Did you miss me?

I haven't been here......did you miss me?  Yeah, I know.  Why would you miss my ramblings.  August was one of those months where you sit back and say....WTH?

Remembered at 9pm on a Saturday night that it was my niece's daughter's 5th birthday party the next day.  And of course was totally unprepared.  No gift, card, etc.  So looked in my stash and remembered the Barbie clothes I had crocheted last year.    Here is a link to some of the Skipper clothes   Barbie clothes    Had to add buttons to some of them so got up early Sunday morn to work on them.  Went to the store to buy a Skipper doll but, it was ugly.  So bought Barbie (crochet stretches) and the last doll case they had.   Searched for 5th birthday cards, they were ugly.  Bought paper and wrapped it on the way over to the party.  sigh.

Had a headache so left early.  Neck stiffened up on the way home and it went downhill from there.  Severe chills (in August?) until my joints ached, headache was ginormous, nothing I tried was working.  So gave in and we made a trip to Borgess ER in Kalamazoo.  We were on hold because several chest pain patients came in and they get top priority.  I don't know what happened.  One minute we were in a small waiting room and the next in a trauma room.  Won't bore you with the details.  I did not have meningitis as suspected (spinal tap is ok if done right.  the 2nd dr had no trouble).  3 heavy duty antibiotics and by Tuesday felt better so they let me go that afternoon.

Wednesday I'm resting from the ordeal when it hits me.....we're leaving the next day for the UP and I haven't packed anything.......sigh

She makes me laugh....

Some time ago I stumbled upon this blog.  Very funny lady.  She makes me laugh.  I read her every day. 

The Art of Doing Stuff

Talented and ingenious.  Did I mention slightly crazy?  Enjoy

Favecrafts

Months ago I stumbled upon a website that I absolutely love.  If you're a crafter this site has patterns for just about anything you want.   http://www.favecrafts.com/

Crochet, knitting,scrapbooking, gardening, sewing, soap making, decorating, glass, Christmas crafts, crafting with kids, etc.  They have a great newsletter that I recommend you sign up for.

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Hello Crafters! Clay pot crafts are great for adding some decor to your garden.  Liven up your outdoor and indoor living space with these fun and adorable terra cotta crafts.  They also make great gifts for a new neighbor! Win More: Did you know we give away a new craft product every Friday? Today's giveaway is Atyou Spica Markers! You can enter to win every single day from now until August 17th!   1. Cute Bumble Bee Pot (shown) 2. Decoupaged Clay Pot 3. Clay Pot Critters 4. Vintage Flower Pot 5. Painted Hippy Pot 6. Brightly Striped Pot (shown) 7. Terra Cotta Reindeer 8. Too Many Pots in the Kitchen 9. Kids Clay Flower Pot 10. Painted Christmas Tree Pot 11. Purple and Green Spider (shown) 12. Clay Pot Garden Angel 13. Bee-autiful Bee Decoration 14. 22 Flower Pot Crafts 15. Christmas Oops 16. Leaf Stamped Clay Pots (shown) 17. Clay Pot Farm Animals 18. Geranium Painted Garden Planters 19. 25 Clay Pot Crafts 20. Turkey Centerpiece 21. Terra Cotta Garden Turtle (shown) 22. A Purple Surfing Monkey 23. Painted Spring Tulip Planter 24. Be Merry Pot 25. Clay Pot Birdhouse Before you grocery shop this weekend – I have arranged for you to get free grocery coupons and store discounts.  Recent coupons for Betty Crocker, Cheerios, Campbell’s Soup, Starbucks and hundreds more caught my eye! Happy Crafting,   FaveCrafts.com Editor P.S.Love Loom Knitting?: Our friends at AllFreeKnitting.comhave some great loom knitting patterns to share.  Check them out: Loom Knit Granny Round, Chunky Funky, and Oz Twister Beanie. P.P.S.  Try making easy homemade recipes for your favorite brand name recipes with our free eCookbook, 16 Brand Name Recipes: Copycat Recipes for Items in Grocery Stores. Green Crafting Central Do you like to craft with recycled items? FaveCrafts has a ton of great ideas, suggestions, and tutorials.  Here are some great ways to craft with wine bottles! 1. Cork Tree Ornaments 2. Green Pendant Wind Chime 3. Wine Cork Apple Stamp 4. Love Letter Bottles 5. Snowball Wine Bottle Vases 6. Wine Cork Balls 7. Wine Cork Sail Boats 8. Tissue Bottle Vases 9. Wine Cork Key Chain 10. 20 Crafts for Wine Bottles     Featured Blogger-Lindsay Obermeyer: Check out Lindsay's Blog, "Serendipity", for all kinds of beautiful craft projects! She's also one of the FaveCrafts featured designers. Every Friday they have a free giveaway, this week it was Atyou Spica Markers.  Here is the link to sign up.  http://www.favecrafts.com/sweeps/Atyou-Spica-Markers-Collection/ml/1 Check it out! Janie

Favorites....

     I'm not sure how many would recognize him in his present state, something one of the boys left behind many years ago.   Picked up by something else and used as a hockey puck.

     A substitute for children long gone by another, yet lovingly carried around and talked to.

     And then he laid in solitude.  In the dust, immobile.   Sometimes short bursts of being batted around and, then just as sudden as it began, it would stop.  And then he laid alone, abandoned, waiting for the next time.

     Sometimes he would hear, "Look what I found behind the chair!"  But then he was always put in a box with others.  Silent, forlorn, waiting

     
     Until one winter day he felt a small cold nose gingerly smell him.  He felt something wet down his back and then, oh so gently...he was picked up.

 He was put on something soft.  It was bright being out of the box and something soft and furry lay beside him.  He was loved.  He was carried everywhere and no one else was allowed to touch him.  He spent the night with his new friend and sometimes was taken outside.

     He couldn't be a bounty hunter any more now that his hands and feet were gone and his face  scarred beyond recognition but, he didn't care.  He was loved.......

by her.  Unconditional love.

Where has the time gone?  Can't believe it's been that long since I visited my own page.....

If SNICKERS candy bars give you 3 hrs of energy, I figured if I ate one every 3 hrs I wouldn't need my Provigil.  Don't think the Dr.s would go for it though.  Are there SNICKERS drs out there?

My art room still isn't done.  My energy doesn't last very long (remember the SNICKERS idea?) 

Baby is getting big, losing his baby looks replacing them with enormous bouts of energy, antagonizing the dogs and cats (maybe the baby is eating a secret stash of SNICKERS bars).  Still haven't come up with a name yet.  The right name will hit me so hard I will see stars....  Right now it answers to the frantic calling of BABY!    BABY!  WHERE ARE YOU...YOU  LITTLE SHIT? after finding him asleep on the shelf in the fridge.  He lets me sing and rock him to sleep....Brahms Lullaby with my own words.

Go to sleep.  Go to sleep

Go to sleep my little baby.

Close your eyes.  Close your eyes.

Go to sleep you little shit.

My birthday was at the beginning of this month.  I can't believe I am this old.  On the bright side, so is everyone I graduated with and I am still younger than my sister.  Will always be.  That is so comforting.

me...

The Lost Blog....

Have you ever gone blog hopping, stumbled onto a GREAT blog.....thought you bookmarked it to find out later you didn't?  And then spent DAYS trying to find that blog with no success?   I spent a couple of hours reading her past posts, looking at the different houses they've lived in, the upcycled furniture, etc.  Gone, don't remember the name of the blog, just the button for her profile called "Who writes this (shit) stuff".

So now to bypass the frustration I have a bazillion bookmarks.....

Found this a couple of weeks ago and love it.  Be warned it's addicting.  Just click on the button

Show me a random craft tutorial:


or click here for a random tutorial without frames

Lately....

Weaning the baby, will miss the bottle feedings but he's getting too big for it.   All the animals accept him except Big Dog, hopefully that will change.  Had 2 more seizure like episodes that they say are caused by stress.  The bad news is can't drive till next year, that is if I don't have any more episodes.  The anti seizure drugs fried my brain so it doesn't know what it's doing any more.  My brain thinks up things to do but my body says "no way lady."