My BAM CAL Afghan

My BAM CAL Afghan squares (Block-A-Month Crochet-A-Long)  More done!

Center Heart Square By Ginger Badger

Half-Double Crochet Mitered Square By Judy Kerr

April's Purple Passion Heart Square By April Moreland

Very fun blocks! I am going to see if I can somehow find a spot that I can lay all the blocks out together so I see (and publish) the progress :)

Updates

I have moved into a bigger house on the property with my son and his family. We were all in my little house for a while and we were making it work, but this is SOOO much nicer :)

I have started crocheting again, I found Ravelry and learned about Crochet-A-Longs and am having too much fun :)

First there is the Moogly Crochet-A-Long (CAL) and the UN-official ravelry page for it

Then there is the 2014 BAM CAL (Block-A-Month Crochet-A-Long)

Everyone there has been absolutely SWEET! Lots of encouragement, project pictures, and tips and tricks on different techniques. It has been great :)

Here are some of the blocks from the CAL's

Top Left MaryEllen's Easy Daisy Granny Square by MaryEllen

Top Right Windflower Square by Beverly Button

Bottom Left Smoothfox's Lemony-Lime Citrus Square 12x12 by Donna Mason-Svara

Bottom Right Frostbloom by Shan Sevcik

Check out my projects page for more, or go explore! I am having fun :)

Another New Grandbaby

Jonathan Prince

Porch Report

Had a visitor:

So Much Has Happened

It is amazing how time can not only fly, but RACE; especially, when you are not paying attention! Christmas came and went; chickens taken care of; garden planted; life in general, and most exciting of all...

I have a new grand-baby!!! She was born in March :)

I just wanted to let everyone know I am still alive and who I have been playing with! She has such a personality! And SMART! I get that little evil giggle when I think of all the things mommy and daddy are going to be doing just to be able to keep up with her... and her big brother I am sure is going to be a big help!

Just not sure he is going to be such a big help to mom and dad so much as to his baby sister and giving her ideas. I love it.

Take care! I will be back!

Working On

Here are some things I have been working  on (besides Christmas presents!)

A lot of my stuff was left out in the weather (my husband's idea of "putting away"). All that gunk is dirt and newspapers!

So I have been trying to clean/salvage all that I can!

While working on a lap blanket for me (Bottom: the pink, black, and white item); scrubbies for mom (Right: orange and purple items); a snowflake garland am trying out (Top: pale blue item); and towel toppers for mom (Left: cherries towel and green item).

And trying to untangle all this...

I must have A.D.D. because I have other projects in the works too!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! EW

Tattoos

My daughter and I wanted to get matching tattoos, but not necessarily identical tattoos. We also wanted them to be meaningful to both of us. We had talked about it for quite a while (like 2 years) and one day out of the blue my daughter calls and said we were going to get tattoos together when she came home!

One of the things my daughter and I love to do together is have tea time. Nothing spectacular just me and her (and sometimes her BFF Ms J) sitting down with the candles lit, maybe a dessert, and tea, talk and laughter... with maybe Rush, Five Finger Death Punch or Rob Zombie etc playing in the background! And one of my all time favorites is the Mad Tea Party scene in Alice In Wonderland (any era!). Well, lo and behold, my daughter suggests we go with that route (after many back and forths over tea-cups/pots sizes and shapes). WOOT! Perfect! So this is what we designed:

We figured no color, and chose what elements we definitely wanted. We brought our "design" to the tattoo artist, Andy, at Xtreme, and this is what he had to work with... as you can see I am NO artist!

He was great and gave a few hints and tips about the design (haha) as far as what would look good in ink with how big we wanted it etc. and this is what we ended up with:

Mine is more Tim Burton-ish, from the hat style to the font.

Daughter's is done in a more Disney-ish style and font.

Both are the same size, 3 1/2 inches, but mine is on my lower leg and hers on her upper thigh, so it could be easily hidden. We LOVE them. He was funny, polite, patient, and even let me sleep while he was doing my tattoo!

This was my third Tattoo, and I do have more planned (my son and I need to go in together), and my daughter has more planned also! But if your ever in San Antonio at the Rolling Oaks Mall, look Andy up. He was FANTASTIC.