DeeDee's Musings

Well the hooks and needles are calling to me and so in order to keep from logging a bunch of time in a project that I really wont wear, I decided to make something for Aubri.

With my navy yarn from Caron simply soft (I just love this yarn) I went to designing a sundress for her with a crocheted top and a knitted bottom. My way of learning knitting without a huge investment.

Maybe the investment is why I haven't progressed.....

Anyways... as I started I got excited about a little sweater to cover the sundress, seeing we still have chilly mornings and evenings down here in Texas. It is January after all.

So after drawing it out, planning it, I started it last night.

Well back to crocheting!!

What you say, no thanks? What does that mean?

Well to put it simply, I am too green of a knitter to use size 2 mm knitting needles and figure out how to read a pattern that calls for a lot of decreases and more. LOL The Barbie outfit will have to wait!

I did buy the needles though. ;-)

Caleb loves the fabric store! A plus in his book on my part. I can see us visiting it a lot when he comes over. He hugs and kisses the yarn, even meowing at it. Looks in the books like a pro and ohhhhs and ahhhhs over all of the fabric, and notions. hehehehehe

Started back on my squares for the summer swap, the boucle baby yarn is going really fast. makes up for the tiny grannies on the other square.

Got my Dollie yesterday and it is too cute! She is on the dresser with the Barbies though I think she will like it better by the embroidery machine with the mammy Dollie. Pics to follow!

Knitting project going well and it is actually hanging down by itself now which is great! Starting the crochet skirt on Thursday evening. Friday will mail off my Dollie, the threads package and the Barbie outfit. Have two extra little ones this week, and going to sit with a sick friend during the meeting tomorrow night, so this week is jam packed!

See you later, its bedtime!

It HAS been a while since I have been here. Let's review what has been happening around here.

May:

My sister came down and I joined facebook to play farm town with her. The next thing I knew It was July and my crocheting had suffered ALOT! It was fun farming but I was going to bed later and later, not studying, not organizing and definitely not crocheting or sewing.

June:

One day assembly came and I hadn't made anything for me to wear. :-( So I took the next best step and went and bought some new things to wear, and it was something nice and fun to do! Kurt and I stayed an extra day so we could spend our 29th Anniversary in Houston. We ate dinner with Christy and her babies and even found some more fencing for my garden!

My poor garden, facebook had distracted me from watering and weeding and it was beginning to look pretty awful out there. But hey my farm on facebook was inching towards the 20 level and I was at the largest farm I could get. LOL My trees and animals flourished and I was feeling very proud of myself.

On the way home from Houston, Kurt and I stopped at Best Buy and bought me a new laptop! A Toshiba and it was wonderful! With the exception the graphics card wouldn't support Sims 2 and seeing that I was paying for it, and wouldn't be buying another one in this system of things, I wanted to make sure it was what I wanted. So 2 weeks later, almost to the time, we went back to Best Buy and upgraded to another Toshiba, 17 inches with a graphics card that would support not only the game I wanted but the future of websites. It has 3 gigs ram and 250 hard-drive. The other one had 2 gigs ram and 160 hard-drive another down for it. Its a pretty navy blue and the only drawback is 1) the 17 inch screen means either I make me a laptop bag or spend about 75 bucks on one. And 2) the navy shows fingerprints. And 3) it was 200 bucks more.

But it is the one for me.

So my other laptop, the IBM will now become the embroidery laptop with web capabilities to download directly to the laptop embroidery designs and connect to other computers as well. With a 60 gig hard-drive I should never run out of space for embroidery designs!! The original IBM laptop that was being used for the embroidering, will be transformed into a laptop for little ones to play windows 3.1 games on to teach colors, shapes and mouse control. Boy are their parents gonna love me!! LOL It has an a-drive (for those who don't know, it is a floppy disk drive to save your info onto, and a small hard drive, I don't even remember how small. hahahaha

July:

First part of July meant the big assembly and I still haven't made anything for me to wear, thank you facebook, so I just wore what I bought for June. Had a talk which directly spoke of facebook and that was my cue to drop it, even though I was at level 28, and my farm was something wonderful although a bit eccentric with it horse racetrack, its maze gardens and sandy beach area right next to a river of no return. Huh? The drama was excellent and gave me many insightful points on how to deal with family that leaves the protection offered us, without making it impossible for them to feel like they can return to us. **sigh**

Nina and Nathan bought some land, nearby, and when they sign the papers Kurt will start the site work. He is chomping at the 'proverbial bit' to get started. Within 1 week of leaving facebook, I have started crocheting again and trying to revive my garden outside. Within 2 weeks I started my first knitting project and organized my room so I can start sewing. I have been going to bed earlier and feeling much better about myself and even getting my studying in more. I have helped with a sister who is home bound, sitting with her during the meetings which not only helps her but me as well. It gives you a really good feeling to be there for others. I just wished I could have been there for Nathans Papa and Kurt's Uncle and Aunt.

August is coming and one of my little ones is leaving for pre-school. Though I will will miss the extra money, I will enjoy the freedom of one less little one to watch. One of the other ones comes just once a week usually and the other one is just 4 days a week. But all in all I have had a good run. I mean, we purchased a new air conditioner, my laptop, a new dishwasher, built a pergola where we can spend cozy fall evening under drinking coffee and visiting, many good times with my family, and much more, so its time to downsize the childcare and pick up my service, volunteering, studying, crochet and knitting, sewing, organizing my house and helping Nina and Nathan with their new home as well as spending more quality time with Kurt and Bonnie.

Well that's about it. Will show crochet, sewing and knitting projects next time!

Farewell facebook, the ride was fun and I learned a lot. Like keeping my time for myself and my family and strengthen my resolve to do what is right and important to live forever!!