Crochet Me Crazy

I've still been waking up early...can't seem to sleep much past 7 am even if I try. Plus, there's so many dad-blooming roosters running around everywhere out here...they won't let me sleep! Alison has been getting up pretty early too...she's trying to fit practicing barrel running on the horses into her day with everything else. She had a lot of reading to get done today and I threatened to not let her see Morgan tonight if he was able to if she didn't get it done. So she had to press through all that reading. We're reading Uncle Tom's Cabin in her history and it's not an easy book to read because of the dialect. Then, we had some people show up for a ride this afternoon so we had to saddle up for that. I cooked Chicken Parmesan Bake and "B" mad the sides and we went over and had dinner with them tonight. I had too much food cooking jst for me and Alison so we've been combining mealtimes when "B"'s husband is out of town. We keep the kids on limited contact during the week because of homework and early bedtimes but Alison and Morgan have been getting to see each other a little bit every night this week. The weeks are still going by fast. I'm still trying to get into a new routine and have time to sit down and relax and try to start crocheting again. I started on another little crochet thread project today...a star ornament. I guess it'll be a Christmas decoration. I still haven't been able to dig into any of my bigger projects. I have my Wedding Ring Afghan I need to drag out. But in the move I found my long lost Scrap star afghan I started so long ago but had to put away because I didn't have room in the RV to mess with it. It's calling my name and I actually think I'm going to get back to that one before I go back to the Wedding Ring! I spend a lot of my free time with my deer, Gracie. I feel like I have an infant sometimes with that deer. She's so attached to me and watches me like a hawk when I leave the yard and walk around the ranch doing stuff. She literally has separation anxiety when I'm not around which is why I had to move her quick. She does seem much better now that she's here with me though. I just feel really guilty if I don't sit with her....so, thank God for lap tops! I'm sitting in the yard with her now. Geez, if something ever happens to that deer, I don't know what I'm going to do! I just went to read about the breed since I really don't know how old she is. I've had her for almsot a year now and she was weaned when we got her so I'm guessing she's less than two years old. I read that adult size is reached at 6 years for females so she had a lot more growing to do! I also read the lifespan is 9-13 years, although zoo animals may reach 18-22 years of age. Hopefully, I'll have at least a good 10 or more years with her.