items for sale

hi here are a few things i have for sale , if you are interested please leave me a note and i will get back to you, will need a e-mail addy or something , if your part of crochetville, just pm me there, that will work fine , thanks for looking at my stuff!!! prices are as follows, for the 1st is a baby blanket made out of sport weight yarn, 25.00 2nd it is a pink poncho, it is made with homespun yarn, is a one size fits all, 40.00
the 2nd picture is a shawl made out of joanns sensations rainbow boucle' price is 30.00,
. all not inclding postage, if ya are interested please let me know. thanks for looking vicki

what are you doing for the holidays

does anyone have any special plans to do anything wonderful for the holidays this year. we will do the usual thing with thanksgiving starting it out,will watch the macy parade as always cook a nice dinner(and no it will not be turkey) and most likely son will cook, he has become quite the chef now days. if he ever decides to not be a teacher he would have a career in being a chef, like me he enjoys cooking and baking, i know that sounds odd a youngman wanting to make thanksgiving dinner, but he has done the majority of it for almost 5 years now. then will watch movie together with the family, this year is going to be a bit harder as this will be the first time that my mil has been here since last year, as many of you know she lost her leg in may of this year and has been hiding out ever since, but with thanksgiving in just a few weeks she is going to have to break out of her depression and come visit, it is so sad that it came to her losing her leg, but she also needs to know there are worse things. but thats another story altogether., after thanksgiving is over i start my baking, i normally make about 15 different kinds of cookies although this year am going to cute back a little bit,. i have so much to do and no time and especially no energy LOL. we put our tree up about the 2nd week in december so we can enjoy the tree for the holiday season. this year i hope that my mom makes it to christmas, she has not been feeling very well, even worse than when i saw her so it is going to be stressful for the family. i want to thank all of you my friends who have been there for me during this time. we can only hope and pray that mom does better enough to get through the holidays. so now i have a question for you all, what do you do for the holidays, do you celebrate the christmas season or hannakua(sp), or any other holiday , i know there are many thing and many tradtions in this world and i would enjoy hearing from you about what you and your family does. well tomorrow is coming soon and i just heard on the news we are under storm warning, high winds and alot of rain. not a good combination as most of the trees here still have most of their leaves. we ourselves have lost 7 trees ti high winds so am off to get to bed before we lose power. so would love to hear your holiday traditions till tomorrow my friends hugggggs

my weekend

hi everyone this weekend was fun, i had to work in the morning doing the warm up america, stayed a couple of hours then left as hubby and i had plans and since i did not get payed i figured the 2 hours i spent besides the squares i had made was enough.we went out to lunch at a place called harmons it is a resturaunt/brewpub. they have excellent food there and not really too expensive.



http://www.harmonbrewing.com/index.html


this is the link if you would like to check it out. we enjoyed ourselves and stayed for a bit. also went to a place called e-9 is a old firehouse turned into a resteraunt/pub, is a cool place also. after we were out and about for a while my son called and said mom and dad could you please come home now. i said sure whats up, he said very sneeky like, nothing just would like you home. so we got home to find that he had grilled steaks and made fries and salad for dinner. was a nice suprise to a good day. today i crocheted for a while am working on a afghan for work, something which is not the greatest thrill in my life, but i enjoy my job so had better make a effort to getting it done lol, is going to a pretty one although am only making it lapghan size, will be perfect for curling up in a chair and either crocheting or reading on a nasty winter day. speaking of which it is pouring down rain here, also the wind has kicked up, just a really nasty night out, my dd is out and about as usual. last night she had gone to a halloween party and she did something i am very proud of. when she got to the party she met up with friends who had been there for a while, well after speaking with them for a bit she decided to mingle a bit and was soon stuck talking to someone who she did not know,nor did the party host know this person. she tried to avoid the couple as they appeard to be drunk which my dd does not do, she soon was stuck behind this person and was kind of feeling trapped so she pushed her way through and told the hostess she was leaving, the girl having the party said i don't blame you, it had gotten way out of hand, well she left and went to some other friends house and watched movies for a while, as she was coming home she saw that the place where the party had been at had gotten so far out of hand that the police were called, but she avoided all the problems of it by leaving, this is something i have talked to her about endlessly, and is nice to know she listened. i sure don't mind her having a good time and knowing she is level headed enough to leave a place that was out of hand made my night last night and today still., tomorrow is halloween we use to dress up for the time when we handed the candy out, but lately we don't although son has a darth vader costume so might have him go to the door if we even get any trick or treaters. but if we do i am ready although tomorrow will go to costco as i need to get some rice crispy snacks. i hand those out along with the candy and the kids love them.

i so can not believe it is going to be november in 2 days, i need to seriously think about what it is i am going to make and buy for christmas, we got our names on crochetville for the winter swap list, i have a lady who i have never talked to, sure would like to though, and the lady who has my name e-mailed me and we have chatted a few times. this is the first swap i have done, and am looking forward to it. also want to get some things for friends who have a wish list?raok, i am going to be sending out a few this month. i love to do it, but alas the postage is killer, i really would love to send to others in europe , but would cost me a arm and leg i know. but after the 1st of the year i probably will send something to a good friend in england and maybe one in sweden. but no promises as to when LOL. money is tight as i know it is for many. this time of year i wish i was rich, i would make so many peoples lives happy. as i would adopt families who have little or none, it breaks my heart to think that a child never das a little lovey stuffed animal. i think i am going to make some more little animals for the red cross and also the police and fire departments here,. so little time to do things so little money and so much to do LOL, i hope ya all have a wonderful week and stay safe if ya are out there tomorrow night with your little trick or treaters. till tomorrow my wonderful friends HUGGGGGS

yarn came today

i was so suprised today when the doorbell rang, thinking it was my hubby leaning on the doorbell i opened it and was about to say hold your horses. when it was the ups guy, delivered my yarn i had bought from rodney. i love this yarn, i bought some dark blue, some denim blue, both 2 cones of that, then also i bought some cream colored from rodney. well rodney being rodney, he also included a cone of extra yarn as a thank you. which i love. i need to e-mail him and tell him thank you for this too. i crocheted a little bit on the snow flake afgahan have to have finished for work. talked to my boss and she said a lapghan will be fine as long as i can get it done soon. also she wants me to make a freeform flower scarf. sheeesh as if i don't have enough to do lol lol, but she is right that is something which would get people to sign up for classes. speaking of classes i had better get my check soon. joanns corporation has had it for almost 2 months,i would seriously like to get paid., i was not aware that they were this slow until i talked to some of the other instructors. well on the other hand i also got a application to work at michaels. as a crochet instructor. i have the right to work for who i want according to my contract with joanns so i might just do it if classes do not pick up. tomorrow am going to meet with crochetingmom from crochetville, i have a ton of yarn and am giving her some of it. also a few others are sending me some postage money and i will send them yarn too. i am tired and hurting tonight. i went through almost 9 big boxes of my books and only kept 4 1/2, so roughly got rid of half. this little house is bulging at the seems, defintely time to declutter, well on that happy note am off to crochet some more squares for comfortghans these are for celestialseasonings aunt who has been diagonosed with breast cancer, i hope and pray all goes well for her. please include her for a short prayer when you read this. well till tomorrow my friends, i bit you adeu. hugggggggs

my latest creation lol

i made this shawl using a acrylic mohair and a shiny boucle' thread mixture. hope ya like it huggggggs

i got my yarn today wooohoooo

today in the mail i got my yarn i had ordered off of e-bay, i bought 8 oz of cobalt blue acrylic mohair for 2.99 plus 2.00 shipping, then also got another skein of acrylic mohair in fire engine red for about the same price and then i also got some awesome jewel toned boucle' thread weight, i can not wait to try it, i found out tonight that i can order a special purse pattern from our very own katchkan( kathy) who makes the most incredible purses i have ever seen. was suppose to work on my crafts room today, but did not have the energy or the motivation to do it, although i need to go through it and see what i have as i am going to be giving some to the sisters of st annes. i gave them a ton of yarn last year and they used it all up making things for those people who are less fortunet than we are. which makes me feel good knowing that there are others who care, and i am proud and honored to be able to help them out again. hugggs to all of ya am off to crochet with my new mohair acrylic yarn. woooohooo, pretty blue, awesome red woohoooo hugggs to you all night for now

i am so angry at my sister

i found out today that my sister who lives in virgina, called my mom up(the one who is not suppose to have any stress or nothing that upsets her because of her heart) and she actually yelled at mom saying how she should have been told(i called and left a message) how she wanted mom to come there,not happening, also when mom told her to not yell at her and how if she was so concerned about her why did she not come here and see mom, well her answer was this. i have a ticket reserved , mom asks when is that for, sister says well when you pass away i will have to come home for the funeral and to bring home what is "my share" of the estate. well lil sis , ya got a big suprise your not getting anything because there is nothing to give you. mom has a few pieces of jewelry she is leaving the grandaughters and gr grand daughter but for us kids she is not leaving anything of value(monetary) (which is what my sister is so concerned with, which is great, pass it on to the next generation. well to make a long story short, mom told my sister to not call her anymore, to not come visit after she dies, as the time has past then for doing what is right. i pray that my sister has a change in heart and that she will realize that things are not important. only people are. things have a way of just being there, but a person who thinks that she can not come while mom is alive , and that she has reservations for when she dies,. well all i can say is it is a good thing she lives back there. sorry to have to vent, but i needed to get that out. she makes me so angry my chest starts hurting. and i worry that i will also have something wrong with my heart, some people never learn and they never change, is sad, thanks again for letting me vent, thats why my friends i have are so awesome, they let me vent(i do the same back to them when the need is there) till tomorrow my friends huggggggs

saturdays fun

today, hubby and i went to the tacoma dome to the holiday gift festival, something we have been trying to manage to make it to for over 5 years at least. well i can tell you, it was not worth the 21 dollars it cost me to park and admission. i saw a lot of nice things, but i saw the same thing over and over again. must have had at least 10 different people selling jewlery alone, i saw some awesome beaded italian shawls, they were not priced real hugh,only 65.00. which considering all the time that went it to it was wonderfully low. but alas i have not 65.00 nor would i have any place to wear it. my getting "dressed up" consists of me wearing my cords and a long sleeve top. , but it was nice, i saw a few handmade knitted and crocheted hats, some awesome felted ones, which i explained to my hubby how it was done, he says why don't you make one, those are cute, i then told him they were made out of wool, so he said that he could see why i could not make them as i am highly allergic to wool, break out and swell up. not a pretty site lol all in all, if i knew then what i know now , would probably not gone as it was really not worth the price of admission and parking. but at least now i can say i went to it . but we had fun anyways, is nice just the 2 of us getting out and about. we try and have a "date" afternoon or evening , every week. maybe thats why we have been married for over 26 years and together over 33. i think it is important to have fun and not all work. well on that note i will say goodnight hugggs to you all

my spagettie sauce

today i made some home made spagettie sauce, we have so many tomatoes am just over run by them. hubby today says hey how bout making some homemade spagettie sauce. so this is what i did, i put these ingrediants into it,


10 pounds or so of tomatos

8 cans of tomato paste

2 large peppers(i used red, and yellow but you can use green or whatever ya want) cut up

about 1 clove of garlic minced well(you can also buy it preminced)

oregano about 1/4 cup of dried

basilabout 1/4 cup of dried

cilantro 4 tsp of dried cilantro

1 medium onion

1tsp cayenne pepper(you can also use regular pepper)


5 medium tomatoes cut up
small bit of salt(not needed if you can not have salt
when your tomatoes are a pureed, then add the 8 cans of tomato pste



in your food processor, puree the tomatoes after cutting the stem off .

add the 8 cans of tomato paste, add your peppers cut up into chunks, also cut your other tomatos in about 1/4 pieces
add the rest of the ingrediants and simmer on low, as it cooks sauce will thicken up

cook about 3 hours on low/med het. whatever your stove will do so it does not stick




meatballs



i use ground pork but ground beef or turkey works just as well

i ground about 2 pounds. then in mixing bowl put the ground meat in and then add 3 eggs, 4 tsp of parmesian cheese, basil, oregano(each about 4 tsp) then mix it well add bread crumbs(i use progresso italian herb bread crumbs) mix well and then form into small meatballs ( about 1 1/2 inches around) brown till almost cooked through. then add to sauce and let simmer for about 3/4 of a hour.

make spagettie for dinner, i used about 2 pounds, but then i was making alot of it as we had friends over who all have HUGE appetights. drain spagettie after it is done(make sure to check the doneness of it. then enjoy, i also mae garlic bread, but i cheated and bought it already made lol hope ya all enjoy huggggggs

what a day

i am tired so am going to make this short and sweet. i have been doing alot of crocheting , right now am making ornaments for the swap at crochetvill.org, and also the ones i will give to family and a few select friends, also have been making another poncho, yes another one lol, i was such a bad girl tonight though and bought some more yummmmy yarn from rodney. his chenille is awesome. speaking of chenille, i am making a beauitful poncho using 2 different colors of chenille. both are sport weight and is not thick enough by itself so by putting the 2 strands of yarn together. it is working. too lol. also have tried to figure out what i am going to make for my kids and also for my family and the special friends ihave,
the weather here today totally sucked. my hubby wants me to make home made spagettie sauce with the remaining tomatoes, what is he nuts,but to make him happy tomorrow will cook alllll day long that sauce. all the prep work is a pain in the butt, but the finished product is awesome. huggggs i am headed to bed, have not had much sleep in the last few days, hell about a week now. not sure why but think it has somethingto do with my mother being so ill. i hope she does file her will as i know there is going to be a lot of problems with my sister, i hope has the common deceny to not hassle her, on another note, i found some awesome crochet things at costco, not only the crochet calender, but also a book called so simple crochet. i bought myself one and also a special friend one who i am going to raok with it.i have found several raoks that i am going to give to my buddy pal, she knows who she is. well good night to you all, huggggs and happy crocheting lol hugggggs

i need a vacation

just when ya think things are going good again and life will become a little "dull", well here we go again. sons car is all messed up so of course he "borrows" dads car, now dad wants to "borrow" my car. i am like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, i hate it when hubby drives my car, he changes everything and never puts it back the wait i had it, and now since we are going to see my mom tomorrow, will now have to take my car as son has to work, and i so do not feel safe witg him drving his car as it could stall at any moment. course since he is working he asks me in his nicest(i know whats coming voice) manner, mom could you take my car in for me to the shop, then its mom could you let me borrow the money for it till payday, never mind he has more in the bank than i do:-(, oh well, and then to top it all of today my computer decided to go whacko on me and kept booting me off, i finally said to hell with it and went and bought a new phone cord, and so far its working. must have broken something in the other one as i had notning but trouble for 4 days and nights now. on a happier note, i am almost done with assigning the names for the ornament swap at the ville'. this is going to be fun and i want to thank you all for your patience. well am off to work in my piggy house. seriously i would think i could do more, but the interest is so not there and hubby is griping so now have to dust and vacumm and all that jazz. well hopefully by the time ipost next sons car will be fixed. talked to my mom this morning, she seems cheerful, but ob so weak, is sad to see. hope i never reach that point, told my kids if i did, then just take me out to the back 40 acres and put me out of my misery. well till later and yes it seems to be working now lol wooooooohooooooooo ttyl huggggs

projects

i am making another poncho using some awesome chenille yarn i bought from rodney on e-bay. he rocks lol, so does melanie, she also has some fantastic yarns , and while i want to buy more, really need to use what i have. i told my hubby today that i am going to bag a bunch of it up (yarn) and take it to the sisters of st. anns. i gave them some before last year an i called and talked with the sister in charge of it, she said they had already used it up, so i asked if they wanted some more, and she of course said YES, so next week am going to destash my craft room again. so i can destash my dining room and garage and even into the living room now lol. i need to stop buying so much yarn and not using it. is wasteful i know. but i so can not help myself, i am a yarnaholic and i am not to proud to admit it lol
hugggggggs

update on mom

my mom came home from the hospital today, but the word was not good. she DID have a "small" heart attack and the doc said that her heart is in really bad shape. she has congustive heart failure and will have to take it easy from now on, well my mom does not know the meaning of the word take it easy. she has always been a worker and always on the go, so this is going to be very hard for her to not stress and to take it easy, she is still having a hard time breathing and still has chest pains. she has been on kidney dialisis for over a year now and it is taking its toll on her. we are going to go and visit this saturday, she has some things she wants to give to her grandkids, i told her mom, please don't talk about that now, but i guess if she feels better giving the kids what she wants them to have then it is better for her to do it. less stress, but right now i am extremely stressed. i already lost my dad 3 1/2 years ago, and now knowing how bad my mom is , makes it really hard to concentrate on my life. thanks for letting me vent, i must be strong for my family, but is hard to do hugggs to all of you

i have new yarn lol

today recieved my package of yarn from the auction i bought off of e-bay. i bought them from rodney and he sent me some awesome yarn at a great price. i got another 2 pound cone of the green same as the poncho's, then i also got a cone of blackberry, which i thought would be a little more purple, but is still pretty enough that it would remind you of smashed blackberries. yummmm i am getting hungry for cobbler again (luckily i froze some berries LOL) and then the last cone i got was HUGE over 5 POUNDS of the most wonderful fusia pink yarn and is all chenille. he also sent me a little sample of some of his yarns, darn him LOL now i have to go back and see what he has in stock. i know his little (ploy, boy did it work) lol lol also bought some more lustersheen from joanns as they had it on clearance for 3.00 a skein and i bought 5 skeins in like a cream color. plus i got my 15 % discount which made it a awesome buy. LOL so now have to behave for awhile NOT, i have some yummy yarns i bought off of a woman from hawaii which is so awesome i can not wait to get them, is the softess thread. is made of acryilc chenille. OMG i am so in love with this yarn lol will post when i get it. still am bidding on 2 more lots so well am off to pet my yarn hehehehehe. huggggs

problem solved

today after my class i came home and called the chevy dealership and talked to the shop boss,. i have known bill for over 20 years and i told him what had happened. he said that was wrong, i asked him about the problem, he says well that year car has a governor or something on it so you don't rev it to high, i was like WHAT???? he said why? i told him i had had the car in for service and that they could not find out why it was doing that. he said come back in tomorrow and he will refund my money. so now i feel better still doing business with them. i like to use the dealerships even though they are more expensive, but now i fell better thanks for letting me vent; huggggs

i am mad as hell

yesterday took my sons car in for service and to have the dealership fix the miss in his engine. well they said they could not find anything, so hubby drove me there and i picked up the car, well i drove it home and pulled into the drive way, reved the motor up and the miss is still there i can not believe that they could not find it. i mean all it took was for me to rev the engine up to about 2800 rpm's, and on top of this they gave me a bill of over 80.00. 30 of which i don't mind paying as it was for lube oil, filter and inspection. but the other 50.00 i am plain pissed off. will be calling and talking with the service manager for sure tomorrow. i have been taking my cars there for over 15 years and for them to do this. well like i said i am pissed. so wish me luck when i go battle with the chevy dealership. oh did i forget to tell you, i payed for this with my visa card and tomorrow morning i am calling and putting a hold on the payment. that is just wrong. thanks for letting me vent. i am tired now and going to bed as dd just got home and i need to get some sleep as i have my class tomorrow. until then huggggggs

i am over run with tomatos

i am overrun with tomatos, if i ever tell anyone i want to have more than 3 or 4 plants. please gently grab me by the hand and lead me away from the garden department. this year we had 14 plants, yes you read that right, 14 plants. well last week i picked all of the rest of them as it is that time of year that we could get a frost at any time and sure did not want any to go to waste. well i weighed them. i harvested(and this was after 2 months of eating) over 80 pounds, yes pounds of tomatos. i dream about being over run with tomatos, last night i dreampt about a giant red tomato chasing me around saying i am going to make you into sauce LOL LOL LOL, which is exactly what i am going to do with them lol.

tonight visited on the ville' with some friends. also saw that the raok i sent to my friend donna was well liked when she wore it today to michaels and a woman came up to her and said can i pet it. she was lie EXCUSE ME???? then the woman laughed and said that sounded stupid didn't it, i meant the poncho. LOL LOL LOL, she also told her she would like to buy one so donna gave her her e-mail and when she contacts her she is going to contact me and let me know. i think i can sell them for 40.00 plus postage, what do you guys think. now remember this is a chenille poncho. here is the pic of it. i am excited. i hope others see it and want to order too. i figure this might be a good pattern to make and sell and so far from what donna told me, they liked it down in california, home of the most picky people LOL, just kidding you guys lol
tomorrow have a class, this lady wants me to teach her how to do the ripple stitch, as she is making her grand daughter a huskies UofWa, blanket. will be a good session as it is one on one. those don't pay as well but they are nice that in the fact i can spend more time with the student.

well till tomorrow hugggs, anyone know any good tomato recipies LOL LOL hugggggggs

tuesdays ramblings

today i was so busy, i did not even have time to eat lunch. started out by following my son to the dealership to have his car looked at. it is not running right and both his dad and i want to make sure it is safe for him:-(, then we went to circuit city, they of course was not open when we got there so walked over to joanns which is right next to circuit city. as soon as the store opened we left joanns and then went back to circuit city. son bought some things and then we decided to go to the world market, which i have to tell you has some awesome, truly awesome stuff. i could spend hours in there. after we left there we stopped at a antique mall as both of us are antique nuts, found some awesome snow white and the 7 dwarfs, well we got all but snow white, she will be found believe me lol, then came home, dropped son off, got back in my car, drove to the post office and also walmart, shopped and then went to the bank to cash my check, while i wanted to keep it for myself, i put it on bills...... today my neck has been out of whack and i am battling headache that will not go away, i call it the headache from hell lol. then tonight i made a nice dinner and now am beat. well until tomorrow. hope ya all have a wonderful day and happy crocheting huggggs

my weekend was awesome

as some of ya know, my b-day was saturday, hubby and i went out to lunch and then spent about 4 or 5 hours going through a antique store we found at a place called freighthouse square, is a old railroad station. and has some awesme places in it. we then went to a little place called meconi for drinks(well he had a beer, i had coke lol) then his aunt called and asked us to come to their house. well we did and i must tell you i am impressed. not only by the view of this, buit by the amount of storage space in their house . i whined all the way home lol. i need storage so bad lol, serious this house rocked. then son called and said that dinner was going to be done in about 2 hours. well hubby had planned on taking me out for dinner, but since son and daughter went to so much trouble to make my favorite meal we decided to come home and eat. they made roast beef with roasted potatoes, green beans fresh home made garlic bread and a awesome birthday cake for dessert. then it was time for presents :) daughter before i left gave me a awesome bouquet of flowers and son and hubby gave me a wonderful new blouse which i will wear to work, and also a 3 cd set of bryan adams who i love lol daughter made me a wonderful beaded braclet. she makes beautiful jewelery and i told her she would make money at it and to make some up and i will sell it ion e-bay.then we watched a movie , called strange brew , if you have never seen this movie you have to see it. it is so funny,, has rick maranis from honey i shrunk the kids in it and another awesome actor who i can not remember his name lol. then sunday went over to mil's house where i was given not one but 2 birthday cards and some awesome cash to buy myself some more yarn. well actually mama said thats not for yarn, but hey is my birthday, my birthday money so i will probably buy yarn LOL. i had a wonderful time this weekend and maybe next weekend we might to go leavenworth which is a little bavarian town high in ther cascade range. it looks like a authentic bavarian village from germany and is awesome. well till tomorrow my friends huggggs am off to crochet some squares for a friend for a comfortghan , as one of his friends was attacked and hurt badly and the police did NOTHING........... makes me so darn mad. anyhoo, see ya tomorrow, .... maybe :)

happy birthday to me :)

today is my birthday and i am going to enjoy it as much as possible lol. yesterday was a bear, but got through it and am not about ready to get some sleep as later today hubby told me that he has a few suprises for me, well me being the curious kind am wondering what kind of suprises that could be as i really hate not knowing what he has going on. normally i love suprises but today was different, on friday i hd to do my usual bill paying crap that happens on paydays and then when i was making my bills out, found that i had forgotted to do 2 things. one was get my drivers license renewed and also to get my car licese renewed. believe me both were bad. i hate having my pic taken, but i balk at spening over 60.00 for car tabs when it should be only 30.00. somehow the state is able to charge us more money as we live in a urban area and the sound transit program is eating up the extra money like a baby with candy, well enough of the whining. i am just tired is all. lol
on a bright note, i am almost done with my shrug.is going to be so pretty. is navy blue chenille and i am sure i mentioned it before, you all will have to forgive me as i am so tired, i keep falling asleep at the keyboard. so am off to bed. hope ya ll have a wonderful day and enjoy the weekend.take care hugggggggggs