Cooler Temps On The Way

October 24, 2017

Good morning.  Well, today is comfortably warm, seventy degrees, but it will be mostly cloudy with spurts of rain.  We already had some rain during the night, and as the day goes on we will be getting more rain.  Actually, it should be rainy for the next two days too.  And a little cooler.  Sad to say, Indian Summer may be starting to fade away.

Yesterday was rather quiet for Pogo and me.  We got to spend some time out on the porch, and we even had a little walk in the yard.  I did a bit of holiday crocheting, and finished another nappy cover.  This one is Periwinkle Blue.   I just have to buy the buttons (two) and sew them on. 

Next I started another nappy cover, using the Black and Red yarn.  I finished this one last night.  I'll have to take a photo with my regular camera because my cell phone doesn't take very good photos of the color red. 

I got an email about a nice sale at Vista Print, so I really must get those calendar photos finished today.  Once I get the calendars, I can start wrapping and boxing a few holiday items.  I also need to go shopping and pick up something nice for my daughter Laura Jean.  Her birthday is coming up really soon.  She'll be fifty two years old.  Aye yi yi!  She's my youngest.  Goodness, where have all the years gone???

Yesterday we got a photo of Pogo's little friend Cisco showing us his new bed.  Gosh, he looks like a really happy camper all stretched out with his blanket.  Looking good, Cisco!  Enjoy it!  Pogo sends you lots of woofs and a great big lick!

Wow, I think the wind just picked up a bit.  I looked out my door, and the leaves on the trees out front are doing an energetic version of the Salsa dance.  Woo Hoo!  Gosh, if only I could move half as good as those leaves move!!

I already had a lot of leaves on the ground, but now there are quite a few more of them.  Soon I'll have to get someone to start piling the leaves up and bagging them.  We'll have to pick a day that's not quite so windy. 

Yesterday I sat down with my yarn catalogue and tried to decide on the colors for the next afghan.  Gosh, this is so difficult!!  I guess I'll just have to order two sets of colors and make two afghans.  Of course, there's no rush to finish them in any hurry.  It's just good therapy for my hands. 

So I guess my two projects for today will be to work on the calendar photos and to order some new yarn.  I can live with that.  Who am I kidding?  These are both super fun projects!

Now I'm going to finish my coffee and then it will be time to wash the dishes.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Getting A Late Start Today

October 23, 2017

Good morning.  (at least for ten more minutes)  I got a late start today, checked my email and read a couple blogs.  Now it's almost noon.  Things are rather quiet here so this will be a short post. 

Today is a bit cloudy, but warm, and there's just a tiny breeze wiggling a few of the leaves on the big trees out front.  But it's a great day for doing errands or just sitting around doing nothing. 

Last night, I finished the little lapghan that I was working on.  The blue is called Light Periwinkle, and is really pretty.

After looking through some of my pattern books, I decided to work on another nappy cover.  For this one, I'm using the Periwinkle Blue.  I'll take a photo once it is finished. 

 

I also had time to play in with some of my new scrap kits, and made a couple more Halloween quick pages.  I find this very relaxing and enjoyable.  Today I think I'll work on choosing the rest of the photos for my calendar.  Then I'll finish the nappy cover.  Yup, that feels like a good plan for today.

 

Here's your next Halloween quick page.  This one takes place in a creepy forest setting.  Take a walk through the entrance to the forest if you dare, and have a scary good time.

 

 

Here's your download link:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/9jw8wl1j6njnnyx/EB_-_QP_2017_H005.zip

 

Now I think I'll take my coffee out to the porch while Pogo and I wait for the mailman to get here.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all have a fantabulous day.

 

Hugs, Edna B.

 

p.s.  My timing is great!  The sun just came out.  Woo Ho!

A Very Restful Weekend

October 22, 2017

Good morning.  It's starting off to be another gorgeous day here in New England.  The sun is shining and the temperature is working its way up toward seventy degrees.  It's only 53F degrees right now, but it will soon be warm enough to sit out on the porch for a while.

So far, it has been a quiet weekend here.  Friday night I finished the Orange Sherbet afghan.  Oh my, it is beautiful!!  After that, I went looking through all my yarn stash to see if there were any unfinished projects that I might like to work on.  I did find a lapghan that I had started, so I took it out and worked on that yesterday. 

I also spent some time online looking up an easy knit pattern for this chevron stitch.  I prefer to crochet, but my friend Rhoda wants to try knitting it.  So far, this is the easiest knit pattern that I've found.

Rhoda, I'll send you the pattern.  If you try it, let me know how it comes out.  I'll keep looking for other knit chevron patterns that aren't very difficult.  When I was younger, I'd try any pattern, no matter how difficult.  But now that I'm older, I like the easy patterns best. 

I don't have too much planned for today.  At some point, I want to work on my calendar photos, and I want to spend some time working on quick pages.  If I get a spurt of energy, I may even do a bit of grocery shopping.  We'll see. 

Tomorrow is trash pickup day, so I do need to get my trash bagged and set outside.  I also have two large bags of recycles that need to be put out in the bins.  We do a lot of recycling here.  My understanding is that the cities and towns get money back from the recycling company for all the recycles are picked up.  Seems to be a win win situation. 

I've been going through my yarn catalogue, trying to decide on the colors for the next afghan.  I'm leaning toward either pinks or possibly a shade of purple with a green and a variegated yarn.  Hmmm, so many choices! 

Well, there's not much news this morning so I think I'll make a fresh cup of coffee and do a bit of blog reading.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all have a fantabulous day. 

Hugs, Edna B.

Tis A Quiet Day For Pogo And Me

October 20, 2017

Good morning.  The sun is shining, but it's still a bit cool.  Only 55F degrees outside right now.  But soon it will warm up to around 70F degrees (or close to it).  The next few days should be in the low seventies.  Awesome! 

Yesterday I took a photo of what I look at outside my door when there is a brisk breeze.  It's a beautiful sight and it makes my eyes happy.

A few days ago, I ordered another diaper cover pattern and it arrived yesterday.  This one is size 6 months to a year.  This way I can make a couple different sizes.  Isn't this just the cutest?  Of course, I don't think I'm going to make the hat because I don't think the baby will wear it.  But it is cute.

Yesterday was a quiet day here for Pogo and me.  Other than washing a few dishes, and cooking something for us to eat, I really didn't do much of anything.  We did go outside for a little while, and I picked a couple dahlia blossoms.

Last night, I put a few more rows on the Orange Sherbet afghan.  (It really does look like orange sherbet)  Now I have about twenty four more rows to go to finish it.  I think I'd like to make a couple more diaper covers next. 

Maybe today, I'll make a grocery shopping list.  I can make a quick run to the market either later today or over the weekend.  I need a new spurt of energy to get me going here. 

Today I have another Halloween quick page for you.  It seems that Zlata and her friends aren't very impressed with their friend's stories.  hahaha.  Have fun with it.

Here is your download link:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/x38c2g6c5ygbvug/EB_-_QP_2017_H004.zip

Well, that's about all my news for this morning.  I think I'll make a fresh cup of coffee and crochet while I watch "Unsolved Mysteries" on TV.  So, till Sunday, Y'all have an awesome weekend.

Hugs, Edna B.

An Awesome Day For Pogo And Me

October 19, 2017

Good morning.  This morning is looking just beautiful outside my door.  Temps are almost up to sixty degrees, the sun is shining and there is a light breeze.  It's going to be another gorgeous day here in New England. 

Well, my goodness, yesterday was a day filled with lots of wonderful surprises.  Shortly after I finished posting here, Deanne and Janice stopped by, and brought Aurora with them.  They were going to the park but thought they would stop here first.  Oh my, Aurora is just so precious!  And she just loved "Cat Cat" (that's Pogo).  They have two cats at her house, so I guess that explains why she decided that Pogo was Cat Cat.    hahaha I love it!

Here are some photos that Janice took.  To the left is the proud Grandma (Dee Dee), and the rest need no explanation.  As you can see, Pogo and I were still in our jammies.

When they left here, they headed for a local park, where Aurora got to ride on the swings and feed the geese and pigeons. 

Next on the agenda was a shopping trip.  A girl is never too young to learn how to shop, and Aurora seems to really love it!

Janice also sent me a photo of her holding Xander, Aurora's younger brother.  He is such a happy baby!  Gosh, did I mention how blessed I am?

Not too long after they had left here, Pogo and I were surprised with more wonderful visitors.  My dear friends from Florida, Rhoda and Marshall, stopped by for a visit.  They were up here to visit with their son, and made time to visit with us too. 

Gosh, I am so glad they came by.  It was so good to see them again, and they finally got to meet my little guy, Pogo in person.  We had a wonderful time chatting and catching up on each other's news and revisiting some wonderful memories.  Too soon, it was time for them to leave.  Travel safely my friends.

After they left, I finally got around to washing the dishes, and doing a couple other small things around here before Joe texted me to say that he would be home shortly and for Pogo to be ready for his treat.  After that, Joe had to go back to work.  Of course Pogo was ready!!

Later in the afternoon, DIL Janet came by after work, and we had a really lovely evening together.  The blanket (afghan) that she is working on is coming along nicely.  She is already up to the half way point.  Her nephew is going to be thrilled with it.  I have about twenty eight more rows to go and my "Orange Sherbet" afghan will also be finished. 

Needless to say, Pogo and I slept rather well last night.  It was a super nice day for both of us.  Well, that's my news for this morning.  Now I think I'll do a bit of blog reading.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Just Call Me Mrs. Van Winkle

October 18, 2017

Good morning.  Gosh, I must have been wicked tired lately.  Last night I went to bed right after supper and fell asleep until the phone woke me up.  I thought I had slept right through till morning, but the caller assured me that it was only 7:30 in the evening.  It was a short call, and I went right back to sleep until 4:30 this morning.  I got up and made breakfast for Pogo and me, and then I went right back to bed and slept till 9:30 a.m.

Well, yesterday I made some more headway with some of my chores around here.  Plus I put out two more bags in the recycle bin.  Today I'll pick a spot and see what I can do to change it around a bit.  Other than that, I think I'll take it a bit easy today. 

The other day, I picked up a recipe book called "Make In A Mug Recipes."  I was rather curious about what sort of things you could make in a mug.  It turns out that you can make quite a lot of different things this way.

Here's just one of the recipes in this book.  Pancake In A Mug.

Ingredients:  1 cup pancake mix, 1//4 cup milk, 1/4 cup applesauce
Topping:  Melted butter, warmed syrup

Directions:  Spray a large mug with non-stick cooking spray.  Mix the first three ingredients in a small bowl and then pour into the mug.  Cook in a microwave for 1-2 minutes (depending on the strength of the microwave) or until done.  Using a wooden skewer, poke holes in the hot pancake and pour the butter and syrup over the top until saturated.  Enjoy.

There are other tasty recipes such as Italian Sausage Soup, Classic Tuna Casserole, Tetrazzini In A Mug, Double Cheeseburger Slider and Key Lime Mug Pie just to name a few. 

Last year while I was out shopping, I bought a hat that I thought my daughter Audrey would love.  However, I forgot to sent it to her.  I must have set it aside, and then forgot about it.  Last week I found it, so I put in a small package and mailed it to her.  Audrey loves the Grinch.  When she got the package, she sent me this photo.  It guess she has a sense of humor too!

It's a bit warmer today.  At the moment it is 57F degrees, but will be in the low seventies in another hour or so.  Gosh, I hope it stays nice like this right into November.  I know, I'm a dreamer. 

Last night I cooked my little guy a steak for his supper.  He ate half of it, and he's enjoying the other half right now.  I buy the cubed steak because it is easier for me to cut it up small.  Plus it's quite tasty. 

Deanne might be coming by today with her grandbaby Aurora.   Gosh, I hope they can make it.  It will be so nice to see the baby.  She'll be two in February.  Wow, where is the time going? 

Well, I think I need to get moving here.  The morning is almost gone and I haven't started on anything yet.  I still have to decide what to make for supper tonight.  DIL Janet will be coming by after work.  I'll have to see what's in the freezer. 

Ah well, that's my news for this morning.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all have an awesome day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Tis A Bit Nippy This Mornng!

October 17, 2017

Good morning.  Goodnesss, it feels almost like winter this morning.  Right now, the temperature is 35F degrees.  Brrrrr!   It should warm up to about 57F degrees later today.  The next four or five days should be warmer, in the sixties and seventies.  Last night I had to put the heat on in the main house.  Temps dropped down into the upper thirties.  Tomorrow I'll be able to shut it off for a few days.

Well, I don't know if yesterday was a good day or a so so day.  I had planned to do a bit of vacuuming, but I got side tracked and never did get to it.  I was on the way to get the vacuum, but instead decided to get rid of a pile of junk mail, magazines and catalogues.  A couple months ago, I decided to hire an outside shredding company, and so I've been saving all this stuff up till I had enough for the shred truck.  However, I called the other day to make sure they could shred all the magazines and catalogues, and they said "no, they could not."  Aye yi yi!

So, yesterday I started going through all this stuff.  Mail and personal information went into a large trash bag, and magazines and catalogues (minus my personal information) went out to the recycle bins.  Unfortunately, I can only sit or stand in any position for a few minutes before the pain starts up. 

My body was rebelling.  Once the pain started, the spasms in my neck also started up.  I ended having to take pain meds twice yesterday.  This is unusual as I usually just sit for a while and ignore the pain.  But I was already sitting so the meds were necessary.  However, I did manage to fill a trash bag halfway with shred material, and I tossed three big bags of magazines and catalogues out into the recycle bins.  So I guess it wasn't such a bad day after all.

Remember last winter I said that I was going to order some courses for writing that were on sale?  Well I never did get around to it.  A few days ago, I got a catalogue in the mail from this same company, and the courses that I wanted are on sale again.  The courses are 80% off until October 26th, for new customers only.  Yesterday, I went online and ordered two courses on DVD's and they each come with a lesson book. 

I ordered "Writing Creative Non Fiction" and Writing Great Fiction."  I may or may not do some writing later on, but I'm going to enjoy learning how to do it.  If anyone is interested, their web address is:  https://www.ordergreatcourses.com. 

When Pogo and I were shopping at JoAnn's Fabric store the other day, I picked up a pattern book for baby hats and diaper covers (also known as nappy wraps).  These are all size 3-6 months.  I bought another pattern book from Amazon with larger sizes. 

Last night I thought I might take a break from my afghan and try this nappy wrap pattern.  Here's my first try.  It's not finished yet.  I still have to buy a button and snaps.  It is rather cute though.

I think I'll make a couple more of these and give them all to Xander, my newest great grandson.  I may even make the matching hats.  We'll see. 

Today I'm sharing an image that I borrowed from a friend's blog.  This is something that I believe in and I practice it as often as I can.  Sometimes, the tiniest bit of kindness can make another person's whole day seem much brighter. 

Well, I think I should get busy with my "chores" before I run out of steam.  I did not sleep well last night, so my energy probably won't last very long today.  On that happy (?) note, I'll take my leave.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.