February 10, 2011
Garage Sale Find
I was tired of using fold up card table chairs around my table. I found these four chairs at a garage sale, reupholstered the seats, walla--four new kitchen chairs.
February 9, 2011
My First Needle Punch
Surfing the Internet, I came across yet something else I had to try--needle punch. I embroidered the words "Get Well" and framed this little guy and sent him off.
February 8, 2011
The New Crewel by Katherine Shaughnessy
I picked this book up from the public library and love the patterns. I didn't have any yarn so I worked them with DMC embroidery floss. I needed to learn how to resize images I post--and to add captions, centered above each image.
Hip Squares
Love Loops
Ruby Shoots
January 16, 2011
Our Cutie Patootie Update...
Last summer he wandered into traffic; enough said!
Cutie Patootie the II (pictured below)ran under our car whilst we were pulling into our garage, Christmas week. OMG, heartsick! We decided NO MORE Cutie Patooties for us.
January 15, 2011
Promises, Promises, Promises.....
I promised to blog a little each day. Well--that didn't happen!
I guess I will have to start somewhere, so here is a look at my latest project. I was waiting because I need to post some pictures and somewhere I had come across a great tip on how to insert pictures so that picture sizes would all be uniform.
I am working on a large cross stitch project and I am having trouble with the symbols. The capital I and small L both show as l and l. One color is just a bit darker than the other. So far I have just been skipping over them until I could check around to see what others would do. I am on about the 5th page of a 70 page project and will have to go back and fill in the blanks before I go any farther.
I like the colored pen idea I received in answer to my post regarding this problem--over at StitchersHeaven. Click here!
Well, I did it--I blogged once more. BUT, as far as blogging goes, I have forgotten most of what I learned...
I guess I will have to start somewhere, so here is a look at my latest project. I was waiting because I need to post some pictures and somewhere I had come across a great tip on how to insert pictures so that picture sizes would all be uniform.
I am working on a large cross stitch project and I am having trouble with the symbols. The capital I and small L both show as l and l. One color is just a bit darker than the other. So far I have just been skipping over them until I could check around to see what others would do. I am on about the 5th page of a 70 page project and will have to go back and fill in the blanks before I go any farther.
I like the colored pen idea I received in answer to my post regarding this problem--over at StitchersHeaven. Click here!
Well, I did it--I blogged once more. BUT, as far as blogging goes, I have forgotten most of what I learned...
September 17, 2010
Do I Not Have The Best Little Brother!
I got a call this evening from my brother--my computer is dead, but that he could still get at my files. He is copying my whole drive over to another drive, but first he is copying just my most important folders over to ensure I don't lose my work. Received a second call shortly after. He found a mother board or drive or something like that on Craig's List for $45 and would I be interested. OMG, yes! He is picking it up at 10 pm tonight.
Did I mention he has lots of old lady sisters? He doesn't know it yet, but sis #4 thinks her laptop is dead.
Did I mention he has lots of old lady sisters? He doesn't know it yet, but sis #4 thinks her laptop is dead.
September 16, 2010
It's Just Me
I had made arrangements to drop my computer off at my brother's place of work--he would take it to his house to work on (my hard drive may have been damaged during last thunder storm). I thought I knew where he worked--NOT. Of course, I forgot my cell phone. Twelve miles back home. Finally got to drop the computer off two days later. Computer was fine--how did I know the bottom electrical socket was on a switch!
September 15, 2010
Working Outside
Weather here has been cool in the mornings, but lots of sun. Good weather to dig potatoes and clear flower beds. Lots more rocks were carted down to Rock Heaven. I have been taking video pictures and I think I know how to create a video in my blog now. My desktop computer is down for a bit owing to a lightening strike. Tomorrow it goes to the city for my little brother to repair. I sooooooo hope it didn't fry the insides or said pictures are no more.
September 13, 2010
Today...
Today I learned not to try copying and pasting my notes from Word into my blog.
Today I learned links don't work in Preview mode.
Today I learned how much I forgot.
Today I want to learn how to insert a video into my blog.
The weather is clearing and DH wants to do some outside work, so more later.
Oooops, a big thunder bang knocked out my desktop computer. That's why God made little brothers and laptops.
Today I learned links don't work in Preview mode.
Today I learned how much I forgot.
Today I want to learn how to insert a video into my blog.
The weather is clearing and DH wants to do some outside work, so more later.
Oooops, a big thunder bang knocked out my desktop computer. That's why God made little brothers and laptops.
Not Enough Hours In A Day
I am thinking I must try putting down my thoughts—a little bit at a time. I am soooooo overwhelmed, what with the garden, renovating the old house from top to bottom, and clearing the area around the farm from junk cars, tractors and trash. Not to mention, I love the Internet, a new camera and learning how to put my thoughts into pictures for my Blog...
March 5, 2010
The Tree That Keeps on Giving...Update!
Our hugh Catalpa tree was downed several years ago in a wind storm. My DH decided to saw it into pieces, ready for the wood pile. I put on such a face (I needed to grow a garden in it), he put the chunks back in place.
Soon thereafter, a thing that looked like a stick started to grow out of the top of the downed tree. I wanted him to cut off the stick--he PUT on a face. The stick grew into a tree, blossoms every year and grows seed pods (link to pictures in my Webshots album, top right corner of my blog).
In August 2008, I started two Catalpa trees with some of the seeds from the new tree I decided to winter my two baby trees in the furnace room this year. In checking them out, recently, I noticed dirt around the base of the containers. OMG! One tree was pulled out from it's container--not a trace of it was to be found.
What's left of the bark on the remaining tree:
A new sprout appearing:
Does this mean I still have a tree?
This year I will start seeds from previous year's pods along with this year's pods. I am determined I can grow a Catalpa tree from seed!
Soon thereafter, a thing that looked like a stick started to grow out of the top of the downed tree. I wanted him to cut off the stick--he PUT on a face. The stick grew into a tree, blossoms every year and grows seed pods (link to pictures in my Webshots album, top right corner of my blog).
In August 2008, I started two Catalpa trees with some of the seeds from the new tree I decided to winter my two baby trees in the furnace room this year. In checking them out, recently, I noticed dirt around the base of the containers. OMG! One tree was pulled out from it's container--not a trace of it was to be found.
What's left of the bark on the remaining tree:
A new sprout appearing:
Does this mean I still have a tree?
This year I will start seeds from previous year's pods along with this year's pods. I am determined I can grow a Catalpa tree from seed!
February 28, 2010
September 3, 2009
Cutie Patootie
Today our Cutie Patootie jumped into our bathroom contractor's van and ATE his sandwich!
July 11, 2009
Pictures Speak Louder than Words
This dog acts like I am Hannibal Lecter. I don't dislike her, but she DOES look like a hairless Guinea pig with brown splotches and bangs.
I babysat her for several days during a two week period, sat with her, walked her, and let her out of her cage each day, but she would not eat one bit of food or any of her favorite doggie treats I offered her. I have decided the dog is just plain rude (lol).
I babysat her for several days during a two week period, sat with her, walked her, and let her out of her cage each day, but she would not eat one bit of food or any of her favorite doggie treats I offered her. I have decided the dog is just plain rude (lol).
May 11, 2009
Before and After
Oh boy, thought I murdered my lovely peony bush. I could not get the plant divided using sharp cutting scissors, clippers and wound up hacking it into five pieces with a spade last year. I shared two of the five cuttings and am happy to say all three of the new cuttings are doing great!
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