Sunday...Snow Day

its Snowing, oh fun...NOT. Now dont get me wrong. I love the snow. I am just not in the mood for it today is all.

My Job's Tears came yesterday, and with it a flood of memories and emotions. Many years ago I spent summers at my grandmothers home. While there we made necklaces and many other things out of Job's Tears. Among other things. But all these years those Job's tears memories have stayed with me. And Until now I didnt know where to find any (grandmother passed away almost 10 years ago so her plants are long gone).

So later int he spring, when it is safe to plant, I will plant a few Tears...and probably some real ones along with the seeds. I want to pass those memories along to my daughter.

Crochet; this got put on temporary hold. I am so far behind working on coupons. Some days i wonder if i will ever be fully caught back up, or even why I do them in the first place. But I know why...it is to help others save money. and that is important to me. helping others.

If everyone in the world would do one thing per day to help someone else, this world would be a much better place.

Thursday

Sun is shining, wind is blowing..and today I am feeling a little better.

Able to get a load of laundry done today...and working on coupons.

Later today will pick yarn and a hook and start another market bag.

other than that, not getting much done.

Ever get the blahs?

The last couple days I have had the blahs. the "feeling tired, worn out and in the dumps" blah. Tried crocheting, didn't work well. tried working on the "learn to knit" failed badly.

Been making crochet dishcloths, Do not know why, have a mountain of them already done. Guess it is because they are easy to do and fast.

My home is full. overflowing full. Son and his wife living here, and now Daughter has come back from her dad's. My stress levels are through the roof and so is blood pressure. the house is not meant for 5. crowded.

Have been thinking of making up market bags to sell. Everyone that sees them asks where I bought them and seemed quite surprised that I make them. I do not use patterns, just whatever stitch catches my fancy. things to think about for sure.

In the meantime I am still winding yarn into cakes. I will never get done. ever!

On a side note, I am wondering how long I will keep up this blog thing. Have told a few about it, but no one comes to visit it. makes me wonder if anyone really cares.

Broken Hearted

Day before yesterday I took photos of that market bag and wondered why they didnt turn out well.
Well, Today I know why.
My Camera is messed up. Seems the lense is stuck wide open and nothing I do fixes it.

Cant afford to fix it. Can't afford to replace it.

I am a photo junkie! what will I do!!

Newest market bag

I have made abother market bag. My son calls it Chocolate Cake with Icing.

Photo is not the best, will try to get another soon. Bag is worked in chocolate brown with off white top and handle.

Amazing...

truly amazing

that's all I can say................................
about how much JUNK I collect!

first off, son needed to use the closet in their room....the closet that WAS my craft closet...well remove it all, sort sort, holy cow where did THAT come from, get rid of, give away this and that and OMG what is that!

..And off to storage unit with a bunch of crafty stuff.
and then.

External hard drive. 80 gig. Full.

Went to open photos folder to find a photo of bears I make..cannot open, folder corrupt WHAT!!!!!!!!!! Oh no, that's 5 years worth of photos!Long and short, figure out a fix, get the files backed up to another drive and to online storage place. Whew, thank heavens.

HMMMMMM What on earth is all the rest of this...
ohhh Paintshop Pro tubes and stuff. LOTS ....OHHHHHH recipes! LOTS!! hmmm old programing, nope trash. lots of Incredimail letters......unnamed word documents, text documents (what was I thinking!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!)
Dear sweet hubby bought me a new external drive for Valentines. 500gig.such a small pretty sleek black SMALL box...start moving stuff to it, since 80 gig being a pain. move move...delete don't need that move move delete.
Amazing what you collect.

yarn cakes

Hubby working on new swift

testing.

Hubby bought me a yarn winder and then made me a Swift. so I have been busy making Yarn Cakes!

I have stashes of yarn, lots of it. most came from other people, and most have been wound into balls. While this may me ok, I dont like balls rolling all over. So, I am making cakes. They stack neatly, and make it easy to see what yarn I have at a glance.

Very first Yarn Cake


I'll be at this a LONG time!