tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50873367799116771992024-02-06T23:31:33.605-06:00Efelants & WoozlesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-49019927836342573262017-04-22T06:39:00.001-05:002017-04-22T06:39:29.668-05:00Sweety's Home DayThursday was Sweety's 15 year Home Day. We don't know exactly when his birthday is, so celebrate when he came to our home. We figure he is about 22 years old though.
We played some. He really likes to play fetch. As in throw things on the floor and watch the human fetch.
He really likes the homemade Chinese Jacks I made (I will tell you about those in another post).
I made him a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-17609440418841691552017-04-20T06:25:00.000-05:002017-04-20T06:28:45.025-05:00Rolls, Biscuits, and Bread...YumOne of my favorites sections of a cookbook is Breads. Bread was one of the first things I ever made. I was 7 years old and learning to make Potato Bread in school. I loved it. It was delicious and fun and I still have the recipe. So I was excited to get to this section of Amanda's recipe book.
I started her off with a bang on the first page. Rolls, biscuits, and yeast bread. All recipes Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-72467617395598064782017-04-19T06:20:00.001-05:002017-04-19T06:20:27.348-05:00I Want... CollectionAre you asked what do you want for your birthday? Or Christmas, or for whatever; and go totally brain dead? I do. I swear I have a gazillion things I want but as soon as I am asked, poof, you can hear crickets chirping. So I started writing things down as they occurred to me.
This is my "Movies I Want" page (but really its any DVD).
I think I have an 80's thing going on here
I have quite a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-26134759933442750342017-04-18T06:37:00.001-05:002017-04-18T21:08:06.403-05:00Recipe Book - Heavenly HashI have been working on making a recipe book for my oldest daughter. It's simply made from a composition book that I am writing family recipes in that I know she likes or might be interested in.
When I was first got married I was desperate to learn to cook more than macaroni and cheese, so I called all my parents, grandparents, great grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, neighbor, I did not care.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-42856011233686147842017-04-13T06:03:00.001-05:002017-04-13T06:03:37.686-05:00Scary Movie Day
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This is a day I look forward to each month. In January when I saw the 13th fell on Friday it was like having an extra Halloween. My favorite holiday. I decided I was gonna have a scary movie marathon and I enjoyed it so much I chose to have a Scary Movie Day on the 13th of every month. So tonight it's Shaun of the Dead, pizza, popcorn, lights off, battery operated Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-51819395755080387642017-04-12T08:01:00.001-05:002017-04-12T08:01:20.180-05:00Starting Another JournalWe had some good storms come through yesterday. Poor Jager stayed hidden in the corner all day. She does not like storms.
Been fairly busy the last few days. The highlights have been finishing up Easter gifts, having to start a new journal, and going through my closet and clearing things out a bit. All exciting stuff right?
I can't show the Easter gifts yet because of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-32431640288693539682017-04-09T05:57:00.000-05:002017-04-09T05:57:23.994-05:00Reusable Coffee FiltersAbout two months ago I was having my morning coffee and for the umpteenth time, had coffee grounds in my cup. When I am camping I will take coffee any way I can get it; but I am at home. The stupid paper filter fell over. Again.
Fine. I can beat this and make my morning coffee the tranquil event it is supposed to be. I sat down with my chewy coffee and thought about when I worked Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-70900587370566105472017-04-08T08:32:00.002-05:002017-04-08T08:39:41.208-05:00In The Craft Room
I am in the craft room today sewing up some gifts for Easter.
Makes things so much easier now that I have "filed" all (most) of my fabric. I just used either foam board or boxes to wrap the fabric around. The different sizes lets me know about how much I have. It keeps it nice and fairly neat. I can also put notes on the board to let me know what kind of fabric it is.&Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-46837103434748419142017-04-07T08:18:00.000-05:002017-04-07T08:18:46.766-05:00Meal Planning
I am trying out this layout for my meal planning.
I did an inventory of my freezer (a good thing too - found some scary stuff! I have cooked for 6 to 8 people for so many years that I have a hard time cooking for just one. So I cook maybe 2x a week and put several meals into the freezer. Homemade TV dinners. It works very well for me, the freezing meals part; the planning, not so much. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-54363487851617233672017-04-06T06:37:00.000-05:002017-04-06T07:20:11.716-05:00Keeping Up With My CrittersMy memory is awful. Seriously. I will try to remember that I have done something and think I have not realizing that what I remember was DAYS ago. Now for some things that can fly under the radar, not so much with taking care of my animals. Sure, they let me know if the food bowl is empty, some fairly vocal about it! But they need consistency, reliability, and deliberate care.
So I keep track. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-19056524418904797902017-04-05T07:51:00.000-05:002017-04-05T07:55:18.814-05:00Yep, I'm BackI'm back. I am not going to promise anything, but my goal is to be more consistent with my blog. Thinking on it, I just lost interest. But it was, and still is, my only link to the outside world. So to keep posting I need to make it interesting for ME. If it's interesting for YOU too, FANTASTIC!
To catch up on what has been happening for the last year(?) would be way too long. And boring. But Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-77308575366301169012015-05-20T05:30:00.000-05:002015-05-20T05:30:00.721-05:00Slip Stitch Sides
This time I decided to concentrate on the sides. I am finding the Sockmatician very informative and easy to follow. I used this video to make my edges pretty.
Well, neater. My knitting still needs work, haha.
Again for my sister, Transformers :). Her favorite is Bumblebee so I did gray and yellow.
The pattern can be found here.
the mess at the bottom is me just Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-38983702658317542232015-05-13T08:14:00.000-05:002015-05-13T08:14:05.329-05:00Double Knit Fix and My Next ChallengeI made lots of mistakes in my knitting. But that's ok, I am learning :) What is important is to not give up just because of it. So I am learning how to fix many oopsies, one at a time.
The most pressing and frustrating mistakes was losing a stitch. One of the places I went to was here. Knitpicks' video was a very helpful, and the most comprehensive video I could find on how to pick up Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-91617288140688041032015-05-09T07:30:00.000-05:002015-05-09T07:30:03.219-05:00Double KnittingI have been learning double knitting. I have always known how to knit, but had no skill at it. The needles and movements felt awkward and I would give it up after a few stitches. Not to mention it just looked awful!
Then I found this: The Geek A Long. The description from the group:
The Geek-A-Long is an annual FREE knit along where participants make a truly epic nerdily themed blanket to raiseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-67791932245002635632015-05-08T08:36:00.001-05:002015-05-08T11:56:32.086-05:00Birthday In A BoxSorry I have been missing in action. Again, I won't bore you with the details...
My Aunt Francine is having a birthday coming up. She will be turning 67, and as she says maybe one day she will grow up. I love her to pieces. She tells you like it is and if you want her opinion, boy, she'll give it!
My uncle is in the oil business, and with the drop in prices, has lost his job. They are very Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-10668277392392142662015-01-28T04:58:00.002-06:002015-01-28T04:58:36.771-06:00My WeekI was able to get quite a bit accomplished this week, though it doesn't look it.
I am still unpacking and getting things organized. It feels as if that will NEVER get done! Oh well, maybe, eventually.
When the kids moved they did not have enough room in the moving trailer so a lot was left and put into the garage for when they can come and get the rest. But it was just placed helter skelter Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-68395516796879727482015-01-16T06:47:00.001-06:002015-01-16T09:54:55.957-06:00Taming the Craft Room
I promised to show how I used boxes to store my embroidery, lace, ribbons, elastic, etc; I just didn't expect it to take so long!
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS AND YOUR PATIENCE
And finally, as promised:
First, get your family together every night for a month (or three) and get the boxed wine for them to drink. For me, it took 5 to 9 family members and a birthday to get Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-78170275354971725342015-01-14T05:41:00.001-06:002015-01-14T05:41:55.831-06:00I Am Back... Again!So much has happened, but I will just hit the highlights: My son, daughter-in-law, grandson and granddaughter moved to another state in the hopes of better job opportunities; I have moved (AGAIN); my computer died a horrible death and my family all got together and bought me this new computer for Christmas!
I have a JOB. I only average 12 hours a week, but it is what I can handle and still Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-25415178622819194292014-05-24T06:45:00.000-05:002014-05-24T06:45:29.133-05:00ApologyDear Blog-land, this attack hit much harder and was more difficult to recover from this time around. There has been absolutely no progress made on any crochet or craft projects at all. I will try to pick up where I left off and find my routine again. I miss this.
EWAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-50836859137100768842014-04-12T07:56:00.000-05:002014-04-12T07:56:02.014-05:00Taming Embroidery Thread
Wild Embroidery Thread
Do you use embroidery thread in your crafting? I do, and I inherited a bunch of embroidery thread from several places... And it is a mess! I have 2 boxes like this left to "tame" and thought I would share with you what I am doing.
First I need to explain that I go as cheaply as possible in organizing my (our) craft supplies. But I still want a pretty, organized, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-50800406127837534132014-04-11T15:40:00.001-05:002014-04-11T17:24:52.474-05:00Week 6 of The 52 Week Crochet ChallengeRed Berry's 52 Week Crochet Challenge has been so much fun! It is not just crocheting something, it is challenging you on so many levels. Some of the challenges have been "Start a crochet notebook, journal, scrapbook, or blog."; "Who taught you to crochet?"; "Celebrate Spring by crocheting a flower, or make a project that has a flower motif or theme".
I look forward to each weeks' challenge and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-79605524469897434752014-04-06T20:16:00.000-05:002014-04-06T20:16:02.500-05:00Craft Room UpdateSome progress has been made on the craft room. Of course things are subject to change. I think we have rearranged the room and changed the furniture at least twice!
View from sliding glass doors.
View from sliding glass doors towards the kitchen.
From the sitting room/kitchen area. Can see the sliding glass doors on left. This is Kristy's "work station".
From sitting area Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-75545408479314657652014-04-05T05:00:00.000-05:002014-04-05T05:00:03.792-05:00My PeanutThis is my grand-daughter, her favorite show is Scooby-Doo.
Efelants & Woozles
"Oh NO! Scooby tripped into our trap!"
She is such a character and so much fun to watch!
EW
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-17715145665451763322014-04-04T10:47:00.000-05:002014-04-04T10:47:00.712-05:00BAMCAL CAL ProgressHere is another Frostbloom Block by Shan Sevcik I finally finished. It was not difficult at all - it was me trying to find motivation to get anything done! Like I said - life hit hard. But am getting back on track :)
It is in my grand-daughter's chosen colours
A side view to show how dimensional it is - FUN!
Now on to the next block :) and a few other projects that are always in Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087336779911677199.post-40987008623952642782014-04-02T06:28:00.001-05:002014-04-02T06:28:34.729-05:00Week 4 of the 52 Week Crochet ChallengeWeek 4's Challenge is "How did you learn to crochet or who taught you?"
I learned to crochet from my great grandmother.
She taught me all kinds of things, but when I sit down and crochet I always remember her and have to smile. The first stitch she taught me was the chain stitch when I was 4. and I learned that quick! I had a chain stitch going from one end of the house to the otherAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462736962453821988noreply@blogger.com8