On a Happier note than the last

My last post was rather depressed and surly, okay downright angry. It seems that I am only really happy now, working in the yard or crocheting or working on my crappy house. Oh and writing. I am still working on the books, and my go back to two others I started years ago, I have found part of one and the outline and a couple of chapters of one other. The third one I'll have to start from memory. I lost all of it when I moved 20 years ago. Writing is good therapy, even if it is never published. I write better on my stories than I write here. Though sometimes the rules of grammar are very hard for me to remember. I remember a little better all the time though.

I finished something to send my dear daughter, and if she reads this-perhaps she will send me a picture when she gets it (Hint, hint). She would make a much better model than my maniquin would. You know that crocheted top I started months ago? I still haven't finished it! No matter how many balls of thread I have bought none of them work, it is just a totally different shade of blue and I have tried two other dye lots. So... I decided to do the sleeves in a shade of lavender and try to trim it with the blue I have. If you can't match them, change them. I may like it better, who knows, it won't be quite so stuffy and perfect that way. I never seem to like things that are too stuffy, perfect or nice. I want that little defect that makes them not look like they are machine made, I guess. For me I am even making a pink scarf from some lacette I got on clearance. I don't wear much pink, I don't look good in it, but I have one pink sweater that I like and looks okay on me, so I wanted a scarf for the winter that will work with it, and this one will.

Oh and I got some sewing patterns for pants, a tunic top and a coat that can be a dress jacket or just a cover-up or even make a winter type coat. I really don't like much of what is in the stores today and would rather make my own. I was thinking some denim for the shell and maybe some black fleece for the lining with maybe some insulation too. It's a swing-type coat that can be made short or long with only one button or two-I hate zippers-they are always breaking, if a button pops, I just put on a new one. And that brings us to my house hold repairs!

I am excited because I got the lumber to redo my floors, so now I can do my sewing room and put all my sewing things and crafts things back in there, and that means I can start making things again. New clothes that fit! Stuff to sell in my little flea market booth and things for the house. It will also give me a quiet place to write in, though I also love to sit outside (when the bugs aren't too bad) and write in the shade.

That brings me back to the yard, I am now looking for rock-can't use them yet, so I can rock in the floor part of my little sitting spot.My sitting spot is just a little park bench and table under a tree with some flowers. Rocking in the floor of it and cleaning it out of weeds and things should help eliminate some of the bugs. I am picking up rock in my yard and some at the store so it will a jumble of things. Like something done years ago. maybe some stepping stones and the like. And then I start the repairs on the outside of the house. I may start some of them this weekend or the next weekend. Probably this weekend. Nothing fancy, just real repairs. I am feeling much better, though health problems do persist, I am not going to let them rule me anymore, or quit doing something just cause I might get hurt again.

I just don't know anymore!

It's true, I just don't know anymore. To post or not to post. I really don't think anyone in America really reads this stuff anyway, maybe a few of you. The last few months though, it seems that I have lost a lot of my interest in blogging. I've noticed a big decline in the number of posts on my favorite craft blogs and the complete ceasing on others of any posts. Are we loosing interest in our blogs, or is the economy just getting so many of us down that we have nothing cheerful to say? Or is it the war and politics. I keep worrying that we are going to get into another war, with oh, say Korea. They either really want one, or they are really desparate to get help. I guess no one ever told them that you can 'catch more flies with honey than with sour milk'.

And you can post and post on the presidents site, and I don't think anyone really reads them, they send you a thank-you for your support-even if you didn't support their position. That seems to indicate that now the president has been elected, he is doing what got the last one in trouble and not listening to those that elected him, he has started listening to the advisors who know so much-they or some like them are the ones that helped the last president put us in this position.

Does all this say to you what it does to me, that no one is listening and that no one really cares what happens to the middle class and the ones below it. It seem to, that they are really trying to set the middle class against the poor and lower, by trying to make them pay for all the programs and funding that is needed. Small businesses should be pretty much exempt if they provide jobs for people, stick it to the big corporations that have sent all the factory and production jobs overseas, they are the real culprits. If they had not started this, by eliminating jobs and increasing their own profits, the people on the bottom would have money for their car payments and house payments and to put into social security and keep things going, but not they had to send our jobs away, then the ones selling house and buying real estate had to get in on it and now the housing market is falling apart. Greatly simplified I know, but still true, these people didn't just break some eggs, they tried to steal the chickens too.

Still in the end, who winds up paying for it all, the middle class and the poor. I've heard that the poor don't pay taxes-bull****. They pay sales taxes, hidden taxes and all sorts of other taxes no one even seems to know about. In my state we pay taxes on all food items. You spend $100 on food and pay about $8 in taxes, not much you say-but how about that times 52 weeks,that's $416 dollars a year. And then there is gas tax, property tax, real estate tax, it adds up to a lot, there is no free ride even for the ones who don't have much. Does anyone ever ask these questions or do they just not want to know. You take someone who makes less than $24,000 in a year and they still pay around $1500 to $2000 a year in taxes and no I am not talking about income tax alone- they get a little of that back, I am talking about, real estate, personal property, sales tax , gas tax and all those little hidden taxes that are tacked on before you make a purchase. No one is exempt from them. From the upper middle class down, we all pay more than our share.

The laws are written to protect those above the middle class, and give them shelters so they can keep more in proportion to us. Basically they are written to keep the poor poor and the middle class from really ever getting into the rich upper classes. They are written so the poor and the middle class pay an unfair percentage of taxes, of course this is just my take on it, I am sure, some won't agree, but still I am entitled to my opinion and I have expressed it. Hope someone at the top reads this and see another point of view and maybe just thinks about it.

Ta !

What the H***

I am going to moderate comments from now on, I don't like Spam. I guess though, this is as good a time as any to make a post. I don't have a lot to say. I'm going to get a little space in a local shop, to sell off some of my knitting needles and some leaflets and a few other things. It is a small space so I don't have to pay much for it. I want to clear out some of the junk pardon me "treasures" that I have accumulated over the many years of trying many hobbies. Don't worry I am keeping some of my favorite needles and things-just in case.

I've decided that knitting is just not my forte'. I am just so much happier with my hooks. I am working on three and possibly four stories now too. I won't be so presumptuous as to call them books yet. But with the economy the way it is, anything that gives a chance at something is good.
I finally got the laptop I wanted. It's just a little one, It may have showed up on a previous post, I have Multiply set up so that when I post one there, it shows up here. That was to save time, but sometimes the posts get mixed up unless I write it all down. I am not good at remembering things at all.

We are going to get some more repairs done on the house, most of it I will do when the weather gets warm, I can't lift things anymore, so the DH will set things in place and do the lifting and i will nail them or glue or whatever is needed. I guess i will just have to do the easy things, they are also the most time consuming though. I want to get some furniture slider thing's so I can move furniture to clean and work on without lifting them or fighting with them. The rooms need painted and I can do that, and I want new wallpaper borders up, something light and easy to see. This house is too dark and I don't see well so I want it very light. And we need some new floors in some of the rooms, i can nail it down after he lays it out. Oh and I get to put down the new tile (I haven't got yet). Once I am done though, I will finally have a room to work in, and a lot less junk, cause it is going in the trash, getting sold or getting donated if i don't want to sell it. Oh and the bedroom is getting done too, so that makes me happy. It is too dingy and dark for me.

I already got rid of a large stack of knitting books, and got a nice book credit at the bookstore for future use. I have a few more that are going and a stack of crochet leaflets too, or will I hmmm. I won't price them too high, just enough to make a bit. I am not greedy-I'll leave that for the person who buys them from me a then jacks up the prices in the booth they take them too. It happens all the time here.

Well that's all really, nothing really exciting happens here-for which, I am now, devoutly grateful after all the horrible things that have happened in our country to other people, I am now grateful for the boredom!

Don't you hate spammers!!!!!

You know it is funny to me, but whenever a company uses spam, I make it a point when I find out what company it is, to not patronize them in any way. That's why I deleted the previous two comments. I may not be doing anything with my blog now, but that may change in the future. Will do a legitimate post when I have time. Ah revoir.

A long time since the that post or anything else

I know I haven't posted in a long time, I've had very little interest in my blogs-been too busy crocheting and other things. Will probably have even less time now than I did before. I will try to post some pictures someday-but no promises. They may all show up at once on here.

Any way to more important matters, I am so disgusted, I was trying to use my spinning wheel and I have so much static in my body that the mohair just won't sping-it crackles and flies all over. I guess I will have to stick to support spinning for now. I seem to have better control over my yarn anyway when using my support spindles. I would really like to get a Spindolyn to use, but right now its a bit too much for me. I might have enough left after we do taxes. I made a home-made version that works quite well for the time being.

I am also knitting a sweater-I know, I really prefer the crochet hooks, but decided a break from them was in order. Now this sweater is nothing great, just a simple stocking stitch pullover with a seed stitch edging on it and a loose turtleneck. It's made from Bernat Berella yarn, got at a clearence sale so It won't be a great loss if it doesn't turn out right. I am hoping for a baggy, comfortable sweater-not too warm, but warm enough to wear when I go somewhere or maybe just around the house. And of course its a lavender color. I have one sleeve left to finish and the neck-I have actually learned how to stitch them together with an invisible seam that is hard to see. I like making yoke sweaters the best-I ususally crochet the yoke and then knit the sleeves and body-you can make them a lot cooler that way for the summer. The knitting is usually done in the round, the one I am working on now is knitted flat, I didn't have too much trouble with gauge, so maybe it will look like I want. When I think about it-I feel like a traitor to my beloved crochet hooks. Guilt sucks, doesn't it?

Gotta go and finish making dinner, the DH is home.

No pictures

I would say I am sorry for not posting pictures but I would be lying, I haven't taken any I may start posting them again on my flikr album and put a link to that here. I know it makes for a boring blog without pictures. Then after this election is over , my interest may increase in blogging. I'm still crocheting and still making things-quite a few actually-I just don't have time for photos-maybe a group photo of my Finished objects. I just hope they let me vote-been registered at the same address for years, but apparently with all the shenanigans going on they find ways to remove you after all. It's crap, but that our government-the rolls should be revised after each election and not before. I have all my identification ready and then some-got more than I should need. I'm voting early tomorrow. I will tell you who for-after the election.

youth and beauty and old age

Youth and Beauty, this is apparently what the world runs on now. I just don't get it. I have very little interest in my own appearance anymore. When I put on makeup it usually that mineral powder stuff-its the quickest and easiest way to make up my face. Half the time I forget to moisterize-though I don't need it in the summer. My hair, I wear in a pony tail just like I did in high school and grade school, and no i don't have a big collection of scrunchies-i make em up when I need them.

I try to stay healthy-though with my teeth problems right now thats not easy. I can't eat much that you have to chew. I am looking for a dentist still, that will pull teeth. If I wait long enough-he'll have no choice. One of my bridges has come loose and is causing me some pain-the dentist will say "root canal" I'll say "no" One of my teeth lost a filling and then broke in half-more pain. My root canal sheered off at the gumline. And all my front teeth now have cracks in them that I can see, without a magnifying glass. I have insurance-I just don't want them saved. I want them pulled-which requires me to wait until there is no hope of saving them. Then the dentist I choose will have no other alternative. That means enduring more pain. Once they are out it means dentures, i intend to take a picture of my mouth literally so I can match the size of the teeth to what I have. I even want them the same cream color-my teeth are not white even after a cleaning-and I see no point in tooth whitening. To me it is just another thing people waste time and money on, they are only teeth.

On what is too me a brighter note, i have almost finished another shawl that i started several months ago. In paton's brilliant in Marvelous mocha. It's i think, going to be one of my favorites, I'll actually be able to put a button on it. I am wanting to finish it tonight. I'd like to take some pictures monday and post them. I've been doodle drawing, just drawing little things and putting them together on a sheet of paper and coloring them in with pencils or pens. It's fun and my drawing has improved a lot. I don't care much for painting anymore-would rather draw. I've also got my machine set up and have made-one top. I have a couple of things I want to do to it. The cotton sheeting works well for this. Thats all the news I have for now. Tata.