Good Thing There's Something Else To Look At In The World Than Hats!!

                                 {Mariann Rea of littlefoxphotos}

     I am so glad that there are great photographers, beautiful crafters, and artists with an eye for beauty.  Sometimes you need to just have appreciation for what other people can do. Why am I saying this?! Because, number one, no matter how many photos I look at that certain photographers have done...photographers like Mariann...I'm just in awe of how amazing their eye is to know how, and what, to capture through their lens!...And two, my picture taking sometimes is just a MESS!!! Just like my idea of a good crochet project!!
   Case in point, I finished this black and red scarf last week sometime...

    ...and I love it! So I decided to crochet a kind of matching pull-on hat to go with it. Good idea...in theory! :-))  Before I show you my MESS, I better show you some more beauty! :-)

                                {By Kerri, on the blog A Little Piece of Me}

     Okay, deep breath....So, I had good intentions with my hat. I used the same 3 yarns as in the scarf: Caron Simply Soft in Black and in Red, and another soft fuzzy red shade, used as an accent. But when I finished with it....YUCK!!

      I was so disgusted with it that I decided that it at least needed some kind of focal point that would make it funky enough for 'individualist type people' to be attracted to it. {You know, the kind of people who go shopping and see all of the beautifully stitched, perfectly colored, hats and accessories......and run in the opposite direction!! LOL} So, I crocheted a band around the bottom.

    Now "I" want to run in the opposite direction!!! LOL...Time to look at some more beauty.....quick!!!!!

                                {From Alishbas Art Gallery blog}

   Ooooooo!....Awwwww!..... *sigh*...I had such high hopes for my little "Warm, but ugly" {Wuglyee} Scarf and Hat set. Now I just have a MESS! And what am I going to do with this piece of a MESS of a hat...that, by the way, looks a little better from a distance....sitting on a shelf?!

    I DON'T KNOW what I'm going to do with it!! I'm open to suggestions. Right now Shequita {Shi-quee-tah,...hubby's name for the head model now}, is wearing it. And unless I get some kind of better suggestion, it may just become Shequita's constant wardrobe!! :-)) Hey, Shequita doesn't care if she's wearing a MESS on her head. I mean where's she going?! UGH! Typical start to a Monday, huh?! :-)

                                {From Alishbas Art Gallery blog, entitled Sadness}
 
     Other than my bad crocheting experience with the hat though, my weekend was pretty good. No snow made a showing, although it was pretty cold!...Hubby got a nice haircut. {So good, in fact, that he's now considering whether he should just go bald the next time!!...His close cut revealed some blank spaces in the back that he wasn't aware were there! { I was....Shhhhhh! :-) }
     ...Had a very good meeting on Sunday. Learned in a deeper way how I can have the 'mind of Jehovah God'...And had a girlfriend come by to help us get our paperwork together so we can start thinking about whether we need to sue the pants off of some Insurance companies and care providers!! (Good thing she helped too! Just looking at it got me mad all over again!!) She was very methodical and calming about it all. She's been down this road a few times!! {I love having so many friends. They each fill a different need. It's like having a "car in every garage and a chicken in every pot!!"...so to speak! LOL}
    Today, after I get some studying done, I'm going to work on that new slipper/shoe pattern I got! Just what I need to do...get away from the head, with ugly hats, and start working on something for the feet! Let's hope I don't end up with another MESS!!! ^_^

Balance

You teeter totter, in the middle,
Lean a little, OOPS! You're off!
Now you know that you're not balanced,
and you hope the ground is soft.

It's not easy to achieve,
and once you have it, to maintain.
In almost every part of life
our balance is so hard to gain.

You have to balance your emotions,
how you eat, and how you spend.
And when you're balancing your checkbook,
try to keep a level grin.

Staying somewhere in the middle
takes a conscious, careful touch,
because it doesn't take a lot
to go from balanced to 'too much'!

So try to keep a balanced eye,
 a balanced plate, and balanced life.
Keep your feelings all in check,
and minimize the stress and strife.

And don't compare your sense of balance
 to your neighbor's...you're alone.
Because your neighbor's also trying
to get some balance of his own!