I Just Wanted To Share...That's All!

(Vintage Crochet Lace Butterfly Gloves from HygeiaEE)

       

        I hope you all had a nice weekend. Mine was. Yes! It actually was! :-) ....even with the snake still in the backyard, the car still not repaired (It's being towed to the garage today. Plans to do it over the weekend kept going wacky!...It was just one of those kind of weekends! LOL), and also no snow as promised! O_O....Okay, you know I'm not that upset about that part! LOL

     There were a few things....what I call 'piddly things'...that happened over the weekend though that I wanna share with you. Ohhh...I don't know why. I just feel like sharing! ^_^

(Chocolate Chip Cookies by FlourLovesSugar)

       Please feel free to think about my sharing the same way you would think about a friend sharing her favorite chocolate chip cookies with you! :-) .... Not these cookies though (above). These are not mine. Ha! Ha!...But if you want these, just click on the picture. It'll take you to the shop so you can buy them!}

      I wanted to share with you that my 'trick colon' is back in working order. :-) YAY!!...I guess the hot sauced chicken wings didn't do such a bad job after all!...Neither did the spaghetti, chocolate chip cookies, and coffee I had this weekend! :-) What?!....Once my trick colon was back in working order, I had to test it, right?!!....What kind of person would I be if I didn't test it to see if it was working after I 'fixed' it?! ^_^

       (Gorgeous Lakes of Colorado Photograph by AmericanPhotographer)

        I wanted to share with you that the scenery around here in Holyoke, as it is in many places right now, is just beautiful! It's not at all what any of us here in Massachusetts would've expected for February....FEBRUARY!!! We're usually about sick of the house, sick of ourselves, and sick of the snow by now!...But with the beautiful weather....sunshine everywhere, and only a passing snow shower every now and again...I'm ready for another February just like this one...for next month!! LOL

      I'm kinda waiting on the birds to return to the backyard though...

(Fairy Wren Print of a Watercolor Painting by SplodgePodge)

        I miss seeing the robins and cardinals hopping across the lawn and jumping up and down in the tree trunk...Well, it's a tree trunk now! That bad storm we had took my tree 'OUT'! :-( I'm not gonna be able to have my hummingbird feeder right next to the window anymore. There's no branch to hang it from. :-( ... The only good thing about that though, is that there won't be any ant or wasp drama this year either! :-]

     I also wanted to share the photos of the gray scarf that I finished a little while back. Hubby finally had some time to take the pictures of it for me yesterday! :-)

       Nothing too dramatic. It's just a plain gray scarf...

        I just wanted to share! :-) ... I'm probably gonna list it in my Wuglyees shop later today.

     Did any of you watch any of the 'Grammy Award Show' last night?!...I thought that a lot of the music was sooooo good, like Adele. Nice to see her voice is back in good form! :-) ... But what was with the mickey mouse eared techno music?! O_O People jumping up and down, holding glowing and blinking mickey mouse ears over their heads!?.....What?!.. O_O ...What?!...I must confess I only 'heard' a few seconds of the music. I had to mute the t.v. Between the jumping and the steady beat, my poor sensory receptors were in overload!! LOL

      I didn't see all of it. I was turning the mute on and off for 'certain' head-banging, flickery lighted, acts. ^_^ I must say...I did SOOOO MUCH enjoy Bruno Mars' almost retro type performance though! It took me back to James Brown and some of the bands from the 60s and 70s. It was so nice to see the synchronized dancing with the music. Nobody does that much anymore these days! And it's too bad too!

      

      Let's see......what else can I share?!....Oh! I can share these things that I found in my etsy searches!...

(Felt Yarn Wreath by KnockKnocking)

       What a great way to use yarn, huh?!....If you're not gonna make a scarf with it, I mean! ^_^ And I love these colors together!

     And for an old Georgia girl like me, who loves a good cup of green tea..or some coffee (just saying! ^_^)...this is the perfect cup!...

(Coffee Mug by DailyGrinder)

      It has Georgia cities all over it!...My birth state...It would be like holding 'Down Home' in my hand every morning. :-) It makes me smile just thinking about that!

     And the reason I wanted to share this one (below) is pretty self-explanatory!...*Teehee*...

(Flower Print Button Ring by Element4you)

       I never saw a flower that I didn't like!....Or anything with a flower printed on it that I didn't at least get tempted to click on!! LOL

     Lastly, I'm gonna share with you that I think I annoyed my father this weekend...We had a conversation that got waaaaaay deeper than I intended, but it couldn't be avoided. He was assuming that I was agreeing with him on a particular subject...involving our respective religious beliefs...and I had to make it clear to him that he and I were NOT on the same page!

     Usually, I stay away from deep conversations with my father on religious subjects because he doesn't 'play nice' when he believes something. He just assumes he KNOWS!! And therefore he's RIGHT! ^_^ And usually...because it's 'no skin off my nose', so to speak...I let him think whatever he wants! I don't have a big need to irritate my 70 something year old father! LOL

     But when he started talking about how 'we' both feel the same about this and that!...I had to set him straight.......Uhhhh...No 'we' don't! That would be 'YOU'!...He needed clarification (meaning he just would not leave it alone!). I tried to warn him that he was getting into my 'wheel house' of knowledge here, and that he wasn't gonna like the info I was giving him...facts! But he insisted: "What do you mean?!...No! I wanna know!!!!!"....So, I let him have it! ^_^

      In the end we agreed to disagree...and I was fine with that. He also agreed that no one in the family ever really discusses with me what my beliefs are. He was impressed with my knowledge, even though he chooses to believe what he's always grown up with...Fine with me! I'm not the one he has to answer to for what he believes! I have to answer for ME!!!

       After that we went back to talking about our individual aches and pains, and about Whitney Houston's death...safety subjects! LOL...Do any of you have uncomfortable conversations with your older parents?!...I don't want to disrespect him because he's been around longer than me, but some things he talks about......Well....they're just wrong! And it's a tricky dance trying to correct your elderly parents! O_O

     Okay....I'm done sharing for today...except for the poem below (it's one I wrote about my dad a few years ago). I'll share something else with you tomorrow. Something I've been crocheting all weekend!! Something I'm all smiles and "Why-didn't-you-think-of-this-before" about!! I guess you'll just have to stop by tomorrow if you wanna see what it is! ^_^ Bring your own coffee!

Dad Is Getting Older

I'm  48 years old,
and my dad is 71;
And reality just hit me:
"Growing old is not much fun!"

Dad is dependable and kind,
a step above most other men;
But I feel the tide is turning.
Things are not as they have been.

His health is slowly fading.
(Not to mention-so has mine!)
When we talk, he's  still himself,
but now his 'Sharp' has lost some shine.

More frequent Doctor's  visits,
high blood pressure, hemorrhoids too;
needs more fiber in his diet,
and less noise to shuffle through.

He used to take long trips,
driving hours, all alone.
Now he watches television-
All his hours, spent at home.

With a witty sense of humor,
and a colorful point of view,
he's  still as proud as he can be-
But like a peacock-in the zoo!

He enjoys all our attention,
and the grand-kids love his jokes;
All the neighbors love his gossip.
He's  a 'Special' kind of folks.

If things continue going
as they have the last few years,
dad's  non-stop aging process
will evoke a lot of tears.

Next year I will be older.
Until then what will I do?
Keep spending time with dad
who will, by then, be 72.

I Sure Needed Some "Cheery" Today!!

      This is what I woke up to this morning....Isn't it pretty?!! It's a Treasury entitled brigth ligth sunshine. It was curated by the owner of the Etsy shop linusmanus, an artist and designer from Norway.
    She very nicely included my Peach, Yellow and Blue Wuglyee Button Flower Necklace from my Wuglyees shop on Etsy.

      THANK YOU!!! I very much appreciate the attention to my little shop. :-)
     I was thankful to have something so bright and cheery to look at this morning because, frankly, I'm not feeling all that cheery...For one thing, I haven't seen my hummingbird in a couple of days now. :-( I don't think he was that crazy about my feeder!
     So, time for a new feeder!!

      It's not a great shot of it, but actually it was still dark when I took it! I had to lighten it in Picassa. :-] Hopefully you'll see better shots of it...including photos of hummingbirds...in the next few days. We'll see!
     The ant problem has been taken care of too! A little ant repellent around the base of the tree, and off they go to the ant hill to re-configure another location to dive-bomb! LOL...Hubby has mixed up a new nectar too...no red (just in case!)
     In other news, the Yoyo bag is really coming along now!! :-) I finished connecting them together...

      Now it looks like a colorful hollow tube of goodness! LOL

        I thought that it was going to be REALLY big because of my not knowing exactly what size the Yoyo circles were suppose to be when I got started, but it looks like it's gonna be the perfect size for the beach or something like that. Somewhere nice and big to put all your goodies! :-)
      And after I got that part all done, I started on the bottom of it...

        I'm actually a little farther than this now, but it was too dark to take a proper picture for you. No worries though, I'm gonna keep you up to date! :-]
    The other reason I'm not feeling all that cheery today is because of my dad. I talked to him yesterday. Two days in a row now...He's been in a LOT of pain. :-( He fell in the yard the other day. It left him kinda beat up and in more pain!  And then, night before last,  he fell out of bed!! :-(
     He's trying to talk all encouraging because he doesn't want us to worry, but this pain has gotten to be too much for him. He has another appointment with the doctor today, and he says he's going back into the hospital on Friday. :-( ...*sigh* More surgery to try to fix this nerve.
    I hope it 'takes' this time, and he's able to get some relief! Pain can 'cramp your style'. Especially someone like my dad who has SO MUCH STYLE!!  '-' This whole situation is trying him, but he's being so humble and wonderful about it...My sisters had to go into his bedroom to pick him up off of the floor the other night, because the pain was so bad that he couldn't get up!
     His only remark was about how wonderful it was of them to come and help him! ;'_'; For a man who has always been the one to run to everybody else's help, he's taking this change in his life and situation with such grace and fortitude. It's a lesson to all of us about how to handle change.
     He was still cracking jokes, and asking about individuals and their situations, and about how THEY were doing!! :-) ...That's my dad!! And that's why he's so easy to love...I'm sure all daughters probably feel that way about their fathers, but I still needed to say so OUT LOUD.
     Before I'm off to look for hummingbirds and to work on my Yoyo bag, I want to leave you a poem. This is one I wrote a while ago, about 4 years ago now,  about my dad. I hope you like it...And, just for me,  call your folks today and check on 'em, huh?! :-]

Dad Is Getting Older

I'm  48 years old,
and my dad is 71;
And reality just hit me:
"Growing old is not much fun!"

Dad is dependable and kind,
a step above most other men;
But I feel the tide is turning.
Things are not as they have been.

His health is slowly fading.
(Not to mention-so has mine!)
When we talk, he's  still himself,
but now his 'Sharp' has lost some shine.

More frequent Doctor's  visits,
high blood pressure, hemorrhoids too;
needs more fiber in his diet,
and less noise to shuffle through.

He used to take long trips,
driving hours, all alone.
Now he watches television-
All his hours, spent at home.

With a witty sense of humor,
and a colorful point of view,
he's  still as proud as he can be-
But like a peacock-in the zoo!

He enjoys all our attention,
and the grand-kids love his jokes;
All the neighbors love his gossip.
He's  a 'Special' kind of folks.

If things continue going
as they have the last few years,
dad's  non-stop aging process
will evoke a lot of tears.

Next year I will be older.
Until then what will I do?
Keep spending time with dad
who will, by then, be72.

UGH! What Now?!!

    YAY! The Fall inspired, brown and "Clover Colors" scarf is finished!! And as usual with me lately, I wasn't that crazy about it while I was working on it, but I love it now! It'll be perfect with the Chocolate Brown Crochet Flip Up Hat in my Wuglyees Shop too, because it was made with the exact same brown yarn!

     I'm going to put it and the other scarf I finished...Yes, I finished another one too!!...in my shop this weekend some time. I've had time to finish all this crocheting because my custom ordered "Pistachio" yarn STILL HASN'T GOTTEN HERE!!! So annoying!! It was suppose to be here by Wednesday! I got the tracking information saying it was shipped, but.....UGH!!
   Oh! Let me show you the other scarf!

    This is the one I made with Purple and the "Razzle Dazzle" yarn I had. What do you think of my new babies?!
    Frankly, I'm glad I have something to be happy about this morning because again.....a new situation!! Remember my father -in-law, the one that passed out in the store a couple of days ago? I talked about it in this post...Well, yesterday we got an automated call from the people who have him hooked up to a monitor, so that if he gets in an emergency we will be called. Apparently my mother-in-law says he fell out of bed the night before, and fell out of a chair yesterday. He was showing some weakness and some real signs that something was wrong!! So the EMTs (I think it stands for Emergency Medical Transport) were called and he was taken to the Hospital yesterday evening.
     He had to be admitted. I'll let you know what the story is later. In the meantime, hubby is kinda nervous, especially having to think about what comes next. His dad is in his late 70s. It's tough when your parents are getting older and start to show visible signs that they're not doing it gracefully any longer.
     In fact, I talked to my dad on the phone yesterday too. Just needed to hear his voice. He was his same old reassuring self.....and funny! We had a giggle about how neither one of us can remember anything anymore! He said he saw a show on television the other night with a familiar actor in it....whose name he could'nt remember. He said: "I kept looking at him and saying: 'I know this guy. WHAT IS HIS NAME?' It bothered me so much I couldn't go to sleep!!"
    I 'One-uped' him though. I told him about how I called hubby on the cell phone the other day when someone called here with a message for him. Whatever it was was too important to wait.  (AND I was afraid that if I didn't tell him right then I would forget! LOL) But hubby didn't answer his phone....Cut to an hour and a half later. Hubby called to ask what I wanted and.....I COULDN'T REMEMBER!!! I STILL don't remember!! LOL Me and dad laughed about that, and joked about how we hope we don't forget each other one of these days!!
     UGH! We're getting old, can't remember things, and life just won't stop messing with us!!! LOL What's next?! ..... Shhhhhh! Pretend you didn't hear me ask that!!! *Looking left and right*  ^_^
(I wrote this poem a couple of years ago...We're still holding up pretty good I'd say....for OLD folks! ^_^)

Dad Is Getting Older

I'm  48 years old,
and my dad is 71;
And reality just hit me:
"Growing old is not much fun!"

Dad is dependable and kind,
a step above most other men;
But I feel the tide is turning.
Things are not as they have been.

His health is slowly fading.
(Not to mention-so has mine!)
When we talk, he's  still himself,
but now his 'Sharp' has lost some shine.

More frequent Doctor's  visits,
high blood pressure, hemorrhoids too;
needs more fiber in his diet,
and less noise to shuffle through.

He used to take long trips,
driving hours, all alone.
Now he watches television-
All his hours, spent at home.

With a witty sense of humor,
and a colorful point of view,
he's  still as proud as he can be-
But like a peacock-in the zoo!

He enjoys all our attention,
and the grand-kids love his jokes;
All the neighbors love his gossip.
He's a 'Special' kind of folks.

If things continue going
as they have the last few years,
dad's non-stop aging process
will evoke a lot of tears.

Next year I will be older.
Until then what will I do?
Keep spending time with dad
who will, by then, be 72.
 
     In local AWM Team news: There's a lovely interview with Katie Richardson, one of the new members, up on the AWM Blog here. Please check it out!

The Winner...My Dad!

First things first today...The Winner of the GiveAway is "Artistry Jewelry Studios"!!! Congratulations!!! Please Leave me a convo on ETSY or a Direct Message on Twitter with your address and I will get it in the mail for you today!!!
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   I had one of those days yesterday where I just couldn't get food off of my mind! I woke up wanting pancakes and sausage!...Hubby fixed two slices of turkey bacon for me...NOT the same! He tried to add to it, giving me something that would make me feel full...a bowl of bran buds and a banana. Do I have to tell you what my reaction was?!!!!
  This happens to me on occasion. I always attributed it to hormones because there is no other earthly reason why I would wake up hungry! Did I go jogging for 27 miles in my dreams? Visit Paris where all of the great food is?! No...Did I eat something before bed that gave me that 'I need some more' kind of feeling? Or didn't eat enough food yesterday, so that I had the feeling that if I didn't eat something I would starve to death?! Also...No!
  I tried to appease the feeling with peanuts...

and actually, this worked for a little while. But then I started to get that pain in the pit of my stomach again. Then came this...

  I'd love to show you how beautiful and red, cold and crisp it was, but...it didn't last long enough!! LOL By the end of the day I had succumbed to a meatball/sausage grinder (sandwich) with chips. I know I should feel bad about it, but....frankly it was delicious!!! It filled up the hole in my stomach, took food off of my mind, and allowed me some time to do other things....like fashion a new 'Hand Sandal' bracelet.
   The metal bangle that I've been using on it is too big for a lot of my customers. So I bought some colored stretchy cord and gave that a try yesterday. It came out...hmmm...al...right, but I'm still not completely pleased with it. I'm gonna try again today. I'll show you what I eventually come up with...Now, if I can just stay away from food...food that doesn't work well with my body...I'll be good!
  I'm sure, now that I think about it, that some of that hunger was emotional. I was talking about my granddaddy yesterday, and my dad's health became a lingering thought too. Oh well, some things 'are what they are'! Aging 'is what it is', and food 'does what it do'!!! And pretty well sometimes too! :-)) I'm not thinking about chocolate, or grilled cheese sandwiches, or spaghetti and meatballs at all this morning................much!
(Wrote this poem a couple of years ago.)

Dad Is Getting Older

I'm  48 years old,
and my dad is 71;
And reality just hit me:
"Growing old is not much fun!"

Dad's dependable and kind,
a step above most other men;
But I feel the tide is turning.
Things are not as they have been.

His health is slowly fading.
(Not to mention-so has mine!)
When we talk, he's still himself,
but now his 'Sharp' has lost some shine.

More frequent Doctor's visits,
high blood pressure, hemorrhoids too;
Needs more fiber in his diet,
and less noise to shuffle through.

He used to take long trips,
driving hours, all alone.
Now he watches television-
all his hours, spent at home.

With a witty sense of humor,
and a colorful point of view,
he's still as proud as he can be-
But like a peacock-in the zoo!

He enjoys all our attention,
and the grandkids love his jokes;
All the neighbors love his gossip.
He's a 'Special' kind of folks.

If things continue going
as they have the last few years,
dad's non-stop aging process
will evoke a lot of tears.

Next year I will be older.
Until then what will I do?...
Keep spending time with dad
who will, by then, be 72.