Things Never Go As Planned - That's Why I Hate Planning

Well I have had every good intention on updating the blog for the last two weeks but never got to it! Something always seemed to come up or when i was on the computer just didn't feel like doing more than clicking the mouse!

On Thursday last week - not this past week - I went out to Grant Street Woolworks for their hook-in. I always show up on Kathy's doorstep and she takes me lunch and to yard sales on the way. Then to the hook-in. When we arrived there was a full house with everyone working on something different. Doris was there working on her black and white project, Joan was there and she was doing a very interesting binding method so had to stop to watch that, and being that it was nearly 2 weeks ago I can't remember every one's name - a friend of Pat's was there knitting and Pat was there. There was also another woman there - again the name escapes me but later her sisters showed up so I'll just call them the "sisters!"

I brought along a couple of rugs to bind and after I finished binding the one I threw it on the floor - It is so funny watching people just walk around it. I kept saying - feel free to walk on it! I'm not one of those anal people that won't let anyone touch or feel the rug or even walk on it - Sure rugs are a lot of work but in my opinion they are made to be "loved", walked-on, used, hung up or whatever (don't even get me started on the subject of saving things for "good") Anyway - Jill just wouldn't walk on it - So Kathy came over and did a little dance on my rug -

With her shoes on even - LOL! Wish I had video of the dance!

I finally coaxed Jill to walk on it - woohoo! You did it Jill - You walked on a rug!

Here are some random pics thru-out the day -

Doris and Linda talking paisley -

Doris' rug almost done -

Watching everyone working away -

Kathy giving Linda advice on color - Barb working away on her quilt squares -

The "Sisters" -

Well that night I didn't get home until a little after 3:00 a.m. I'll just say I slept late the next day!

Well the last few weeks at home been busy finishing up some rugs and pulling out my pile of rugs to "re-block" to freshen them up and price them. I will be participating in a Folk Art Sale in December, also there is a new store opening up that I will be putting some of my rugs in for sale and also need to take over some more rugs to another store I have some rugs in - So I was trying to decide what to take where, make sure the rugs were labeled and also labeled all the ones that weren't done yet. Still have to finish up but made some headway.

Of course for some reason both Riley and Jonesy have decided the best place in the house to sit and nap is either on my rug I'm working on or on my computer! I mean really - we have 3 bedrooms, a family room, living room, dining room, kitchen and 3 bathrooms - but no they have to be right there with me! LOL - I do love them dearly but sometimes i wish they would just sit next to me! Anyway - here are some random shots of the boys the past two weeks. I do not have any of Miles - he's been on the throwing up kick again - and been sleeping a lot - when he's up he's sittng in the bathroom meowing for the water to be turned off - Seriously - we think maybe he's getting a little senile as he does this constantly! Anyway - when he does come out he gets belly rubs, hugs, and squeezes - well they all do actually! Nope they aren't spoiled - Not at all!

Oh and I've been in the hooking room a lot lately and watch movies when I hook - My husband gave me "The Soprano's" to watch on DVD - so I've taken to calling Jonesy 'Jonesy Walnuts' cause he's such a wiseguy sometimes! LOL Yep watching too much TV I'd say - Anyway I told my husband and he about rolled off his chair at work laughing and then he says "does he want a gold chain and a track suit too!" Oh my - we do get silly - anyway - Jonesy is now Jonesy Walnuts , Riley is Riley Donuts, and Miles is still just my lovable grump!

Riley Donuts and Jonesy Walnuts (my two wiseguys) in a little basket together -

Riley giving me the hairyeyeball about something - I think he wanted to go to bed - he starts getting pesty when he wants me to go to bed so he can sleep on my butt - he's too funny -

Riley on my rug not letting me hook -

Oh Sherry was at the hook-in and had on the cutest handpainted sweatshirt - I wanted to steal it from her but it would probably be too cold for her to go topless for the evening -

Isn't this picture too funny - this is my snapdragon hooking frame - I had finished a rug and Jonesy feel asleep watching me do something - I don't know how this could be comfortable hanging over the edge like this -

I tossed Jonesy into the wool worms - he wasn't happy -

Here he is peeking over my laptop falling asleep - guess he's wanting to go to bed - either that or he likes the heat from the laptop

Okay here is Jonesy being pesty - as you can see he has his paws in my snippet dish - he later toppled them all over the place! You'd think I never gave them any attention -

Another day back in the basket together -

Well I did this rug a few weeks ago - It's "O Christmas Tree" from Maria Barton (the Star Rug Company) - More prim in person - this one hasn't been blocked (steamed) yet - I did whip it with a blue variegated wool yarn and after I was done I thought it was too bright - so I mixed up some walnut dye and dabbed it on - Much better.

This one is all bound now - Kathy's Garden from Searsport Rug Hooking -

This one was a kit my friend started in a workshop - remember I was finishing projects for my friend - well this one I finished and bound it - this needs to be blocked and labeled yet and of course given back to her.

This is one I just finished - it's about 43 inches x 17 inches - there are 35 blocks on each side for a total of 70 - I used only wool from my already cut wool - I wish I would have run the center hit and miss the other direction - i think it would have looked so much better- but when I realized it i already was halfway done the center - Oh well - it's only a long scrappy runner anyway.

Have a couple of smaller things I got done too this week and still have a lot to do to meet a few deadlines.

This morning while eating my breakfast the phone rang - i glanced at the phone but it said "out of area" which normally translates to "sales call" so I didn't answer it. Well whoever it was left a message- so when I picked it up found out it was the doctor's office - they needed someone to take my Dad to the ER and couldn't locate my Mom or my brother. My Dad stopped in at the doctors this morning because for a few days his BP had been way high - So it took 20 minutes to get thru to the Doc's office and by then my Uncle had been notified and he was on his way out. So I jumped in the car and went out to see what I could do to help - oh and forgot our bridge is out and we have to go around (3 miles around the block - ughhhhh hate it!) so I get to the Doc's and they were already gone but there was a message from my Dad for me to keep trying to call my Mom (she has a cell phone I gave her but she never turns it on!) Anyway - I went to there house - left a note for my Mom to call me on my cell when she got home and headed to the hospital. When I got there my Dad was in the ER hanging out on a gurney in the hallway - no rooms available - My uncle was sitting with him - so we spent the morning there. Finally around 12:30 or so my Mom called so I told her where Dad was and she said she'd get a ride to the hospital with the neighbor and be there - So spent the morning and some part of the afternoon there - By this time his BP was coming down some but he has a history of atrial fib among many other things (we nearly lost him earlier this year) anyway - his heart was skipping beats and stuff - Well all in all - he's home now and with a monitor and will go back on Monday to be re-checked. So hopefully everything will be okay.

So that just shot my day and I haven't gotten to anything I had planned to done! Oh well - tomorrow is another day right?

Spent the later part of the afternoon in the kitchen making "Slippery Pot Pie" (thanks for the recipe Pat and the dough squares Dolly!) and doing laundry - such fun.

Hoping everyone is having a great happy and healthy week! Doing nothing all day surely tuckers you out! (Notice on the frame again!)