Monday morning blues

Ah, the sun is shining, the temp is hovering in the upper 50's how long can this last. It's march and the state basketball tournament is this weekend . Which usually means storms either rain or snow.
Migraine symptoms are emerging, right hand is starting to go numb. Well can't have all good days can we.went to the resale shop and picked up a larger George Foreman style grill. for $5.98 plus tax. Worked well on DH 's lunch today.Faster,well the dishes are calling and then some knitting for Mary.
Oh yes I see the Yarn Harlot is watching a humming birds eggs hatching here on the good old internet.Her youngest DD had her wisdom teeth out , poor baby! They hurt.(wincing in pain remembering my own experience)have visit the dd this week myself, in this case dd stands for deadly dentist. If we are to have any forks for use at the dinner meal I better get at them.
Talk to you later

Saturday March 13

Saturday morning and it's wet out. Weather for next week, sunshine. We'll see about that. have house work to do and the folding of the clothes. Come on guys, I want to go into Mad-town to see Ann and Kay and Franklin. Looks like I need a nap instead.

March , the greening of the midwest

March already, the snow is melting and we are seeing spikes of green poking up from the ground.The trees are budding , it's a good sign that spring is finally here.So what does that mean, no more dark and gloomy days, not quite, but it means an end to the SAD episode that has been haunting me. I crave sunlight, I know by the end of summer I'll say it's my worst enemy.Headaches an all.
Not much knitting accomplished, this winter, Well we will see what can be done about that. This weekend is the Knit -in Madison, The gals from Mason-Dixon knitting will be there. Don't know if I'll be going .I am not a member of the Madison Knitting guild yet. They have only a couple of months before they go dark till September. The Yarn Harlot will be speaking in Detroit this weekend. I am afraid that I'll miss them both.So what else is new. The yarn Harlot is a given , but I might be able to to see the Mason-Dixon Gals and Franklin Habit, I wonder if he will have Delores with him or not. I see most of the classes are sold out , but I may be able to go to the vendors and have look see.
Things are not as bleak as the seemed early this year. I am looking forward to warm and sunny days ahead, Filled with dog walks and lawn clean-ups. Perhaps getting some flowers planted this spring .Maybe also some pictures on this blog to show how things are coming along.Who knows.
I will tell you this after being on a certain medication for 6 years ,it feels good to be off of it. Painkillers aren't all they crack up to be, it certainly isn't a solution for anything permanent. Okay enough of that. Hopefully I will be posting more regularly. Hey Glenn Beck is on! Talk to you later.

another day in the snow

Today the sun actually shone, tomorrow back to the gray and gloom, I have a bad case of spring fever . Haiti is in such dire straights, How can things get so bad ?! Being an American makes me proud that we can do so many things for them. But so sad that all the money that has been pored in to Haiti has been miss used by the Haitian government. Someone on the Yarn Harlot website mention perhaps starting a for Doctors without borders/knitters without borders.
On another note not much knitting is getting accomplished, due to lack of sleep and wanting to clean house , it just doesn't jive, actually it's frustrating not getting things done when I want them done. Tomorrow is garbage day I have a lot to get rid of.

Stephanie Pearl McPhee has some beautiful yarn, gone from skeins into nicely center pull yarn balls.Makes me envious not for the yarn but for the swift that it was done on.Enough on that rant. Beautiful but cold day here.Upper teens expected, sun shining away. Makes you want to get out and do something. Took a load of books over to the resale shop(non-Profit) found a few items I would like. Found a walker for Cathy, seems she likes it.
A gentleman there told me that the poor in England are burning thick books to keep warm.That is so sad that it has come to this in places.
Tim to get off my duff and do a few things. Talk to you later.

new years day

Here it is new years day first post of the year. A painful one . Black mold. I hear a migraine, two of them in fact.Mary and myself seems like a nasty start. The future looks better.
Mary is thinking of starting her own blog. Should be good.
Knitting goes on as usual, scarfs, ponchos ,hats a few other things.

sept 14 ,2009

Here it is Sept.14, and I can't sleep, today Chuck goes in for a heart catherization, typical me worried to the max. He is sleeping soundly, didn't even here me get up. Well it's a good thing he is.I finally found out why he had started to watch football all of a sudden,Brett Farve, first with the Pack then the Jets,now with Vikings, he says he's fun to watch never know what he is going to do/.I know my grammer and punctuation is none existantant today, Hey It's 3:00 am what do you expect. Rob is up too. wish us luck.

Here it is the weekend before school starts and I am finally doing some blogging , Yes I know , where have I been, what 's been happening.? I should be ashamed of myself for not blogging. You know what , I don't have a good excuse, DH has been commenting to me about updating, OH WELL, I have gotten some knitting done , 2 pairs of finger-less gloves, a hat and a few other assorted things , have joined the local charity knitting group , these ladies are mostly crocheters with a few knitters thrown in, They did over 600 mittens and hats last year.
Lots of migraines this summer, and a few assorted accidents, sprains ,broken toes, the usual stuff for me.
Rob is doing well in Kaplan, he made the presidents list for honors, Mary is starting her sophmore year at IQ Academy . well see what happens next. no sheep wool festival this year shuckie darn. talk to you later.

June 13,2009
Gorgeous day! Sun shinning ,some clouds, nice breeze,not overly hot out. Temp maybe 75, I like this type of day. Looks like the week will be like this. good.
Mary is done with school for the year, means sleeping in late,maybe. Trying to get her to get her room clean, before Janet gets here, I would like it done much before that. Mary had a good birthday ,she now is the proud owner of her own laptop, a toshiba with a large screen the envy of her dad.and I received my own cell phone. It is nice now I can be reached anywhere at anytime.Take today, Cathy and I were at the Chinese resturant in Waunakee and Sarah called surprise!! I was in the middle of the loading up from the buffet. Oops, didn't mean to drop the spoon in the General Tao's chicken . Mary downloaded Firefox for me, works better than Internet Explorerer. Rob cleaned it out last night and got rid of alot of unnecessary junk.
Oh yes, today is also knit in public day (kip) . Must get back to the knitting.so much yarn and so little time. Also got to think what to get DH for father's day. Any suggestions?

May 7,2009 The day after

What a glorious day! Foggy out this morning and looking like rain and a possible thunder boomer.YES, love the sound of thunder and the clash of lightning, Week started off ok , nothingt much going on . Tuesday we took the car to get some work done. Hubby had a concert at the local nursing home, while DD was home with a nasty migraine, which she passed on to me lovely things aren't they.
Wednesday started out normal enough, I was upstairs getting laundry ready to wash and Simba, lovable mutt he is, started to bark. I was on my way down the steps when I.. fell and twisted my right ankle.
Called to chiropractor and made an appointment. So here I am sitting on my bed typing away. and doing some knitting. Joined Twitter as grandma spazzy, and I am on Ravel as tritne.Looks like i have some grocery shopping to do among other things. will try to be better at posting

Febuary 25, Sunny day warm for Wisconsin this time of year,about 40 degrees out. Hubby complaining about my spelling and punctation. Why haven't I done more blogging. Well guess I don't have any excuses now that he has gotten me my own laptop. Yes, I am spoiled rotten , sometimes. News isn't so great Brother-in-law Ted is doing quite poorly.He has hospice at home and the Doctor gives him 2 weeks. My nephew Mike's mother-in-law passed away yesterday morning.Not a good Day.

Probably should have added a new paragraph. Still being way behind on by knitting, having a hard time with the motivation. Thinking about joining the Madison knitting guild, my favorite author, Stephanie Pearl Mcphee is coming for KIPing day in March at the Bishop O'Connel center in Madison.

Got a couple of new books, "It Itches" by Franklin Habit, "Dewey, the library cat" author escapes me,the new Mason Dixon book and the latest "Yarn Harlot"book. Looking for some new mysteries to read also.Well closing for now.Will try to be better about posting.

November's rainy days

Here it is the 11 of Nov. Veterans day. A suitable day for remembering those they served to make this country free.
I'ts been awhile since I've posted , some things have happen and here we are getting ready for another "breakfast with Santa" doesn't seem that this year has passed so quickly . Gas is at $2.17a galleon here for regular , were it was at one time $4.00 or more.
Knitting wise I am stuck can't seemed to get motivated, A afghan for Sarah, and a poncho for Mary and a Baby surprise jacket for Wendy, sitting in a corner, Shame on me! Well guess i'll light that firre under my tush and get with it!! Will be back later.

september sighs

Where has the time gone? Here it is already September and school has started and the Sheep and Wool festival was last weekend. Mary has gotten taller and is enjoying going to school from home, She is attending IQ Academy out of Waukesha and is doing very good in algebra. Hubby is putting long hours in at his job, and I am helping out by doing the cleaning job with Mary. Give him a break.

Oh yes, we now have a functioning hot tub, situated on the front porch.Still struggling on the knitting projects, We have some more pictures to post . Picked up some lovely wool yarn, I think I am going to make a carry all with it. Mary bought a new spindle and some alpaca fleece to spin , so soft. I also got a new book, knitting who done it, call 'Cast on, Bets off by Jack Olesker' , pretty good as usual I finished it in one sitting, Mary is forever showing me something new on the computer.

Pictures are of Spazzy, the grey cat and Archimedes Luna Diana Jiji Yuya , the orange cat who we call Archie for short, and Simba, our lovable mutt.

More to follow, hopefully soon. (while still needing Mary to watch over my shoulder and state the obvious when posting pictures.)

Winter Blues

Here it is the day after Valentines , all is quiet and extremly cold. The WM is predicting more snow this weekend and estimate of 12 inches or so. ENOUGH ALL READY. I can't wait for spring to get here.!!!
On the knitting front still working on the afghan for Sarah, the poncho for Mary, and now a baby blanket for Wendy(a friend) she is due in September, poor thing doesn't know how to knit . We'll fix that.
See if Mary can put some pictures of Spazzy and Archie on here today

Dark and Gloomy day

Here it is the 21'st of Dec . My son os another year older and my hubby's birthday is in 2 days.School gets out today for Christmas break and Mary is happy, she and Rob are playing UO online. She seems to enjoy it.Not to many hand made gifts this year, just can't keep at the knitting for some reason. Maybe it's because we have all had the nasty stomach bug going around. Hpefully 2008 will be better. We will see about being better at blogging too. Everyone have a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday.
Kris

just another day

Well here it is almost the middle of November, and we are getting ready for breakfast with santa this weekend. Things have been pretty slow here. Mary and I did ok at the wool and sheep festival in Sept. I picked up some lovely Blackberry Ridge hand painted merino and
Mary got some soft camel colored rovings . also her bike helmet. She has taken some pictures of Spazy and Archie, our cats. I am trying to get her to post them here , we will see what happens. I'll try to be better about posting. Namaste

festival time

Here it is Saturday September 8, and we are going to the sheep and wool festival in Jefferson . Mary has said she will go with me . I think we will have a good time. I am looking for a spindle of my own. Karen from the retreat mention should would be there so we will see she hasd some great looking ones before. Looking for some new places to get yarn and such too.
I think one reason Mary is going is because I said would stop and get her a bike helmet plus some more fleece.I am looking forward to going we leave at 9:30 am. More when we get back.

Last day of freedom

Today is Labor Day, last day of freedom for Mary , back to school tomorrow, she came back Saturday night.and seemed to be happy to be home. Janet walked her legs off, and she has great pictures of ocean and Max and Jimmy and Max, Hopefully we will get more out of her when she fully recovers.
Knitting wise, I am still working on Sarah's afghan and Mary's poncho, I have a few more things I like to start the bath mat from the Mason Dixon Book, some socks, and a sweater coat. That should take a year to do the way I knit lately. Going to The Sheep and Wool fesitival next weekend, I am hoping to get some Blackberry Ridge yarn and a spindle for myself.
Oh yes, Max is a long haired dachund that Janet rescueed. and Jimmy is her significant other.
Taking a break now, need a nap before doing some last minute school shopping.

august 16 , 14 years

Well I am not doing a too good of a job blogging, since it is already the middle of August, much has happen . with Rob moving back home.Nice to have him home. Mary has gone to Washington to spend some time with her Aunt. First time flying, seems she enjoys it. The wool and sheep festival is Sept 8-10, I am planning to be there.A little out of order,
G-ma has been to the hospital again, she appears to be better. Our 14 th anniversary is today , we went out to breakfast this morning. will see what the day brings.
signing off for now


kris