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~