Another Contest!

Sure glad I was trying to catch up a bit on my blog reads, I came across another contest & swap! Thanks Anne!! I love hot Cocoa!! Lots of marshmellow and a small candy cane for that hint of mint :) Oh YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!! Sorry, does sound really good, but heres the info......

"Spread the word to your knitting friends... that's what this contest is all about. We're hosting a cocoa , beat the winter blahs swap... from January 1- February 28. For an entry into this contest, post about our swap on your blog and then leave a comment here letting us know you've done your part in spreading the word.You'll receive one additional entry for each person who tells us YOU sent them here.So hop to it folks... spread the word! This contest runs from December 1- December 15, our sign-ups begin on December 16!!!"

This is true

Prize Package

I love it when I get goodies in the mail and yesterday later evening brought me some :)

You see Kristen over at A day in the life of 5, 3 & 1 had a contest for what we're Thankful for! I was really surprised cause I had forgotten all about it until I received an email from her saying "come on down", I was one of 3 contestants that won....Those great little fingers pulled my name.

! My Thank yous to you and the kiddies!

Thank you, Thank you and Thank you! I remember those days of doing in three's...lol (except now they are not so easy to bribe) lol

I love the ornaments and Kristen said in her note that the kids made the Candy Cane...well they did a great job Kristen, please pass on my Thank yous to each of them! Better yet, pass on them hugs!! They definitely have a place on our tree, once we get it...lol (going real again this year). Love the cutter and it will definitely be handy and I love the cards. Where ever do you gals find things like that? :) You know I'm an angel lover and I do love the way you made that angel. she may stay right here at my desk :)

Thank you so much and we all do have lots to be Thankful for!

Playing Again :)

Well I was playing again for a little bit today after I got my Secret Santa stuff outta here..whew! Santa finally got unstuck from the desert..lol His new wheels looked good!

Anyways, after an outing for lunch I finally got my picture off the camera of my lastest Row Counter Bracelet..just thought I'd post it and see what you all think, kinda known for my area, huh? :)
Came up with a lot more ideas and thats what I shoot for, idea's galore and I even think I figured out that stitch marker holder part..maybe!

Now I can finish up with my WWCS and maybe get more done on my sock :)
You all have a great evening....til laterrrr...be good to yourselves!

Happy Recoop from Weekend

Wow, where to start...Hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Ours was really good, very productive in fact! We had dinner at home and it was just Mike, Rob & I. Nick & Crystal spent their Thanksgiving with her parents. (we get Christmas) I was able to get my desk area cleaned up while waiting for the turkey to cook, WOW, I'd forgotten how big the desk top really is..lol

Anyways, Friday found Mike & I at a Christmas Craft Show down at Cashman Field. Wasn't the type of craft show we thought, but we still had a good time looking around and did come home with a couple items, but this is one that pictured pretty good, and boy it smells even better! Smells like Cinnamon! We bought 2, the one pictured and another for when Christmas is over. The other one is huge and very heavy and more vase like and loaded with seashells :) I will definitely take a pic of that after the holidays are over, right now its put away with everything else until then.

Friday the kids come back home and Friday night Crystal came running in all excited! She happen to stumble across some great buys and early Christmas presents...lol Do you see what she got me... isn't he's just adorable? Now I can make Mike & I both tea at one time!!! No messing around with cup by cup cause we just get lazy and do teabags...lol I want to try those loose tea's and my teaball thingie :) I really couldn't help but to get overly excited myself from Crystals great surprise, in fact we had a blast Friday night as the guys decided to go bowling and her and I stayed home and played with beads...This is what I was messing with since I finally gotten some elastic cord...these may soon be in my etsy store, but I would love to know what you all think too?
I've gotten quite a collection of some pretty beads here lately..can't walk into any store without at least looking..lol



Then over Saturday and Sunday I WAS trying to get my orders done, plus finish up my late Secret Santa gift..thats bombing on me...Grrrrrrrrrr I feel like I wasted most of the weekend trying to do what didn't get done...I know Santa's Sleigh is in the shop..couldn't get off the ground, no snow and the dirt wasn't a good idea cause we don't want Santa getting a ticket for being a "dusthole" (yes they give ticket out here if you get caught stirring the desert dust) so in the shop the sleigh went for a wheel job, hopes to be out in a couple of days, (gives me time to come up with plan B, whatever that is) so will let you know when he is out on the radar!

This pic below is what I was gonna try to make up quick to fill in for my homemade gift, but geesh, this is taking forever too, BUT I'M MAKING SOCKS!!!!! They are crocheted, but looking good! I love the cables, but having hard time with Miss Lady dear, yes my settle down demonoid just won't let me sit here long enough without paying attention to her..so the socks will be for someone here that way theirs no hurry, as I don't have time for hurry, I'm late as it is, but I Hope to come up with another idea, so please don't give up on me, I am hurrying. Anyone have an quick ideas for homemade Christmas gifts?? I didn't have a plan B as I thought my gift would turn out. Wish this pal was as easy as my WWCS pal is.. that one I have almost done!



Well, gonna get me butt in gear now...Hope everyone has a good week ahead!! Til later...............

Topic of the Week 4-WWCS

So the topic of this week over at our WWCS is :
What is the ideal setting for enjoying the perfect cup of coffee? Who would be there - or would you be alone? Inside or out? Morning or night? With food or just the steaming cup of joe?

I usually during the just getting cooler mornings like to sit outback sipping on that first or fifth cup just enjoying being outside and watching my crazy dogs..lol
Now that it is a little cooler out, I enjoy my cups sitting at my desk answering emails or checking blogreads and hope that I still get to drink it while its hot..lol I enjoy any company that might be around, during the weekends its with hubby and during the weekdays its with my doggies :) I have been known to wrap a blanket around myself and go outside with them, mornings are usually crisp and clear ..lol I always enjoy my cups of joe, even when I fire up another coffee pot for the flavored ones.

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Morning Chuckle!

May your stuffing be tasty,
May your holiday turkey be plump,
May your potatoes 'n gravy
Have nary a lump,

May your yams be delicious
May your pie take the prize
May your Holiday Dinner
Stay off your thighs.


I wish you all a very Happy & Blessed Thanksgiving!
Stay safe in your travels.

Which Pie I Am, Is It Me?

Saw this on Chan's blog and thought I'd see which pie I was...do you think this is me? Must've been my wanting to do the roller coaster..lol

You Are Lemon Meringue Pie

You're the perfect combo of sassy and sweet.You always know how to brighten someone's mood, but you're not overly sappy.In fact, you can be a bit too honest at times. And most people find that refreshing.While you're always true to yourself, you keep things light. That's how people are able to stomach your slightly bitter outlook. Those who like you have well refined tastes.You're complicated - and let's face it - a true enigma. You enjoy defying expectations, and there are many layers to your personality.There's not one easy way to define you.

What Kind of Pie Are You?

Jane's 300 post Contest

Jane (grammieknits) is having a contest in honor of 300 posts. Go on over and leave her a comment about one weird thing about you. I'm sure we all have our, umm..weirdness. Let her know I sent you over!

Good Vet News

Woo-hoo good news on Storm!! Our new glucose numbers are 292 and we don't have to go back until another 2 weeks! (Dec. 4) She gets to stay at 15 cc. I did have them weigh her as she use to be in the upper 50's but they said Nov 7 she wieghed in at 43 lbs., today she weighed in at 45 lbs..hey any wieght for her is good :) I just wish there was an easier way for her, she hates the leash and car unlike Lady who I have to gate up to get Storm out of the house...lol Then Lady welcomes her back home with all the proper sniffs. Then a definite treat is in order for both. :) To say the least, I'm just glad the visits are cutting down, I might be able to use some of my etsy money for me and visit some of my friends, whom they know who they are, I say Thank you!! Thats what paid the vet today. I definitely wouldn't be able to do all this without you all!
Speaking of etsy, I was able to put 2 of the Fabric Christmas trees up in the store. I have 2 more in front of me here that need decorating so hope they will be up in the store here soon too. What will be up in the store is all I have for now, I'll be out running around tomorrow to see about a couple fabrics that seem to be popular :) Know that the ornament tree up in the store is the only one!
Well, now I can relax alittle and figure out what to make for dinner...lol Talk to you all soon, have a great evening!

Almost Ready for the Store

Wow, so much going on it seems and I'm behind on some of my blog reads, but I've been busy so don't give up on me yet, I will get by your blog.

I thought I'd show you a preview as whats to come hopefully real soon in my etsy store and has all my attention lately. Now some are finished (snowmen) (Noel) and some aren't (Ornaments) and some of these photo's you just have to ignore the background..lol (Yes, there will be better pic's when they are in the store). (Snowflakes) I am limited on some of the fabric patterns, though I'm gonna try to get more of one that I think everyone might really want (above snowflakes) I also have a fabric that isn't cut out yet, (pinecones), but hopefully you know that you can email me if its one that you might be interested in, I don't mind at all, in fact, I think I should've somehow did preorders ( like Chan did, yes she staked her claim early on with that Santa Train tree) ...lol Which I do have more of but with ribbons only (sorry no pic yet, still stuffing that one). Chalk it up to being new and inexperienced :) But all is going well and hopefully I can find box's, the next thing to figure out :) Oh shoot, I also have this fabric cut out too..

So, I guess I'm on to stuffing and decorating so I can move on to other things!

Make it a great week!!

WWCS Topic of the Week

So this week's topic:

The Thursday upcoming is Thanksgiving in the U.S., so let's all - American and not alike! - just share a post with what it is we're thankful for. A wonderful thing to do any time of year, I thought it'd be a nice thing to share for this week with the group!

Guess what I am most Thankful for is life, my family, our military guys & gals, and most of all my friends, which would be you all!

I do hope everyone has a very Happy Thanksgiving! Safe travels for those traveling!

Need Opinions

So this is one of the things I finished up today, needless to say my decorating supplies are lower than I thought they were. Have many more in different fabrics that I'll be sewing together and hopefully tomorrow is Mike's payday :) I can get my decorating stuff....ignore the background, it was really hard to get a pic without a dog in it and you can see the purple reason why..lol so, minus the background I need opinions, want to know what you all think? Don't be shy now.....

Thank You's & News

Well now that dinner is over with I'm here to say "THANK YOU", thank you, thank you to everyone for all the thoughts, wishes and lots of drool for Storm. It sure is appreciated!
We left the vet tonight with an actual glucose reading. Still little high, but she came in at 390. They said when this all started that she started way over 600 (it wouldn't even read on their machine), then dropped to over 500 (still little off their machine readings), then 460 and now 390. They want us to up her insulin dosage another 2 cc's so that will put her at 15 cc's twice a day. I know that part she hates and they says she'll get use to it, but they don't know my Stormy girl...lol Rob snuck up on her this morning at shot time...lol She didn't even know what hit her :)
The good news for mom's pocketbook is that we can do a weekly visit instead of twice a week! WOO-HOO!! That's a sign to me that we are on our way to the lower numbers and I know it was from all the good vibes! They said a normal dog that isn't diabetic runs around 100-120 and a dog that is diabetic runs around 150-200 so we are getting there. :) I was really surprised at all this informatin they all of a sudden offered, but I'm sure glad, maybe I can relax a little bit now :) love the power of prayers!! Thank you all!!
Sure hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday!

Wow, Another Post :)

Wow, another post, it most certainly isn't my normal..lol, but I've been playing with something that that I'm hoping my Secret Santa pal will like and I guess I'd like some opinions on them! I think their cute, but wish I had Silver wire...lol (for me) I am hoping these colors are alright for my pal...I do have some other items for her and even bought something I think she'll like as I loved it myself and something we have in common, but thats all a secret....shhh

In doing these, I've thought of a few more ideas! Thats always good for me, need that inspiration as its been kinda scarce lately.

I've got another dog bone stocking in the makings using this color ribbon on it..Only have the front part done but love this color..its more purplish/burdungy..though this pic makes it look more red, its not. I also have a red/green with gold through it plaid, but am trying to get 2 of my Christmas trees stuffed..lol I did get 2 of them together, now just have to stuff and decorate, so hopefully I'll be able to show them soon.

I want to "Thank you all" for all the good wishes again for Storm..She's doing good and other then her constant eating and drinking you wouldn't even know anythings wrong, so thats a good sign through all this. We go again Tomorrow at 5 pm and I'm sure hoping the glucose numbers come down. I'll keep you all posted.

Well I must get back to doing my thing here...You all have a great week ahead!

My FFBE Pal Got her Bag!

I know its late, but I had some problems, but I did get my bag out and just got word my pal received her bag. My pal was Karen R of ABC's of Creative Pursuits. I really thought I had it made as she mentioned she had gotten a new laptop and I had just gotten the new book, so I had the perfect bag to make for her. Even the colors are the same except for one I changed (I didn't like the mustard yellow straps so I made it purple) :) Couldn't go wrong with purple and green!
So now that Karen has her new bag, which I hope she really likes and can use, I can now show it off as I had several people anxious to see....so here it is
This took quite a bit to felt up, though the pocket over felted and I couldn't add it in without ruining the bag. Sure hope Karen doesn't mind, but if she wants to line it for pocket use she has my blessings :) Here are some of the goodies I sent along with...
This bag pattern came out of "Crocheted Pursenalitites" and was titled Career Casual. Yarn is what they called for and that was Cascade 220 in 8885 purple and 9447 green and part of the main body was using the green and Aurora Noro (purple colorway) I do love the sparkle that Aurora gave to the bag and it was nothing like regular Noro I worked with before. I'm glad I decided to buy 1 skein extra of each as the only thing I have extra is 1 of the Aurora Noro and a small tiny ball amount of green so I've decided for every pattern I ever do next, I'm buying extra cause as you know I usually have to order online!
I definitely had fun with this exchange and I sure hope Karen didn't mind me being a pest...lol she was quiet for awhile but I kept pestering.. I always meant well!

For those who keep updated with me about Storm, she is still way off the scale on glucose so they've upped the dosage again and we go back Tues. I'm really starting to get discouraged on this, but I'm hanging in there with Thanks to my friends!!

Well, off I go so I can make some stuffed Christmas tree's I'm behind on for putting up in my Etsy store, but I did add a couple sock size stitch marker/row counter sets this morning. Still working on the snowflakes ones though, but will have them up soon. Thanks to you all who visit and read my ramblings and visit my store..thats what keeps me going!!
Have a great Sunday and I hope everyone has a great week ahead!!

WWCS-Topic of the Week

Holly asks- I love the holidays, it turning colder here, and I love coffee. As the cold of winter approaches, do you change the projects you work on? Do you work on gifts for others or do you continue working on projects for yourself?


Before I answer this weeks topic, I'd like to Thank Anne & Holly both for all the nice words and the plugs for my Etsy store...Thank you both so much!!


Well, if we really had a winter here I might work on some afghans that I've been asked by family members to make..lol, but I am usually working on something for everyone else, during these months its usually Christmas items or gifts. Occassionally I can fit something in for myself. (though I don't think I've made myself anything in a long time) The only thing that changes is the seasonal items I try to work on. My DIL loves homemade stuff, so I do try to make her something homemade for every season.

I drink coffee all day long so its just natural to have it when crocheting or trying to stab myself (knitting), though it gets cold on me when I do the stabbing thing...lol

What I've Been Up To

Whew, finally got a few minutes to sit and relax a bit this morning. Some of what I've been up too (crochet wise) is down below.
As some of you know I quit work last week (Oct 31) and boy it sure feels good and now I know there was a reason for it. This is one of my girls, Storm, who I usually call Stormers..(this pic is from last year, so she still has her meat on her, I just couldn't show you how bad her ribs are showing now)
Last Thursday, my first day home and after taking both dogs to the vets for updated shots (yes, we were behind) and to find out why Storm was so skinny and drinking like she was a fish. Well, we found out Storm is diabetic, so she didn't get her updated shots, she's been getting tests instead...so we've been back and forth every 3 days to visit Doc McAllister (their being great up there spreading the days out to make it alittle esier on our pockets). We just had the insulin dosage pushed up yesterday a few more cc's as her glucose is still to high. Poor thing hates the ride in the car, let alone what they do to her at the vets, she is my very nervous Nellie and shakes so bad, but she's been doing really good and we're staying hopeful. I"m hoping a dosage soon will work out for her cause with one less paycheck its getting hard. Then leaving Lady at home is becoming hard also, she cries cause she wants to go too...lol We'll see how she is on Friday..Lady has to go with us then as she needs her nails clipped and she just will not let us do it.
So when I'm not at the vets I have been cleaning, trying to organize and going through everything here at home, kinda one room at a time. Things that I never had the real time to do before. Their is some crochet time, like this morning waiting for the shot hour to come up..I made a couple of these for my Etsy store. Cute Dress Corner Bookmarks...

I want to swap the colors around for the next two I do (there is a green one to)..Also hoping to pick some ribbon up this weekend if I can so I can finish my dog bone stockings. Yes, I'm trying to get ready for all the swaps going on and Christmas is definitely on my mind..kinda hard not too when Mike & Rob have been so busy setting, building and what have you for the Polar Express that goes around our living room wall. :) Hope that gets alittle more done this weekend too, just so I can get some of the box's out of the living room. I will definitely post that when its time and we'll have a video of it too.

Oh I also finished my FFBE bag...Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! I really was beginning to think I was jinxed with that bag, everytime I would want to work on it something else would happen that I couldn't..lol It is on its way now to ...only one state over from me but I can't say just yet, just in case. :) I just really hope she likes it and can use it still.

Well I gotta get off here, get back to doing the things I wanted to get done today...Hope you all enjoy the rest of the week! Happy Crafting!! C-ya in the swaps!

Winter Wonderland This Weeks Topic 1

Woo-Hoo, it has officially started and I have my pals info so I am all set to go! Each week on WWCS blog there will be a topic to post to on our blogs so here is this weeks topic...
"When did you first start drinking coffee? What age were you? Was it about the caffeine, or do you love the taste and smell? Tell us how your passion began!"
My first cuppa coffee was when I was 2 yrs old..both my parents drank coffee, dad more so then mom, but I remember them putting a few tablespoons of coffee in a cup and then drowning it with milk (mom didn't want me to get hooked)...lol Who knew back then that I would start drinking it the way I do now. I really didn't start drinking coffee regularly until I was married. I use to make a pot for Mike & I every morning (back then 1975 was an old corning wear perculator, Spice of Life pattern to be exact), then over the years I started drinking it all day long and still do, right up to bed and with NO milk!! Just sweet with sugar and black for me and no decafe as I've found over the years that it wires me up so dang bad I can't sleep! I love the taste of coffee and the smell of it brewing, now I would say some part is a caffeine addiction but my body is so use to having it, it only bothers me when I don't..lol

FFBE & Contest Prize!

What a great day it was Thursday! First of all I was home :) Second of all the mailman brought me not 1, but 2 packages!!! Unfortunately only had enough time to email my package senders to let them know their packages were here cause I had to go bowling :) But WOW, did I get lots of goodies!!

We'll start with my contest winning from Anne..you all remember the dishcloth pattern Anne wrote up and had a contest for...well my dishcloth was a little off but I did do it and Thanks to Anne & Cleo my name was drawn and here's my goodies I received along with a really nice note... THANK YOU so much Anne and Cleo too!!

Here's a close up of the gorgeous yarn!!! Blue Sky Alpaca Dyed Cotton in my favorite color purple :) Boy is this SOFT!!!! WOW! Definitely cannot wait to make something with this :) I love the Calendar Mouse pad too, now maybe I won't get my days all mixed up, I'm a non working gal again..lol The "Rose" packet smells really great too! I was real surprised, it wasn't overpowering like some usually are and I know just what to make with it... I love it all Anne, Thank you so much!!! (I do hope to remake your pattern and do better at it this time)

Second..my Fall Felted Bag arrived!!! Boy my partner had me going and wondering and it really helped me out alot!! Thank you Laurie D!!! I had no idea, even with little clues she left, but she always wrote anonymously and always answered back :) I really had fun with this exchange and I LOVE my bag and all the goodies!!! THANK YOU!!!!! (I'll try to get a better pic to send to you)

I really don't know were to start there was so much put into this package :) Most everything was packaged in tissue paper and wrapped so pretty! I do know one thing..I have to learn to KNIT SOCKS!!!

You see whats in that picture don't you..lol (socks book) and a size dpns I don't have, Thanks Laurie :) Oh my gosh, there are baa baa tissue pack, yarn cutter (that I just may wear as a necklace as I'm always forgetting my scissors), a really cute knit card that she couldn't write in..lol, a bar of vanilla bean soap (that even Mike sniffed at), the pattern of the bag she made without her changes :),

Then there's Soxx cotton in a really pretty color striping, some Moose Munch that had me laughing when I first read that..lol I love Gingerbread so can't wait to try it, yep, never have had anything like that. I don't know where she found it, but that's a cute little doggie tape measure and the pull out is bone shaped :) (yes I pulled it out a few time to make sure it didn't bark or something..lol) and something that really has my curiosity as I would never even think you could eat this but that's a dark chocolate, lavender and blueberry bar! All organic and has my mouth watering so that may disappear this afternoon sometime :)

And last but not least the Fabulous bag! Oh, the colors in this are beautiful and I forgot to take a pic of the lining (as its just as beautiful), but Laurie did a fabulous job and the colors match the colors of the yarn she used! I just love this bag!! This is just the right size too Laurie, so don't sweat thinking it too long... its not, just right for me (I'm tall)!! I only wish I could knit something like this...I love the tasseling part around the top of the bag too..this is going to be my new carrying bag :) And I also love the table runner (gosh this is alittle enbarrissing cause it could be a shawl too, I'm just not sure :)) My family even commented on how Beautiful it is!! We all think its a table runner, so please don't be offended if we're wrong :) Absolutely lovely package and I Thank you from the bottom of my heart! I really enjoyed having you as my spoiler, your emails seem to come just when needed and always so full of excitement and wonder! I'm really glad you had a good time too!! Hope we can stay in touch!!!

Well I'm off to change out bags. I hope everyone has a Super Friday and a Fabulous weekend!!

Happy November!!