Boring Post About Food and Windows and Rain

I made some homemade granola last week. I was sick of just oatmeal or eggs...  I know I could go to the store and buy some. But by the time I got ready, and went to the store, my granola was already done... This is long gone and we have since bought some at the store. But, I will probably end up making it again. It's not hard. The only thing I would probably do different is make the "granola" clump together better. The recipe I used was on Tiktok, it was just oats, honey, and vanilla and coconut oil. Which, we don't have any coconut oil: so I just used more honey. 

I also made some more Cheesy Italian Flatbread the other night. I used to make this more, when they kids were all still at home. I also didn't have my pizza pan (we left it for our son..), so I used my new cookie sheet. 

It turned out good. This would be good with soup, too. 

I also made Garlic Spinach and Feta Spaghetti. But I don't have Feta. So I just threw some shredded mozzarella and a little cheddar too. The recipe is on this page, you have to scroll down a little to find it. I had a big bag of spinach, plus a carton we had bought and I wanted to use it up. 

Saturday was a little bit hectic for me. First thing when I got up, my husband said that Eri got outside. He got her but she was mad at him. I actually don't think I found out until after I had opened this window... She was acting weird and wouldn't stop meowing...  I opened the window a little to let some fresh air in. I had never opened this window yet. I was sitting at the computer and I kept looking at the window thinking, "Something isn't right...." Then I looked up and noticed the top had slid down. 

So I looked all over the house to find something to put in the bottom window (every time I tried to push the top up, it would slide back down-I tried several times and I hurt from my surgery...) So I found this 2x4 in the fire pit and I cleaned it up. What a pain.  Then I stuck a towel in the top part. Until my husband got home from work. 

Look at her, trying to figure out how she can get out of the window! Brat...  

I think she wants to go outside and hunt chipmunks... This was her a couple weeks ago. 

(I didn't know until yesterday that the windows are supposed to slide down they do that so you can clean them without going outside... 🙄 None of the other ones slide down like that though.) 

Anyway. I had already planned to go visit my uncle, so I left. Well while I was there, it started to rain and thunder. I had already been there a while (thinking, "Jaxson is probably freaking out..." He's terrified of thunder. (I call him Thunder Jaxson- like Thunder Jack from Snow Dogs..)  We played backgammon (at least six games). My uncle said his butt hurt, (sorry, TMI) and he was getting tired. He started to get up (he's supposed to wait for the nurse to help him move to the wheelchair), and no one was there, so I helped him into the chair. After we got him over to another chair (the patients all sit in one big room with a TV, so the nurse can watch them all..), I said I was going to go. By then, it was POURING rain!! I didn't realize it was raining so hard. I was soaking wet by the time I got to my car. I parked on the road, and it was a small creek going through the side of the road (and under my car)...  I didn't want to drive in it. I probably shouldn't have. But I just wanted to go home. It was torrential rain and I was hydroplaning in some spots. And people were STILL tailgating me!! I HATE that. But I made it back home. Soon as I got in and changed my clothes, and sat down; I looked at the window and said "Oh, I guess I'm glad I put a towel in the window."  

I have been crocheting some. And I have my daughter-in-law's birthday card started, too. (I got the stamp for her card on Saturday, too.)

This is it, so far. I thought I had posted more about how I made the Christmas shaker snow globe card I did for them in 2024. But I can't find it anywhere on here. I will have to google it I guess. I was upset because the bottom part of the snow globe is a tiny bit crooked. I was going to redo the whole thing but I decided not to. I will probably work on it today. So I can send it out to her. Her birthday is less than three weeks away. 

 

Christmas In July

These are the Santa/Christmas buttons I posted about getting at Walmart. I got two packages of them. 

I was trying to think of something else to put on there. And I remembered the "snowflakes" I have in my card making stuff...  

I got my sewing needle and thread and my hot glue gun out, and I finished the snow globe ornament. I think it's pretty cute. It's for our (middle son) daughter in law. She loves snow globes and she collects them. Side note, her birthday is next month and I have a birthday card planned to make her. I ordered a "birthday cake" rubber stamp online. It's supposed to get here tomorrow. 

Up close...

I want to crochet one for our tree, too. I was thinking about making the bigger one so the Santa button would fit on it.

And, I finished crocheting and sewing the Red Truck Card Holder/Ornament together.🛻 I put my old library card in it for the picture. 😜The front of it looks lopsided, and so does the window. 😔Ughhh. I wanted to post pictures of all the things I have bought so far for Christmas. But I haven't taken any pictures of it all yet.  I wanted to crochet these last year and I never got around to it. So I'm glad I did for Christmas In July this year. 😁🎅🎄With one day to spare. LoL.

Oh!! I am so happy. Or should I say, "I'm sew happy"? 😁My husband fixed my sewing machine last night! I had put it back together wrong. Now I can sew again. Yayyyyyyy!!!

Cards and Kitties

My last post was about the tote bag I was sewing....  Well I took my machine apart and cleaned it and now it won't sew at all!!! UGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! It's practically brand new!! WTF??  I hate sewing machines.  The only thing nice I have left to say is that at least I have lots of other hobbies. 

I have been making a lot of cards, lately. Well, I've only made three. But for me that's a lot, lately. This is one I saw on Pinterest. I have that Gibson Girl stamp and I was searching for ideas of birthday cards to make with my stamp. 

I wanted to use the pink and black leopard "skin" paper I have. But I didn't even have a whole sheet left, only scraps. It still worked!! I LOOOOOOVE this card.  I hope the person I send it to loves it too. She likes "girl" things. I can't remember what it's called.... Julia Nutting? And other "girl" things, too. 

Here is the side view, it's 3D.  I put pop dots on the Gibson Girl square to make it stand out a little. My husband said he wants one of them for his birthday. 👀I said "I will have to see if there's a Gibson Guy stamp". LoL

Here's another card I did, for a girl who is turning 15 and loves "ocean" things. I went to see what "ocean" stamps I have....  I printed out the saying..  I finished the card. Then I thought "It needs some bubbles!" I was sending a scrunchie too so I wasn't worried about how bulky the card was...

These are stamps I'm pretty sure I bought when we lived in Colorado. Incidentally, both of the birthday cards/people I made them for, are the same birthday! 

This is the beginnings of the other card I did. I saw a card on Pinterest. I wanted some bigger yarn balls than the stamp I have. So I thought "What if I just punched a circle, and drew the yarn on and colored it in?" 

Here's the yarn balls. I wasn't too impressed. 

Then I was trying to think how to do the "buttons".... I thought about my smaller circle punch. Then I thought "How could I make the holes?" Duhhhh...  Get an actual buttons and needle and poke it through the paper. 

Makers Gonna Make. 😁

Here's the finished card. I really did not like my yarn balls. But, I think it looks all right. I printed the "knitting" paper out. And I typed up "Keep Calm and Cast On" and then I stamped the yarn on top...  This is for my pen pal in the UK who also knits. When it costs $7.99 for a card at the store... (Unless you go to the dollar twenty five plus store..) This card making thing is starting to pay off. I still have one more card I want to make for our daughter-in-law whose birthday is also this month. I just ordered a stamp to make it. 

These are my scrunchies I finished. I posted the link for the pattern a while back, I will have to link it again here. The purple one I sent with the "ocean" card posted above. Her favorite color is purple, too. I did the blue one for me. I want a purple one, too. I haven't worn it yet. It's really "big" for a scrunchie. Scrunchie Pattern.

And last but not least, here's a picture of Eri. Six years ago today I brought her home from the family that was fostering her, until she got adopted. 😻This was how tiny she was!

Today is my last day of radiation. I don't know what the next steps will be. I don't want to go through chemo again. 😢 I just got my port out less than a year ago. 

I have been working on my granny vest, I am on the "neck" portion of the vest. I need to get a bag together to put in my car for when I get to appointments early and have to wait. I can't believe I don't have one in my car already.   

~Until Next Time~

 

Christmas In July

This is another bag I have been working on. But sewing... We had done a "Class" in my Quilts of Valor group I was in. I kept thinking "Where are the instructions for that bag?" Well, I found them. But all it was is this picture and cut pieces of thermolam out so big to bring to class. 🙄That does not help me. I can't remember sh*t anymore. Moving 800 times, chemo brain, 8 million other things on my mind right now..... So I watched some you tube videos and some tik toks......  (To confuse myself even more, LoL). I have been mostly going off of this one, though.

I just started to sew it

And I laid out the thermolam piece and put the piece I was sewing together, on top of it...  

This is the first piece, done. 

Well, actually. This is it done. And pinned to the thermolam. 

And, I somehow finished the second side, too. I got the bottom pieces all cut and layered, too. I was sewing this for someone for their birthday. But. I should have started it months ago.... I am getting so overwhelmed. I miss my quilt group!! I don't want to join a new one here. 😩

I had to bring the thermolam upstairs and clean the table off and lay it out up here. To cut it big enough. My husband put a light downstairs so I can see better. But the space down there is not very big for quilting...   In my quilt group, we had huge tables to lay out our fabric...  Sigh...

My husband and I went to Frankenmuth for our anniversary for dinner. We had reservations at Zehnder's. It was our 34th anniversary. 

Of course we went to Bronner's.... I meant to edit the picture to crop the guy out on the left...  Oops. I got an ornament for our middle son. That says "Plumbers go with the flow". And I got an ornament for our youngest son about mowing lawns... I will have to take pictures of them. I was happy I got started on my Christmas shopping, but I actually got started back in May! I think that's a record. Unless I went right after Christmas and got something on sale.. We went in May and I went on a Gnome Hunt. I will have to upload pictures of that someday..

On the way to Frankenmuth, I wanted to bring a project to crochet in the car. Then I thought, "What about that snowglobe ornament I just printed out?" So, I combined a Road Trip Crochet Project with Christmas in July!  Hee hee.  

I actually finished it, too. But, I forgot to bring a yarn needle (and scissors!). So I couldn't weave in the ends. (I did that yesterday when my husband took me to my radiologist appointment, though...) And on the way home, we stopped at Walmart for a couple things. And I bought some Santa buttons. To sew on to it. I will have to take a picture of those. The cashier said "Christmas!? Already?" Like it was a bad thing. Lol. I said "It's Christmas in July". She said "That's crazy".  Yes. Maybe for some people...  Not for crazy crocheters though!! We get out Christmas projects started early.  Anyways, This snowglobe ornament is from Repeat Crafter Me.  And, I started a Red Truck Ornament, too! These are both projects I had wanted to do last Christmas but I never got to..  The snowglobe is for my (middle son) daughter in law, and the Red truck is for our youngest son. Although I don't know if he is still into red truck things..... His truck has been a big headache, and is all tore apart in his driveway. (He is borrowing our truck for now...) So I don't know if he would like it. 👀 I finally started a Christmas in July project, though, yay...  I want to do another snowglobe for our tree, too. 

The day after my husband and mine's (how do you say that?) anniversary, I made some chocolate covered strawberries. I had some leftover chocolate which I didn't want to just waste... I was trying to think what else I could cover in chocolate. Then I said "Oh! What about peanuts!?" Duh...   I haven't made chocolate covered strawberries in a while. 

Bag is Finished

Well, my whole life is a dumpster fire. But, I finished this bag. I clicked on Joaniebologna's linktree and found her TikTok page. Part two was on there. And in the comments, there was three different people asking where Part One is.....  Why would someone do that? Part two was posted a while ago on TikTok, and Part one was just posted last week on Facebook. Not a very good creator in my opinion. Won't answer anyone's questions, can't even post a full tutorial. But she wants people to buy her patterns and pay her to teach them to crochet. Anyway, this is the finished bag.

And Eri was my helper all through it...  

Yesterday I was sitting here trying to crochet, and Cosmo tried to jump on the chair (kind of). He put his front paws up. Well his claw got stuck in the fabric on the chair. I cannot lift him up, I just had surgery two weeks ago. I'm not supposed to lift anything 20 lbs. Well I don't know if Cosmo weighs that much (my husband got on the scale with him last week and it said he weighs 16 lbs, which can't be right because he is bigger than he was when we got him and he weighed 16 lbs when we got him..)  Anyway, I kept trying to get his claw unhooked without lifting him and he was getting mad and trying to bite me because he thought I was trying to hurt him.....  Well he got loose eventually. But then a little bit later we saw a claw on the carpet. 😿Poor kitty....

I was in a Christmas in July mood to crochet... But I finished this bag and now I want to crochet another one I saw on Facebook.  <- Link to her website and pattern...   And, I don't know why, but I am in the mood to crochet scrunchies again. I know I have crocheted a bunch in the past, but I can only find a couple I posted on here. And, I never posted a link to the websites where I found the patterns, either. Sigh...   I finished one scrunchie last night and I started another one. I haven't taken any pictures of them yet. But this is the website where I found the scrunchie pattern. I went and got some hairbands yesterday when we went grocery shopping. My hair is actually long enough to wear a scrunchie again. I don't want to do chemo again and lose my hair again. What if it doesn't grow back this time...

 

Bags in July

Well I was going to take a picture of the bag I started. But Eri is laying on it. I can barely even type, she is laying right where I would put the keyboard. But if I try to pet her she tries to bite me. Ooookayyyy...   The bag is a video tutorial from Joaniebologna something on Facebook. "Part One". I have commented twice on it to see if there will be a part two and what size hook....  No reply. So I don't know if I'm wasting my time crocheting this.

I bought two more big skeins of yarn for it too. If she doesn't post a part two I guess I will have to rip everything out and do a different bag with it. 

I looked for my snowmen I started, and the styrofoam balls I bough to do them with. I couldn't find them anywhere. Sigh... To do a Christmas in July project (or, finish one) with. So, I started this bag. "Bags in July"..  LoL I used my Bloomin Bag when I went to the doctor the other day. And one of the girls loved it. She said she can only crochet squares or easy things. I printed the pattern out, and I am going to take it with me to my next appointment.  I kind of want to crochet another one. In purple...   Maybe I will. Because Joaniebologna isn't posting part two of the tutorial...  I bought a new shirt that matches this yarn almost perfectly and I will have enough to finish it 

The color seems a little off in this picture. It's more of a warm light purple in real life. And the pattern doesn't actually say how much yarn to use. I'll have to look back through my posts to see if I mentioned how much it took...  This post shows I had three skeins of Red Heart Soft, and they were 5 ounce skeins. So these two skeins are 7 ounces. I should see if I can find one more skein... Just to be safe. Actually. I should just get a bunch more, because I wanted this yarn to do the vest I was working on...  

It's Officially Christmas in July

Now that the 4th of July is over, it's officially Christmas in July!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎄🎅🤶Not. Even. Kidding. I was trying to think of what to crochet....  (Like I need to start another new project...) But then I thought of one I had started, that I could finish. The Mr. & Mrs. Snowman . I started them at least a couple years ago. Okay, I went and looked. Three years ago! Sheesh.  Well, a lot has been happening since then. I know I bought the styrofoam balls and I was trying to put the snowman on one and it was too big....   And I got irritated and put it away.  I just printed the pattern out again, so maybe I will start a whole new one with a G hook.  I actually have white yarn right here, too. And my G hook. 😁