Hi Carolyn,
I just looked around the page and saw the 'comments' on the tab under title on the compose page. I can view your comments there.
Daughter and husband were over yesterday to deliver some of her fabulous bean soup and I showed her the prayer shawl. That may have been a mistake. She commented on how well it would go with all her colors and that more importantly, she is always so cold now since her Rouen-Wye (?) surgery when she sits and watches tv.
I hadn't thought of giving it to her, as I was looking at it as a comfort for me. I knit it as I do my devotions, and every stitch is wrapped in an Apostle's Creed, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, Fatima Prayer, St. Bridget's twelve year devotions from Our Lord, St. Bridget's Seven Sorrows from Mary, my Universal Living Rosary decade, and the daily devotions interspersed within all of these.
I mentioned it to Hubby, and he chuckled. His solution, give it to her and knit yourself another! O.k., I guess he had better consider how long it takes me to knit. I started it at my Dad's side knowing how long it takes me to do anything, as well as wanting to do something while sitting with him, So, I guess I had better put off that bib, burp and change pad for Dottie's baby. Which is OK, I really wasn't into doing that anyway. That was another of husband's suggestions.
Maybe I will remember to talk over these suggestions with hubby before he has me committed, like doing Pooh for her sister's baby. If you have ever done Pooh Patterns, you will know why I am sparse-haired on the head. Comes from pulling out hair while doing a Pooh pattern with all those white spaces. And I am a pretty darned good stitcher!!!!
Oh well, time to get ready for Dad's Memorial service.
Thanks for the comments, and hopefully I will enable them sometime to show to all.
Huggs everyone.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
The first day of fall
Today is our Anniversary.
We were married 32 years ago (in 1978) on a bright, beautiful, sunshine-y day. I made my dress and bought dresses for our two daughters in shades of pink. Our son disappeared for the entire ceremony and never did find out where he went. He did show up for the food, however, he was twelve and always hungry.
Today as I woke up, my DH wished me a Happy Anniversary, grabbed his watch, phone, wallet and a couple of waters from the fridge and headed down to the cities to see what treasures he could find today.
I have a memorial to go to for my Dad at the residence chapel where he had lived for the last year, this afternoon.
Somehow it seems rather fitting.
It is raining today, and I will not complain about the rain. It makes me want to just sit and stitch or knit. Both are constructive and calming.
To say that I need it is an understatement.
But life goes on and so will I.
Happy Anniversary dear Husband.
We were married 32 years ago (in 1978) on a bright, beautiful, sunshine-y day. I made my dress and bought dresses for our two daughters in shades of pink. Our son disappeared for the entire ceremony and never did find out where he went. He did show up for the food, however, he was twelve and always hungry.
Today as I woke up, my DH wished me a Happy Anniversary, grabbed his watch, phone, wallet and a couple of waters from the fridge and headed down to the cities to see what treasures he could find today.
I have a memorial to go to for my Dad at the residence chapel where he had lived for the last year, this afternoon.
Somehow it seems rather fitting.
It is raining today, and I will not complain about the rain. It makes me want to just sit and stitch or knit. Both are constructive and calming.
To say that I need it is an understatement.
But life goes on and so will I.
Happy Anniversary dear Husband.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Comments
Well, I think I screwed up.
Carolyn, you have graciously posted twice now, and I can't read them. Somehow I have figured out how to disable something without knowing. I published an answer to your invisible post, and that didn't come up either. May have to take this out of RSS feed. That is the only thing I know I deliberately did. Will see.
Am slowly re-joining the human race, and have forgone the cross stitching for a bit in choosing to knit myself a prayer/comfort shawl in Homespun yarn. It is easy, just knit, knit, knit. No purling required, and my concentration level is so out of whack and continuing with counted cross stitch while riding in hubby's little truck, that it is not an activity that works. There is more 'jounce to the bounce' in his little Colorado than is conducive to counted cross stitch needles and I can handle at this point.
Hopefully I can figure out how the comment form works and who knows, I may have to shut down the computer and restart to get it to work. But not right now. Have to get some food in the body.
Carolyn, you have graciously posted twice now, and I can't read them. Somehow I have figured out how to disable something without knowing. I published an answer to your invisible post, and that didn't come up either. May have to take this out of RSS feed. That is the only thing I know I deliberately did. Will see.
Am slowly re-joining the human race, and have forgone the cross stitching for a bit in choosing to knit myself a prayer/comfort shawl in Homespun yarn. It is easy, just knit, knit, knit. No purling required, and my concentration level is so out of whack and continuing with counted cross stitch while riding in hubby's little truck, that it is not an activity that works. There is more 'jounce to the bounce' in his little Colorado than is conducive to counted cross stitch needles and I can handle at this point.
Hopefully I can figure out how the comment form works and who knows, I may have to shut down the computer and restart to get it to work. But not right now. Have to get some food in the body.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
new color backgrond
In case you are wondering, I signed up for an RSS feed and yellow print doesn't show up well, sigh. So will opt for a lighter background so I can either leave it black or dk green. Took me forever to figure out where I accidently stumbled on it last week. Hmmph! Got to get more computer savvy here!
Missed the monarch's flight
Well, saw hundreds and hundreds of Monarch butterflies landing in the trees last night before the cool temp didn't allow them to fly anymore. Set the alarm for 8:30 in hopes of hearing them fly off this morning. 8:30 was too late. Once the sun started hitting those tree tops this morning and warming up their tiny bodies, they were off. By the time I got out there with the binoculars, there was only one I could see on the tree top and two others flying around. When I looked back, the one on the tree was also gone and flying around.
I wished all of them a safe journey to Mexico.
This hasn't happened for several years now, and wasn't sure we were still on the flyway for them. I think I just missed the night gathering by being in the house and didn't see them each year they came.
I still remember when they all started flying away that morning after they warmed up that first time. It was the softest swishing sound you ever heard.....like angel's wings.
I so wanted to hear it again, but wasn't able to. At least I got to wish the few remaining to take off, a safe trip. 'God speed ye' little ones. Safe journey.
I wished all of them a safe journey to Mexico.
This hasn't happened for several years now, and wasn't sure we were still on the flyway for them. I think I just missed the night gathering by being in the house and didn't see them each year they came.
I still remember when they all started flying away that morning after they warmed up that first time. It was the softest swishing sound you ever heard.....like angel's wings.
I so wanted to hear it again, but wasn't able to. At least I got to wish the few remaining to take off, a safe trip. 'God speed ye' little ones. Safe journey.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Back to normal
Ok, I went back and fixed all the screwed up posts. So all the 'complaining' I did (keeping in mind how crappy I am feeling) can be taken with a grain of salt at this point. Got my MOJO back and it's working!
Oh if life were that simple......
Oh if life were that simple......
I think I figured out this thingee....
Well, let's see if this works. It seems that the compose button lets me get back to what I want and love on my site. That edit HTML crapola is just that. Why would anyone ever choose that? What purpose does it serve?
OK, I am not a computer geek and have tons of things to learn. But at least I have my preferred font back and I will be able to get the color I want back. I see that there are a few new settings on the task bar, but I am only going to choose those I know!!!!!
Not feeling the best today, think it may be a bad mouse (in not-cat owners vernacular, I think I may have eaten something not good and it is rolling around and out in the gut....'nuf said). But just in case, am not going in to see if I can get Dad to eat.
With that said, perhaps I should stop making words here, I seem to be getting a bit 'T.M.I.'
Hope everyone is having a good day and is experiencing what we are not....sun, cooler weather out of the upper 90's and beyond.
OK, I am not a computer geek and have tons of things to learn. But at least I have my preferred font back and I will be able to get the color I want back. I see that there are a few new settings on the task bar, but I am only going to choose those I know!!!!!
Not feeling the best today, think it may be a bad mouse (in not-cat owners vernacular, I think I may have eaten something not good and it is rolling around and out in the gut....'nuf said). But just in case, am not going in to see if I can get Dad to eat.
With that said, perhaps I should stop making words here, I seem to be getting a bit 'T.M.I.'
Hope everyone is having a good day and is experiencing what we are not....sun, cooler weather out of the upper 90's and beyond.
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