Wow... I sure have neglected you, my little bloggie
I feel like a parent who abanded their child
Or one who has selected a favorite child
...and it wasn't you.
I've jumped on the bandwagon
a bandwagon called Facebook
I've been bedazzled by BeJeweled
...I'm just not that into you.
I've moved past this blog
to a place where I Twitter
and see lots of Tweets
oh wait...my Tweets are here too!
Please forgive my inattentiveness
I promise I'll change
Isn't the first step
Admitting my problem?
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Look what I found on the side of the road for free yesterday!
While driving out in the country yesterday to pick up something from Craig's List, I saw a sign "free" and this behind it. I was running late so I thought I'd stop on the way home.
Kept my eyes peeled on the way back because I couldn't remember if where I saw it... and finally saw it ...
Pretty cool. It just fits inside my van - practically reaches from slider to slider. It has 12 of those little things the fit in the slots. They go in in alternate directions so you end up with 6 things on each of the 4 sides. I think this could work well to display some of my things.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
What's on my needles tonight
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
Friday, August 7, 2009
Fortunately
Fortunately my daughter successfully completed her university class in Barcelona, Spain and is coming home!
Unfortunately she missed her pre-arranged & prepaid ride to the airport.
Fortunately she was able to call a cab.
Unfortunately she had to pay for the cab.
Fortunately she had some money.
Unfortunately she went to the wrong airline counter to check in.
Fortunately she found the right airline counter.
Unfortunately she was too late to catch her flight.
Fortunately the airline was able to book her on another flight.
Unfortunately she has to wait a whole day to fly out.
Fortunately she is able to stay 1 more night with the same lady she boarded with.
Unfortunately she needs a lot more money to pay for the additional charges to chang her ticket.
Fortunately she can call mom & dad.
Unfortunately this means mom needs to get to the bank this morning.
Fortunately mom & dad have an emergency fund and can get her the money.
Unfortunately our son has his final T-ball game at noon so we have to be ready to head over there after doing the banking…and we can’t find his glove.
Fortunately we called dad who found it in his truck.
Unfortunately we now have to drive across town to pick it up.
Fortunately we have time (barely) to do this.
Unfortunately my van won’t start!
Fortunately we have an extra vehicle.
Unfortunately I don’t have a key to that vehicle.
Fortunately my oldest daughter is living at home and has a vehicle that I can borrow.
Unfortunately this leaves her without a vehicle.
Fortunately we were able to quickly get our banking done and head over to pick up the t-ball glove. Dad said he’d leave the truck unlocked.
Unfortunately he left the keys in the door of the truck!
Fortunately the truck, keys and the glove are all still there.
Unfortunately I have to interrupt dad’s meeting to return his keys to him.
Fortunately we make it to the game in time.
Unfortunately I still have to change my daughter’s ticket home from Sunday to Monday.
Fortunately I can find my ticket information with the phone number to call to make changes.
Unfortunately it sounds like my call ended up in a foreign country.
Fortunately I’m pretty used to listening to accents.
Unfortunately it’s going to cost quite a bit to change this flight.
Fortunately the person at the other end suggests I simply cancel the flight and received a credit to be used later…and then book a completely new flight.
Unfortunately I can’t find a cheap ticket into our town. I end up buying one an hour’s drive away. Half the price.
Fortunately I think all the flight rescheduling is finished. I forward the flight confirmation to my daughter.
Unfortunately my daughter did not forward her new flight information to me so I have no idea when she’s supposed to be back in the States.
Fortunately she calls home Sunday night to let us know she’s at her cousin’s house. Yippie!
Unfortunately she can’t read the email with her next flight information.
Fortunately I can just email the information to her.
Unfortunately she doesn’t call me to let me know she’s made her flight. But, we figure no news is good news.
Fortunately I have time to get home from work and put together the Lasagna she requested for dinner.
Unfortunately it’s not finished before we have to head out of town to pick her up. Hope her dad remembers to turn the oven off!
Fortunately the trip to pick her up goes well. She arrives. All of her luggage arrives. We have a safe trip home. The lasagna is perfect and still warm.
Welcome home!
Unfortunately she missed her pre-arranged & prepaid ride to the airport.
Fortunately she was able to call a cab.
Unfortunately she had to pay for the cab.
Fortunately she had some money.
Unfortunately she went to the wrong airline counter to check in.
Fortunately she found the right airline counter.
Unfortunately she was too late to catch her flight.
Fortunately the airline was able to book her on another flight.
Unfortunately she has to wait a whole day to fly out.
Fortunately she is able to stay 1 more night with the same lady she boarded with.
Unfortunately she needs a lot more money to pay for the additional charges to chang her ticket.
Fortunately she can call mom & dad.
Unfortunately this means mom needs to get to the bank this morning.
Fortunately mom & dad have an emergency fund and can get her the money.
Unfortunately our son has his final T-ball game at noon so we have to be ready to head over there after doing the banking…and we can’t find his glove.
Fortunately we called dad who found it in his truck.
Unfortunately we now have to drive across town to pick it up.
Fortunately we have time (barely) to do this.
Unfortunately my van won’t start!
Fortunately we have an extra vehicle.
Unfortunately I don’t have a key to that vehicle.
Fortunately my oldest daughter is living at home and has a vehicle that I can borrow.
Unfortunately this leaves her without a vehicle.
Fortunately we were able to quickly get our banking done and head over to pick up the t-ball glove. Dad said he’d leave the truck unlocked.
Unfortunately he left the keys in the door of the truck!
Fortunately the truck, keys and the glove are all still there.
Unfortunately I have to interrupt dad’s meeting to return his keys to him.
Fortunately we make it to the game in time.
Unfortunately I still have to change my daughter’s ticket home from Sunday to Monday.
Fortunately I can find my ticket information with the phone number to call to make changes.
Unfortunately it sounds like my call ended up in a foreign country.
Fortunately I’m pretty used to listening to accents.
Unfortunately it’s going to cost quite a bit to change this flight.
Fortunately the person at the other end suggests I simply cancel the flight and received a credit to be used later…and then book a completely new flight.
Unfortunately I can’t find a cheap ticket into our town. I end up buying one an hour’s drive away. Half the price.
Fortunately I think all the flight rescheduling is finished. I forward the flight confirmation to my daughter.
Unfortunately my daughter did not forward her new flight information to me so I have no idea when she’s supposed to be back in the States.
Fortunately she calls home Sunday night to let us know she’s at her cousin’s house. Yippie!
Unfortunately she can’t read the email with her next flight information.
Fortunately I can just email the information to her.
Unfortunately she doesn’t call me to let me know she’s made her flight. But, we figure no news is good news.
Fortunately I have time to get home from work and put together the Lasagna she requested for dinner.
Unfortunately it’s not finished before we have to head out of town to pick her up. Hope her dad remembers to turn the oven off!
Fortunately the trip to pick her up goes well. She arrives. All of her luggage arrives. We have a safe trip home. The lasagna is perfect and still warm.
Welcome home!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
How do You Store Your Fabric Stash?
Wow...so I'm catching up on some of my favorite blogs today. One of my very favorites is "Just Something I Made" by Cathe Holden. She comes up with some of the most amazing ideas! Anyway, I'm browsing today...and this post catches my attention. And I'm not even a sewer...nor do I collect fabric like so many of my Etsy teammates. Guys - you have GOT to check this out!!
http://justsomethingimade.blogspot.com/2009/07/organizing-fabric-remnants.html
I'll be waiting for your own pics!
http://justsomethingimade.blogspot.com/2009/07/organizing-fabric-remnants.html
I'll be waiting for your own pics!
Friday, July 31, 2009
Hot enough for you today???
Dear Diary
Just moved to
June 14th:
Really heating up. Got up to 100 today. Not a problem. I live in an air-conditioned home and drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun every day like this. I'm turning into a sun worshipper.
June 30th:
Had the backyard landscaped with western plants today. Lots of cactus and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing the lawn for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it here.
July 10th:
The temperature hasn't been below 100 this week. How do people get use to this kind of heat? At least, it's kind of windy though. But getting use to the heat is taking longer than I expected.
July 15th:
Fell asleep by the community pool. (Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body). Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.
July 20th:
I missed
July 25th:
The wind sucks. It feels like a giant freaking blow dryer!!! And it's hot as hell! The home air-conditioner is on the fritz and the AC repairman charged $200 just to drive by and tell me he needed to order parts.
July 30th:
Been sleeping outside on the patio for 3 nights now, $225,000 house and I can't even go inside.
August 4th:
It's 115 degrees. Finally got the air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $500 and gets the temperature down to 85. I hate this stupid state.
August 8th:
If another wise ass cracks, 'Hot enough for you today?' I'm going to strangle him. Damn heat. By the time I get to work, the radiator is boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like baked cat!
August 9th:
Tried to run some errands after work. Wore shorts and when I sat on the seat of the car, I thought my ass was on fire. My skin melted to the seat. I lost 2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and ass... Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried ass and baked cat.
August 10th:
The weather report might as well be a dumb recording. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to breath much less try to do anything for 2 blasted months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this damn state? Water rationing will be next, so my $1700 worth of cactus will just dry up and blow over. Even the cactus can't live in this wretched heat.
August 14th:
Welcome to HELL! Temperature got to 115 again today. Cactus are dead. Forgot to crack the window and blew the windshield out of the car. The installer came to fix it and guess what he asked me??? 'Hot enough for you today?' My sister had to spend $1,500 to bail me out of jail. Freaking
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Too much????
Ok now, I love to knit but this is carrying things too far! To me, this just raises lots of questions...
- who has that much time on their hands?
- not to mention who has that much yarn? OK, this I actually do understand - it's called MY STASH!
- how did they get this tree to stand still for a fitting?
- how to get this over/on those top branches????
- what kind of yarn is this?
- how many times did they have to redo a section because the fit was all wrong?
- did they check their guage?
I am seriously impressed and a bit appalled... I know...this is probably crochet and not knit...but still!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Which frame should I pick?
# 1
# 2
# 3
# 4
# 5
OK...I need some help. It's time to order new glasses and that's a task I hate. Don't get me wrong - I love it when I get my glasses and the world is once again crisp and clear. It's just so hard to see myself when I'm trying on new frames. I'm very nearsighted so I can't see clearly unless I look very closely into a mirror. So, one of my daughter's came along to help me out. After trying on many pairs of glasses and seeing her initial thoughts on her face even before she said anything, we narrowed it down to these 5 pair.
Please take a look and vote on your favorite. Please try to see past the fact that my eyes are not focusing on anything...it's hard to focus when you can't see much of anything!
Friday, July 24, 2009
have you taken the Facebook plunge?
I have! Not only am I on Facebook, I've created a fan page for myself. Please check it out and become a fan. Let me know your fan page - I'll check it out!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Grand-Rapids-MI/That-Is-So-C-U-T-E/98021562216?ref=nf
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Grand-Rapids-MI/That-Is-So-C-U-T-E/98021562216?ref=nf
Monday, July 20, 2009
~~~I needle felted this weekend~~~
I knitted & felted this wine bottle cozy some time ago. I decided to pull it out this weekend and prettify it. What do you think?
The photo colors aren't the greatest - I just quickly took a picture but I think you'll get the idea. Deep purple & lime green polka dots on a cream cozy.
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