May 15, 2013

Good morning. Yep, yesterday bit the big one. I woke up at 7:a & didn't finish everything. How's that for messed up? I MADE the time to update my projects on Ravelry (8th pic) for the week at least. My current favorite craft is the Bavarian Crochet Caron Simply Soft Afghan 1 (2nd pic). The reason is because that yarn is SUCH a pleasure to work with. It's SO soft & shiny. It makes working with anything else not as fun. I'm still working on the Bavarian Crochet Red Heart Afghan 1 (3rd pic) only because there are more than double the

colors available & I like variety, although I'm thinking after this one I may just convert all my future projects to Caron Simply Soft because it's really IS that nice to work with by comparison & the finished product is much softer & shinier too. My Board knitted afghan 1 (4th pic) is coming along very slowly, but looks good. I only use bulky yarns on that one. My Daisy Lace Knit project (5th pic) is barely started & I hardly ever have time to work on it. The Inkle Loom & Mandala Crochet Primaries Tote bag (6th pic) is coming along, but it will be the last project I do in primaries. The Lindsay Knit top (7th pic) is my 2nd favorite project & the one I'm pushing along every time I get a chance to craft. It's my top priority,

the Tardis Afghan (9th pic) is 2nd, & the Bavarian Crochet Caron project is tied for 1st & I make sure I work on it (evenly w/ the Bavarian Crochet Red Heart project) every night during my TV time w/ Pete before bed. Last but not least is my Tri-Color Throw Machine Knit project (10th pic). These are all just the projects listed on Ravelry which are limited to crochet, knit, & weaving. The other projects such as plastic canvas or latch hook aren't listed. I put latch hook & plastic canvas on the back burner for now because I'm concentrating on the 10 projects shown in the little time I have to craft. Yesterday though, as I said, was a bust. What I can never figure out & Pete can't figure it out either is ... how

does a stay at home housewife & mom of ONE teen living at home have no time? Logically it makes NO sense at all. I should be cleaning the house, for a little bit each day, spending time with Kyle & Pete when they're here which isn't often, & the rest of the time crafting & watching TV. You'd think, wouldn't you? What the heck? I dunno. It's really weird. I "should" have so much time that I spit out a project a day, but NO. Life is so strange sometimes. I know this blog takes time, but not THAT much, & the lartgest black hole of time is

facebook, but if it weren't for the time I spend on there, none of my family & friends would EVER hear from me. Socialization IS a human need, so I leave

that in there. Housecleaning doesn't take THAT long. As I said, I don't get it. When they say time flies, they weren't kidding! I truly AM grateful for everything I have, days like yesterday just get me SO frustrated though. I look at all these projects shown here today & I can't help but wonder why they take so long to complete when I really SHOULD have LOTS of time. As far as my health, as far as I know I'm doing great. I worry because I AM a smoker who's pushing 50 ... but so far

there are no indications that anything is wrong. I just worry ... I mean how many years can you smoke, not exercise, & eat like crap before it catches up with you? I've been lucky ... REALLY lucky so far. I just keep waiting for my luck to run out. In your teens & 20s you feel like your invincible. In your 30s, you realize your not ... but you still push it. In your 40s you start to think, maybe I shouldn't be such a dumbass. When

you get into your late 40s as I am, you start to worry about how long your luck will hold out. You know you should quit smoking, but you enjoy it & smoking is the hardest damn thing to quit. I've done it twice now. The 1st time I backslid due to the high stress of an untimely death in the family. The 2nd time I was sailing along just fine, but then I missed it. Plain & simple ... I just missed it & made a choice. I knew it was bad, but I

liked it. I looked at it the same way I look at food. Yes, I know drinking V8 would be healthier for me than drinking Dr Pepper, but I REALLY like Dr Pepper. I know vegetables are better for me than macaroni & cheese, but given a choice between the 2, mac & cheese will win every time. I know exercise would be great for me, but if I have free time & have to choose between power walking around the neighborhood or crocheting, guess which one I'm going to pick? Yes, I make bad choices & I KNOW it. I figure I can live until I'm 100 & be miserable, not smoking, not eating foods I love, & spending all of my free time exercising, or I can live the ONE life I was given & ENJOY it to the max. Have a Dr Pepper in 1 hand & a cigarette in the other & lasagna for dinner w/ sitting on my butt crocheting every free moment I have. HAPPY HAPPY

HAPPY! What good is this short life God gave us if we don't enjoy it? That's my opinion anyway. Don't do as I do! PLEASE ... I'm trading precious time on this earth for guilty pleasures NOW. I'm sure someday when my time is up I'm going to wish for a second that I had made different choices. Maybe I won't. Maybe I'll die with a rack of baby back ribs in my hand & BBQ sauce all over my face, thinking "Thank you God, this life was short, but SO WORTH IT!" :) Now ... about those 48 hour days I need. LOL! This Friday is the 21 anniversary of the day Pete proposed. A day I'm truly thankful for. I can't imagine what my life would be like now had he not been a part of it. I wouldn't be here, & I wouldn't have Eve or Kyle. How do you thank someone for changing your life to the point where there ARE no words? In other news, it's mosquito season again. The little bastards ate me alive last night in bed & I didn't get much sleep as a result. Stock up on OFF or whatever you use to keep those suckers (literally) at bay. Watch, I'm worried about smoking, but it'll be a mosquito with West Nile that takes me out. That would be my luck. Sheesh!

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It's a good time to find hidden meaning in life & hidden coins stuck in the sofa. I financed a trip to Talladega Superspeedway w/ "couch money." -Jeff Foxworthy

I wouldn't say Tommy is dull, but he opened a can of sardines today at lunch & the sardines closed their eyes. No, I kid him, but he's just had a great honor bestowed on him. He was proclaimed California's official state vegetable. -Johnny Carson 1974

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3. Pineal gland
4. Vermis
5. Cerebellum
6. Spinal cord
7. Medulla oblongata
8. Pons
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