tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26222412523332528572024-02-21T04:25:54.906-08:00A Desperate TatterHere is where you can find me and what I am working on at the moment. I have so many things going on I couldn't limit my blog to one thing. So everything is here.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-69068975316397656062012-03-30T08:55:00.000-07:002012-03-30T08:55:36.371-07:00Where has the time gone?Spring is here, sort of! We had two weeks of almost 80 degrees and then winter came back! We are having more seasonable weather and I am feeling sorry for all the plants that were tricked into thinking it was time to bud. I hope they do not suffer to much with the return of the cold weather. <br />
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Not a lot has been going on here in Northern Michigan. I am still knitting up a storm. So far I have made three pairs of socks, five hats but no mittens finished this year. I am working on a pair of mittens, stranded color work and they are looking good so far. This is only my second item in stranded color work and I am liking it. Next I am going to tackle a pair of top down mittens in color work. <br />
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I do have a pair of tatted baby bootees half done. Need to get busy and finish them up and I promised my mil I would be sending her some more soon. This pair is in normal baby colors, pale blue and I have a second pair in pink waiting to get started. It doesn't take me long to make a pair just right now I would rather be knitting. <br />
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As for sewing, I have several projects going there to. One is a Capri outfit for my great granddaughter, a medicine bag for my second daughter and one for her youngest son. I would like to do something for my oldest daughter but haven't decided what yet. <br />
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So far this year we have had two deaths in our family and we were hoping for a better year after last year. It is strange but it is not our oldest generation that is going but a lot of younger cousins. Last year we lost several cousins around my age and that is scary.<br />
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Golf season is right around the corner and I was hoping for a few weeks to get out and play before my leagues start. So I am hoping April is a warm month. None of those 40 degree days we generally get in April. Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-68788959344894183882012-01-30T19:48:00.000-08:002012-01-30T19:48:55.250-08:00So I haven't done a good job!Here it is January 30, 2012 and I am just getting around to updating my blog. So much for weekly updates. As to my other lists of things I hope to accomplish. I have finished 3 of the 12 hats. One pair of socks, no mittens, I haven't written a thing yet. Nor have I done any tatting! But I did get fired from my tatting job. The shop owner decided she didn't want to pay me what I had asked for this time and so she has cancelled the class and requested my address so she can mail my samples to me. Sounds like she doesn't want me in her shop for any reason. That is okay, I have always ordered my tatting supplies online and I can order all my yarn that way too. But I do wonder if she found another tatting teacher who will teach for less than what I wanted. It is to far away to just drive over to check. So I now have all day Tuesdays to work on my project until the end of April when golf starts.<br />
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My daughter in Alaska has been dealing with the coldest winter on record. She has had several days of cold temps, 50 to 60 below zero, not what I want to experience. It is cold enough here in Michigan to keep me indoors. She is hoping to move from the Interior of Alaska to Soldnata which is south of Anchorage and 30 to 40 degrees warmer. Still below zero abut not as cold.as where she is now. She will at least then be on the power grid and won't have to depend on a generator for electricity and she will have natural gas for heat instead of wood. I feel much better already for her and the boys.<br />
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She called me tonight and thanked me for the markers I sent to her boys for Christmas. The oldest boy was having a good time coloring on everything! The walls, the table and himself, didn't color his little brother but was looking to. Fortunately, for my daughter I sent them washable markers and she was pleased that they worked as advertised. She had already washed the walls so only had the table and boys left!Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-43244535580055732722011-12-31T11:24:00.000-08:002011-12-31T11:24:36.477-08:00The Final Hours of 2012Well, 2011 is drawing to a close and a lot has happened this year. I have a new grandson and a great granddaughter. Spent a month in Alaska. Neglected my garden and let it go to ruin hope to do better next year.<br />
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My father is doing well and we are looking forward to a new year with him. <br />
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I learned how to use my new embroidery machine and made several gifts for Christmas. Have several new designs picked out for shirts and bags next year. <br />
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Taught a series of tatting classes and have another one lined up for the new year. <br />
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I am getting my list ready for the new year with my goals laid out for me. I hope to knit 12 pair of socks this year most will be for gifts. I am looking at making 12 hats and 12 pair of mittens. I also want to work on 12 tatting projects, just not sure what I will do with the tatting. I want to write at least new 12 poems and work on my stories that I have neglected for way to long. I plan to update this blog at least once a week and not leave it languishing for months at a time. Won't be to difficult with the winter months but spring and summer are difficult.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com2United States43.771093996026366 -83.40820350000001317.531681996026364 -143.70815750000003 70.010505996026367 -23.108249500000014tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-19638912420050907062011-11-13T19:05:00.000-08:002011-11-13T19:05:42.234-08:00I am teaching tatting!So, I am teaching a hands on tatting class in Tawas, Michigan. Last Tuesday was the first class and I had two students show up. I had a lot of samples to show them and we discussed some of the differences in how patterns are written. Then we got into the nitty gritty business of tatting. Both ladies could make the double stitch at least once but were not able to repeat it a second time. I hope they were able to get it to work when they went home and were able to relax a little bit. They were having trouble getting the stitch to flip and I was not sure how to address the flipping of the stitch because it is so natural to me. I never even thought about it when I learned so I may have to do something different Tuesday if they still are not getting the flip. <br />
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My sister is home from Nebraska and we have been having a great time. She has been spending a lot of time at my house this year more so than she has done in the past. So we have been doing come sewing and getting some things done in my house. Hopefully we can get some more of the my sewing room cleaned up and organized. It is difficult to find anything in there as I haven't done to much since I moved in three years ago. Just made room to get to my machines. I have material, tatting thread and yarn that needs to be stored and organized. <br />
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Last week we celebrated my dad's 82 birthday. All five of us girls were here for the party. It has been a few years since we were all here at the same time. The only one missing was my brother and he thinks he needs an engraved invitation, which isn't going to happen! He needs to grow up and be a son to my father. It might be to late for him to do that, after all he is 54 years old now!Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-77983223469831012902011-11-04T12:22:00.000-07:002011-11-04T12:22:47.667-07:00The Year isn't over yet!Oh, my, I haven't been on here since January 2011. Must be I have been busy this year. I haven't done a lot of tatting this year, mostly been on a knitting binge. But, I am going to be teaching a tatting class starting next week! How cool is that? I was a bit apprehensive about doing it as I do not consider myself to be anywhere near an expert but we always want new tatters to join the ranks. I will be teaching in Tawas, Michigan I am planning maybe 6 weeks of classes. Will see how well versed the tatters I have are and how long they want to go on. This whole teaching thing started because I dropped off a pair of tatted baby booties last April at the knit shop and she showed them off and now I am teaching tatting.<br />
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This year I also had two additions to my family, a new grandson in Alaska and a great granddaughter in Michigan. I now have one granddaughter and four grandsons and one great granddaughter. I am a lucky grandma. <br />
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This weekend we are celebrating my fathers 82nd birthday. We are so blessed to still have him and 22 of us will be home to help him celebrate. That is only about half of us. The rest could not make it home as they all live out of state. All five of us girls will be here tomorrow. Only my brother will be missing and he refuses to come home without an "engraved invitation". We don't mind anymore as we have learned to adjust to his stupidity!Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-50680156550416872682011-01-14T06:53:00.000-08:002011-01-14T06:53:36.534-08:00Yes, I have a project!I have not given up on my tatting at all. Just to keep you up to date, I have decided to join the fun with Jane and her new TIAS. Here is my first installment.<br />
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I am still making mittens and have finish four pair for the challenge. Plus the four pair I made before the end on 2011. I sent this pair to my sister in Nebraska. She fell in love with them.<br />
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I am currently working on a crochet project, a toy. It is a bumble bee and I have had the pattern for a while just have not been inclined to crochet. And oh, yes, I have lots of sewing projects to do. Always something to work on and no time to be bored!Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-85602540546165882732010-12-26T14:34:00.000-08:002010-12-26T14:34:38.805-08:00What is the other side?I feel like I have gone over to the other side. The other side of crafting? I have been knitting up a storm the last couple of weeks. I finished my crocketed Christmas Ball Gowns for this year and have moved on over to knitting. Mittens and hats. I joined a mitten challenge over on Raverly.com for 2011. To knit 11 pairs of mittens in the new year. While I can knit mittens and they are fast projects I am challenging myself to do more intriciate projects. Mittens with pattern and lots of colors. Then I am going to make come baby things, hats, booties, blankets and maybe even a gown or two. I have no one in particular that I am making them for and may send some off to Newborns In Need. Or they may show up in my Etsy Shop, <a href="http://keepmebusy.etsy.com/">Keep Me Busy</a>. It would be nice if I could sell enough to help with the cost of a trip to Hawaii that my daughter is planning for next November.<br />
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I do have some tatting projects that I need to get busy on. My nephew is getting married in August and I hope to make a ring pillow for them. I have decided to just make it white as the bride can't decide on her colors. At least with white it can go with any color she chooses. I also hope to try to design some ball covers for Christmas balls for next year. I love to give my family and friends handmade projects and tatting is one of the unique things I can give to them. <br />
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So, I have a busy year planned and need to stay focused and on tract. Maybe I should rejoin the 25 Motif Challenge and see if I can complete that with all my other projects. At least it would help me stay on track and make sure I get some tatting completed with all the knitting and sewing I have lined up. Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-41788109379699179592010-12-18T16:28:00.000-08:002010-12-19T06:03:56.426-08:00Christmas Presents<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_KtBPYowQfo3NV7RiKDes1UVba5R8o_uSjzGLQ2oQXauLtjvHdJ4Xu7W9i_x84-eCPt94IAwxyNg49Ohvabtv_sEst0hKwEW7okENjf5W0irCdgrPuHgehTuVFrgAHR8Ob7TozFd_WhX/s1600/Ball+Gown+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_KtBPYowQfo3NV7RiKDes1UVba5R8o_uSjzGLQ2oQXauLtjvHdJ4Xu7W9i_x84-eCPt94IAwxyNg49Ohvabtv_sEst0hKwEW7okENjf5W0irCdgrPuHgehTuVFrgAHR8Ob7TozFd_WhX/s320/Ball+Gown+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Christmas giving is over for this year, at least in my family that is. We met at my sister's and I gave out all of my gifts for my family. sorry to say this year I had no tatting gifts only crocheted Christmas Ball gowns which were a hit. all of my new snowflakes are still hanging in my window. I add to them from time to time, especially when I a new one online that I like. Last year I gave away most of my tatted snowflakes so I will have to work on some new ones. Plus I would like to do some Ball Gowns that are tatted. Haven't see any of those online yet, but I am sure a designer will create one sooner or later. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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I have been sewing, knitting and crocheting a lot this fall. I think I made over a dozen of the Christmas ball Gowns. I may have one left when all is said and done. I have maybe four more balls to cover, after Christmas I am going to look for some more balls on sale. I will need some to cover if I every get some tatted covers made.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-14677077288352727392010-10-19T16:37:00.000-07:002010-10-19T16:37:10.384-07:00Tuesday's Tatting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is the second row on the baby bonnet. It has shaped nicely, but it is very small. This fits loosely over a golf ball, I don't think it will ever fit a baby. I checked my directions and I did follow them right but it just isn't going to work. Maybe I need to add another ring in the center, now it only has five. I think I will put it back for now and try something different. I don't think I am suppose to make any of JoAnn Stearns patterns for baby. The booties I tried came out huge and not the bonnet is way to small. I will try again at a later time and see how it works out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I found a new antique lace pattern to try. I was not sure I was going to like it and it is finicky to work on but all in all I am happy with it. I am going to make a Ring Bearer Pillow for my nephew's wedding next year so I am trying out different edges. I do want one that with have a long drop off the edge so I keep looking for one and trying it out to see how I like it. This one looks like it might be two inches wide so it might be what I want. I will keep looking I have almost a year to find the one I like.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My sister once had a home on this same site and she said my great grandfather haunted her house. I am beginning to think he might still be hanging around here. Although I moved my house in two years ago I am just north of the original home site. Every once in a while I can smell something burning, it bugs me that I can't find out what is causing this. I am thinking I will just have to blame Great Grandpa. She also told me he didn't like cucumbers and would hide her seeds every year. He didn't hide mine. I had a great cucumber crop last year, just didn't get them planted this year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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This next pair is made from Size 20 Green Cebella It was two dark for solid green so I added in the white. I think it looks a lot like Christmas, or maybe it is just the season is getting close. The green ribbon seems to sparkle in th is picture. <br />
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And now for the baby bonnet. It is out of Cebella White Size 20. I have just gotten started on it but it feels like it will be going fairly quickly. I will post additional pictures of the bonnet when I complete the next round. The pattern is one I purchased, the designer is JoAnn Stearns. I think I purchased the pattern at Handy Hands.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I found this pattern in an antique pattern book and knew I wanted to try it out. It was called "Three Flower Scallop Edge" I love it! I did have to create a corner for the pattern and I was happy with that also. I have completed two hankerchief edging with this pattern. I am sure I will be making a few more. It is a very simple pattern and I can almost do it without thinking.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">New babies, one grandson living in Michigan and going to college, one in North Carolina getting ready to build a computer. One in Alaska, just learned how to crawl and my granddaughter is a star play on her softball team. My dad is doing great and I have had another wonderful summer with him. Let's see, what did I do this summer. I went to Colorado spent a week on a mountain primitive camping for a week. No running water, no bathroom...humm when was the last time you lived in the wild? Wild, yes we saw a bear! He was across the field, thankgoodness, not close to camp at all, but still very exciting. All the guys decided to be macho and guns came out from every where. I think every gug in the camp had at least two, if not more guns. But the bear got away! We did not see it again. I even went White Water Rafting on the Arkansas River through the Royal Gorge. Yes, me, who is not fond of the water got in a raft and when down the wild river. It was great! I would go again. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-28923592528059429452010-04-25T13:42:00.001-07:002010-04-25T15:10:50.396-07:00What's New......Nothing in the way of tatting going on at my house. Not even any knitting right now. Some sewing and a lot of weeding. I have five big raised garden beds and four small ones. The weather has been so nice I have been weeding my beds and getting ready to put in a new one. I will bed one for Strawberries and tomatoes. I have planted peas and potatoes so far. The rest are ready to be planted. I am also getting fairly proficient on the tractor. I decided my raised beds were not enough so I have been plowing a spot in the field. This is the first time I have ever operated a big garden tractor. So far it has been fun, except when my dad ran over my toe with the disc. Lucky for me I didn't lose my toe, didn't even turn black and blue! Now I am extra careful about where I put my feet when we are attaching the plows and discs. <br /><br />I do have some tatting projects lined up, just can't seem to get the shuttles out and working. Must be the weather. Golf season is starting soon and that too will interfere with everything. We have our first meeting Tuesday and our first day of gold will be May 5.<br /><br />In June, I think, we will be going to Colorado for about 15 days. My sister has some acreage in the mountains and plans a camping trip about every other year. So no reunion this year camping instead.<br /><br />The new Alaskan baby has arrived! A fine baby boy on February 4th. He weighed in at 8lbs 4ozs and was 21 inches long. He is named after his daddy, Ira Kathel Griffin III, being called Kathel. <br /><br />Have, you all heard of the "nook" from Barnes and Noble? It is the newest eReader on the market and I have one and I love it. I am reading much more than I was (Hummm, maybe that is why I am not getting any tatting done!) and I think I am reading faster. The newest update gave us a web browser! I like the nook better than the Kindle from Amazon and I think the fact they can push updates out is great. My new electronic gadget has not gone out of date yet as I get all the new software when it is ready. I even joined the nook book club on Facebook.<br /><br />And I have even been working on some writing projects. One is a summer picnic story and I hope to have something done before June 21 as that is the deadline for that one. The other is my most recent poem. Which I am posting here. I hope you like it.<br /><br />Heartfelt Pain<br /><br />My heart cries out in senseless pain<br />tormented, yearnings of my heart<br />knowing only that we must part<br /><br />only seeing the ugly shame<br />hidden in the shadow of my heart<br />buried so the pain won't start<br /><br />why, oh, why, must I play this game?<br />exposed to nothing but endless pain <br />always knowing there is no gain<br /><br />forever hoping it won’t end the same<br />coming back to face the endless<br />unforgiving, mindless, sadness<br /><br />Yet in my sleep I call your name<br />…this foolish yearning of my heart<br />please, dear Lord, don't let it start.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-26181200742789022032010-01-19T10:03:00.000-08:002010-01-19T10:19:34.810-08:00Where has the time gone?I can't believe it has been two months since I have posted anything. Wow, where has the time gone. I have been busy, although not using my shuttle! By accident I picked up my knitting needles and have been knitting up a storm. Mainly dishcloths because they are fast and easy. As my sister, Kate said the other day, "They are instant gratification." In about 8 hours you have a completed dishcloth. Now what to do with them, Hummm. I think I will open open an Etsy shop and see if I can sell any. Hopefully I can and support all of my habits.<br /><br />For Christmas I purchased a new eReader. I love it. I can download several books and have one already to start as soon as I finish one. I have always loved to read but this makes is so much easier no waiting for a book to come in the mail or having to run to the library. Just go online, purchase and download and I am ready to go. Will be great when I return to Alaska next month. No more hunting for a book at one of those pricey bookstalls in the airports. I purchased mine from Barnes & Noble, the newest greatest eReader on the market (according to them) but really it is great. You can see one on the website, it is called a "n<a href="http://barnesandnoble.com"></a>ook". Amazon also has an eReader, but so far I am liking this one just fine.<br /><br />No baby yet! Karyn is doing fine and getting restless waiting for the baby to arrive. She wasn't very happy when the doctor moved her due date back a week from 1-25 to 1-29. We try to keep her focus and tell her babies come when they are ready no matter what. At least her husband is home to help her out and run to the hospital when the time comes. They have decided not to move to town early, so it will be at least an hour drive from home to the hospital. Hope the baby isn't in to much of a hurry! <br /><br />I will be going back to Alaska 2-16 for a month. Yeah, I get to play with a new baby. While I am gone my sister, Sherry, will be comming home to look after Dad and Martha for at least a couple of weeks. Sure am glad she will be here I won't worry about him to much. She is bringing her daughter and two granddaughters with her. Will be a houseful for Dad and Martha but they are looking forward to it. Bella is 2 1/2 and Annaleigh is almost 4 months. <br /><br />I am taking lots of crafty things with me including my shuttles. So hopefully will have lots to do while I am there, that is if I can leave the baby alone long enough to work on something.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-63314530659805062222009-11-15T15:07:00.000-08:002009-11-15T15:21:02.330-08:00Going HomeMy time here in Alaska is almost over. I will be going home tomorrow, we are leaving her about 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. I don't fly out until 10:15 tomorrow night and I won't actually get home until after 9:00 pm Tuesday. A long trip but really only about 15 hours of flight time. It has been snowing here and it suppose to continue and my daughter does not want to have to drive home on slippery roads after she drops me at the airport about 6:00 pm. I really don't blame her as it will be dark as she drives the 80 miles home. <br /><br />It has been an interesting trip, my grandson decided to go home to North Carolina while I was here and that was a fast trip. He did have a return trip ticket so it only cost us $100 to change it. We were able to get him on a plane the day he decided he wanted to go home. I think he was homesick for his family and friends. He had been here about five months and it is pretty isolated out here. No one, but my daughter and the dogs to keep him company. He was working, cutting, stacking and hauling firewood at $10.00 an hour. Not bad for a kid just out of high school. The only problem was the guy he was working for just didn't keep him busy enough.<br /><br />I didn't get much tatting completed while here. I finished a bookmark and started a second one. I did find my stork pieces and did work on them a little bit, but did not complete one. I do have a headless one and I did get a new crochet hook so I could do some joins and some beads for the eyes so I can finish one when I get home. I also had to order some more thread for the baby body and the blanket as I didn't bring any with me. But it looks like I won't finish one until I get home now. Good thing I still have time to make my cards. Baby isn't due until the end on January.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-60841168034381030632009-10-31T11:15:00.000-07:002009-10-31T11:29:45.330-07:00Baby Shower<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXR1_Ywercbzak9J-PrTAnqc0hNgvyBa0S35Ju4jF8P3BB4hO6eeiyz_4yDe7yMOUP46rP5kZsy26L7NTaeoDTGk0tWLeo5pF88bcSHcjGJg_iW2QKcFJvwgwcjBC_413oFQ3Gtbg0ayv-/s1600-h/100_3114.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXR1_Ywercbzak9J-PrTAnqc0hNgvyBa0S35Ju4jF8P3BB4hO6eeiyz_4yDe7yMOUP46rP5kZsy26L7NTaeoDTGk0tWLeo5pF88bcSHcjGJg_iW2QKcFJvwgwcjBC_413oFQ3Gtbg0ayv-/s200/100_3114.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398831206570651906" /></a><br />It is a cold crisp day in the interior of Alaska. I believe I saw the thermometer at -13 this morning. But it is toasty warm in the house. The picture is a view from the front of my daughter's home. <br /><br />Today is my daughter's baby shower. People should be arriving in about an hour or so. I think she is only expecting about 8 people but she has already started to receive gifts in the mail. It should be fun and I get to meet some more of her friends. My grandson is going to Healy to watch a volleyball game. He didn't think he wanted to hang out with a bunch of women playing games and talking about babies. He has been getting quite the education with this baby much more than a 19 year old really wants to know! <br /><br />I finished my bookmark and now have those two shuttles empty so I can fill them up with the colors for the stork and see if I can finish one before it gets ate. That may be the biggest challenge I face with the storks. I do have about half a ball of thread in white and ecru so I should be able to make a few with that. I will have to be sure to put them up out of reach of the bloodhounds!Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-27003979482474370912009-10-28T21:52:00.000-07:002009-10-28T22:01:52.029-07:00From Snowy AlaskaI have been here a week tomorrow now and haven't accomplished much in the way of tatting. My daughter has five dogs, two bloodhounds, two basset and a chocolate lab and guess what.......they decided they wanted to do some tatting while we were gone one day. Chewed up two tatting shuttles and two balls of thread and the stork I was working on. Now that is two storks that have not survived, I am beginning to think I am not suppose to make these cards. I will be home tomorrow, sort of alone, just me and the dogs so maybe I can get one done after I unravel what is left of my thread.<br /><br />I did bring a bookmark with me so I at least have that to work on. I carried it on the plane along with a small paid of sissors. Not want blip as I came through security. Thank goodness. I hope it goes as well when I go home. <br /><br />We have about three inches of snow on the ground here and it is dipping into the low twenties at night but othere than that the weather has been great. My grandson was suppose to take his driving test but it was cancelled as they had not plowed or put any gravel on the roads. I don't blame the offices administrating the test I don't think I would want to be on slippery roads with a new driver. Even though I went with him to the post office and he did a very good job. No slipping or sliding at all. He should do great on his test whenever they reschedule it.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-16537862191431740472009-10-20T07:01:00.000-07:002009-10-20T07:07:19.688-07:00Off to AlaskaThursday is the big day I am leaving for Alaska. My daughter sent me a text message last night to bring warm clothes and boot as the temps are in the 20s and 30s. Exactly what I expected for the interior of Alaska. I have my tatting packed also. Don't want to be stuck in a snow storm and have no tatting to work on. I shall be gone three weeks but will have access to the Internet while I am there. So I won't be totally isolated out in the wilds. She lives about 80 miles south of Fairbanks so there won't be a whole lot going on. The baby shower is at noon on Halloween. Then I think we are going to a costume party. I don't think I have ever gone to a costume party, at least not since I was a little kid.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-13837392427352755472009-10-16T07:41:00.000-07:002009-11-15T15:07:20.546-08:00My body has been found!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsIlS6qdf52gZfUn2p07EOfdT2Fg-QVgpYXo-B7VKYKOLHDQuWzT0e6bh4pYYeYlaCbYSEv1boeKykMyZ3edAzsLGfiOdCpuYDxNWCE-Gdkd8npp8l99BUSBk8l6Rf36GRloPL-hop2P_9/s1600-h/Stork+Body+2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 123px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393208798633592258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsIlS6qdf52gZfUn2p07EOfdT2Fg-QVgpYXo-B7VKYKOLHDQuWzT0e6bh4pYYeYlaCbYSEv1boeKykMyZ3edAzsLGfiOdCpuYDxNWCE-Gdkd8npp8l99BUSBk8l6Rf36GRloPL-hop2P_9/s200/Stork+Body+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Well at last the stork body that was lost. I am making Jane Eborall's stork and I lost the second body that I did for a week. Too many sewing projects going on the table. It was lost amongst the fabric pieces. I will give this stork a head eventually. I decided that size 20 thread was just going to make a stork to big for the cards. I ordered some size 40 from Handy Hands and now have anew one stated. So far I have not had any difficulty with Jane's pattern, not that I expected to she is such a wonderful designer. I am excited to see the small one progress but don't know if I will have it completed before I leave Tuesday. But as soon as I have the stork done I will post a picture. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Poor Sadie is still on a tether. Her wireless fence has malfunctioned and I have had to order a new transformer and a then a new collar and now a second transformer. She has been tied for two weeks an<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gKQXLk8wsXUYjenywLyX56WPnyDrVoCQuyKjVXFF1rAUI2HIIMkM7R4Xf7JHbGrrCGCroyIV8PnJZD84MwS1jZvX57jae7dbxP9R323ZhH11aSQoe_8noDL4Wg6mS_oLCU6DoLxFd-YK/s1600-h/Sadie.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393211428349945218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gKQXLk8wsXUYjenywLyX56WPnyDrVoCQuyKjVXFF1rAUI2HIIMkM7R4Xf7JHbGrrCGCroyIV8PnJZD84MwS1jZvX57jae7dbxP9R323ZhH11aSQoe_8noDL4Wg6mS_oLCU6DoLxFd-YK/s200/Sadie.jpg" /></a>d she does not like it at all. It is funny to watch her try to pull out the stake or chew the cable in two but so far she has not succeeded. I had to tie her down as she was chasing cars on my street and the cars go 70 mph down the road. She could have ended up as one smushed puppy on the road and I didn't want that. The one night she was out there I had four cars that eventually stopped to try to help corral her! At least they understood what a determined little monster she was! But no more, no freedom until I get her fence working again, and we are working on going to the mail box but not going on the road.<br /><br />Next week it is off to Alaska for three weeks. I haven't stayed that long on any of my trips yet! It is getting cold there and they have had some snow. I don't think it has stayed but who knows what I will find when I get there. <br /><br />I am still in a sewing frenzy. I have several more projects I want to work on but they are going to have to wait until I return home. I am taking tatting with me to Alaska and Georgia assured me I needed a metal shuttle with my SSN engraved on it just in case!!</div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-311534049204055802009-09-30T17:25:00.000-07:002009-09-30T17:44:56.407-07:00Dhamana Bookmark<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinAin0pJosIAojkkr9m2gv4ElT9yp4cv6e0m5xL6D9UAm4r-y-N19O8wTOCRZ-igPEkS-qsUplD5m8QdKq1P4V1hQHacdsEn1W3XK8Iawn4z11KMJYi-jcuX0NaVFYzRqLs0XyQCOrgTQ6/s1600-h/Bookmark.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 73px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387422644941282866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinAin0pJosIAojkkr9m2gv4ElT9yp4cv6e0m5xL6D9UAm4r-y-N19O8wTOCRZ-igPEkS-qsUplD5m8QdKq1P4V1hQHacdsEn1W3XK8Iawn4z11KMJYi-jcuX0NaVFYzRqLs0XyQCOrgTQ6/s200/Bookmark.jpg" /></a><br /><div>After finishing my 7<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> pair of baby booties I was looking for something else to work on before I start another big project. On <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">InTatter</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kersti</span> posted the October Challenge. To tat something with some thread you had lurking around in your stash that maybe you didn't care for the first time, or you didn't like after you brought it home. I had some <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Coton</span> Perle 8 that I purchased some time ago and didn't care for. (And still don't care for!) So, I looked up a bookmark pattern that I wanted to try and here it is! Since it was a challenge piece I think I will count it as number 20 in my 25 Motif Challenge. I only have 5 more to go and only three months left this year. I better get busy.</div><div> </div><div>Next I hope to make the Stork by Jane <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Eborall</span>. I hope to make a plethora of them for announcement cards for my daughters baby in January. I hope I have bitten off to much with this project. At least I have time to make them before the baby gets here. I think they will make adorable cards. Oh, yes, three of our babies have arrived. Joshua Lewis was born 9-12. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Annaleigh</span> Barbara, 9-25 and Sawyer Jean 9-28. Only 4 more to go! Along with the tatting I have been sewing up a storm for all of the babies. Fleece sleeper and flannel kimonos. So many babies, so many sleepers!</div><div> </div><div>Today, was my last day at work, I am official retired, again! It is a good thing too as I am going to Alaska October 22 for three weeks. So far I have a baby shower and a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">costume</span> Halloween Party to attend. I don't think I have every been to a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">costume</span> party, or at least not since I was in grade school. </div><div> </div><div>I had better close have lots and lots to get done!</div><br /><div></div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-50589978142053415582009-09-05T15:47:00.000-07:002009-09-05T15:59:30.917-07:00The Seahorse<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5ye9FTUS09APN0hooUlgMJBTVOZNkOqSiA5tYj3SMqs4vIgFSGoKOS1zwhsi5VJcDj4xTtIQL4_4-NrLGptKKyOTntc96EDFcLkO-hCNwPqpQAsZRC7Paw9pHnuNGNWE9SpZYl1cZvpn/s1600-h/Seahorse.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 112px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378119538072778002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5ye9FTUS09APN0hooUlgMJBTVOZNkOqSiA5tYj3SMqs4vIgFSGoKOS1zwhsi5VJcDj4xTtIQL4_4-NrLGptKKyOTntc96EDFcLkO-hCNwPqpQAsZRC7Paw9pHnuNGNWE9SpZYl1cZvpn/s200/Seahorse.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I decided to take a break from baby booties. I have three pair done and am working on the fourth paid with two more to go. I added another pair by request. So I have done two lime green pair and a pair made from Lizbeth color Jewels. I have another green pair to do and then I am doing mocha and cream for my new baby. </div><div></div><div>Not a traditional color for a seahorse, but who said tradition was all you could do. This one was done with Lizbeth Color 123 Grape med., plum lite, plum dark and lighter shades between colors. It was actually the second one I did the first didn't turn out at all. I thought I followed the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">directions</span> exactly but my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">seahorse</span> looked very sick. So this time I follow the diagram and it did turn out better. The pattern is one of Debbie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Arnold's</span>. I might do this one again. It was fun and a nice break from baby booties. I am going to count this as 19 in the 25 Motif Challenge. I might get them all end before the end of the year.</div><div></div><div>Now it is back to listening to the pressure cooker as bean soup is cooking for this winter. I discovered a pressure cooker is great for dividing up meals and canning them. Making single servings is difficult and this way I can have some later without all the fuss. Besides who can make bean soup for just one person!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-9962150248611699262009-08-16T08:31:00.000-07:002009-08-18T14:51:08.563-07:00Sadie.....NO!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFZUe92efsGmS5UvTyHMAyntyXFia-9sRpM91EDFr5cU_4x8h7ejTtTia27PsA8WesRuO7mIw0XJo3h7lZ8FHnSiAJOef3L2tL2A9rzvwsWDPPe3YCl-vfrFaTAyCVTxnRegVtxuzKGvP/s1600-h/100_3049.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370585170786583922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFZUe92efsGmS5UvTyHMAyntyXFia-9sRpM91EDFr5cU_4x8h7ejTtTia27PsA8WesRuO7mIw0XJo3h7lZ8FHnSiAJOef3L2tL2A9rzvwsWDPPe3YCl-vfrFaTAyCVTxnRegVtxuzKGvP/s200/100_3049.jpg" /></a> Look what happens when your dog gets <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">ahold</span> of your tatting project. I had just finished the second round on the second bootee and put it down for the night. The next morning while I was getting ready for work Sadie came in with it dripping from her mouth. To late to rescue this <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">bootee</span></span>! She is so curious you really have to put things up where she can't reach them.<br /><br />I did get right on the the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">second</span> one though and finished them up. They are going to my nephew and his wife. They are expecting a baby boy in December. Don't you think this was a great color combination for a little boy? Now I am working o<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6WNOrQLUwvtk0tXjZKccyM4II8iQifrXehlF99_TZGcU-UdktpO_cy1zqYy_kkH-m3Gi5x7Y08NGMHv6P3tBAle5eeCh881z_-0e70vr9BvJ3tWyyxq9jtWJmpsG-r5vQ2Q5H3K6BmKy/s1600-h/100_3050.1.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370585162197039394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6WNOrQLUwvtk0tXjZKccyM4II8iQifrXehlF99_TZGcU-UdktpO_cy1zqYy_kkH-m3Gi5x7Y08NGMHv6P3tBAle5eeCh881z_-0e70vr9BvJ3tWyyxq9jtWJmpsG-r5vQ2Q5H3K6BmKy/s200/100_3050.1.JPG" /></a>n green ones for my sister's new granddaughter due in October. I will have still<br />have three more pairs to make before the end of the year. Two more green and one is going to be mocha and cream.<br />I am using a pattern by Mrs. C.B <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Platt</span></span> and size 20 <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Lizbeth</span></span> thread in color 113 Jewels.<br /><br />It is so hot out doors that I should be able to get a lot done on e the new bootee today. I spent most of yesterday outdoors working in the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">yard</span> and garden. I almost have enough cucumbers to make a batch of bread and butter pickles. Just need to get a few more ingredients and I can start the process.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-67706927631969798182009-08-08T13:10:00.000-07:002009-08-08T13:21:33.778-07:00The first pair.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFxuW8GtKOXe2Vt5dY3t5lEHP5DYSYs9osLD0inj22S_PePR5GtJltjWwHaZod1PI1QdeFhBug3d47y3RbW1NZXlwQ6yrYET1qvr3e9BeTF1nRFYUvqU2iZSE5qjVLWilrJSjXqsMfIQs/s1600-h/100_3046.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367688918958024418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFxuW8GtKOXe2Vt5dY3t5lEHP5DYSYs9osLD0inj22S_PePR5GtJltjWwHaZod1PI1QdeFhBug3d47y3RbW1NZXlwQ6yrYET1qvr3e9BeTF1nRFYUvqU2iZSE5qjVLWilrJSjXqsMfIQs/s200/100_3046.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Here they are the first completed pair of booties. I still have the ends to work in but I am very happy with how these have turned out. I did learn a lot by making the test <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">bootie</span> and was able to fine tune some of the areas that were difficult for me to work. My sister in NE thought they looked great and has suggest a very bright green for her new grand daughter. So of course I have had to order the thread as I do not have any of that color. While I am waiting for the new order of thread to arrive I am working on a pair in Lizbeth color 1113 Jewels. I am hoping they look manly enough for a boy. I would want his booties to be to pink. So far I am happy with the color and will be anxious to get t his pair done too.</div><div> </div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-80520074669230761402009-07-31T16:41:00.000-07:002009-07-31T16:57:23.967-07:00Baby Bootie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1YMh6wzDS3Zmz7iatIaqUCea5z6V6HYW-tkDgJpNBh5KlJN5KTeYx4_uUBftptXLuXTf9UwBWWZTA3z_aeGmYicOER_wY128qz_8DTGrccfk4XkaCym2oNBykMxoDt-dl1KpeJ63UkRpG/s1600-h/100_3019.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364775585487276082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1YMh6wzDS3Zmz7iatIaqUCea5z6V6HYW-tkDgJpNBh5KlJN5KTeYx4_uUBftptXLuXTf9UwBWWZTA3z_aeGmYicOER_wY128qz_8DTGrccfk4XkaCym2oNBykMxoDt-dl1KpeJ63UkRpG/s200/100_3019.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Just so you can see I have not been totally idle this last month. Here is my first complete baby booties. It as done as a test pattern, to see if I could do it. I think it turned over very well and am happy with it, even with the errors that I didn't rip out. Not very good colors for a baby but I was just experimenting with the pattern. I like it and it was easy to work. Just four rows. I even learned how to use a weaver's knot. I ran short of thread on the vamp and had to add more to my shuttle. I did find it challenging to get the thread on the shuttle right as the pattern just told you so many wraps about the shuttle. Most of the time it was way to much thread, except the vamp it would have been right on. I have the second one almost completed. Just the last row and it will be done. I am not sure what will happen to this pair but I have five more to make. Lots of new babies in my family this year. At least two boys and a girl. Then my friend is having a girl and my sisters daughter friend is having a girl. My daughter is not going to find out so we will just have to wait. She is due in January. So I will be making a trip to Alaska next winter!</div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div>I am going to count the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">bootie</span> as number 18 in the 25 Motif Challenge.</div><div></div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622241252333252857.post-4155056930907505602009-06-28T14:35:00.000-07:002009-06-28T15:00:55.541-07:00Where has the time gone??<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiAmToNbJHs4CBTOpgkPaZIiy7Nf8pNh5FnHYvBslCWrA-ZFs3cMrljRIN17dcD_0Rnl0plnSCLiCdLI7U1b4f2nechIE1x3mw74xrBtjcOMtq6Fc4ruxU9vNdSXSNKDiO49JiyY_WTxr/s1600-h/The+graduate.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352500106507354898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiAmToNbJHs4CBTOpgkPaZIiy7Nf8pNh5FnHYvBslCWrA-ZFs3cMrljRIN17dcD_0Rnl0plnSCLiCdLI7U1b4f2nechIE1x3mw74xrBtjcOMtq6Fc4ruxU9vNdSXSNKDiO49JiyY_WTxr/s320/The+graduate.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Here is is almost time for the 4<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> of July and where have I been? One place was to North Carolina, where my oldest grandson graduated from High School. In the picture you see him, his mom in the red shirt, his sister Kyra and his little brother Sean. </div><div> </div><div>Now he is in Alaska with his Aunt and having a ball even though his Aunt has put him to work already. He has done some yard work, hauled logs to be cut up for winter fuel, learned how to operate the power generator, and drive a standard shift truck. He has gone four wheeling with his cousin and learned how to clean the spark plugs on the four wheeler, fishing and exploring for bears. This weekend he is helping his cousins unpack two trucks and move into their new home. They have been living in a motel for three weeks with two little girls. I wouldn't have wanted to do that! They are in the army and will be stationed at the post in Fairbanks. If they make it through the winter they are considering staying there when he gets out in three years.<br /><br />My sister will be home this evening from Nebraska. She will be here for a month. We will be doing some golfing and kayaking. I hope I don't tip over when I get in this year as I did last year. Also have lots to do around the place for dad. He has his projects all lined up. She will be busy.<br /><br />I am still working! I was about to be finished July 8<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> but had a email telling us to stick around until we are asked to leave. Oh well, more extra cash to pay off those pesky bill and to buy more tatting shuttles, threads and books. Just need to find some time to tat.<br /><br />I have several raised beds that I need to be out weeding. Have several <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">vegetables</span> growing but probably not enough to can in the fall. I have cucumbers, spinach, lettuce, radishes, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">cantaloupe</span>, potatoes, onions, chives, beets (but I don't think they are growing) tomatoes, peppers, and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">asparagus</span>. Lots to keep me busy. Good thing my girlfriend does the lawn mowing when she is here. think I will <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">assign</span> her the flower beds to weed too.</div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398088268892447799noreply@blogger.com0