A blog about my life, my fiber arts and pictures of my finished work. I will also throw in the very occasional recipe or shopping tip.
Monday, December 2, 2019
In A Rut
I am still trying to deep clean the house 5 minutes at a time. I need to do another Bookman’s run. I have a whole lot of errands and all the time in the world, but none of the energy. People tell me that this will take time.
I did get the loom warped tonight..my only plan for the design is to use up the yarn currently on the shuttle’s. I got a little over 3 inches woven tonight. I also got the bead out to make some earrings.
Saturday, November 23, 2019
A Pleasant Weekend
The house is still too quiet. I also did exactly 5 minutes of Zenning. The old 5 minute rule is great. You would be surprised if you really try.
Monday, June 17, 2019
Family Time
I was able to give his kids new water bottles to help their quest for a better future for our planet. I was a little disappointed that we were not able to find Tucson sweat shirts, just because we have summer temperatures in the 100’s does not mean that visitors don’t want to bring home a sweat shirt. Oh well, I will just have to look for them and mail them.
Eric did enjoy the company but did a lot of sleeping.
Sunday, November 25, 2018
A Great Thanksgiving Week
Monday, February 6, 2017
Busy
It has been crazy busy around here lately. Eric had about a week and a half where he went to program everyday. I did get to relax and get a lot of cleaning done. I also found that with adequate sleep I got my creative mojo back. So a lot of projects were finished too.
That at all went sideways this morning at about 3:30 this morning. I managed to get a total of 1 hour of work done before Eric care took over my day. The good news is that he is now feeling better.
Even though I am trying to move and do more my arthritis seems to be getting the better of me now. Not even hitting the 50 pound weight loss point seems to be helping. Although I can now claim a smaller dress size. So since December of 2009 the totals are down 50 pounds, 4 dress sizes, 2 shoe sizes and 6 inches off my rib cage. The way this was accomplished was by giving up anything with high fructose corn syrup, aspertame and any other artificial sweeteners. I am also moving more.
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Things That I Am Grateful For
In no particular order here are some of the things that I am grateful for.
1. My Family
2. My friends
3. Team Eric
4. Being ambidextrous, it comes in handy when one hand won't work right. Yes, I am sometimes that annoying person who changes hands in the middle of a meal. It is taking a whole lot longer for my hand to heal than I thought it would.
5. Being 4 inches slimmer since I gave up all high fructose corn syrup and aspertame. The inches come off more slowly than they went on. Bah humbug.
My challenge to you you is to find at least 5 things that you are grateful for and share with everyone.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Cars, Cows and Planes
Monday, July 20, 2015
A Day Off
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
What Makes Us Good Mothers
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Family Time
Friday, October 25, 2013
In No Order
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
New Rules
Rule #1 Mom is always right.
Rule #2 If mom is wrong see rule #1
We have been living with those rules for a while and they seem to be working out just fine in my humble opinion. Well not so much with the guys. Here is the change that they wanted.
Rule #1 Mom is always right.
Rule #2 The world revolves around Eric.
Not that we don't spend a lot of time with our lives revolving around Eric already, I was just not ready to give up Rule #2. So I came up with a compromise.
Rule #1 Mom is always right.
Rule #2 If mom is wrong see rule #1.
Rule #3 The world revolves around Eric
Just looking at that I think they need a further revision.
Rule #1 Mom is always right.
Rule #2 If mom is wrong see rule #1
Rule #3 If mom is not around Dad has the right to claim rules # 1 and 2 as his own.
Rule #4 Teri gets as much parental time as she needs. Teri has the right to claim this as needed over Eric's needs from 1 parent at a time in person. Both parents if necessary by telephone.
Rule #5 The world revolves around Eric.
Eric must have gotten wind of the rule changes that I will propose tomorrow, because I had to stop in the middle of writing this to give him a breathing treatment. When I told him of my counter proposal he signed a vigorous no. I will have to see how Teri and John like these changes. I still do try to run the house in a democratic fashion. Eric likes to think that he is the king of our little place in the sun. I think I like the golden rule better. Whom ever has the most gold is the ruler of the kingdom.
Well it is getting to late to think about they whys and wherefores of the new rules tonight.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving & KAL Clue #2
My wish is for everyone to have a happy, healthy and fun holiday season.
KAL Clue #2
Row 5. Slip 1 stitch purl wise, Knit 1,( knit 2 together, yarn over)* follow this pattern until the end of the row end with a knit 1.
Row 6 Slip one stitch purl wise, knit across.
Row 7 to 51 You have 2 options.
Option 1 Slip 1 purl wise and knit across for the entire pattern.
Option 2. Slip 1 purl wise and knit 1 purl 1 across. On subsequent rows purl the knit stitches and knit the purl stitches. Always start every row with a slip 1 purl wise. This will give you a seed stitch.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Happy Holidays
That being said, I am a little melancholy this year. As you know Eric has had a lot of tough health issues this year, which have left me exhausted. I can report on the good side that Eric has slept 5 yes count em 5 nights in a row. Yes miracles still do happen. With just the 2 of us eating tonight I will not be preparing the huge festival meal. First I don't have the energy and second we can not eat that much. I have instead spent the last few days really cleaning and there is a large visible difference. Today I even let roomba have the run of most of the house, he did a good job but did not have enough juice to make it back to his docking station. I would also like to say that roomba still does not like Eric's hoyer lift. I also gave scooba a work out and plan to do so again tomorrow in another part of the house.
With all that being said I still prefer huge holiday gatherings and the formality of the the order of the holidays. It is my hope that when our daughter finishes grad school we will again be able to have nice family holiday dinners. It really does not matter the location as long as we are together. Well I have to go put the finishing touches on dinner.
Happy Holidays to All and to all a very festive meal.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Almost Done
The best news of the day is that we will have 4 more days with Teri this summer. Well what I mean is I get 4 more days with Teri; and Eric and John will get their first 4 days with Teri. We have a flexible plan in place for her visit. We will go to Savers, which is a great place to buy clothes. Bookman's for a shopping spree. Mayco's for dinner one night. The rest is up to Teri.
I would like more visits with Teri, but we raised her to be independent and she is doing a great job of moving forward in life. I am so glad that I can say that she is my daughter. Well it is getting late and I know that it will not be an early bed time for a few days, every minute counts when your children are all grown up and you only get to see them a few times a year.
Have a great evening and enjoy your families.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Just a Short Post
I would like to wish my Mom a Happy Anniversary of her 39th Birthday; she is ageless just like the great Jack Benny who never got older than 39; himself. Just like when I was a kid I sent her a handmade gift this year. I really hope that she likes it.
This post won’t be long today, Eric had his 4th bad night in a row and my hands took the brunt of his not feeling good last night.
Have a great day and enjoy your families.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Valentines Day
I will conquer the laundry monster while Eric does his breathing treatment and then make a quick antipasto for dinner. John got some wonderful looking strawberries for desert so I guess that I will not make the brownies I was planning on...darn. I hope to have some knitting time later today. I can only work on small projects in the car while John is driving and I really want to make some headway on Teri’s blanket. Not that it will be done by the end of the Olympics. On the side is a picture of tone of the yarns that I am using.
So have a good evening and enjoy your families.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Fab Break
Just waiting for my phone to charge so I can finish packing. I am soloing out to see my family for 2 days I hope to have fun with everyone. I have not seen them for 1 year. It will be nice to leave work behind for 2 days.
I have packed 2 skeins of sock yarn so hopefully I will have I pair done by Monday afternoon.
Have a great weekend and enjoy your families.