I got all the xmas shopping done yesterday. Yay. Mainly buying stuff online for family members. Jules and I got on the phone together to help each other figure out what we would be getting from the shopping lists. This is the first year that our family members used amazon gift shopping lists. Certainly made it easier ( Read more... )

Update on my visit to the orthopedic surgeon's office today. I started writing this as a reply to a comment from HaertStitch on DW but decided to just post it here instead. When I went in there this morning it was so stupid. The office woman didn't want to make the copies of my file that the other office specifically asked for. Instead she told me ( Read more... )

Still struggling with the lucet. I can do the braid where you turn the lucet for each new stitch pretty good but the weave where you work with it facing front ways all the time is unacceptably uneven. I don't like learning from youtubes that much. I prefer a book. The book I have isn't that good in my opinion ( Read more... )

Not sure what I'm doing yet with the "neutral" lap robe. I looked at the red joining line this morning and kind of liked it. I got out some brown yarn and some taupe yarn to see if I would like that better. Maybe I'll use all 3 randomly. That could be interesting ( Read more... )

Last night Dave's brother Jim came home with him after hunting and I made them what has now become my signature meal - schrubens (mushroom Reubens). We had a good time talking and laughing after dinner. Andy tried to entertain us with his antics. I don't think Jim really enjoyed them much. Andy barks at Dave when Dave talks (which is annoying - I ( Read more... )

Yesterday morning didn't go as planned. After I did my LJ writing I checked the calendar and discovered I had an appointment to go to the dermatologist for a mole removal at 8:15. I had totally forgotten about it. Big rush to get a shower and get ready to go to get there on time. It all went well but I found that they could only remove one. The ( Read more... )

The question:
3 What’s your current weather situation, and how is it affecting your day?It's going to be sunny today and a bit warmer - going to get up to the 40's. Still snow on the ground but not so deep you can't walk through it easily. I haven't been out for a hike in many days. I'm yearning to get out there but Dave tells me I still shouldn't ( Read more... )

I wasted about 15 minutes last night clicking through 40 Things All Baby Boomers Think Are Cool, getting very annoyed that the person who wrote it lumps ALL Baby Boomers together and she seems to think we are all republicans, don't know how to use the internet to look things up, don't know how to use credit or debit cards, like the Rump, like Fox ( Read more... )

I got an order today for a pendant I had listed on etsy since 2016. That sounds like a long time but I really don't mind. It only costs me $.20 every 4 months to list something so this cost me $1.80 in all to have it listed for those years. Well worth it to have something that is unique find the right owner. It allows me to make oddball items that ( Read more... )

We had originally planned to have our festivities on Tuesday afternoon and evening but found out yesterday that Johnny, Alison and Alison's dad Michael had to change their plans and are coming a day early (today) and leaving at noon on Tuesday. So everything is moved a day earlier. I need to stay focused on wrapping presents, clearing the dining ( Read more... )