We had a awesome time in RI

Gianni wearinf Papa Mike's hat ~ She was just as cute as can be an so smart. Come on you tell me what 4 yr. old will say "So you two are married right?" I thought Michael was gonn fall off the edge of the couch. When we responded yes, she replied "oh, that 's very good."

These are our girls~ Daja Tanya and Miss Gianni. Michael said I am proud of my little family and the girls are just beautiful. I think we'll need several Bradley's and a Sherman tank to keep the hounds away lol. He is just too funny at times.
This is me showing Daja how to flick the spindle while spinning yarn. She was spinning in 10 minutes and likes it so I am going to make her a special drop spindle.

y'all,

What a beautiful time we had on our trip!. Not much to see driving up everything was green trees. No interesting rock formations or anything. But what a blast we had!! Michael was just beside himself. He thought he was going to feel odd you know the "new family member" thing. Not with my family, he did more laughing and talking than I've seen him ever do. He enjoyed speaking to dad about his experience in Korea and dad asked if some of the things that he had seen during the Korean war were still there so that was nice and they both enjoyed watching the old movies and comparing notes and so forth. He meet his new daughter and granddaughters and at times they left him misty eyed. Especially little Ms. Gianni and her little voice, every time she said Papa Mike he melted. I do have some pictures for this post and I am getting ready to put a RI Road Trip album together on flikr.com

We spent one day in Newport with our oldest granddaughter Daja and what fun we had. We took the high speed ferry down. We went to one of mine and her's favorite mansion the Breakers used to be the summer "cottage" of the Vanderbilt's and this time we also went to the children's play cottage. Let me tell you with a little paint and slight remodel of one small area that would make a awesome Fibre studio!! Yes always thinking of fibre. Not to mention the fact that I taught Daja how to use the drop spindle and in 10 minutes she took to it like a duck to water and was just spinning her first fibre . So I am going to make her a special drop spindle just so she can spin. I told her you spin the yarn then send it to nana and I will set the twist and save it and the next time we come up I will show you how to crochet with your yarn!

Well I need to get a package ready and print the postage for it. So we can have Enid our mail person pick it up when she delivers the mail.

,

CW

Happy Birthday Mova ~ Knitting projects

This is Angus wqith his buddy PK. Every night they get to play in papa's office fr a half our. He's giving his little buddy some love lol.

This is the Rona Lace Shawl I am knitting I had nicknamed it S. O. B. because it was real tricky getting it started lol. This is one the project that I will work on when not in the car, because it has some intricxate repeats.

This is the newest color combo I have spun up. I call it Caribbean Sunset. It was fun to spin and ply. I am getting better at plying. Practice makes perfect.
Another view of the shawl.

Hi y'all,

Today my grandmother is 89 and we're all going to see her at the end of this month. It is sad when a loved one gets hit with Alzheimers. But at least she seems to be happy and can be fiesty at times when she wants to be lol. Anyway I do hope that this time I can post the pictures I promised before. I have several projects I am knitting and I am spinning up a storm both on the wheel and drop spindles.

Yeah a real entry today!!

Finally,
A quiet moment to get some much needed blogging done. Hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was a little crazy but fun. We did the usual flea market thing and let me tell you my hubby who can spend 2+ hours there, was done and ready to go back home in 90 minutes!! He called me on the cell and said “where are you, I am at the back gate ready to go.” So Bev and I told him we had to go back and get the new cage for the arrival of the newest family member and we’d meet him at the car. We got back to the car before he did lol. Last week I ended up with severe heat exhaustion and the sheriff ended up taking me back to the first aid office. I mean it hit me like a bullet train, the weather was hot but there was a nice breeze blowing and I was drinking water and all but I did not have my base ball cap on. This past Saturday I was armed with a small cooler that had ice and water and that was in the bottom of our flea market cart and I had a cap on.

But after going to see the doctor he basically told me that the DJD is getting worse and that I will more than likely be walking using a can by the middle of the fall (not if I can help it). He is glad that I am losing weight still; I just hope that after I lose this last 27 lbs. that they will do my surgery!! I now do water walking in the pool 3 days a week. I went to the VA doctor today and he is just slightly concerned about my BP it was 150/80 so when we get back from our trip to RI he wants to see me again. I was off the med’s for 6 days waiting for it to be mailed to me. So I should be back to normal by then. But he is still worried about my lack of sleep so he is giving me another med to try and see if that will help. I average about 4 hours sleep. He said it is a good thing that I take an afternoon nap. He said “everybody should be doing that.” She said on the who the fact that I do my spinning is great at relaxing and calming the mind and body and also mentioned that Ghandi also did spinning to relax and calm his mind and body.

We are so excited about leaving for our trip even though it is so that we all can meet and see Mova before she has total memory lose. I know that if she still had a sharp memory she would love my hubby and have a blast joking with him. I have the new camera so I will have 2 camera’s that I will be using to take pictures and down load onto the lap top. Michael found one for $30 it is old but since we just use it mainly transfer pictures from camera and read books it is just fine. We’ll also pick up Prince Falaroy from Niheeta and then stop in AR to get a beautiful Blue Angora doe from Mallory of Millennial Way Farm. The pictures are of just some of the things I have been working on. I have 3 knitting projects plus my spinning of some more yarn for my mom’s project. Which I will take the wheel with me so I can spin when not visiting with family. Well I need to stop for now, have some housework to get done and also feed PK. I know when it is 6 p.m. because he starts to thump if I am not putting food in his dishes lol. What a nutty little guy he is. Well have a great week all, and enjoy the warm/hot days of summer!!
,
CW

PS: I've tried 4 times to upload some pictures but they won't upload so I will post the pictures of my latest knittnig project tomorrow.

Short Post

y'all,
Just a quick shout and yes I know I have fallen badly behind in my blogging. Can we say busy and crazy? LOL. Here are some new pictures of the animals to look at and will post later this weekend. Right now I need to skein more yarn and then knit for 1 hr. on my latest project.
,
CW

Can you hear me now?


This is Iggy shedding again look at his awesome color and markings!


Help let me out of here!!

Playing chase with ping pong ball in papa's office.

The lovely couple sunning themselves.

Pictures for you to see!!

Ok,
So now you know I had an Ooops and forgot to post the pictures in the last entry lol. Yep time to go to sleep land lol. Enjoy the pictures!!
CW

Here I am with our new "son" Polunu Kemeah (PK for short) He is such a lovely Rabbit and oh so soft!!


This is one of Suzanne's dulcimers this is a McSpadden dulcimer. Check out that ebony wood fret !! This is my Mother's Day present from the family I just love it!! There is a women in church that makes them.
These are the stitch markers that I finished today and mailed so they should arrive at their new homes next week. This is a sample of what kind of things I will have on Etsy!!
Look at PK, he is in the "MAN" cave with his papa. The floor is the rubber safty blocks and PK has a ball in there.

Yeah No Cancer & Goodies I received and stuff

y'all,

Well the results came back from Michael's throat surgery and "NO" cancer . We are very thankful and boy did we praise the Lord for the victory!! I have been busy doing stitch makers, I did a batch today that I mailed out for the swap I am a part of. Plus I am also trying to get things done for the Etsy.com store. I have cut the fabric out for the spindle and sock project bags. PK is better he has almost finished his antibiotics, he was sneezing when we picked him up at the airport and then 5 days later he was still sneezing. So I did not think he was sneezing due to stress. It turned out to be snuffles,so now he is perky and can be loud (Thumps) when he wants to be lol. Tonight I was cleaning his cage so he was in the "man" cave with his papa.

Too funny cause when the cage was cleaned Michael brought him bck and put him in the cage and then I heard him say "I got bunny pellets on my floor". I could not stop laughing, he has safety mats for flooring in his room so that was an easy clean-up for him lol. I have a few pictures to share with y'all. Did everyone have a nice Mother's day? I got a wonderful basket and then relaxed for the day, the darn weather was acting up and my bones and joints were telling me all about the changes in the weather lol. I have met a wonderful gal pal for the Christian Artisans and Dye Happy yahoo groups I belong to. Her name is Suzanne and boy talk about kindred spirits. We both have a love for anyting fibre and music. I love the sound of the dlcimer and I will be learning how to play!! Am I happy you better believe it.

She came down for lunch last Friday and we chatted and spun togehter and then Saturday I went to a Spin & Strum with her and met another great group of women. It was great se all satout on the back porch and spun and fellowshipped and then later after lunch we went inside and while they played the dulcimers and psaltry I spun and enjoyed the music. So this Saturday coming up I will be going to the Dulcimer group with Suzanne and also on Sunday afternoon to another function. I feel as though I've known Suzanne for years when we get to gehter we talk non-stop lol. Well I also went to the post office and mailed the present we got for dad's 82nd birthday. Last week we mailked things to the grandchildren Daja's birhtday was the 9th and hten we sent Gianni a gift box as well. Well hope you enjoy the pictures and have a great Friday and !!

CW

I've been tagged ~ Thanks Kim ~ New Spindle

Look at this spindle!!!!!!!!!!! Isn't it awesome, it's a Bosworth Spindle and it's a Moosie. Moosie you say? As a matter of fact the whorl was made from a mooses antler that was shed. It looks beautiful.

The picture below you can see that it sort of looks like Ivory. It has a creay color and it is soo smooth!! The shaft is Movado wood. I love it and I have had many complements.
In this picture here I have it laying on some Lincoln Longwool. To me the whorl just seems to glow. What I like is that the whorl is notched and that really makes sinning a joy. No more fiber slippage when spinning now. Saturday I was in Jamba juice waiting for my order and I was spinning. This woman came over and asked me wht I was doing. She was so fascinated by the way the whorl spun and how the fiber went from fluffy to yarn (or string as she called it).

This is my first Tagged so I hope I have done this right lol. So here it goes:

I've Been Tagged!!
Kim at The Misplaced Midwesterner (I met through ITE, has turned out to be a good friend)
Has tagged me with a double tag. I have never done these but here it goes anyway!!
Part #1
These are the rules:.

1) Pick up the nearest book of at least 123 pages.

2) Open the book to page 123.

3) Find the 5th sentence.

4) Post the next 3 sentences.

5) Tag 5 people.

This is the book nearest me, it has 494 pages it’s called The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks. I love reading his books. I have several of them.
"Why on earth was she living in a small town like this? Julie, he thought, belonged in a city, a place of crowded sidewalks and flashing signs, quick insults and snappy comebacks. She was too sharp, too stylish, for a place like this"

Ok, these are the 5 people I tag:

1. Maryanne at http://knittymuggins.wordpress.com/ ~ I met thought a Christmas Swap what a blast that was.

2. Roma at http://www.blogger.com/profile/16994663555087507015

3. Kena over at http://knitsandwhatknots.wordpress.com/

4. Sarah at Keeping me sane -http://www.blogger.com/profile/06249024668059216564 - She got me twice when we did different swaps that was funy.

5. Debbie at http://fruityspirit.com/ I met here at a swap and what a wonderful person.

Well I have many new pictures I need to post and will do that tomorrow. Then I will be away from my blog for abit as Michael is going in for surgery on Wed. Have a great week all!

CW