what a day i had

today was interesting to say the least. i decided since i had been stuck in this house for almost a week, so i decided to go to joanns and see what they had on clearance. well i found a few things, but had much better luck at michaels. oh boy did i have fun. lots and lots of yarn on sale there. i had a blast, i got so much good things i got YARN!!!! i also bought yarn on e-bay and have to send that money tomorrow. i am happy now, my yarn addiction has been fed, well there are 2 more michaels in this area LOL LOL,

i am almost done with another yes sigh another scarf. i need something to stimulate me here, something so awesome i just have to make it, something so awesome that people will say WOW!!!! well you have any suggestions? should i finish my wips? should i bag them and start over? what should i do, i would like your opinions. i am kind of burned out period. i need a challenge hehehe, come on, give me some ideas please. oh i also today bought the yummiest cookies i have had in a long while. omgosh soooo yummmy, raspberry chocolate chip cookies, and then also got some pecan chocolate chip cookies , and one of my most favorites of all, chocolate covered bing cherries. (grins here). well until tomorrow, i am off to pet my yarn and see it it will speak to me and tell me what it wants to become. should i do a multi colored shawl, more scarfs(with this yummy yarn i just bought) what should i do with it. i need to hear its little voice telling me, make me into ....., rotfl lmao, i know i am seriously whacked, but hell is late and i am tired LOL, till tomorrow, hugggs from your silly off balanced strange friend ME :-)

happy tuesday LOL

good morning to you all or should i say good afternoon as i just saw it was. well thought i would pop in for a few and wish you all to have a great day. i am going to make beef stew for dinner so need to get that started very soon, but wanted to tell you how much you all mean to me, i appreciate you all as i know if i ever need a ear i have several i can bug, i hope you all have a awesome new years . what ya all going to be doing? we are having a new years eve party(what am i crazy) but we always have a fun time and it keeps the kids off of the road, will be fun i know just the thought of doing it is giving me shivers LOL, but i have been doing this for many years as i know that we have a good time and the kids look forward to it.
things have been difficult this past year but while we have had some bad times, there are others who have had such worse times, i am thankful for the things i have. well enough about me how about you. what are your plans for this next year , any great plans,any goals you have you would like to share? well am off to cook the stew and home made biscuits. now don't that sound good LOL, actually it does to me right now lol well till later my friends hope your day is going good, hugggs to all of you

how was your christmas

hi ya all, i thought i would wish ya a merry christmas on this holy day of christs birth. i had a really nice christmas, only bad spot in it was when i called my mom and she sounds so awful. she told me that she hopes that she makes it through the night, which is sooo scary.

my mil and fil came out for gifts and dinner, mil was suprised at all the gifts "they" gave us. i always do the shopping for her as if i let her we would all get things that "SHE" likes and not is LOL. i recieved some really nice things, lots of clothes, and also some candy, dvd's cd's jewelry, dd got me a gift card to joanns wooohooo i am going to love spending that one . can you say YARN?!!!!, they have some awesome new ones. i know i should wait until i decide what i really want to get. so might do that.

for dinner we had pork loin on the rotiserary., i have to tell you, i am soooo not impressed. was one of the worst meals i have ever made. the meat was tough, had a good flavor, but was tough, and the stuffing mix i used, no one liked that, the potatos and peas and bisquits turned out good, but the rest, well all i can say is it sucked.big time and no one would say it
they all were polite and said how good it was , but you can not fool me LOL LOL, i shall do better for new years hehehe, well am off to bed as i have had a loooooooooong day and am tired. god bless you all and hope your christmas was a merry one and that all of your dreams come true. i shall have to think what to make for new years. am leaning towards t-bone steaks, any suggestions? take care you all and have a super week ahead. god bless and lots of huggggggs, vicki

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL

to all of you who know me and know i care about you all, my wishes for a merry christmas to you, others i wish you happy whatever you celebrate, i celebrate christmas so thats why i am sending you all this greeting. this year has seen a tremendous amount of growth on crochetville where i have met most of you. i think as a online family, that as diverse as we are , we still can be mature adults and am so glad for this. for all of our men and women serving in the armed forces, away from your familys this holy time, god bless and keep you from harm. for all of their familys same to you. god bless you all, i personally want to thank all who are serving our country this way. tomorrow is christmas day, a day of joyous celebration of christs birth, and not just about santa clause, jesus is the reason for the season. so i send a thank you up to my heavely father for this child he sent to earth to save us all from our sins. each year it seems that christmas is getting much more commerilized, so this year i stepped away from most of that. i did submit to all the goodies though, bad vicki lol, for all of you who sent me cards and gifts, you do not know how much i appreciate your generosity. what kind and caring people you all are. so to all of you from me i say merry christmas/happy hanukka/happy kwanza/merry yule and more to those who celebrate something else. gods blessings on you all and am keeping you and your families in my thoughts and prayers. merry christmas to you all huggggggggs

almost ready i think

LOL, just kidding ya all. today was most interesting, i while taking a inventory of my gifts that have been bought for my family discovered one little thing. I BOUGHT TO DAMN MUCH!!!! as usual, then today i had this bright idea, get on the phone call my mil and say hey ma, remember all those christmas bags ya got hanging around your house? how about letting me use some of them. especially since over half of what i have left to wrap is hers to the kids. she really is not able to wrap anymore and i just do it because it is easier than watching her struggle to do it. but i was a bit dismayed when i talked to her. she told me i could "borrow" a few bags but could not have them all, well of course i did not want them "ALL". but i did want enough to finish the wrapping or at least severely deminish the amount of them. but she refuses to believe me that i will give them back, what does she want my name signed in blood LOL i thought about it after i talked to her and said screw it, is not worth the hassle, then tonight she calls me says fil found them and she has a few put aside for me. i am like oh thats all right mom you don't have to, i know you don't trust me enough to give them back(i mean we are talking paper bags here folks) so i guess she got all offended and said she was just trying to help and that i did not need to be rude. i was like WTF i was not rude at all. but i ignored the whole pity comment from her and now have to go over there in the morning(something i so did not want to do, i still have the rest of the wrapping, grocery shopping, to go to costco, and whatever else my dear family reminds me of) but i guess i hurt her feelings, not really my intention as she is adear person, but i mean geeze, they are paper freaking bags. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, son thinks its funny, i wonder how funny he is going to think it is when i make him help me wrap without those bags. bet then he will not be such a smart ass. LOL, well at least by this time next week it will be all over and then i have to get ready for our new years party, yes i know i am nuts, but is a family tradition. we have friends over(i take the keys of anyone drinking) and they can do 1 of 2 things, if they get tanked, i can drive them home and then they can get their car in the morning or they can just spend the night. they can sleep on the floor in sleeping bags if they have to. LOL, but then as i said have to get ready for the party, got to buy food, get prizes for the games we play each year. i am glad my kids enjoy it enough to continue on with it, i would do it if it was the last thing i ever had done. well am off to dream land since the meds i took are starting to kick in, these are super meds, usually will kick ass the pain away. thank god i have my doctor, without him i would not be. i would end up spending all day in bed or worse. who knows might even be the end of me so am very thankful i have my doctor. and also you my friends. hope ya all have a wonderful christmas and a happy and healthy new year, and if you do not celebrate christmas then happy whatever you do LOL. huggggs to you all tonight. until tomorrow and fresh stress i bid you good night LOLhuggggs

why oh why did i do it

i did it tonight, got someone to help me bake. we made christmas cut out cookies(sugar cookies) but now am paying for it so bad. my back feels like it is on fire and nothing is helping. i should have just bought the stupid things at the bakery and said thats good enough, but oh no not me, i have to be stupid and do everything the same day. thats part of it too, today i wrapped for over 1 hour with my poor back then killing me. am i crazy, patsa, (italian for crazy) looney tunes here. i should know better. now i will have to suffer till the meds kick in if they will. sorry just needed to whine and since this is my blog i feel free to whine away LOL you can too if ya want. we will whine together. alot of people do not understand how hard it is just to be civil to someone when you are inexcrusiating pain, but i have lots of friends here on the ville' who do and i hope that there day is not like mine is right now. my friend in new jersy hope your days are getting better, and that each day will improve, and for all of you who are having a bad day, bad week, heck a bad year i hope that 2006 is better for all concerned. i am going to sit with the heat and maybe try and crochet a bit, i played elfie again today and can not wait to see how the person who is getting the goodies responds. made my day just doing that. o.k i know i am rambling. but 2 things is late very late and i hurt which equals whining in my book. LOL hope tomorrow is a better day for all concerned. merry christmas to my friends who do celebrate it. god bless you all

what a day LOL

ya remember my post from yesterday about baking? it did not happen, by the time i got home from the dentist and paying my car insurance(i hate that more than anything i think lol) i was so tired i did not feel like doing anything. so when i got home, i did have a great suprise in my mail box. actually had 2 great suprises. the first was from jessi and she sent me a awesome crochet book one i have been coventing, and now am blessed to have because she is such a nice person. she also sent me a beautiful crocheted snow flake which is hanging on my tree now, and if that was not enough, she sent me some beautiful hand made stitch markers. i love them, they are so beautiful. again my wonderful friend thank you, you made my hectic day alot brighter.

and to my other wonderful friend from down under. miss jacqui, girl you made my day too. not only did jacqui send me lots of things she knew i would enjoy, like pictures and teas, but she also send christmas cards from down there, jacqui also send me some awesome yummy special treats., she sent me something called timtams, which are like a chocolate truffle cookie,. very very good, she sent me some in 2 different flavors and omg girl i love them, they are all most half gone so you know i loved them. she also send me some yummy cookie like treat called cherry ripe, is chocolate covered cherry flavored cocoanut. omg i am just love with it all. it is fantastic, jacqui also send me some pictures of the area around there and i enjoyed seeing those too, will do the same for you sweetie when i send your package. take care all of you, now am off to dream land as i got up very early this morning. tomorrow will be the same way, i have to wrap/bake/clean/finish my cards, send more elf packages for people who were left out by the jerks who backed out. i am more than happy to help too, i just hope it gets to them before christmas, will ask at the post office. take care my friends, huggggs to you all,

baking today(i hope)

today want to get started, yes started *sigh* on my baking. of course the 8 or 10 different kinds i was going to make are destine to not get done before christmas so maybe instead of all christmas cookies, can bake some new years cookies. i acutally have to get my hogs delight made, you ask what it is, it is 5 pounds of pure heaven. fudge so thick and yummy that it will melt in your mouth. also need to wrap this week and no i do not mean dance to music lol am i showing my age here? i also told lani i would send some more elf droppings out as someone decided to back out. what a bunch of jerks they were. 4 of them did not do what they signed up for so others here who care besides myself, will pick the ball up of course and make sure that there will not be anyone left out. nothing worse than standing there admiring everything everyone else got, and realizing that you yourself have had nothing. but do not stress sweeties, you will be elfed. lol, now to figure out what to send. well i am off to never never land and the land of nod, this old lady is pure tired, take care all of you and god bless and happy holidays if you do celebrate. huggggs to you all, what awesome friends i have

my nephew the con artist lol

yesterday, my hubby dd and i went to my lil sis's house to have our christmas with them. our family is so big that it is darn near impossible to have everyone together. well anyways i was sitting in her recliner crocheting(i take my crochet everywhere) well i was making another chenille scarf as i wanted to give it to my oldest niece, as she was eyeing her mothers that i made her and gave her for christmas, but i had not told anyone why i was making it
well sammy my 4 almost 5 year old nephew looks at his mom and says can you make me a scarf for katie
and my sis says
no i don't know how to crochet, sam looks at me, says she does, can SHE make me a scarf for katie? my lil sis says i don't know, i think it is for someone who bought it from her, sam goes does she sell them(i am sitting there listening but not saying anything mind you ) and then he looks at me, and says auntie vicki, i said yes sam? he says do you sell those scarfs? i said yes i do, he says how much? i said 15.00 he goes i don't have that much and i have to have a present for katie(his big sis) i said well what are you going to buy her, he says can we make a deal? i said make a deal? what kind of deal are we talking here sam, he goes well i can pay you 500.00 when i get my wallet out of the car(which big sis had) i said well no thats way to much money, how about less, he goes how much less, i said what ya got, he says a nickel, i said a nickel? hmmm, well how about a nickel and a hug and kiss for auntie, he ponders over it for a while
and said you got a deal, and comes give me a hug, but no kiss. mind you he is 4 going on 40 i swear(actually he will be 5 come new years day) so i mentioned to him, that if he was going to keep his end of the bargain i still needed that kiss on the cheek, he looks at me and says do i gotta, i said well that was the "deal" so he sighs and walks as slow as he can and gives me another hug and a kiss on the cheek so he got a nice chenille scarf for his big sissy for 5 cents and a hug and kiss, i about died laughing he said can we make a deal? was so funny out of the mouth of babes LOL, we did have a wonderful time though, was in some ways sad as i have a horrible feeling is going to be my moms last christmas here on earth. she looks so worn and just well ,she is not doing good. her heart is so bad she gasps for air. made me cry all the way home and my family lives about 1 1/2 hours from here. i made mom a beautiful green chenille scarf. she loved it and wore it all day, also bought her some of her favorite perfume, i am the only one who spends the kind of money for the perfume she loves and feel very blessed to have been able to. course i got it on sale, heck i get everything on sale.lol. well i am off to bed as i have to go to the dentist tomorrow if the roads are not slick from freezing rain. oh the joys of living in washington state, last night the temps were 13 degrees, tonight is warmer, but sure don't feel like it. there i a dampness in the air tonight which of course makes my arthritis much worse along with my back pain. am sooooooooooooo looking forward to spring and summer. this weather is to hard to deal with, and if i did not have to live here because of my doctors and my meds(which i would not get if my doc was a different one, heck i fought long enough to get what i have as it is, but otherwise i would be in sunny somewhere LOL lol LOL, hugggs to you all and merry christmas or happy holidays whatever you celebrate.:)

i am sooooooooooooooooooooo happy tonight

tonight as i was waiting for my students to come to class, (they were a bit late as traffic was horrible) i was thinking about my ring, you know the one that went missing. awol gone vanished, well guess what? my student found it last week in the yarn department(figures it would be there) it must have fallen off my finger as i have lost so much weight and it is so loose now, will have to have it sized. but she had it on her finger when she came in and asked her where she got it, not daring to hope that it was mine. well she told me it was one she found last week after our class. omg i about cried i told her
thats my ring, the one my darling hubby gave me for our 25th anniversary. i was so thrilled to see it, i gave them extra time cause they was late getting there, and it was a kind of a thank you. i am sooo extremly happy now

more things done

between last night and today, i have finished a few projects, i crocheted most of the day and sure helped move those wip's along. finished a shawl i had a order for and i also finished 2 scarfs i needed to get done for christmas, also made and decorate like about 8 christmas balls. hubby always gives to his crew and others he works with, they all help him do his job, by doing theirs effectivly, and while they never think about it, they do help him a huge amount. so this is kind of a thank you for all of them. need to make more though :-), hubby likes my work, i am glad it makes my heart happy to know he does. hope ya all have a wonderful week ahead and enjoy whatever holiday you celebrate, huggggggggggggs to you all

saturdays day

today, hubby and i cleaned the house. he has been so good to me helping me and all, i always try and do stuff, but sometimes just am not able to. today he helped me clean the rest of my craft room out and get rid of some stuff so i can actually get all my yarn in it. i too out 4 boxes of stuff which dd gave to her best friend who she just taught to crochet. i must have taught her well as she is now teaching others. hehe. so when said daughter got home from work, dad and i had a huge pile of things for her to go through. as she had been kind of using the dining room as a storage area, well no more, i can get to my piano, organ, and the christmas tree will go up there tomorrow. we re trying to decide wether or not to use our old tree, or get a new one. me i am voting for a new one this one is so old is falling apart, we ourselves have had it for over 23 years. so is time to move on and get a new one.
tomorrow regardless if we buy a new tree or use the old one, i get to finally put all of my ornaments on my tree that everyone who has been participating in the ornament swap over at crochetville'. so far all is going well and no one has not given to others. which for my first swap is awesome. although i doubt i will ever want to be a mod again LOL. to much work, for those of you who do it often, i bow down to you and shake your hand. LOL

on a different note, i finished the shawl i was making for a lady who ordered it . she already paid me the money(which is so awesome) and i hope and pray she will be happy with it. it is a gift for her mama. :-) am also making her a chenille scarf as a thank you. we have been friends for many years and to think she trusted me enough to make something for her is just well awesome., overlooking my to do list, it grows longer as the days grow shorter. i need to make so much stuff. by this wendsday have to have at least 15 ornaments done, besides the fudge i am going to make. oh well tomorrow will work on them till they are almost done, then finish the scarves i am making and more tea pots. they really did turn out cute.

well am off to snooze land. tomorrow is another day.i need to finish things this week for sure though so please wish me well. hehe, to all of you i send lots of huggggggggggs take care and god bless,

adsense

i have a question for any of you who has this on their blog, does it really make you money? how does it work? if i could get some money for them putting their ads on my blog i would be thrilled as i am so broke is not even funny this year, have so many bills and so little money, at least last year i had a little bit of money and now i don't, things have been so expensive and i can not hardly afford to pay the taxes anymore. so if you guys have this and it works. i need to figure out something thats for sure. cost of living going up, my income shrinking as we speak as so many of yours are also, i hope that 2006 is a better year. so far 2005 has been a bad one for our families. i hope ya all have a good day today and thanks for letting me vent. i need to talk and i hate to bore any of you, but i figure here if ya are bored then ya won't keep reading am i right ?LOL thanks for always being here for me. hugggs

what a horrible day

today was horrible, first i left my purse at home, then when i went to work, forgot my cell phone and was freaking out cause i could not find it, so i called it from work and it was home lol, then when i got home tonight i noticed that i had not had my ring on my finger and i somehow must have lost it. i am so upset. please pray for me to find it, if ya pray and if ya don't then send me good thoughts. for some reason this year just keeps getting worse and worse. no one seems to care how hard i work for them and its always do more , well i can not do more. i am about worn out. i thank god everyday for my online friends, kathy has been a blessing for me. i have had so many goof ups and she has helped me so much, fran is another one who has been so kind and donna too, hilary,cordelia, trish all of you guys thanks for being here for me. god bless and take care hugggggs

i am just sick at heart

i somehow lost my diamond ring that my hubby gave me for our 25th anniversary. is not to be found anywhere. i don't know where it is. i am so upset. i swear i am losing my mind. if i find it please let you know alright? please keep me in your thoughts that i find it. thank you hugggs

i need 5 more hands

at least 5. i swear i have so much to do and so little time to do it all. i went and did a little shopping today. been getting toys for my niece and nephew. their mom and dad are having money problems and the kids are not going to be getting a christmas that most 2 or 4 year olds expect. so i have been busy buying little toys for them. i think that this year instead of toys for tots
i will help my sister out. i don't have much myself, but i think it is important for the little ones.

i sent some pretty things out today but am not saying what
cause the people getting them reads my blog so there lol as i stick my tounge out at you.

i have been busy working on the shawl i am making for a lady i know. she wants it for her mama, and will love it i hope. she has bought other things from me and always likes what she gotten so far at least.
well am off to work on it, what i would like to do is go to bed as i am beat, but as long qas dd is out no point as i would only worry more. so will chat with ya all tomorrow, oh and if any of this does not make sense is not my fault i am sleeping as i write this hehehehehehehehe lol next week i start my baking. am hoping that i can do it this year. i am sad to say that i am not sure i will even be able to do any of it.my back and legs have gotten so bad again. is heart breaking to me, but i will push on, and not give up. well my friends i bid you good night and send huggggs

warning rant ahead

today i sent out 5 package, they were not heavy, just some little things i made for a few of my friends, and a couple of items i bought, it cost me 27.00 in postage. i could not believe it, true i went priority, but that was only because the difference was pennies and i wanted them all to have them for the holiday season. i also got my car tabs today. this state sucks, we the people had voted to have 30.00 car tabs, that was suppose to be it, well then since the state started losing money(which should have been going into the road fund, and if it had would not have been so upset about it)and they decided it did not matter what we the people voted on. we signed initatives, left and right, we voted to remove te fees that were placed on us after the initial 30.00 tabs, well today got my dd's and it is not over 100.00, because now they have decided to not only increase the gas tax(the government pushed that on us too) but to start charging by the weight of your cars. while some will say thats fair as a smaller car will not damage the roads as a heavier car will, i still think it is unfair that we are being forced to pay and pay and pay, just because the government of the state of washington is so stupid that they did not listen to us the voters. if the money went where it was suppose to, in all the time they have been collecting these fees, we would not have a traffic problem, we would not have crowded roads and highways. this is the end of the rant, it is over,thanks for letting me lol hugggs

its beginning to look a lot like christmas hehe

wow today i was so blessed to recieve so many goodies, from my friend kathy(kahud48) she sent me a adorable bell, also a beautiful crocheted cross, that she made and i have to tell ya all, she just started thread crochet. this woman is a fast learner lol. she also sent me a beautiful knitted wash cloth, was the first one she had ever made and since i was the one who encourged her to learn to knit, she sent it to me, i feel blessed, i also recieved my package from kimberly, she sent me ornaments she had made all the way from belgium, she sent me a beautiful crocheted snow flake, also a crocheted christmas light . they truly are adorable, and if that was not enough, she also sent me a post card of where she is ( she knows i collect postcards and so does dd. she also sent me a beautiful belgium lace ornament and some awesomely yummmy belgium chocolate. was so yummy
already eaten and enjoyed. and i was a piggy and did not even share lol, then i recieved another package from someone i have not met yet. she is a member of the crochetville and she is spreading holiday cheer my way, she sent me a beautiful scarf she had had made and also some adorable either wash cloths or potholders, and a lovely christmas card and a picture of her home town, i think i have a new friend LOL i am not sure, i sent her a message asking, mostly cause i am so dense lol. i also have a package i have to pick up at the post office tomorrow all the way from argentina, i can not wait to get it. and see what is in it hehehe, i also am sending a few elf droppings out myself so watch you mailboxes my friends. should see some stuff this week or next. i have one thing i am almost done with and then can send thay too. i so love the ville' is so many kind caring wonderful people there, i am really glad i joined it. tonight i got a e-mail from a dear friend. she had awesome news, a new baby was on the way i shall have to get my hooks and some baby yarn and make her some stuff hehe, well i also need to get my christmas cards written and sent out so am going to them done this week too. omgosh i have so much to do and so little time, anyone got a extra pair of hands they are not using right now? well till tomorrow my dear friends. hugggs to you all

the count down begins

i can not believe there is less than 3 weeks till christmas. omgosh, i have so much to do and so little time lol, have gifts to make, will be sending out a few elf packages this week so watch and see if your getting one of them LOL i finished anothe scarf and am not working on the shawl i have a order for. is actually going quite fast.

today spent most of the day at mil's, we were there like 5 hours, but hubby was doing some small work for them, so we visited. i set her christmas tree up for her is a very small like 18 inches. but is actually very cute. i got it for a song last summer on clearance. my most favorite way to shop.

next week i better have most of the gifts bought cause i will start baking, i make some many different things i am having a hard time deciding what to make. the obvious such as sugar cookies, candy cane cookies. which i add anise flavor so it tastes like licorce', is a family recipe that everyone adores. along with italian angel cookies. now i do not make them the way hubbys mom and grandma did, they use to use the whole kitchen table to make them. literly hundreds of cookies, i would collapse LOL. well i am off to bed as dd just walked into the house and i am going to sleep now, had a hard time staying awake this long hehehe. tomorrow i promise to blog and maybe even post some recipies. hehehe. you all take care and we will see ya soon huggggggs to ya all and to all a good night hehe

what a week

today i about cried when i went outside and saw the snow had knocked over my 16 year camelia bush. our son gave it to us for our 10th anniversay when he was 8, he saved up his money to buy it for us, and it broke one of the main roots off, but we are hoping we can save it at least in part.

this week i got so many wonderful gifts, i receieved so many of my ornaments from the ornament swap on crochetville.org, i recieved from fran , jackie in the phillipians, cheryl(diamond),123 mama, sondra, and robert lowrancer, and then today i received a HUGE puffie full of goodies. from fiona, she made me the cutest snowman stocking and she of course stuffed it full of chocolate, she also sent me a snowman salt and pepper shaker set. some patterns, a cool recipie book, and a wonderful kit for a afghan she also sent me a cute little christmas card, cheryl also sent me some wonderful goodies from florida . will tell more tomorrow or next time i blog, i sent out so many packages the post man knows me by heart . hehe, and next week will send the rest of them out when i get them finished this weekend. i love giving to people especially people who appreciate what i make them. i hope ya all are having a good holiday season in whatever holiday you celebrate and will blog more tomorrow. right now am pooped but got to get busy crocheting. hehehe gifts to make and places to send them till later then hugggggggggs