"Oh the weather outside is frightful...."

Well, we are above the ankles deep in the white stuff here on the East coast. It's very cold and very wintery. I love snow, but I don't love going out in it. The poochies are having a blast. The littlest, Lizzie, is a doxie and she just about froze - I had to thaw her little legs out and now she's whining to go back out. It would be a great day to sit my buttski on the sofa and just crochet my heart out, but I have so much to get done this weekend. Maybe I can justify an hour here and there after I accomplish some decluttering.
I really need to get my wimple finished and I need to fix the clasp on Lizzie's sweater that I crocheted her - she got mad and chewed the buckle completely off - both pieces of it!! She's a PITA, but cute and loveable.
Well, I'll check in later. FlyLady calls......by the way, I think I found her site from Kari's profile. I can't remember any other place that I saw it, so thank you Kari - I've already flung about 75 lbs.
later....

update

I can't believe a week has gone by and I haven't blogged. I have been so busy. I found the FlyLady.net site and boy do I need her. My house is a wreck, I keep everything imaginable. My husband is always telling me to get rid of stuff. Well over the weekend I did. I cleaned out 2 kitchen cabinets and threw out 3 kitchen trash bags full of stuff - some of which I haven't seen in years. I have lots of room in just those 2 cabs alone. But, babysteps, I don't want to burn out. If any of you out there are clutterbugs or messies like me, you need to go to flylady's site and get started. It's easy to follow and makes you feel good.

My crochet projects are coming along slowly. I have developed tennis-elbow (actually swimmers elbow) from taking a swim fitness class at our local gym and boy does it hurt to crochet some days. It's really difficult to pick up a coffee mug or scratch my note, etc. Other times, I don't know the elbow is there. Anyway, the wimple is coming along nicely, won't be long beore I can wear it and just in time, we have snow here in Westminster Maryland and will be getting more this weekend. I'll just have to bite the bullet and finish it.

Well, the Wine Red Heart Plush is another story. Boy is it a real doozie to work with. I think I frogged it 7 times before I decided to switch patterns and found one that is easier to do with this yarn. It's the '70's 3-color poncho pattern I found on crochetpatterncentral.com - it's fast and easy to work up and the "holes" aren't too big. Jess didn't want anything too open. I have about 12 rounds done and I'm very happy so far.

I hope to get some pictures this weekend - we'll probably be snowed in for a few hours so I won't have any excuses.

I also hope to post something at least every other day. I miss doing this. It's like keeping a diary, only the whole world can read it. Got to go back to work....later

Some projects that I've done....

By this time last year, I finished crocheting 4 baby afghans for friends who were having babies (one had twin girls). I'm currently working on many projects which seems to be the norm among us crocheters. I finished a pair of leg warmers for Jess - she'll wear just about anything and they're coming back into style. Started and finished another pair for her.
I've completed several skinny scarves for her and my latest project is a simple wimple that I saw on Dot Matthews site. It's really simple, I've completed about 35 rows so far in an Autumn Red from Caron - OOOHHHH it's soooo soft.
I've been whipping out little lip balm totes that I conjoured up. I figured, if I can come up with a way to make a water bottle holder, (I looked at the one my sister had purchased) then why not use the same approach and make a tote for my lip balms. It worked. I'll post pics after I take some. lol Jess wants a poncho - homemade of course and I just purchased some wine colored Red Heart Plush yarn and I'm going to get started probably tonight. Will post the outcome later.
Well, that's all for now.......

Getting Started

Well, like I said in my intro, I really never knew that blogs existed. It seems quite fun so far. I want to thank Kari Holtz for answering my email and getting me started with blogger.com.

I figure I can share some of my projects with others in the world who also love to crochet. I can complain about life, teenagers, etc. and no one has to listen to a verbal complaint. You can just skip reading the part you don't like.

I've written down several patterns for stuff and I have many favorite pattern sites that I can share.

I'm currently working on many projects which seems to be the norm among us crocheters.
I've done many projects and I'll hunt out the photos and post them later.

If anyone wants to communicate, please feel free to email me, etc. I'm a homebody, only work part-time outside the home and love to crochet, sew and dabble in other crafts.
Thanks for reading, and again, thanks Kari