Tip of the Day - 4-19-2013

Dental Tip of the Day:

Recently I went to the Dentist after having not gone in over 4 years.  Now I know you’re going to ask, if you haven’t been to the dentist in four years, how are you giving me any tips?  Apparently for being away from the dentist that long my teeth were in really good shape.  Not the best shape they could have been in…I don’t want you thinking I’m advocating not going to the dentist because not going is WRONG!!!!

I think my teeth are in good shape due to one thing I read many years ago and have followed ever since.  Do not eat or drink anything for at least 20 minutes after brushing your teeth.  Yes, that’s it!  That is probably the only thing I’ve followed that I’m supposed to do and it kept my teeth in good enough shape to not rot out of my mouth!  But, here is the actual tip:  It can be hard to wait after brushing your teeth to eat or drink something.  I remember I used to brush my teeth after getting ready in the morning, it being the last thing that I did before putting my clothes on.  Sometimes it was the last thing I did before running out the door and believe it or not, sometimes I would run out the door, be close to work or at work and remember that I hadn’t brushed my teeth at all. 

Or, you get to work and you’re starving and you want to eat.  Maybe you grab something running out the door to eat on your way to work.  Or even more classic, that cup of coffee on your way to work.  Here’s the solution:  Brush your teeth before you get into the shower.  Most showers take 10 to 20 minutes.  Give or take another 5 to 10 minutes to get dried off, put on lotion, deodorant, powder, etc and put on your clothes.  There is your 20 minutes plus!  Actually, the longer the better.  It gives you time for the fluoride in your toothpaste to work on your teeth.

If you are finding yourself hungry before the 20 mins are up – If you forget to brush before you shower or you are a person who showers the night before, sip on some water instead of eating right away.  Water with Calcium and/or Fluoride is the best. 

Again, I do not want to advocate not going to the dentist.  I didn’t go for so many years because I had a really bad experience and I was shell shocked.  I finally found a dentist that I was comfortable with and will continue to go back on a regular basis!

Most Embarrassing Moment

Over the past few weeks I have been going through my clothes.  I have clothes in my closet I haven't worn for a long time as well as some clothes stored away that I just never got back out.  While I was going through some of these clothes I found a shirt that I hadn't worn in quite a long time.  It's a short sleeved shirt, very light and airy.  When I picked it up I thought this would be great to wear now, this was 2 weeks ago, because its so hot during the day.  So I tossed it in the laundry to have cleaned to wear for the next work day.

I got ready for work, put on the shirt.  The shirt was feeling just a smidge too snug but nothing crazy.  I thought it was just because I had taken it straight from the dryer and put it on.  I went ahead and wore it to work anyway.  I was a little self conscious about it because it was a little snug but I still didn't think anything major about it.  Kind of like the thought in the way back of your mind.

So, around lunch time I get up from my desk and walk down the hallway towards the coffee room and restrooms.  There had to be several people in the hall.  3 that I remember for sure.  One guy smiled at me and said hi but looked a little crazy.  A lady said hi to me but had this crazy look on her face.  So I walk straight into the bathroom and my shirt was unbuttoned!  Not the top button or the second from the top button but the button directly in the middle of my shirt!  My bra was showing as big as the day!  I couldn't be mortified because not one person said anything to me.  I was hoping that no one saw it but I'm sure they did.  Two crazy faces at the same time!  But because no one said anything I just act like it never happened!

Realization

I was reading some of my posts and realized I didn't finish my Staycation.  Oh well, as you can probably guess nothing super exciting happened.  Friday I stayed home, didn't do anything.  I think I was so tired from the day before that I just lazed around all day.  Oh well, isn't that what vacations are for!

Staycation -Day 3

Thursday, Day 3 - I got up this morning with a specific goal in mind. I got a membership to Sam's Club through work, back in April, that I had never used. So my goal for this day was to go to Sam's Club. We, my Mom and I, hadn't done our grocery shopping for the month. We wanted to see what Sam's had before we went to the regular store. By the time we both got up, I got Brandy outside, and we fixed and ate breakfast and got ready it was close to 2:30.  I didn't sleep well the night before and Brandy woke me up early again so I did lay down and took about an hour nap. So all the time wasn't just getting ready.

I headed over to Hilliard. I took the back way. The older I get the more and more I dislike the highway, especially in town, because the traffic is always horrendous and because the older I get the less patience I have for stupid people. I also like taking the back way to see if anything new is going on around the area I live.  We get to Hilliard. Easy peasy! No problems at all with traffic. It took me less time than if I had went the highway. We get to Sam's Club and go in.

I haven't been to SC in many years. It was when it was still attached to Wal-Mart. Even though it was a nice store then I wasn't expecting it to be as nice as it was. We had to get our IDs first. I hate getting my picture taken. Pictures like that never turn out nice for me. One time only did my drivers license turn out. I didn't plan it and didn't get a chance to spruce up beforehand. I went on straight from work. Another time I did plan it. Took the to e to do my hair, my makeup and I looked crazy. The lady at the bureau literally pulled the picture stand, for lack of a better word, straight up in the camera. Then she made me sit down, told me to lift my chin up and snapped the picture. I was so mad. I had a half smile on my face and the picture made my head look big! So, both my mom and I got a card and we went shopping.

We were in that store over two hours. I was getting tired and grumpy. My mom is the type of person that stops, looks and touches everything with no intent to buy. I absolutely hate that! If you are absolutely not going to buy something why even bother to look at it. If your intention is to look at it because you might buy it in some future timeframe that is one thing. Finally I did have to say something to her to step it up because we hadn't gotten to the groceries yet.

I found my prized smoked Gouda cheese! In regular non ethnic stores it is hard to find. In stores like Whole Foods it is usually expensive. If what I bought doesn't last me awhile I'm going to have som serious bathroom issues! lol

I bought a few other miscellaneous items, a few groceries and a few personal items. We came home and unloaded the car, took care of Brandy and relaxed a couple of  hours. I cooked dinner and we watched TV the rest of the night. I think, I'm writing this entry two days later so some things are kind of fuzzy, I went to bed really late, like 1:30/2:00. I just remember being super tired Friday morning.

Staycation - Day 2

Wednesday was my second day off from work. B-Girl let me sleep in until 8. I was so happy and thankful! I got up with her and took her out by 8:15. I came back in and loaded up the dishwasher and threw in a load of laundry. Oh and I watered the plant. I was feeling more wide awake and very domestic. I even made breakfast for my mom and I.

I had to call into work to collaborate with my newly assigned team for a team building we are having. It's in the tradition of the show called "Shark Tank." We, my team and I, have to come up with an item and it's financials to present to the "Sharks," the sharks are selected members for a panel to judge us. It's just for fun but we were told that whomever wins gets some fabulous prizes!

After the call I got cleaned up. I finished knitting a scarf I had started a few days earlier and had lunch. In between time I just watched shows I had recorded on the DVR.  A little later my Mom had asked me if I could run her over to Joann's.  I was feeling a little couped up and did want to get out of the house.  I hate going to regular stores like Wal-Mart and Meijers just to look around. I don't like shopping just for the sake of shopping and I really don't like malls. Not liking malls is more about the people than the shopping but I would just rather stay at home.

I took my mom to Joanns. She wanted to see if they had anymore of the Red Heart collegiate color yarns there. Well I guess they are also colors for professional teams too. They did have the yarn there but they did not have the Red and Gray like she was looking for. We looked around. I found some collegiate colors in some ribbon yarn so I bought it. We ran into Laura, a former colleague I worked with when I used to work ay Joann's, she suggested that we order the yarn from RH, so we did. We ended up being there for some time.  While my mom was waiting on Laura I looked at mags and found the newest edition of "Where Women Create." I recommend all you creative ladies out there to grab a copy sometime if you've never read it before. I get a lot of inspiration from it. I love reading about other women making a business out of their Art or Hobbies. Our world needs more creatives in it.

On our way home we stopped by KFC on Sullivant Ave. it's my favorite because they always have great green beans, they are very flavorful, and the have the potato wedges. Trust me that all KFCs are not the same. The only thing I don't like is that they are out of their grilled chicken a lot of times so I don't go all the time.

We came home and ate and watched TV and talked the rest of the night. My friend Susi called and we chatted for some time. I think I went to bed around midnight.

Staycation - Day 1

I took a few days off of work to get some things done at home and to work on Crazy Craft N Ladies business. As luck would have it Day 1 I was ill.  This always happens to me whenever I take more than a day off I get sick. Maybe I am working to much and my body is telling me something or maybe I am letting myself get too stressed out with work and life. I don't know but I need to figure it out!

Back to day 1:

Brandy, my dog woke me up in the wee hours of the morning. It took me at least an hour to talk her into go laying down somewhere and going back to bed. I know, you ask "why didn't you just take her out? Wouldn't that have been easier?"  Yes in normal circumstances, it would have been much easier. In my younger days and in my dog's younger days I did. Now I won't take her out unless it is an emergency at that time of day. My neighborhood has gotten worse in the years I have lived here. There was a shooting across the street that I was almost a witness to. A murder happened across the street and a house got shot up in my same neighborhood years back. The house shoot up was rumored to be a gang issue and there are rumored drug dealers in the area. So I don't feel comfortable going outside during hours when most people are sleeping and that is only for security reasons.

Now that I have told at least a 13 year history of where I live......

Yesterday I found my Lord of The Rings book. It was at the bottom of a huge pile of books that I have.  The size of the book caught my attention so I pulled it out.  I had wanted to read LOTR as one of my major books of the year. It is also a book that my Mom and I were going to read together. So I brought it into the living room and I laid it on the couch where I normally sit. I found throughout the day that I kept moving it around on the couch to get it out of the way. At some point last night I moved it to the floor then my dog decided she wanted to lay down right next to me and sha laid on top of it. So I moved it for the last time to the love seat and I haven't picked it back up yet to read.

Throuhout the day I had to take Brandy out many times. She was whinier than usual. Maybe she didn't know what to do since I was home. My Mom said that normally she only has to take her out once while I'm at work. I take her out before I go to work and at least an hour after I'm home for the day if not as soon as I get home. So with my obnoxious headache and upset stomach I struggled to take her out many times.  I managed to make breakfast for both my Mom and I. Mom also was down with a headache. We both suffer from headaches due to weather change. Her headaches are much worse than mine and have even been diagnosed as cluster headaches. Apparently they can be inherited. So far I am still functioning when I get a headache. Usually with a little medicine and rest I get better pretty quickly. My Mom can be sick for several days.  Anyway, after my medical history lesson!....

I caught up on a lot of my DVR'd shows, The Closer, Rizzoli & Isles, and some HGTV shows.  I knitted a little bit. Did a load of laundry and fixed myself lunch at around 5 o'clock. Whenever I don't work my meal schedule is off.  I think I just watched more TV and that's when my stomach issues escalated. So I did not eat dinner and went to bed early. When I'm off work I normally stay up late. It is very unusual for me to go to bed before midnight but I stay up anywhere from 1 in the morning until anywhere to 3 in the morning.  I'm a better night owl than early bird but I can be both. My thing is the midday nap. Naps can do wonders!

Stay tuned tomorrow for today's stay action happenings! 

Pet Food Alert: Chicken jerky treats killing dogs

Pet Food Alert: Chicken jerky treats killing dogs

Windham OH Bicentennial Celebration

This year is the 200th Birthday of the town I grew up in.  I decided to go for a visit to spend time with family and to see old friends.  I really enjoyed myself!  I ran into some people I haven't even seen in 20 years.  God, am I that old, I  mean am I that young!  lol

Well I'll post some pictures later of the Bicentennial Parade!  Most of you will get a little laugh out of it and others of you growing up in small towns will get a little nostalgic from it!

For me the best time I had was going back down to the town Celebration with my Dad.  I got the biggest kick out of him enjoying himself running into old friends.  I told him that he needs to get out more often and spend time with his friends.  It was pretty evident how much his friends were really happy to see him!

There is nothing like growing up in a small town.  Everyone is family whether you want them to be or not!  I say that with a smile and with tears in my eyes.  I like where I live now but I also realize how much I miss some of the people that had to put up with me at least 16 years of my life!

Cheers to Windham!  Happy 200th Birtyhday!

Let me tell you what I did!

So this past weekend I had a very long weekend.  See my blog about the Midwest Craft Caucus on http://www.crazycraftnladies.blogspot.com/ for the full details of the weekend.  I left the Craft Caucus on Sunday to head to North Market for Artisan Sunday.  My Mom was there displaying our crafts with help from her BF Michael.  I was Michaels's relief so he could run home and run some errands so I just came in and I sat and talked to my Mom. 

We didn't sell anything while I was there.  My theory was that many people were at the Arts Festival and those that weren't were inside somewhere enjoying the air conditioning!  As soon as I stepped out of my car from the nice air conditioning I broke out in sweat (not that you realy wanted to know that!)  The reason I'm sharing that with you is because I'm always cold or chilly and it's a miracle when I actually sweat!

At the end of the North Market show, I helped Mom and Michael pack up the booth.  Michael came back to help us and to haul stuff home in his van.  My car won't hold all of our equipment and wares. 

I leave before they do and get home maybe 15 to 25 minutes before they arrive.  I settled in.  Unpacked the few things I had with me in my car and came in the house.  As I was unlocking the door I heard the thunder....I'm very afraid of storms that contain Lightning......[Maybe I'll tell you my lightning story some day].....Shortly after Mom and Michael come home they are wanting me to help them unload the van..................HELLO PEOPLE!  It is lightning outside.  I can hear the thunder in my house with the TV playing.  It's not "little" thunder, far away with a rumble that you're not sure if you heard it or not.  My Mom stood there with her hands on her hops looking at me like I was crazy so I decided to be brave.  Or at least be my version of brave.  So I literally ran outside grabbed what I could from the van, ran into the garage, peeked my head back out (not sure of what I was going to see or if I was going to get zapped) and ran back out to the van.  I did this probably 3 times, maybe 4, and then I just stood in the garage until I knew everything was unloaded.  Then I took my rear back in the house.

So after that traumatic event, I settled onto the couch.  Watched some shows.  I think I may have even dozed off for a minute or two.  Michael called that dinner was done........My doggie, Brandy, ran into the kitchen as soon as he said it.  I don't remember much after that.  I think maybe I did a load of laundry or two.  Then I went into my bedroom to start getting ready for bed and my friend, Susi called.  We chatted for about 15 mins and then I called it a night. 

Well Monday morning rolls around and  I wake up bright and early, even before my alarm went off.  As soon as I stirred Brandy wanted to go outside.  Yes, she waits to hear you breathe heavily, sigh or turn over and she starts whining to go out.  She's a pretty smart little girl!  When she used to jump up on my bed she would stand over me and look at me until I woke up.  If I didn't get up after a minute or two, she would then lie down on top of me.  Did I mention that Brandy at the time was pushing between 80 and 100 lbs....I got up and let her out.  It was still early so I decided to camp out on the couch because I don't like leaving her outside by herself anymore, another long story.  Around 6:30 a.m., my usual time to get ready for work, I get up call Brandy back in and start getting ready for work.

I arrive at work around 7:50.  Guess What?  I had the day scheduled off!

Books Galore!

I'm a big fan of books whether they are Audio books, regular books or E-Books.  I haven't been reading as much as I would like so I decided this year to give myself a goal.  I would like to read 20 books this year!  Yes, 20!  Three of the main books I would like to read, yes they are huge, are "Lord of the Rings," "The Holy Bible," and "Dracula" (which I'm currently reading).  I'm in the process of listening to a book and reading two other books.  It's going to be interesting for me to see if I actually read the three books I listed and to see if I do the November crunch where I try to get in the last few books of the year.  Well, I hope it's only a few.  Actually I hope I go over my goal because for once I won't be procrastinating!  I've posted a widget on my blog so follow along with me and keep me in check to make sure I reach my goal!

Gift of Light Expo - Columbus, OH

Went and hung out at the Gift of Light Expo yesterday and had a wonderful time.  I had been to the Universal Light Expo years ago (like around 10 yrs) and I really enjoyed it but at the time didn't really know what to expect when I went.  This time I knew that there would be Psychics, Astrologers, Tarot Card Readers, Palmist and Aura Readers there.  I went with my friend Debbie, who had been wanting to go but had never been.  We met some ladies that we really enjoyed.  I hope to go to the shop where the one lady gives readings to see how it goes.  I had really good vibes about her and if all goes well, I'll love to share her information!

http://www.giftoflightexpo.com/gift_of_light_9th_annual_003.htm

Quality Time With My Baby Girl

Today was a rare occasion for me.  My other family members went out for the day and I had the house all to myself.  It was nice because it was quiet and my doggy, Brandy, cuddled up with me and stayed by my side much of the day.  I wouldn't say she is a cuddly dog but every once in awhile she'll be really clingy.

We watched some TV.  Well, I watched some TV and she snoozed!  I knitted some, she snoozed some more and I read some.  I did do laundry and every single time I got up to switch out the loads Brandy would get up and come to the top of the stairs! 

I love my quality time with my Baby Girl! 

Feeling Tuckered Out Today

I spent a great portion of the day yesterday hanging out with my friend, Andrea, and her two daughters Allisa and Elise.  Allisa had a class on the OSU campus so I rode with Andrea to help her find the place and also to offer her company.  Waiting for Allisa we hung out at the Panera on campus. That was a treat!  I hadn't been to that location before and it offered us the opportunity to see a little bit of campus.  It was weird seeing the college students.  I thought that most of them looked like kids which was so funny to me considering when I was in college I felt so grown up.  Leaving campus we headed downtown to peruse the Main Library.  That was an event.  Lots and Lots of people downtown!  We cruised High Street of course!  I couldn't fingure out why it was so busy.  We were literally sitting though traffic lights.  There were people everywhere not only in cars but walking up and down High Street.  After passing the Convention Center, it dawned on me that the Arnold Classic was in town this week.  No wonder why there were so many guys with "Guns!"  

We made it to the Main Library after I couldn't remember exactly how to get there.  I have only been twice and I've never driven there.  Anyway, Andrea happened to turn down the right street!  Whew!  We went in and looked around.  I went to the little kids section with her and Elise.  Elise is 5 and super energetic.  She wanted to see the Tree House and ran for it first!  I was so impressed with the kids section.  I would love to go and sit and hang out for a day.  The kids had so much fun.  But the one thing about the Main Library that impresses me is that they display a lot of artwork.  This is something that all the Art and Crafty people around the area should look into.

After leaving the library.  We headed over to Grandview to Noodles and Company.  I had never been before but had always heard that their food was Delish!  Andrea treated me to lunch for hanging out with her all day and I must say for myself, the food was Delicious!  I didn't know what to expect but the flavors were fabulous!

Andrea dropped me off at home and I then came in and waited for my Mom to eat and get cleaned up so that we could go to Andrea's house and hang out for a little while.  We wanted to share with her our treasures from Knit Camp this year.  We showed her our favors, our gifts from the welcoming committee as well as the projects we either started at camp or want to do as a result of getting patterns from camp.  So all was well and we had a great time!

With all that said, I'm a bit tuckered out from hanging out all day yesterday.  However, I am in need of doing some cleaning today because we might have a Senior Knitting Guest coming to visit us next weekend!  I won't mention her name because she is so Elusive she only does guest star appearances once or twice a year!

MY BUCKET LIST

I've recently been talking to my Mom and some of my friends about things I want to do.  What could be a better time than for me to start a Bucket List.  After all, I'm not getting any younger...just wiser!

These are all the things that I can think of right now that I want to do but not necessarily in any order:

1.) Meet my Pen Pal, Trish, in person.  (Yes, I have a pen pal!  We became Pen Pals in the 5th grade and have been in touch ever since.  Now we mostly correspond via e-mail)
2.) Meet Jon Bon Jovi!  ( I say that with an exclamation point because I've been to enough of his concerts, read enough articles on him and have seen almost every show that has featured him to feel like I know him.)
3.) Go to New Orleans.  I've always known my Paternal Grandmother was born in Louisiana but I didn't know that she was actually born in New Orleans and that she had other brothers and sisters.  I would like to research if not meet my family.
4.) Go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras!  Yeah, did you think that I could go to New Orleans and not go their for Mardi Gras!
5.) Go to Rio De Janiero for Carnival.
6.) There are a whole bunch of cities/towns (pueblos) in Mexico and South America I would like to visit.  I would list them but I don't even know that I could spell them correctly right now.
7.) Go to Spain.
8.) Go to Italy.
9.) Go to Greece.
10.) Go to France.
11.) Go to the UK to hit all the yarn shops!
12.) Go to Australia.  Since I know a little more about it now from watching Oprah's adventures there, sad but true, I've been thinking about going.
13.) Write a book.  Preferrably more than one but I'll start with one.
14.) Open my own Book/Yarn/Coffee/Pastry shop. 
15.) Use up all of my current yarn stash (I know, like that will ever happen!)
16.) Tour the Egyptian Pyramids.
17.) Eat at the Lady and Son's Restaurant.

That's all that I can think of for now.  Let's see how long it takes me to do any of the things I have on my list!

Starting the New Year Off Right

I have decided that I want to do more reading.  I do read but not as much as I would like.  I think I got away from it with knitting.  Most of my spare time is spent on Knitting or crocheting or any other Artistic hobby that I have.  Its not that I like those hobbies better I think it is just that I feel more productive when I have an object at the end of my "session".  I want to get back into reading as I also want to get back into writing. 

Whatever I'm into at the time I seem to have ideas flow like there is no tomorrow.  When I was reading a lot of Shakespeare and watching a lot of Shakespeare I would get story ideas and hear Shakespearian voices in my head.  Yes, I'm a nerd...........Anyway, when I read novels I get ideas based on the "voice" of the characters I am reading. 

I want to finally sit down and put my ideas to paper.  They may be great or they may just be good but I know that I won't be satisfied until I finally write my story. 

PS I know they won't be bad........Now how is that for positive thinking!

So much to do and so little time

One of my dilemmas are that I'm trying to fit reading into my daily activities. Reading was going well.  I was reading during my break at work but I had quit taking my break or when I did take it I used the time to make phone calls.  So other than listening to books on CD/Tape I wasn't physically reading anything.  Not all good books are available to listen to.  I have since found that out.  Also, no craft books are on CD and if they were would they really be any good.

My time at home should, right now, be designated on cleaning and getting my house in order for the holidays.  I don't have time to read at home at all and I have been working on making scarves for the craft shows that my mom and I are going to be in.  I was also going to make some Christmas presents this year.

I'm still making those scarves for the craft shows.  We just had a craft show a couple weekends ago and we just had two craft shows come up for us to attend! 

I started one of my Christmas presents when we first started meeting at my friend, Andrea's house for knitting but I haven't worked on that since that 2nd time we got together and I'm far from being done with it.

Oh and did I mention that I also joined NaNoWriMo.  What in the heck was I thinking!  This is the Month of November!  It is the middle of the month, just a little over the middle of the month and I have two holidays to get through.   Also, the job that I have...........yeah, I work full-time in corporate America......................Has end of month and end of year close.  So I'm going to be working my booty off!

Wow I can't believe I haven't posted since July!

I really thought that I've posted more recently than July.  Maybe I just think up things and think about posting it and then never getting around to it.  Tonight I'm on-line perusing (I hope I spelled that right!).  I had a sell on Etsy and decided to look around and see what was out there.  You know, finding stuff I would love to buy if I were a little bit richer....Okay, just a couple dollars richer would do!  Anyway, I found this Cowl that was $118.00.  I couldn't believe it.  Don't get me wrong.  This lady is a hand crafter.  She knits and crochets.  So I'm more than sure she deserves to get that amount for her product.  I guess I was just shell shocked because I'm a knitter and a crocheter and I have hand crocheted throws that I haven't asked that much for.  I need to get in gear!  I know what product she used to make her cowl so that was the more shocking.  I guess what I'm trying to say here is I'M NOT CHARGING ENOUGH! 

Okay,  now that I have gotten that out of my system...

What I've been up to:  I'm still knitting and crocheting.  More crocheting now than anything.  I have found that crocheting doesn't hurt my shoulder as much as knitting does and I can sit down and crochet for two hours straight without feeling pain whereas knitting I have to quit and rest after a half hour.  I've even tried holding my needles a different way and it still doesn't help. 

I've been crocheting/knitting at home, with  my friend Kristie when I can and with my Etsy girls.  I say that because so far only females have joined the knitting group and they have been only Etsy Team Columbus members.  We try to get together every two weeks but sometimes with everyone having something going on we try to get together when we can.

I have also been reading a lot.  Physical reading.  I listen to books on CD all the time at work and in the car but I have found some books (lots of books) aren't necessarily on CD so I've also been reading at home.  I've most recently finished reading a couple of books by Nora Roberts - which I need to update my Goodreads account.  I've also read some books about UFOs - Hello tonight, new season, Ancient Aliens on the History Channel, 10 PM. {I love to promote things I love!}

My house is still a work in progress.  I'm working between my bedroom and my craft room.  It's hard to say which room needs the most cleaning and organizing but they both affect me a lot so I want them both done NOW!

Oh, and I walked in the Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on Sunday.  It was a beautiful day and I was able to walk with friends so what more can I say!

I'm trying to dream up new products to make.  I've been looking through magazines to get my next project.  I have vowed to make one nice thing for myself every 6 months or so.  You can't knit, crochet and even sew all the time without doing something for yourself. 

That's all for now.  I need to save something to post for tomorrow, or Saturday or Sunday.......  :-)

Updating my Websites - Ravelry, Goodreads and LibraryThing

Last night and today I've been updating some of my websites.  On Ravelry (CrafterbyNight) I barely had anything on there, from projects to books to really anything. This is how it all started: I met up with some of my friends on Friday night and Cath (BeanCountKnitter) asked me if a book I was trying to tell them about was in my library on Ravelry.  Well to my dismay it was not and my fleeting memory could not remember the book's name.  I have a Goodreads account but I don't have a lot of my craft books on there.  So I got the idea to start tracking all of my books.  First I went to Ravelry and uploaded a few of the books that I had available at my fingertips.  One of the books that I was trying to upload couldn't be found so in the description of Add Books it said I could go to Librarything.com/export and upload their thingy to import books into my account.  Since I already had Goodreads I thought that I could use Librarything to keep track of just the books that I own, not including the books that I want to read.  I uploaded about 20 books and tried to upload the importer from Librarything and I got the message that it was either not working or the site was no longer available.  That really got my goat but I felt that I could still use Librarything for keeping track of my books.  So I went ahead and uploaded some more books on it last night and today just a few minutes ago.  I added more books to Ravelry and even finished reading a book a little earlier, I updated my Goodreads account and added more books that I wish to read to my account.  I say that's a lot for a good day of rest and relaxation!

Now I'm going to have a bowl of chili and watch a movie.  Happy Sunday!

Ashley's Wedding Present

I was finally able to give my "Little Sister", Ashley her wedding present.   Susi Soler made this wallhanging.  It is made in the Log Cabin Quilt fashion.  Hearth and Home!  It was made in Ashley's wedding colors.

Ashley and Chris, wishing you a very happy life together!

http://www.susiartquilts.etsy.com/

Saving Grace Show Finale

Is it me or did I just not get the whole last show.  I know I missed a couple of shows but my goodness, a lot of the end didn't make sense.  I guess I need to start from the beginning and watch everything.  Or maybe they just wrapped up the show too quickly.  Maybe it needed to be a 2 show finale.  Two 2 hour shows that is.  Anyway, the ending was sad.  I did have a tear in my eye.  Seeing Bobby cry made me cry a little harder.  Seeing Ham throw his phone made it worse.