The Best Time of the Year and new patterns

I hate to admit it, but I've been in a bit of a funk lately. I don't know if it's just from being uninspired or doing the same thing day in and day out. Lack of sleep hasn't helped.
The house is in a constant state of disarray and my little one keeps me constantly moving. I feel like all I do is entertain Sam and clean the house. The highlight of my day is when I get to take a shower.
I feel worn down to a thread and all I want to do is sleep for three days straight. The thought of having to get dressed, put on makeup and face other people is making me shudder like Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons.

Don't get me wrong, I love that I get to stay home with my son and be my own boss, but sometimes you just need to do something different (since 98.9% of my time is spent watching Sam, that doesn't leave very much time for other things; in fact it's taken me two days to try to write these last few paragraphs).
On the "make-Cori-very-happy" side, Autumn is here! Pumpkin all the things!
This is my favorite time of the year, but unfortunately anymore has become somewhat of a burden. The stress has overridden my enjoyment of my favorite time of the year. I'm beginning to think I need to take a few things off of my schedule.
Admittedly, I do tend to take on too much so that my husband can "do his thing," and then I am stuck doing everything else. Especially now that we have a son.
Right now I am struggling to find time to make Halloween costumes and work on projects for my upcoming Bogeyman Art Show:

 

Join us if you are in the Denver area and can make it. Along with my crocheted zombies, I am going to feature at least one pumpkinhead and a ghostly gentleman. Jess will have at least one painting on display.

On that note, I am working very hard on getting my crocheted zombies and pumpkinhead patterns ready to go on sale for the holidays. Yay! Look for the pumpkinhead soon!

We are planning on having our annual Halloween party at our house and as much as I love doing it, it's starting to get really stressful. For one, I am extremely paranoid ever since having been robbed after moving into our house for only two months and having that many people in my house while not being sure if I know who everyone is really freaks me out. Plus, we've had some incidents with rude guests that make me want to strictly keep tabs on who comes to the party. Preparing for the party takes a lot out of me, especially when I am up late the night before baking. 

Also, while Jess is outside scaring the bejesus out of people I am trying to make sure that kids get there candy, make sure my dog isn't sneaking food or pooping on the floor, monitor who is in my house and trying to keep up with being a hostess. Moreover, the mess that is left behind always sucks giant, smelly monkey balls. 

Our yard October 2013

I'm sure it's nothing compared to Jesse's uncle Charlie's after Christmas Party mess (he has over 30 cousins, most of them live in Denver), but it's usually just me (unless Jess doesn't have to work) at 1 am trying to mop the sticky floor. It makes me not want to serve any food, but I probably will anyway. 

I'm trying to talk Jesse into handing out the candy so it's one less thing for me to do. Luckily family are always happy to entertain Sam for me.

Anyway, blah blah blah... Sorry this is kind of a bummer post. I guess I just needed to vent. 

My birthday is in October! Hooray! It's also my Moms, my Mother-in-law, my Father-in-law, a couple of friends, my friend's mom and aunt...

This morning I decided to try to work on typing out the pumpkinhead pattern and prepping the photos while Sam played in the sun room with me. Our laptop is broken, otherwise I would just use that while Sam is playing in the livingroom where most of his toys are. Yeah, I'll get a lot done, I thought. But we'll try it and see. Here is a photo of him trying to escape:

 

He did pretty well for the most part, despite constantly trying to sit in my lap so he could bang on the keyboard, and I'll tell you it felt pretty good to be doing something else and to be in a different room for a change. I decided that I was in the mood to try to get our sun room and studio cleaned up so we can actually use it. And make it childproof so Sam can't get into as much trouble.

So instead of doing the millions of other things I should be doing, I decided to organize (after I write this blog, of course. It has been far too long) our craft areas. I'm sick of looking at the mess.

So there.

I apologize to the wonderful friends and family I am neglecting right now. But anyone who knows me, knows how busy I am right now and will hopefully forgive me. I am trying to get to the point where I can enjoy my favorite time of year again.

Hopefully you will too :) 

Happy Autumn!

*Remember, keep an eye out for new patterns in the shop!   

Warning: I am in a bratty mood and I've had coffee and lack of sleep

   I've had trouble sleeping the last couple of nights. It doesn't help that there has been a rash of burglaries (where they come into your open windows at night while you are sleeping) in close proximity of my neighborhood and I am overly paranoid. I've been robbed before which has made my paranoia reasonable (before I was just paranoid because I am crazy). But we didn't have much to steal except a crappy hand-me-down laptop and my husband's SLR camera. Ha! Joke's on you, stupid robber! Bet you wished you picked on someone else who has something worth stealing instead of a house full of handmade shit!
   It's usually just me since my husband goes to work at 11:30 pm, so I pretty much only have my bathroom window open at night so if someone were to break in, they would trip over my sleeping dog who lays right in front of the bathroom door so whenever I need to go to the bathroom half asleep at 4 am, I always trip over him. Hopefully Gus would bite out of reflex. That would be awesome.
   Anyway, I kept hearing noises and have to go investigate (it's usually the cat vomiting on the carpet) or just lay there tired but unable to fall asleep for some reason. I've been reading a lot. Usually when I am just about to fall asleep, that's when the baby wakes up and wants me to come in to his room just to make sure I am still here, or whatever reason he has for disturbing my almost slumber. Shoot me.
   I stay up waaaaaaaaaay too late because the only time I get to myself is when Sam goes to sleep. Then I am worthless the whole next day and have to drink pot-fulls of coffee. Is that correct, pot-fulls? I don't know. I'm tired. Give me a break.
   It took me all morning to write one paragraph.
   Of course, I got distracted looking at cat coffee mugs on cafepress.com. That didn't help.

   I spilled oatmeal on my pajama pants this morning, and now I've gone and spilled Cholula hot sauce on them. Husband is calling me "Oat-a-lula pants." I think it's time to get out of the pajamas.
   Sooooooooooo, sorry I haven't been posting a lot lately. I've actually been making a lot of presents and can't really post them without ruining the surprise. I forgot to take a picture, but I made this hat for my cousin-in-law's soon-to-be-born baby:



   She already had her baby shower so it's ok to show this. Besides, I doubt she reads this blog.
   I am also trying to get this sweater done before Sam outgrows it:

That takes up a lot of time. So give me a break! I haven't made anything I can show in awhile.
   Plus, I hate summer. Since I got out of school and can no longer enjoy summer break, I have no use for summer. It's suppose to be a time for relaxation and vacation, but everyone and their grandma has a birthday in the summer or decides to have a BBQ or other events and I don't have time to breathe. Forget trying to plan something yourself. EVERYONE will already have something else to do that day. EVERYONE. 
   I am allergic to the sun, so this heat makes me feel like a tiny construction worker is constantly taking a jackhammer to my temple while making me drink tequila until the room starts to spin and I projectile vomit like a sprinkler.
   Although the rain we've been getting has been pretty nice (as long as our power doesn't go out). No watering the garden for me!! Hooray!
   I am currently addicted to this game which also doesn't help me get anything done:
 
I blame my friend Kellie. She's the one who got me addicted. Thank you, Kellie :) I love this damn game. So fun! If you get a chance or need something to do, I highly recommend it. Play it and be my friend!
   Anyway, my house is in dire need of cleaning, I have presents to purchase and/or make, a dog to exercise, events to attend, poopy diapers to change, meals to prepare, etc. etc. Hopefully tonight I can have wonderful reality-escaping dreams where I don't have to be a functioning adult and other people have to take care of me. Because I am the Queen of Hearts who doesn't behead anyone, unless they really annoy me. And I can have as many donuts as I want in The Simpsons Tapped Out and don't have to pay real money for them (because I refuse to spend real money on artificial donuts in a game even though I am really tempted to so I can get Abraham Lincoln's log cabin).
   Good night, sweet dreams.

New Stuff and Monster Birthday

'Ello!
So, got son's 1st birthday party done with so now I can start working on the commissions that have been piling up and, hopefully, get to work on my detailed zombie pattern. Woo hoo!!
First, a few pictures from Sam's party:

Sam's birthday banner

Here's the birthday boy wearing the onesie Mommy made him

Fruit Monster (idea stolen from Pinterest)

Monster Cake (idea also stolen from Pinterest)

(Yes, this is also stolen from Pinterest)

Dip Monster

Monster Sandwiches (yup, Pinterest)

Monster Decorations (from Rebecca Danger)

And cute Sam with cake on his face

 Happy Birthday little one! I hope you had fun even though you probably had no idea what was going on.
On to the new stuff. So I made some more voodoo dolls for the shop, but this time they are girls:

You can find them all here.

Hooray!! Hopefully Sam will be able to entertain himself more so Mommy can get some work done. We'll see :P
Happy Mother's Day!
XOXO
-Cori