Crochet Me Crazy

Literally! Ah, I cleaned all of Grace's poop out of the hay barn and then Michael and I cleaned the chicken house! Jeff usually cleans the chicken house but it really wasn't that bad. Just had to sweep all the crud out with a big broom and then Michael dumped new mulch in and we spread it out. Heck, those chicken deserve it (not that I think they care)...they gave me 12 eggs yesterday!

Boy, I've been so busy this week. There's been no extra time...everything started back full force this week....Jeff's job, Alison started back to dance, school work, plus taking care of all the animals is keeping me busy! Jeff has been getting home late and then having to tutor Alison in her Algebra. She's been having some trouble. Thank God my hubby is a math whiz! They are in there doing Algebra right now and I'm in bed! It's after 10 pm. I don't know how Jeff does it. He's having to get up at 4:30-5:00 in morning to drive the 90 miles to work. This is only for training though. Once he's done with training, he won't be driving so far.

Tonight after Alison's dance, the kid's had youth service! They haven't been to youth in a long time because the youth they used to go to was just too far now that we moved out here. Then, lo and behold, the youth pastor from that youth group moved here to our town and is now leading youth at a church here! Very convenient! It's very small right now and I basically brought the entire youth group tonight. There was one kid already there when we got there and I dropped off the rest -- Alison, her friend Phoebe, another girl from dance, Michael, and Morgan (the stable owner's grandson). The church and youth group is new so it'll take some time for it to grow.

I plan on making some more head warmers until I can get time to figure out what else I should crochet. They are the perfect project for the time being while things are so busy. I don't need a project that required me to concentrate or worry about losing my place at the moment. I'm going to try to jot the pattern down on the next one. I'm going to make another cream colored one for myself or Alison but I'm changing the ribbing up a bit so it won't be exactly the same.

In the meantime, here's another square that I had set the pattern aside to make when I had a chance. I thought it was cute. I think I made last week. I call it my crooked bear square.



Obviously, it's not *supposed* to be crooked though. This pattern seemed to have some issues though. I almost quit it but decided to go on. I ended up having to make some adjustments and wing it a bit...I guess that's why my bear is crooked! LOL! Oh well...I made it and now it can go into the black hole of completed things I don't know what to do with! If you want to give it try, here's the pattern posted on Crochetville....
Teddy Bear Squared- an 8 inch square pattern