Once Again the Gem Show...

 Before I even hit the first tent.... I bought some beads.  These were two and three dollars a strand. I got four for ten dollars... Outside the main tent at the ballpark. In a booth set up under a canvas tarp.

When I got inside, I bought two of these.  One for myself and the other one for Amare.  He likes snakes too....

Mine will become a pendant. I am not sure what plans he has for his.

I also bought ten tubes of seed beads for 20.00.

Just what I need.  More seed beads!

In case you can't tell. I'm a happy camper.

I am off to sort through my ill gotten gains, again. 

Back to the beads. See you tomorrow. 

Life Goes On....

 Tessie and Zar are enjoying the morning on Zar's rooftop deck.

I was not invited...

Eskiaga and Zar's ex maid are enjoying lunch and chatting in the Southwestern Room box.  I was not invited...  

Einstein and friends are chatting on his front porch... and where am I spending my time....???

I am still knitting my fingers to the bone... The sock that you see to the left still has two and a half inches to be  done! Then on to the second one.

I have to stick to it! See you tomorrow.

Birthday and Presents!!!

It's my 12th Birthday again!!!

I refuse to get any older!

This is the Birthday card that Walter made for me.  We make each other cards every year.

The inside looked like this. It had a photo of my biggest present inside! New Car!!! His name is Charles Xavier III. Walter got his older brother on the first of the month.  His is a CX-5. They are both Mazdas

We are both very happy with our early gifts!

Back to knitting.  See you tomorrow.

Not A Lot Done....

Actually, I did get a lot of the sock done.  I am down to the last half inch before the toe decrease of the first one... Then I have to do it all over again!

The way I am going, I may have to look into the two socks at a time method of doing things! That involves a LONG circular needle... Not sure that I want to do it. I can't quite see how that saves time... You are just doing both socks at the same time and it still takes you the same amount of time, as far as I can see.

I have been moving things around the past couple of days.  Zar's  Den in a box came to rest in the bedroom by the phone.... He is already complaining.  He wants to switch places with the phone.  He can't see the TV unless I switch the positions.

He is worse than Tessie when it come to wanting to watch whatever is on.  If the TV is on, he is in front of it. 

Tessie actually cooked his breakfast this morning... Now he is hounding her for lunch... Dinner or whatever else she is willing to make. 

I do wish that she would cook for me once in a while... No... Wait.... I don't want the whole kitchen in a mess. I will do the cooking.  At least I am only cleaning up after myself if I do it.

Back to work. See you tomorrow.

Moving Right Along.....

I spent the morning in the bedroom and cleaned up the mess that you see here....

Then we went to a movie.  Big mistake! "The Favourite".  The costuming was all mixed up, the story was lame, and the background music was annoying... That's all I am going to say.  Some people evidently like it.  It is up for some awards.  I can't think of anything I would nominate it for.  Maybe for most annoying movie I have seen in a long time. 

Anyway, I think that I should have stayed home and cleaned up the rest of this table and more of the workroom...

 As you can see, I should have stayed home!

I could have had some of this cleaned up!

And some of this too!  Tessie didn't help at all whilst I was gone...

She and her pet snake stayed in bed until we got back...

This is the FIRST bed that I ever made in mini.  It is a copy of an early American rope bed.  See the ropes going in and out of the holes in the side? That's what held up the mattress in the old beds. 

Tessie seems to like it.  I am not going to argue with her.  Especially when she sleeps with the snake. My motto is never argue with "Monte Python".

Back to work. See You Tomorrow!

See You Tomorrow!

Cheating Just a Little...

I am doing just a few other things today... This sock has to be knitted to the end of the ruler and then I have to knit another one just like it. Seth's brother came back to Arizona for Christmas this year.  He is living in Michigan right now. Not a nice thing to do to an Arizonan!

Anyway, I waited to do his Christmas socks until I could measure his feet.  He and Seth are about the same. Eleven inches long!!! This could take another week or two, but I am determined. Then I will have to start on socks for everybody for next year...  I see a lot of socks in my future.  I want a few for myself too!


I also did a bit of planting this morning.  Actually, I planted this one a few days ago.  I am working on getting some roses back in the yard.  When we first moved here I had four rose bushes and lots of flowers.  Over the years they faded away.  I am starting over.

I also found this one at Walmart this AM. I think that a lot of you have been around long enough to know that I am fascinated with Euphorbias. Unfortunately, the pot that it came in just said Euphorbias/Assorted... I am going to have to see if I can find a photo on line to see if I can identify it.(more time spent out of the workroom!) Nope. I am not going to look for it now.  I am going back in the workroom and start sorting again!

Tessie is following me around with a whip and a chair.  Help! I am being harassed!

Back to work now.  See you tomorrow.

Just A Little More Time...

I miss you all.

I have decided to (once again) go through every box and drawer in the workroom. 

It may take me a week, but I am going to do it.  every time I decide to so something mini, I can't find anything!!!!

Tessie is no help at all!  She retreated to her cottage as soon as I started making lists of where things should go this time...

I may have to bake cookies to get her out of there.

This is the contents of one drawer!!!

The gem show starts Thursday... And I don't have room for more stones and beads.

 Some of it will go quickly.  George doesn't need anything but dusting.  The books just need rearranging by category. The room boxes just need a bit of sweeping up.

Once I get all of this cleaned out, I am ready to start on working every day.. Be it minis, beading, or knitting.  I just need ORDER in my world.

See you tomorrow.

Have a great day!!!