Time goes by soooo fast. There is never enough of it. Well, I have a question now. Does anybody know how to get something off of your blog? Like the bellyhood thing I have at the top of mine. I put that on when one of my daughters was carrying a baby and never looked at it. Now I cannot figure out how to get rid of it.

I only have a few minutes today.

Let's talk about what I am working on and then when I come back I can talk about how much I got finished.

I am knitting a sweater for my daughter. I have been working on it since June. I will try, this afternoon, to post a picture of it and also of the page she and I designed it on.

I am also working on a pair of mitts. They have fingers, but not the ends of the fingers. So they are technically not fingerless gloves, nor are they gloves. Is there a word for them?

And on the spinning wheel I am spinning pure alpaca. I have fleeces from three that were all given to me. Right now I am trying to spin enough to make my husband a belaclava for next hunting season.

I will put pictures in for all of these things later this afternoon if he gives me time. lol

Talk at ya later.

Well, I don't even know how long it has been. I have decided to continue blogging and see if I can earn a little money from my blog posts. All of us who need the money need to unite. Let's see how this works. I have heard people say that they have earned enough to pay for their college. Do I believe that? I am really very very skeptical. I am willing to try though.

Here are my goals and let us see how much time I have to invest to reach those goals. I am going to keep track of my time at the end of each blog post.

I need to earn 300 a month. That is $300.00. I work full time and have other things that occupy my time. So let us say that I might be able to devote 1 hour to this blog on a 5 day a week basis. That means I need to earn about $15.00 for each post. I cannot imagine that happening. We will see what happens though. First, I have to decide what to blog about.

I have grown children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. My mother is living and I have 5 sisters and 4 brothers. I knit, I spin, I have animals. My animals include a Chihuahua, Brindi Lou, a cat, Nala Sue and an angora rabbit named Hairy. We have chickens and 3 beagles.

I still don't know, what in my life would be interesting enough to blog about. Can't talk about the job although we have many funny experiences there. I will be posting pictures from time to time.

Things I am interested in.


The Bible

My Family

My Animals

My knitting and spinning

The outdoors

Learning to eat healthy.

People in general.

Okay, This only took about 1/2 hour. Tomorrow I will try to make up for it. LOL

Where I am now on my crafts.

Well, it sure has been a while, but here I am back again. I am only working on one thing right now, no, I lied. I am working on two things, but it has been so long since I worked on the one that I forgot about it.

I am making a sweater in the round. I just have about 60 rows plusribbing on one sleeve and then it will be done. I love it and can't wait til fall so I can wear it. One of the few things I have ever made for me with me in mind. lol.

Then there is the sweater I forgot. It is knit sideways. In other words from the end of one sleeve to the end of the other sleeve. I loved the pattern when I found it but then I started on the round one and I just totally forgot that poor sweater. Now that I think about it, I will have to finish that one too and then I will have two new sweaters for this fall.

I was getting ready to take a picture of the one in the round and duh, my camera battery was dead. Me thinks one of the kids used it and forgot to shut it off.

Oh well maybe it will be charged up enough before I get finished to take one picture and put it up to show.

So Much for Goals

So it is Sunday, and I didn't get even one of the kitchen towels done. I do not know why, I am having such a hard time feeling crafty. Maybe if I could get into being crafty again, I would not feel soooo depressed. I am trying not to feel that way, but it isn't working.

Yesterday, I did, however, sew the tops of the towel halves, so that now I can start to crochet on them, the next time Dennis and I ride to work together.

It is 1:10 in the morning. I don't have to get up until 2:30 in the morning to get ready for work, but I cannot sleep. I just lay there and worry about the kids. I think I am in the wrong blog for all of this. So I will go for now. Somebody stop in and give me some encouragement. Or sharp words of criticism. Or something to get me off my duff.

Goal for today.

Today, I want to finish one more kitchen towel. Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to say it is done.

Pillows for the Cabin 

My Pillows

Hey, Hey, Hey, I finished something. Maybe this blogging is a good thing. Anyway, here is a picture of the pillows I made for on our couch in our cabin in Southern Illinois.

One week later...

Well, its one week later and I have not done anything on my crafts. What is my problem. Am I all crafted out? Am I too busy? Am I too confused to do anything?
Hope I get past this. It's driving me crazy.

Things I am working on...

I am going to start keeping track of what I am working on. I have so many pots in the fire so to speak.

Knitting - nothing going on here right now.
Crocheting - I am working on some hanging dishtowels. 1 finished, 3 to go.
Sewing - I am working on pillows for on the couch at the cabin. 1 almost finished,
1 to go.
Quilting - I am working on finishing a baby quilt for the quilting group.

Maybe this will get me on the ball and make me finish a few of my projects.