My hubby has his woodworking shop in our basement. I'm hearing musical sounds coming from down there, and I'm not allowed to go down. Hummm Something tells me my Valentine's gift is in the works.
Our daughter has a school project to make a musical instrument, and yesterday she and daddy made a tongue drum I'm quite impressed with how it turned out. OH!! I did get a drum!!! They just gave it to me. Go to that link up there, then click on "thumb drums" and then scroll down to see the pictures of them. Hers is copied from the bottom one, mine from the second one from the bottom. Can you see those prices!!!
I think I might try to make an ocarina . Guess our family is going through a musical instrument phase.
No olympic knitting happened here yesterday. I pulled muscles in my shoulder/back carrying our son Friday night. Then helped a friend deliver newspaper fliers yesterday. (fellow Nova Scotians know the "out and about" fliers; years ago I had a job putting those things together!) Sat with heat on my back all evening. Hopefully today I'll get the hand of the second mitten done; then it'll just be the thumb and a second pair to do. After the first mitten they go faster, because everything is measured/counted to that first mitten.
It's snowing here, we're supposed to be in for quite a storm. Hope everyone is having a good day!
Sunday, February 12
Friday, February 10
Olympics start today
Thanks Lexa for letting me know where the store is. I knew there was a store somewhere in Liverpool that sold yarn, but had no idea where it was. I missed the Ball and Skein when it closed. I've got a friend who will also be interested in knowing that there is yarn available there.
Today the Knitting Olympics start. As well as the sports olympics; but that's second place :) I can't start my official KO project until I finish the thrummed mittens. I guess the thrummed mittens are my first official project, and the baby blanket is my second. Both will be finished before the Olympics are done. Honest!
We're expecting snow today. Apparently it's already started an hour away from here - quite heavily from all accounts. And it's just starting to fall lightly here. At least the ground is frozen this time.
Hope everyone has a good day. And remember, it's Miss Woolly Knits update day :)
Today the Knitting Olympics start. As well as the sports olympics; but that's second place :) I can't start my official KO project until I finish the thrummed mittens. I guess the thrummed mittens are my first official project, and the baby blanket is my second. Both will be finished before the Olympics are done. Honest!
We're expecting snow today. Apparently it's already started an hour away from here - quite heavily from all accounts. And it's just starting to fall lightly here. At least the ground is frozen this time.
Hope everyone has a good day. And remember, it's Miss Woolly Knits update day :)
Wednesday, February 8
I'm training my daughter well
We went to the hospitals second hand shop today. Had things to take to them to sell, and looked for things to buy as well. Usually get lots of clothes for the kids there; it's fill a grocery bag for $1.00, but didn't have much luck today.
Katie comes up to me with a sweater. Just checked the contents - no tag, but it's a "Rhonda B" design. I think it's cotton, feels like cotton. The colors are fallish; orange, red, browns, greenish/brown, variegated so it's all splotchy. And the seams aren't serged :) Anyway, she says to me "Mom, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" "I don't know, what are you thinking" "That this would make some pretty socks".
$3.00 later we left with that sweater, a pair of sleep pants for Troy, a horse sweatshirt for Katie (that she doesn't know about), a Hi-Q game, a chinese checkers game and a toy iron. Understand now why I like to shop there?? Plus it supports a great cause!
Now I have to do some laundry (again) and get some supper started. Same ol' same ol'
Oh, I went to the dentist this morning. He did 2 fillings, have 2 more to go then I think all my dental work is caught up. I have a huge fear of dentists! If it weren't for the great dental plan we have I wouldn't be going to one now! Anyway, as he was working he poked on of my other cavities, seeing how bad it was. It hurt! Kept hurting for a while, but now it's not so bad. Hopefully it won't start hurting again.
Happy Day everyone!
Katie comes up to me with a sweater. Just checked the contents - no tag, but it's a "Rhonda B" design. I think it's cotton, feels like cotton. The colors are fallish; orange, red, browns, greenish/brown, variegated so it's all splotchy. And the seams aren't serged :) Anyway, she says to me "Mom, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" "I don't know, what are you thinking" "That this would make some pretty socks".
$3.00 later we left with that sweater, a pair of sleep pants for Troy, a horse sweatshirt for Katie (that she doesn't know about), a Hi-Q game, a chinese checkers game and a toy iron. Understand now why I like to shop there?? Plus it supports a great cause!
Now I have to do some laundry (again) and get some supper started. Same ol' same ol'
Oh, I went to the dentist this morning. He did 2 fillings, have 2 more to go then I think all my dental work is caught up. I have a huge fear of dentists! If it weren't for the great dental plan we have I wouldn't be going to one now! Anyway, as he was working he poked on of my other cavities, seeing how bad it was. It hurt! Kept hurting for a while, but now it's not so bad. Hopefully it won't start hurting again.
Happy Day everyone!
Tuesday, February 7
Knitting Olympics
Not too many more days till they start.
I've got my yarn and needles picked out for the baby blanket that I am going to knit. But, before I can start the blanket I NEED to finish the thrummed mittens. I made that deal with myself.
There was a site where you could order "official" team Canada knitting olympics hockey jerseys. I can't find that site now; I know the order date is passed anyway. And they were too expensive for me. But, today while in the "ideal discount store" I noticed that they have hockey jerseys there with Canada on the front with a big maple leaf. I think I'll have to go back tomorrow and check the price on them. I can always take it to the embroidery lady and get her to embroider "Canadian Knitting Team" on it or something.
If you want more info on the knitting olympics, feel free to click the button on the side over there. I haven't been able to find a "team Nova Scotia" :(
I've got my yarn and needles picked out for the baby blanket that I am going to knit. But, before I can start the blanket I NEED to finish the thrummed mittens. I made that deal with myself.
There was a site where you could order "official" team Canada knitting olympics hockey jerseys. I can't find that site now; I know the order date is passed anyway. And they were too expensive for me. But, today while in the "ideal discount store" I noticed that they have hockey jerseys there with Canada on the front with a big maple leaf. I think I'll have to go back tomorrow and check the price on them. I can always take it to the embroidery lady and get her to embroider "Canadian Knitting Team" on it or something.
If you want more info on the knitting olympics, feel free to click the button on the side over there. I haven't been able to find a "team Nova Scotia" :(
I just sat down at the computer for a few minutes, and already an hour has gone by! It's 10 am and I haven't done a bit of work yet. Shame on me!
Managed to do some knitting last night. I'm now narrowing down the top of the hand of the first of 4 thrummed mittens. Here's hoping I have enough of the yarn to knit both mittens the same! It's going to be tight I'm afraid. I'll keep everything crossed that I have enough while I'm knitting that second mitten!
I did get some stuff accomplished on the computer this morning. I'm the Canadian Rep for the online support group for the syndrome that our son has. He has Opitz FG Syndrome; you can find more info here (man that link just didn't want to work for me!) Anyway, I updated the contact list for the Canadian families - there are 6 of us - and sent an email off to each of the other families. Last time I did this no one got back to me, so we'll see what happens this time.
Came very close to buying an angora sweater at the local
Frenchy's last night. Had it in my basket, then took a second look and noticed that the seams were serged, which meant I wouldn't be able to re-use the yarn. Darn :( It would have made a couple of really nice scarves. Guess I wasn't supposed to do that extra work.
Mary Anne, I can barely see our barn it's snowing that hard right now!
Donna, next time I'm heading to Liverpool I'll have to let you know, maybe we can meet? I don't go down that way very often though; at least not till late spring when riding lessons start up again. Katie goes here for her riding lessons.
Phew, just learned how to recover a post! That was a relief!
I'll take as a sign to get off this machine!
Managed to do some knitting last night. I'm now narrowing down the top of the hand of the first of 4 thrummed mittens. Here's hoping I have enough of the yarn to knit both mittens the same! It's going to be tight I'm afraid. I'll keep everything crossed that I have enough while I'm knitting that second mitten!
I did get some stuff accomplished on the computer this morning. I'm the Canadian Rep for the online support group for the syndrome that our son has. He has Opitz FG Syndrome; you can find more info here (man that link just didn't want to work for me!) Anyway, I updated the contact list for the Canadian families - there are 6 of us - and sent an email off to each of the other families. Last time I did this no one got back to me, so we'll see what happens this time.
Came very close to buying an angora sweater at the local
Frenchy's last night. Had it in my basket, then took a second look and noticed that the seams were serged, which meant I wouldn't be able to re-use the yarn. Darn :( It would have made a couple of really nice scarves. Guess I wasn't supposed to do that extra work.
Mary Anne, I can barely see our barn it's snowing that hard right now!
Donna, next time I'm heading to Liverpool I'll have to let you know, maybe we can meet? I don't go down that way very often though; at least not till late spring when riding lessons start up again. Katie goes here for her riding lessons.
Phew, just learned how to recover a post! That was a relief!
I'll take as a sign to get off this machine!
Monday, February 6
Monday, again
I really need to come up with some better titles for my posts! :)
I'm back to using my old keyboard. I really wasn't getting along with the wireless one. Besides, I don't need to have the letters on the keys in order to type. :)
It's laundry day. I have a small mountain of it to go through. I know there's a load sitting in our daughters bedroom; but it's her job to bring it to the laundry room. And if she can't do that, then I can't wash it. That's the way the deal goes, mean mommy that I am.
Had a horse club meeting last night. Two and a half hours long! I was starting to think it wasn't going to end :) But a lot was accomplished, and that is the important thing. There are rules being changed about our local exhibition, and the changes had to be discussed and agreed on. Didn't get to brag about our new horse very much though. Which reminded me that I needed to share a picture of her, not sure if I had done that yet or not. So, a picture of Katie on Dee.
I'm tired today. After getting home from the meeting I went to a friends house to watch part of a movie with her until her hubby came home from watching the superbowl here at our house. After midnight before I got to sleep. At 2 the air compressor started up which scared me half to death. At 5 I woke up with a pain in my back. Went and laid in bed at 6, and dosed until 7. So I'm going to be starting a pot of coffee soon. And tonight I'm taking a Robaxacet before I go to bed.
I hope to get more done on the first thrummed mitten today. If I'm really lucky I'll finish one off. But, I've got housework to do too. YUCK!
Have a good day!
Edited to add: I feel better now; my info is no longer at the bottom of the page like it was. I reduced the number of posts shown on the main page, and it fixed the problem :) All is well in my blogger world now.
I'm back to using my old keyboard. I really wasn't getting along with the wireless one. Besides, I don't need to have the letters on the keys in order to type. :)
It's laundry day. I have a small mountain of it to go through. I know there's a load sitting in our daughters bedroom; but it's her job to bring it to the laundry room. And if she can't do that, then I can't wash it. That's the way the deal goes, mean mommy that I am.
Had a horse club meeting last night. Two and a half hours long! I was starting to think it wasn't going to end :) But a lot was accomplished, and that is the important thing. There are rules being changed about our local exhibition, and the changes had to be discussed and agreed on. Didn't get to brag about our new horse very much though. Which reminded me that I needed to share a picture of her, not sure if I had done that yet or not. So, a picture of Katie on Dee.
I'm tired today. After getting home from the meeting I went to a friends house to watch part of a movie with her until her hubby came home from watching the superbowl here at our house. After midnight before I got to sleep. At 2 the air compressor started up which scared me half to death. At 5 I woke up with a pain in my back. Went and laid in bed at 6, and dosed until 7. So I'm going to be starting a pot of coffee soon. And tonight I'm taking a Robaxacet before I go to bed.
I hope to get more done on the first thrummed mitten today. If I'm really lucky I'll finish one off. But, I've got housework to do too. YUCK!
Have a good day!
Edited to add: I feel better now; my info is no longer at the bottom of the page like it was. I reduced the number of posts shown on the main page, and it fixed the problem :) All is well in my blogger world now.
Saturday, February 4
10 days to Valentine's
should I start dropping hints to my hubby now??
We went to our local park today. It was kick off day for a get active thing they do in Feb. Take the Roof off Winter is what it's called. They had free hotdogs, hot chocolate and marshmallows; a scavenger hunt, and games to be played. Was supposed to be wagon rides, but they got cancelled. (the guy doing them had to put on of his horses down last week, he was too upset to come today with his other team)
Still haven't done any kniting.
Didn't sleep well last night.
Hubby bought a new wire-less keyboard and mouse. I'm hating the keyboard right now. I have to press most letters twice or really hard, which is really slowing my typing down. And it's harder on the hands to press harder. Grrrrr Darn thing had better smarten up or it'll be going back!
Tonight there is free skating at the arena from 7-9; I'm taking Katie and one of her friends for an hour of fun.
Tomorrow is my busy day, I'm trying not to think about it.
We went to our local park today. It was kick off day for a get active thing they do in Feb. Take the Roof off Winter is what it's called. They had free hotdogs, hot chocolate and marshmallows; a scavenger hunt, and games to be played. Was supposed to be wagon rides, but they got cancelled. (the guy doing them had to put on of his horses down last week, he was too upset to come today with his other team)
Still haven't done any kniting.
Didn't sleep well last night.
Hubby bought a new wire-less keyboard and mouse. I'm hating the keyboard right now. I have to press most letters twice or really hard, which is really slowing my typing down. And it's harder on the hands to press harder. Grrrrr Darn thing had better smarten up or it'll be going back!
Tonight there is free skating at the arena from 7-9; I'm taking Katie and one of her friends for an hour of fun.
Tomorrow is my busy day, I'm trying not to think about it.
Friday, February 3
Friday - still
HI again :)
The guys asked if I could make pretzels for Sunday night; so I have a batch of dough on the go in the bread machine. I'll do a test batch today, and if they turn out I'll make more on Sunday.
Just don't ask me how I'm going to find the time. Sunday morning is church. At 2:00 the ladies aux. group is getting together to clean the kitchen at the fire hall; it's a mess and needs a good cleaning. Sunday night is the girls superbowl get-together, as well as a horse club meeting. I want to go to the horse club meeting; I know people will be wanting to ask about the new horse. Plus gives me a chance to promote Star being for sale.
Troy did end up coming home. Grrrr. Acutally, he's been downstairs watching Dad and "Poppa Troy" work on projects. Right now they are fixing drawers in a dresser.
I've got a pain in my right shoulder blade. Need to find a tennis ball and pop my rib back into place I suspect. Or it could be a gas bubble, they feel about the same. Sometimes I wish I was still a baby and could be burped :) But I also understand why babies cry when they need to be burped.
Haven't touched my knitting at all today. Haven't really had time to yet. Did get my grocery shopping done though. Forgot cat food and litter though.
Think I'll go try to mess around with my blog templates now.
The guys asked if I could make pretzels for Sunday night; so I have a batch of dough on the go in the bread machine. I'll do a test batch today, and if they turn out I'll make more on Sunday.
Just don't ask me how I'm going to find the time. Sunday morning is church. At 2:00 the ladies aux. group is getting together to clean the kitchen at the fire hall; it's a mess and needs a good cleaning. Sunday night is the girls superbowl get-together, as well as a horse club meeting. I want to go to the horse club meeting; I know people will be wanting to ask about the new horse. Plus gives me a chance to promote Star being for sale.
Troy did end up coming home. Grrrr. Acutally, he's been downstairs watching Dad and "Poppa Troy" work on projects. Right now they are fixing drawers in a dresser.
I've got a pain in my right shoulder blade. Need to find a tennis ball and pop my rib back into place I suspect. Or it could be a gas bubble, they feel about the same. Sometimes I wish I was still a baby and could be burped :) But I also understand why babies cry when they need to be burped.
Haven't touched my knitting at all today. Haven't really had time to yet. Did get my grocery shopping done though. Forgot cat food and litter though.
Think I'll go try to mess around with my blog templates now.
Firday
Well, another week finished.
Felt really tired this morning, so after the kids went to school I went back to bed. Got up and now have 40 minutes until I need to be to work. Gotta eat something.
I lied. I started a dishcloth before the thrummed mittens were finished. I do not enjoy the thrummed mittens right now! I WILL work on them tonight though. I needed something easy to work on while watching Katie curl yesterday.
Dan is on his way to the school. Troy has been having lots of his myclonic jerks today, they are worried that he may be working up to a bigger seizure. Although he's only had one big seizure in the daytime, and I don't expect him to have one, things can happen. Not sure if he'll be coming home or what they will decide.
We're supposed to be getting rain today. I was hoping it would have started by now, so that it would be an inside lunchtime. Then I was going to call in and say I wasn't coming in today. I want to go back to bed.
Must go to bed early tonight!
Sunday is SuperBowl day. I guess there are a couple of guys coming here to watch it. They'll set up a sheet to use as a big screen, and use a rear projector sort of thing to project it onto the screen. We're talking 1/2 life size (if not bigger)! I'll go to Jan's and the three wifes will watch a movie there. Troy will stay here with the guys; not sure about Katie, might get her a special movie to watch in her room. Right now I don't feel like going anywhere and doing anything.
Tired, not in the mood to do anything, time for the Feb. increase in anti-depressants.
Can't think of anything else for now.
Felt really tired this morning, so after the kids went to school I went back to bed. Got up and now have 40 minutes until I need to be to work. Gotta eat something.
I lied. I started a dishcloth before the thrummed mittens were finished. I do not enjoy the thrummed mittens right now! I WILL work on them tonight though. I needed something easy to work on while watching Katie curl yesterday.
Dan is on his way to the school. Troy has been having lots of his myclonic jerks today, they are worried that he may be working up to a bigger seizure. Although he's only had one big seizure in the daytime, and I don't expect him to have one, things can happen. Not sure if he'll be coming home or what they will decide.
We're supposed to be getting rain today. I was hoping it would have started by now, so that it would be an inside lunchtime. Then I was going to call in and say I wasn't coming in today. I want to go back to bed.
Must go to bed early tonight!
Sunday is SuperBowl day. I guess there are a couple of guys coming here to watch it. They'll set up a sheet to use as a big screen, and use a rear projector sort of thing to project it onto the screen. We're talking 1/2 life size (if not bigger)! I'll go to Jan's and the three wifes will watch a movie there. Troy will stay here with the guys; not sure about Katie, might get her a special movie to watch in her room. Right now I don't feel like going anywhere and doing anything.
Tired, not in the mood to do anything, time for the Feb. increase in anti-depressants.
Can't think of anything else for now.
Wednesday, February 1
Snow Day!
My kids are happy. There is no school today. We're getting a blizzard. Not really a lot of snow down, but the wind is blowing. Almost everything is closed, and only the main roads are being plowed. Katie, who is typically sooo sllooowww in the mornings, was up and out playing in the snow within 15 minutes of her alarm going off. Kids!
Yesterday was a friends b-day. His wife gave him a balloon bouquet. He had to pop some of the balloons in order to find his presents. Little notes stuck in some of the balloons told him what to do or where to look for a gift. What a neat idea. I'll have to try to remember it.
Made some tomatoe soup cake cupcakes yesterday. Really wanted to make a chocolate cake, but have no cocoa :(
Finished off the socks for Katie. Now to get some pictures of things taken. Got to find the camera first :) Not working on anything else till the thrummed mittens are done.
Donna, hope the snow isn't too bad down your way. And hope you don't need to go anywhere today.
Mary Anne, sorry that we're getting more snow - wish you would get some!
Yesterday was a friends b-day. His wife gave him a balloon bouquet. He had to pop some of the balloons in order to find his presents. Little notes stuck in some of the balloons told him what to do or where to look for a gift. What a neat idea. I'll have to try to remember it.
Made some tomatoe soup cake cupcakes yesterday. Really wanted to make a chocolate cake, but have no cocoa :(
Finished off the socks for Katie. Now to get some pictures of things taken. Got to find the camera first :) Not working on anything else till the thrummed mittens are done.
Donna, hope the snow isn't too bad down your way. And hope you don't need to go anywhere today.
Mary Anne, sorry that we're getting more snow - wish you would get some!
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