Soooooooo...He Passed The Test!...And I Went With The Flower!

       Woohoo!!...There were two things on my mind on my 'yawn-fest' of a blog post yesterday. One thing was that my husband was taking a special driving test, in order to get a license to drive a special kind of bus or van. He 'crammed' for it all weekend! And today...HE PASSED IT!! :-) Again I say: Woohoo!! ^_^
        I'm so excited for him!...although it's gonna mean that he's not here at home with me as much as before. :-( Hey!...Somebody's gotta work around here!! I need to be kept in the ice cream, grits, and potatoes that I've become accustomed to!!Ha! Ha!

     I've also become accustomed to crocheting my brains out! So, I guess yarn would also be on the list of things we might be able to afford soon! :-) Although, I'm not doing so badly finding projects to make, using the yarn I still have around here! ^_^ Case in point, remember the 100% cotton red tote bag I was trying to decide whether to attach a ribbon or a flower to?...

      I decided to go with the flower! ^_^
 

      ...And remember the before mentioned mint green yarn. The yarn I made the mittens and the scarf out of?!... 
 

       Hubby took a few photos of them out in the backyard yesterday...after the rainy skies cleared....I love the photos!...even though they're LOADED with contradiction!! I mean, there's no snow on the ground, but Tina is mittened to the max (not to mention that they almost look like oven mitts too!! ^_^ WHATEVER!!!!), and she's scarfed up to her headless neck! :-))
      It's also not lost on me that wearing a light-weight stringed dress along with mittens and a thick scarf is just fraught with contradiction!! ^_^ The kind of contradiction that makes you wanna scrap the photos, put Tina in a winter Parka, twist off her mitted hands, and start all over again! ^_^ 
      But...Hey!!...I'm Poetesswug, crazy-girl crocheter, poet, lover of country music and Motown, and wife to a loving non-professional photographer who took loads of these photos just so that I could find three that would work for me. I'm NOT beyond contradiction!! ^_^
       

      Besides...Tina looks cool!!! ^_^ Why mess with 'cool-mint-green-contradiction'!! ^_^ Have a good rest of the day, Everybody!! ♥

Eclectic Tastes

I've got eclectic tastes.
Yes I do! That's what I said!
I'm not afraid of being different,
Country raised and city bred.

If it's pretty, then I'm in,
but just as fast I can be out,
because I don't like what the hoopla
about some things is all about!

I think different can be cool,
in many colors, not just white.
And not just worn by 'one person',
with a body shape just right.

It's good to have 'eclectic' tastes,
and to just be who 'you' are!
But be careful, because 'eclectic'
quickly can become 'Too Far'!!

Random 'Stream Of Consciousness' Friday!

     Why didn't I start the crochet gauge check for my girlfriend's mittens with some other color yarn besides mint green?! O_O I mean...mint green, Poetesswug?!!!...Seriously?!...Now I have a pair of mint green ADULT SIZE mittens to try to get somebody to buy from my wuglyees crochet shop!! O_O My practically DEAD wuglyees crochet shop!! O_O
 

     And then I had the bright idea...after the mint green mittens came out so beautiful...O_O...to make a matching scarf! A matching scarf with a pattern I made up!!...
 

     I'm calling it the 'Corded Sweater Scarf'. :-) The name is because of the sweater cuff on the ends of the scarf, and the cord pattern on the edges of each side of it.
 

     When I asked my husband what he thought of it, he said: "What is it?!...A sleeve?"...*Blink, Blink*...Ha! Ha! Ha!...I never even noticed that it looked like a sleeve until he said that!! ^_^ ...WHATEVER!!!! LOL
 

     So what if my creative side runs toward ugly...yucky...mint green...and sleeves!! ^_^ Somebody is gonna love it!!...PLEASE!!!! LOL

     Why does Serena Williams have on a completely different color outfit at the U.S. Open today?!...Did her other outfits float away in all of that rain New York got yesterday?! ^_^ Don't get me wrong though! I like orange and pink and yellow worn all together!! O_O And where would be better to wear it than in New York?! :-)

     Did the hummingbirds get a memo that I didn't get?...that Fall (Autumn) isn't coming this year, or something?! O_O I mean...it's already into the second week of September!! But they're just flying back and forth, dancing and sipping away!!
     Along the same lines though, the bumblebees are all over the place right now too! O_O They're even pollinating my forsythia like crazy! The forsythia that was beaten down to the ground by the rain...that came back upright a bit yesterday...and that was beaten down again last night! Ugh! Thanks to the rain and the bees, I have a beautiful ground cover of yellow forsythia! ^_^

    YAY!!! Hubby may finally have a new job!! ^_^ Of course, due to the job physical, the manual he has to download, read, and pass the test with, and all the other stuff related to starting a new job (stress, scheduling, etc), his mind is gonna be even more frayed than mine for a few days!...And that's saying something!! LOL

     I really...Really...REALLY!...need to pluck my eyebrows!! ^_^ I'm slowly approaching uni-brow, fat-caterpillar status!! LOL It's a good thing I have a good friend with a steady plucking hand, and anti-laughability!! ^_^ And the anti-laughability thing is important!! I mean...who wants a friend coming at them with a sharp object, but with the inability to control a belly laugh that's rising up from their toes?!!! ^_^ NOT ME!!!

     Does anybody wanna sponsor a crochet party at their house, where I supply all of the product, and you take away 30% of whatever is sold?!...Huh?!...HUH?! ^_^ I need somebody to do the 'grunt' work for me and just let me CROCHET!!! :-)

    Lastly, today...hubby and I aren't going out of the country for our 'Virtual Date' tonight. Due to him having to 'cram' for his job test on Monday, we're gonna be keeping it close to home....But maybe some ice cream, cookies, and covering over of all mirrors that might make me have to look at my humongous uni-brow, is in order though! LOL To my credit, my husband is completely aware of crochet sweater scarf sleeves, but completely oblivious to his wife's caterpillar uni-brow!! ^_^ That's why we've lasted for 33 years!! :-) {All happily married flabby hairy people, UNITE!! LOL}

     Have a good weekend, Y'all!! ♥ :-)

My Super-Hero

He has x-ray vision,
but he`s as blind as a bat.
He sees straight to my heart,
but cannot see my fat.

He`s as strong as an ox,
but as gentle as can be.
He`s sexy in his shorts,
and in a suit-a sight to see!

He`s my super-hero,
even though he can't  fly;
He doesn`t drive a Bat-Mobile,
or freeze time with his eye.

But the things that he can do
far outweigh the things he can`t;
and they give the word "Super-Hero"
a whole new slant! 

Rained Out!...But Holding Onto My Mittens!!

     My photos aren't good enough for me to show you the pouring rain, and trust me when I tell you, you don't wanna see it anyway!! In fact, the header photo was taken yesterday evening, before the pouring rain actually got here!
 

     The forsythia was growing wild and tall, with bumblebees galore all over them!! And the sun was shining beautifully!...Cut to this morning when we opened the blinds....*gulp!*..."What happened to the forsythia?!!!" O_O ...The rain had beat it down to the ground!! The only thing I could see in my window was the hanging hummingbird feeder, and lots and lots of backyard lawn!!
     As the day has worn on, the forsythia has slowly crept back up...Well, most of it has!...I would show you a picture, but it's so dark outside that I can't get a decent shot! Grrr!  By tomorrow it'll probably be back to it's wild and tall self, and you'll wonder what I was talking about! ^_^
     
     I don't have much time to talk right now anyway. I have to get me a nap before my meeting tonight!! You know...old people gotta sleep!! ^_^ But, before I go, let me show you one of the finished mint green mittens! :-) ...
 

     Since I took this picture I've actually finished both mittens. But again...no light to take a proper photo! :-( ... Keep that in mind when you look at my 'Picassa'-altered photos below, of the last 'yucky-yarn' hat!...
 

     The hat shows up good in the pictures, but who is that underneath the hat?! LOL Oh well...you've seen 'Shequita' look better, I'm sure. But trust me, it's her!! ^_^ And you can take my word for it too that she is "sportin' that hat"!!! ^_^

     I started a scarf to go with the mittens, and I'm making up my own pattern for it. Creativity...here I come!! ^_^ If I finish it tomorrow...and the weather cooperates!...I'll take picture and show it to you. If not....I'll find something else to talk about, like maybe...DATE NIGHT!!! ^_^ Have a good one, Everybody!! ♥ :-)

Daylight

Daylight, you bring such happiness,
shining on the Autumn hues.
And when you're gone, you leave more darkness,
bringing on some moody blues.

How could some light, or lack of it,
have me waxing poetic rhyme,
wishing for a place with celestial money,
so I could buy some Daylight Saving Time?!

How Are Sisters Suppose To Act Anyway?!!

(Custom Portrait Illustration by 2DayIChoose)

     Do you have sisters?!...If so, how do you get along with them?...The reason I'm asking is because I was impressed by the display of sister-love between Serena and Venus Williams last night (Tuesday night) after their tennis match. ♥ 

     They really went at each other on the court!! I mean, extremely powerful serves, forehands, backhands, slices and lobs were flying!! ^_^ Serena won the first set. Venus won the second set. And the third set was ultimately won by the better player...Serena. {Sorry. I forgot to say: SPOILER ALERT! ^_^}

     But as great as the tennis was to watch between them, the display of their obvious love for one another, which was shown as they met at the net after the match was over, was even better! Especially since the biggest smile and hug came from the one who lost!! (Venus) ^_^ She squeezed and hugged her little sister and mouthed the words: 'I'm so proud of you!'

     Is this the way sisters, who have been lifetime competitors and each other's best friends, suppose to act?!...The truth is, who knows!! They're a rare breed, siblings in professional competition with each other. {The only other siblings I can think of, with the same level of success, are the football quarterbacks, Payton and Eli Manning.} 

     I would like to think that this 'is' the way sisters are suppose to act!! :-) Love for your sister shouldn't be altered by your profession or money. Love should just be LOVE, right?!! ♥ ... Unfortunately, I'm embarrassed to say that the one time I had to play against my younger sister {we played basketball for rival High School teams} was not all about love!... ***holding my head down low*** I was the older sister and I just wanted to beat her!!!! And I did!! ^_^ I've grown up a lot since then...thankfully!!! :-)

     I don't even wanna think about how difficult the situation would've been if me and my sister had news press in our faces with prying questions and microphones!! O_O ***shaking my whole body*** Nah! Let's not think about that!!! LOL Let's just share a song for the girls!! ^_^

         Moving on!! ^_^ ... I wanna show you my latest projects!!...starting with a mint green pair of mittens!...

    

     Actually, I didn't start this project with the intention of making a pair of mint green mittens! All I wanted to do was work a mitten pattern up to a certain point, so that I could check out whether it worked well for my girlfriend whose trying to make a pair of mittens for her son. (Her gauge kept coming out too big and she wanted to know if it was possible to work the pattern with less stitches...As it turns out, the answer for this pattern is NO! Not with the yarn and hook she's using anyway.)

     As you can see in the above photo, it does work up into a really cute mitten though, when you follow the pattern exactly! ^_^ And now that I've made one really cute mitten...I might as well make the other one, right?! ^_^ So...I will!

       In other news, the last project...or at least I 'think' it's the last!...the striped hat, is all done! :-)
  

     If I have enough yarn left I'm gonna make a flower or two to go with it later today...but that's it! :-) Then it'll be onward and upward to the next sister act, tennis match, or crochet project of love!! ^_^ You're welcome to come along if you like!! ♥

Sisters

Sisters-on the family curve
sometimes just get on your nerve;
But, sisters will a purpose serve,
they will your life preserve.

Sisters-sometimes they're at war;
and sometimes they "do" go to far.
All sisters want to be the star-
not follow where you are!

Sisters-they don't care a bit!
When fighting they will never quit!
But, sisters, all your jokes they get;
and, when with you, they fit!

Sisters-are your family.
Sisters, see the things you see;
Sisters, knew the girl you'd be,
and set your spirit free.

Sisters-beside you they live;
and sometimes drain you, like a sieve;
But sisters, their last dime will give,
and will your bad forgive.

Sisters-no one else can knock;
and wow!-the memories they unlock.
A sisters smile can stop the clock-
'cause sisters "They Just Rock!"

Parents-with the seasons flow.
Boyfriends-they will come and go.
Brothers-by your side will grow.
But, sisters ease your woe;
and one shared heart you know.     

It's Time To Warm Up Around Here! :-)

(Cozy Mug Sweater by mugsweater) 

      Yes, I know you've seen these mug sweaters before, but considering how cold it is outside...almost too cold to hold onto a cup of tea!...I thought it was time to show you these warm 'babies' again!

      In fact, I wish I could show you every warm thing in t he world today! ^_^ But who has the time for that kind of folderol?!...Not me! I've got things to do!!...crocheting, talking, typing with my sore hand...OUCH!...and napping! ^_^

      So, let's talk about the weather, shall we?!...Brrrrr!...It's 20 degrees fahrenheit here in Massachusetts right now!...That's below freezing, for those of you who haven't had your third cup of coffee yet, and are wondering what this silly 'Wug' woman is talking about! LOL

      It's a good day to look at warm and colorful mittens, don't you think?! ^_^ ...

 

 (Yellow, Orange, and Brown Wool Mittens by ShopDreamsofCrochet)

  (Green and Brown Rustic Mittens by ShopDreamsofCrochet)

      And it's a good day to look at wall clocks that sorta, kinda, look like snowflakes too! ^_^ ...

 (Large Wooden Wall Clock by AsymmetreeDesign)

      And it's a good day for me to show you the other scarves I still have to list in my Wuglyees shop! :-) Hey!....I can do warm!!! ^_^ ...

(Crochet Shawls & Scarves by Wuglyees)

      If you already own one of my scarves, holler, will ya!! I think people who are just looking at them on a computer screen might not know just how warm they really are! I could use some 'testimonials'. ^_^

      By the way, if you need a deal on a bundle of scarves, you can holler at me about that too!! I really need to move some scarves outta this house! LOL If you can pay for the shipping, and a very modest donation otherwise, you can have every single warm and colorful one of them!!! ^_^

      Otherwise in Wugland, Uhhhhh....I could tell you about my dream of me and......Nahhhhh! I better not tell  you about that!! ^_^ ... Or I could tell you the whole conversation hubby and I had this morning about all of t he nicknames he and I call each other..Ha! Ha! Ha!....Nahhhhhh! I better not get into that either!! ^_^

      Okay....hmmmmmm....otherwise.....I got nothing!! LOL Have a good day! ♥ Deb

I Wish I Could Wave Off The Time

I wish I could wave off the time
the way you wave off a fly about to land.
Just 'poo poo' appointments I'm dreading
with a flick and a wave of the hand.

If only the time went unnoticed,
like 'extras' on some movie set.
One shot it's as if they were coming,
the next shot they've not gotten there yet.

I'm dreading the phone calls and chatting,
as if time has somehow just stood still.
I wish I could wave off the ticking,
and hours of quiet to fill.

I know soon the day will be over.
The consciousness is in this rhyme.
Still I'm dreading the fact that it's coming,
and I wish I could wave off the time.

Gifted Designer To The Rescue!!

    I owe a lot of people my thanks today, for coming to my rescue yesterday when I was rashly considering closing my Etsy shop for good. I was taken off guard by the new photo format on Etsy, and I wasn't handling it very well. I just couldn't see myself going through another round with the photos!!!...Yeah! You've heard it here before! :-] But I'm here today to report that Wuglyees remains in business, I am now in a much better and...calmer mood, and that you guys are GREAT!!
    By your comments you make me think, you make me smile, and you had me howling with laughter....at things in general, and at myself! THANK YOU!...And special thanks is going out to Shannon of gifteddesigns on Etsy. Her shop announcement says that she has 'necklaces, earrings and bracelets to enhance your gorgeously chic, timelessly elegant or classically cool nature'! Boy is she right! I'll show you a couple of her other pieces, besides the Repurposed Vintage Antique Brass Pendant with the Czech Glass Beads in my header picture, in a minute.
   But first I want to tell you what a great PERSON she is! She saw my rants somewhere, either here on my blog or on Twitter or Facebook yesterday, and convoed me on Etsy and said: "...I may be able to help you understand what you need to do to fix them..." That started a back and forth that went on for almost 6 hours yesterday, ending with her emailing me a tutorial of exactly how to fix the problem, using the specific camera I own!!
    I just want to say to her that I know how much energy it takes to invest that kind of time in a stranger...well, a kind of stranger. And I am extremely thankful and reassured to know that there are still good people like her out there!! :-) ...With full disclosure I have to say that I actually didn't get the revelation of how to initially fix my pictures from her though!...I'll tell you about that tomorrow. But in the long run, after I fully check out the tutorial she arranged for me, I'm going to be much more knowledgeable, and much more comfortable with my picture taking!!! That makes my encounter with her lovely self Priceless to me!!
   So, you know she's a great person, but what about her as an Etsy shop owner?! Take a look for yourself at her shop HERE!...I'm specifically partial to a few pieces. One is this Rainbow Moonstone and Sterling Silver Necklace with an Asymmetrical Toggle!

     I have an affinity for things that are a bit off center and not like everybody else's! That's probably also why I love these Baltic Amber, Mexican Turquoise and Copper Dangle Earrings!

    They're gorgeous...and unique!!!
    So please, go by and give her shop the 'once over'....Awwww! Give it the twice over if you want to! ^_^ And again I say sincerely Shannon...Thank You!!!!
    Okay, before I go I have to show you what I've been crocheting in between the photo stuff to keep my brain slightly calmer. Remember this yarn?!

     Well, I haven't known what to do with it besides making a scarf. Which I'm planning to do in the next couple of days. But I started with these...to match the scarf. ↓

     Mittens!!!...I'm debating about whether to add some buttons or a flower for embellishment. Any thoughts?!!
    Two more quick things. AWM team member. ↓

    Her Etsy shop is Weyakin. She has a variety of items, including this Sleepy Sheep...Flannel Cotton Herbal Heat Pack Eye Pillow!

    Now that's something you don't see every day on Etsy! I probably could have used this too to rest a bit yesterday!!! :-) ...Please take a look at the other cute items she has in her shop!
    Tired of me yet?! Then a poem about being tired might be in order! ^_^

Tired


Sapped, low,
weary, slow.

Dragging about,
plum tuckered out.

Fatigued, spent,
No power surge sent.

Depleted, drained,
almost empty-brained.

Pooped, sucked dry,
out of gas, can't try.

Exhausted, fried,
 done in, mopey-eyed.

Tired? There's no doubt!
'Cause I'm all petered out.