Craftastic Palooza week is chugging along swimmingly. I am getting lots done and sadly I keep thinking of more things I would like to do. So far I am keeping myself under control. There are only so many hours in the day and my poor hands can only take so much. Its half way through my week and my projects are all sort of half done. I am feeling good.
My days are blissful. I wake up when the neighbours dog starts to bark, I curse and swear, then doze off to sleep again. I usually get up around 9:00 or 9:30, have breakfast and a nice hot cup of tea or coffee, then I head out and go somewhere. Yesterday it was a trip to the second hand stores, today I went to the local over sized grocery store and stocked the pantry a little. Tomorrow I am going in search of Coconut oil to make soap with. After I have been out in the real world for a time, I head back home and spend the rest of the day crafting. Today I need to do a little housekeeping, the place is starting to look like a dump.
I still have not dealt with the entertainment centre or the old sewing table. Its amazing how much one person can ignore when you want to. One of my knitting friends stopped over last night for some help with her projects and I had to apologize for the mess my house was in. My mother would have been appalled. So today I need to do a quick tidy up so it is at least bearable. I don't even want to talk about the litter box. My poor cat is very tolerant. When I am in crafting mode I can be very single minded. I do have to haul stuff down to the basement today and smash my head on the joists at least twice. Its something I seem to feel I have to do every FREAKIN' time I am in the basement. I'm only 5' 8" but my house is over a hundred years old, ( 111 to be exact) the basement is/was not created with ceiling height in mind. A fact I cannot remember for some reason. Yeesh.
Well my coffee is finished. I have been to the store already so the rest of my day is open to creativity. I hope everyone is having a good day. If you aren't I hope it gets better for you.
Toodles, Linda
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Monday, 14 November 2011
Saturday, 12 November 2011
Palooza Week has Begun
Well I have been on days off for 48 hours and I think things are clicking along rather well. I have a plan, I have lists, I have motivation and I really need to get this stuff done. Christmas time is a comin'
What will be happening during Craftastic Palooza week you ask? Glad you asked :-) Well there will be knitting and crocheting:
What will be happening during Craftastic Palooza week you ask? Glad you asked :-) Well there will be knitting and crocheting:
some of this was done before and some was done one my first day off.
The will be quilting projects large and small:
Again one project was done before and the others were accomplished to day. I have 7 things ready to be quilted
There are lots more things on the list, but I am switching off, one day knitting and crocheting then one day sewing. I have to do this to keep my hands from getting over stressed and then turning on me, rendering me useless and frustrated and my least favourite thing, in PAIN. So slow and steady, with breaks in between and all should be well. I also plan to do some house work and some shopping during the days to give myself a break as well. I will need some fresh air, once and awhile.
Netflix kept me company while I sewed the day away. I am not sure I am impressed with them, the movie selection seems to be a little limited. Its like renting movies from the corner store. They are cheap but choice is limited. Time will tell if I add this item to my budget. The thing I do like is being able to watch movies in my sewing room. Maybe I should actually hook up the dvd player in here and then I could watch movies on the tv and not just vhs tapes? Yes I am still kicking it old school. I still have a VHS tape player, two of them infact. Deal with it, I don't take change really well when it comes to electronics. The 8-track trauma of the early 80's did me in!! I have never quite recovered, I still get chills.
Right now I think I am going to go make my self a cup of hot cider, curl up on the couch and relax a bit before I head to bed. I hope your weekend is going well.
Toodles, Linda
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Craftastic Palooza Week
In two more sleeps (yes I like counting things in sleeps, it makes me happy...shut up) I am on days off. I will have 10 days in which to dedicate myself to a crafting frenzy of productivity. I have many many things to make for Christmas and I felt I needed to take a break from the office to immerse myself in a gluttony of crafting fun. I will post what pictures I can but since most of the things are for gifts, I will have to keep a lot to myself. I am calling it Craftastic Palooza Week. Things are always much more fun when you add Palooza to the name. I'm just sayin'.
I have a list of things that I need to make, I have managed to complete a couple of them already and if I was not sitting here at the computer I would be knitting on yet another gift. I will be knitting on another gift, the evening is not over.
Now that I have found my knitting bag again, I can actually get at it. There has been a panic at the homestead for the last couple of days. My knitting bag went missing. I looked up, down and all around and I could not find it. Not in any of the usual places that I put it. Tonight after a thorough rip the house apart, no stone unturned, manhunt, it was found. Sitting innocently on top of the old sewing table, in a Halloween treat box, buried under some bags from the weekend. After the appropriate amount of swearing, I happy placed it where it can be easily found tomorrow. I have lost two days knitting time. This is not good, I have deadlines people.
Speaking of which I need to get at it, I need to make supper first but then I need to get at the needles.
All is well with your world?
Toodles, Linda
I have a list of things that I need to make, I have managed to complete a couple of them already and if I was not sitting here at the computer I would be knitting on yet another gift. I will be knitting on another gift, the evening is not over.
Now that I have found my knitting bag again, I can actually get at it. There has been a panic at the homestead for the last couple of days. My knitting bag went missing. I looked up, down and all around and I could not find it. Not in any of the usual places that I put it. Tonight after a thorough rip the house apart, no stone unturned, manhunt, it was found. Sitting innocently on top of the old sewing table, in a Halloween treat box, buried under some bags from the weekend. After the appropriate amount of swearing, I happy placed it where it can be easily found tomorrow. I have lost two days knitting time. This is not good, I have deadlines people.
Speaking of which I need to get at it, I need to make supper first but then I need to get at the needles.
All is well with your world?
Toodles, Linda
Monday, 7 November 2011
Its here!!
Got my new entertainment center delivered tonight. Its so good to know people with a truck that will do furniture pick up for cheap, cheap cheap. They lift and carry and I sit at home and wait for the delivery. So that happened tonight and now my newest bit of furniture has arrived. I really shouldn't do this but I will give you a peak at what my living room and dining room have become.
As you can see the sewing table is in the dining room still and the new center is lodged in front of the floor loom. The floor loom lives in the living room because it has no where else that it can live. Poor thing.
Now I have to get up the nerve to unplug all the tv paraphernalia move the old unit and slide all the new stuff into place. Eek. I have visions of undoing it all and then not being able to get it put back together again. I shall be brave, I shall be fearless, I shall triumph. Because I want to get the next part figured out and get Handy Guy building it. I have decided this is my Christmas present to me. I will move the new stove to my birthday present to me. :-)
I need to get crafting, cannot be blogging all night but I am so excited about my purchase I just had to share.
Toodles,
Linda
As you can see the sewing table is in the dining room still and the new center is lodged in front of the floor loom. The floor loom lives in the living room because it has no where else that it can live. Poor thing.Now I have to get up the nerve to unplug all the tv paraphernalia move the old unit and slide all the new stuff into place. Eek. I have visions of undoing it all and then not being able to get it put back together again. I shall be brave, I shall be fearless, I shall triumph. Because I want to get the next part figured out and get Handy Guy building it. I have decided this is my Christmas present to me. I will move the new stove to my birthday present to me. :-)
I need to get crafting, cannot be blogging all night but I am so excited about my purchase I just had to share.
Toodles,
Linda
Sunday, 6 November 2011
Sunday Snowy Sunday
Its snowed today, first of the year. They had predicted it for yesterday but it held off until today. I am grateful because it would have put a damper on my little road trip. Today I was snugged up inside, making soup, doing laundry and mending stuff when the white fluffy stuff began to drift down. I didn't even say "Oh Crap". Not even the snow could put a damper on my enjoyment of this day, this wonderful time change day. I feel like my world has righted itself just a little, in a very tiny teeny little way. I can't explain it, its like a delightful little present.
I bought the entertainment center and it's getting delivered tomorrow night. I zipped across town this morning, gave it the once over and realized it was the same one I had looked at in Walmart but decided I could not afford at the time. Once it is here and in place I can figure out what the matching piece will look like. Once I have the look and the measurements down, I can get my handy guy here in town to built me what I need. I will post pictures when it all comes together. I have been wanting to change this up for awhile now. Finding the corner entertainment center for so cheap has just made it happen all that much sooner.
I have of course not done a pea pickin' thing to make room for the new unit. I haven't even moved a dust bunny :-) If I was truly organized I would have cleared out the old stuff to make room for the new stuff. I am going to have an old entertainment center to get rid of. Perhaps it can live on top of the old sewing table that I still have not dealt with. I sense that I am rushing head long into that hoarders episode I keep seeing in my future, so I need to deal with the excess furniture that is about to build up in my dining room, sooner rather than later.
My Christmas " to do" list is starting to shrink. I have at last completed all the dishcloths I need for my gift giving this Christmas. I figured out that I have knit over 70 dishcloths over the course of this year. (They are my carry about with me knitting). Even having made more that 70 of them, I still had to make six for myself so I would have enough to give away. They are a great little sale item.
Off to work again tomorrow. Where does the time go??
Toodles,
Linda
I bought the entertainment center and it's getting delivered tomorrow night. I zipped across town this morning, gave it the once over and realized it was the same one I had looked at in Walmart but decided I could not afford at the time. Once it is here and in place I can figure out what the matching piece will look like. Once I have the look and the measurements down, I can get my handy guy here in town to built me what I need. I will post pictures when it all comes together. I have been wanting to change this up for awhile now. Finding the corner entertainment center for so cheap has just made it happen all that much sooner.
I have of course not done a pea pickin' thing to make room for the new unit. I haven't even moved a dust bunny :-) If I was truly organized I would have cleared out the old stuff to make room for the new stuff. I am going to have an old entertainment center to get rid of. Perhaps it can live on top of the old sewing table that I still have not dealt with. I sense that I am rushing head long into that hoarders episode I keep seeing in my future, so I need to deal with the excess furniture that is about to build up in my dining room, sooner rather than later.
My Christmas " to do" list is starting to shrink. I have at last completed all the dishcloths I need for my gift giving this Christmas. I figured out that I have knit over 70 dishcloths over the course of this year. (They are my carry about with me knitting). Even having made more that 70 of them, I still had to make six for myself so I would have enough to give away. They are a great little sale item.
Off to work again tomorrow. Where does the time go??
Toodles,
Linda
Saturday, 5 November 2011
Perfectly Perfectly Perfect
Today I had a perfect "Linda" sort of day. The kind of day I so enjoy it makes me SQUEEEEE!!!. It started out a little crabby because my idiot neighbours two houses down, let their poor dog out again at 8:30 am on Saturday morning, in the cold and left him to bark, howl and moan for at least an hour. It could have been longer than than but I left for the grocery store while Barky Barkington was deep into his repertoire. By the time I got back with my McDonld's breakfast, and the groceries, he was back in his house and blissfully silent.
The Banker came and picked me up around 11:30 and we headed out of town on a shopping road trip. I do like spending a shopping day with her. We shop so well together, we like mostly the same sort of stuff but are different enough to keep it interesting. She is easy to chat too, has a wonderful sense of humour and we just have the best time. Ee headed out of the city to a couple of the small towns around to find their little gift/specialty stores. Christmas open houses abound and I FOUND THE PERFECT PURSE!! for $19.00!!!!! Its red, its the right size, I love it, its a shoulder bag, it has just the right amount of little pockets inside, I love it, its soft to the touch and oh yeah did I mention I love it????????? I would take a picture but I am tired and I don't want to go hunt up my camera. No more wrestling with that bag of jello I have been carrying around with me.
I got some Christmas gifts (yes I am nearly finished the purchasing part of Christmas, I still have the crafty part to complete) and I got some more ideas for the guys Christmas gifts. I found a deck of Angel Tarot Cards. I have been wanting a set for awhile. (Those are for me in case you had not figured that out). We had lunch at a local cafe that has a gift shop attached to it. They have just set up their Christmas display and its so pretty. I love going there for either shopping or eating. If I had a bigger house and a bigger bank account I would run amok in this place. I was very restrained this time round, just the tarot cards for me, thank you.
We found lots of other special places to snoop through and snoop we did. Christmas do-dads galore. We ended up at her place for coffee, chatted for an hour or more, then decided we needed supper before we could call it a night. Off to a local Boston Pizza for super yummy jambalaya fettuccine. Not a big fan of the spicy, me, but this was delish. We called it a day and I got home around about 9:00. Tired, happy and still with money in my pocket.
Tomorrow the time changes, we get an entire extra hour of Sunday to enjoy. This is the bestest time change of the year. In the morning I am going to check out an entertainment center I found for sale on the local web page that is super cheap and may be just what I am looking for. The afternoon is booked as I am off to the local fabric store with E.
Hopefully sometime this weekend I may find time to put the last of the groceries away, do some laundry and make some soup for lunches next week, hem pants for a friend and put a zipper in a jacket for another friend and empty the dishwasher. Busy Busy Busy Baby!!!
Toodles,
Linda
The Banker came and picked me up around 11:30 and we headed out of town on a shopping road trip. I do like spending a shopping day with her. We shop so well together, we like mostly the same sort of stuff but are different enough to keep it interesting. She is easy to chat too, has a wonderful sense of humour and we just have the best time. Ee headed out of the city to a couple of the small towns around to find their little gift/specialty stores. Christmas open houses abound and I FOUND THE PERFECT PURSE!! for $19.00!!!!! Its red, its the right size, I love it, its a shoulder bag, it has just the right amount of little pockets inside, I love it, its soft to the touch and oh yeah did I mention I love it????????? I would take a picture but I am tired and I don't want to go hunt up my camera. No more wrestling with that bag of jello I have been carrying around with me.
I got some Christmas gifts (yes I am nearly finished the purchasing part of Christmas, I still have the crafty part to complete) and I got some more ideas for the guys Christmas gifts. I found a deck of Angel Tarot Cards. I have been wanting a set for awhile. (Those are for me in case you had not figured that out). We had lunch at a local cafe that has a gift shop attached to it. They have just set up their Christmas display and its so pretty. I love going there for either shopping or eating. If I had a bigger house and a bigger bank account I would run amok in this place. I was very restrained this time round, just the tarot cards for me, thank you.
We found lots of other special places to snoop through and snoop we did. Christmas do-dads galore. We ended up at her place for coffee, chatted for an hour or more, then decided we needed supper before we could call it a night. Off to a local Boston Pizza for super yummy jambalaya fettuccine. Not a big fan of the spicy, me, but this was delish. We called it a day and I got home around about 9:00. Tired, happy and still with money in my pocket.
Tomorrow the time changes, we get an entire extra hour of Sunday to enjoy. This is the bestest time change of the year. In the morning I am going to check out an entertainment center I found for sale on the local web page that is super cheap and may be just what I am looking for. The afternoon is booked as I am off to the local fabric store with E.
Hopefully sometime this weekend I may find time to put the last of the groceries away, do some laundry and make some soup for lunches next week, hem pants for a friend and put a zipper in a jacket for another friend and empty the dishwasher. Busy Busy Busy Baby!!!
Toodles,
Linda
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