house of the rising sun a dedication

my uncle larry passed away yesterday i dedicate this posting to you uncle. this was his favorite song, he would sit and strum his guitar and sing this song over and over and over, he taught me how to play it on my guitar back when i could still play and we often would sit and strum and sing this song. uncle larry suffered from
bipolar disease and also was a manic depressant, he is now at peace with our lord jesus christ who he recently accepted into his heart. for many years we didn't see each other because of a situation that happened when i was a teenager and he was not on his medicine. when mom died in 06 we sat for a bit and talked. i told him i didn;t hold him accountable for what happened anymore and had forgiven him he was glad it shows you should not hold a grudge with people, when you do sometimes you don't get to say goodbye and then you have no place to go. thanks for letting me reach out to him even in death he cared about others. god bless you uncle larry, here is to lippy the hippy as was his nickname


There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new bluejeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

------ organ solo ------

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one



now your with jesus uncle larry, god bless and keep you love your niece

what a bargain this is, yarn for sale

my sister kathy needs to make a bit of money and since she has more yarn than she needs she is selling at a deep discount this is what she has for sale. you are interested contact me here and i will give you her contact information she accepts paypal and money orders only thanks so much

Unique Yarns for Sale

Lot 1 $35.50 + $12 S/H

Elsbeth Lavold Silky Wool from Spring 05 Collection

Soft, silky feel 65% Wool 35% Silk You can see this at Yarndex.com

Color 01 Natural 5 skeins

Color 03 Gray 5 skeins

Color 09 Jade 3 skeins

Lot 2 $22 + actual s/h

Berroco Softwist Bulky 41% Wool 59% Rayon

Soft, shimmery Bulky weight yarn

Mushroom 2 skeins

Pitch Black 1 skein

Lot 3 $5 each or whole lot for $100 + actual s/h

Plymouth Boku 95% Wool 5% Silk

If you like Noro you will LOVE Boku, it is similar in color and shading, felts beautifully

Color 1 Lot 1 6 skeins

Color 2 Lot 2 1 skein

Color 3 Lot 3 1 skein

Color 4 Lot 4 7 skeins

Color 5 Lot 5 2 skeins

Color 5 Lot 23 1 skein

Color 6 Lot 12A 6 skeins

my week sigh

well today is saturday and while the last of the week was not so great i made do, got very little done and no one gives a rip around here but i decided to heck with them if they don't understand about why i don't feel up to doing anything well they can stuff it, even shadow knows when i don't feel good, and will sit there and give me kisses. sometimes i want to make my family live in my body for even a day but realisticly i would l think they need at least a month to see all the diff ways i have to live and how i feel. but sigh so not going to happen oh well i just ignore them for the most part. sadly tuesday did NOT get any cookies baked cause could nothing went right and worst of all i can NOT find my oatmeal recipe, if i gave it to any of you please pm me or email and share back please.im heartsick over not being able to find it, my son baked christmas cookies and got into my recipe boxes and for some reason this is one of the ones mia. sigh crying here i love this cookie recipe. so am hoping i shared it with someone and you can share back would be a awesome day if i do get it back.

now for good news for a change today in the mail i got the most awesome package from my secret pal over at the crochetville. inside was the most beautiful tea cup infusser, and 3 tins of adiago tea,. for those of you who don't know about adiago tea, well sit back and let me tell you all about it, this tea is one of the best there is, i got valentines and also ear grey and also blue berry. and if that was not enough she also sent me a bamboo size f hook and not one not two but three skeins of sock yarn, already got started on a pair of socks, is multicolored, hope they turn out i suck at socks but found a good pattern and know i can do it lol so to you my secret pal, the one person who sooo made my day a good day i thank you, life right now is sweet!!! now am off to put the boys to bed,. shadow and riley sleep in our gargage and when its cold i put them in early like tonight is so darn cold , is killer on my body but they need some love and care and they depend on mommy(thats me lol) and i have to go now and take care of them might post later but for now a great big thank you to my secret pal hugs and love to ya all

tuesdays musings

well not much to say today have a vicous head ache and feel like crap but decided am going to get my butt in gear and make some oatmeal raisin cookies. they are so yummy and soft i am hungry for them and besides they are super good, today suppose to have a nasty storm so only am going to just go and do what i have to and then come home and bake and if i can get enough energy together. part i know is my meds. they make me sleepy and i am tired all the time. doc thinks might be fibromyalgia wouldn't doubt it since i have all of the sypmtoms. gak just what i need more sickness and illness, hubby will go out of his mind i wish things would change for so many of my friends they are all in the same situation and having fibro sucks.

spring is almost here and im more than ready for it actually.i hate this crappy weather.i want some sunshine and warm weather kkam off to bake cookies, i think lol take care and hugs and love for ya all ciao

these are a couple shawls i made. this first one is not really this color is the lighting, its actually more of a raspberry i hope you all enjoy looking as much as i enjoyed making them, i am called the shawl queen on some places lol

please keep my friend kathy in your hearts and send her healing thoughts for her son tim, he is in need of some prayers and good thoughts, all i ask is you send them thru howeer ya want. i can not imagine how hard it must be for her and i'm sending you all my love and prayers and healing thoughts i can send tim needs to be brought to himthru o lord.so as i prayed with you earlier i feel the lord will be there with you. keep in touch and know im here for you sweetie hugs my friend hugs and love vicki

foryou kathy

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SEND MY FRIEND AN ANGEL

Please send my friend an angel
Send her one of mine
A loving and caring one
The best that you can find.

.Please send my friend an angel
And trust her with its care
Someone or something for her to love
And to always be there.

Please send my friend an angel
One to help her fill her days
With hope,love and laughter
And the warmth of sunshine rays.

.Please send my friend an angel
You know she gave me one of mine
Please send her down an angel
A true friend's hard to find.

midi ~ Angel Eyes

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SEND MY FRIEND AN ANGEL

Please send my friend an angel
Send her one of mine
A loving and caring one
The best that you can find.

.Please send my friend an angel
And trust her with its care
Someone or something for her to love
And to always be there.

Please send my friend an angel
One to help her fill her days
With hope,love and laughter
And the warmth of sunshine rays.

.Please send my friend an angel
You know she gave me one of mine
Please send her down an angel
A true friend's hard to find.

hey ya all lookie what i found

i found this quilt sitting all alone on a thrift store is ahand made original arch quilt made in hawthorne new york. having done some research i found that this company use to employ local women to hand make brand new had quilts, back in anere the 1940's thru the 1960's i found this to be quite beautiful and looks to be brand new condition. aren't i the lucky one. and to sweeten the pot would you believe it was only 35.00 now howsthem bargains doing lol

well anyways was a great find. will keep me warm which speaking of was darn cold this morning 20 degrees again, but soon spring will be here, in just a couple of weeks to go lol

although i sure can't complain,back in nc where my friend kathy lives they had tornado warnings, she said the sky was heavy with clouds alot of thunder and lightning. and my friend fran who lives in texas says yesterday it snowed today in the 70's and more snow tonight, so will just enjoy the weather we are having lol i also now have pics of all the goodies i recieved from barb in the kitchen swap i love all of it my friend here it is.

not up to much else. just reading alot of blogs and doing a little crochet. working on something for my secret pal so am not speaking of what it is.

my uksp is very nice too,i have a feeling we know each other but to tell you the truth i don't have a clue as to who she is. and actually i don't want to know it will spoil the suprise lol

today went to the po and had to wait there for over a hour.see here is the situation, my son has ordered alot of dvd's from disney and the first box that came was almost completely empty except for a package of diet cookies. someone in the postal service or disneys employee stole all those movies. alot of them and boy was my son and myself pissed off, so we called disney who said would replace them free of charge. sothe box went out the 15th of feb. we have been waiting and waiting and morons back in wisconsin post offce somehow forgot to mail i so we have been waiting all this time for freaking NOTHING, so disney is going to replace the order free of charge and send it out priority mail. thanks to the disney company and parkland post office for finding out where the movies are sitting, i appreciate your help.

not much else happening around here. life goes on,been trying to destash alot of my patterns and have a buyer for a stack again. thanks my friend , lt me know how ya want to do this.

tonight talked to alot of people, fran who i am great friends with, and jean and kathy again great friends with and then just before i posted herejacqui popped on, omgosh have not talked to her in ages, i love talking with all my friends i have met so many nice people on the puter lol

so am off to work on my shawl for nancy who is NOT my secret pal but a special person anyways!!! peace and love to you all, take each day as it comes, forget the anger the pain, the bad times and move forward as there is nothing you can do about any of it so let it go and start each day anew without stress and anger. till we meet again which i will try realllly hard to make this a daily thing, and this i promise if i can't make it daily at least will try and make it interesting. god bless all of you and keep your postive thoughts going and hang on to the good times but let the bad times end for you each day have nothing but good thoughts and happiness for you i love and miss ya all goodnight my friends,l

is it spring yet?

omgosh today was downright COLD had some errands to run so wore a sweatshirt and my jean jacket, figured i would be fine then well sigh i know how it goes lately i wear something warm i roast, if i wear a t-shirt i freeze , i can not win, sigh, anyways got done and came home waiting for the mail, son is expecting a expensive package so am on time waiting for the mailman to come. so here comes ed the singing mailman, has 3 count them 3 huge boxes all from my friend kathy in nc i knew what she was sending but still is amazing how much stuff she putin the box


anywhoo i might lol be sending alot more back to her at least 3 boxes more lol


been going thru my crochet mags and after i talk to someone about them(she is interested s0 letting her look first) then will post tomorrow, and as always if ya see something drop me a note


well am beat tonight so am going to get off here. take care ya all peace and love always hugs

life

well today started out good, i got up with hubby,. sent him off to work, son got up, sent him off to work, layed back down, woke up at 8, layed back down, woke up at 9, layed back down miss montel williams show(dang he has some intresting guests) layed back down, missed price is right with drew carey(so not the same without bob barker but drew is alright) layed back down crud out like a light 12:15 rolls around dd gets up and says MOMMMMMMMMM, i woke up, WHAT WHAT, WHATS WRONG, she says ive been trying to wake you up for the last 20 minutes. . i sit up wait for the blood to reach my feet, shakes my head, trying to determine if i had taken meds before i fell asleep, looked over and there they were, then tried to stand up, um nope meds need to be taken layback down with heat pack dd was so thoughtful to get for me, wake up at 12:30 mom did ya feed the cats, yes fed them this morning why, cause itsy is trying to climb the house, oops
so fed them and all are mad at me except shadow and of course shadow loves me no matter what i do sohe kissed me, needless to say this started my day out just dandy yup . lol


so got dressed and went to get things on like normal ummmm waitin for meds to work

got out the door thinks to self what did i forget i know MY PACKAGES!!! back in the houiseand got them and head back out to car. so go to walmart and get what i need walk thru the lines and out the door wooot am on a roll, so head on over to petsmart, get to the cat food section and almost have aheart attack, they raised the prices of the food 10 cents A CAN, don;t they reaize how many cans we go thru a day.8 4 here and 4 at work, since we take it upon ourselves to feed paint and mojo no one else seems to want to bother to contribute, which soooo pisses me off cause they all make as much if not more than us and have no one they are supporting with one exception and i don't expect her to, although she does occasionally bring in a bag of food or cans occasionally. but she is a single mom and she DID adopt one of paints kittens so shall be nice about her . but the others sure could course they don't care one way or another anyways. sigh. oh well , back to my day i looked at the cost of food and said dang what happened to 30 cents. the girl sales clerk says yea everything has gone up. sigh whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy i ask don't know she said oh well not her fault.

so head for home and am almost to canyon rd. ooops forgot packages need to go to po, so carefully look and see no one coming and change lanes then get off, i am sooooo tired of being constiently assaulted by these beggers standing on the side of the road holding signs made up will work for food, out of job ect ect ect. what they don;t realize is these same people i have seen at the grocery store picking out Tbone steaks so i doubt they are starving. if i was starving and someone gave me money i would make it last as far as i could and that would NOT include tbone steak or for that matter ANY kind of steak, or meat for that matter would stock up on potatoes, grains like macaroni and other things. welcome to america where the beggers eat better than the hard working american people sigh so anyways got thru at the poand head home. dd is leaving for work but waiting for me cause i have her juice she wanted lol

soshe goes towork and so do i started in the bedroom and got a ton done but then hubby gets home and says why are you working in there not the dining room sigh can;twin, then he tells me he has to work on the bathroom tub, needs to declog it so i have to haul the stupid hoses hook them up out front,, but is cheaper than a plumber. not muh my fix it up hubby can't do, and then he knows people who can cheap lol

well by the time he got done with the tub was almost 6 and i was to darn tired to cook anything so he had a couple of noodle dishes and i had dr pepper. now am hungry and know after 8 shouldn;t eat but dang it I'M HUNGRY so am done here and off to find me some food, maybe just toast or pbj sandwhich but food i need to heck with the weight problem, i would not be happy if i was starving when i went to bed. would be grumpy cause my sugar would be low, not a good thing. so ciao for now my friends such is my life, oh yea before i forget i talked to my friends fran and kathy. both are awesome people i consider to be my friends and im the lucky one not them hugs ya all and good night

for sale crochet and knit patterns

will have more very soon

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i have the following for sale

the following are leisure arts books
1. at home with crochet. reg priced 14.95 asking 6.00 soft cover--pending

2. big book of crochet reg priced21.95 asking 9.50 soft cover----pending


3.winning baby afghans . asking 3.00 soft cover

. this next batch is by collins and brown

4. how to crochet by pauline turner, reg priced is 20.00 asking 10.00 i have 3 of these at this price hard cover books


5.great crocehted sweaters in a weekend, reg prie is 24.95 asking 10.00--sold

6.learn to do irish crochet american school of needlework asking 4.95 sold 7.purr-sonality cats by annies attic asking 3.50--sold

8.susan bates learn to crochet, soft cover book asking 2.00


9.annie potter presents 2002 the days of jane austin crochet patterns for barbie and ken tea at the assembly hall asking 3.00

these are all brand new with the exception of the susan bates one but is in perfect shape



i need to sell and make more room in my house, hubby says it goes or he does and while its tempting i think i will keep him


i will send these out the most reasonably priced way to ship at your expense. i also am open to offers let me know thanks soooo much


also ask if you are looking for something i just might have it and be willing to part with it for a reasonable price. got way more than i can ever use.

patterns for sale

major destashing of patterns come look something for everyone :)

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1.crochet world aug 79 1 issue 1.50

2 crochet world feb 80 1 issue 1.50

3. crochet world aug 80 1 issue 1.50


4. crochet world apr 81 1 issue 1.50

5. crochet world feb 88 2 issues 1.50 each

6.crochet world april 93 1 issues1.50 sold -

7.patons kids stepping out is filled with childrens clothing knit and crochet4.00


8. first step babys first wardrobe is by brunswick knit patterns also mother to be sweater4.00

9 six for a beautiful baby is knit sweater patterns by bernat4.00

10.crochet summer sweeties wardrobe for little girls has 4 diff outfits at the beach top and bloomers,sundress and hat,dress and scarf,and sunday best sizes 1 to 3 8.00

11.sunset knitting techniques and projects, has several cute patterns in it pm me for list if interestedf 5.00

12. easy knit and crochet premier issue
out of print mag spring 06 3.00 sold

13.sensational shawls and scarves 5.00

14 crocheting for the house hardback afghans,pillows,rugs,tableclothes hanging planter ect 5.00 sold

15. knit in style magazine aug 2003 3.00 sold

16.crochet puff stitch scarf and hat with matching bag have 2 of these 2.00 each

17, chick stuff crochet hip wear, cute patterns for younger crocheters or for you to make for them 3.50

18. the big book of knit sweaters soft back 10.00

19knitting todays classics hard back 65 beautiful sweaters from the studios of classic elite 10.00

20knit it premier issue mar 02sold

21. porcelains and pals 32 crochet patterns for dolls 5.00 sold

22. from knit to crochet 14.00 pending but have another one

23. hip knits 10.00

24.holiday fridgies to crochet 2.00 sold

25.annies book of fridgies multi media plastic canvas , crochet,sewing 1.00 sold

26.creative crochet clever ways to use your yarn stash 10.00

27 polka dots on parade, little girls crocheted outfits 3.50 sold

28. ultimate book of kids afghans annies attic 3.50

29.sweetheart baby collection to crochet 3.50

30. how to crochet complete strepbystep of techniques hardback book 10.00

31 learn to crochet in 8 easy steps 2.50

32 masterpieces of irish crochet lace, 4.95 sold

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vicki

happy almost spring day

today was a bit better but still hurting pretty bad. omgosh last night saw the lunar eclpise was soooo awesome, no one else would go stand out side with me and with me falling i didn't go long as didn;t want to wander into some part of the yard that still looks like a cyclone hit it seriously its tanked big time. but hubby and son informed me that soon i will be able to navigate the yard as they were going to be doing their version of paul bunyun this weekend and not be tooo macho about it hehehe, hey whatever works i miss not going out to check on the herbs and seeing what coming up while is still winter(although i seriously doubt we wil have much more cold weather. been cold in the morning but warms up to a nice warm 50 lol

i wake up and hear birds chirping this is a happy sound for me, waiting for the tree frogs next, small wonder, while we live in the burbs, we have all the emenities of country living, raccoons, skunks, coyote and please do not forget possums, standard roadkill around here, personally i find those critters ugly as sin but a great asset to my yard as for some reason slugs are a delacisy for them, little guys bon appitet, is one of the things i can not stand is standing barefoot on a slug, or worse yet picking something up and finding slime all over you. GROSS so little possums you are welcome into my yard anytime as long as you don't invite yourself in for supperlike ya did at my friend paulettes house. she lives down in california and has a small army of these critters living in her home. mind you she tolerates them until they touch her yarn and then look out slowpoke cause is not a pleasant person to be around.

today went to the library and checked out a couple of books been wanting to read , and also checked out a crochet book on those darling little japanese animals that to this day can not pronounce their name. is amazing how cute they are and thought i would try the patterns out before i commit to buying some of these littl cuties. darn my c key is sticking again and boy does that look wierd. hehe

not doing much have a doozy of a headache and is killing me so may not last long lol.

posted a large amount of crochet and knit patterns i am selling on the ville and am also going to list them here as soon as my brain lets me know how to do it . lol, boy is this pain getting to me.between the headache and right now the spine area want to do the boogie dance on my own back and kick its butt .sleepwell my friends have a good nights sleep lol

me bad bad bad

hey ya all am sooooo sorry am so darn long since i posted all i can ay is im bad bad bad bad


so now on to bigger and better things, been doing a lots of crocheting and also trying to orgonize my stash better and am going to be getting rid of alot ofd stuff so watch around and see whats on the for sale list.


not much going on in my life right now. found out will cost me a additional 600 to getmy car fixed, sooo now am screwed, anyone got any ideas for me to make some fast money?


speaking ofmoney , has anyone noticed how high the price of gas has gotten? not sure how much it is where you are but today i paid 3.35 agallon, put 20.00 in my tank and it barely moved a quarter inch.sheeeesh sucks big time. i can;t understand why they are so damn high , except thegas companies are assholes and the government is not doing its job, just sits there and lets them charge more and more until we can't afford to drive anywhere . this puts a major cramp on our travel plans for summer, who can afford anything is outrageous that our own government looks the other way while these bastards get richer and richer, kk nough ranting about the oil ompanies


now on to bigger and better things. made several aghans and have a couple up for sale in my etsy shop. http://www/shadowboy.etsy.com/ if ya know someone who wants one let me know have more here just have no more room here. trunk is stuffed full of stuff and so really need to destash bad.


the weather has been just beautiful, the eclipes was just out of this world pun intended enj0yed it alot lol.

last weekend hubby and son cut the ausetrees down to a managable size(they grow 20 feet a year)they are a hybred willow, well yesterday i was walking out there and yes i had my cane and fell flat on my freaking face. straight own mud up my nose glasses flew off was bedlam,
today am in some super serious god awful horrific pain,.straight down who would have thought i needed to not be out there. god awful, and of course hubby didn't help any by insisting maybe i needed to go to the hospital, eeek the very though of going there is making me more pain to deal with.

so whats happenin in your lives? anyone have anything special to share with me and blog about. well am hurting to bad tonight to continu e, so am off to try and sleep(YEA RIGHT LIKE THATS GONNA HAPPEN!!!!! Soooo for all who have missed me im back , lol take care and and talk with ya all soon god bless a all sleep tight .cioa hugs and love ya cya this afternoon hugs and love

its almost time......................................

well this is it th big game day, the day that those who are football fanatics will yell at you if you interupt them when their favorite team make that 1st down, me i like football, mainly because hubby likes it and son, dd she works thru it most of the time so that she DON'T have to listen to her dad and brother yelling back and forth between the living room where hubby will be ensconced and my sons bedroom where he will be watching it on his tv, sigh oh well , me i probably will watch some but not like when it was the home team, but the seahawks puked out of the playoffs again i sigh

on to better things

i finally got pictures of the sweater set and hat i made the other day also made a matching blanket . it is at the top of the post lol, nothing like dumpin it up there lol but no worries at least you saw the set right?

well the weather is nasty as usual, but the weather guy was a tad optimostic for next weekend., hell i

would be happy fo it to be sunny warm day, oh around low to mid 70's with sunshine beaming down on to us.

so tomorrows special day will be cold and cloudy and just right for those maniacs who will scream their heads head off

hope ya enjoy the game and may the best team win fair and square no cheating on either side