Hello, It's been almost a month and I don't have a really good excuse. We spent the last week at our Colorado house. Very comfortable. Hubby is building up the bank along the river as it is badly eroded. I helped the first day . 4 hours and unbelievably sore muscles . I had so much trouble gettin up from the bank ,hubby banned me from helping. I guess that's what 10 years difference does. He went into town a couple of times and I went into to my craft room ( half of what I have ( where will I put all the Calif stuff when we finally do move) I pulled some of my afghan patterns for ideas to make for my sister to take to her work and wouldn't you know I found a pattern that I just have to do for the back of the couch there. I picked up a sweater that I had let go for months and managed to make it to the sleeve decreases.
Wild life was fun to watch . There were some young deer back and forth through the yard .The buck had only 4 points . The twin fawns had lost there spots. They weren't afraid of us at all. The last day we were there ,they came through the yard - a doe ,one fawn and the4 buck about 20-30 yards from us.
Hubby is headed back in about 2 1/2 weesks . I will stay here and keep control of kitties , I think they had too much free time on their paws while we were gone.
My mother-in-law decided she needed some new pot holders . Seems liek I just made her some,but she says it's been about a year.
I came back to finish a little pumpkin hat for my great nephew. I sure hope his teenage Mommy likes it.
I am playing catch up with cleanning and such. Isn't that always the way. I will be so glad when we have a washer again in Colorado and have only one house to take care of. Not soon with the state of Real Estate.
I guess everyone is like me and looking around and saying "What happened? How come you didn't pick up on warnings and signs sooner?"
And the elections . I don't care who you are for . Is anyone else as burned out on the campaign and the ads and the mudslinging as I am ? Is that unpatriotic? After a while all , I hear is blah ,blah ,blah. I'm afraid for our country and military no matter what way it goes . It's a scary time .
Breakfast and a finished wash load calls . Where is the maid or house keeper ? Doesn't she know that I have other things I want to do ? LOL OH wait , that's me . Better get to it


Nancy

Morning, It's been a bit of time since I posted. Hubby is back from his job and is waiting to be paid. I finished the last stocking that ,I was working on . Have done a bunch of hats and a diagonal afghan to send to my sister for haer work. she may change jobs,but says there is still a need . She's in a bad situation with a new supervisor. It sounds from her description as if he is sexually harassing the female employees. She's looking for a job with benefits. Jobs aren hard to come by for a lt of people ,but she is in a small town,so it seems worse.
Recently , I started using my own bags for grocery shopping. They are all crocheted. I have figured out what works best ( wider openings and a bit more space) They all stretch ,but some are better than others. It's a great way to use leftover cotton yarn ,though I come up with some starange color combinations.
Hubby and I hope to head to Colorado for about a week. We need to get the palce ready for winter. No idea any more when we may move . With Real Estate and Stock Market going crazy, no one wants to make any unnecessary moves.

My girl is still on deployment and not due back until almost the end of Nov. She used to call everyday ,sometimes many times. Her Dad would get annoyed at all our calls ,but I sure do miss them. She is my craft buddy. We aren't together - a couple hours apart ,but we compare and visit .
Well , I guess I just have to wait.
Enjoy your weekend as we head into fall. Hope you are getting some fall temps . Wishing we were LOl

Wow, It's been a while since I've written anything. I have completed many dishcloths . 4 out of 5 stockings are done. I have been asked by my sister if I will do an occasional afghan for the convelscent Hosp that she works at. She says that even after many years of life some people have very little. That's a pretty sad comment on life ,isn't it? I am tired of being alone. Even a house full of cats and daily phone calls from hubby plus voices on the TV doesn't cut it. Tomorrow , I'll go to a retiree lunch and have human contact for at least an hour or two. I ahve come to the conclusion that having alone time is great as long as it isn't all the time.
I should have set myself a goal to finish a bunch of UFO's while hubby was gone ,but I didn't . I jsut imersed my self in dishcloths and stockings. I think this week I'll see what I can put together to start at least one afghan for my sisters job.

Hi all , I completed another stocking las night . I've got a pile of dishcloths and a mini version of the popular round dishcloth that is coaster size . No pictures , of course, I don't know how to do that and I don't have the right camera even if I did. I am working on a cute caterpillar cloth now and ready to start yet another stocking . I am ,also, trying to mediated cat problems as my daughter's little one is giving everyone a hard time. how can something so cute be such a little pistol. She's picking fights with everyone and they are all bigger than she is LOL. I jsut remembered I have the water on in the pool. Have a great day everyone.

I'm excited Moneik says it will be easy to turn my counted cross stitch piece into a quilt block. I tried to keep the size where she had room to work with it. Did my good deed for today and helped figure out how to shut down a sprinkleer gone bad next door. The neighbor is out of town and I discovered that there was a problem when I was going to run errands. Usually hubby is around to give advice ,but I got mine from Illinois so I could find the valve and stop the water. It will still drain for a while cause the back yard is flooded . Being alone isn't great , but I'm finding new ways to take care of things I didn't have to before. I'm even doing pool stuff while hubby is gone. Okay it consists of emptying the leaf basket and making sure there is chlorine so it doesn't get cloudy, but I didn't do it before.
I'm making one more trip to son's house tomorrow to check on things and then I'm done . He is to be back tomorrow afternoon.
Have a good weekend all.

Wow, what a day. I think Moneik is right, cleaning is a Mom thing. I went to finish up today and while I was there son's power was disconnected. It helps if you pay bill. I was pretty sure they were barely getting by. He owes me since there was no place for him to pay it in Tahoe. I let my Heather know that I had finished one stocking for her friends . It's 24 inches long ,but surprisingly she's okay with that. As she tries to convert me to quilting., I have to remind her that my machine is ancient and hasn't been used in a while. It as was my past machine is second hand. I never had a new one. I used to do a lot of sewing when my older boys were young. I then got one that readjsuted the machine everytime he got the chance. I moved on to handiwork because it was portable and once he got big enough to not take naps ,I couldn't work. That little kid is 34 years old now . I don't know about anyone else ,but I am ready for fall temps. I hope they will improve my energy level because most times ,I feel like I'm melting.
I have decided that a neat idea for a baby gift would be some picture cloths, maybe a special bath towel and maybe some bath products. I'm off to cast on stocking # 2 in red and off white. The first one was in green and off white. and the last one blue. They all have snowflakes working in.

I guess I should post if someone is going to check what I'm doing. I am continuing to work on dishcloths . Just finished the first one for this month in th KAL group. I'm working on a stocking one of several that my DD Heather has asked me to do. She'd like me to quilt . I'd like her to knit. So far we have both been unsuccsessful in converting the other one . Since she is on a ship right now ,she's limited to hand sewing. It's a big ship and believe it or not ,she just ran into someone she went to high school with. Even our big world gets small.
Crazy news item out here in Calif today. A man was clawed by a mountain lion. he saw some cubs and decided he wanted to try and pet on even though he saw the mother near by. I think Mom was pretty gentle with him considering.
Jen , I have been watching your blog for some time . Moneik , I just added yours to my favorites so I can see what you are up to.
Cindy I have check yours a number of times too, but the day I tried to add it to favorites my computer wouldn't cooperate. I must try again.

Yeterday, I headed down to check on youngest sons cats and house. I ,also ,did a really Mom thing and did some cleaning. I thought a little bit. I spent 2 hours . He'll probably be a bit upset ,but wht can I say ,again a Mom thing.