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.

The Gates

I watched The Gates on ABC last night.  I think that is going to be my new show.  It was interesting enough but doesn't tell everything.  I hope they keep it spellbinding so I will stay interested.  Even LOST lost me for a couple of years.  It got dumb in my opinion and then it got good again.  Happy Town I thought was going to be my new show but I think it is already getting dumb.  How long is the Magic Man going to haunt Haplin, I mean really.  When they catch him or her then who is the weird/crazy/mysterious being going to be.  And Tommy (the sherriff) shot his best friend.  Come On NOW!

Dorothy A Minter 1920-2010

Some of you know that my Grandma Minter passed away last month, but I wanted to share her obituary for those of you that may have known her and may not have known that she passed.   My Grandma had been in a lot of pain for the past several years and went home to God on May 15th.