Flashback Friday: The Coveted Hair Clippies

Since I spent most of yesterday and today immobilized due to the recently developed tendinitis in my right foot, I didn't have time to go through my box of photos. So while going through my Photo Bucket account for some photo to display, I came across this...

That's me on the right with the "get me outta here, I'm scared!" look, my brother Buddy (top), my sister(left and yes, we are twins) and my cousin Sheila. Sheila was born in the spring of 1987 so this would put this picture in the winter of 1987. I was three years old and I still remember getting ready for this "photo shoot".

See those white hair clippies I have in? Well, you would never guess it, but they were a prized possession of mine; my sister and I fought over them! I won.

I love the big poofy bangs. They work well with our thin, fine hair... and believe it or not... I enjoyed having my mom curl my bangs like that well into the 90's!

Randomness

Since I finished my recent custom projects... floppy beret style hats. I have been very happy to do nothing but work on anything I want! This means random cotton dishcloths, random blankets, and other miscellaneous projects. You have seen both of my blankets but you haven't seen my dish cloths!

These were made with "I Love This Cotton" yarn a couple weeks ago.

Jokes Make the Best Gifts!

Some time last week or the week before I was talking to my good friend Deana who knits. I had joking said that I needed to get her a casting of my feet so she could knit me a pair of socks! Not too much later we were picking out yarn and patterns! She received my pink and green yarn today and I am so excited to get my first pair of knit socks! She says before Christmas so that I can hang them on the mantle so that I will have some place to put my lumps of coal! What she doesn't know though is that I don't have a mantle! So here is a photo of the yarn that will be my socks!!

Random Project

I spent most of today... in between cleaning the kitchen and running around town... working on random squares to make a blanket with. Last Christmas I made a blanket for an "Angel Tree" thing at Walgreens for senior citizes and I am hoping that this year they will have another one. The difference is that this year I am getting started early so that I don't have to rush to put a blanket together in one week. So here is a sneak preview of what I am currently calling my "Random Squares Blanket". Enjoy!

Flashback Friday: Learning to Swim

My grandparents have all passed away so when I want to spend time with them, I only have memories. I was lucky enough to have had my Granny and Poppa who loved us so much that we got to spend parts of every summer with them and random weekends here and there. I even told my dad once when I was less than 6 years old that I was going to run away and live with my Granny.

I have tons of photos with my Granny and Poppa from when I was in my teen years after I had gotten my first camera. This one was taken when I was maybe 6 years old; probably younger. It was on one of the trips to the Paradise resort/campground they used to take us to. This is where I learned to swim. My Granny taught me.

Paradise is where most of my memories are... there and running through the halls of their house being chased by Granny. They are truly missed.

Motif Monday

Last night I came across a photo for a "squircle"... the blog owner posted her pattern this morning and Hooks and Yarns. I got to come home from work early today so I decided to take a break from my current projects and make one! Here is my photo! Thanks for the pattern, Debi!

My First Patch

So I found this wonderfully green cardigan at Walmart last winter. I wore it everywhere... work, church, grocery shopping, working out at Curves... yep, everywhere. A couple weeks ago I found that I had a huge hole in the left elbow. I decided that I was going to crochet a "patch" for it... I dont have hooks small enough for a doily type "patch" and I honestly don't think that I could crochet a doily to save my life. So, using the smallest hook I have, the F hook, I made this black flower with some Naturally Caron "Country" yarn in Black. It was a bit awkward stitching to the cardigan, but kind of cute...