I've been felting.....

Okay so I broke out the felt kit tonight and was going to town....it is really easy.....and then it happened.....

Should I explain that these needles are very sharp....here is the description of the needle...

The needle is very sharp; be careful not to stick yourself with it. It also has small notches near the point to interlock the roving and the felt (see picture above).

Well, ya, it pierced by index finger - and when I say pierced I mean "pierced". I know, I know....only ME....

I am wrapping this felting adventure up for tonight and going to bed to suck on my finger and cry.....

Update on my right knee....

I just got back from the doctor and she "thinks" I maybe have a small tear in a ligament or tweeked some cartilage - her exam didn't show a complete tear of anything in my knee.

My options were:
$2,000.00 MRI

or

conservative treatment with longacting anti-inflammatory and possibly PT in a couple of weeks (hopefully no PT), treat my knee pain by babying it along - if it hurts then I need to stop what I am doing and put heat and elevate it!

OH FLIPPING JOY!

Apparently it can take 6 weeks to heal these up!

The good things about this day so far are;
~I am alive....
~The man in brown (UPS) came and delivered my felting kit....YES!!!! and he didn't let LUCY the freak of nature dog out this time! GAWD sometimes they are so rediculously incompetent....last week he let her out as he left the gate open while he ran up to the deck - DUHHH! THANKFULLY, the neighbors caught her and put her in! I think I will refer to the man as TURDMAN - because he is dressed in brown!

Okay - so back to the keyboard because we are SWAMPED this week - feast or famine in my job and this week we are FEASTING!

My knee hurts, my knee hurts, my knee hurts....

There is my whining for the night! OUCH!

Okay....I did it!

Under the direction of my 9 YO son and friends....
I have picked up the phone and made an appointment with doctor in regards to me knee.....
"I DIDN'T WANNA DO IT" but....I folded and did it! Tomorrow I will perhaps have more of a verdict on my knee and "what's the plan Stan".....

What a weekend - Oh if I could only tell it all.....I keep wondering WHY ME? but WHY NOT me hey? We had our 1st soccer game on Saturday and we WON! One minor scuffle with the team and my husband but all survived....holy cat crap - some kids have noooooooooooo discipline and are little turds - yep I said it TURDS, aka brats, little shits - oh the list could go on! But hey, it was taken care of by more than one person!

I then went and picked up some stamps from a friend - now they get to sit in my storage area and "scream" to be used instead of at her home! I am really going to try to get creative here shortly - I will keep you tuned in on that one!

I did manage to get a few more rows done on the "ever famous" afghan I am working on! I really like the combination I picked out.....

I did a lot more cooking this weekend than normal - I must admit we tend to be out of the house on the weekend and not do a lot of home meals! But with my knee out of whack we stayed home on Saturday - because if I "had" to go into the store I may not make it back out or through the store that is how bad my knee seems to be presently. NOT GOOD.....I did manage to get an afternoon/evening nap in but ended up until 4:00 a.m. Sunday morning after the afternoon nap....WHY do I do this to myself??? We met with friends at 11:00 for pizza and then off to CPS to see what was shakin' there - I ended up spending the afternoon there working on some letters - which turned out pretty funtastic other than I still need to embellish them - that is where I got stuck so I left.

It was off to my parents to visit and get some vegies. I came home and made a loaf of banana bread and 2 loaves of zucchini/pumpkin bread. I was happy to be able to stay awake long enough to see Desparate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters - let the NEW SEASONS BEGIN! I think tonight is Little People Big World - which I need to watch it too! Survivor started last week and my man in the contest I am in is "Ace" - he needs to stay in at least until the last 3 to capture any cash out of this contest!

Oh and about my checks - still no sign of the 1st order....I did order new checks last Monday and paid EXTRA to have them here in 5 business days - well with my counting that would have been Saturday.....ummm NADA, not in the mailbox on Saturday - they better be here today or else I will have to BEEYOTCH about it, which I do so well!

What a weekend.......

Soccer starts today...........................

Yep...today is the big day....1st soccer game of the season for Ang! I am excited for him but also dread some aspects of the game day....I won't elaborate any further but it really puts my stomach in knots, I hate it! He got all new gear this year for the big day! His soccer cleats are a size 6 and I think I can actually wear them....I cannot believe how big his feet are....growing boy!

I really wanted to pay my respects to a person I have known for 35+ years today who passed this week of brain cancer but the funeral is an hour before soccer starts....and unfortunately, there is no way to go to both - I have NOT figured out the carbon copying of myself ~ I offered to let Joe go to the service but he copped an attitude! He suggested asking my mom to take Ang to the game but I know that would stress her out which in turn would stress me out with her complaining....so there you have it my life sucks sometimes!

I would also like to say that my knee is healed up but, unfortunately, it is still very sore. What to do, what to do! I have been icing it and heating pad back and forth, 800 mg of Ibuprofen t.i.d....well it is NOT healing it up very quickly! Joe has had to come home and try to make a family dinner each night and well, that doesn't make him all that happy either! I wanted to make some salsa this week but it hasn't happened but maybe today or tomorrow if my knee will withstand the salsa! Everything I attempt to do now takes about 3x longer than it normally would...that makes EVERYTHING I do a chore!

My project afghan is 2/3 done at least - I am not quite sure how long I want to make it but I don't want to skimp on the size! Then do I keep it for myself or gift it out to some lucky recipient??

Okay...I am going to say it....there are now less than 3 months til Christmas....ARGHHH! I have 12 ornaments to create very soon so I am not stressing out the night before throwing them together! I will keep you posted on this little project....these have to be handmade and I ALWAYS try to create my own idea! It is an awesome event to attend.....12 ladies, 12 handmade ornaments and an evening of sharing and laughter....oh ya....and food! At the end of the evening you leave with 12 individually created handmade ornaments! Each year we vote on the next exchange creation - this year it is Christmas stockings!

I just love this time of year.....let the fall festivities begin! Oh....does anyone know of a great Pumpkin Patch that is within 2-3 hours of L-town? Ang is requesting a trip to a Pumpkin Patch.....and there is an awesome one we know of in Hood River, OR - but that is a bit of an adventure! I always thought that it would be a blast to visit Roloff Farms in Vernonia too but the crowds scare me there!

Off to prepare for soccer! Argghh!!

Ouch my knee and other random stuff......

Okay....
seems I have really messed my knee up from the weekend.....
I can hardly walk on it this a.m. - it is so sore and I am not sure what to do about it! I do NOT want to take a trip to the doctor....you see I will get a huge lecture on issues I don't want to hear about - bet most of you can guess what!
It hurts to sit, stand, lay, anything.....
I did really nothing except walk on it but holy heck it is sore today - worse today than ever! I thought I was doing better last night!

I am "HOPING" to have a low census day on Friday from work - I really need some time just to be vegetating I think....actually I need to work on the home front but I am not quite sure how that is going to come down when I am incapacitated with my knee at the moment!

GRRRRR - if it is NOT one thing it is ANOTHER!

Oh and still no check to be found - I am now 2/3 nuts over looking for them! I am done - new ones are on the way....I had to pay an extra 5.00 for speedy deliver but it is for peace of mind I did it! Now I expect the lost ones to show up any day!

I was going to blog the fact that on Monday after soccer practice Ang had a slight meltdown about wanting to go back to his old school. He broke down and cried about missing his friends. He said he only had 2 friends at his new school and other kids were teasing him about cheating on his math because he gets 100% and another kid acused him of cheating at chess because he won him. I tried to explain to him that the kids were jealous and that he is a smart kid and has been playing chess since 1st grade. He cried some more! Angelo then told me he purposely got some math problems wrong so the kids knew that he wasn't cheating and wouldn't tease him and I told him not to do that because again, they were jealous of him and he should do his best because he is smart and he knows this stuff! He finally got through the rough spot in the road by the next day and has come home the last couple nights from school happy again - last night he was complaining because he got the longest spelling words in the class - everyone else was getting short ones and he got these huge long words....I tried to compliment him and build him up about how smart he was and that he should be proud of that and he was doing an awesome job! I love him so much and I hate to see him in distress - it is amazing what you go through as a parents at different ages in their lives!

Oh and YAAA - I ordered a felting kit through the i-net and can hardly stand myself waiting for it! I have wanted to learn how to needle felt for awhile and now I get too! YIPPEEE! I need more crafting time and less time being a responsible adult I think....sounds good anyway!

Still missing & other THANGS....

First and foremost - the WTP checks are still MIA - I have searched HIGH and low and all to no avail....I wonder if I inadvertently tossed them away in the garbage or something! It is all James fault because she told me that my van was a mobile FEMA unit and I could survive on the french fries strewn through it for a month.....OH LORD, so I cleaned it (though she wants pictures posted and um....well....it is NOT that clean okay!)..... Which leads me to my excursion yesterday when I stopped by a "unnamed" store and wanted to buy one skein of yarn and guess what....this store didn't take debit cards - WHA?? - this day and age and no debit cards because I am totally OUT of checks - I had to do without the "MARY SAGE" skein of yarn I though I needed! I am trying to finish up the afghan I am crocheting....ARGGGHHH - oh well, soccer starts on Saturday and I will carry it along and work on it during the soccer game, it will keep me warm as I work on it!

Life was sorta busy this weekend....I spent Friday night at the fair walking, walking and walking....first off the walk from the parking area to the fair, through the fair, back through the fair, standing in line for pulled pork sandwiches, more walking! It was all worth it because I was with Miss K and her mommy! It was fun to spend some time "walking" (did I mention that before?) and visiting! Time goes by so fast though and we really didn't visit enough! More girl time needed!

Saturday (after Friday night at the fair and all the walking) I got up bright and early and headed to do street cleanup with the girls from sorority....I was 10 minutes late on arrival and they had already taken off down the street without me...I could hardly believe it (HA)! Joe & Angelo accompanied us as well as one of the other girl's husband....the more the merrier right? Anyhow, the street cleanup required (guess what?) more walking.....OH LORD - can you say fatigue.....
So after the street cleanup and a little bit of chit-chat at Taco Time it was back to the fair for us and more walking from the parking area to the fair....and then more walking through the exhibits and animal areas. We had planned for Ang to meet up with a friend to ride the rides so he wasn't alone....so we walked through more the exhibits with the mom & dad of the little girl that rode the rides with him and had lunch - then we sent them on their way to go home and relax and we would deliver their daughter back to them LATER.....about that time is when the skies broke loose and drenched us all! It seemed the entire community was now running for the safety of the fair pavilion to stay dry and guess what - no where to sit (MY ACHING FEET)! It rained and rained and rained but the kids were troopers and wanted to continue riding the rides so as long as the carnies kept the rides open we let them until around 8:00 when we told them the party was over and we needed to GOOO! They were hungry so it was out to pizza!

Sunday morning I got up and could hardly WALK but I was alive! My feet were killing me but I knew we needed groceries so it was off to MOSCOW for a trip to WINCO. I hit Michaels oh so slowly and Joanne Fab for a quick run through! We got back to L-town and were all exhausted so we just hit the homefront and relaxed for a few hours.

Oh "WHAT A WEEKEND"!

oh and YAAA.....missing....my WTP checks.....

It seems I have misplaced my brand spankin new box of Winnie the Pooh checks.....I have searched high & low, inside and out, up and down....yep, James I even partially cleaned out my car - you dealt me such grief last Saturday! Where are those puppies......I have 2 checks left and umteen bills to send off....okay, maybe not umteen but ....a couple more than 2! Dang I hate when I lose things!

I am going crazy searching, cleaning, thinking, dreaming, wondering...where the HECK they are!
Say a prayer that I find them like SOOOOOOOONNNNN!

It can stop now....

I woke up in a good frame of mind and ready to conquer anything that happened my way! Best mood all week.....

I am being tested because so far in 2 short hours I have been told two very very sad things!

Can I please have some good in my life now? Anytime now - showers of blessings?

Okay, Okay....

I have not much to say - I am recovering from a down swing in my mood yesterday! Funny how a few "small" things can dampen one's spirit and that is what happened! I have decided that it is really out of my hands kinds of things....though it doesn't make it any easier to let go and let God! I was fighting with myself over the fact that yes, maybe I am not a kind/nice person.....but, I decided last night that I truly am a good person and if someone doesn't want to treat me HUMANE then that is the way it will be - I will do my best to get through it and go on - I am not saying it doesn't HURT like hell to be treated like a beat dog but W-H-A-T-E-V-E-R....I am not sure why the person wants to treat me this way whether it is because of my weight or my life, people tell me this person is jealious of me but I think "OF WHAT?", I don't have anything extraordinary....my life is simple...okay, simple on the outside but complicated on the internal side! It is so hard to battle through my emotions when I had a day like yesterday - THANK GOD it was only one day of bad feelings and not days and days...that is a blessing!

I also had some nonconfrontational issues in my life on Monday....things that hit ya right in the gut and knock you on your butt and it basically all happened in a 2-3 hour period of time. I tried to think positive and remember I am worth being treated humanely but it still knocked me down!

You know the interesting part is if you were to come upon this individual, they think they are pretty A-1, right in line to sit next to the throne of God....I am certainly hoping that I know a different God in my life and that my God is a HUMANE God that treats a person in the right way.

Things are way better today though.....I have pulled my boot straps up and carried on! Nothing I can do but go on......pick up my battle gear and armor and march on!

I try, I really do!

Okay - I need an uplifting post.......

Okay...so I just got this picture from my SIL - it is my great nephew after his 1st day of preschool (ya, I know, you are amazed that I am a great aunt).....

This picture says it all.....

Mikie is a little go getter....busy, nonstop, energy packed and I even tell his momma that she is going to be spending a lot of time going to school to get him out of the office...you see Mikie's mommy was a lot like Mikie.....I remember when she was about 4...I was talking to a friend in Australia and she proceeded to climb on the kitchen table with a toy guitar and dance around because she knew she was out of reach of me and there I stood with the phone waving my finger at her mouthing for her to get off the table while I was trying to be totally involved with my Australian phone call.

Anyway, loved the photo because he is totally WIPED OUT and cute with his bee hat on!

NOT good ~ my heart is broke......

Yesterday I had asked for you to pray at 7:00 for the mother-to-be and her new little boy in Russia as they were facing unforeseen complications - Nikita's birthmom had wandered from the woodwork of life after three years of no contact and decided she wanted to be his caretaker.

For reasons not understandable my sorority sister's aunt has lost her battle to become Carter's full time mother - please continue to pray for Mona and Carter (Nikita). I am sure her heart is broken after 3 years of pregnancy with this little boy in her heart, visiting him in April and dreaming of this day when she would go and bring her boy home to his forever home and his big brother as well as all the entire family to meet.

More prayers for comfort for Mona and her family!

read the update here.....

http://bubblessimplelife.blogspot.com/

Blessings!

Prayers needed.....

One of my sorority sisters aunt has been in the process of adopting a little boy from Russia for three years. She is actually in Russia at this time starting her 10-day waiting period and received devastating news. You can read her note below at my sister's site. She is asking for prayers THURSDAY (TONIGHT) at 7:00 p.m.

http://bubblessimplelife.blogspot.com/

As an adoptive mother myself I know the emotional rollercoaster one is on when you are waiting on the legal system. It is a very emotional time. I just ask for your support with prayers tonight for her! She has been carrying this little guy in her heart for 3 years and now to be in the last nine days of waiting and have this happen is devastating!

THANK YOU ALL and Blessings to everyone!

New Week.....

Where do the weekends go?

We hit the Bull Bash Thursday night - good seats thanks to friends getting there early and saving for us.....good fun and a definite TO DO next year!

Friday night we had purchased reserved seating tickets for the Rodeo under the roof above the chutes....yep, awesome seats - I was positioned right above where they brought the bulls/broncs out to put in the chutes - it was interesting to see this side of the rodeo. The clown/bullfighters were good - Lloyd Ketchum is always great to watch him dance with the bulls and the entertainment clown was good - he was out of Utah - No one (in my eyes) will ever match up with Flint Rasmussen - that man is entertainment at its best! He was the last clown I had watched who actually made me laugh out loud! The riders were awesome - I don't like the calf roping though - it makes me sad and I am always dreading the calf getting permanently injured - THANKFULLY that did NOT happen Friday night! I got a few good pics....I am thinking I would like a better camera now - my husband had offered to buy me a nicer camera but I wanted the one I have for portability and ease of carrying it in my purse - which it is awesome for that but you just don't get the close ups you want!

Saturday a.m. it was back up early a.m. to hit the parade which started at 9:59 a.m. - we hit downtown before 9:00 but the roads were already blocked off so we were rebels and went through a few road blocks to hit the courthouse parking lot and walk down a block on the main drag to catch a spot on the sidewalk to watch the festivities. Mr. Joe got his hairs cut at the barber why I crocheted on my new project and secured our seating arrangements. Things can get out of hand in this red neck town on rodeo weekend ya know....three chairs on the sidewalk, myself posted in one holding them down! I managed to only get hit with a slight sunburn from my security post!

After the parade we ran for the car and hit the road and got out of Dodge because of traffic - back up to the Orchards for lunch.

Then it was off to visit my parents - my mom's Birthday was Friday and Angelo was all twitterpated that we didn't visit with her on her Birthday and had went to the rodeo - his last comment before bedtime at 10:45 p.m. Friday night was "I can't believe we missed grandma's birthday to go to the rodeo"! Ummm, ya thanks Ang, not like I already had guilt issues over it - thanks for adding a little more guilt to my life! I didn't say that though - I just said "it is okay, she understands"!

After the parental visit we all came home and pretty much crashed.....Joe went to bed, Angelo went to bed and I perched on the sofa to crochet and watch some TV - quiet time, alone, just me and the TV, a cold diet Pepsi...a dog next to me! Ummm, ya great until I wake up at 2:00 a.m. with a big kink in my neck from falling asleep!

Yesterday was spent getting a few errands done and pretty much everyone was tired and cranky so we came home and did our own thing.....some days are like that you know! Joe made some pasta sauce so I had it pretty easy as far as cooking wise! I did manage to whip a batch of pumpkin/zucchini bread up - it is Pretty tasty....

1 week 1 day post 1st day of school.....

Whew....I can actually say I feel so relieved with Ang not being in private school. I thought, and it may still, come back to bite me in the backside but so far he seems happy and I don't hear about fights every day between the kids and how mean kids are to him. I was tired of it and I don't even want to revisit that road right now.

I am happy for him. He seems excited and has met some new friends already, some boys actually live within walking distance of our house that we never knew existed prior to this school change. I am happy for him - hopefully down the road we can get the boys together if they are nice boys, the seem nice.

I had to laugh last night at his homework because he came home with a REFOCUS paper -which is the equivalent probably of when I was a kid of being put out in the hall or sent to the principle's office....anyhow, he said it was just a practice so they all knew how to fill the paper out....he swears, he even suggested we call the teacher! So, Joe was calling the teacher today....I am soooo hoping he isn't lying....

Not much has been to happening in my life - I did end up getting a $20.00 gift certifacte from IHOP from the manager that waited on us who SWORE she was not rude - YA RIGHT....perhaps she has two personalities then....anyhow, I couldn't find anyone to take it so I passed it off to my parents - hoping they would get better service than we or others have.

Over the long weekend we didn't do too much just ran some errands cleaned around the house a little. I did end up buying some awesome halloween fabric - I would so love to put a purse together using it but we will see if that happens. I really love when school starts and I know the holidays are around the corner - it is my favorite time of the year, the cool/crisp air and it only gets better day by day through the fall season.

I have also started an afghan to keep my hands busy...I just hate sitting watching TV doing nothingness....I must have the hands busy doing something. My grandma was like this - she was always working on something in front of her television in the evenings.

I sort of got addicted to Big Brother this season - not sure why but somehow I got sucked in to the drama. My husband's workplace draws names of the players and they have a pot of money and whoever has the player who lasts the longest wins the pot - DAN is Joe's man on the show. I am so excited he is still actually "IN" the game! It will be exciting to watch the last few episodes.

I am headed to the BULL BASH tonight - I am a first timer at this event! I hope it is action packed.....I love the bullfighters and watching them. Tomorrow night we are headed to the RODEO....YEEHAW....how do I get myself into these messes anyhow! I hate crowds.....

I think I might even have a Mikes Hard Lemonade tonight to celebrate....ummm, just Celebrate LIFE I guess!