Dear Friends

My Stash and next years Christmas Presents

2006-12-23T11:06:00.000-08:00

I was going threw my yarn to get some ideas for next years Christmas. I found three WIP (two sharfs and one shawl) that I can finish and would be great for 3 of the gifts. I'll make granny daughters squares to make three scarfs. (or hexes like for the granny's flower gradan coverlet)
Making an afgan for my sister and one for my youngest niece. She'll be 18 and can add it to her hope chest. I might have some time left to make myself something. haha But I do need to do something with this yarn. To much really to call scraps. 2 and 3 skiens of some colors but not enough for a full blown project. Maybe more scarfs?
hmmmm.....

To whom it may concern

2006-11-27T07:13:00.000-08:00

Dont think anyone reads this but its more for me then anything. Anyway finished anouther Christmas present. So only one more to go. Already have planned what I want to do for next year so well start those soon.
Merry Christmas. Remember Jesus is the reason for the season.

long time no post hehe

2006-11-22T06:28:00.000-08:00

Dont post here much these days. Mostly on my fish forum. Anyway I have all but two Christmas gifts done. I know Ill finish the Grannies flower garden one. All I need to do is put it together but my "In the Round" for my Daddy may not get done this year so Ill have to go get him a store bought gift and he'll get it next year.
Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving.

Its been forever

2006-10-22T12:48:00.000-07:00

Since I posted. I have finished the ripple just need to weave in the ends and do some sort of trim on it. Think I may do a throw pillow to go with it. Or two. Got to get back to work on putting together the gran flower coverlet for my mother-in-law soon. Finished all the kids. Just got to do something for Daddy. I lost the pattern book for the project I had started for him so thats out. Cant seem to find anouther to buy to finish it. Allready have the projects selected for most of the presents for 2007 Christmas. lol And hope to do much more work on the crochet patchwork styple afgan I am working on.

Gone as late

2006-10-03T09:35:00.000-07:00

Started my Dad's Christmas present. Using the same yarn I bought but had to change the pattern I wanted to use. My sisters is almost done. Needs to cool off again to finish it with my Mother-in-laws.

Yarn and stuff

2006-08-11T22:12:00.000-07:00

Got the yarn to start my Dads present. So close to being done on my sisters and my mother-in-laws. And have stuff picked out for next years presents. On on a roll.

Nothing

2006-07-10T06:24:00.000-07:00

Not much planed for today. Do some cleaning. Play WoW thats about it. And of course feed those baby birds.

Baby Amazons

2006-07-08T17:07:00.000-07:00

I love feeding babies. So I talked my friend out of two of the six birds she is handfeding right now. This charming pair are blue front amazons. Ill be keeping them for three weeks then on to a new home with another experienced handfeder. They are on four feedings a day right now and so darn cute.

Vacation is nice

2006-06-24T17:58:00.000-07:00

But nice to be home too. I have about 70pct of my ripple done now. This is the view from my room.
And this is the daphins we saw almost everyday.
Also this is a picture of this great pet shop I stopped at and bought a couple fish from to bring home. I would so love to have one of those big tanks in the middle of the photo.

Not much

2006-06-14T05:11:00.000-07:00

Not much going on these days. House cleaning mostly. A dab of crocheting and lots of game playing on the internet. Been aslo dealing with sick fish. (See fish Blog)
Change my eating habits some. Hope I can stick with that.

Parrot farm

2006-06-05T05:09:00.000-07:00

Why is it that on the days I need to go out to my friends parrot farm I always feel so beat? Maybe I need coffee.

Crocheting

2006-05-30T05:28:00.000-07:00

Going to try and make something with that suede "yarn" a pouch for a cell phone and maybe a tiny teddy bear. I have worked on my ripple some. I love the way the ripple is working up. Simple and looks great.

GFG

2006-05-28T22:14:00.000-07:00

I worked on my GFG yesterday it sure is coming out nicely. Im thinking of getting some of that suede I have seen in the yarn department and making a couple cell phone cases with it. Wonder if I can make it look manly enough my husband would use it? mmmmm

Ripples and such

2006-05-18T05:49:00.000-07:00

Did not work on the ripple yesterday but I did add a strip and a half to my GFG. I think I'll work on that one some more today. It's not so bad now that I look like I am making progress.

Bad day

2006-05-17T06:33:00.000-07:00

Having a bad day. See my fish blog to see why.
Not sure what I plan to do today. Did work on my ripple some yesterday may do that again today and check in on my WoW toon. Or finish off my GFG would be nice. Maybe Ill dig it out.
It's really bad when you wake up to a bad day. One of our neighbors seems to have a new puppy. So it is sceaming its head off. Think they have been putting it out when they go to work. Heard it off and on yesterday too. Hope it stops soon cause I want to just run out and find it and bring it home.
Don't these people know your suppose to get them use to that slowly thats why when I had puppies I had people pick up on Friday so they could get them use to the crate by Monday. Or better yet take the week off so get the puppy use to the crate.
Dont think my nieghbors are using a crate if they were it would be in the house and not so loud. All of mine love their crates. My TinkerBell is real good about using hers when the weather is bad makes her feel more secure to be in it. Even my yard dogs are crate trained they use them like a dog house now.
Wish I had a picture of Tinkerbell.

Brandied Fruit

2006-05-16T08:41:00.000-07:00

I started one today with the plan to give away some at Christmas. Got to find some of those patterns for jar toppers to make them cute.

Cool Morning

2006-05-15T06:35:00.000-07:00

It is almost cold outside. I love this weather. Summer is just way to hot.
Think Ill get out my ripple afgan and work on it or maybe the giant granny or maybe the GFG. Oh dear so many pots on the stove.
Did I mention I just love winter?

More Trafic

2006-05-14T06:28:00.000-07:00

Well I did a couple things to get more trafic. Not sure why I care but it does seem to bother me that I have no comments. Ever. lol Anyway most of the time I don't have much to say but if you see something that catches your eye or even a tip to make my site more lively just leave a comment.

Oh does anyone have a good digtal camera. Can you maybe tell me about it. My pictures come out so grainy and I cant take pictures of moving objects at all. So Im shopping for a new on and have no clue what to look for. Any help with that would be great. Thanks

Dead Blog

2006-05-14T01:43:00.000-07:00

Seems my blog is dead. LOL Yes I do it mostly for me but I like to think of myself as entertaining. Maybe Im not advertising it right? Anyone have any tips to spice up my blog? Maybe my life is just to boring. hehe but thats ok with me I like a nice quite life.

Today 5-13

2006-05-13T06:26:00.000-07:00

Did some crocheting last night. Not sure if I'll get any done today. Got to get some things done and then I have a Parrot Club Picnic to attend this afternoon. I would like to work on my ripple if I feel up to it when I get home.

Restless

2006-05-11T14:01:00.000-07:00

Is that spelled right? oh well can't seem to settle down. I tried to play WoW logged in for about 10 min logged out. Tried to crochet can't even finish a row. Only thing I can seem to do for more then 10 min is eat or stare at my fish tank.
Been like this for three days now. I bet its that dang quartazone. Spelled wrong to Im sure.

My Ripple

2006-05-09T05:31:00.000-07:00

Well here it is so far.
This is going to be big. It is 60 inches across and I have about 90 oz of yarn. lol

PS My camera is working again. All I had to do was order a new USB connector.

Newsletter about UninsuredWeek 2..6

2006-05-01T11:24:00.000-07:00

Today marks the official start of Cover the Uninsured Week the largest, nonpartisan campaign in history to make health coverage for Americans a top priority.

To contact your member of Congress, or learn more, click www.CoverTheUninsured.org.

No Photos

2006-04-29T21:49:00.000-07:00

Well Im HP 315 PhotoSmart camera is not working right. I can take pictures but my computer keeps saying I need to replace the device. Oh well maybe Ill get a new one soon. I have made some progress on my ripple and even more in my giant granny square.
Also have some great ideas in my head and bookmarked for next year.

Changes

2006-04-19T07:19:00.000-07:00

I have my final crochet a quilt pattern in mind. Its a lot like this blue quilt I have but using scraps so lots of colors. I am taking apart my GFG and going to use a different joining method. I also started my 12" inch square for my new partnter but had to frog it cause it was no where near the right size. :D And I even did a couple rows on my ripple last night. woot
Today Im redoing the square and hope to work on my GFG some. Happy Crocheting all.

Ramblings

2006-04-18T04:48:00.000-07:00

I cant seem to get into gear with my crochet. My GFG is still sitting there unfinished. My ripple has not gotten any bigger nor has my granny square. My Take-a-long prject(crochet a quilt) has not been worked on at all. lol Ill get the "bug" again soon and work up a storm for a few days.
Think I need to stay away from the crochetville boards. They make me feel so guilty cause they work so fast and the worse I feel about how slow I crochet the less I want to do it. I even looked up tips for faster crocheting cant find any anywhere. lol
Wow is down this morning so maybe when I get back in Ill crochet till it comes back up this afternoon/evening.

Oh well

2006-04-15T05:29:00.000-07:00

Did not get any of the GFG done yesterday. Just was not in the crochet mood. I just do not see how those ladies at crochetville get so much done in so little time. Even when I do sit down to crochet I'm slow. Well that is not going to stop me.

GFG

2006-04-14T08:34:00.000-07:00

Started putting together my Granmothers Flower Gardan last night. Wish it was done already. Oh well have a goal of one row a day so it wlll get done and not be so overwelming.
Also worked on my gaint granny square blanket. Five of the eight balls of yarn I bought to do this are used up. So over half done now.
Well off to play WOW need to make a button for this site so you all can see what WOW is and not be in the dark. lol

Almost there

2006-04-08T06:17:00.000-07:00

All I need to do is make 13 more hexes (sp) and my Grandmothers Flower is ready to assemble. Not looking forward to that part. lol

No insurance

2006-04-04T09:39:00.000-07:00

With all the health problems I have been having insurance or the lack of insurance rather has been on my mind. Searching the internet shows me that this is a huge and growing problem. I have added a button that takes you to website that have many resorces about this problem and even a form letter you can send to your starts repersentives. Id be very gratefull if you would click on it and check it out and send a letter.

Perspectives....

2006-03-03T09:38:00.000-08:00

Got this in an email had to share wish I knew who to give credit.

The Difference Between Rich & Poor People?

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son:

"How was the trip?"

"It was great, Dad."

"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.

"Oh yeah," said the son.

"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.

The son answered:

"I saw that we have one dog and they had four.

We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.

We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.

Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.

We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.

We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.

We buy our food, but they grow theirs.

We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."

The boy's father was speechless.

Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen
if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.

Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!

"Life is too short and friends are too few."

Cant sleep once again

2006-02-19T22:46:00.000-08:00

Everyone is fine here. I finished a shawl for one of this years christmas and I am working on a afghan now.
Been spending way to much time on online games since I got home from the hospital but cant seem to get back into things.
I have put a deposit down on a pair of blue quakers. I am excited and worried about spending this much money so I can have babies in the house again. But if they give me a couple clutches a year at least I should break even.

All Home

2006-02-13T12:12:00.000-08:00

All the birds are home and doing well. I am home too. Yep I spent 8 days in the hosipital with rejection like systems. I had a liver transplant back in 1993. Seems it was not rejection but a bad reaction to a medication I had taken when I was sick in January.
I am about 30 pct done on the baby blanket I was making for my nieces baby. However she lost the baby a couple weeks ago so may finish it and put on the raffle table at our bird fair in June.
Hope all my friends out their in cyber land are healthy and happy.

My parrot and new yarn

2006-01-05T05:33:00.000-08:00

My sick parrot seems to be well on his way to recorvery. I was able to pick him up from the vet yesterday. He has 7 days of some meds that I have to give him and I have to keep him warm. He has gained 2 grams but still need to gain about 7 to 9 more.
The yarn I ordered arrived and I cant wait to make use of it. I ordered some baby yarn to make a baby blanket using my new knitting board when it get here and I ordered some fuzzy purple yarn to make a Celeste’s Shawl.

Jan 1st

2006-01-01T20:29:00.000-08:00

Well this year is off to a bad start. One of my quaker parrots is sick. Whats so bad it if I had been paying closer attention I might of seen it sooner. He is so thin I cant believe he is alive. This bird is not a bird you can hold or pet. So I never really get to feel of his body unless I wrap him in a towel and force him to let me touch him so I dont do that often enough. Only reason I checked him was cause I moved him to a new cage and noticed he seemed to calm. He is eating and drinking so that is a plus. Makes it easier to get weight back on him.
Well whats done is done. All I can do now is get him to the vet first thing in the morning and hope its not to late.
I did take all the other birds out and check them they are all fine. So that is a blessing.
On the crocheting side. I am waiting on some yarn I ordered to come in to start on presents for 2006. I have decided what home my delight daisy afgan is going to for christmas and I need to make a baby blanket, a celeberty(sp) shawl and several hats and scrafs so need to keep at it if I plan to have it all done in time.
Happy New Year you all.

Chrismas rambling and my blog

2005-12-26T09:34:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone had a great Christmas weekend. Mine was good. To much food and lots of family to see.
Not sure why my blog is messing up but some of the stuff just not working right. I have gotten my a html book so here soon Ill work on it. Think though since I not changed anything it is either my web page I put my photos on or the blogger web site that is messed up and should make itself right soon.

Finished Fireside throw

2005-12-01T10:32:00.000-08:00

And this is it. Now on to something new. I have 32 oz of Burgandy that I need to do something with.

KK and curling

2005-11-26T18:08:00.000-08:00

Well as much as I like my Knifty Knitter other then hats I cant seem to make anything else with the round ones. Everything curles and blocking is not an option I dont have a table to do it on besides dont want to have to reblock everytime I was stuff. So back to my crochet projects till for now. Maybe someone can come up with a way to use the round KK without curling in the mean time.
Ill make some more hats but for now all hatted out. lol

Kniffty Knitter

2005-11-22T19:12:00.000-08:00

Got mine today. As an early Christmas from my husband. Im making hats for some of the little extra's gifts that are still needed. This thing is easier then I thought it would be. Anyone that loves working with yarn should get one. Now I want the square loom and the rectragular(sp) ones. lol

What Kind of flower are you?

2005-11-15T05:30:00.000-08:00

You Are a Rose

You are a total alpha female who tends to be a leader.
Your friends depend on you to hold things together and make decisions.
Men are drawn to your feminine powers and strength.
While you are the center of attention, you are secretly introverted and a bit shy.

What Flower Are You?

Come join my army

2005-11-13T13:04:00.000-08:00

http://www.kingsofchaos.com/recruit.php?uniqid=8a62427v
Copy and paste then come join my army.

Scrunchie Swap

2005-11-08T18:23:00.000-08:00

I sent out two this morning. Think Ill send the rest in two more mailings. hehe These are so much fun to make cant wait to do this again.

Hooker Poem

2005-11-03T02:24:00.000-08:00

My wife she is a hooker,
Of this she's mighty proud,
And the stories of her exploits,
Are legends in our town.

She's shameless with her talents,
She'll go hooking anywhere,
ANd if people want to watch her,
She really doesn't care.

It seems to be a family thing,
Her mother taught her how,
Seems her grandma was a hooker,
And my daughters hooking now.

She goes to hookers meetings,
to learn the new techniques,
She starts hooking in a frenzy,
And won't talk to me for weeks.

She doesn't do the housework,
She doesn't make the beds,
No she doen't have time for that,
She'd rather hook instead.

My wife she is a hooker,
And I curse that awful day,
When she first picked up the hook and yarn, And learned how to crochet

Dog sweaters Done

2005-10-29T16:02:00.000-07:00

I finished both of them today. So now they are nice and warm. May make a couple more before winter is out but not this week. Back to working on the afhgan.

TV quit

2005-10-28T04:46:00.000-07:00

Well yesterday was a bad day. One of those that if it can go wrong it well. lol My husbands truck had to go to the shop his water pump quit. Then about 5 yesterday I gathered all my crochet to work on some more and they TV had quit. I had sound but no picture. Got a new one but we could not afford as nice a one as the last one I had. OH well it could of been worse. I could be using my 13 inch from the bedroom. hehe
Two things did go right. I made three scrunchies and dinner turned out great. Today Im going to work on the fireside throw. I made one of these with some scape yarn several years ago. I have a lot of sage, rose, blue and aran that Im dong this one with. It works up fast and uses up a lot of yarn cause you crochet with two strands of yarn.
Think I have enough yarn to do a second one of these with blues, reds, and some white. Ill have to check my stash. Then Ill finish up the yarn with squares. Maybe this time next year Ill be done. lol I cant work on the fireside throws except in the winter. But I can do the squares all summer so that should work out.

Dog sweaters

2005-10-27T05:55:00.000-07:00

Well today I need to make a dog sweater. My chiwawa is sliping out of last years. Think she lost a little weight. Which is good cause she was porky. hehe
And I hope to find some of my fancier yarns in the closet and make some scrunchies for the scrunchie swap.

Now I know why

2005-10-26T01:43:00.000-07:00

Well Now I remember why I stopped working on the 63 square afghan. It is way over my abilities. I have only been crocheting off and on for about 13 years. Mostly off. So I need to learn a lot more stuff before I try this again. About keeping things in guage for one thing.
I still cant do a ripple stich either. So would like to learn that too someday. Mine come out with huge holes where the V is at. Oh ya that was proper english but dont know a beter way to say it.
So back to the daisy afghan which is supper easy. And I am thinking about a granny square afgan with all this yarn that is hanging out in my closest from projects I decided not to do or have forgetten or just bought the yarn cause I liked it. Think I have make three or four of them. lol Maybe by then Ill be better at guage.
And I have my friendship afgan to put together too. Thinking of doing that exchange again as soon as I get these together.

63 squares

2005-10-25T07:03:00.000-07:00

Well I found them. I have nine squares done. Looks like I have skipped some so today Ill go back and try to work on some of those that were hard and I skipped them. I also found my friendship sqares I from a group I was in 8 or 7 years ago. I have enough squares just have not put them together since they are all ranging from 8 to 8 inches. Need to also figure out (when I get them all the right size) how I plan to put them together.

Andy Rooney

2005-10-23T04:59:00.000-07:00

Andy Rooney said on "60 Minutes" a few weeks back:

I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens...Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.

Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.

I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, that is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE?

I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion.

I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off.

When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling, it is the Law of Probability.

I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English!

My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.

I think the police should have every right to shoot your sorry ass if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see the above lines.

I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business.

We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations.

I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.

I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn't stop you from watching them.

I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building.

It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary, and say "NO!"

I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries!

I am sick of "Political Correctness." I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa; so how can they be "African-Americans"? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America and nowhere else

And if you don't like my point of view, tough...

Curves first check in

2005-09-18T21:15:00.000-07:00

Well not as good as I had hoped kind of sad even but at least it was better then nothing. Got to get back in the grove so to speak. Mother in law was with us all week so only went one day. But lefting her to take her to the bath room is good exercise too. Plan for next week is four work outs.

Drained

2005-08-10T06:19:00.000-07:00

Well it is that time of the month again. I hate everything at this time. hehe I don't want to even go out the door much less exercise. But I need too. I so want to be thin and in better shape. Oh fudge. Ok Im going to get dressed. Maybe I wont bounce on the recovery mats.

Free To Go

2005-08-06T05:33:00.000-07:00

There is an old story that Abraham Lincoln went down to the slave block and saw a girl being auctioned off to the highest bidder. Lincoln joined in the bidding. As the slave girl looked at this man bidding on her, she figured he was just another white man, going to buy her and then abuse her. Lincoln won the bid and as he was walking away with his newly purchased property, he said, "Young lady.... you are FREE!"

She said, "What does that mean?"
"It means you are FREE."

"Does that mean," she asked, "that I can say whatever I want to say?"
Lincoln said, "Yes, my dear, you can say whatever you want to say."

"Does that mean," she asked, "that I can be whatever I want to be?"
Lincoln said, "Yes, you can be whatever you want to be."

"Does that mean I can go wherever I want to go?"
He said, "Yes, you can go wherever you want to go."

Then the girl, with tears streaming down her face, said, "Then I will go with YOU."

Jesus said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits SIN is a
SLAVE of SIN" (John 8:34). “ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23), therefore all are slaves of sin, under its bondage. But when sin
put us on Satan's auction block, Jesus paid the price for our redemption (literally, “bought us back”) with His own blood. "Therefore, IF the Son makes you free,
you shall be FREE INDEED!" (John 8:36)

Jesus redeems those who accept His offer through: faith (Acts 16:31), repentance (Acts 17:30-31), confession of Jesus (Romans 10:9-10), and baptism (immersion) into Christ for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38; 22:16). Jesus will CONTINUE to redeem those who will CONTINUE to follow Him (1 John 1:7).

"IN HIM we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace” (Ephesians 1:7). "And He DIED for ALL, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again”
(2 Corinthians 5:15).

When we comprehend the riches of His grace extended to us, we, too, will say,
"Then I will go with you."

How can WE not follow a Savior like that?

God bless you!

David A. Sargent, Minister

My Husband

2005-08-05T05:45:00.000-07:00

He is driving me batty. He decided he needed a week off during his buzy season. This made no sence to me since he is a house painter and has most of Jan threw March off but he kept going on and on and finally threw a fit to have off.
So he has been off all this week and he is driving me nuts. He has done some stuff around the house and every time he does some little think he wants me to go look at it. He keeps coming to where I am and annouces every thing he is going to do and then he changes it ever 30 min or so and has to come back again.
Is this what I have to look forward too when he retires? He dont do this when he is out of work the first of the year. What he does then is lay around in the bed complaining he has not work. Why cant he pretend that is his vaction?
Oh well all and all he is a good man and fits with me. Three more days if I can just hold out.

A good day

2005-08-01T07:49:00.000-07:00

30 min work out at curves = minus 500 calories. Started a new scarf today for my nephew for Christmas. Thinking I may get out my 63 sqare afgan and start back on it. Think I have somewhere around 10 done. Long way to go still. Also plan to start the daisy afgan soon. I picked up the yarn. Need to make 300 daisies. I hope this is an easy project it is so pretty and would love to make several of them and maybe one for me. hehe

Crocheting

2005-07-31T06:54:00.000-07:00

Back at it again today. And in the morning I go to Curves. Should be able to finish crocheting my mother in laws gift in the next couple days. I was thinking of doing more scarfs but think Ill just do 2 more scarfs and then make pillows and keep making them till I have enough in case I think of someone I left off my list. hehe
Hope everyone has a great Sunday.

Curves for Women

2005-07-28T09:20:00.000-07:00

Joined curves today and did the work out. Need to puch myself more to make it really work but feel good about it.

Getting back into things

2005-07-18T14:05:00.000-07:00

Well I lost my walking partner. I knew this would happen it was just a matter of time. So now I am walking alone. Today I did 40 min. I have got to get up to 5 miles a day. But not untell I can set a pace that I can do 5 miles at 20 min a mile. Im thinking I need to get a new training routine to achive this goal.

5k walk

2005-07-04T08:02:00.000-07:00

We did it. We were last. Our timing was one hour 5ish minutes. But we did finish. Better timing then I thought we would have.

My Walking Partner

2005-06-22T18:03:00.000-07:00

Seems she has quit. No she did not say she quit but she has not walked since last Saturday. Even then she copped out half way threw. Now what am I going to do. She kept me getting out of the house. Now that she is no longer walking I dont want to leave the house.

Whew

2005-06-20T09:10:00.000-07:00

I made it. My niece didn't. Not sure how Im going to keep motivated when walking by myself. But I have got to find a way.

Saturdays Walk

2005-06-19T00:51:00.000-07:00

Well it did not go so good. Was suppose to go 3 miles but only made it 1 1/2 mile. My niece who walks with me got a blister on her heal and we had to leave cause she didn't have any bandaids.
So we now have this 3 miles walk planned for Monday.
You know I am really surpriced she is still taking the walks. She is not one to stick to anything very long. I really hope she stays with it.

Unleashed is Unloved.

2005-06-16T05:40:00.000-07:00

Found the cutest dashhound yesterday. He is a little on the old side but sweet as can be. No one even come looking for it. I don't understand why people don't care for their pets better. Unforantly we cant keep him.
He has been following me around the house all night and all morning. Best I can do for him is take him to the animal league. I tried to take him to my vet but he has no room. He has like 9 puppies and 7 adult dogs he is trying to find homes for right now.
It is just so sad.
People don't get it no matter how many times you say "My dog never leaves the yard" Trust me it does. Unless your yard is fenced your dog WELL leave your yard.
So LEASH or FENCE your dogs if you love them. If you don't have the "time" get your dog a new home.

Todays Walk

2005-06-15T07:24:00.000-07:00

We did 40 min. Still only 2 miles an hour thought. Need to get some speed up if we want to do long walks someday.

Humor

2005-06-14T15:57:00.000-07:00

Recently, we were in a crowded restaurant with our daughter, son-in-law, and four of our grandchildren. Things were moving slowly, and 6-year-old John was having a hard time keeping still. Finally, exasperated, John said, "I don't know why they call them waiters. We're the ones doing all the waiting!"Glenna McKelvie—Montgomery, Texas

Weight Goal

2005-06-14T04:58:00.000-07:00

No I am not really dieting. I am making life time changes in order to lose weight. Right now it is walking and 32 ounces of water a day. And my first goal (mostly cause I have cloths that well fit me still at this weight.) Is 145. Once I reach that goal (and feel I can aford some new cloths) I well shot for somewhere between 130 and 120.

My only isue right now is the water. Water is boring. I can drink 32 ounces of Diet Dr. Pepper easy but not water. Wonder if lemonaid counts as drinking water? My niece who is walking with me just gulps her water in one sitting cause she claims she hates it. What I want to know is how can you hate something that has no flavor? I tried the lemon thing but that just makes it taste bad to me.

Have not croceted in the last couple days been playing World of Warcraft.

Getting there

2005-06-13T17:44:00.000-07:00

Did 2.22 miles sat. and 1 mile today. Even did a whole 10 sits ups. lol Since I have only been doing 5 this is an improvement. My niece has already lost 6 pounds. I only lost 2 but I am smaller there her and more active when we started.

Walking

2005-06-10T05:51:00.000-07:00

I got on the scale this morning. I meant to wait a month but my cloths are fitting better so had to see. I have lost 2 pounds. I am sure it is water weight but it is still nice. Going to do two miles tomorrow morning. Then next Sat I am doing 3. What is so great about this is I dont have to buy diet food as well as food to feed my husband. I still eat what I want. All thought I have noticed I eat less.
About to finish my third poncho. When it is done guess Ill start my dads scarf. Got several more of them to do before christmass but all the big projects are done.
Have a blessed day.

Long time no see

2005-06-07T16:05:00.000-07:00

Been away from my blog. No one reads it. lol So now it is for me and no one else. I have started a walking program. 30 min four days a week and 2 miles once a week. This is week two. Hope to be up to 3 miles in three weeks then keep building from there.

Something New

2005-02-24T06:29:00.000-08:00

C. F. Blumhardt

It is my fervent hope that we Christians will not be forever stuck in our Christianity. Look for something new; for a life in God. Look for God's spirit in everyone you meet.

Complaining Husband

2005-02-18T15:14:00.000-08:00

He didn't like the casserole
And he didn't like my cake.
My biscuits were too hard...
Not like his mother used to make.
I didn't perk the coffee right
He didn't like the stew,
I didn't mend his socks
The way his mother used to do.
I pondered for an answer
As I was looking for a clue.
Then I turned around and smacked him...
Like his Mother used to do.

Homeless Man

2005-02-18T15:08:00.000-08:00

Subject: homeless man!!A man was walking down the street when he was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless man who asked him for a couple of dollars for dinner. The man took out his wallet, extracted ten dollars and asked, "If I give you this money, will you buy some beer with it instead?""No, I had to stop drinking years ago," the homeless man replied."Will you use it to gamble instead of buying food?" the man asked."No, I don't gamble," the homeless man said. "I need everything I can get just to stay alive.""Will you spend this on greens fees at a golf course instead of food?" the man asked."Are you NUTS!" replied the homeless man. "I haven't played golf in 20 years!""Will you spend the money on a woman in the red light district instead of food?" the man asked."What disease would I get for ten lousy bucks?" exclaimed the homeless man."Well," said the man, "I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you home for a terrific dinner cooked by my wife."The homeless man was astounded. "Won't your wife be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting."The man replied, "That's okay. I just want her to see what a man looks like who has given up beer, gambling, golf, and sex."

The White Rose

2005-02-17T23:03:00.000-08:00

The White Rose
Its Legacy and Challenge

Six decades ago, at the end of February 1943, three students from the White Rose, a resistance group in Munich, were arrested, sentenced to death and summarily beheaded. Their names were Hans Scholl, 24; his sister Sophie, 21; and Christoph Probst, 23. The executions were announced in a city paper, which opined that the condemned were “typical outsiders” whose criticism of the Volk made them despicable criminals. “They deserve a speedy and dishonorable death,” it concluded.
“Have the courage to believe only in what is good. By that I do not mean you should believe in illusions. I mean you should do only what is true and good and take it for granted that others will do the same.”
Sophie Scholl
In April, two more students and a professor, all three of them involved in the White Rose, were sentenced to death as well, and following the discovery of other participants, there were several more arrests, convictions, and executions.
Largely forgotten today, the White Rose deserves rediscovery. It was only a tiny group, and it flared haphazardly before being ruthlessly extinguished. But it still stands out as a rare and radiant page in the fading annals of the 20th century. Here was courage to swim against the stream of public opinion, even when doing so was equated with treason; here was the conviction that death is not too great a price for following the whisperings of the conscience.
In a nutshell, the story of the White Rose is that of Hans and Sophie Scholl. “Normal” German youngsters, both eagerly joined Nazi youth groups when Hitler came to power, despite the disapproving murmurs of their parents, Robert and Magdalena. Hans became a flag bearer, and Sophie a group leader. It wasn’t long, though, before they began to chafe—against the forced enthusiasm, the goose-stepping, and the squelching of every stray opinion. After all, their upbringing could not have set them more at odds with the strictures of the regime they had at first embraced. Their family life was built around humanist values: free inquiry, artistic expression, the interchange of ideas, and—worst of all, to the Nazi mind—compassion for the marginalized, the vulnerable, and the downtrodden.
Germany reechoed, in the brown-shirted Thirties, with buzzwords that are regaining currency today. The Nazis talked endlessly of “loyalty” and of “defending the Fatherland against terror.” To the Scholls, however, these concepts had very different meanings. To them, terrorism was the government’s own thought police, and loyalty meant obeying the dictates of the heart. As their father had reminded them for as long as they could remember, you cannot be true to anything unless you are true, first of all, to yourself: “What I want most of all for you is to live in uprightness and freedom of spirit, no matter how difficult that proves to be.”
In 1941 Robert Scholl went to prison after being turned in by a secretary who had heard him call Hitler “God’s scourge.” Around the same time, Sophie joined Hans at Munich. He was in medical school; she planned to study philosophy and biology. There, in the heart of Nazi Bavaria, they discovered a tiny circle of kindred spirits whose chief bond, apart from a common interest in literature and Expressionist art was a growing distress with the way their country was going.
Timid compatriots might have missed (or ignored?) the signals, but not these stubborn free-thinking students. If acquaintances disappeared, they delved until they knew the details. If a home for the handicapped mysteriously closed, they would not rest until they found out why. If hypocritical statements were made by public officials, they did what they could to expose them as such.
Soon their activities gelled into a daring movement of resistance that centered around an underground press. Writing, duplicating, and distributing leaflets (with numerous close calls as they lugged their bulky suitcases on and off closely watched trains) they were soon startling thousands of readers across the Reich with their unabashed revulsion for the National Socialist way.
Targets of their anger included Hitler’s deceptions about his faltering campaign in Russia, the iron-handed occupation of Poland and France, and the wholesale slaughter of Jews and other “inferiors.” But they saved their hottest indignation for their fellow students and other rank-and-file Germans, whom they again and again attempted to rouse from submissiveness, fear, and simple complacency.
The White Rose agonized over their effectiveness almost daily. Optimism was out of the question: everyone they knew of who had risen up against the Fatherland had either been silenced or snuffed out. But ultimately, they all felt like Christoph Probst, the only married member of the group, and a father of two children, with a third on the way. When asked, “What if we don’t succeed,” he stubbornly answered:
Then we must risk it anyway. It is our duty to demonstrate that man’s freedom still exists. Sooner or later the cause of humanity must be upheld, and then one day it will again prevail. We must gamble our "No" against this power that has arrogantly placed itself above essential human values. We must do it for the sake of life itself—no one can absolve us of this responsibility..
This conviction emboldened the group, and by the winter of 1942-43 they were forging ties with resistance cells in Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, and other cities, and painting defiant slogans on buildings in Munich, including the revered Feldherrnhalle, Hitler’s monument to himself, which was kept under guard twenty-four hours a day.
On February 18, 1943, it all came to an abrupt and brutal end. While spreading leaflets on the staircase of a building at the university, Hans and Sophie were accosted by a janitor and turned over to the Gestapo. After three days of grueling interrogations and an appearance in Roland Freisler’s notorious People’s Court, the students were told they were unfit to live.
At Stadelheim Prison, where the beheadings were to take place, there was time for last communion—and a final cigarette. “Remember Jesus,” Sophie’s mother told her as she tearfully said goodbye. “Yes, but you remember him too,” Sophie replied. To a fellow prisoner, she had sighed just hours before, “Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go. But what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?”
Remembering her siblings in a book she wrote about them after the war, Inge Aicher-Scholl writes that their greatest importance lies in the fact that they gave their lives for “such a simple matter….and for the most elementary right.” It is much more difficult, she continues, to stand up for a worthy cause when there is no general enthusiasm for it, and thus no obligation to defend it. “Perhaps genuine heroism lies in deciding to stubbornly defend the everyday things, the mundane and the immediate…”
It is a simple insight, but anybody who has ever taken an unpopular stand will find it compelling enough. True, our world may be light years away from that of the Third Reich. We live in a society that is for the most part free. We take democracy so for granted that we tend to abuse its privileges and focus on its flaws. Yet who can deny that the demons unleashed sixty years ago, in Europe’s darkest hour, are again rearing their heads?
Despite all the talk of a global village, international relations are disintegrating with alarming speed. Despite talk of freedom and security and peace, oppression and instability and violence are on the upswing. Despite endless talk about the dignity of the individual, the twin opiates of consumerism and the mass media are lulling entire generations into unthinking conformity. No wonder that, at least in today’s Orwellian America, patriotism is being tainted by intolerance and fear, dissent is being criminalized, and censorship is spreading like a slow but steady frost.
Our heads may never roll on account of our convictions. Yet all the more the witness of the White Rose ought to challenge us. As Eberhard Arnold, a contemporary, wrote in 1935, “Only one thing is worthy of the greatness of God: the readiness to die for what one knows is right. But unless we prove our readiness now, in the trivialities of daily life, we will not be able to muster up courage in the critical hour of history.”
To me, this admonition touches on the essence of the White Rose’s legacy. Heeding it may be the highest tribute we can offer in their memory.
Read excerpts from the letters and diaries of Hans and Sophie Scholl.
Visit a website on the White Rose, with information on related books and other resources.

My Vavorite thing.

2005-02-13T19:38:00.000-08:00

Maalox and nose dropsand needles for knitting,Walkers and handrailsand new dental fittings,Bundles of magazinestied up in string,These are a few ofmy favorite things.

Cadillacs and cataractsand hearing aids and glasses,Polident and Fixodentand false teeth in glasses,Pacemakers, golf carts,and porches with swings,These are a few ofmy favorite things.

When the pipes leak,When the bones creak,When the knees go bad,I simply remembermy favorite things,And then I don't feel so bad.

Hot tea and crumpets,and corn pads for bunions,No spicy hot foodor food cooked with onions,Bathrobes and heat padsand hot meals they bring,These are a few ofmy favorite things.

Back pains, confused brains,and no fear of sinnin,Thin bones and fracturesand hair that is thinin,And we won't mention ourshort shrunken frames,When we rememberour favorite things.

When the joints ache,when the hips break,When the eyes grow dim,Then I rememberthe great life I've had,And then I don't feel so bad.

The Person in Your Path

2005-02-13T06:32:00.000-08:00

André Trocmé

People tend to think of nonviolence as a choice between using force and doing nothing. But the real choice takes place at another level. Nonviolence is less a matter of "not killing" and more a matter of showing compassion, of saving and redeeming, of being a healing community. One can only choose between doing good to the person placed in one's path, or to do him evil. To do good is to love a person; but not to do that is as good as killing him. To love someone is to restore that person physically, socially, and spiritually. To neglect and postpone this restoration is already to kill.
One man's journey to full community...
Source: "Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution"

Talking Parrot

2005-02-05T11:24:00.000-08:00

http://media.animal.discovery.com/fansites/petstar/videogallery/season3/ep309_winner.html

Yummy

2005-02-04T11:07:00.000-08:00

BOURBON CHICKEN (Cajun Cafe) This will serve 2 people a good portion. 1 1/2 lbs chicken ( bonless thighs work best ) 4oz. Soy Sauce 1/2 cup Brown Sugar 1/2 tsp. Garlic Powder 1 tsp. Ground Ginger 2 Tbs. Dried Onion Flakes 1/2 cup Bourbon Whiskey (J.D., Jim Beam. etc.) Mix all ingredients together then add chicken and marinate overnight. Grill chicken and baste ocassionaly until done. Let me know if you like it.

Yesterday

2005-01-31T09:55:00.000-08:00

Was my birthday. I ate to much and got some nice gifts. Most people my age dont get excited about birthdays but since I was told Id never live this long, I just cant help but get excited. 41 wow never expected to see it.

My wish list elf

2005-01-27T19:15:00.000-08:00

It was such a surpize to recieve a gift from a Wish List Elf. Even more so cause I have removed my list. I have either taken care of or am in the process of taken care of my list.
But I was so thrilled to recieve my first and last gift and thank you Elf. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Have a great day.

Crochet Day

2005-01-26T05:27:00.000-08:00

Looks like today is a crochet day. Now I remember why I hate making things for my husband. He bugs be. When well you work on it? When well it be done? And that turns the project into a chore and not something I can enjoy. Sigh

Finished a poncho

2005-01-25T19:31:00.000-08:00

Yep finished anouther of my Christmas presents. I think the next poncho well be done with a stich from my crochet stich book.

My type

2005-01-21T11:05:00.000-08:00

You Have A Type A- Personality

A-

You are one of the most balanced people aroundMotivated and focused, you are good at getting what you wantYou rule at success, but success doesn't rule you.
When it's playtime, you really know how to kick backWhether it's hanging out with friends or doing something you love!You live life to the fullest - encorporating the best of both worlds

Do You Have a Type A Personality?

Flag

2005-01-20T08:42:00.000-08:00

Had to start the flag Im doing for my husband over. I dont know where I went wrong but the count was way off. If I ever get this done Ill never do anough graph type crochet again. My eyes are starting to cross.
I have looked and looked but can't find one with instuctions I can follow that looks nice. Oh well he'll get what I do and if it aint right well it aint right.
This is why I hate doing stuf that is requested. Id rather pick out what I do that way if I can't I can just change it to something else and they never know they missed out on something.

Lack of post

2005-01-18T08:20:00.000-08:00

Been stuck in Everquest and on top of that not sleeping well. So I have not had a lot to post.

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

2005-01-15T23:46:00.000-08:00

1. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? ANGELA

2. WHAT COLOR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING? GREY

3. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? THE CIELING FAN

4. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? CHEEZE NIPS

5. DO YOU WISH ON STARS? NO

6. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? PINK

7. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW? COLD

8. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? HUSBAND

9. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT YOU THIS? YES

10. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? Tired

11. FAVORITE DRINK? DIET DR PEPPER

12. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK? DONT DRINK

13. FAVORITE SPORT? ONLINE ROLL PLAYING GAME DOES THAT COUNT?

14. HAIR COLOR? DARK ASH BLOND SO THE BOTTLE SAYS LOOKS BROWN

15. EYE COLOR? GRAY

16. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS OR GLASSES? YES

17. # OF SIBLINGS? ONE SISTER

18. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? LORD OF THE RINGS

21. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR? ALL OF THEM

22. WHAT DO YOU DO TO VENT? Talk

23. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD? A TEDDY BEAR STILL HAVE IT

24. SUMMER OR WINTER? Winter

25. HUGS OR KISSES? Both from hubby

26. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? VANILLA CHOCOLATE

27. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO REPLY? yes

28. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? PEGGY

29. WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? MY SISTER

30. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS? I OWN MY OWN HOUSE

31. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? DONT REMEMBER

32. WHAT IS UNDER YOUR BED? NOTHING THERE IS NO UNDER THE BED.

33. WHO IS THE FRIEND YOU HAVE HAD THE LONGEST?? MONA

34. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT? PLAYED EVERQUEST

35. FAVORITE SMELL? BACON

36. WHO INSPIRES YOU? HUH?

37. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? BOATS AND ROACHES

38. PLAIN, BUTTERED OR SALTED POPCORN? buttered and salt

39. FAVORITE CAR OR TRUCK? VAN

40. FAVORITE FLOWER? ROSE

41. NUMBER OF KEYS ON YOUR KEY RING? TOO MANY

42. CAN YOU JUGGLE? NO

43. FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK? SUNDAYS

44. WHAT DID YOU DO ON YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY? NOTHING

45. DO YOU OWN A DONOR CARD? NO I HAD A TRANSPLANT SO THEY WONT TAKE MINE.

46. DO YOU VOTE? YES PRESIDENTAL ONLY

How I will die.

2005-01-14T06:47:00.000-08:00

I will be barbequed by an angry dragon

How will you die? Take the Exotic Cause of Death Test

Duties

2005-01-14T06:41:00.000-08:00

Why do husbands have "B" duties and wifes have "A" dutes? The wife can do the husbands but the husband is appalled at doing the wifes? I got some stuff I have to go pick up at Sams. My husband works on that side of town but he cant stop and get it while he's out. So I have to get dress and drive to the other side of town and get the one thing we need at Sams. (Dog Food) It just does not make sence to me. Think I wont renew the Sams card and start back to gettting dog food at Wall Mart. I can bet my life he wont go renew.

Cant Sleep

2005-01-11T01:53:00.000-08:00

Again. This is getting to be a regular habit. Maybe I should crochet some on that Dixie flag or better yet tackle a square.

Reading

2005-01-09T19:11:00.000-08:00

I missed a post I think. hehe My new "Lord of the Rings" book came and I have been reading. Even though I read the paper back I had tell it fell apart. (about four times) The book still keeps my attention and I read stuff that for some reason didnt sink in the first time.
Kind of how it is when I read the Bible too.

rain/walking/stuff

2005-01-07T05:28:00.000-08:00

I have no clue what I plan to do today. It looks like it well start raining any second so unless I drive up to the mall no walk today. Maybe Ill see if my neighbor wants to go find that yarn place I heard about on the rich side of town. hehe I have a whole 20 bucks.
I should crochet but ..... or play everquest but... looks like Ill have anouther day like yesterday. Sigh

Bouncy or something

2005-01-06T14:40:00.000-08:00

I hate days that I feel like this. Cant settle to one thing. I tried Everquest and that lasted all of 20 min. Dont want to crochet. The TV cant keep my attention.
My husband asked me earlier if I had drank to much coffee(had not had a drop). Grrrrr I feel like I am about to burst out of my skin.
This too shall pass.

Dixie Flag

2005-01-04T07:48:00.000-08:00

Well I started last night. Every so often my red neck husband come in to see how far I got. lol I think he wanted it like yesterday. I explained to him that at some point I can only work on it when its cold and we dont have very many cold days. But he still keeps looking at it like a kid in a candy shop. hehe Its good to know hell like it.
Only problem is I didnt finish my scarf. hehe Now I know that I should never do the same pattern back to back cause it was boring me. hehe Oh well it well be ready to give away as a gift by Christmas 2005.

My three things list.

2005-01-03T09:38:00.000-08:00

The Three Things List

THE THREE THINGS LIST

Name 3 names you go by:
Angie, Angela and Hunny

Name 3 things you like about yourself:
My Hair, Im a good friend, Im honest

Name 3 things you hate (insert dislike here) about yourself:
I dont clean house enough, Im over wieght, I have no will power.

Name 3 parts of your heritage:
American Is all I know.

Name 3 of your everyday essentials:
Coffee
Everquest(roleplaying game)
My computer

Name 3 things that scare you:

Transplant rejection, Hosipitals, and being in a boat.

Name 3 reasons you have broken up with ex's:
Drugs, Steeling and moving away.

Name 3 things you want in a relationship:
Honesty, Trust and Respect

Name your 3 favorite pastimes:
Crocheting, Playing Everquest and Reading

Name 3 things you want to do before you die:
Own an RV, Travel, Find my purpose in live.

Your turn!

Stuff

2005-01-03T09:30:00.000-08:00

I finished present number one for Christmas 2005. I need a better way to store my yarn. But I have a lack of space so not sure what to do. I cant put stuff under the bed cause there is no under-the-bed, I have a water bed.
I have some glitterspun yarn that I had planed to make a scarf with but after seeing what the yarn looks like I dont want a scarf so now I have no clue what to do with this yarn. I have had on my desk for a few days now just looking at it. While it is very pretty it is not really a yarn closer to a thread and I dont do tread. sigh
Am I the only one who Template Previer and View Blog dont work for?

63 squares/rambling

2005-01-02T05:14:00.000-08:00

I finished number 10 last night and I have posted pics of 9 and 10. I think I have bite off more then I can chew with this thing. Three to six hours a square sucks. These make me feel like I cant crochet worth a toot.
Well enough on that subject. I started a scraf for one of my Christmas gifts for 2005 one more setting and it well be done then on to a different gift. I dont like that thick and quick chenille(sp) yarn it is much to hard to see.
My new everquest toon (beastlord) is now lvl 29. She is much more for then the mage was. Well Im off have a good day all.

Happy New Year

2005-01-01T07:12:00.000-08:00

The years have starting going so fast. When I was younger I never understood this but now the time is gone and gone forever and next year is fast approching.
I so hate firecrackers. I love fireworks that go up in the sky and make pretty colors but these stupid ones that do nothing but pop well there just stupid and should be outlawed. The cops here are to lazy to inforce the no fireworks in the city law and the neighbors just dont care about their neighbors. I should get up turn on the radio supper loud and wake up those that stayed up all night keeping me up with them awfull firecrackers. Sigh I just dont have it in me. hehe
Thank goodness that is over only problem is Ill hear fireworks for the next month.

Marriage/crochet list for 2005

2004-12-31T07:28:00.000-08:00

I have been married 15 years as of today. We dont do gifts cause it is so close to Christmas but we usally do a card and on Sunday we are having steaks. But he forgot my card. sigh On the way out the door he said hell get me one but its just not the same. OH well Startng next year we will be celebrating on the first weekend of August. Yep we moved our marriage. lol This way we can do gifts supper and a card. Or I hope anyway.
Now for my crochet plans this year.
I am working on the 63 squares afgan. And when summer gets here I am sure it well be my main progect.
I also picked up the yarn and have the graph for a dixie flag. That well be worked on only on very cool days. It is a one piece afgan and to hot to work on in the summer.
I have 9 scrafs in mind to work on all year. I have three skiens of glitteryarn and right now have no clue what I plan to do with it. lol It is so pretty. Three skeins is not much but it is so pricy I just could not get myself to buy more.
This is all I have in mind for this year. I dont think Ill finish the flag this year we just dont have enough winter months but if I never start it, it well never get done. So when it cools off again Ill get going.
70 degress the last couple days is not my idea of winter. I so hate summer.

Dixie Flag

2004-12-30T00:41:00.000-08:00

Well I got the pettern for the Dixie Flag to make for my husband. Not at all happy with the instuctions. Does not tell you how much yarn for one thing. The other thing is it requires a afgan hook that I dont even care to bother with. And Ill have to figure out what hook to use with guess work and it has no guage. The only good part was the nice graph. So Ill have to figure this out on my own. Grrrr
I have taken a break from the scarf and 63 squares and have been makeing some head bands. Using a couple different yarns some not so bulky. Made a couple for me one for a friend and not making some for my nieces.Headbands Very easy and fun to make. Need to make some that can be worn in the summer this are a little head warming. hehe
Well Im off.

No Sleep

2004-12-28T08:11:00.000-08:00

I could not sleep last night and I have been up all night. Tring to stay up anouther hour take a short nape so Ill sleep tonight. I hope.
So I was up all night playing everquest. I deleted my mage and made a bst she is now lvl 21. I got four lvls in like four hours. Low lvls are so much fun. hehe
The lvl come real slow later in eq life.

New Windshield

2004-12-27T04:49:00.000-08:00

Going to call this morning and see when they can put in my new windshild. I aslo ordered a ton of yarn to start my Christmas projects for 2005. Hehe I have the 63 squares going and going to start a Dixie Flag for my husband in a week after I finish the scarf Im working on for Christmas 2005. If I make one scarf a month from now till Christmas Ill have enough of those done.

Bookmark

2004-12-26T08:10:00.000-08:00

Well thought I would try a small thread item. So picked a bookmark. If I get it done in a couple hours Ill put it in my sisters birthday card. So far I am pleased with how it is turning out.

EKKK on second thought this is going to take forever. Frog Frog and Frog some more.