Tolentreasures

or How to Feed a Bottomless Pit Honestly, it has been awhile since I had this little girl overnight. I stole this picture off her Mom's Facebook. The only picture that I took last night was a video and we are not going to begin to talk about how hard that would be to load.   Anyway, I loved this picture, now I have it!   So, Gracelyn has become quite the crafter/talker/analyst/therapist/life coach/EATER! We will get to the eating later.   On Good Friday, as I was hobbling along, (foot issues and we might address that in another post) she seriously looked at me and kindly asked what was wrong. "My foot hurts" was a sufficient answer or so I thought. Her comment? "Well, you are getting a little old." True   Last night she was smelling all the Easter flowers around the house. (We might have got a little carried away buying flowers at the church this year...I bought, JWS bought, no one checked wi...

Not entirely my own idea, these were adapted from this website. http://moonstitches.typepad.com/moonstitches/2007/11/zakka-style-owl.html I changed a few things to make them a little different. These were the first, I have some different thoughts for the next batch. Put wings on some, feather scallops on the belly, add some burlap... oh, the possibilities. \   Success! And another success. Those of you who follow this craziness on Facebook, will know the condition of the Easter Eggs and the unsuccessful Bunny Rolls. Those of you who don't follow on Facebook, well, I will just leave all that to your imagination. I CAN cook, just don't really LOVE to cook.  My cooking "process" seems to provide people with entertainment. So much that some people think that I need my own cooking show. I might be a little clumsy in the kitchen... anyhow, Artistic Cooking totally escapes me. A beautiful ...

Another addiction, I did not need. Although it is not junking up my house and doesn't need dusted, like many of my other vices, this one has really become a time sucker for me.   I am searching and reading and adding and connecting.   Surprised at how much is already done for me, and how willing people are to share, I even connected with a distant cousin and managed to fill in a lot of blanks there!   I have to get away from this computer! But wait, there is another of those little leaves and another hint....   Honestly, folks, it is worse than Pinterest!   Be warned!

  The Wall OK, it might have been partially my idea. I had this idea that we are going to need a gun safe. Just an idea. Sometimes they just fall out of my mouth before I even realize that I am saying them. You know, a, "Did I say that out loud?" moment. JWS can normally have several reactions to my ideas. 1. Stare at the tv and feign deaf. 2. WWHHHHHAAATTTT? (as in, Are you actually crazy?) or in the rare case.... when the stars are perfectly aligned.. in his favor, I might add... 3. Great, let's do it!   The stars were aligned.   or maybe it was the ... "There is no way a gun safe is going in the living room." comment, that prompted   The Wall   Those of you that are here often know that I am a bit of a hoarder. Those of you, and you know who you are, that have actually passed the friendship test and have had the privelege to lay actual eyes on the basement... well, let's say ...

What a weekend! It went this way and that way and basically provided me with blog material for the week. So, we will start with bunnies. Managed to get a few of those painted. Finished this one from Wednesday night painting. And some little magnets for the Spring Section of the Open House The hoarder in me says keep these tubes. But the Reduce the Hoard person says pitch them. They are heavy, but what to do with them? and where to store them?   Skip on down to see what they are from.     Saturday morning was GET ALL THESE T-SHIIRTS CUT UP AND OFF THE SEWING ROOM FLOOR morning! And while I was there (in the sewing room, that is )       I found this box of macrame cord, left from my aunt's craft stash. One rug finished and one rug almost finished.   Another almost empty box!     That looks really crooked...it is just the way it is l...

My purchases were mostly at Pittsburgh Center for Creative ReUse. I love that place, although, patient as JWS is, I did sense a certain uneasiness and readiness to bolt out of there as soon as I gave the word. I could stay there for hours. So, I bought tiles, and more tiles,   and lots of letters. At The Strip District, I also bought some ginger. Homemade ginger ale for Easter dinner! Can't wait! JWS bought a fish. And at PCCR he bought some golf balls for the boys. 128 golf balls, to be exact, for $5. (126 of them will turn into projectile objects under the mower blades in a mere two months or so.) He also bought a small jar of caviar. Don't these two things resemble one another? I assure you, I did not eat either one! What I did eat was Pho soup. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pho It was good, but I liked the spring rolls and the split rice dish better. All this was at Tram's Vietnamese Re...

My Knit the Bridge project is finally done! JWS and I are heading to Pittsburgh today. Dropping this off at Pittsburgh Center for Creative ReUse is on our list for the day. So is the Gold Medal Popcorn Company for an open house and fair food. and JWS wants to eat Pho which I always thought the word would look like FA (glad I saw this prior to perusing the menu) at Pho Minh Of course there will be a stop at Construction Junction No trip to Pittsburgh is complete without a slide through there to check if there is anything I can't live without. And we will see where the rest of the day leads us. It is mini-day-vacation of sorts. I have this order done! For the pattern, look here or here   No link here, I just can't believe that after all these years with no house plants, I finally have one and it is blooming. Who would have thought?   Trying to work on my selling blog. This stuff is pili...