I Was Debating

August 10, 2010

I have used up all my space.  So I thought, ‘should I buy more or just say the hell with it?’  I’m a pretty lame blogger.  I’m a retired old woman with not much of anything better to do.  Please observe that I did not say “lady”!

I started this thing to combat Warm Brown Turdism.  It is a horrible  disease.  You see WBTs everywhere.  Have a seat at the boardwalk and watch them go by.  Look at everyone closely, but not too closely.  They scare easily.   What are they thinking?  Are they thinking?   Better yet.  What are you thinking?  What are you doing?  Are you just sitting there?  You better not be texting.  Too much of that causes WBT!  Oh.  You’ve got your iPod.  What are you listening to?  Is it the latest piece of crap that everybody else is listening to?  Or is it Jimmy Reed singing Big Boss Man?  Or Jussi Bjordling at Carnegie Hall?  Or the History of Rome podcast?  Or the Math Dude podcast?  Do you even know that you can use your beloved iPod to actually learn something?  And what about your hands?   Are they just laying there?  All right.  I’ll stop.

So anyway.  I bought more space .  I am hoping to write more patterns, but don’t hold your breath.  No.  Go ahead.  You’ll pass out and start breathing again.  So have fun with that. 

Carolyn's gloves

Here’s Carolyn with the gloves I made her.  The fit is good so I only need to weave in all the ends.  I started another pair right away and I have plans for a third pair.  She deserves good fitting gloves as much as anyone.

Carolyn's Coraline Gloves

Look at my Coraline gloves!  I’m so happy.  I love doing this kind of (I’ll say)’stuff’.  I think I’ll make myself a pair in a finer yarn.  You know I love gloves. 

After the rain

Cora loves to get dried off with a towel.  I think she deliberately runs through the sprinklers.  She says she got caught when they changed, but you really can’t believe anything she says–like when she says she missed breakfast.

Off to DMV

August 9, 2010

Frank wasn’t coming today, so we took the cars to DMV.  It had to be done by Sunday or they come with a big sledge-hammer and beat your car to death.  You have to take your car there to be inspected at the same time.  This is fine with me.  They also check lights, brakes, wipers and horn and there is no EXTRA fee.  The amount we pay for three cars is less than what I paid for just mine alone when we lived in Maryland.   Delaware is also saving  trees by not mailing out notifications.   If you’re smart enough to have a car then you should be able to look at your tag and know when to bring it in.  They will e-mail you if you give them your e-address.  What more do you want?  Oh yeah.  They have a drive-thru if you pay by cash or check.  You never have to get out of your car.  Is that enough?

What Did I Learn Today?

August 9, 2010

Twin needles make me crazy.  I like the foot I got.  It feeds the ribbon very nicely.  I wound up using  a little zigzag stitch.  It looks good.

I’ve been wanting to write something for days, but I haven’t had a decent amount of quiet time to do a good job.  I’ve been making progress on gloves and I want to tell you about the great time I had Tuesday.  Maybe tomorrow.

Moving Walls

August 5, 2010

Frank was here all day yesterday making a helluva lot of noise.  It wasn’t long before I wanted to hide with the cats.  He put in a long day and I thought he would never leave.  He tried to scare me by commenting on all the bugs crawling out of the wall.  I didn’t bat an eyelash.  When you’ve lived with Doug as long as I have, you learn not to take anything seriously that anybody tells you.  But, then, I’ve never been one of those squealy girls.  

new kitchen wall

 

wall down between bedroom and computer room

yarn room I can only get to a small portion of my yarn. I did manage to get some out before it was too late. One of them was my Coraline glove yarn.Coaline yarn

 

 The orange is off, but it was the best that I could do.  I wanted to get all the colors from one company.  And it had to be the right kind.  This batch is DK weight.  I also have fingering.  Anybody want Coraline gloves? 

I’d better go.  It’s starting to rain and I need to do a few things. 

Special Gloves

August 3, 2010

I’m going to see if they fit tomorrow.  Then I’m going yarn and/or fabric shopping with my girlfriends. 

My daughter called this morning.  She was buying Disney antenna toppers and having a ball.  It’s nice to know she is still my little girl at heart.   They are in Orlando for a few days before going to Key West.  They took two weeks off.  I hope they have lots of fun.

Sorry Robyn

July 29, 2010

I started these socks two days ago.  I took what I had done apart yesterday.  I really tried to like them, but I couldn’t do it.  This is the first time this  has happened.  Red Bird kits have always been so much fun, but the Jazz Dance socks are not for me.  I have a few other patterns in mind.  In the meantime, I’m making gloves for someone who lost a finger.  That should be fun.

I had my annual eye exam this morning.  My cataract is growing.  Bummer.  I have to go back in eight months.  I’ve had it for about sixty years.  My brother hit me in the eye with his slingshot.  We had recently moved into our first house and didn’t own a car.  The local doctor said I should go to Wilmer at Hopkins.  I didn’t want to go.  We would have to take a bus, a streetcar and a bus to get there.  I hated the ride.  I had been going there since I was two for “lazy eye”.  The best part was the blood on my eye.  It rolled around when I tilted my head.  It made my mother sick so I did it as much as I could.  I loved it.

Feather and Fan Socks

July 26, 2010

Another nice pair of socks.  For me.  I followed the pattern until I came to the toe and made a rounded toe.  I like it better than anything else I’ve tried.

A short swift rain storm came through yesterday evening.  The temperature has been more normal all day.  We were able to walk down to the pier this morning without passing out.  I also got some weeding in.  I’m happy, but pretty tired.

Trying Not to Sweat

July 24, 2010

We went out about an hour early this morning and it was ten degrees higher than when it is normal hot.  After one block I said I was going to the end of our road and turning back.  And I haven’t been out since then.  I fixed tuna salad for supper.  I asked Doug to get potato chips.  He tried to talk me into going to the supermarket.   I said, “No”.  So he went to Fran’s and bought chips.  Utz, of course.  He’s such a “sweetie”.   I hate that word.  And people around here use it A LOT.  Two lifetimes ago, when I lived in California, I saw commercials for Granny Goose potato chips.  A cowboy rode up on his horse,reach into in saddlebag and pull out a bag of chips.  Then he said, “My name is Granny Goose”.  I think he was also in a western TV series, but I can’t remember what it was.  I’ll have to look that up later.

I fixed a blouse this afternoon.  A tie had come loose and I didn’t want the girls wandering off.  I am a bit mad at myself for doing a lousy job when I made it so it took me a while to get around to fixing.  It wouldn’t’ve mattered so much if it was store-bought.    I also decided to add embroidery to my nightie.

What Did I Do?

July 24, 2010

I was going to sew.  I never got around to it.  I woke up thinking about blueberries.  So I made blueberry almond coffee cake for breakfast.  Doug ate two pieces.  We went for a walk, but not much of one.  It was too bleeding-ass hot.  And it wasn’t even 9AM!!!  We watched some TV and I did some knitting.  Not even the cats were outside much.  They slept most of the day, went out after supper and came back in.  I’ve been thinking about ‘What’ll I Do’ by Irving Berlin.  I think I’ll try to find  it for my iPod.  I know that it’s been recorded by a few people.  If I could find Irving singing it, I’d be happy.

I Like Pockets on my Pants

July 22, 2010

Whenever I am stupid enough to buy pants or jeans or without them I could kick myself.  Where did that term come from?  I guess you could kick yourself with your heel.  But not me.  First of all is the fear of dislodging my hip.  Dr. R would really be pissed at me.  Then, there’s the fact that I don’t think I could bend my knee that much either.  Oh.  Wait a minute.  I have two legs.  No.  That’s not going to work either.  I would still have to stand on the crappy leg to do all this.  So.  Where was I going with this?  Does it really matter?  OK.  After three years of laying in my basket,  I finally put pockets on my pink shorts.  Oh, yeah.  One sock is finished.