Wine, Women & Wool Thursday

OK so yesterday was interesting. After I cleaned up the rain, I saw the bushes outside of my office window full and I do mean full of birds! I felt bad for them as it was rainy & cold and they looked hungry. I opened the window to access the feeder and then walked away to get seed. They all flew off when I opened things up so I thought I was safe. I came back with the seed but had no cup to dip with. Again thinking I am safe, I waked into the kitchen to get a cup. When I came back, sitting inside the house on the ledge of the window was a small bird. Lucky for me he saw me first and flew out of the window and not in. I filled up the feeder and no birds have been back since. They may be afraid of the crazy lady inside the house that rains...LOL
I finished up my SIL's scarf today. He should like it is is nice and fuzzy warm. After I block it tomorrow, I will post a picture of it.
Today's picture comes to us courtesy of Dan Dan the Cat Man. He found the warmest spot in the house yesterday and refused to move no matter what you needed in the bathroom. This is the type of heaters we have in the house and since that small one is the only one, it has been cold in here. Dan is the smart one of us in this bunch...hahahahahaha!
OK I am off to finish my projects before my night out with the ladies.
Blessings to you all and to all a good stiff drink!

Wednesday Wordies

Well ok it is raining in my kitchen. Now that I have your attention, I can explain. I set a pot of water on the stove to boil and possibly heat up the house a bit. Little did I know that it would condensate so heavily on the ceiling and start raining. I am assuming it is the problem, because the roof leaks in this house. I am sure it has to be the water boiling only because it is so widespread...LOL. I am not sure what I will do to fix this problem but I did turn off the water. I can be such a dork sometimes!
OK so I can post the pictures of my felted bag now because I will be mailing it soon. I am sure it will not be seen by my SIL before she gets it. She never reads my blog! I hope you like the pictures as much as I loved making it! I had so much fun with it I almost wanted to keep it! I admire crafters who sell their wares. I always want to keep my things I make. After they are with the person who gets them I am ok, but I enjoy the making so much I feel like they are my kids.
I am looking out on my view of the world today and it is raining (outside too...LOL) It is 37 degrees and they think we may get snow/freezing rain today??? OMG you just hang out here in TX and the weather will be changing. Just yesterday it started out around 70 degrees! No wonder so many people are sick. Nothing else on my mind so I guess I should go clean up that Kitchen.....lmao it will be different!

Tuesday Snippets

Last night was my Christmas party with my knitsters/hookers. OMG we had a fun night. I was very disappointed in the Blue Mesa service. They were mildly busy and knew our group would be there and it took forever to get our drink orders, our food orders and then omg I thouhgt we would have to order out to actually get food. They auto add gratuity to your check and my question is, "When is it ok to refuse to pay the auto amount?" What do you do? I paid it but I sure felt like refusing to pay the 18%. Maybe next time, I will not be so generous. Here's my beef: paying for poor service. It does not send a message to the wait staff to improve on their game. However, they did eventually get us our orders and the food was great. *sigh I suppose I did the right thing.
The pictures above are finally of the purse I knitted. I made it as part of my exchange gift in the Chinese Christmas last night. I did not want to spoil the surprise before the party. and I did not get very good pictures after I look back at them...LOL Oh well my friend Debi took my gift from the person who opened it and loved the bag so I know it has a good home.
I received a great gift. it is a fold up stand bag for my fiber art with 2 balls of spandex cotton yarn. I am very excited to come up with an idea for the yarn. I need something like this to organize my WIP in my living room. My goals or resolutions for the new year is to keep my WIP more organized. I have quite a mess right now and I know it.
I have a lot of new items to take pictures of, and will get to that ASAP but for now off to house work *UGH*!!!
More later later....O:)

Saturday Snippets

The picture is a snap of the Christmas Tree in downtown Fort Worth. I got a quick snap of it. It is beautiful!!!
OK so my Saturday fell down the hill like an avalanche snow ball. I was all set to mow the yard and dig up some of my plants to transplant. Then guess what I did!!! I broke the mower. I stopped to take a break and the part where the pull cord is popped off the mower. I suppose it will need new bolts and I may as well replace the cord while I have it all off. UGH I hate when fate throws the proverbial wrench in my day.
I finished my grandson's knit cap. Gawd I am proud of me....LOL It is knitted on circular needles so it was a very new experience for me. I hope he likes it!
I am almost finished with the felted bag I am making. The bag felted perfectly!!!
This is my recipe for felting in a front loader: (It works!)

I put my bag in the machine with 3 pairs of my plastic clog shoes. I put in laundry soap and washed on hot. I ran it for 2 cycles. after that, I threw it in the dryer. Now that may be a no no but it worked great for me! I cannot wait to post the finished project.

WIP:
my beaded bag
rectangular section for Warm up America (always on the hook)
scarf Angel Hair yarn
and any new project I can think of! LOL

Pain level today is about a 6 so I am off to relax. Blessings to you all and the ones you love.
Thought for today: Think of 3 people you love and let them know because you can never get back lost time with them.
Hugs!!!

Wine, Women & Wool Thursday

Today is the day we sit and crochet & knit and just chill with the girls. I am sure ready for it!!! I have still not recovered fully from my cold or allergy attack so I am a bit weak but I will gain strength to get to this fun night!!! Sometimes you just have to rise above adversity. What we forget in this world is that everyone has bad things happen to them. Now I know my cold does not compare to many adverse situations out there, but for me right now it is miserable and a hinderance to my everyday life. Whatever is on your heart today, I will pray that you can lift yourself up and find the sunshine that is there for everyone.
I got up at 7 am today and that is saying a LOT for me! I needed to go to the post office before Ed goes to work. I thought they opened at 8 am. Good thing for me I took knitting and crochet to keep me busy! LOL I love portable crafting! They open at 830 am and I was able to sit and craft while I waited and because of that I was 4th in line...oh dear and I was first to get there.
Little stocking will be going to it's tree tonight. I am excited to hang her up. I need to make more of them to give as gifts.
Tonight I hope to see the Christmas lights in Downtown FTW. I will try to take some pictures. Off now to wash some dishes. Have a beautiful day. Blessings to you all.

Timeout Tuesday

OK so the pictures above are my daughter's scarf. I am very proud of it. I am a new knitter and it took me a while to finish this up. it is 2x2 rib`all the way up and edged with crochet in 2 different types/colors of eyelash yarn. The crochet is in lime green & white. What do you think? I am just glad it is done.
Today was my day to get some work done around here. I cleaned up the living room some and then the kitchen. I am trying to sort through some stuff in my house and plan on what is worthy to be moved to the new house. I am going from over 1300 sq ft to around 1000 sq ft and combine with my baby Ed. Whew....we will have to have some creative organizational skills!!!
I also have finished a purse that I cannot show you yet because it is for a Christmas gift. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh LOL it is tough to wait!

Today I started a project where I am knitting in the round. Again I need prayers as I am teaching myself again...LOL I swear I just follow my own path!!! It makes me who I am and I cannot change that!!!
For today, that is all. I could not find my Wreath for Christmas so tomorrow looks like a day in the shed. UGH!!!
Blessings to you all and those in your lives.....Angel

Superior Saturday

OK so last night was a lot of fun. Ed & I went out looking at the Christmas lights. My goodness some people go all out!!! We had a lot of fun. Something simple with so much joy! What a great concept! Another great concept is cheesecake bites at Sonic......wow now that was a nice treat on a cool rainy trip around looking at the lights! Whoever thought it up was a genius! Today I am busy trying to finish up a purse and the scarf I made. Maybe post pictures tomorrow. I hope to get the finishing touches tonight and mark off 2 more WIPs. I swear I could start my own shop with all the projects I have going!!!
I made the cutest stocking yesterday for my Yarn Shop tree. It is so cute, I cannot stand myself...LOL Going to take a picture of it to post here & see how cute it is!!!! It is only about the size of my palm, but it is so cute for the tree or a package.
I am off to get things done around here...be well and many blessings!!!