I used to love this song back then.
The lead singer passed away at the age of 46. That's only a two years younger than me.
I can't help but get tears in my eyes listening to it now.
Monday, January 15, 2018
Sunday, January 7, 2018
When the Rain Comes
I was watching the recent episode of Criminal Minds tonight. This was the closing song.
It's hauntingly beautiful. I thought I would share it.
It's hauntingly beautiful. I thought I would share it.
Monday, January 1, 2018
And Happy New Year!
We made it! Hello 2018!
I have been trying to decide what to do with this blog.
Keep it going?
Retire it?
I just don't know.
To let it go, would be hard. So I can't do that. I won't, nope.
I guess for now, I will just try to post as regularly as I can.
I got to welcome in the New Year with a pain flare that started on the 30th.
Yesterday was just painful, physically.
Today was a little better for awhile, but the pain is flaring up again.
Ibuprofen and Tylenol don't even touch it, so I don't bother.
Hopefully, tomorrow will be a better day.
Did you see the Super Moon?
Oh my She was glorious!
Quite cold out there, though
But I braved it just to snap a few photos.
Cold didn't help the pain, I can tell ya that.
But I had to see Her rising.
I did manage to create today.
That's a good start.
I wanted to write, but I can't decide on what I want to write about.
So other than blogging, no other writing was done.
I wanted to make art, again couldn't decide what to do, where to start.
I did put a coat of paint on the top of what will be my Wish Box, that was
a Yule gift from my cousin. I'm still not quite sure how I want to decorate it.
But I figured I could at least get started on painting it.
I wanted to go out and take some pictures today.
But again, the cold. Brrrrrrrrrr!
And of course being in pain + cold = hell no.
I hate that the pain is keeping me from doing shit.
I hate that I can't handle the cold like I used to.
But I did finally master the Granny Square!
I learned to crochet when I was 11. My aunt taught me.
I learned the chain, single crochet, and double crochet.
Maybe even the triple? I can't remember though. So basic
stitches learned. Tried to move on to making a Granny Square.
If I knew that, then I could make things. Well, I couldn't. Every
time I tried, my square turned into a ball. My cat ended up with lots of toys.
I was rather excited to have learned to crochet, so as soon as I was home from
visiting with my aunt over the summer I couldn't wait to tell the little old neighbor
lady. She crocheted too. I showed her what I learned to do. And told
her how I couldn't make the darn Granny Square. She too, tried to teach it to me.
And again and again and again....I failed at it.
After awhile, I gave up. I would come back to it every now and then. Try and fail.
Try and fail. Give it up, try and fail. Rinse, repeat.
Now here we are....37 years later. And there is a year long challenge/project that started
today. Make one Granny Square a day. Oh Geez! My Nemesis! Granny, I thought,
you're going down! So I Goggled Granny Squares for Beginners. Lots of hits, some were definitely not for beginners. Not that I am a beginner at crochet, but the Square was another story.
I finally came across I pattern I thought I could manage.
Yarn - check Hook - check Determination - check. Okay good to go.
Make my foundation chain, join at the slip knot. So far so good. Start the double crochets into
the circle. Okay not bad. First round is done. Hey look a little square! YAY me!
Read the next steps...and second round done, but wait something's wrong.
Go on to the third round because I can't figure out if I messed up and.......Now my square is a bowl.
WTF! Reread directions, I think I did it all right. But I still have a bowl.
Okay, try again. Unravel it all, redo the chain, join it. Redo the first round. So far so good.
Second round, and.........we have the beginnings of a bowl. Damn it! For the life of me,
I cannot figure out where the mistake is. I swear I am following the directions properly. But
still, I am messing up somewhere. I post a picture to a FB group I am in that is working on this
challenge. But they aren't quite sure where my mistake is either. So they pointed me to a couple
of YouTube channels to check out. And then I think I noticed where I was messing up after watching
one of the videos.
So I unraveled down to the first round and then started round two following the video. On to
round three and lo and behold....after 37 years I finally made a Granny Square. A little sloppy,
but I made one all the same. After I made it, I went back to the directions of the one I was reading and realized she wasn't quite clear on making the corners on the second round. So if you are reading and doing it as you go, you will make the mistake. It's not clarified until the very very end of
her post. At least she got me started off. And some lovely UK vloggers got me finished on my
first ever Granny Square.
I have since made a second one following the other beginner pattern. Which I think in
some ways is just a little easier, if I can keep the counts going in my head. So now I have 2
completed squares and I am beyond happy to finally learn how. I don't see myself
making fancy ones anytime soon. I will be happy enough to do the basic ones.
Hope all of you have had a great start to the new year.
I have been trying to decide what to do with this blog.
Keep it going?
Retire it?
I just don't know.
To let it go, would be hard. So I can't do that. I won't, nope.
I guess for now, I will just try to post as regularly as I can.
I got to welcome in the New Year with a pain flare that started on the 30th.
Yesterday was just painful, physically.
Today was a little better for awhile, but the pain is flaring up again.
Ibuprofen and Tylenol don't even touch it, so I don't bother.
Hopefully, tomorrow will be a better day.
Did you see the Super Moon?
Oh my She was glorious!
Quite cold out there, though
But I braved it just to snap a few photos.
Cold didn't help the pain, I can tell ya that.
But I had to see Her rising.
I did manage to create today.
That's a good start.
I wanted to write, but I can't decide on what I want to write about.
So other than blogging, no other writing was done.
I wanted to make art, again couldn't decide what to do, where to start.
I did put a coat of paint on the top of what will be my Wish Box, that was
a Yule gift from my cousin. I'm still not quite sure how I want to decorate it.
But I figured I could at least get started on painting it.
I wanted to go out and take some pictures today.
But again, the cold. Brrrrrrrrrr!
And of course being in pain + cold = hell no.
I hate that the pain is keeping me from doing shit.
I hate that I can't handle the cold like I used to.
But I did finally master the Granny Square!
I learned to crochet when I was 11. My aunt taught me.
I learned the chain, single crochet, and double crochet.
Maybe even the triple? I can't remember though. So basic
stitches learned. Tried to move on to making a Granny Square.
If I knew that, then I could make things. Well, I couldn't. Every
time I tried, my square turned into a ball. My cat ended up with lots of toys.
I was rather excited to have learned to crochet, so as soon as I was home from
visiting with my aunt over the summer I couldn't wait to tell the little old neighbor
lady. She crocheted too. I showed her what I learned to do. And told
her how I couldn't make the darn Granny Square. She too, tried to teach it to me.
And again and again and again....I failed at it.
After awhile, I gave up. I would come back to it every now and then. Try and fail.
Try and fail. Give it up, try and fail. Rinse, repeat.
Now here we are....37 years later. And there is a year long challenge/project that started
today. Make one Granny Square a day. Oh Geez! My Nemesis! Granny, I thought,
you're going down! So I Goggled Granny Squares for Beginners. Lots of hits, some were definitely not for beginners. Not that I am a beginner at crochet, but the Square was another story.
I finally came across I pattern I thought I could manage.
Yarn - check Hook - check Determination - check. Okay good to go.
Make my foundation chain, join at the slip knot. So far so good. Start the double crochets into
the circle. Okay not bad. First round is done. Hey look a little square! YAY me!
Read the next steps...and second round done, but wait something's wrong.
Go on to the third round because I can't figure out if I messed up and.......Now my square is a bowl.
WTF! Reread directions, I think I did it all right. But I still have a bowl.
Okay, try again. Unravel it all, redo the chain, join it. Redo the first round. So far so good.
Second round, and.........we have the beginnings of a bowl. Damn it! For the life of me,
I cannot figure out where the mistake is. I swear I am following the directions properly. But
still, I am messing up somewhere. I post a picture to a FB group I am in that is working on this
challenge. But they aren't quite sure where my mistake is either. So they pointed me to a couple
of YouTube channels to check out. And then I think I noticed where I was messing up after watching
one of the videos.
So I unraveled down to the first round and then started round two following the video. On to
round three and lo and behold....after 37 years I finally made a Granny Square. A little sloppy,
but I made one all the same. After I made it, I went back to the directions of the one I was reading and realized she wasn't quite clear on making the corners on the second round. So if you are reading and doing it as you go, you will make the mistake. It's not clarified until the very very end of
her post. At least she got me started off. And some lovely UK vloggers got me finished on my
first ever Granny Square.
I have since made a second one following the other beginner pattern. Which I think in
some ways is just a little easier, if I can keep the counts going in my head. So now I have 2
completed squares and I am beyond happy to finally learn how. I don't see myself
making fancy ones anytime soon. I will be happy enough to do the basic ones.
Hope all of you have had a great start to the new year.
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