I had to chuckle at this…
I haven’t met too many Opals. I met only one in real life, she happened to work in the same building, when I worked out of the home. I rarely see the name used, so it’s nice to stumble across the name… even if it is in a comic strip. That being said, I do like the fact that my name isn’t common.
Photo Source: Pickles Comic Strip
I saw this comic a few weeks ago…
I wish I knew where the OP received it, so I could link to the proper place…
Sheeple, they are amongst us! Don’t say I didn’t warn you…
Flee, flee for your lives! Denethor makes that comment in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. What a punk, right? I must tell you, that comment never gets old — at least not for me.
I have so much to write about but recently my time spent online (outside of my client work) has been non-existent.
Let’s see, since it’s my daughter’s bedtime I’ll keep it short…
Edited to add…
Many thanks to Mike of Exit 78 for letting me know the origin of the above comic.
Photo Source: xkcd
Well, it’s high time I post this award on my blog, don’t you think? DragonLady only gave it to me a few weeks ago. Let’s see, I’ve known DragonLady since my old site VeganMomma. I started that site in 2004.
DragonLady is an inspiration, I enjoy reading her posts, which recently have been focusing around her running and weight loss! As a fitness addict, I’m always thrilled when I see people get active. Congrats DragonLady. She’s gearing up to run a marathon!
According to the DragonLady, there’s some rules that go along with this award, and so I’ve copied/pasted them from her site.
**Obligatory Rules**
Copy the Beautiful Blogger Award logo and place it in your post. Done
Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog. Done
Tell 7 things about yourself. Will do…
Nominate 7 other bloggers for their own Beautiful Blogger Award, and comment on their blogs to let them know. Ok, I can do that…
Seven things about me, what do you really need to know more? I told a fair amount when I received the Versatile Blogger award! Ok, ok, I’ll start typing…
Ok, so I came up with eight things. I could have come up with more, but perhaps I’ll save that for another time, or maybe I’ll just update my about me page?
Glancing at the official rules it looks like I’m supposed to give this award to seven other bloggers. Well, I’m bending the rules a bit and only awarding this to two bloggers, although I know many who’re worthy of this award, these two just happen to blog from the same website.
Curls and Q step right up and take your virtual award. I stumbled upon Curls and Q’s website a few weeks ago. Curls and Q is written by two sisters on the same site. How cool is that? Q is a retired high school teacher, and Curls works part-time for the post office.
Recently Curls wrote about a trip that she and her husband took to Montana, check out the post and the pictures of the quaint house with “wood siding”. I love that little house. Q recently wrote about being wrongly enticed by a stone spindle. It’s a shame that spindle didn’t quite live up to its looks. I would love to spin yarn (eventually) so naturally I had to comment on that post. Years ago a friend, who’s no longer living, gifted me with hand spun yarn. I love it.
Reading their posts adds even more glitter to my sparkling days, hopefully their blog, will do the same for you. Enjoy!
We’re back home from South Carolina…
I had a great time hanging out with my daughter, spending time in our lovely condo, and visiting extended family (mother’s side of the family). Saturday we retuned to Maryland. It’s good to be home.
This is what I saw each morning, it was right outside our condo in South Carolina, so many trees. I felt as though I was back in Maryland! Our little community, in Maryland, is surrounded by trees, lots of green grass, and plenty of wildlife too; deer, squirrel, rabbits, and the elusive raccoon, and the shy red fox. In my early twenties I lived in the city, and while I enjoy it… I much prefer the country.
But back to my vacation… I didn’t get to take a picture of the crocheted hat I made for my four-year old cousin’s Dora doll, but that’s ok. Lord willing, I’ll be seeing her at Thanksgiving, and I’ll be sure to take pictures of whatever quick project I whip up for her then. I must say it was nice receiving compliments on my needle work. My family is direct, so they won’t be telling me something is nice, if it looks like crap. Many of the people in my family do some type of craft. So they get that it can take time to master a technique and make it look “easy”.
It was especially nice hearing the compliments from one of my Aunts, who’s an amazing seamstress. She’s my favorite aunt; we’re only nine years apart. My mom is fourteen years older than she. Anyway she’s had her work featured in boutiques and local design shows (just like me). She “gets” the fact that many people don’t grasp how much time it takes to make a good handcrafted garment. The time it takes to make an item, designing, materials, and actually making the item needs to factor into the final price That is… if you want people to take your skills (or others) seriously. That fact alone, is one of the many reasons I‘ve never place my designs in the regular stores.
But back to my aunt, She’s interested enough in crochet and knitting to try it out herself. I figured she would be, she asked a lot of questions while I was making the knitted cable bag, and the crocheted hat for my cousins Dora doll. And will be following up with me in a few weeks, so I can point her to online video tutorials. She said, she’s already thought of ways she could incorporate both into her clothing designs. I told her I do the same thing… How cool is that!
Yesterday, I did get a chance to work on knitting cables. I cast on 90 stitches, and knitted my daughter a cable hat, the way the cables were placed resemble an owl. The hat is so cute, once it’s been washed, I’ll take pictures. I started with a freestanding knitted cable owl first, before I moved onto the hat. My daughter decorated that owl with buttons for eyes, and one of my jewelry beads for a nose. I’ll be sure to post pictures of that owl also.
I guess you could say, knitting anything with cables, is my thing to do right now. Sort of how crochet amigurumi was something I was doing a while back. I get like that, I go through phases when I do one particular thing a lot, for a variety of reason. With the crocheted amigurumis, it was something new, so I wanted to get a good grasp on it before moving onto other things. With knitted cables, those are something I’ve done for years, but I didn’t do too many elaborate cables, so for the past few weeks, I’ve been changing that, stepping up my game with cables because in the back of my mind, I’ll be making the knitted Sylvi coat sometime this fall.
We’re in South Carolina for the Independence holiday, we arrived around 12:30 pm yesterday.
We’ll be celebrating this Independence day with family. It’s something we do twice yearly; Independence day and Thanksgiving. Because of the distance, it’s the only time we get to see many of the family members, and so these are holidays that I look forward to, although I could do without the driving.
At my Lutheran church, this past Sunday, we had a celebration called God and Country. Numerous choirs were combined, and presented an amazing musical portion of the service. All branches of military were represented, and many of the veterans wore their uniforms, completely decorated, some had received medals. Each branch was represented during the musical portion of the service, since the choir sang each of the military songs.
Pastor Chuck preached a wonderful message, and perhaps sometime soon, when I have more time, I’ll get a chance to write about it more. I did send him an email thanking him for the message.
Freedom isn’t free, many paid the price so we could have the numerous rights (including religious) that many of us take for granted.
Wishing everyone a wonderful Independence day…
This past Friday night, we received some much needed rain in Maryland. Thankfully, after the rains had stopped it was a bit cooler. While it didn’t reach 100 F on Saturday, it still was in the high 80s.
Over 500,000 people were without power in our state. While our power remained on, a few neighbors within our community lost theirs. I believe their power was restored yesterday evening.
To get back to our community, you have to travel a small winding road, surrounded by woods on either side. After about a mile you open up into our community; 16 or 17 houses are back here. The community is quiet, the neighbors are friendly, and not too many strangers come back here. Just the way we like it… Most of our neighbors have at least one acre of land (we have four acres) with the largest having over 20 acres.
Our phone service went out Saturday afternoon, and was restored some time last night/this morning. Since we use DSL, we weren’t accessing the internet with those, and that was perfectly fine. Outside of work, and a bit of research I haven’t been spending too much time online. There’s plenty of garden work to keep me busy, and let’s not forget my obsession with everything crochet and knit related.
One of my works in progress, is complete. It’s a knit beanie hat, with a simple rib trim around the edge. No pattern used, just a design from my head, the hat has been marinating on one of my size 8 circular needles for a few weeks. but I’m happy to say that I completed it on Saturday.
We’ll be away for the holidays, outside of checking on clients projects, I won’t be on the internet too much. It’s nice to take a break, you know? However this time, I’ve already packed the battery charger for my Nikon D80, and perhaps I’ll write a few posts while we’re away…