Holiday Projects

It feels good to be creating again:

Turkey Break

Back to work and back to reality. Boo.

Our Thanksgiving break was really nice. We spent it in Galveston at the in-law's beach house. I relaxed as much as I could with toddler in tow. O had a grand time and she loved being around her gparents.

I wish we could have had more time at the beach, but I'll try to not be greedy.

When we got home I put up our Christmas tree and even got in some crocheting time.I started a second scarf and will give both scarves to Oli's daycare teachers.

Once I have completed the second scarf I'll post a photo of them. I'm hoping to be done either today or tomorrow with it so I can try out a new scarf pattern I have found.

November is almost done and I'm looking forward to December or more like Christmas break. :)

It's Cold and I Like It.

It was a great Friday the 4th in East Texas. We got to see and experience a bit of snow for a short while. It probably did not snow long enough for some of us but just to see the small quiet flakes fall was exciting enough to make us Nacogdochians exclaim with glee. :) It's the small things, ya know?

I spent that cold Friday evening with my honey in our cozy home. We had a date to watch Up but no one told my eyelids that tidbit of news because they kept trying to shut down on me. We had to reschedule to save the movie for another day.

As soon as I opened my eyes on Saturday morning I took the excited pups for a cold ass walk around the neighborhood. I didn't get to view a nice blanket of snow on the ground but the frost was pretty darn thick and on some roof tops it almost did look like snow. Brr! It was a gorgeous day with very brisk temps and a bright sunny sky. I stayed in comfy clothes for quite a bit of the day and enjoyed being a sloth.

That evening I had a crafting date over at Chrissy's place. As we sat and chatted I crocheted about 12 flowers that I taught myself how to do earlier in the evening. Finally, I had found a pattern that was easy enough for me to follow! Oh what a grand day! :) I'll share it with y'all just in case there are any hookers out there that want to try the pattern:



Sunday was a day that was planned for Xmas shopping in the Woodlands with Mary and Chrissy. However, the trip was canceled and I made good use of the day at home. I was able to clear out more space in the garage so that K could move his bookcase from his computer room to garage. I was able to deliver a desk that I needed to get rid of to a friend's house. K was able to acquire a small computer desk from his uncle and will be replacing his large desk with it. We have a bit more furniture to acquire from K's mom and furniture to give to more friends and soon all this juggling of stuff will be done with and oh how that excites me.

I also have a new dresser that I ordered (gifted to us from my parents) on its way to us and should be here by Wednesday.

It sure is grand to have a minivan these days where it makes furniture wrangling a whole lot more easier. :)

Crochet Project

I might try to make those fingerless gloves. How cool and so simple!

project crochet

Using left over yarns I am finally finished with dog/cat blanket number one. I'm pretty pleased with it. I need to figure out a way to work up a blanket a lot quicker than this one took me. I think I started this blanket on Saturday night.

Looking through my yarns that came with this house I don't have much of a selection as I had thought. There are lots of fuzzy/furry types of yarns and not durable heavy weighted yarns. So, I'll check Hobby Lobby to see if they have any sales on yarns over the weekend.

Alright I'm off to bed to read a graphic novel. Just a fancy way to say comic book. Nighty night.

"Right hook, Clyde."

I started this scarf last night around 1o-ish p.m. Do you know how many craft boxes I had to open just to find a crochet hook? Well, luckily, I just had to open one box. I had labeled the box "Crafts." I'm S-m-r-t.

Wonder what tomorrow's project will be. I wonder if I have a strong enough tree in the back yard that will allow for a swing. Wheeeee!

I predict that I'll be lazy again tomorrow so today I will rejoice in completing the things that I had set out to do.