Man, where o where does the time go? It's been a week since I posted!
My big news of the day is that I finally got my blog pages links working, thanks to Helen! Thanks bunches, my friend!
This weekend was great. Saturday was my mother's birthday, and she wanted to go to Floyd, VA, to visit a friend, and to see the leaves. We drove part the way on the Blue Ridge Parkway and it was SO pretty. ANDDDDDDDDDDD........a trip to Floyd HAS to include a stop at Schoolhouse Fabrics. It really is an old three story schoolhouse which now houses fabric and notions on all three floors. Can you say heaven?? I did manage to contain myself (to a degree) but I got a gorgeous 12 pack of Christmas fat quarters, several other pieces of Christmas fabric, and a stack of regular fabric. The ole sewing machine will be humming away soon :) I'll post pictures as I get projects done.
Funtown has been pretty good in the last week. No problems. YAY! But my favorite nurse, Carol, has been on vacation, so I haven't had anyone to talk crafting with while I sit there hooked up to my machine. But I think she's been having a great time on her vacation. I'm glad she did, but hurry up and get back to work, Carol!
Wow......it's 1 A.M. and I have to go to Funtown in the morning. Guess I better get my butt in the bed! Good thing I already took care of the orcs and trolls tonight!
Til later,
Morado
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Happy Tuesday
Wow, been too long since I posted. My bad.
Let me fill you in on the weekend. There's a little town not far from where I live (in fact it's the town I go to for dialysis) and there is a Masonic Home for Children there. This past weekend they had their Homecoming. A Shriners parade, a BBQ cookoff, and musical entertainment. Well, in the South we are very picky about our BBQ. Especially those of us who grew up with North Carolina BBQ. Nothing else like it anywhere. It's da bomb! As we walked up to the grounds to get a good spot for the parade, the smell of all that bbq and ribs and chicken cooking was enough to make you slap your grandma. I mean it smelled GOOD.
The parade was fun. Shriners in their costumes, driving their little vehicles. I was missing my brother in law. He was a Shriner and he had one of the little mini-rigs. But I bet he was watching from upstairs :) All was well until this one car came by with a hillbilly on it, who had a gun. Which he proceeded to fire. Right in front of me. Made me jump. If I didn't have kidney failure I probably would have wet my pants.
It was a bit chilly with the wind blowing, so after the parade we went back to the car to warm up for a bit. Then it was time to eat!!! MMMMMM MMMMMM. It was an all you can eat deal. WOOHOO! I had 3 different kinds of bbq, 2 different kinds of ribs, a piece of bbq chicken, and a piece of fried chicken. Well, not all at one time. I brought some of it home for dinner and it was still yummy then.
THEN, time for the music. While they were setting up the stage, I wandered over to the table where they were selling CDs. There was a guy there...white hair, white moustache and beard, wearing sunglasses. I heard him talking and thought 'wow, he sounds like T. Graham Brown', but the last time I had see him, he's been real heavy and this guy wasn't. So I went back to our seats and pointed him out to my sister and said 'I think that's T. Graham Brown'. Well, sure enough, it was. He was really looking good and he sounded even better. He hasn't lost a THING with his voice. I mean he belted those songs out. I was right on the front 'row' and got some good pictures of him. He sang for about an hour and a half, and then said he'd sign autographs. I hustled over to the table and he was so NICE. Very friendly and personable. I was like a 15 year old meeting a celebrity for the first time. I was grinning like a possum. I got to talk to him for a couple of minutes, got an autograph, AND my picture taken with him. Awesome!! But it really was a great time. So support your local Masons and Shriners. They do great things :)
So that's been my excitement for the week. Now I'm looking forward to the weekend. We're going to Floyd, VA, to Schoolhouse Fabrics. A 3 story former school now FILLED with fabrics and notions. OMG. I don't know if I can contain myself :)
I better go check on the trolls. I'm sure they're out of control by now.
Til later,
Morado
Let me fill you in on the weekend. There's a little town not far from where I live (in fact it's the town I go to for dialysis) and there is a Masonic Home for Children there. This past weekend they had their Homecoming. A Shriners parade, a BBQ cookoff, and musical entertainment. Well, in the South we are very picky about our BBQ. Especially those of us who grew up with North Carolina BBQ. Nothing else like it anywhere. It's da bomb! As we walked up to the grounds to get a good spot for the parade, the smell of all that bbq and ribs and chicken cooking was enough to make you slap your grandma. I mean it smelled GOOD.
The parade was fun. Shriners in their costumes, driving their little vehicles. I was missing my brother in law. He was a Shriner and he had one of the little mini-rigs. But I bet he was watching from upstairs :) All was well until this one car came by with a hillbilly on it, who had a gun. Which he proceeded to fire. Right in front of me. Made me jump. If I didn't have kidney failure I probably would have wet my pants.
It was a bit chilly with the wind blowing, so after the parade we went back to the car to warm up for a bit. Then it was time to eat!!! MMMMMM MMMMMM. It was an all you can eat deal. WOOHOO! I had 3 different kinds of bbq, 2 different kinds of ribs, a piece of bbq chicken, and a piece of fried chicken. Well, not all at one time. I brought some of it home for dinner and it was still yummy then.
THEN, time for the music. While they were setting up the stage, I wandered over to the table where they were selling CDs. There was a guy there...white hair, white moustache and beard, wearing sunglasses. I heard him talking and thought 'wow, he sounds like T. Graham Brown', but the last time I had see him, he's been real heavy and this guy wasn't. So I went back to our seats and pointed him out to my sister and said 'I think that's T. Graham Brown'. Well, sure enough, it was. He was really looking good and he sounded even better. He hasn't lost a THING with his voice. I mean he belted those songs out. I was right on the front 'row' and got some good pictures of him. He sang for about an hour and a half, and then said he'd sign autographs. I hustled over to the table and he was so NICE. Very friendly and personable. I was like a 15 year old meeting a celebrity for the first time. I was grinning like a possum. I got to talk to him for a couple of minutes, got an autograph, AND my picture taken with him. Awesome!! But it really was a great time. So support your local Masons and Shriners. They do great things :)
So that's been my excitement for the week. Now I'm looking forward to the weekend. We're going to Floyd, VA, to Schoolhouse Fabrics. A 3 story former school now FILLED with fabrics and notions. OMG. I don't know if I can contain myself :)
I better go check on the trolls. I'm sure they're out of control by now.
Til later,
Morado
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Laid-back Thursday
Wow, another week almost gone. Fortunately I'm feeling better, and dialysis has gone great so far this week. Yay!
Now that I feel better, I've got to finish getting my room back in order. That means moving the machines back to their living space and trying to organize my crafty and sewing supplies. Woe unto me. I am so not an organized person. Never have been, never will be. Doesn't bother me most of the time but occasionally I get that wild 'I'm gonna get organized!' thing. Fortunately, I'm usually able to beat it into unconsciousness and go on with my day :)
I've been crocheting. Still working on the spiderman web blanket and making crocheted snowflakes to put into my Etsy shop, which I hope to open this weekend. I'm seriously thinking of making some clay snowflakes as well. I've seen a few that were pretty neat and I think I can improve on the designs a bit. Conceited, aren't I?!
I'm also thinking of offering my free standing lace embroidered coasters for sale in the shop. What do you think?
There are 6 in the set. Watermelon, cherry, grapes, pineapple, strawberry and orange. What do you think?
The kittens are growing daily. There's one we have named Fuzz E. Butt. He's rather fluffy, but with all the rain we've had, he's having terrible hair days. Hmmmm. Maybe we should rename him Don King.
Well, I thought the organizing bug would be gone by now, but it's still hanging around, so I guess I should go at least put the embroidery machine back on the table.
And I've got to check on the orcs and trolls.
Til later,
Morado
Now that I feel better, I've got to finish getting my room back in order. That means moving the machines back to their living space and trying to organize my crafty and sewing supplies. Woe unto me. I am so not an organized person. Never have been, never will be. Doesn't bother me most of the time but occasionally I get that wild 'I'm gonna get organized!' thing. Fortunately, I'm usually able to beat it into unconsciousness and go on with my day :)
I've been crocheting. Still working on the spiderman web blanket and making crocheted snowflakes to put into my Etsy shop, which I hope to open this weekend. I'm seriously thinking of making some clay snowflakes as well. I've seen a few that were pretty neat and I think I can improve on the designs a bit. Conceited, aren't I?!
I'm also thinking of offering my free standing lace embroidered coasters for sale in the shop. What do you think?
The kittens are growing daily. There's one we have named Fuzz E. Butt. He's rather fluffy, but with all the rain we've had, he's having terrible hair days. Hmmmm. Maybe we should rename him Don King.
Well, I thought the organizing bug would be gone by now, but it's still hanging around, so I guess I should go at least put the embroidery machine back on the table.
And I've got to check on the orcs and trolls.
Til later,
Morado
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