Merry Christmas
“Lift up your head and be of good cheer; for behold, the time is at hand, and on this night shall the sign be given, and on the morrow come I into the world, to show unto the world that I will fulfil all that which I have caused to be spoken by the mouth of my holy prophets” 3 Nephi 1:13
May you all have a blessed and wonderful Christmas, and may the peace of this season be with you through out the New Year.
Waldorf Salad
This was what I made for the Thanksgiving dinner I attended today. Good stuff 🙂
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving day some good food, family, friends and football games :). Oh yeah the Cowboys won today :).
November 11th – First Snow
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Well, we had our first snow, was only ground cover and didn’t stick to the streets as you can see in the picture on the left, on November 11th. We had a similar ground cover snow the next week. I woke up this morning to some real snow, not alot of snow (about 1/2 to 1 inch) but it did cover the ground and the street. The city has it’s snow plows out and the stores are plowing parking lots. Ok the first few snows are all right, pretty, etc, etc, etc. HOWEVER, it’s cold and the snow doesn’t stay a pretty pristine white. It gets grey and dirty and that is what the winter will look like alot as the winter drags on. sigh. Is it Spring yet?
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Newer Car!!!
Yep, I got a newer car (9 years younger than my little red putt putt). A friend of mine (the one I walk with on Monday and Thursday evenings) and her husband got new cars and had this one sitting arournd. They told me they would like to give it to me, but I’m stubborn and proud and told them I would take it if they would let me pay something for it. Wasn’t much that I had to give them but it was something and now I have a newer car that I don’t have to worry about needing fixed all the time. 🙂 It has the key device that you can unlock it from a distance and it has power windows and a radio that works :), I feel like I’ve moved up in the world, lol. It drives smoothly and I have to say the color is one of my favorites :). What a blessing my friend is.
I’ve been teaching in Primary for about 4 1/2 years in my ward. I got a new calling on Sunday, Compassonate Service Co-ordinator. I’ve served in many positions in my church but have never filled this calling before. I know a little about what to do, not alot, I know it’s not one that most people covet :P, but I like people and I like helping, so I’m hoping I will be more of a blessing to others in this calling than a burden as I learn.
For our Veterans
Afganistan isn’t on this old picture, but please note that those veterans are certainly included! I would like to take a moment to thank all those veterans who fought in the various wars and “police actions” for our freedom. Thank you for your service, and thank you to your families for allowing you to do that.
*Rant warning, if you might be offended, please do not read*
Patriotism seems to be dwindling among people in this country and I find it very sad that the pledge of allegiance isn’t said in many schools and some people don’t pay any respect to the flag when the pledge is said – what happened to respect? Why are our local governments opposed to showing patriotism (because it might offend someone?)? And many do not even know the national anthem. We should be proud of our Country, it allows us freedom to choose, freedom of religon, freedom to speak our minds and many other things. It does not guarentee us the previlege to be rich, only the freedom to pursue that, if that is what we want. It does not guarentee that we will not be offended – only that we have the right to voice our opinion. We are not all the same, some are smarter, some are braver, some are more sensitive, some are more pragmatic , some are more creative, but we all have something to contribute to making this country great. It would be very boring indeed if we were all the same, please note I’m not talking diversity in the way our goverment does, because we need to pull together instead of all the divisive attitudes we have today, if we don’t we will continue to be country in conflict and there is a scripture that says “….Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth” St Luke 11:17. There is much truth in that, even if you are not religious. If you don’t like this country, I urge you to find one that suits you so you can be happy, please DO NOT change mine, I like it the way it is.
Funny Note Pad
Ok, I was shopping at JoAnn’s Fabric store and saw this note pad and had to keep myself from laughing out loud in the store, so I had to buy it. There are many days I feel like this. 🙂
Yes, Fall is coming. Offically I think they said it was the 20th of this month. But we went from upper 90’s (ambient temperature, not including the humidty that made it a heat advisory) a week ago this last Monday to 60’s on Sunday. It’s back in the low 80’s and 70’s this week, so I know Fall is really coming. I will enjoy the warm temps while we have them, Fall doesn’t usually last very long and winter is very cold and long here.
Twin Towers
Though it’s been 12 years now since this terroist attack, we were attacked last year by terrorists on foreign soil at our embassy and lost 4 Americans. There are those who still want to hurt us, may we never forget this horrendous act of aggression on our soil and our embassy, so that we might always be free.
As we remember the 12th year since this heinous attack was perpetrated, may we take a moment to remember all those who died on this day 12 years ago and last year in Benghazi, and thank those who helped in the aftermath. I would like to salute those heroes on flight 93, and all those who, on that day, willingly and unselfishly sacrificed their lives to save the lives of others. I also salute those in our armed services who have given their lives and those who continue to fight, selflessly putting their own lives in jeopardy to protect us and others from terrorism. They are all heroes to me and I will never forget.
1st Fleece to Scarf Done
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Ok, this Little Lace Cat’s Paw Scarf took longer than a week, but it is finished (I just knit on it when I had time, that is why I don’t make promises :P). I took it to Church with me today, but the teen (my friend’s daughter) this scarf was knit for and her family weren’t there. I can give this to her next week. I was a bit surprised that the scarf wasn’t quite as soft as I had thought it would be for a lambs fleece, then it hit me, this is a cross bred lamb. The rams are Suffolk and the ewes are polypay (the lambs are raised for meat), the polypay is a fine fleece and the suffolk is considered a medium fleece. So it only stands to reason that the cross bred lamb’s fleece would be a little coarser than a full polypay lambs fleece would be. It’s still not too scratchy and should serve her as a nice warm scarf here in the midwest, where our winters get pretty nasty sometimes.
Polypay Ewe Roving – Spinning
.I have begun spinning the polypay ewe’s roving, which is what made me wonder why the lambs roving was coarser. It’s soft and very easy to spin with very little vm (vegetable matter for non spinners) in it and no noils :). Tho’ I have to admit, I severely skirted this fleece because of the way the roving came back on the lambs fleece (still full of vm and noils from not having skirted as well and not seperating the shorter fiber of the neck and legs out from the prime saddle part of the fleece). Live and learn, and I think I did :P. This when spun, will become a blue scarf for my friend that gave me this fleece. 🙂 I have two patterns picked out, but haven’t commited to which one yet, still have plenty of time to make my final choice. Will post the picture and link to the pattern when I have made that final choice.
1st skein polypay lamb roving
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I finally finished this polypay skein!!! It’s been a while since I started it. I should have finished it long ago, but I was busy (and maybe a little lazy too). The picture on the left is just wound from the spool to the pvp pipe niddy noddy. There are some really pretty wooden niddy noddys but this one suffices :). It is a 2 yard wrap so if my math is correct I spun 258 yards which should be plenty for the scarf I will be knitting. It is a sport weight (about 18 wraps per inch). The picture on the right is after I used the red (Crimson) Jacquard acid dye. She chose the red dye and I have chosen to knit my Little Lace Cat’s Paw Scarf pattern because the teen I am knitting this for loves cats. I think she will like the pattern. 🙂
Soon I will start spinning the next skein from the Ewe Polypay fleece my friend gave me, and will make a scarf for her to thank her for the fleece. That way they will have one, fleece to finished scarf, from both fleeces :). I will post a picture of the finished scarf when I have it done, hopefully this week, but as I always tell my children, no promises, only that I will try.
Unofficial Harry Potter Knits
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It came! I indulged myself in a new knitting magazine. I love Harry Potter and when I saw this book I was very excited. It is called The Unofficial Harry Potter Knits. After looking at it from cover to cover, I am very happy :).
Below I put a picture of the inside part that shows the items it has, I hope that it will enlarge enough to get a look at them ;).
Unoffical Harry Potter Knits – inside
Dallas Cowboys!!!
.OH MY, it’s that time again. They have started preseason a bit early with exhibition games but I won’t complain!!
The Cowboy’s played the Dolphins on Sunday, but because it was Sunday I missed it. They won tho’, 24 to 20. 🙂 They are playing the Raiders tonight, and yes I am watching. The Cowboys are my favorite NFL team and the Raiders are my favorite AFC team, so it’s a delima about who wins. They don’t play each other very often, maybe once a year in preseason or if they happened to play against each other in the Super Bowl, I won’t hold my breath lol, but it’s fun watching this game. 😉
School will be starting for all the kids in a few weeks and then Fall will be here. Been a nice summer and altho’ there are lots of nice things I like about Fall (cooler weather, Football, my birthday :P), knowing that cold Winter will follow is not one of the things I look forward to (did I mention that I am not a Winter person?). Winter is cold and baren (except for the grey snow after it’s been around a while) and around here it lasts forever. OK it has one good thing, it gives me one thing I look forward to every year very much, SPRING!!
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