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    T Tuesday: Tea for two edition

    December 2, 2014 - By 

    tea for two

    Mini-me (otherwise known as Little J) and I had morning “tea” yesterday since they had yet one more day off for the Thanksgiving holiday. I had tea, she had cocoa with a generous portion of Redi-whip leftover from pumpkin pie time.

    We had two Thanksgivings…one at my in-laws and one here with my mom. I completely missed T stands for Tuesday last week. We were just too busy with everyone off including Mr. G. Today I have the house to myself…except for Gracie…she’s snuggled in my bed. Darn cat…sleeping the day away after keeping me up fighting for space in the bed.

    I wish I could just sit and be lazy today but I need to get caught up on errands.

    Hopefully I’ll have some more art to share real soon. I started a painting a few days ago but am not excited about it so far…I set it aside to wait for inspiration.

    One more craft sale next week. A little impromptu sale at my mom’s senior building. She’s handing out flyers to all of her friends and Bingo buddies.

    What are you doing today?

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    T Tuesday: knitting edition

    November 18, 2014 - By 

    Happy Tuesday! T stands for Tuesday_200

    I snapped a photo at dark:30 of my morning coffee spot.dark 30

    The coffee is gone and I’ve moved on to tea. This polar vortex is the pits. It feels like January outside…heck, in the house too.  Cold seeping in everywhere. It’s going to be a L…O…N…G winter if this keeps up.

    The cold temps have me thinking about knitting. Not just thinking…doing.20141118_7269After some experimentation with my own pattern and a you tube video on stretchy binding off…I completed these boot cuffs. I know they fit a tweener size girl but I am waiting on a friend who has average size calves to see if they fits her. Too tight on me to be comfortable but I have those wonderful large Norwegian calves made for trudging through the snow along the fjords. 

    So I mentioned that I did some experimentation. I found out two ways not to make boot cuffs. But I made use of them anyway. Two new American Girl hats ready to hit my etsy store just in time for Christmas shopping.

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    Today is a stay-home day…lots on the list…likely a bit of knitting too.

    What are you doing today?

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    T Tuesday: Veterans Day edition

    November 11, 2014 - By 

    snow teaHappy Tuesday! It’s Veteran’s Day here in the USA. Time to remember and pay tribute to those who have served and are still serving in our armed forces.

    Here’s my favorite veteran…my dad…in 1946.3-3-2013 12-35-3_051 edit

    Below is the original scan of the slide image.

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    I’m thrilled I was able to coax the colors back to a more natural look. What a difference.

    As for the rest of my day…I’ll be home catching up on housework and shoveling out the end of the driveway. I’d forgotten that it needs to be widened at the end…if it doesn’t we windup with a very narrow driveway once the snow is several feet deep at the street.

    What are you doing today?

    EDIT: I almost forgot…my second sale went well. I sold out of one item and nearly of another. It was a good day.