thunder tuesday.....

we are supposed to get thunder storms this afternoon

....

it's November

.......

and yesterday

the weatherman

very quickly and in a very off hand manner

mentioned

the

"S"

word

which produced the other

"S"

word

from

moi!

Thank you so much for letting me know about the weather "south of us"

you know in the other

hemisphere!!

Now I know where you all are

well those of you who kindly

commented

and

Tammy

in

Kuwait

you will find the time one of these days

to sit and do what you wish

you have a busy life right now

but it will slow down

when the boys are all grown up and

gone

:{

and then you'll sit and craft

and think about these days

and want them back

well

the good ones

anyway

:}

As I have said before

I don't have kids or a job

so I can do what I do

until the cat needs me!!!

I have decided to find another hat pattern for that yarn

so that is what I will do

and see if I can make one

because that yarn does not want to be that hat

divine

or

not

!!!!

If I find one and do anything with it

I'll show you later

for now

have a good day

I'll probably be found here
on the messy couch
surrounded by
chaos
trying to find
inspiration!!!

♥

 



Hello there...again

Where is the time going?

I made a Dorset button for the white Divine hat

I couldn't help myself and I thought

why not?

I finished the blue one and this morning decided to make a rose for it

"MY" rose

the one in the tut at the top of the page!!!

and I didn't have to use the tut!!!

just made it smaller

I have no idea if this will be worn

but I made it pretty anyway!!

the light today is rubbish

abut it's all I've got!

and then

and then

I made another button

this one with french knots

the scarf has eaten up all the yarn and I will have to go and get another skein

 bah humbug!!

I am still going on the shawl I started and it's getting longer

with the cold mornings we are having it will be nice to wear when I sit in this very chilly room

(rotl)

and you would think that after two hats

I would be able to just go full speed ahead on the third

but

NO

an hour's worth of hooking

watching Miss Oprah drool all over her guest today

Keith Urban

(?)

and I had to rip it all out because I can't count to 15

ggggrrrrrrrr!!!

so I thought I would take a break 

come and say

 HI

to you all

and hope you're projects are working out better.

I have been reading all about the snow over there on the other side of the Big Water

hope you are all safe and warm and cosy

I guess it's your turn this year

but it's still early and who knows what Winter will do to us this year.

How is it in the Southern Hemisphere

do I have anyone down there who visits?

Well off to cook dinner

no more turkey

YEAH

so have to start from scratch

......

HHHMMM!!!

 see you tomorrow

stay warm

:)



have you seen

the

crazy Target Lady

I am not one for commercials

usually mute them

always mute them

but

there is a series of "Target" commercials running at the moment

I just saw this one and I  laughed my socks off

I think I need to get a life!!!

but do go over and see it

the expression on her face at the end is just

tooo much!!!

guess that's what too much shopping does for you!

Sunny Saturday



Good morning all!!

Hope you all had a great day on Thursday

and you indulged yourselves

in all there was to indulge in!!

and those of you who didn't

well

hope you had a good day anyway!!!

So, now we begin the countdown to the other big celebration

After two days of overcast skies

and general yuckyness

it is bright and beautiful today

albeit cold

but it's supposed to be cold now

so it's OK!!

For MY first Christmas purchase this year

I bought these very festive

Begonias

from the

Hardware Store.

!!!

Husband needed some sand paper so off we went to get it

and to make sure he didn't get lost and wander too long in the humongous building

I went with.

I always check out the plants in said establishments

as the nurseries are usually too busy and very expensive

and most of them are closed at the moment

or just have trees

but I spied these little beauties

and thought how very

Chrismas-y

they looked with the red and green splotches

so I got the last two decent ones

the racks and racks of poinsettias looked

very sad and already used

so I avoided them this time

such a shame when the new stuff comes in

with an already

used look

but there is so much of everything already

and it has that

picked over feel about it

and we have just begun!!

I was very happy to see the parking lots full of cars

and lots of people in the stores

Living where we do it's tempting to run up North a bit and use the huge Malls up that way

but yesterday it seems

everybody and their brother were here at "home"

spending spending spending

good for the local economy

:)

I have finally finished the basket weave knitted thing

I guess it's more a

neck warmer than a scarf

I put the

Dorset button on and made a little loop and

Bob's your uncle

If it keeps getting colder I may just wear it!!

LE  Buton!!!!

Another Divine hat in the making

for someone

not me!!

I also got another book the other day

husband gets little reminders from Amazon

and acts accordingly

I still have to start the others I have

but Winter is here

so I will be reading them soon

As we were up that way

we of course made a stop at the

"useless craft store"

this visit was for me

but he came in anyway

just to browse

he said

to see if they had the glue he needed

( they didn't the last time so I didn't think they would this time)

but

his visit didn't last long at all

and I actually didn't blame him one bit

this aforementioned store

has a nasty habit

at Christmas time

of putting those very smelly

very unpleasant

to some

stinking nasty pine cones

at the front door

the ones that smell like

you fell in a vat of cinnamon and other pungent spices

and you can't get out

Now, I realise that some like that odour

but there are some of us who don't

 and find it most disagreeable

and quite

gag inducing

I am one of those

so I gagged my way to the yarn section and got what I wanted

and got the

heck outta there

to find the husband in the car with all the windows open.

I can't imagine having to stay in there for hours but maybe they don't notice it anymore

and are so saturated by the stink they have become immune

oh and there was a very creepy man in there that also added to my hurry up and get out attitude

(shivers at the thought)

:{

and the yarn I  got is to make this

also not for moi!!!!

so, back to the hooks and needles

have to go and check that what I did last evening

 while watching a

Law and Order UK marathon

( the show you love.... but this time with......

wigs!!!!!  

 :) :) :) :) :) :) :) )

is as it should be

and

I look forward to the Turkey sandwiches I will no doubt be making a little later

YUMM!!!

best part of all

so enjoy your day

be good and be kind

especailly if you have to go out into the throngs

I have no intention of doing so

.......

♥

:)

Happy Thanksgiving

**************************************************

***************************************************** 

click here for

a card for you all

May your day be full of all
that you wish
and more
.......
and remember

"Tis a gift to simple, 'tis a gift to be free,

'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,

And when we find ourselves in the place just right,

'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

When the true simplicity is gain'd,

To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,

To turn, turn will be our delight,

Till by turning, turning we come round right.

Elder Joseph Brackett

when he was at the Shaker community in Alfred, Maine in 1848

even if it isn't

Thanksgiving Day

 where you live

for just a minute

be

Thankful

for what you have

and

 have a wonderful day

Hi there.....

did you miss me?

I thought there was a post here, but there wasn't

so nothing got posted yesterday

because

................

I'm a twit

:}

..........................................................

I've been going to the

"dashboard"

page these days

instead of the blog page

and

I didn't see that the post I wrote the day before yesterday

wasn't there!!!!!

Ruth Marie

corn poppy girl

 gave me a blog award

and I wrote 10 things about myself

which is part of getting the award

and then you name 10 blogs and send people over there

and

on and on

but for some reason

I seem to have hit the

draft button

instead of the

publish button

and it didn't show up

which is a good thing

as it happens

because the

10 things I wrote

.....

you don't want to know that nonsense

so you were saved

and you didn't even know it

Today is the day before

Thanksgiving

here in the States

It is my favourite holiday

I find the

sentiment

appropriate

after nearly a year of

overindulgence

and

before

the

commercial craze of Christmas

commences

oooo try saying that after three cups of coffee!!!

Ruth Marie.....

if you are reading this

thank you for the award

and I will take you up on your offer of not doing it

I know you won't mind!!!

So, I just thought I would pop in and tell you this.

Nonsense continues here  in

roomontheleft

Now I have to go pop the pie in the oven

well after I make it

will see you all in a bit!!!

:}



then one foggy monday morn

even Santa wouldn't be able to find him in this fog!!!

thick thick fog

shrouding everything in a mantle of mist

in the middle of the lake is a flock of something

ducks or geese

I do not know

even outside I couldn't see them

spooky

so I guess it's a day to stay inside

and

make more

dorset buttons

and see what else I can do with them

and of course

she's always here

for company and amusement

she's 

wondering what the heck I'm doing on that side of the door

on such a foggy miserable

morn

come back inside you crazy human

......

..........

is it time to eat

again?

it's been

what

fifteen minutes

..........

^..^

what was special...

about today

I thought

as I had my first cup

of that which wakes one up

I couldn't think of anyone's birthday

or anniversary

I checked the calendar and nothing was there

when I went to get the second cup of

you know!!!

the sun was just coming in the kitchen window and I saw this

and you know me by now

I take what I see

( I know.......!!!)

.......

the light playing on the fan

and the new little dish I bought and never showed you

and another sun in the morning light

and then I went outside because the

japanese maple

called to have her portrait taken as she sheds her leaves

as this year winds down

this year.....

struck a chord in the old cobwebs in the brain

a year

of what

....

then is dawned

:) :) :)

and

I remembered what has been different this year

for me anyway

I am a blogger

I have a blog

I have followers

and visitors from all over the globe

who come and read  the nonsense I write and look at the photos I post

a year ago today

I started to write and photograph

and post for the whole world to see

today is the anniversary of

roomontheleft

and I thank you all for making it such a hoot

I write about nothing and you still come to visit

and I appreciate you all

really really I do

I will probably never ever meet any of you in person

but that isn't the point

we visit

we chat

and we share

little things

and

big things

and it's fun and full of encouragement

and support

and

I like it!!!

and this is what it looks like here today

I have the oldest balloon in the world

(I don't know how old it is but it won't die (deflate) so I keep it)

and it's on the desk today

to remind me

of what a fun place

blogland is

and hopefully will continue to be

if you keep coming

and

you keep

writing your blogs too!!!

Here's to all our blogs

may they be filled with

creativity

friendship

happy posts

and

great great photos

If I drank

( and you should be happy I don't coz I'm dizzy enough sober)

I would toast you all with a glass of

champagne

and

thank you all for making it a fun year

so I raise my cup o'java

(which is now a little cold and needs refilling)

and say

Here's to us all

Have a Happy Day

in

Blogland

and

out

........

Cheers!!!!!

Finally Friday

So the phone rang

it was the sister

calling to say the scarf had arrived

after

TWO WEEKS

thanks canada post for being so quick

:p

she said someone at the office saw it and told her she would like me to make a hat and scarf for her mother

I said

I can't make hats and I'm busy doing other stuff

the sister sighed

the way sisters sigh!!!!

:p

I feel really bad when I say no to someone or something

so we chatted a little longer and I thought about it

here is what there was after the thought!!!

Have you seen this hat?

it's called

Divine hat

not sure why

but it is

it took about 1 1/2 - 2 hrs to make

I futtsed it a bit

and there it sits

on my noggin

and on the desk

so you want the pattern?

are you sure?

really sure.....

will you show us if you make one?

really?

OK

here it is...

have a great night evening afternoon morning

and I'll see ya later

may have a tut up tomorrow

if the light changes and I can get some decent shots...

:)

can't see the forest for the trees

Is this what your coffee table looks like

please say yes

so I don't feel like a complete slob

that's what they are for though

right?

to put stuff on

all your stuff at once!!

I have been slogging away on the basket weave knitting

and still love how it looks

I will share the pattern soon

but if you don't want to wait just do a search on

basket weave

and you should find it

I realised that I would need more yarn to finish it

so ventured up to the craft store

husband also needed something

....

side note

men should not be allowed in spaces where women dwell

like

craft stores

he drives me up the wall

and across the ceiling

I told him they didn't have what he wanted but

nooooooo

he had to look and see for himself

Staples is for men

it's very

"to the point" and sterile in there

so go there next time to get what you need

and leave the

fru fru to us

:)

I found some plastic rings

to make some of those woven buttons

think they are called

Dorset buttons

or something like that

I saw a how-to ages ago but never found the rings

until today

may add one or two to the basket weave

now I have to find the how to.....and the rings are a little on the small side but I'll give it a shot anyway

:)

I wondered if the little flowers I made in the summer would fit

so I got them out

and put them on the coffee table

aren't they sweet?

the husband,

man that he is,

thinks this (below) has too many

"holes" in it

I explained it's called

LACE

the remote was there because I watched

Pioneer Woman on the Food Network in her show with

Bobby Flay

have you seen it?

(those of you here of course)

in case you haven't I won't spoil it and say who won

but this time the right one did!!!!!!

It is so nice to hear her voice

see her kids and

the best thing of all

NO,

 not

Marlboro Man

but CHARLIE

her basset hound

if you get a chance do watch or tape it

they are repeating the show over the weekend I think

Her blog is the first one I read

when I found blogs a few years ago

and I thoroughly enjoy it

she is a delight

and if you have no idea who the hell I am talking about

"Pioneer Woman"

 is the name of her blog

it's worth a look

and while making said

basket weave

I was wondering if I could

translate it into

Tunisian

I "felt" I had seen it somewhere

or something very similar in look

and

I

found

it

right on the front of the book I got for my birthday

right there

in front of my eyes

on the coffee table

for the last few days

it's been there

 the whole time

think it's time to clean up and sort the mess!!!

and now I will go see what else I can get into

have a good whatever

and I'll see you all later!!!

:)

windy wednesday

so what to talk about today

after a day of nothing posted.

Yesterday was an absolutely miserable day

weather wise

foggy

rainy and blustery

as you can see the leaves are off most of the trees

but the beechnuts are holding on to theirs for a while longer

we had a thunderstorm at midnight last night that woke me up and got me out of bed in a second

I went and lay on the couch for a while as the lightning and heavy rain on the skylight

scared the you know what out of me

it didn't last long

but it was enough

to get me to move!!

today is a bright as a new penny and while it's still breezy

it's better than yesterday

as I had nothing of the domestic kind to do

I spent the day trying out new stitches

knitted and tunisianed!!

the one below is knitted basket weave or cross stitch

I found a little piece I had done before

 and

remembered how

so started with this yarn left over from the husbands scarf,

(which was noticed by Elizabeth Cat

and she saw that the colour was exactly what it was chosen for

the Latvian Flag)

I will tell the "precious jewel" what the

18th November  means

but I want to know

which

Independence Day........

when the

"wall came down"

or something more ancient!!!

or I will Google it!!!!!

this one below is from the new book

and it's with the pure wool I bought a couple of weeks ago

it's very loose and floppy

which I think will be nice

maybe a little wrap for the old shoulders now that

the cooler weather is here

in between hot flashes of course!!!

this is the same one I showed the other day

I think

and it's working up quite fast

love this yarn!!!

and then the one on the two needles that people seem to think is so nice but so difficult to do

it isn't and you should try it!!!

so three or four things going at the same time should keep me busy for a while!!!

that way I don't loose interest in any one thing

I can imagine an ordered mind would find this deplorable

but not me

Libra you know

unbalanced most of the time!!!

I watched the results show on

Dancing with the Stars last night

and am completely flummoxed

as to why Bristol is still there

Bristol for you non-Yanks

!!!

is the daughter of

Sarah Palin

whom I am sure you have heard of

but don't necessarily know

I don't know her either

nor do I wish to know anymore than I already do

but it seems the

"Tea Partiers"

 are suddenly interested in a silly

dance competition and are somehow letting it be known

It's a shame

that a silly competition is being turned into a political statement of some sort

it  isn't Bristol's fault so much

 as it is small minds

My blog

My opinion

!