's stitch along! I'm really loving the way it is looking so far. Here's the last two blocks that I finished for February and March.





The only I changed with my block for March was there was supposed to be a bow on the ladybug but I decided not to put that on mine, I think it looks cute still.