What was I thinking?

Taking a break from print work and decided to make a path in my tiny parlor, aka stitching stash disaster of a room.  Missy/Midge/Monkey runs in there and in a matter of minutes, she is tearing into floss and fabric.  There is so much dust on the floor that you can see where she is sliding a fat quarter of linen, which helps clean the room.  My orders placed online the last few months have been for small pieces and eighths, all in dark shades, so I organized them by count instead of color in see through files.  To my surprise, 35 carries the most pieces!  How the hell did that happen?  I guess if a piece I wanted was not available in my comfort zone of 30, I upped the count just to get the color.  The 30 file is the least, 32 (which is acceptable) is running a hair under the big girl file of 35s.  The lone little file of 40 is because I could not pass up Dames of the Needle's Redwood.  Yep.  The big 4-0.  Worth it.  Even if I don't stitch it, the color is spectacular on it own.

 

Do you have a favorite color of linen?  Mine may be the 18th Century Sea Glass from R&R, followed by Dolphin, Antique Copper, Tin Roof, 18th Century Brown, and a few nameless dyed by me. I think my 28 count inventory may be moved to the sewing room.  I will keep a few pieces here but have always preferred the 30.  I do not need all the fabric.  Much of it is dyed and I'm not sure of every fabric's count, not something I could list to sell.  But I am finally selling my Land's End 8 Tall shirts and 10 Long Dockers that were never worn.  I expected to loose 5# and fit into them.  That was a decade ago and 5 turned to 40 in the opposite direction.  I may go with Ebay.

 

It will be a busy week, my doc appt. tomorrow.  Taking Carole for her mammogram Tuesday. My mammo Wednesday.  Taking Carole to Mercer Thursday to get her driver's license photo (which expires on Friday).  She didn't even mail it in yet to get the photo card to take to the center.  I'm hoping AAA will be able to take care of it and she can get the renewal before it expires.  If you wonder why I have to drive her everywhere, it's not that she can't.  They don't enforce handicap parking space violations and people park where they want, she can't walk any distance.  Our heart center and lab are both ridiculously long walks both outside and inside.  So she needs someone to drive her, drop her off, and get a wheelchair inside.   I told you the devastating news of our cardiologist's fate, and she was called Friday to cancel her appointment with the breast surgeon for her yearly exam.  He is now also suddenly on leave because of an unexpected diagnosis.

 

I hope you've had a nice weekend.  Mine turned way too cold for me!

It seems like summer was so long ago.

 

Thanks for visiting.

 

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If only

I didn't want to purchase a third printer to be disappointed again. 

 

So many options.  Choose one, make it the middle.  Choose another, make it big.  How about that little 2"?  Then start all over like shuffling a deck of cards, change position, change size.  This is addicting.  But I must stop for there is no future! 

Clean the damn house woman!

 

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A cure for the banging basket

Do you like a basket on your door?  Do you use one inside or outside?  Do you tire of the basket banging and swinging every time the door opens?  Do you slam your door hard enough to knock that basket off?  Well folks we have a cure for that banging basket.  No more scratches in the paint finish.  No more contents bouncing out.  Whether you hang from an over the door hook or the back of the peep hole, I have the answer for you.  Call to order now.  But wait!  If you call within the next 5 minutes we'll throw in 10 more free.  Just pay a ridiculous handling fee for each one.  Call now!

 

Just kidding.  But I did finally solve that problem.  Very.  Strong.  Magnet.  Yep.  See that rusty square inside?  Since most of the doors today are steel, a strong magnet will secure the basket to the door even with a slam.  I don't know where we found this magnet but it is industrial strength!

Now I can fill it with gourds that won't be rolling on the floor whenever it opens.  If you have wood or fiberglass, I got nothing. 

 

Except for a few orders, all was mailed today.  Advil is wonderful, is it not?  For some reason, I was able to walk on it this morning.  But I did keep off of it for a while, gave me time to think, and I've come to a decision on the siding. 

This type of siding that is on the garage will be painted a muted red.  New garage doors, same paint.  We will replace the windows with aluminum clad double hung in red.  The trim will be replaced as will the doors.  The siding will wait until spring, and be replaced where needed with boards from the side.  Stained the dark gray or maybe a greenish gray. 

 

 

With new painted window trim and corner boards, the contrast to the weathered siding will probably look nice.  Wait.  .....   RED?????

 

Good grief.  Does the anti-inflammatory dull the brain along with the pain?

 

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A little setback

Sorry.  I got six packages ready for mail today and accepted by the post office, but something happened to my knee and I can barely walk.  It's the same area that was affected by the fall two years ago, only worse.  It's the outside of my knee along the joint.  I need to stay off of it for another day and they will see me Friday.  If I don't finishing the packing and mail tomorrow, for sure they will go out Thursday.  I'm sorry.  I usually mail right away but once again, when I offer several types of items and orders are a combination, it takes me a while to double check that I have the right items in the right boxes.  I can't work on the new ones either because the printer is upstairs in the craft room and there is no way I can make the stairs.  Packing material is in the basement!  So is the Dove chocolate.  I'm screwed.

 

We didn't get canning done either because Mark was picking mushrooms all afternoon.  His grandfather and father were pickers and Mark shares the bounty with friends.  I remember his grandmother's house (she spoke little English) with strings of mushrooms drying to be put away for soups and ethnic dishes.  What a year for mushrooms.  Over the weekend he chopped the sheephead fine, sautéed with fresh garlic, diced sweet peppers and onions.  Wonderful.  Fabulous!  I ate a lot, also used the mix in an omelet. 

 

I'm chewing my Advil and following with a chocolate to kill the taste.  I missed walking this summer because of the two sprained ankles and now it looks like I won't be walking this fall either.  I just wanted everyone to know that I will be getting their orders out very soon.

 

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Wow

Well spin me around until my hair goes straight.  That's how I feel today.  Thank you so much!  All gone plus a few more.  So that everyone gets the items they ordered, I put each name on a paper bag and like trick or treat, grabbed your items and dropped them in.  We had over 30 hornbooks and several of each of the square sets.  Packing tonight, shipping labels tomorrow, bought more ink, and more acrylic.  I sure hope everyone likes their purchase. 

 

We still have more peppers to can so it will be a busy day tomorrow.  With the jalapenos left, the thought of Cowboy Candy was appealing.  But I decided not to make them because of the amount of sugar.  They are sweet hot, addictive, on cream cheese and crackers.  A few wouldn't hurt, but I am a pig and would eat way too much at one time.  So we'll use the ketchup/vinegar recipe for the final canning of the year.

 

 

We've had enough rain that I had to remove the crow's bucket.  Poor guy was getting top heavy.  Something I will never have to worry about unless you count big hair. 

 

 

As for the eyeliner, the bottom is almost completely gone and the top is still lightening.  At first, everything is very dark and heavy because some of the ink stays on top and as your skin heals, it encases the ink but not all of it.  So always expect the initial week to be stark.  She charges for touch ups and so far I have had two on the brows and although I hate to spend even more, will need it for the liner too.  No it did not hurt.  Some of her clients squirm and are anxious but the eyebrows were worse than the liner.  The numbing cream works well and this is not traditional buzzing needle tattooing.  It's called Soft-tap.  Doing my non existing brows was the best thing I've done.

 

That's all folks.  Just wanted to thank everyone and say hello.  October is here, and as soon as I have time to sit and relax, I will be so ticked off.

 

Enjoy your days!

 

Thanks for visiting.

 

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The thorn in my side sale!

Sale is in the Sampler Boxes tab beneath the header photo.

Hiya.  Just wanted to let you know that I will have a few more boxes in the coming weeks.  I did find more printed labels in folders and was working on heart boxes when the disaster struck so I can use those until they are gone.

 

If you like them, we will make more of the corner squares, and I would love to try more with the antique wallet snippets. 

 

Buying ink tomorrow!

 

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