Having a horrid week!

No pictures but just a quick post.
This week has been hell. I have been just so depressed and of course fate has to mess me up even more. My laptop's hard drive may be dead. There goes hundreds of pictures from a span of 4 years that can not be replaced (hoping that they can be saved). Then this week my darling Peewee has started to show signs that he is ready to leave us. Peewee is my very old yet loving mini brindle pit. He is beyond fugly yet I just love him so much. He has stopped eating and just lays around now. He is not sick or hurting he is just realy realy old. He is my afghan lover and gets at least 2 new ones a year. He is like Linus from The Peanuts cartoon. He will drag his "Blankie" all over the yard and into his house. He will pile it up into a heap and slide under it to sleep. It really is funny how he loves his afghans. But sadly I don't think he will be here by next weekend. I am trying to keep Fluffy from thinking about it to much. She is my nature loving, animal loving, flower child. She used to practice reading by climbing into the dog house with the dogs and reading to them.
So this week has sucked and I am afraid it will be worse this week. I will keep you updated and insha Allah *God Willing* I will be posting my usual happy colorful posts soon.

The Most Amazing Crochet Book!!!

Old One did it again. She went on Amazon and found a book that I just love. A Treasury of Crochet Patterns by Liz Blackwell. I have been checking the book out of the library for years. It has hundreds of stitch patterns in it. The one from the library was from 1968 and only had black and white photos. So imagine my surprise when mine had color pics (1971). And mine was less than $1......If there was ever a book to get it is this one. The instructions are so easy and it just fills your head with ideas. Thank you Old One :)

Now I have to go get the babies from school in a few minutes. Fluffy got all A's...again hehehe. And lil Miss Noodle got all A's on her very first report card. I just love my girls. No school all next week for fall break so I will be busy :)

Oh next post will be the one with the clock I promise!

BIG HUGE OMG TAH-DAHHH!!!

I did it! I finally did it! I finished the "Summer Shawl From Hell That Is Sucking The Life Out Of Me". 3 months I worked daily on this thing but it is done. See! Modeled by the ever so lovely Noodle!

And from the back. (I made it extra big because my booty is wayyyyy bigger than Noodles :)

 



 

 



Now I am working on matching fingerless gloves. I got one done fairly quickly. And since it is my own pattern I wrote it done so the second would be exactly the same. Well it was supposed to be! I have taken it almost completly apart to start over. Why is it giving me hell? Because it is related to that damn shawl! And we all know that blasted shawl did not like me at all!!!

Look what Old One got me! Isn't it so cute? I am not making a cozy for this little beauty though :)

 



Old One and I have been crafty lately. She has been depressed and well...in a word...cranky! SO I got her a project to paint and tinker with :)

 

 

 

Now for a sneaky peeky at my next blog and Tah-dah moment. I figured out something to do with all my extra roses hehehehe.

 

 

I have been sooooo busy doing all kinds of projects (besides hours a day on that dang shawl!) that I have all kinds of things to show you. I just need to catch that "Get to it" fairy so I can get my booty up and take pics hehehehe! Stay tuned more to come and a few (created myself) patterns :)







My summer thus far! (Lots of pics)

This summer has been horrid. To hot for even the girls to go out and play. Or it pours rain so my tomatoes burst before they even ripen. As I said just horrid. But I do have some odd pictures to share.

 



 

Even going for a drive was hot on Noodle! Happy meals help though hehehe!





 

Of course Fluffy is tall enough to get the full breeze!

 

Here she is in her fluffiness LOL!

 

Old one (what the kids call my mom) was driving.

 

But I fed everyone dinner! Stir fry...yummy!

 

And the girls helped make sundae's

 

 

My cats were just lazy all summer. Here is the black and white puddle.

Tiny, Kitty, and Kitty Kitty

 

Of course we can not forget Mr. Black who just showed up one day.

 

But my baby is Shiner! Who lately is driving me nuts!

Here she is "helping" me fold clothes.

 

And here she is on me again!

 

And again! (Are you getting the idea that she is ALWAYS on me?)

She is the only inside cat we have and at 13 she is old and spoiled!

 

I have set "The Summer Shawl From Hell That Is Sucking The Life Outta Me" to the side for a day or two while I work on a few small projects. (Trying to regain my sanity)

 

A few washclothes for the old one!

 

Brat got her first apartment on her own so for her kitchen I made dishclothes

 

and more dishclothes (The tray you see hangs on her wall)

She is doing a fun hawaian theme.

 

And I found mini teapots so of course I made a cozy LOL!

 

Well That is all for now. I have tons more to show but I still have to take pics. I hope everyone is having a nice week. My babies are in school, so for the first time in nearly 18 years I have no kids home with me.... :( I am soooooooo bored LOL!





A quick post of a shawl and my kids

I am sorry I have been away. This summer has honestly been miserable for me. To hot one day flooding the next. And even Fluffy and Noodle stayed inside 90% of the time. It was just a very yucky not fun summer.

I did take the kids to a couple of the Michael's craft classes for kids. Here are some of the pictures of them at the Morocco class (just FYI my babies are half Moroccan)

The booklet of details for that days projects



Every project has a pin representing that country. Here is Fluffy holding her Moroccan flag.





And Noodle coloring hers in.

And Fluffy getting love from the flamingo hahaha!



Now some of you may recall I have made a comment here and there about "The summer shawl from hell that is sucking the life out of me". I am serious this shawl is driving me nuts! The story behind it is simple. I bought a kitchen garbage bag full of cotton yarn and cotton thread at a yard sale for the ridiculously cheap amount of $3. In the bag were many cones and spools but one cone caught my eye it was huge and stained from sitting in a basement probablly since the 80's. I have been making shawls for the upcoming fall and winter and thought how about making one for summer next year, (What the hell was I thinking?) Anyway I figure if the stains don't was out I will just dye it. I had visions of Pride and Prejudice and all in my head. Well the other shawls (made in yarn) took me a day or so. This dag thing has been over a month! Hours of work everyday my looking at it with dread and thinking I will never get it done. Well guess what? It still is not done. But here are some pics!

Doesn't it look pretty?



 

 

I have held the hook so much I wore the paint off!

 

 

 

Over a month later and still plugging away at it.

 

 

What you can't see in the pics is that the hook has even worn down a spot on my thumb nail!

 

When it is done I will post more pics (if my sanity holds out or I don't set it on fire first)

Anyone else working on the project from hell?



New posts coming soon

Sorry I have been away for a bit. But trust me I have pictures and all to make up for it! I will do my best to get on in the next day or so and begin my blogging again. Thanks for the patience :)

The Great Amazing Awesome FLUFFY!!!!

This is mama bragging time. My darling Fluffy finished the fourth grade with perfect attendance and all A's! She was also in the track team, garden club, chorus, and signed herself up for tutoring (I have no idea why). But she also one free tickets to a local theatre here. Her teacher sent in a fable she had written and she won out of all the entries i the area. So we went to the theatre and she got to read her fable on stage before the play. I am so proud of her!

She was so nervous!

And she was as tall as the theatre manager hehehe!

And for her teacher being so supportive of Fluffy I made her a tote and a water bottle carrier. She is very into bees :)

Love the little bee buttons I found!

And the water bottle carrier had a bee too!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!