merry merry christmas eve everyone today is our first christmas without so many in our family started on april 15th when we lost my father in law. he is sorely missed and always will be next we lost my dh uncle in september i don;t remember the exact date as we were not told he was even sick until after he died(he lived in michigan) then dh lost his cousin michael to cancer. he battled this disease for 10 long years rest in peace all of you. then november 17th my sister in yarn from another mother(and dad) lost her son tim to his battle of a brain injury may he also rest in peace and stop teasing your sister timmie with all the things happening without explanation we all know its you lol

then a week ago we lost merwyn my beloved bambina kitty how i miss her still

ok enough sad things this is suppose to be a happy time of year i wish all of you happy holidays wether it be christmas hanukkah Kwanzaa or any other ones i missed(and im sure there is and i apologize to my readers)

the new year i hope will bring better times for all of us the recession this country has been seems to be getting worse instead of better yet our government seems to sugar coat it

today i will be busy wrapping gifts and getting dinner ready for the kids to come over we are starting new traditions and hope that they work out.

my wishes for all of you is to have a wonderful holiday for those who are in pain i wish you a day free of it those who are depressed may your mood be lifted doing something for others and not thinking about how bad things are they are bad but brooding about it does not help believe me i know been there sooooooooooooooo many times.maybe you can cheer someone elses life up a bit go visit a nursing home and sing christmas songs help someone by giving them your place in line or if your able to maybe help pay for their groceries even telling someone to have a good day can bring a smile to their face and that should cheer YOU up too remember tomorrow is another day and while your life may not be a bed of roses remember there are others out there much worse than you., ask a mother who has just opened her door to see a military chaplin there or a child who's parent has died or even someone who has lost a pet it effects people different and this time of year is difficult for so many people .
people out of work, without money to make christmas for their children there are thousands of things going on

remember though that you are special to someone, me if your reading my blog make a comment should you want to i don't sensor them tooo much(i will not add swear words so please don't leave them) i just really want to say that you all are special to me god bless you and keep you in his care. love you all merry christmas to all and to all a good morning i know im a smart alec bewaahahahahahahahaha love vicki

rest in peace my beloved merwyn

tonight i had to do something that was one of the hardest things i have ever had to do in my entire life. i had to take my beloveded merwyn to the vet to put her to sleep, she was one of the bravest strongest kitties i have ever ever saw in my life. let me tell you about my bambina the one i called cara mia bambina the love of my life.

it all started back in august of 1995, 1995 had been a hard year had lost my beloved grandfather on july 4th he was 95 years old lived a long good life but of course that did not change the fact that my grandfather the one i adored was dead it was about the 3rd week of august when my little girl came in the house and said mama there is kittens in the wood pile. i said really? thinking it was a stray cat who was just visiting, but it was not. it was my bambina and her brother boo along with another little black kitty who was so close to merwyn that they may have been twins.

we watched these adorable kittens romp around the yard during the months of sept and october. i noticed the mama kitty had moved them around alot but they felt safe in our yard as we had no dogs all of us enjoyed watching these little ones at play figuring eventually they would move on as ferrill cats do, and mama and one of the black ones did. we had not seen the babies for a couple days so figured they were gone. it was the day before thanksgiving, my job was to get the turkey cleaned and ready to roast the next day had just finished the giblets and was putting my pies in the oven(you all know how busy the day before a holiday can be) it was a wicked night out cold snowing and just outright nasty windy and i had clothes drying in the dryer as i always was doing laundry every day that day was no different until i heard this little meow like a baby kitten. i thought how odd,so i turned the back porch light and looked and there was merwyn and boo sitting under the dryer vent trying to get warm(was soooo cold in the 20's with snow and blowing made it very cold) so i said to them where is your mama little ones, the both looked at me so trusting and just meowed. i said are you hungry? they meowed i took that as a yes. i of course had no cat food only pancakes i had made for dinner. they snarfed them down and huddled together. so had dh go out to the patio and put a box with some blankets in it for them and they stayed in there as long as no one was around. come spring i said ok they have to go or we have to get them spayed or nuetered. well the kids loved them by then and so did i hehe so was the later that happened. eventually i was able to pet them and they became our babies. over the years they became more and more friendly towards us, boo who was merwyns brother was much more friendly than merwyn she was always very reserved. but when she loved you she was loyal to a T. in 1999 there was a attempt on this man to steal boo my son caught him and threw him off our property. in 2000 after a severe car accident this man took advantage of the fact i could not stop him and he was able to come in to the yard and take boo right away from our property. we were devistated we tried to find him but never did. merwyn went missing several times she was trying to find her brother. we never did get him back. then as we went thru all the things dealing with my injuries merwyn became very ill in november of 2001. she had developed a terrible infection in her plura cavity(chest) the vets told us we should put her down she had actually stopped breathing and they got her heart going again and her breathing, they told me she had a 5% chance to live i SAID PLEASE HELP HERso she had her surgery to drain it they put a drain tube in her and off to the vet we went that would do it, she spent about 5 days in the hospital and then we got to bring her home right after thanksgiving, 5 years after she came into our lives we almost lost her, it took alot of vet visits antibotics and alot of loving care but my little cara mia pulled through.

merwyn will always be in our lives with the pictures of her we have to the memories of our special kitty. this cat was amazing. a couple of years ago i was looking for her as was dinner time and she had not come to eat. i found her outside the garage door staring straight at it and then running back to me as if to say mom mom somethings wrong, there was the hot water heater was leaking and about ready to explode , its a natural gas heater so god knows what would have happened had it exploded but it would not have been good the tank was bulging and already had developed a big crack in it we were able to open the drain and get the water out of there thanks to our watch kitty. recently she started coming inside as she was not as well as she had been before that she hated being inside loved being outside in the air sniffing it and loved to lay in the sunshine i took her outside the day before yesterday all wrapped up as she was cold her poor little body was shutting down and she wanted to spend as much time with us as she could, merwyn was a smart cat she knew when things happened or were happening she loved laying on the mat i bought at petsmart.com it is basicly a space blanket covered with fleece it helped warm her. i will miss merwyn the rest of my life as i do boo, but she will live on in all of us. that brave little soul had more courage and spunk than anyone i know human or animal, i hope i can be that way but im not that brave. rest in peace little one i know your with those who have gone before and waiting for us to catch up i love you bambina with all of my heart love mama

whats up with blogger

gonna try this again and see what the heck is wrong with blogger hope it clears up soon my bandwidth is NOT exceeded by any way shape or form hope its fixed soon vicki

nothing makes sense anymore

as i sit here writing this post i wonder why nothing makes much sense anymore, i'm refering to the senseless killings of 4 of our police officers on sunday november 29th 2009 about 8:30 am officers Ronald Owens,Mark Renninger,Greg Richards and Tina Griswold of the lakewood washington police department were gunned down in cold blood by a convicted felon Marice Clemmons . this coward went into the coffee shop where these brave officers were sitting having breakfast and getting ready to go on shift. and without any care of remorse shot and killed these officers for no reason at all. The lives of these officers families have been forever destroyed by this coward and those who helped him Marice Clemmons was shot and killed by a seattle police officer early tuesday morning (12/01/2009)

my heart and prayers go out to the families of these fallen officers.
i am making comfortghans for each of the families if anyone wants to help me please contact me, i am using worsted weight yarn as i am allergic to wool and can not assemble it and making the comfortghans in 12 in sq in red/white and blue or any of the variations any pattern is welcome anyone who wants to help please add your name to the sq so they may know how many people have helped make this possible. i myself can not do this alone and am hoping those of you my friends who do still read this blog will find it in your heart to help, i know is a busy time of year and with christmas less than a month away i know it is alot to ask, please help me make this possible for the families of these fallen heros. god bless all of you those who can and will help and those who are not able to but pray for the families anyways or send good thoughts if you do not pray i am not a judge of anyone elses belief and welcome all who want to do this for them. i will not publish your names here if you don;t want leave me a message in the area and we will get together thank you from the bottom of my heart i need 80 sq am making them 4 across and 5 down once again thank you love vicki

sad news

im sorry to have to tell everyone that my sister (in yarn and love) lost her son today he is no longer hurting no longer in pain rest in peace tim barber please pray or send good thoughts for kathy and her family (losingmymind2) i love you sis love vicki

life is life and what can we do about it?

tonight when i came home my little guy poster was mia he had been earlier i was soooo afraid he had chased a squirell somewhere and was lost i called and called poster here poster come home sweetie , no poster i had just about given up that he was lost and here he came little stinker, acted like j\nothing was wrong ack what am i going to do with these little buggers scared 4 years off of MY LIfE!!!! today sent my halloween swaps out from ravelry and now working on my christmas ones. i am in 3 there this year and am loving it. for those of you who don't know what ravelry is here is a link that should take you there and it will explain more and better than i can

https://www.ravelry.com

i find it very entertaining and alot of my friends from that other forum i use to belong to are there especially older members who quit long before i did(they were alot smarter than me i think !!!)

im working on another scarf knitted again(no i have not forgotten crochet , just wanted a change for a while will be going back to crochet as i have alot of christmas presents need to get done too, so will be doing both.

lon still wants to buy a house in olympia and we are trying to convince him to wait to he knows for sure will have a steady job so far he is listening but i know he is already tired of the drive . i don;t blame him at all

thought i would pop in and say hi am so tired for a change think will try and get sleep. keep nodding off in the chair lol so until we meet again remember, be kind to yourself and especially to a others , treat them as you want the THEM to treat you god blessand keep you always in my prayers especiakly for nancy a dear friend and sister( NOT that sister nancy this is another one i call sister as we have bonded and feel as if she belongs to me, anyways please keep you thoughts and prayers directed at hr with healing thoughtd and prayers that she has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and has a long road ahead ofher i miss all of u my family and friends. lauren sweetie you know i love u and care about you sorry did not call today lwas a lost dahy am off to bed now zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

morning all

hey ya all thought would stop in and say hi, not much going on right now listening to some crosby stills nash and young. i soooo enjoyed that concert last week the kids got us the tickets to for our anniversary, i love their music and had a great time


not up to much, thought i would see what ya all have in your idea patch to make for christmas or whatever holiday you celebrate, i honestly have no idea yet what to make for most of my family, for my dd i am thinking of knitting a sweater and if i am going to do it need to get my rear in gear almost done with the scarf i posted about earlier.

i am thinking of selling this for about 25.00 considering the work and the amount of money the yarn cost so will see i might not sell it and keep it instead or give it as a gift.

chatted last night for a bit with some friends on facebook and yahoo, i know everyone is pretty busy this time of year. i know i am worn out for sure like last night i feel asleep with the computer on my lap hehe oh well didn't hurt anything so all was well.

im excited i chatted with my friend joyce and she is sending me a package for my birthday and some other goodies she had for me i can;t wait to see she always sends me the best things

talked to my friend nancy please include her in your prayers she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and can use all the good thoughts and prayers she can use. especially now when she is away from her family she needs her friends more than ever. love you sweetie hang in there it WILL get better remember what we talked about.

officially today am going to start going though my yarns so i can post them here for sale as i need to get rid of some and fast, shipping will be actual cost and handling with be posted and is not included in the price of the item i may combine postage for those who are ordering alot of yarn(you will love the prices hehe) so as soon as i can get going will be posting the yarn here may be tomorrow though before i get it all done. got to think on that also will be posting some patterns. hope that you all will see something you want and we can make a deal on it i promise to get started asap. if you see something and want it let me know and i will mark it pending and hold that for 24 hours but only if you are serious about buying it as by me placing a hold on it and then you don't want it i lose money. if this happens more than once won't hold it for you anymore i'm sorry about having to post all this but in past have been burned by people saying they want it then backing out at the last minute and i was not a happy girl hehe anyways will be lots for everyone and hopefully we can all make each other happy. thanks in advance for shopping here i look forward to seeing ya all and making both our days

can things be any worse?

i was just on the phone with my friend and fellow craft sister kathy, her son tim sustained a severe haed trauma 2 years ago and has been in a coma ever since,. tonight she called me as he was taken to the hospital with a very high fever, his upper body was very hot while his feet were normal temp not quite sure what that means but it does not sound good. please say a prayer for timmie he needs all he can get


yesterday was the end of a very stressing time on one of the forums i belonged to(past tense as i quit there yesterday) i had issues with several people about some things which just was not needed about i finally made a decision to step away from this group, i just want any who DO read my blog to know no hard feelings with any of you is time i moved on i wish you all the best and am leaving it at that, i don't want to start anything i just wanted to tell you all i wish you the best



woke this morning(actually was afternoon after 12 and am exhausted and headed to bed

more tomorrow love you all

UPDATE ON MOJO

MOJO IS HOME

the little guy was missing all day the day he got loose, we were so sad worried about him and just feeling so down, well when we got back home from our other house and went to feed the babies when we heard this meow. we looked around and dh said that sounds like mojo and saw a big orange kitty outside the gate. he said thats mojo i said no thats the cat from across the street i said THERE is mojo he was in the yard, the other kitty brought him home what a sweetie kitty he now has a friend yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa wanted to let ya know hugs vicki

please read this so you might be able to understand my life

LETTER TO PEOPLE WITHOUT CHRONIC PAIN:

Having chronic pain means many things change, and a lot of them are invisible. Unlike having cancer or being hurt in an accident, most people do not understand even a little about chronic pain and its effects, and of those that think they know, many are actually misinformed.

In the spirit of informing those who wish to understand ...
... These are the things that I would like you to understand about me before you judge me...

Please understand that being sick doesn't mean I'm not still a human being. I have to spend most of my day in considerable pain and exhaustion, and if you visit, sometimes I probably don't seem like much fun to be with, but I'm still me-- stuck inside this body. I still worry about school, my family, my friends, and most of the time - I'd still like to hear you talk about yours, too.

Please understand the difference between "happy" and "healthy". When you've got the flu, you probably feel miserable with it, but I've been sick for years. I can't be miserable all the time. In fact, I work hard at not being miserable. So, if you're talking to me and I sound happy, it means I'm happy. That's all. It doesn't mean that I'm not in a lot of pain, or extremely tired, or that I'm getting better, or any of those things. Please don't say, "Oh, you're sounding better!" or "But you look so healthy!¨ I am merely coping. I am sounding happy and trying to look normal. If you want to comment on that, you're welcome.

Please understand that being able to stand up for ten minutes doesn't necessarily mean that I can stand up for twenty minutes, or an hour. Just because I managed to stand up for thirty minutes yesterday doesn't mean that I can do the same today. With a lot of diseases you're either paralyzed, or you can move. With this one, it gets more confusing everyday. It can be like a yo-yo. I never know from day to day, how I am going to feel when I wake up. In most cases, I never know from minute to minute. That is one of the hardest and most frustrating components of chronic pain.

Please repeat the above paragraph substituting, "sitting", "walking", "thinking", "concentrating", "being sociable" and so on ... it applies to everything. That's what chronic pain does to you.

Please understand that chronic pain is variable. It's quite possible (for many, it's common) that one day I am able to walk to the park and back, while the next day I'll have trouble getting to the next room. Please don't attack me when I'm ill by saying, "But you did it before!" or Oh, come on, I know you can do this!" If you want me to do something, then ask if I can. In a similar vein, I may need to cancel a previous commitment at the last minute. If this happens, please do not take it personally. If you are able, please try to always remember how very lucky you are--to be physically able to do all of the things that you can do.

Please understand that "getting out and doing things" does not make me feel better, and can often make me seriously worse. You don't know what I go through or how I suffer in my own private time. Telling me that I need to exercise, or do some things to get my mind off of it¨ may frustrate me to tears, and is not correct if I was capable of doing some things any or all of the time, don't you know that I would? I am working with my doctor and I am doing what I am supposed to do. Another statement that hurts is, "You just need to push yourself more, try harder..." Obviously, chronic pain can deal with the whole body, or be localized to specific areas. Sometimes participating in a single activity for a short or a long period of time can cause more damage and physical pain than you could ever imagine. Not to mention the recovery time, which can be intense. You can't always read it on my face or in my body language. Also, chronic pain may cause secondary depression (wouldn't you get depressed and down if you were hurting constantly for months or years?), but it is not created by depression.

Please understand that if I say I have to sit down/lie down/stay in bed/or take these pills now, that probably means that I do have to do it right now - it can't be put off or forgotten just because I'm somewhere, or am right in the middle of doing something. Chronic pain does not forgive, nor does it wait for anyone.

If you want to suggest a cure to me, please don't. It's not because I don't appreciate the thought, and it's not because I don't want to get well. Lord knows that isn't true. In all likelihood, if you've heard of it or tried it, so have I. In some cases, I have been made sicker, not better. This can involve side effects or allergic reactions. It also includes failure, which in and of itself can make me feel even lower. If there were something that cured, or even helped people with my form of chronic pain, then we'd know about it. There is worldwide networking (both on and off the Internet) between people with chronic pain. If something worked, we would KNOW. It's definitely not for lack of trying. If, after reading this, you still feel the need to suggest a cure, then so be it. I may take what you said and discuss it with my doctor.

If I seem touchy, it's probably because I am. It's not how I try to be. As a matter of fact, I try very hard to be normal. I hope you will try to understand. I have been, and am still, going through a lot. Chronic pain is hard for you to understand unless you have had it. It wreaks havoc on the body and the mind. It is exhausting and exasperating. Almost all the time, I know that I am doing my best to cope with this, and live my life to the best of my ability. I ask you to bear with me, and accept me as I am. I know that you cannot literally understand my situation unless you have been in my shoes, but as much as is possible, I am asking you to try to be understanding in general.

In many ways I depend on you - people who are not sick. I need you to visit me when I am too sick to go out... Sometimes I need you help me with the shopping, cooking or cleaning. I may need you to take me to the doctor, or to the store. You are my link to the normalcy of life. You can help me to keep in touch with the parts of life that I miss and fully intend to undertake again, just as soon as I am able.

I know that I have asked a lot from you, and I do thank you for listening. It really does mean a lot.

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TIPS FOR DEALING WITH PEOPLE IN PAIN
1. People with chronic pain seem unreliable (we can't count on ourselves). When feeling better we promise things (and mean it); when in serious pain, we may not even show up.

2. An action or situation may result in pain several hours later, or even the next day. Delayed pain is confusing to people who have never experienced it.

3. Pain can inhibit listening and other communication skills. It's like having someone shouting at you, or trying to talk with a fire alarm going off in the room. The effect of pain on the mind can seem like attention deficit disorder. So you may have to repeat a request, or write things down for a person with chronic pain. Don't take it personally, or think that they are stupid.

4. The senses can overload while in pain. For example, noises that wouldn't normally bother you, seem too much.

5. Patience may seem short. We can't wait in a long line; can't wait for a long drawn out conversation.

6. Don't always ask "how are you" unless you are genuinely prepared to listen it just points attention inward.

7. Pain can sometimes trigger psychological disabilities (usually very temporary). When in pain, a small task, like hanging out the laundry, can seem like a huge wall, too high to climb over. An hour later the same job may be quite OK. It is sane to be depressed occasionally when you hurt.

8. Pain can come on fairly quickly and unexpectedly. Pain sometimes abates after a short rest. Chronic pain people appear to arrive and fade unpredictably to others.

9. Knowing where a refuge is, such as a couch, a bed, or comfortable chair, is as important as knowing where a bathroom is. A visit is much more enjoyable if the chronic pain person knows there is a refuge if needed. A person with chronic pain may not want to go anywhere that has no refuge (e.g.no place to sit or lie down).

10. Small acts of kindness can seem like huge acts of mercy to a person in pain. Your offer of a pillow or a cup of tea can be a really big thing to a person who is feeling temporarily helpless in the face of encroaching pain.

11. Not all pain is easy to locate or describe. Sometimes there is a body-wide feeling of discomfort, with hard to describe pains in the entire back, or in both legs, but not in one particular spot you can point to. Our vocabulary for pain is very limited, compared to the body's ability to feel varieties of discomfort.

12. We may not have a good "reason" for the pain. Medical science is still limited in its understanding of pain. Many people have pain that is not yet classified by doctors as an officially recognized "disease". That does not reduce the pain, - it only reduces our ability to give it a label, and to have you believe us.

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grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

i need to vent yesterday went to the doctor, he has changed all his office rules, because i am a chronic pain sufferor and he treats me for that he asked me to sign a pain contract and also do random drug tests no problem have nothing to hide, the only bad thing is he went to 28 day meds refill instead of 30 so now when my back is so bad and i need the extra 2 days worth of meds i won;t have them sigh not his fault don't blame him at all but am just frustrated, i want to scream at how people abuse the system and we the innocent have to pay ticks me off grrrrrrrrrrrrr anyways wanted to get it out so can move forward hugs vicki

more sad news

this is a update of the post below here are my babies mojo is the one on top and he is missing i hope he comes back i feel so very bad i love you mojo please come home to us love mommy



more sad news today we lost one of the cats we rescued yesterday, we were able to get 3 more yesterday i know have not blogged recently but a couple of the babies to a no kill shelter , last i heard they are not thriving, can you blame them poor little babies being taken from their mother and family(they were weened so not that they can not eat just are not hungry) but they at least are safe and will soon be better i hope ok back to todays news we got mojo and poster kitty and another little orange one we had not named and put them in the kennel we spent 300.00 for last night. there was a few gaps in the top but we didn't think mojo would get out, but he did and now he is lost in a neighborhood where nothing is familiar i am so hoping he is just hiding somewhere in the yard as i can not stand to think of him wandering around lost without food or water or anything , i don't know any of the people around here but there is alot of wild cats which run he may join some of them or hopfully he is not far and will come home, please please keep him in your prayers and send good thoughts for him and all of us we are just beside ourselves, i know most people probably think i am silly worrying about some stray cats but you guys don't understand. these cats have been with my dh at work since they were babies we have been feeding them for years and now his asshole boss decides they are a health hazard i won't write what i really want to cause don't want to offend anyone with how i really feel about this jerk my pain level is really bad and not all due to the cats is mostly due to the weather changing and the fact i am trying to do more and know i can not do it thankfully i am selling some of my yarns thanks to all who are buying or thinking about buying from me it is greatly appreciated and will get it all sent out soon.
my son got a job teaching 4th grade in a continuing position which means that he SHOULD have a job next year too life is sort of like a pita lately i just can;t deal with things much anymore i am tired of the way life is , people are so rude have no care or concern over anyone but themselves anymore(this is not about anyone in particular, just the general population all my friends i know and love do care and don't want you all to think i am talking about you as i am not, just about people in general ok?) i see on the news how kids are dying by their parents hands. life is just depressing i'm tired of it just sick and tired of it i need cheering up hmm wonder what goodwill has for sale this week lol hugs to you all

this is for you painter girl i love you with all of my heart

today i got the call i have been dreading some "do gooder" decided that our beautiful cats need a " good" home. that they should not be living outside at work, never mind that you have people who love and care about you and take care of you, feed you give you shelter and all of our love, never mind that you have people who are now heartbroken, , nope none of that matters cause they think you need a better home or if not possible to find you one then kill you instead, you will be so much better off so they come up to you and you trust them girl and they take you from your home and the people who love you from your babies who as i write this are lost without their mama but do they care oh hell no they want whats right for you, its a very sad day in my life when i honestly wish i could go down and get you and spit right in their faces, but am unable to do it. sadly my painter girl i have no where to bring you with bambina sick i can't bring another baby into the house and i know you don't understand why i can only tell you how very much i love you and wish i could bring you home with me or better yet back to your babies but they don't care paint , they want whats best for you. i hope to god that someday these evil people will all pay the ultimate price for their deviant behaviour i only hope and pray that you do find a good home and that you are able to move on in your little life little one i love you and always will i am sitting her crying my eyes out for you and am helpless to do anything to save you or any of the other babies who we both love so very much, sweetie i wish i could do something my hands are tied i am not able to give you what you need here and they won't let me keep you at work where you have lived for the past 5 years i hope they all rot in hell its a sad day in this country when people who love and care about fur babies can't even keep them safe. i feel like i let you down and i know i will never see you again i can only thank god i have my pictures so i can see you your daddy is going to miss you so much , he told me the only thing that has kept him working is you and your babies i worry so about him too, he has always had a fur baby to care about and worry about at work it helps him through the long horrible days he has had to continue working because of me and now he won't even have you to help him through. little one i can only pray someone who loves you as we do adopts you and gives you a good home, i selfishly wish i could keep you and know its not possible, if anyone is interested in adopting this beautiful baby girl she is at the pierce county animal shelter their telephone number is (253 )383-2733 if anyone does adopt her i hope you give her the kind of life she deserves alot of love and alot of room to roam goodbye little one i will always love you with all of my heart signed your mama.

hi guys

hey ya all , i just had a blast going through all the patterns on sale at annies attic hope you guys can go look too i got 23 different patterns for around 30.00 including shipping woooohooo
dh is off for 2 more weeks and i imagine we will be busy with the house painting it ect. trying to get the garage cleaned out but then again is another big job to do, am so tired not going to stay and post much but thought i would say hello , i posted a bit on ravelry and ccp and hung out on facebook with a friend from a few years ago we had kind of lost touch so was nice to get back together for a chat. will post more tomorrow can't wait to get my yarn i bought from knit pics and also my swift i broke down and bought one was 50.00 which is ubber cheap can;t wait hehe hugs to you all oh and i also got this yummy yarn off of ebay is a red sport and am making the mobius scarf and hand warmers i wish i could have afforded the yarn it called for but would have cost me well over 120.00 for it so i substituted this yarn for it well am off to bed as it is after 3 am yes 3 am goodnight all hugs vicki

happy august

happy august to you all, dh and i have been working around our house here where we call house 2 so much to be done and we are getting alot done but will have lots of work to do for a lonnnnnnnnnnng time lol a few days ago here in washington state(as well as many other places im sure) had record breaking heat into the 100's the hottest it was at our other house was 110 thats right my friends 110 degrees i about died from the heat i had to have the ac on in the car and sit in the shade when we were at house one but felt bad for the kids as they needed help keeping the kittys hydrated they did not want to eat much or drink because of how hot it was but they and we (humans) need to drink more when the heat index is so high thank the good lord it has come down to a normal 80 something that i can handle thankfully here at house 2 we have ac in as dad had a heat pump put in last fall and while he did not live long enough to enjoy it we sure as heck have enjoyed it right now is a balmy 77 degrees out and are loving it outside is still close to 80 so am sitting in here online besides the mosquitoes are HUGE and vicious this year i had bites that were so big it took me a week to get rid of them


dh dd and myself went last week down to the beach at ocean shores we stayed at a nice motel which ended up costing us almost 150.00 a night so we stayed one night besides which i could not lay down in the bed anyways i didn't sleep worth a darn dd slept on the sofa and while i would have gladly done it she wanted to sleep there so while she had a awful night on the couch i had a awful night in the bed who knows maybe we should have switched hehe here are some pictures of our trip i hope you all enjoy them and am glad to see you all reading please leave a comment if you read my blog i am sorry been so long in between posts have had some puter problems and also just super busy and dh is on vacation oh joy hehe hugs and love ya all enjoy the pics now vicki

hey hey

hey ya all how ya doing my friends, sorry been a bit since i posted been ubber busy with life and all that goes with it hubby starts his vacation soon and not sure when will have chance to post for a bit so thought before he does i would make sense? even a little? oh goodie lol

not sure what we are going to be doing but he has a whole 5 1/2 weeks yippee skippy can ya tell im excited? REALLY? cause im not and to be honest i don;t know what the heck i am going to do, i just know we will tear the heck out of each other lol.
am working on a comfortghan for his cousin michael who has cancer and is undergoing another round of chemo, this poor guy has had his fair share of problems so please keep him and his sister maryjo in your thoughts and prayers for cancer to hit one member is bad enough 2 is almost more than auntie can handle from both of her kids to have to go through, i made maryjo a comfortghan but am still working on michaels. luckily they do not know my blog addy bewahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
is late and am tired so ciao love you all enjoy the pictures oh by the way can anyone identify the pink flower? is a guessing game no prize just for fun hehe hope ya all are doing good will catch ya later hugs and love

pictures

is late and am tired wanted to share a couple of pictures with you i have to get up in a few hours for the doctor so am headed to bed and get some sleep but wanted you all to enjoy these couple pictures will be back tomorrow night same time same place holy batman lol

this is how i felt today i could have used something cool to drink after sitting and waiting for over a hour for the bank officer to finish out dealing with dads accounts and transfering to our account well because they didn't have all the info the morons didn't finish it and now we have to do t on saturday am no happy at all. grrrrrrrrrrrr so on saturday it should be done i hope grrrrrrr


met a new friend tonight through my friend nancy who is a different person than my sister nancy although i call this friend sister too we are sisters in yarn and actually is a friends mom and we just hit it off right away is nice for that to be

anyways we got our permission to take our vacation when dh wanted it and that twerp jeff didn't get his way am off to bed for now have a great day love ya all

good news yeaaaaaaaaa

well today the phone rang and was the idiot from work who threw his temper tantrum about the vacations the boss reviewed them and said that MY dh has first choice it didn;t matter what he wanted dh has first chance so we will have the time off we requested

• that was the good news now for the bad, ds had a interview yesterday for a 6th grade position they called today and he didn't get the job breaks my heart to see him half to go through this every dang year he seems to have a good attitude thought much better than mine lol not much going on so going to sign off but will be selling some more stuff in my etsy store lots of yarns and book patterns also come look and see should have it all up by the weekend so will catch ya all then hugs vicki

more pictures

my kitties and a stellar jay we had 4 of them in the yard today fighting over the peanuts silly birds. the little kittens are babies from one of the adult cats dh has at work. the orange one has some eye problems that its mama needs to take care of and will im sure aren't they adorable? there are 6 more am off to find other pics of the 2 other ones i saw there is 4 more i saw but did not get pics of yet. hugs and happy fathers day to all those of you who are fathers day to all those who are dads or mom and dads both and thank you to all our dads out there serving in the military away from their family on fathers day god bless and keep all of you hugs and love vicki

these are some more pictures of my roses hoping to get a few more blooms out of some of them but it is hitting toward the end of june. today is the summer soltice 16 hours of daylight wooot hehe







i also took some pictures of our wild kitty we named him iggabod and he finally looks good, all winter he was sickley but i started feeding him more food and it works for him as he now is not sick no running nose his legs are not as bad as they were sometimes he would hop on 3 legs sometimes often actually he limped alot and he now is feeling much better so without farther ado here is our ickabod