Crochet Me Crazy

The end of a great but tiring Thanksgiving! We had a wonderful time seeing my sister and her significant other. We ate, had a campfire and roasted marshmallows, played games, looked around the State Park, visited, and of course, we rode horses.

Tomorrow I'm looking for a Sunday full of rest! It was a very busy day for trail rides today. Every slot was booked. Been a while since we've had a day like today.

I hope everyone is having a fun & busy time cooking and cleaning and getting ready for family and friends!

I've been waiting on pins and needles hoping I have water before Thanksgiving! We've been without water for 4 days now. We think the leak has been found and today my water is on but I'm still not getting enough pressure to do much. The plan was to clean the house today but here I am at 4:41 and I've only managed to get some dusting and vacuming done. The bathroom is waiting for me. Tomorrow is my cooking day! Please, please....I need water! You just never know what's next....

So...what will I be thankful for on Thanksgiving? WATER!! .... no really, I am thankful for water, but I'm very thankful for my family, friends, good health and all the many blessings that God has given us. Truly, it's so much easier to be thankful for things once you've done without. We have less now than I think we've ever had at any point in our lives but I think I am more thankful and grateful for the things I have now than I ever have been. Thank you Lord for blessing our family in ways I can't explain.

I've made a huge amount of progess on my afghan since my last post...but no posts for a bit until we get past these next very busy few days ahead of us!

God Bless & Happy Thanksgiving!

Have finished making the Navy Wedges and joining them to the squares...Now Tonight I have been working on attaching all of those to the center star. This is proving to be something that takes a lot of concentration and I don't believe that the pattern is really correct here either. I am getting the general idea from the pattern and sorda "winging it". It's looking fine when I'm done so I'm happy with it. I don't even think I could explain this to anyone! I definately would not recommend this pattern to anyone who is not an experienced crocheter. If I had tried this a few years ago, I would have given up and thrown up my hands in frustration for sure!! I'm really having to concentrate as I join these and I got the three joined that you see here and had to take a break. 5 more to join! That boy better appreciate this afghan!!

On the other hand, I do love a challenge when it comes to crocheting and it's definately not a boring afghan to make.

Now, here a few animal pictures for you. Every morning and every evening, I feed these three guys grain in stalls. We have 31 horses here in total but these guys get special treatment because of their age/weight.

RED -- He's our "Kid" trail horse...old and reliable.

Macho, the mule -- He used to be good for kids on the trail but he's recently been retired. He is literally on his last leg...He's extremely old. I'm not even sure anyone knows just how old...well into his 30's for sure.

Snuffy -- extremely shy. He was bought from some people that used him for a pack mule but he's easy to ride. (I've even ridden Snuffy and I'm not much of a rider!)

All of the animals here are spoiled and sweet...even the goats! I feed these guys every morning as well. These are our "babies"...not really babies anymore but they were all bottle fed so they are extremely tame and loveable.


The white goat in this picture is a new addition. She craves attention and she's more likely to get it here. Her name is Sweet Pea and she's part Angora and part Spanish goat. She's so sweet and her fur looks like a poodle.


I swear it's hard for me to get my coffee drank in the morning because I have so many critter wanting attention. Some days I think we need a full time animal "petter" around here!

I just realized that Thanksgiving is next week!! Holy cow....It really is ridiculous how fast the weeks fly by! I have a lot to get done!! I am excited though because we haven't had a "real" Thanksgiving in three years! I'm excited because we are having guests and I am cooking the real deal like we used to do before we moved....Turkey, Dressing and all the yummy dips and special things everyone likes.

Alison went to dance tonight for the first time since her accident....she was just an observer and will be just observing this week. Her foot looks even better today but it is still a little bit swollen. I slathered it with Oregano oil tonight and called Jeff to have him pick up more Epsom salt on his way home. We HAVE to get her better for her show!!

Next...I just had to share these pictures of my beloved Gracie....It's a big joke around here about me and my deer. Everyone says they feel second rate. I *do* really, really love this deer.

Those look good...can I have one??

Yum....my favorite fruit snacks!


Yes, I LOVE my deer....we are very close.

I've made a lot of progress on my Blue Star Afghan since my last post! I'm so proud of this afghan! It's really not taking very long to make either....I'm feeling optimistic about finishing before Christmas!

I have come across and error in the corrections for this pattern though. When you are joining the Granny Square Blocks to the center star. I had 4 of them joined and was having lots of trouble until it finally "clicked" in my brain and I realized what was wrong. That was the hardest part to get through thus far.

Well, it's been a really busy weekend. We had rides all day on Saturday. Jeff did the rides because Alison is hurt and can't ride. She is doing a lot better though. She is still hobbling around but limping less. We will go to dance tomorrow...she may not dance but she's going to be watching and maybe she can at least mark some of her dances. I hope she's going to be able to dance.

We went to church this morning and then I took the kids into town. Morgan needed basketball shoes before tomorrow when he starts basketball. We did a little running around and now that's it. The weekend is over --

The weather has been warm and sunny and now the cold is coming in tonight....I hate it but everyone else loves it. Blah...

Have a good week ya'll!