I Lost At Yarn Chicken

 

I meant to post this yesterday, since it was the first day of February. But... Life was lifing. O.o 

We were *going* to move in to the new house yesterday. But.... The guy who my uncle had living in the basement (he was supposed to be out of there-get the truck at noon and two guys to help him move)..... He got the U-Haul stuck in the driveway. 🙄 I saw the whole thing. We got there at about 12:30. I was washing/cleaning the shelves and drawers in the fridge, standing at the sink watching. I said "What the %&*@ is he doing???" He was backing the U-Haul into the driveway, and just backed it right into the ditch and into a tree. My husband went down and tried to help, but it was stuck. 

Sigh.....  So, we didn't move in yesterday. Now we might be moving in today after my husband gets home from work. And it will be a long night...  🙄 He had to call a tow truck. We went back almost four hours later (went home and got more stuff), and the tow truck was JUST then getting there. I need more eye rolling emojis...  Then, we got all the stuff out (after driving around for a while because the tow truck and U-Haul were still blocking the driveway...) and the two guys to help him were just then showing up. It was 6:45 pm. Who knows how long they were there loading the U-Haul... I feel sorry for the place he was moving into. If he can't even drive into a driveway, how is he going to navigate a U-Haul in a parking lot full of cars? (He's moving into an apartment building.)  My husband is going there after work to see if he is gone yet. If he is, he will leave his work van, get the truck and come home, get our stuff and we will go. So the house doesn't sit empty.

And, I lost at yarn chicken. I knew I was going to. I don't think I have any more of the pink yarn. I have one more bin (at the other house). I'll have to look later.  

Let's Play a Little Game...

...called Yarn Chicken. I don't think I am going to win. Sighh....  I try to use up the yarn I have for a project. But end up running out of yarn and I will have to see if I can even find any of this color now.

 

 

I saw a post on Facebook about Dalgona coffee. It reminded me of the coffee Eon made for me once... (I'm sure he made it more than once). But I don't think I ever posted about it. It was so yummy! We used this recipe from YouTube.  We only had instant coffee from the dollar tree. We had used Folgers or another kind too, but I like the dollar tree kind the best!

I guess I'm trash. LoL. I don't care...  Now I want one. I am going to have to go to the dollar store soon...

P.S. I think I hurt myself worse than I thought. I won't go into details.. 

Chronicles of Crochetia

I don't know how, but I finished one slipper. I have been packing and cleaning. Then taking things over to the other house, unpacking (into the garage-lonnnnng story), and cleaning over there. We are moving into my uncle's house. Because he is in a home (he has dementia and will not be returning to his house). I don't know how long he has had dementia. But the kitchen is really bad. He has an expensive stove, but it is filthy. (I was trying to clean it up last night- ,my gloves and sponges are black now. It's going to take a lot of work to get it into usable condition.) We will take over the bills there, so that my other uncle (power of attorney) won't have to pay them. Sigh.... I did not want to move there. But.... I also don't love this house. It's right next to the highway. 126 years old. Michigan basement. Mice and snakes get in...  Our road is terrible. I don't like the town. So......  Anyway. I have been trying to pack and do all I can. Even though I just had surgery last year and any time I do too much, I start hurting again. Then, I was carrying some stuff out to my car on Wednesday, and I fell!!  😢 I didn't hurt myself too bad. But, I hurt my foot and now I am sore all over. So..... I might finish the other slipper too.  We "technically" have 11 days until we have to be out. I mean, we probably have more. But our lease is up in 11 days. It's a long complicated story. I have packed a lot so far, and cleaned a lot, too...   Crochet Take Me Away!  (Who needs Calgon?...) LoL  

 

Valentine's Day is Coming.....

I was going to clean or pack something yesterday but my back (and neck) still was hurting a lot. I don't know what I did (except for all the stress lately..). My husband said "You should just take it easy and crochet today". I said "I think I'm going to." 👀 If I could just turn off my brain, too. (Sigh.....)  I started a new project (to add to my stress. LoL). A pair of Ruby's Slippers. I made a pair for myself in the exact colors I'm using now. I haven't made those in years. I was trying to think of something to make for the "elder" I have sent things to for years... I no longer officially "sponsor" her, but I still try to send things to her when I can.  It has been BITTER cold here. It was -19 yesterday morning. And, we are out of propane.... (Sigh. Long story) So we have no heat. Except our little space heaters. We have four or five.  It's COLD!! We went yesterday to Menard's and got another space heater, to use in the basement. Because the pipes in the kitchen froze up.  The pipe for the kitchen is right by the rock wall... Anyway. We went to Walmart afterwards to get a few things (I was going to get an electric blanket, but they didn't' have any).  I was looking at all the Valentine's Day stuff.. And yarn. I did get a skein of yarn, Red Heart Purple Ombre yarn.

I saw these by the cards. I LOVE the little strawberry guy on the left. I told my husband I want it with some real chocolate covered strawberries for Valentine's Day. He said "Okay"..... (Stay tuned to see if he gets it for me... LoL)  Then when I got home I (naturally) was thinking, I wonder if there's any crochet patterns like that?  I have been searching and searching.........  I haven't found anything just like it. I found a bunch of strawberry toys and some heart toys...   And, I bought this Jelly Cat  Heart Crochet Pattern. It doesn't look like the strawberry toy, but it is really cute...  It actually looks more like the one on the right. Oh well.  Maybe my husband will buy me it. 

Back to the slippers and it being bitter cold... It made me think of the people on the reservation and how a lot of them don't even have electricity or heat...  And so I started a pair of slippers for her. Since I'm not on Ravelry any more, I'm not in any groups for Pine Ridge. That is one thing I miss. So, I just try to send things to the woman I used to sponsor, when I can.   I should get her an electric blanket! Everything is so expensive though....   The only other site (besides a couple Facebook pages I follow, which really don't have a way to donate..) is One Spirit Lakota. If you click on "Okini List and Family Sponsorships", you can sponsor a family that way.

Enough rambling, I am going to work on the slippers.

~Until Next Time~

Bakers Crafters Makers Day

Today is "National Bakers Crafters Makers Day." This morning I was trying to think what else I can pack or clean today... Now I want to just crochet and forget all of my problems...

I thought I would take a picture of my desk all cleaned out. 😅 

 

Creepy Crawlies...

First off, Cosmo is feeling better I think. He's acting more like his old grumpy "FEED ME!" self... (Sigh...Waking me up every morning at almost 2:21 or 2:28 on the dot, for food..) And his eye is not half closed and gunky anymore.    Matter of fact he is in here now meowing for food... (And I keep ignoring him... He's already been feed twice by me and treats, plus I don't know how many times my husband fed him.)

I started a new project- don't even ask me why lol..  🙄   I haven't crocheted one of my Love Bugs in a while. I went on to my other page for some reason, and noticed there was some comments I hadn't seen. Asking about the "bumps"/what I meant... So, I am crocheting one to see what I was talking about. 👀  I'm using the same yarn I used for my dinosaur (which is almost done-but I have to sew one more spot on). It's Red Heart Super Saver Jumbo Speckles, "Light Blue Speckle". I thought "Oh, that would be cute for a love bug"...  I overdid it packing yesterday and I moved another book shelf out of my bedroom which I probably shouldn't have done; and now I hurt... My  husband said I should take it easy and just sit and crochet today. But there's still so much to do! Sigh.... I got all the windows upstairs washed. In the middle of January. That was fun. Speaking of bugs! There are so many of those little Asian Beetles ? They look like lady bugs but they're not. They keep getting in the window somehow and it's driving me nuts! I just cleaned the window and I went upstairs yesterday and there was about 20 of them on the window in my room-that I just cleaned! Now I just have to do all the downstairs windows. And clean the whole house and finish packing... And move. And change our address, and, and, and, and.....  I probably started a new crochet project to get my mind off everything I have to do. 😁

 

Kitty Cold..

Cosmo is feeling under the weather today. I noticed this morning his eye was half closed, and leaking. He had been sneezing for a couple of days. I don't know if he has a kitty cold. I said to my husband, "It's too bad they don't have Kitty NyQuil. KittyQuil." 😹 I googled it, and they do have stuff you can buy! L-Lysine. (I googled it more though and there can be some bad side effects.)  By the time it arrived, he would probably be better, anyway. He has been sleeping on the couch since about 11:30 this morning; and he just was waking up when I took the picture a couple minutes ago. His eye wasn't leaking any more. So maybe he is starting to feel better. I was wondering why he didn't wake me up at 2:30 this morning for food... LoL He probably didn't feel good...  😞  I tried cleaning his eye up (he did not like that). But I brushed him and cuddled him afterwards and he was purring. So I don't think he was too mad. He is a spoiled kitty.    

Cosmos sez you have to feed a cold. 😹 I think all he cares about is food and cuddles. But I hope he feels better soon.