I was recently contacted by a family member I have not seen in about 20 years, this is for her really, if she comes by again....... as she was too young when it happened to laugh about it or even know about it. Anyway, maybe you all will enjoy reading about my family's crazys
My whole family is nuts…..I swear the lot of them are certifiable.
I don’t know if it is because we are Italian, and rather…….ah…… unique
Or we are truly just all insane. But if you folks wonder why I see things a bit left from center, well............... this is one of the reasons
I remember one time, when my dad was 70………. he ran away from home!
The first clue I had that something was wrong was there was a bag of grapes on my windowsill……… of course being this is my life….. it was infested with yellow jackets….( you know the wasp)
I knew something was up cause in my family a bag of fruit meant something was up, and it wasn't good news….
( what like the mafia has the kiss of death, & we have fruit? WHAT sort of demented reasoning is that? aunt martha died........quick get the pineapple? gee and some families just call or send a card huh?)
I shoo-ed away the wasps and grabbed the fruit, as I opened my front door the phone was ringing….
Naturally it was mom……( why yes………we are all psychic how did you guess?)
Mom: ‘your father has run away from home’
Me: ‘yes mom I know…..i found the bag of fruit on the window sill’
(this may be Italian for…….’I’ve left your mother in a fit of stupidity, and now I am here to make YOU crazy’- or I could be wrong)
Mom: ‘ so he’s been there already then?’
Meanwhile
DING DONG……….. and it ain’t the avon lady…….
Mom: ‘ don’t tell him it’s me on the phone’ naturally mom knows it’s dad…..I mean heaven forbid one of my friends would decide to intrude on this family melodrama.
Me: ‘no mom, lemme get the door’
I get the door
Yup
Dad………………..
Dad: ‘I’ve left your mother’
Me: ‘oh?’
( meanwhile I am thinking to myself…….. and when did this become MY problem?, ok so I also thought a bunch more to myself but those things are not repeatable in mixed company)
Dad: ‘yes I have left your mother……..’
Me: ‘ok , why?’
Dad: ‘she won’t give me any closet space’
Ok now let’s back this up a bit……. Dad is notorious in the family for not only being hard to buy for…..but for NOT wanting clothes…. He has a suit that is got to be 95 years old, one dress shirt, one tie……….three pairs of work pants with shirts to match….most of which aren’t too holey……
Everything you buy him, he just gives away……
And HE is complaining about closet space……..
THE MAN HAS NOTHING TO HANG UP!
Me: ‘ok, I will make the coffee’
I mean what else you going to do………
Dad stayed a while and ranted and raved……. Bernie got home, we had dinner………
I figured we would put dad up in our room and we would take the floor…. ( one bedroom apartment at the time)
Dad: ‘I’m not staying………….. I will find a hotel’
Me: ‘dad it is 9pm you can’t find one now’
Dad: (forever stubborn) “ I don’t want to put you folks out’
Dad to BERNIE: ‘make sure you mow the lawn for mom, and take out the garbage on Thursdays’ ( remember dad doesn’t want to put us out……. I’m thinking that is code for “I am really pissy, and everyone is going to suffer, while I decide to have my hissy fit’)
Me: ‘ok’ (see I learned early on..........when dealing with irrational people...... simple one word answers are probably best.......and the least likely you get you grounded for the rest of your natural life)
Bernie looks stunned………….
RINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Dad: ‘I’m not here’
Me: ‘hello’
MOM: ‘is your father still there?’
Me : ‘why yes we have some bananas, how many would you like?” ( I mean this IS the monkey house at the zoo right? You ain’t gonna find Ozzy and Harriet here bucko)
Dad leaves
Mom rails on and on about how terrible dad is……and that I am to feed him and make sure he is ok
Mom hangs up
And I fill poor Bernie in on everything that is going on…..
We go to sleep……
Saturday morning 8 am………..
DING DONG………
Dad walks in looking TERRIBLE like death and taxes
Me: ‘DAD, you look TERRIBLE’
Dad: ‘ I slept in the truck’
Me AND BERNIE: ‘ oh my GOD, why?’
Dad: ‘ I didn’t know that the hotels charged by the hour……….$35.00 an hour’
By this time Bernie and I are trying hard to stifle our laughter……
Because really this is Dad you know……and he is 70……. And it is November…..
But damn he did do this to himself……
So to cover the mirth……
We make the coffee then Bernie gets the bagels…..
We feed Dad and the phone rings……
Of course it’s mom……
She knows dad is there…..but has to go on and on and on and ON….( told you all I come by it honestly)
Meanwhile DAD is going on and on and on and on to Bernie, who is trying hard to look sympathetic……but is still secretly laughing his ass off about dad finding out about the ‘no tell motels’
Ok lets fast forward now a bit…..
Dad has been out of the house and I think by my Uncle Joey for about 2 weeks
It’s Saturday, I am home cleaning…… Bernie is working
Mom pops in…….
We are talking
And DAD pops in
They rush to the door……….and get STUCK in the door way…..
YELLING at each other the entire time….
I swear on my curly cats heads……I could NOT stop laughing…..
So naturally they started to yell at ME……..
Still stuck in the doorway….
It’s enough to have a person be looking around for the hidden camera….
THIS HAS to be some kind of a cosmic joke no? ( and you all wonder why I keep telling you......Larry moe and curly run the universe and they as you all know ARE CHICKENS)
Oh man did I get yelled at
‘don’t talk that way to your mother’ ‘don’t’ talk that way to your father’
I grabbed a set of keys and proceeded to tell them…..
THIS IS MY HOUSE
YOU do not pay the rent here, nor the bills, I DO………
YOU won’t talk to me like that in my own house
And I am NOT giving you back these keys
You all have one set of keys
LEAVE TOGETHER
Either make up or kill each other……
But
NO ONE IS GOING TO DO THIS TO ME IN MY OWN HOUSE ANYMORE
Now if looks could kill, you all would be reading this on a Ouija board……
But they did leave……
( I still can't believe I told them off like that but I do occationally have finer moments........)
The next day my Aunt rose called….. wondering if I knew where my folks were….
I told her what went on
We were both sure that they’d killed each other and we had only to await the state police showing up for us to have to go and identify the bodies
I even CALLED my cousins that are cops to see if they’d gotten a couple of ‘does’ reported
Turns out my folks decided on a second honeymoon….and went upstate….
Scared the living shit outta me, I tell you
Gees raising parents ain’t easy………
But I think it did work out better that way.. I really did not feel like identifying the bodies, or facing the reporters you know.
So I come by it honestly…..
But now that I have told you all…… I wouldn’t be a bit surprised to be awaken in the middle of the night by both my deceased parents……who will again go on and on and on and ON…….. about telling the family secrets…..
In MY family, just cause you’re dead doesn’t mean you still don’t have an opinion, it just means you eat less……
but they better watch their ghostly ass' cause I got a LOT more stories........................
ha
so there
vi
ps: bernie has a crazy sister in jersey..........after we met her I turned around and said 'i am sure glad that the nuts and squirrels are falling out of YOUR family tree for a change'
Friday, February 10, 2006
Thursday, February 09, 2006
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
http://www.albc-usa.org/wtchlist.htm
http://www.albc-usa.org/wtchlist.htm#poultry
someone asked me about the rare breeds recently
my orpingtons are designated as 'recovering'
which is a good thing.
I love the orps, i highly recommend them.
when we move, i plan on getting more orps and
chantecler as well as maybe delaware
we still haven't heard back on the lamb, I imagine that the shepherd is busy lambing.
the goat is due in two weeks.........
I am looking at shetlands as well as ouessants lately.......
( the sound you just heard was Carole from lilac corners fainting)
but I may just start to go with rare breeds
I swear I can't wait to move............... our time in this little stone house in the woods is over now, i can feel that......it is time to move on.
All the signs lately point in that direction.......... while sometimes it makes me sad.......mostly I am looking forward to what's next
I will however miss my big ( allthough cluttered) studio and my 250 year old sugar maples......
time for someone else to be stewards of these ancient trees
til next time
vi
vi here again
the doc called............ thyroid meds to be started tomorrow
well that explains the slug like lifestyle of the past couple months...........
bernie will pick them up on his way home tonight
meanwhile
I got a massive headache which started from sinus but is now something more
so I am going to just go and hang with the cats and chickens
ttyl
vi
http://www.albc-usa.org/wtchlist.htm#poultry
someone asked me about the rare breeds recently
my orpingtons are designated as 'recovering'
which is a good thing.
I love the orps, i highly recommend them.
when we move, i plan on getting more orps and
chantecler as well as maybe delaware
we still haven't heard back on the lamb, I imagine that the shepherd is busy lambing.
the goat is due in two weeks.........
I am looking at shetlands as well as ouessants lately.......
( the sound you just heard was Carole from lilac corners fainting)
but I may just start to go with rare breeds
I swear I can't wait to move............... our time in this little stone house in the woods is over now, i can feel that......it is time to move on.
All the signs lately point in that direction.......... while sometimes it makes me sad.......mostly I am looking forward to what's next
I will however miss my big ( allthough cluttered) studio and my 250 year old sugar maples......
time for someone else to be stewards of these ancient trees
til next time
vi
vi here again
the doc called............ thyroid meds to be started tomorrow
well that explains the slug like lifestyle of the past couple months...........
bernie will pick them up on his way home tonight
meanwhile
I got a massive headache which started from sinus but is now something more
so I am going to just go and hang with the cats and chickens
ttyl
vi
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
mark the calendar with a star.....VI has nothing to say
nope absolutely nothing....
as I still feel like a horse kicked me
I actually DREAMT of horses
so it is pretty bad
I am going to attempt to venture out into the day light
( quick grab the garlic.........cause you know....it's been a while, I could have turned into a vampire you know)
as soon as my legs can hold me...........
ah........
mm.......
that may BE a while
wake me up when it is really spring........oh in about 6 hours
vi
as I still feel like a horse kicked me
I actually DREAMT of horses
so it is pretty bad
I am going to attempt to venture out into the day light
( quick grab the garlic.........cause you know....it's been a while, I could have turned into a vampire you know)
as soon as my legs can hold me...........
ah........
mm.......
that may BE a while
wake me up when it is really spring........oh in about 6 hours
vi
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
food poisioning is a terrible thing to waste
ok so in addition to the insult that is already my body.....( and I use that term loosely)
I had a goodly case of food poisioning last night
I do not recommend you try this at home
and if you are foolish enough to do that even though YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.......
do
not
be
stupid
enough
to
drink
coffee
the
next
day
and don't ask me how I know
let me tell you
chinese food left over for two weeks is not a good thing to eat
but I thought it was only in there about 3 days.......
damn this menopause
ok so I forgot
it smelled fine
tasted ok
I was sick as a freeken dog
so sick
that thaddeaus sucked his tail in worry all night
FAWN even sat on the bed this morning in sympathy
oye
I decided on chicken broth with rice and mushy broccoili for dinner
I called the doctor
bernie called me and insisted I call the doctor
he sounds like death and taxes.............
well damn
the poor guy did NOT sleep all night
when I started to have extreme chest pains........cause you know I can't get sick like normal people
he was all for rushing me to the hosptial.
I was shivering and cold so I veto'd that idea
telling him
'i would prefer to die at home thank you, surrounded by the feathered and furred family we have assembled'
I finally fell asleep about 4am......... the alarm goes off at 4:30 am
bernie told me to go back to sleep
yeah like I could EVEN STAND UP
hahahaha
sure
I managed to slither down the stairs around 10:30am
more or less I think.......................
I got the fire going about noon
and it got warmish in here at about 3pm
I repeat
do not try this at home
vi
I had a goodly case of food poisioning last night
I do not recommend you try this at home
and if you are foolish enough to do that even though YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.......
do
not
be
stupid
enough
to
drink
coffee
the
next
day
and don't ask me how I know
let me tell you
chinese food left over for two weeks is not a good thing to eat
but I thought it was only in there about 3 days.......
damn this menopause
ok so I forgot
it smelled fine
tasted ok
I was sick as a freeken dog
so sick
that thaddeaus sucked his tail in worry all night
FAWN even sat on the bed this morning in sympathy
oye
I decided on chicken broth with rice and mushy broccoili for dinner
I called the doctor
bernie called me and insisted I call the doctor
he sounds like death and taxes.............
well damn
the poor guy did NOT sleep all night
when I started to have extreme chest pains........cause you know I can't get sick like normal people
he was all for rushing me to the hosptial.
I was shivering and cold so I veto'd that idea
telling him
'i would prefer to die at home thank you, surrounded by the feathered and furred family we have assembled'
I finally fell asleep about 4am......... the alarm goes off at 4:30 am
bernie told me to go back to sleep
yeah like I could EVEN STAND UP
hahahaha
sure
I managed to slither down the stairs around 10:30am
more or less I think.......................
I got the fire going about noon
and it got warmish in here at about 3pm
I repeat
do not try this at home
vi
Monday, February 06, 2006
I swear I have the sickest friends
you people all voting for chicken hats.....
and whats more
I got a couple designs in mind
who's the sick one now?
I have a bit of good news
we only used 13 gallons of heating oil in the last 6 weeks.....
yeah!!!!!
of course it was hotter then arizona in the 'snowbelt' of pa
but hey
doctor news ............ tests and I am waiting on results yet again
chickens are fine
the roo's have girlfriends
and moe moe is growing a real comb in
they are getting bigger monica tells me
the girls are doing well
they got all moved all over while their pens were getting cleaned
and I did get down to see them today with some bacon grease
they love their suet
when it gets below 35 degrees I give them bacon grease
not a lot
just a little nibble
they love it
you should see them
I even got sharon out to hold her and give her a tiny bit more..
(one ounce of bacon grease lasts 4 chickens over a week here......)
I love my girls so much
one of my clients called me sunday.................
the first thing she wanted to know was how are the chickens........she also has orpingtons
my laperms are sacked out all over soaking up the heat from the wood stove
I didn't feel well again and laid down upstairs................
little calpurrnia took that watch and came up to 'watch' mommy
fawn took yesterday
thaddeaus, fawn and calpurrnia took saturday..............
after I got home from teaching
but most of the time they are here soaking up the heat from the woodstove
however they will rouse themselves if there is the merest hint of canned food in the air.................
thems my babies................
til next time
love from vi
and whats more
I got a couple designs in mind
who's the sick one now?
I have a bit of good news
we only used 13 gallons of heating oil in the last 6 weeks.....
yeah!!!!!
of course it was hotter then arizona in the 'snowbelt' of pa
but hey
doctor news ............ tests and I am waiting on results yet again
chickens are fine
the roo's have girlfriends
and moe moe is growing a real comb in
they are getting bigger monica tells me
the girls are doing well
they got all moved all over while their pens were getting cleaned
and I did get down to see them today with some bacon grease
they love their suet
when it gets below 35 degrees I give them bacon grease
not a lot
just a little nibble
they love it
you should see them
I even got sharon out to hold her and give her a tiny bit more..
(one ounce of bacon grease lasts 4 chickens over a week here......)
I love my girls so much
one of my clients called me sunday.................
the first thing she wanted to know was how are the chickens........she also has orpingtons
my laperms are sacked out all over soaking up the heat from the wood stove
I didn't feel well again and laid down upstairs................
little calpurrnia took that watch and came up to 'watch' mommy
fawn took yesterday
thaddeaus, fawn and calpurrnia took saturday..............
after I got home from teaching
but most of the time they are here soaking up the heat from the woodstove
however they will rouse themselves if there is the merest hint of canned food in the air.................
thems my babies................
til next time
love from vi
Friday, January 27, 2006
am I dead yet? ARE you sure?
ok I heard from the doctor..
she said
'stay off your meds until tuesday then call me'
ok cause I really had no intention of going back on them until I got a period
which arrived this morning.........
I am ever so thankful.......
who'd thought that I would be grateful for cramps, bloat, pms, tiredness etc........
well I am
cause it was causeing a TON O PAIN
I haven't slept in days...... with sever joint pain, mental confusion ( no comments do you hear me trish?)
etc etc
I was whining so pitiously I pissed off myself.
meanwhile a friend who just had her husband retire..
called me this morning to complain about him being underfoot
damn
I knew that was going to happen
she didn't like my suggestion........
( humor me here I really am the walking dead)
I told her either shoot him or become a hermit
apparently neither appealed to her.....
she said
'stay off your meds until tuesday then call me'
ok cause I really had no intention of going back on them until I got a period
which arrived this morning.........
I am ever so thankful.......
who'd thought that I would be grateful for cramps, bloat, pms, tiredness etc........
well I am
cause it was causeing a TON O PAIN
I haven't slept in days...... with sever joint pain, mental confusion ( no comments do you hear me trish?)
etc etc
I was whining so pitiously I pissed off myself.
meanwhile a friend who just had her husband retire..
called me this morning to complain about him being underfoot
damn
I knew that was going to happen
she didn't like my suggestion........
( humor me here I really am the walking dead)
I told her either shoot him or become a hermit
apparently neither appealed to her.....
I DON"T know why
well she could have neutered him but I think he would object to that.
so that is only an option while he sleeps.
today
I am not alive
this post is being channeled from the other side
I can tell you that it is pretty warm here.....
but not warm enough to be that 'hot place'
and there is a draft
so apparently being on the other side is not permanent............
maybe I should learn to drink?
vi
edited to add.......
for those folks who are wondering about the antics of the cats...... remember that picture of calpurrnia?
well they all look basically exactly like that
they are laying around like slugs soaking up the warmth of the woodstove......
seriously....we poke them to make sure they are breathing at times.........
for those folks who are wondering about the antics of the cats...... remember that picture of calpurrnia?
well they all look basically exactly like that
they are laying around like slugs soaking up the warmth of the woodstove......
seriously....we poke them to make sure they are breathing at times.........
oh and the poll is still here I think
Thursday, January 26, 2006
you've been 'tagged'
Four jobs you have had in your life:
pooper scooper for the "parrot place" in paramus nj
art director
graphic artist
typesetter
Four Movies you could watch over and over: any harry potter
what dreams may come
hocus pocus
the addams family
Four Places You Have Lived:
Texas: Baytown and Texas city
NJ: Fairlawn, Bogota, Fairview, North Bergen, Paterson
PA: the poconos
germany
Four TV Shows You Love To Watch:
I don't watch tv.................sorry dear the chickens enjoy watching out the windows however....
Four Places You Have Been On Vacation:
oregon
virginia
conneticut
canada
Four Websites You Visit Daily:
Knittersreview.com
gmail
google news
yahoo weather
Four Of My Favorite Foods:
cheesecake
icecream
turkey
coffee
Four Places You'd Rather Be Right Now:
at the farm in the barn
upstairs with bernie
at a book store
upstairs with bernie ( that one is pretty good you know)
Four Bloggers I am tagging: ok you know the drill......now..........
let's see who do I have to get back at?????
Minnie naturally
hmmmmmmmmmmmm what other smart ass folks need this???
ah......... yes Trish
kelly........for the smurf hands remark lets see who else do I need to get........I mean tag............ hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
and I will reserve the last for a bit
pooper scooper for the "parrot place" in paramus nj
art director
graphic artist
typesetter
Four Movies you could watch over and over: any harry potter
what dreams may come
hocus pocus
the addams family
Four Places You Have Lived:
Texas: Baytown and Texas city
NJ: Fairlawn, Bogota, Fairview, North Bergen, Paterson
PA: the poconos
germany
Four TV Shows You Love To Watch:
I don't watch tv.................sorry dear the chickens enjoy watching out the windows however....
Four Places You Have Been On Vacation:
oregon
virginia
conneticut
canada
Four Websites You Visit Daily:
Knittersreview.com
gmail
google news
yahoo weather
Four Of My Favorite Foods:
cheesecake
icecream
turkey
coffee
Four Places You'd Rather Be Right Now:
at the farm in the barn
upstairs with bernie
at a book store
upstairs with bernie ( that one is pretty good you know)
Four Bloggers I am tagging: ok you know the drill......now..........
let's see who do I have to get back at?????
Minnie naturally
hmmmmmmmmmmmm what other smart ass folks need this???
ah......... yes Trish
kelly........for the smurf hands remark lets see who else do I need to get........I mean tag............ hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
and I will reserve the last for a bit
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
no still no word from the doctor
so I stopped taking my meds
I am feeling a bit better.....not myself yet
but better then the other day
I can't concentrate on much
(thank you minh dear......but I can't concentrate on much..... I am sort of trying to read the spinning book and it isn't sticking)
and I do feel better then the other day
I can get up and walk....
I just don't have any ompfh..........
I don't feel like working on my scarf in sisik which as you folks know....I love
or even picking up the sock I started in the opal petticoat
the border leichester is sitting there unplied.....
as is the ingeo
and the peacock single
which is also un-photographed to show you folks.......
we did put marguerite downstairs in the boys pen.........
she is right next to the girls
but by herself
she isn't too happy but she will get over it
she comes to her brooder for bed now
monica emailed me that the boys are doing well
moe moe is again trying to crow
and curly and moe both whisper to her
she sings them songs about me
I miss the boys so much
now I have that neme or whatever to do
and I did start it
I will post it soon
I will I promise
vi
I am feeling a bit better.....not myself yet
but better then the other day
I can't concentrate on much
(thank you minh dear......but I can't concentrate on much..... I am sort of trying to read the spinning book and it isn't sticking)
and I do feel better then the other day
I can get up and walk....
I just don't have any ompfh..........
I don't feel like working on my scarf in sisik which as you folks know....I love
or even picking up the sock I started in the opal petticoat
the border leichester is sitting there unplied.....
as is the ingeo
and the peacock single
which is also un-photographed to show you folks.......
we did put marguerite downstairs in the boys pen.........
she is right next to the girls
but by herself
she isn't too happy but she will get over it
she comes to her brooder for bed now
monica emailed me that the boys are doing well
moe moe is again trying to crow
and curly and moe both whisper to her
she sings them songs about me
I miss the boys so much
now I have that neme or whatever to do
and I did start it
I will post it soon
I will I promise
vi
Monday, January 23, 2006
I gave up and called the doctor
Ok I am on these meds to treat this insulin resistance.....
they had some nasty ass side effects
I suffered through the 'gastric' upsets that had me in the bathroom 5 out of every 24 hours
through the nausea that sets in all the time
through the light headedness.........
( some folks would say I was light in the head prior to this all.......but hey)
however the malise and the lethargy have got to go
I can't even freeken knit
I can manage going down to see my chickens twice a day
and putting a log on the fire every two hours
that's about it
oh
yeah
and laying down
I can manage that
I have trouble with remember to eat
and to take the meds
poor bernie is beside himself
so I called the doctor
naturally I haven't heard back from her
but I didn't expect to for a while........
probably by friday
I hope I am awake for the phone call
oh and I haven't had a period since november either
I had better not be knocked up
or bernie will get a do it yourself Vasectomy
with an exacto and a rubber band
( cause he was supposed to get a real one after the ruptured ectopic.......hmmmmmmmmm wonder who didn't get the big v????)
meanwhile my boobs hurt
like they have been repeatedly mashed in that poundy thing at the fairs......
you know the one that uses the slegde hammer and you try to hit the top
they feel like the sledge crashed THROUGH the top
air hurts
my bra hurts
my SKIN hurts
oh man
isn't it wonderful being a GIRL
gees
can I be a goldfish please now..
I don't see sore boobs on a goldfish........................
ok the roosters
monica informs me that moe moe is starting to crow again
so he is getting adjusted
curly is repeatedly asking for hens to be brought out
( that's my boy)
so the boys are doing well
as soon as I feel better I am going out there with shrimp to see my boys
I wonder if they will remember me???????
til next time
vi
they had some nasty ass side effects
I suffered through the 'gastric' upsets that had me in the bathroom 5 out of every 24 hours
through the nausea that sets in all the time
through the light headedness.........
( some folks would say I was light in the head prior to this all.......but hey)
however the malise and the lethargy have got to go
I can't even freeken knit
I can manage going down to see my chickens twice a day
and putting a log on the fire every two hours
that's about it
oh
yeah
and laying down
I can manage that
I have trouble with remember to eat
and to take the meds
poor bernie is beside himself
so I called the doctor
naturally I haven't heard back from her
but I didn't expect to for a while........
probably by friday
I hope I am awake for the phone call
oh and I haven't had a period since november either
I had better not be knocked up
or bernie will get a do it yourself Vasectomy
with an exacto and a rubber band
( cause he was supposed to get a real one after the ruptured ectopic.......hmmmmmmmmm wonder who didn't get the big v????)
meanwhile my boobs hurt
like they have been repeatedly mashed in that poundy thing at the fairs......
you know the one that uses the slegde hammer and you try to hit the top
they feel like the sledge crashed THROUGH the top
air hurts
my bra hurts
my SKIN hurts
oh man
isn't it wonderful being a GIRL
gees
can I be a goldfish please now..
I don't see sore boobs on a goldfish........................
ok the roosters
monica informs me that moe moe is starting to crow again
so he is getting adjusted
curly is repeatedly asking for hens to be brought out
( that's my boy)
so the boys are doing well
as soon as I feel better I am going out there with shrimp to see my boys
I wonder if they will remember me???????
til next time
vi
Saturday, January 21, 2006
OHHHHHHHHHHH how do you solve a problem like
MARGUERITE????
fa la la
damn
I wish it was that easy
first off marguerite if anyone cares to remember is our youngest little chicky
she is still upstairs in a brooder in the studio
she was spoiled over the fence rotten when she got here
she does NOT know she is a chicken
she thinks she is entitled to my complete and total attention 24/7
( gees every OTHER living entity in this entire HOUSE thinks that as well.........)
if she doesn't GET my attention
she flys to my head
I never get any notice that she is going to land on my poor beleagured head
she is not surprised by this
it startles the crap out of me every single time
it also hurts
she's got tallons
short of wearing a Cambells chicken soup can hat..........
I don't know WHAT to do about this problem
now my boys
Monica informs me that they are settling in
that curly loves her to pick him up
(moe moe does too but he needs to be sweet talked......he likes that first)
and that moe has my sense of humor
WHAT you have never experienced CHICKEN humor??
WHAT sort of deprived life do you have anyway???
shame shame
moe has a sense of humor
he is also adorable
can you tell I miss my boys so bad
I am hoping to get to see them this week and bring them shrimp
oh the curly headed monsters
fawn is mad at me
I won't let her eat marguerite's chicken food
thaddeaus is mad at me........I won't let HIM eat ambers wet food
calpurrnia is in the corner playing with a leaf.........
'oh LOOK a LEAF!!!'
she just likes to sit on my chest all night and purr
LOUDLY
think JET ENGINE size noise
where that is coming from in her little tiny body
I have no freeken idea
she must be pipeing it in
soooooooooooo
that is my current family news
oh
and that this freekishly Warm JANUARY
which I predicted
as we bought the wood stove
is driving me nuts
I so wanted to sit on my fat assets and feel all warm and smug all winter
i mean compaired to the posts from last winter...............
but no
as we went into debt to buy this stove..
naturally we changed the entire global climate both weatherwise and economically
my what power I have.!!!!!!!!!!
gees
vi
~til next time
fa la la
damn
I wish it was that easy
first off marguerite if anyone cares to remember is our youngest little chicky
she is still upstairs in a brooder in the studio
she was spoiled over the fence rotten when she got here
she does NOT know she is a chicken
she thinks she is entitled to my complete and total attention 24/7
( gees every OTHER living entity in this entire HOUSE thinks that as well.........)
if she doesn't GET my attention
she flys to my head
I never get any notice that she is going to land on my poor beleagured head
she is not surprised by this
it startles the crap out of me every single time
it also hurts
she's got tallons
short of wearing a Cambells chicken soup can hat..........
I don't know WHAT to do about this problem
now my boys
Monica informs me that they are settling in
that curly loves her to pick him up
(moe moe does too but he needs to be sweet talked......he likes that first)
and that moe has my sense of humor
WHAT you have never experienced CHICKEN humor??
WHAT sort of deprived life do you have anyway???
shame shame
moe has a sense of humor
he is also adorable
can you tell I miss my boys so bad
I am hoping to get to see them this week and bring them shrimp
oh the curly headed monsters
fawn is mad at me
I won't let her eat marguerite's chicken food
thaddeaus is mad at me........I won't let HIM eat ambers wet food
calpurrnia is in the corner playing with a leaf.........
'oh LOOK a LEAF!!!'
she just likes to sit on my chest all night and purr
LOUDLY
think JET ENGINE size noise
where that is coming from in her little tiny body
I have no freeken idea
she must be pipeing it in
soooooooooooo
that is my current family news
oh
and that this freekishly Warm JANUARY
which I predicted
as we bought the wood stove
is driving me nuts
I so wanted to sit on my fat assets and feel all warm and smug all winter
i mean compaired to the posts from last winter...............
but no
as we went into debt to buy this stove..
naturally we changed the entire global climate both weatherwise and economically
my what power I have.!!!!!!!!!!
gees
vi
~til next time
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
peacock roving and one ( or so) of calpurrnia
ok first let me tell you
the colors are actually wonderful
I can't get a decent picture of them in the light outside
and the flashe washed them all out......it really does have a lot of that particular peacock blue/green that the word conjures up
I got it hanging by the wood stove
and I am fixing to dye some nylon
to sparkle through it.....( I got icycle for that I think.....)
now my little calpurrnia
this is how the cats all tend to sleep around the wood stove
little brazen hussy that she is.....
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
oh a chickens life
my boy are at the farm
we of course are heartbroken
they were bullied by a mean roo and monica found them huddled outside the barn in the freezing cold.
so she put them in their dog crate and stuffed straw in
I wanted to go and get them
she said they will be ok
that she is going to put them in with a very elderly roo named chippy.....
and that if they all get on the boys will spend the winter in there
they caught a mouse
curly let monica cuddle him
moe moe follows her around
I miss my boys so much
today I gave the girls popcorn and bacon grease as a snack...
it was cold down there and when I picked them up their little toes were so cold
so I warmed up their toes
I am going to give them a nest box saturday I think
bernie has to go to NYC tomorrow and friday.....
I am a nervous wreck.....
I just sent the check for the life insurance payment and it may be late.....
I hope not
if he dies I would really miss him bad.......
and I would have to bring ALL the animals to the farm
then hire myself out as a donkey
ok I am spinning that INGEO
( that must be indian for............ demon fiber that is going to make me nuts)
I am feeling a bit better too
I have to eat a bowl of cherrios every day I noticed to help some of the 'gastric sideeffects' of the meds
oatmeal didn't do it!
go figure
lets see
I got spin on thursday and a class I am teaching on thursday
I am also teaching on saturday...........
that is if my classes are full.
I have to spin up some alpaca
and either cat or cashmere I think if the ingeo doesn't work for the 100% natural other then wool skein contest..........
so I better call jo and get some alpaca.. what about ? 8 oz?
Linda sent me merino............ I have to make her something for it..cause she wouldn't let me pay her
Monica gave me 12 oz of kid mohair locks. I have to make something for HER
she also wouldn't let me pay her.
I did give her some soap and lotions to thank her for takeing my boys
OH MY BOYS.......................... I miss them so very much
I can't tell you all how dead it is around here without them
oye
til next time
vi
we of course are heartbroken
they were bullied by a mean roo and monica found them huddled outside the barn in the freezing cold.
so she put them in their dog crate and stuffed straw in
I wanted to go and get them
she said they will be ok
that she is going to put them in with a very elderly roo named chippy.....
and that if they all get on the boys will spend the winter in there
they caught a mouse
curly let monica cuddle him
moe moe follows her around
I miss my boys so much
today I gave the girls popcorn and bacon grease as a snack...
it was cold down there and when I picked them up their little toes were so cold
so I warmed up their toes
I am going to give them a nest box saturday I think
bernie has to go to NYC tomorrow and friday.....
I am a nervous wreck.....
I just sent the check for the life insurance payment and it may be late.....
I hope not
if he dies I would really miss him bad.......
and I would have to bring ALL the animals to the farm
then hire myself out as a donkey
ok I am spinning that INGEO
( that must be indian for............ demon fiber that is going to make me nuts)
I am feeling a bit better too
I have to eat a bowl of cherrios every day I noticed to help some of the 'gastric sideeffects' of the meds
oatmeal didn't do it!
go figure
lets see
I got spin on thursday and a class I am teaching on thursday
I am also teaching on saturday...........
that is if my classes are full.
I have to spin up some alpaca
and either cat or cashmere I think if the ingeo doesn't work for the 100% natural other then wool skein contest..........
so I better call jo and get some alpaca.. what about ? 8 oz?
Linda sent me merino............ I have to make her something for it..cause she wouldn't let me pay her
Monica gave me 12 oz of kid mohair locks. I have to make something for HER
she also wouldn't let me pay her.
I did give her some soap and lotions to thank her for takeing my boys
OH MY BOYS.......................... I miss them so very much
I can't tell you all how dead it is around here without them
oye
til next time
vi
Monday, January 16, 2006
Big Beautiful roo's
my boys went to the farm yesterday
meanwhile I am so worried about them as it is so cold
Monica said that she is keeping them in the crate as it is so cold and she found them outside cause one of the other resident roo's was mean to them
I don't know if I should go and get them or what....
but here are my boy's pictures
( and the girls too)
that is a picture of both of them
curly is in the front
moe moe is in the back
moe moe
curly in the front again
the girls
and a kinda dark one of moe moe
meanwhile I am so worried about them as it is so cold
Monica said that she is keeping them in the crate as it is so cold and she found them outside cause one of the other resident roo's was mean to them
I don't know if I should go and get them or what....
but here are my boy's pictures
( and the girls too)
that is a picture of both of them
curly is in the front
moe moe is in the back
moe moe
curly in the front again
the girls
and a kinda dark one of moe moe
Sunday, January 15, 2006
high winds and chicken goodbyes
we had terrific high winds last night
so high that they downdrafted the wood stove and we could NOT keep it going.
I understand that the winds knocked power lines out all over...downed trees and all
now we have them big pines that moron neighbor the 'landscaper' told us would fall on his house.....
not a branch is off those trees at all!
so much for landscaping huh?
anyway...... arborists are tree specialists.....you need a degree.
on to other news
my boys are going today
I am so upset
this is the last morning my boys will crow to ME
they will crow tomorrow but not to wake ME up
I wonder if monica will hear them
I am so heartbroken
I have to take pictures of my big beautiful boys
now I wish I'd taken larry's picture too but I didn't
the chickens don't really like the camera
I wish we had moved already so my boys wouldn't be leaving but instead just going into
the palace of the happy chicken out back
meanwhile
in fiber news
I am still spinning
when I get enough done and plyed...I am going to dye it up and start a latvian mitten
so all the folks that would care to join in.....
It is going to be a bit but I am planning on doing a latvian mitten.....
just let me get the spinning done.....
so you all may want to decide on which one YOU are doing...
I haven't completely decided yet
I know I want to change the colors to something a bit less traditional......
probably purples and such to match my winter coats
with navy, I suppose some cream.. reds?
I will see when I got to do the dye work
til next time
vi~who is going to take the camera to take pictures of my boys
so high that they downdrafted the wood stove and we could NOT keep it going.
I understand that the winds knocked power lines out all over...downed trees and all
now we have them big pines that moron neighbor the 'landscaper' told us would fall on his house.....
not a branch is off those trees at all!
so much for landscaping huh?
anyway...... arborists are tree specialists.....you need a degree.
on to other news
my boys are going today
I am so upset
this is the last morning my boys will crow to ME
they will crow tomorrow but not to wake ME up
I wonder if monica will hear them
I am so heartbroken
I have to take pictures of my big beautiful boys
now I wish I'd taken larry's picture too but I didn't
the chickens don't really like the camera
I wish we had moved already so my boys wouldn't be leaving but instead just going into
the palace of the happy chicken out back
meanwhile
in fiber news
I am still spinning
when I get enough done and plyed...I am going to dye it up and start a latvian mitten
so all the folks that would care to join in.....
It is going to be a bit but I am planning on doing a latvian mitten.....
just let me get the spinning done.....
so you all may want to decide on which one YOU are doing...
I haven't completely decided yet
I know I want to change the colors to something a bit less traditional......
probably purples and such to match my winter coats
with navy, I suppose some cream.. reds?
I will see when I got to do the dye work
til next time
vi~who is going to take the camera to take pictures of my boys
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
ok ok I am making soap
5 freeken batches of honey oatmeal
you would think I never made soap in my life...
( for the record I been soaping since 1994....but the first batches were so damn bad that even the mice won't eat them)
I have gotten better since then
ok
so I need to make soap
I need to make multiple batches every day for like 2 weeks
yes I got that busy with soap again.
folks are discovering me!
again!
( I was lost but nooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww i'm found.............fa la la la la)
anyway, I have a ton to make so hopefully I can get it done
I can't do the 50 pound batches anymore by myself..
so even if I do 20 pounders and split them that is something
I just have to do at least one or two a day
I am still at a loss as to what to knit next
I have to make a cd player cover which I am going to sew
I need to make linda a needle case and fix kris' that I made her for her birthday
I should probably also make one for me
I never did!
I have that snowflake doll to make
there should be a package waiting for me at the post office with stuffs to finish her with
I keep dreaming of farms
of sheep pens and goat pens
gardens full of veggie and herbs
wonderful full orchards and chicken coops
areas to make soap and to make dolls
and to sit and knit and think
I am thinking of starting an active goal for this....... complete with little goal notebook
I want my animals near me so bad I swear I can hear them baaaaaaaaaaa
ok
again with the what shall I knit next........
a smoke ring scarf?
a regular scarf?
lavtian mittens?
a mitten adapted from tudor roses by starmore?
more socks are a given
gloves out of self patterning or striping sock yarn?
or should I just set and spin a while?????
help me out guys
I wish I knew where Amie gets them cool poll thingies..........
cause I would put one up for this
vi
you would think I never made soap in my life...
( for the record I been soaping since 1994....but the first batches were so damn bad that even the mice won't eat them)
I have gotten better since then
ok
so I need to make soap
I need to make multiple batches every day for like 2 weeks
yes I got that busy with soap again.
folks are discovering me!
again!
( I was lost but nooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww i'm found.............fa la la la la)
anyway, I have a ton to make so hopefully I can get it done
I can't do the 50 pound batches anymore by myself..
so even if I do 20 pounders and split them that is something
I just have to do at least one or two a day
I am still at a loss as to what to knit next
I have to make a cd player cover which I am going to sew
I need to make linda a needle case and fix kris' that I made her for her birthday
I should probably also make one for me
I never did!
I have that snowflake doll to make
there should be a package waiting for me at the post office with stuffs to finish her with
I keep dreaming of farms
of sheep pens and goat pens
gardens full of veggie and herbs
wonderful full orchards and chicken coops
areas to make soap and to make dolls
and to sit and knit and think
I am thinking of starting an active goal for this....... complete with little goal notebook
I want my animals near me so bad I swear I can hear them baaaaaaaaaaa
ok
again with the what shall I knit next........
a smoke ring scarf?
a regular scarf?
lavtian mittens?
a mitten adapted from tudor roses by starmore?
more socks are a given
gloves out of self patterning or striping sock yarn?
or should I just set and spin a while?????
help me out guys
I wish I knew where Amie gets them cool poll thingies..........
cause I would put one up for this
vi
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
I am so sick of being sick
I probably haven't said much but I haven't been doing real well health wise
the endo put me on meds, and the adjustment has caused a bunch of other problems
gastric upsets my ass
which is in a sling big time
anyway if I seem behind things
it is because I am
I am also very tired most of the time
I end up sitting in my computer chair alot
so folks I am so sorry if I forgot someone or something
there truly are days I am lucky to make it downstairs
vi
the endo put me on meds, and the adjustment has caused a bunch of other problems
gastric upsets my ass
which is in a sling big time
anyway if I seem behind things
it is because I am
I am also very tired most of the time
I end up sitting in my computer chair alot
so folks I am so sorry if I forgot someone or something
there truly are days I am lucky to make it downstairs
vi
Monday, January 09, 2006
larry the chicken
as some of you know I raised some chicks this fall
three turned out to be roo's and three hens
( then there is marguerite but that is another story)
we lost one of the roo's saturday.
everyone told me heart failure
he was young healthy robust.....
glossy feathers
bright eyes
and I went down to find him dead
Carole lost a chicken too this weekend....
dead for no reason
I felt terrible
like I did something wrong and that I would lose my other chickens
today is monday and so far my other chickens are fine
so maybe everyone was right...... poor larry had a birth defect?
I will miss him
now I finished a pair of socks last night and told amie........
she added them to the 200sock total
I don't know what to knit next
now I probably will start another pair of socks..cause don't I always
but I want to do something else too....
I want something quick I think...
I would like to knit some latvian mittens but I have to get the skeins done for my spin group skein contest.....
which I was told about AFTER I was signed up...... carole and kris did it when I wasn't there.....
what are friends for?
and the nerve of them
making us all spin for spin group........
who ever heard of such a thing??????
so I ordered ingeo and soy for the 100% natural ................ other then wool
I have access to alpaca, and mohair, and cashmere.......but I figured let me do something that we didn't have buckets of laying around ..makes sense huh?
my new lendrum is a dream
but the footman/dt sqeaks like crazy.
the advise is mixed................don't oil
oil everything but the sealed bearings
I can't take the squeak so I am going to risk oiling the squeak with a silicone lubricant.
the weather
it is hot as hell here
51 degrees F or about 11 C
if it is so hot here, I wo'nt be able to save a ton of money on heating oil, there by I won't be able to justify the woodstove
see we bought a wood stove and it is going to be the hottest january on record
palm trees will be coming HERE........
oye
any ideas on what I should knit next?????
mittens?
gloves?
hat?
lace scarf?
felted clogs?
gee what else is there?
vi
three turned out to be roo's and three hens
( then there is marguerite but that is another story)
we lost one of the roo's saturday.
everyone told me heart failure
he was young healthy robust.....
glossy feathers
bright eyes
and I went down to find him dead
Carole lost a chicken too this weekend....
dead for no reason
I felt terrible
like I did something wrong and that I would lose my other chickens
today is monday and so far my other chickens are fine
so maybe everyone was right...... poor larry had a birth defect?
I will miss him
now I finished a pair of socks last night and told amie........
she added them to the 200sock total
I don't know what to knit next
now I probably will start another pair of socks..cause don't I always
but I want to do something else too....
I want something quick I think...
I would like to knit some latvian mittens but I have to get the skeins done for my spin group skein contest.....
which I was told about AFTER I was signed up...... carole and kris did it when I wasn't there.....
what are friends for?
and the nerve of them
making us all spin for spin group........
who ever heard of such a thing??????
so I ordered ingeo and soy for the 100% natural ................ other then wool
I have access to alpaca, and mohair, and cashmere.......but I figured let me do something that we didn't have buckets of laying around ..makes sense huh?
my new lendrum is a dream
but the footman/dt sqeaks like crazy.
the advise is mixed................don't oil
oil everything but the sealed bearings
I can't take the squeak so I am going to risk oiling the squeak with a silicone lubricant.
the weather
it is hot as hell here
51 degrees F or about 11 C
if it is so hot here, I wo'nt be able to save a ton of money on heating oil, there by I won't be able to justify the woodstove
see we bought a wood stove and it is going to be the hottest january on record
palm trees will be coming HERE........
oye
any ideas on what I should knit next?????
mittens?
gloves?
hat?
lace scarf?
felted clogs?
gee what else is there?
vi
Friday, January 06, 2006
snowflake doll or....how to go nuts without even trying
ok I missed the deadline for farm show
so the keeper of the snowflakes is still here
lanquishing on my workbench reprouching me
but
in my defence
I got a large soap order for a wedding......
honey oatmeal..
and the way I make it.....it isn't the easiest soap to make
I have made 3 batches so far and will make one or two more as insurance.
I have to do a lot more soap making after that is all done
I have to replenish stock
I am still not able to lift my 50 pound batches.... or this would have all been done
but I keep pushing
now in fiber news....
Amie has a two thousand sock count going on...she also has some pretty cute goldfish there..... so check that out
I will send her the picture of the pair I am about done with as soon as I do the toe decreases on the last one
I have to do either that opal petticoat sock.....( thank you again Lanea) or some light trekking xxl
very simiilar to the petticoat sorta in color but a bit lighter
I also have a few skeins to do as I apparently was volunteered while I was NOT at spin group to enter a 'creative skein' contest as well as a 'how good is your basic spinning skein contest'
I was told YESTERDAY......
gees
so I think I got one figured out but I need a really wild over the top one as well..
ok
in woodstove news
we sorta have it figured out
we still need more stack and we are saving to get a fireproof wall behind it
the installer I think put the chimney and stove to close to the wall
we have a sort of sheild for the chimney rigged right now
and we have a sheild for the stove back
but we need a more permanent solution.
oh and I need a woodstove rake and some stove gasket..
other then that we are saving some serious money on oil with the stove
and the temps outside can go down......
the studio is about 88 all day
the main house is in the upper 60's and 70's
and NOW when I get up at about 7 a fire takes me about 10-20 minutes to have fully on
I think I lost some weight too.
ok
chicken news
Monika asked for us to bring the boys on January 14 instead of this sunday which is ok
then marguerite is going down to the pen to be a REAL chicken
and maybe I will bring up dulcette......................
mmmmmmmmmm
take that marguerite
she flew onto my head today while I was trying to spin a bit, as I was waiting for the lye to cool down to make my soap batch.
damn
that hurt
we are getting a pizza tonight as I have the kitchen in an uproar with no counters and soap all over
now over the next three weeks I need to make a LOT of soap..
I have my list...
gee I should post it here huh? to remember it ( or at least a partial list)
ok
Patchouli
coffee kitchen
lavender (plain)
raspberry violet
peach goatsmilk
milk and mallow root
grapefruit lily goats milk
almond goats milk
blackberry goatsmilk
freesia
rose garden
carrot honey
colonial bayberry ( I love this scent)
forest sage
orange ginger
spearmint grapefruit ( I love this one too. sooooooooooo refreshing)
bayrum
coconut lime
cucumber melon
plain cucumber
sandalwood comfrey
Lilac
mixed mint
patchouli spice
zen garden
woooooooooooo
we are so low on stock
I was so much busier then I expected this past holiday season.
folks please remind me to make the soapies
oye
what other news
oh the lendrum is great
it squeaks a bit but we are going to oil everything but the plastic or nylon bearings.
other then that I am really enjoying this wheel
I never actually believed I would get it
but there it is
!!!!!
I can't wait to blend my own sock yarn..........
I wonder how tunis and nylon will wear???????
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
ok til next time
vi
ps: I moderated comments on the blog as I am tired of ditching foul ones......
so I am sorry guys
but for a while
ok?
so the keeper of the snowflakes is still here
lanquishing on my workbench reprouching me
but
in my defence
I got a large soap order for a wedding......
honey oatmeal..
and the way I make it.....it isn't the easiest soap to make
I have made 3 batches so far and will make one or two more as insurance.
I have to do a lot more soap making after that is all done
I have to replenish stock
I am still not able to lift my 50 pound batches.... or this would have all been done
but I keep pushing
now in fiber news....
Amie has a two thousand sock count going on...she also has some pretty cute goldfish there..... so check that out
I will send her the picture of the pair I am about done with as soon as I do the toe decreases on the last one
I have to do either that opal petticoat sock.....( thank you again Lanea) or some light trekking xxl
very simiilar to the petticoat sorta in color but a bit lighter
I also have a few skeins to do as I apparently was volunteered while I was NOT at spin group to enter a 'creative skein' contest as well as a 'how good is your basic spinning skein contest'
I was told YESTERDAY......
gees
so I think I got one figured out but I need a really wild over the top one as well..
ok
in woodstove news
we sorta have it figured out
we still need more stack and we are saving to get a fireproof wall behind it
the installer I think put the chimney and stove to close to the wall
we have a sort of sheild for the chimney rigged right now
and we have a sheild for the stove back
but we need a more permanent solution.
oh and I need a woodstove rake and some stove gasket..
other then that we are saving some serious money on oil with the stove
and the temps outside can go down......
the studio is about 88 all day
the main house is in the upper 60's and 70's
and NOW when I get up at about 7 a fire takes me about 10-20 minutes to have fully on
I think I lost some weight too.
ok
chicken news
Monika asked for us to bring the boys on January 14 instead of this sunday which is ok
then marguerite is going down to the pen to be a REAL chicken
and maybe I will bring up dulcette......................
mmmmmmmmmm
take that marguerite
she flew onto my head today while I was trying to spin a bit, as I was waiting for the lye to cool down to make my soap batch.
damn
that hurt
we are getting a pizza tonight as I have the kitchen in an uproar with no counters and soap all over
now over the next three weeks I need to make a LOT of soap..
I have my list...
gee I should post it here huh? to remember it ( or at least a partial list)
ok
Patchouli
coffee kitchen
lavender (plain)
raspberry violet
peach goatsmilk
milk and mallow root
grapefruit lily goats milk
almond goats milk
blackberry goatsmilk
freesia
rose garden
carrot honey
colonial bayberry ( I love this scent)
forest sage
orange ginger
spearmint grapefruit ( I love this one too. sooooooooooo refreshing)
bayrum
coconut lime
cucumber melon
plain cucumber
sandalwood comfrey
Lilac
mixed mint
patchouli spice
zen garden
woooooooooooo
we are so low on stock
I was so much busier then I expected this past holiday season.
folks please remind me to make the soapies
oye
what other news
oh the lendrum is great
it squeaks a bit but we are going to oil everything but the plastic or nylon bearings.
other then that I am really enjoying this wheel
I never actually believed I would get it
but there it is
!!!!!
I can't wait to blend my own sock yarn..........
I wonder how tunis and nylon will wear???????
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
ok til next time
vi
ps: I moderated comments on the blog as I am tired of ditching foul ones......
so I am sorry guys
but for a while
ok?
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
ok here is marguarite***
***I never can spell her name right..
I had to disable anonymous comments folks sorry...
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vi
I had to disable anonymous comments folks sorry...
you have to sign in to post.
vi
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
good morning and happy new year
hihi everyone,
I am back ( ok so sorta)
and I am busy.....
(state farm competetion doll, soap orders, stoking this wood stove)
I am getting a lot more excersize....
between the whole wood heat thing
the spinning wheel......
my chickens in the basement....
I lost a few pounds!
ok first off let me tell you
wood heat rocks
and also let me tell you
I do love the soapstone stove
just hate the incompetant dealer that sold it to us
I know a LOT more now
we have to put more stack on the chimney
and install a wall protector.......
we have burned only 50+or - gallons of oil per month so far....
so we've saved about 800. so far....
we paid 450 for the wood......
we are already into savings against the wood stove.......
I expect that in January and Febuary......
we should save about 2000........ which means the wood stove paid for itself in one heating season.....
I am planning to start cooking on it too.....
even the electric is down about 10.00
and
AND
AND
some one told us where to get FREE wood.... hardwoods
already cut into logs
we would just have to split them
a splitter is about 300.....for a small one
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I think one winter heating season would pay for the log splitter too
ok
I have pictures
I have to upload them
but I got pictures
some of that little shit marguarite the chicken......sitting on the cat tree with the cats.
( she shits all over, not like my beloved dulcette)
I will have some doll pictures as well
I have to make soap today so after that maybe pictures
ok til next time
vi
I am back ( ok so sorta)
and I am busy.....
(state farm competetion doll, soap orders, stoking this wood stove)
I am getting a lot more excersize....
between the whole wood heat thing
the spinning wheel......
my chickens in the basement....
I lost a few pounds!
ok first off let me tell you
wood heat rocks
and also let me tell you
I do love the soapstone stove
just hate the incompetant dealer that sold it to us
I know a LOT more now
we have to put more stack on the chimney
and install a wall protector.......
we have burned only 50+or - gallons of oil per month so far....
so we've saved about 800. so far....
we paid 450 for the wood......
we are already into savings against the wood stove.......
I expect that in January and Febuary......
we should save about 2000........ which means the wood stove paid for itself in one heating season.....
I am planning to start cooking on it too.....
even the electric is down about 10.00
and
AND
AND
some one told us where to get FREE wood.... hardwoods
already cut into logs
we would just have to split them
a splitter is about 300.....for a small one
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I think one winter heating season would pay for the log splitter too
ok
I have pictures
I have to upload them
but I got pictures
some of that little shit marguarite the chicken......sitting on the cat tree with the cats.
( she shits all over, not like my beloved dulcette)
I will have some doll pictures as well
I have to make soap today so after that maybe pictures
ok til next time
vi
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