Crafters July 30 through August 5

Thank you Phyl, So I did go out and check the blossoms and yes, they are all males.  No little bumps or anything to show that any are female blossoms. I hope you come up with an inspiration on what would be interesting to take to sit and sew. It's frustrating when we have a lot of money tied up in a project then we get tired of working on it. Sometimes, though, some things just have to be set aside for awhile. And I'm glad Bernice...is that a friend?...Is doing well in rehab.

Yes it is hard to believe that day after tomorrow will be August already. I thought of another reason I like summer a couple days ago and it's because my hands look like real hands in the summer. They don't have discolored rough and sore areas caused by the Raynauds during the summer.It was better when the Raynaud's was only in my toes.No one ever saw them. 

I did a bit of finishing work yesterday and got the head and all the legs, fins or whatever you call them, all made so they're ready to sew on and put on the shell, little dots for eyes and the turtle will be done.

I don't know if moving furniture is on the agenda for today or not or if we will procrastinate some more. I'm all for procrastinating although it will be nice to have the room painted.

I got up too early today too. Power went off in the night so the clock wasn't right and I had no idea what time it was so got up and found it was too early. By that time I was upstairs so didn't bother going down and back to bed. I'll probably need a nap.

Ginny, I know it sure feels good to get so much done in a day. I bet your stair risers look really nice and go along with your redone floors.

Last year was the first year my fingers were affected by the Raynaud's. Before that it was only the toes, so I don't know how far into winter it will be before they're affected. I don't remember when it started last year. It doesn't really affect me using the fingers so I don't know what I'm complaining about. They are a little bit painful but you know how that is since you've experienced that yourself.

I got the turle done and yes he is really cute. Now  I've started a shark. I finally found a shark pattern for the size I want. It's free and also has a video. Some people are very generous and it takes a lot of time to design a pattern I'm sure.I do make sure I thank them for their generosity. It certainly is appreciated although some people act like they don't appreciate all the effort these people go to and some even make nasty remarks about some patterns. 

Now I want to find a killer whale pattern but if I don't I think I can use this shark pattern and just make a couple changes. I keep finding more sea animals that I want to make.

No didn't get in a nap after all. Maybe I'll go to bed earlier

Ruth the ever creative one! I am sure that somehow you can modity the shark pattern to look like a killer whale. Think just by changing the colors a bit and you would be halfway there. Congrats on getting the turtle done too!! Hope you slept well last night.

Meg- so glad your eye injections went well and that today was a bit cooler for you. I heard something on the long range forcast that you are in for hot weather for awhile... and I am so saddened by all the losses from the fires in California . Glad you are in a safe area....how far is Redding (approximately) from you?

Busy am- took Dh to the doctor for what we are not sure. He has some aches and pains- but it could be yard work achyness and perhaps not Lyme. They tested for lyme but also are treating a very large red spot on his arm which might or might not be cellulitis.

Got some crochetting done in the waiting room. Now off for a walk to pick up his antibiotics.
Ginny

well the painting was really a challenge. First the paint, when opened, turned out to be a much different color that the smudge on the top of the can showed. It was also way too dark but we used it on two walls anyway and found that it must have been defective paint because no matter what we did it didn't really cover and went on unevenly. So we went to plan B. Opened a can of paint that we've had for years. It turned out it was beautiful paint so we used that. It was a lot of work and exercise climbing up and down on the ladder and bending to do along the floor. Dh did the rolling. We haven't got everything back in place yet and we still have a little over half the room to do. It's a fairly large room. We hadn't intended to do the whole thing and we actually got more done than we though. So we're both resting now and in a minute I'll go and pick up the tarps and dh will put the bed back in place. Then maybe tomorrow I'll do the cutting in at the ceiling and floor of the wall we hadn't even intended to do today. Dh already did the rolling part so just the ceiling and floor area is all that's left right there.It really looks nice and will look nicer yet when we get it completely finished by doing the other half of the room. Tomorrow dh will put the electronics...tv, cable box, dvd player and all ...back in place.

Must be a day for painting because I saw my neighbor had some people painting but on his fences not inside. I'm surprised he hired someone as he usually does all that himself. As it was getting dark he was out there doing some spraying or power washing, I couldn't really tell which it was.


I hope you all had a good day and Ginny, I hope your dh is feeling better.

Ginny, I'm sorry to hear that your dh is not feeling any better. There was a thing on medscape yesterday about rashes but I didn't look at it because I was too busy. I hope your dh is feeling better soon. Too bad you had to wait until tomorrow for the doctor to see him

Well the old paint I opened was supposed to be "buttermilk yellow" so I was leary about how yellow it would turn out to be but it looks more like a really nice creamy white. I know there's some yellow in it because there were little yellow specks before we mixed it but it doesn't look yellow now that it's all mixed and on the walls. It's wonderful and makes the other color look good too so we didn't paint over that first color that was so dark.I don't know what the dark color is called but it mostly looks like a nice brown now that it's on the wall. Kind of a gold/brown and it's only on one end wall and the partial wall. Looks nice.I'm not sure if I'll finish along the ceiling and floor today or not. My back was killing me last night after all that exercise. Still have to help dh get his "entertainment center" put back together which will involve more lifting but his back hurts also

I'm glad to hear you were able to get in some crocheting and yes, that pattern is great. I haven't worked on my blanket much with doing these other things. Guess I could have done some last night when I finally sat down.

CJ, I'm sure it's a good feeling to have the quilt top done and it will be great to get those borders on the others. Same here with the weather..it's turning hot again although we were supposed to have some more cooler days. At least we don't have much humidity.

I don't know why my dh wants me to wait until he mixes the paint up again for me to finish but since he does I'll wait. I could have it all mixed and the part we need to finish up done by now. Oh well...but it does look like we'll be working into the evening again today once we get started and I'd rather have it done so I could just relax all evening. But I can relax tomorrow or even tonight after we finish if I'm not too tired

Thank you CJ, yes my back feels fine today. Back to it's normal.

I've been doing Soduku today while waiting...messed up both the ones I started so will just quit for now and clean the kitchen which was neglected yesterday. See you later