WEEK 8

 

Posting today almost did not happen.  More on that later.

Here is what I did this week on the crafting front.

I finished the 'replacement' sock Tuesday (18th).  

Started the second 'replacement' sock on the Wednesday and that was the last day I touched any of my projects.  This means, I have not picked up any of my WIP's in 4 days!  Unheard of, right?

Well, Monday, I had to go and get my nails all prettied up.  Tuesday, I went and had my hair trimmed up.  Good thing I went too.  Found out my hair dresser is moving locations in a week!  Luckily, it is still in the area so I will be able to still go to her.

Wednesday we went to pick up hubby's suit for the wedding.  The suit coat and shirt did not fit!  They ordered another size and told us to come back the next day.  After we left there we went to lunch with Josie and her other grandparents.  We enjoyed having a little private time with the bride to be.

Went back Thursday to get the suit coat and it was still not a great fit.  They wanted to order another one and have us come back on Friday but I kind of threw a little hissy fit and informed them our Friday was totally booked and they just needed to figure it out.  BAM!  They found another coat that fit much better and were able to hem the sleeves while we waited!  Amazing!  We went to lunch with our friends from Las Vegas and spent the day with them ending it with a lovely dinner at our mom and pop Italian restaurant.

Friday was rehearsal day and open house for out of towners.  That lasted all morning into late afternoon.  Then our niece and her family (from Las Vegas) came over to our house for dinner.  My niece helped me get the wedding dress back into the dress bag.  She also helped me get things together that we needed to take to the wedding venue.

Saturday I ended up at Total Wine getting NA Guinness for a couple of the gentlemen that were attending the wedding.  We got to the venue at 4:30 and spent the next 2 hours helping everyone get dressed.  We had an issue getting Josie's dress fastened!  It was so hot in the room they were getting dressed in.  It was like her body swelled up in the dress.  After several tries, we were finally able to get it all snapped, zipped and tied up.  We were at the venue until around 10:30.  By the time we got home and got everything put away is was midnight.

Today, we got up around 7 and went to 9am Mass followed by going out to breakfast with other wedding party goers.  The rest of the day is being spent doing absolutely nothing!  I start taking care of Josie's cats tomorrow until they come home next Sunday.

I do have a couple of photos from the Grand Event!

The grand entrance after being officially married.

Their first dance as husband and wife.

That's my and my hubby of almost 51 years.  Tired but very happy.  We really like the young man she married and they are just so darn cute together.  He is happy to have new grandparents close to home too.

That covers my week.  I hope yours was productive.

Until Next Time............Happy Crafting!!!!!!!!

Week 7

 

Hello friends!  I am so happy to have y'all stopping by.  I have a finish for the week!

The replacement brown striped sock is completed and has already been worn!  Hubby is truly knit worthy.

I then picked up the lap throw and worked on it for several evenings.

*sigh* will this ever be completed?  I keep checking on the yarn cake and it never seems to get any smaller.  The person who gave me this pattern is coming to town this week.  I may just hand it to her and tell her to have at it and let her work on it for a bit.  She told me this was a quick and easy pattern to do.  IN WHOSE BOOK?  Not mine.

To break up the monotony of brown, I picked up hobby's replacement blue RCR.

Only 75 more rows before the toe LOL.  I really should not call this a replacement sock since I will need to make another one as soon as this one comes off my needles.  The mate to this replacement is darn near worn through on the heel so I am going to get ahead of the game and make a second one ASAP.

And that, my friends, is the sum total of my crafting this week.

We are now down to less than a week before the wedding day!  This coming Saturday (22nd) is the big day.  Josie had her bachelorette party last night so she is now in bride to be mode.  I do believe everything is ready to go.  Now we wait for out of town guests to arrive.  

Hubby was so sweet to me this past week.  Everything has been a bit hectic and I have been a bit of a nervous nelly.  He took me to our local casino for an afternoon of bingo and a little down time.  It was needed and much appreciated.  I felt renewed once we left and....... I had an excellent nights sleep.

Just so I have a list to refer to...........here is next weeks schedule.

Today - laundry

Monday - Nails

Tuesday - Hubby Dr Appt

                 Haircut

Wednesday - Pick up hubby's suit

Thursday - Dinner with extended family

Friday - Rehearsal and open house for out of towners

Saturday - WEDDING    

Sunday - Mass and rest 

Not sure where knitting comes in but I will find a bit of time somewhere.  I helps to keep me sane.

I do have a chuckle for you today....................

Until Next Time.........................Happy Crafting!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WEEK 6 OF YOP 16

 

It was a fairly quiet week here,  I was able to work on many of my projects this week.  My main attention was on cross stitch.

The focus, at the moment, is the orange section.  There are 4 different colors of orange in there.  It doesn't seem like there is much difference in 3 of them but one is much darker than the rest.  That is the one I am working on now.  I would love to have this section of this page done this coming week.  There are a total of 6 pages in this cross stitch!  I do not know why the photo shows the fabric as having a 'texture' to it.  It is just normal 18 count aida cloth.

There was a wee bit added to the lap throw.

I find this a good one to work on when I need semi mindless knitting. The endless sea of brown is not very inspiring though.  Hence the reason it only sees a wee bit of love each week.

My take along projects.

Only 84 more rows before the toe.  If things go as planned, I might be able to get it done this week.

The brown RCR is getting a bit more love as I only need to make one of them and hubby will have a pair again.  I will need to make 2 of the blue since the whole sock is showing signs of the heel blowing out very soon too. 

That is it for my projects this week.  In other news...............................

Monday, Stacie, Josie and I went to the wedding venue so Josie could show the decorator her ideas for the layout and colors for flowers and table linens.  Afterwards, we came back to my house for the final dress fitting and adjustments.  Everything is a go as of this writing.

I have been very good this past week and managed to cook all but one day.  We had been going out so much.  I was throwing too much food away because it was not being eaten.  We call that 'cash in the trash'.  With food prices these days..................well, it's sad.  Today, I am making Carne Guisada (Mexican beef stew), pinto beans and fresh flour tortillas.  Normally, on Sundays I do easy meals.  But, I have wanted to make this for a few weeks and this is the perfect day and then we will have leftovers for later in the week.  Actually, the carne is done in the slow cooker and the beans are done in the instant pot.  Super easy,  The tortillas take a bit of time though.  I make them with sourdough starter so they must be healthy lol.

I have a chuckle for you today......................

Until Next Time...........................Happy Crafting!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WEEK 5

 

Howdy!  I had time to really work on my items this week.

The baby hat.....................

Hmmmm, this is actually a lovely baby blue color.  Anyway, It is done and I will be sending it and 7 other baby hats to my niece in Las Vegas for her NICU.

I also finished the 51st To The Point Shawl.  I need to take a day a sew on the labels and medals on the 3 I have completed so I can turn them in to the church.

I worked on the cross stitch only once this past week. 

I did a few rows on each RCR sock but not enough to warrant a photo.

The languishing lapghan got picked up last night and a few rows were put on it.  It is a good TV viewing project and I really want to get it finished and off my WIP list.

There was a celebration this weekend.

Josie with her mom, Stacie, and Fiancé, Josh.

Josie turned 21 on the 1st!  And in 21 days she will be walking down the aisle.  She is growing up so fast.

The coming week is very 'quiet'.  The only thing I have going is on Monday, when I go with Josie and Stacie to talk to the decorator at the wedding venue and then we are going to do a little bit of touching up on the wedding dress and steaming the veil.  With all the down time I am hoping to accomplish quite a bit of crafting.  We shall see.

Here is our forecast for the next week.  I am very much over summer!

Even our night time lows are hot.  The pool is like bath water so no relief there either.  Thankfully my A/C is working well and the solar is helping with the electric bill.  But, as a knitter/crocheter, I long to be able to wear sweaters and blankets! *sigh*

I do have a chuckle for you this week...................

Until Next Time.................Happy Crafting!!!!!!!!!!!!

WEEK 4

 

Another week has ended.  It was a grand week with lots of things happening both in life and in my crafting world.  Here is a run down of the week..................

Last Sunday - I finished the cream colored To The Point Shawl.  It is waiting for the label and medal to be sewn on to it.  Then it will go to my Parish's prayer shawl ministry closet for distribution.  It was also our youngest grandson's 23rd birthday.  How quickly they grow up.

Monday - I got my cross stitch all set up and was able to give it love throughout the week.

It may not look like much got accomplished but the speckled areas you see took me several hours to do.  A very slow process but the finished produce will be well worth it.  I do like the sitting frame holder.  Having both hands free to work the needle is a big help.

Tuesday - This was medical day for me.  I had two blood tests plus an carotid ultrasound.  That pretty much ate up most of my morning and early afternoon.

Wednesday - This was kitchen day.  I got my sourdough back out and revived it.  I made a loaf of bread and a pan of crackers with it.  Later that day, I made some soft serve vanilla ice cream using my homemade vanilla.  It has such a better flavor than store bought stuff.  I had to take my mom's mantle clock to the clock repair shop.  It would chime but would not keep time.  The gentleman there asked me if I wanted it to keep time or to chime!  I looked at him like he had lost his mind.  BOTH!  He tells me it costs more for both.  What good is a mantle clock that does not tell time or chime!  UGH!  It will be a couple of weeks before it comes back to me.

Thursday - I went back over to Stacie's and picked up the rocking chair I had rocked Josh in when he was a baby.  They had used it to rock Josie in too.  It has been restored and is waiting at my house for the next wee one to come along.  Hopefully that is a few years away yet.  My husband noticed my sock needles were empty and came to me with 2 socks that needed a new mate.

They are both started.  As I was looking at the good sock that matches the blue yarn, I noticed the heel in it was VERY thread bare.  So will go ahead and make a complete pair out of the blue.  This is the one time I am glad I over stock on yarn I like.  Then I have it available when needed.

But wait.............there's more!  I needed something else to work on as I only have 8 WIP's at the moment.  So, let's start another prayer shawl.

I have had this yarn in my stash for over 10 years.  It is time it got put to use.  Too bad you can not see the little time sparkles that are throughout the yarn.  It is so pretty.

Friday - I delivered and table and lamp to our son and DIL.

This had belonged to my mom also.  The table is so cute and sorry I didn't get a better shot of it.  But it has a drawer on either end of the table.  Tiff was so excited for it and is going to use it in her 'she shed' room.

This was also grocery shopping day.  It took me all of about 15 minutes to complete my shopping and check out.  I like that kind of shopping.

If you follow the news, you now we have some really horrid temps right now.  Well over 110F.  So, I decided it was time to quit growing out my hair (which was not working well anyway) and get it cut a bit.

Here is what came off my head!  No wonder I was always hot and sweaty.

AHHHHH...............much better and so much cooler!  The gray is really showing up now.  Someday it will be 'platinum' all over.

Saturday -  I managed to work on all my knit and crochet items.  The baby hat is still in progress.

I still need another inch on it before starting the crown. It should be done this coming week.

Today I am doing laundry and want to bake up some scones and make some belgian waffles for us. 

I so have a chuckle for you this week.

Until Next Time..........................Happy Crafting!!!!!!!!!!!!

WEEK 3

 

It has been a busy week here at Casa de Noce.  Here is my week in review.

Monday:  Had an early morning manicure.  I always feel so good after the nails are all pretty again.  When I got home I was so happy to see a delivery waiting for me.  My Etsy order arrived containing my cross stitch sit on frame holder.

It was very easy to set up and get my Q-Snap frame loaded into it.

This is me sitting on it while on the sofa.  It is so comfy.  I am excited to get back to my cross stitch.  (Not sure why this photo has funky gray spots on the xstitch.)

Our monsoons finally hit.  We had a huge dust storm followed by almost 1" of rain!

Tuesday:  Got my hair cut!  Took off 4 inches.  It is a bit shorter than I wanted but it will grow.  It is now in a straight bob.  I miss the angled bob and am hoping it will grow enough in the next month we can get back to that style on my next visit. Ran a few other errands and then went and had lunch with hubby and DIL, Stacie, and her friend.

Wednesday: Went over to Stacie's and help her clean out her kitchen.  She is trying to get the house cleaned out by the first of September so she can sell it and move on with her life.  Jay and Tiff (son and DIL) came over for dinner.  We have not had much time to get together lately.  It was nice to have them over for a while. 

Another little monsoon storm of dust and wind but no rain.

Thursday: I spent the day knitting!

Hubby's RCR socks were completed.  So glad to have them off the needles.  I am trying to get all my small WIP's done so I can get on to my xstitch.

We had a HUGE monsoon storm.  We got OVER 1" of rain.  It just poured for several hours.  My plants are very happy!

Friday:  I started cat sitting today.  Cat sitting is so much easier than dog sitting.  Cats do not require someone to be there all day and all night.  All they care about is having food and water and a litter box ready for use.

These are the 3 darlings I took care of for 3 days.  They are not super friendly but will allow me to 'touch' them for a hot minute.  

There were groceries to actually shop for today.  I was very good and did not stray from my list either.

Saturday: I tried so hard to complete the To The Point shawl today.  

It is soooo close.  Maybe by tonight it will be finished.  Then, the only other small WIP I have left to do is the baby hat.

No real big hurry to complete it other than to just have a finished item.

Today:  It was my last day to take care of the cats.  I am getting laundry completed today just so I have the week free of that mundane task.  I also pulled my sourdough starter out and am hoping I can revive it.  I want to get back to making all the sourdough goodies again.

I do have a little chuckle for you today

Until Next Time...................Happy Crafting!!!!!!!!!!!

Week 2

 

Welcome!  I hope this finds all of you healthy and happy.  Let's get started looking at my craft week.

I had a bit of startitis this past week.  There was a shawl and a couple of baby hats.  I still had my carry over WIP's too.  So?  What got completed?

Baby Hat #15.  So much fun to do and a quick knit.  I did cast on another one straight away but only have 2 rows on it.

The To The Point Shawl #50 is now half way completed.  The yarn for this was reclaimed from a cardi I had made a few years back but disliked the way it looked on my.  I had almost forgotten about this yarn.  It is Cascade Anthem and so soft for an acrylic yarn.  I may have enough to make one more shawl.  Cleaning out the stash is actively going on!

I grabbed one of my languishing WIP's to work on. 

This has carried over since YOP 13.  I found the pattern and figured out where I was and then looked at the next step to do and said NO WAY!  It was not my favorite gnome pattern even from the start.  So, Gnome news is good news now resides in my trash bin along with the pattern in the recycling bin.  It wasn't even worth the trouble of trying to frog it and save the yarn.  That is one way to clear out the WIP list LOL.

I also put on several rows on hubby's RCR sock.

I am over half way done with the foot.  Maybe I can complete it this week?  

I did a little work on the puzzle but nothing much to warrant a photo.  It is much harder than I thought it would be.

That covers all I did craft wise this week.  My week was full of life events though.  I spent several days dog sitting.

Remember this handsome fellow?  THOR!  His new owners went on vacay and since I live a block away and know him, I got to go over during the day to keep him company.  He remembered me and it was a joy to be with him again.  We had lunch with good friend of our.  We try and do this monthly just to keep up with each others lives.  There is always much laughter and very full tummies. Hubby finally got his hearing tested.  We were happy to hear he did not need hearing aids.  His hearing loss is very mild and mostly in high frequencies.  The last thing this week was burying a friend.  We had dinner with him on his birthday and he passed the next day.  No warning!  He will be missed greatly.  He had a huge impact on our life.  I know a we get older and our circle of friends get older, this is going to be more and more common.

That is my week in review.  Today, laundry is going to be done.  Tomorrow is pamper ME day with nail appointment and hair appointment.  There are other activities, but will save those to reflect on next update,

Until Next Time...................Happy Crafting!!!!!!!!!!