I am Amazing

Check out this bag! I made this! I made the tube handles! Me! I also made the flowers on the handles!

As per my last post I have been on a crochet kick. It has been a challenge I have enjoyed tackling it. Dan noticed my excitement and interest and asked me to make a bag for his daughter Anna. He paid me well. (so confused about that) It took me about 6 days from start to unravel to unravel again to finish.

  I found this yarn that I thought would be great. Then Dan told me she wanted a green one. I totally lucked out. This pattern was a challenge to me. I called my mother so many times and last Sunday I unraveled the whole thing. I am really pleased with how it turned out.

I want to make me a smaller one--a scripture bag size.

Yarn, Hooks, Needles and Slippers

Two weeks ago was General Conference. I walked down to Jo Ann Fabric near my house and purchased yarn. My initial intention was to make dishcloths for Christmas gifts. While I was there I found a cute pattern for a bag. My little sis just moved to Delaware to nanny and lives on the coast and needed a seashell bag. So I made that during Conference.

I caught the bug to crochet some more.

I am not very experienced. Monday I went to get more yarn and found a book with patterns for crocheting dishcloths. I made all four this week. I had to unravel this one several times and call my mother twice before I got it right.

Yesterday I was at Fred Myer and looking at their yarn I noticed a book with 16 knitted dishcloths. I totally got it. I will start soon. I need a smaller set of needles. I know how to knit only. No other stitches. So this will be my new challenge. I have not really crocheted either but I know the basics and as able to figure out these dishcloths. So I have faith I can figure out the knitting ones. And as back-up You Tube has some great instructional videos. How great!

I feel like such an old maid sitting with my slippers on and yarn ball out. But hey it is kind of fun.

Ruth you asked for the pumpkin pancake recipe....here is the link

PS I will take some orders if you want some grandma dishcloths ha ha ha but serious. what am I going to do with all these?

Bring On The Pumpkin

I think I have mentioned that I have been emotionally eating since January. My heart has been broken several times. I have lost a job I have had for a decade and a dream truck. Needless to say I am a fatty.

For a month I have been eating better and exercising. It stinks and is hard. I have bad habits and new ones are difficult. I have only lost 5 little pounds. I am discouraged. As I do I turned to food.

I decided to try these pumpkin pancakes. I am so happy that the pumpkin shortage is over and I am able to purchase the squash and enjoy. So here are pics of the pancake. I have to admit it was different than expected. Tasty and a nice break from oatmeal. but not as satisfying as I wanted it to be. Anyway, it was a good attempt at something new and I am tickled to try more pumpkin recipes as the fall progresses. Please feel free to leave your fav pumpkin item.

Modesty and Jealousy.

It is a rainy day here in Portland. I decided to take a walk to the movie theater and check out Secretariat. I loved the movie. The theater was packed. The gentleman next to me teared up toward the end of the movie. It was a moving moment. The story was inspiring. The characters were heroic and idiolic. A good story with a good message and heart.

Yet what struck me the most was the fashion. Diane Lane wore the most attractive clothing. It was modest, classy and it impressed me. I recently attended a high school football game here in Beaverton Oregon. The girls were wearing shorts so short and tight that stuff was falling out. Little camel toes everywhere. Their tank top layers were tight and since it was freezing cold their nips were out saying hello with their other parts. I felt so bad for the young men who were supposed to not stare. In 1973 there were many women burning bras and wearing daisy dukes yet the character in the movie choose to wear skirts below the knee and did not show cleavage. She looked so good so classy. I admit I do not dress nice. I wish I had more of a sense of style but I do cover myself up. I feel so old fashioned. But modesty is such a beautiful thing. Women and men who dress nice and appropriate carry themselves with dignity and respect.
I am off my soap box. . . . So Mr Blind Date has not called. I am sure he will not. I am jealous of the front office girl who got $5,200 and a free lap top to go to school this term. All due to her being a single mom. I have been wanting to take some classes to get a masters but the cost is more than I can afford and since my choices have prevented me from having a child I do not get assistance like she does. It makes me so jealous. Not only does she have a little girl but she gets money to go to school. I keep using a hand me down laptop that tests and tries my patience every time I turn it on. Somehow I feel cheated. If modesty is good I guess virtue is also. Although I could have a lot of fun and have a child and money to go to school. As it is I have no car, no boyfriend, no sex, no child, no new laptop, no cable tv and no coach or gucci bags (yes the front office has several of each). Sometimes I feel left out and quite jealous.