I'm Not Suppose To Be Here Now!

 (Loc Tube in Red, Black and Green by KnottyRowCrochetShop)

      Normally, on a day like today, I'd be somewhere putting on my 'smell-goods' (perfume, lotion, powder, etc.) and fixing my hair, getting ready for my meeting. (Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses) But the weather has caused a snag in the plan this morning. Ugh!

      Because of the 'nor'easter that came in last night, there's ice on the roads, ice in the Kingdom Hall parking lot, ice on the cars, ice....ice.....ICE!! So, instead of sitting here listening to a public talk on a Bible subject, and having a congregation discussion about "The Resurrection of Jesus - It's Meaning For Us", I'm sitting here blogging about hats, and watching minute-by-minute weather reports of how icy the roads are!! Ugh!

 (White Brooch Felted Cloche Hat by ZiemskaArt)

 (Knitted Tube Wrap by CarraigDesigns)

 (Black Green Tube Hat Headband by missbelluk)

(Terra-cotta and blue Versatile bulky hood style cowl and Hat by myknittingworld)

      I entertain myself with good thoughts about the whole situation though. Thoughts like..."It could be worse! I could be trying to make my way through freezing cold weather, briars, and darkness, with a broken arm and no shoes on my feet, like that little seven-year-old girl who survived the plane crash! :-( 

      Poor little thing! Her dad (the pilot), her mom, her sister, and her cousin...who were all on the plane with her...died in the crash. :-( She realized they were dead, so she followed a light in the distance...over hills and stream-beds, through cold, darkness, and briar patches...to get to help. And she survived!!

      Me?.....I survived a phone call telling me the meeting was cancelled this morning due to icy road conditions! O_O Yeah!...I'm good!!!"...It's all about perspective, isn't it?! ^_^

        With the extra time on our hands this morning, hubby and I decided to make a plan! We're gonna make some beaded jewelry, wash my hair, organize his tools, crochet another hat (that would be ME! LOL), eat, and take random naps! ^_^Don't you wish you were here?!! ♥ Have a good rest of the weekend, Everybody! :-)

All My Plans Unfurled

With all my plans unfurled today,
and nothing urgent pressing me,
I might crochet another scarf
or have a steeping cup of tea.

I might watch an old movie,
or take a nap, just for a minute.
Or I might take out a book to read,
or jot a few nice words down in it.

When you don't have any children,
and no job to do from home.
You can stay in your pajamas,
and have hair that you don't comb.

Yes, with all my plans unfurled,
there could be lots that I 'could' do.
It's always true...I could be busy,
but kinda nice I don't 'have to'!    

Yeah, I Know It's Late!...But......

(Letterpress Wood Type Greeting Card by HeartfishPress)

      Okay...so I know I'm late doing my post today. :-)) Sorry...sorta, kinda. But not really. ^_^ I just woke up from the best nap ever, after a night (last night) of watching a chunky 'everything-on-it' pizza and hot fudge sundae come back up the same digestive track it went down a few hours before with such ease!...Oh yes it did!!! O_O

      That's what I get for waiting for a Friday night to have both of the things I was craving all week!!... a slice of 'Uno's' pizza and a 'Friendly's' hot fudge sundae. Oh, they never tasted so good!...and they never looked so bad as when they were coming back up...three times!!! O_O ...Y-U-C-K!!!

       In their defense...the pizza and sundae's defense!...I'm not sure exactly why they didn't stay down. I haven't been feeling well for a couple of days. I attributed it to allergies, but who knows! The only thing I know for sure is that I'll never look at pizza and hot fudge the same again! LOL

      ANYWAY!! ^_^ I just wanted to let you know that I slept most of the day away...That's the reason I hadn't posted...And I'm not sorry!! ^_^ The only thing I've really done all day is sleep and post some lapel pin wedding packages in my Etsy shop, Wuglyees...

      This is only one of the packages. The others are HERE, if you're interested. And if you're awake! ^_^

      Okay...it's after 11 O'clock and I'm wide awake! O_O Now what do I do?!...I know! Wake hubby up and play cards or something! LOL Goodnight, Y'all!! ^_^

All My Plans Unfurled

With all my plans unfurled today,
and nothing urgent pressing me,
I might crochet another scarf
or have a steeping cup of tea.

I might watch an old movie,
or take a nap, just for a minute.
Or I might take out a book to read,
or jot a few nice words down in it.

When you don't have any children,
and no job to do from home.
You can stay in your pajamas,
and have hair that you don't comb.

Yes, with all my plans unfurled,
there could be lots that I 'could' do.
It's always true...I could be busy,
but kinda nice I don't 'have to'!

Magnolias For 'Virtual Friday Date Day'?!

      
      Happy Friday, Everybody! ^_^ Or, at least, I hope it's a happy Friday for you! I'm pretty sure it will be for me. It's 'Virtual Friday Date Day' with my Honey! How could it not?! ^_^ We're heading south for our 'virtual trip' tonight. We're gonna do these magnolias up right!! LOL
      Not the magnolias in the photos today. These aren't in the south. These are here!! :-) Hubby went outside and snapped some photos...Aren't they gorgeous?! ^_^ ...
   

      They're not gonna be around long. Magnolia trees bloom fast, and the blooms go away fast! But Oh, how pretty they are while they're here!!! :-) Ahhhhhh! Flowers!!....Flowers on a Friday!!!! :-]
 

      And it's almost as if they're sitting up and noticing how blue and clear the sky is too! :-) ...For now anyway!...We're due to get a few rain showers later...just like we had early, early this morning!...'Party Poopers!!' :-)) Whatever!!...We have 'rain-clear' skies, and flowers, now!! ^_^

      As you can probably tell, there's not much going on around here...because I'm talking about magnolia trees while I'm sitting here in my 'nighty', typing, watching Rachel Ray, sipping green tea, and crocheting when commercials come on!! LOL
       Speaking of which...the crocheting I mean...let me show you how my baby blanket is coming along! :-) ...

      It's still going 'as slow as molasses'!...WOW! I'm even starting to use southern expressions!! LOL...Hey! You get in the Friday mood the way YOU want to, and I'll get in the Friday mood the way I want to!! ^_^
      As I was saying.....It's........going.........S-L-O-W!!!! O_O I have to do 83 rows of the middle part, and I'm only on row 33...or something like that!...I'm gonna need a big nap, and a long hand massage, when I'm done with this blanket!...(yelling) "Did you hear that, Honey?!!" ^_^

      He didn't hear me. ^_^ He's somewhere packing for our trip, no doubt. *wink, wink!* ^_^

      Okay...before I'm outta here, let me share with you the flattering treasury that Lori did yesterday! :-) ...

(The Wug's Backyard Blog items Treasury curated by Lori Planken)

      If you follow my blog regularly, you will probably notice all of these items. :-) ... They're all items from Etsy shops that I featured on my blog recently!! :-) Isn't that cool?!!...I'm very flattered, and honored. :-) Thank you, Lori!!! ♥

      By the way, please click on the above treasury and go and leave Lori a nice comment. And check out the individual shops too while you're there!! ^_^ ... Otherwise, have a good day, Y'all!!...Did you notice the "Y'all"?!! ^_^ See! I'm practically in the south already!! ♥♥

All My Plans Unfurled

With all my plans unfurled today,
and nothing urgent pressing me,
I might crochet another scarf
or have a steeping cup of tea.

I might watch an old movie,
or take a nap, just for a minute.
Or I might take out a book to read,
or jot a few nice words down in it.

When you don't have any children,
and no job to do from home.
You can stay in your pajamas,
and have hair that you don't comb.

Yes, with all my plans unfurled,
there could be lots that I 'could' do.
It's always true...I could be busy,
but kinda nice I don't 'have to'!

Let's Talk About Cardinals And Thrill Seekers!

 (Bird in a Cage Shoulder Bag by Antiquebasketlady)

      My blog conversation about cardinals and thrill seekers doesn't have anything to do with that beautiful bag in the header photo. :-) I just saw a bird on it, and saw that pretty color, and just had to share it! ^_^ ...

      Of course, the fact that I was thinking about my backyard cardinals this morning, and when I scrolled Etsy's activity feed, there was something with a bird on it, might've had 'something' to do with it! ^_^

      This morning there are no cardinals at the suet feeder though. I think the snow...Yep! About 6-8 inches of it!!...might've turned them away. O_O They're probably huddled up in some make-shift bird Hotel somewhere, cooing sweet nothings in each other's ears! LOL
      I guess the other little birds aren't that particular about where they spend snow storms. :-) There are quite a few little ones, all colors and shapes, going back and forth to the feeder right now...I think hunger may have been their real motivation! :-)) Yeah....hunger tops snow storms every time!!

       But yesterday?!...There were birds all here together. Including chickadees and male and female cardinals!...

      I couldn't believe it when I looked out the window!!!...
 

      There they all were, taking turns pecking away! :-) ... And then the chickadees left...and the cardinals stop pecking...and just sat and 'hung out' with me for a while! :-) ...
 

      The female cardinal just sat on the feeder facing left...
 

      While the male cardinal sat in the tree close behind her, facing right! :-) ...

      And I just sat in the room staring at them with my mouth hanging open, and my eyes trying to tear up...facing out! :-) It was a special and beautiful moment for me...

      What can I say...I'm easy to please. Just give me a window and some birds to look at, or some background noise of tennis balls being whacked back and forth across a net, or some pretty music to listen to, or a husband that plays an air guitar in his socks and long Johns, and I'm good!! LOL
      Just because there's tons of white stuff on the ground doesn't mean you have to be a 'thrill seeker'! ^_^ Who needs to be barreling down some tall mountain slope on some long skis that have been waxed within an inch of their life, or bundled up in nine layers of clothing and be dragged around the yard on a sled, or be racing through the woods on a skidoo, dodging trees and hilly mounds?!....NOT ME!!!! ^_^
      Give me a cup of hot green tea, some hot breakfast consisting of leftover pork and gravy over some grits, a female cardinal that just returned to the feeder...RIGHT NOW! :-) ... and a pair of black mittens that have just sold in my shop, and need to be wrapped to ship! :-) Yep! Happiness is!
      The only bad part of this whole scenario is that we just got a call that, because of the weather, our meeting for today has been cancelled. :-( ... Oh well, I still have cardinals, other birds, a singing hubby, and lots of white stuff!! ^_^ I'll just have to make do!...Have a good rest of the weekend, Everybody! ♥

All My Plans Unfurled

With all my plans unfurled today,
and nothing urgent pressing me,
I might crochet another scarf
or have a steeping cup of tea.

I might watch an old movie,
or take a nap, just for a minute.
Or I might take out a book to read,
or jot a few nice words down in it.

When you don't have any children,
and no job to do from home.
You can stay in your pajamas,
and have hair you don't have to comb.

Yes, with all my plans unfurled,
there could be lots that I could do.
It's always true...I could be busy,
but kinda nice I don't 'have to'!

It's Thursday!...Abstract Photos Of Birds Day!! :-]

      Hello 'White Stuff' lovers! :-) If you had been here when I opened the bedroom blinds this morning, I'm sure you would have shrieked with joy! :-] We got some of the 'white stuff' overnight. Not much!...but enough to bring a smile and a little awed sigh from 'white stuff' lovers everywhere, I'm sure. ^_^
       I have to admit...I did a little shriek of joy myself! ^_^ But not because of the blinding 'white stuff'! It was because of the vision of my suet feeder swinging and moving around with a....BIRD!...on it! :-) ...
 

      And before you yell at me for trying to pull off the above photos as actual photos of birds...Ha! Ha!...let me add a disclaimer here!...I didn't take the photos!!! ^_^ Oh No! I'm not taking credit for these!!! LOL
      These 'abstract photos'...as he calls them...were the product of an excited, not quite fully awake, no eyeglass wearing, husband!...who shall remain nameless. But I think you know who I mean!! :-))
      I have been complaining for days about the fact that we haven't gotten NOT ONE bird to the feeder since we hung it!!...and then this morning!... O_O ...it's as if someone hung a BIRDS, THIS WAY, Birdie 'Holiday Inn', sign on the suet!!! ... Every bird in the eastern seaboard is here!!!! O_O I'm not kidding!!!...If you can look through the abstraction of the photos below, you'll see what I mean!....***as more birds are dancing and flitting and flying outside the window right now as I'm typing this!!*** :-)
 

      And yes!...that 'IS' a cardinal!!! :-) ...
 

      Actually there were THREE cardinals!!!...They all showed up together!!!!! :-) Two males, and one female!...Shocking!!!!...

      Because I know it's so 'abstract' that you can't really tell...I'll tell you!...the above 'abstract photo' of a bird...is a female cardinal! :-) The males were dropping food down to the ground and she was gong up and down picking it up from there!! :-) ... My type of girl!! LOL...
 

       Other birds waited, and took turns coming, in between the cardinal's arrivals and departures. :-) ... This led to an epiphany for my husband as to why people use the expression 'pecking order' Ha! Ha!...He said it without realizing it..."WOW! It's as if they have a pecking order." O_O ...And then he got that look on his face that people get when they've reached a definite moment of clarity...Then he said: "Ohhhhhhh! That's where that expression comes from...Pecking Order!!!!!!!" ^_^
      For about the next 15 minutes, he was at one with the birds out the window. ^_^ I knew there would be no reason for me to try to talk to him about what our schedules are today, or breakfast, or the fact that he needed to put some clothes on, or nothing!! LOL...Anyway, birds have seen men standing in windows with pajama bottoms and shirtless before, right?! ^_^ ..

     It made me wonder who was more fascinated with whom...when the cardinal started checking out our window!! LOL...
 

      Oh Well, onward to Thursday, People!! ^_^ And have a good one!! :-)

All My Plans Unfurled

With all my plans unfurled today,
and nothing urgent pressing me,
I might crochet another scarf
or have a steeping cup of tea.

I might watch an old movie,
or take a nap, just for a minute.
Or I might take out a book to read,
or jot a few nice words down in it.

When you don't have any children,
and no job to do from home.
You can stay in your pajamas,
and have hair you don't have to comb.

Yes, with all my plans unfurled,
there could be lots that I could do.
It's always true...I could be busy,
but kinda nice I don't 'have to'!