Crochet Me Crazy

We went to Fiesta, Texas on Saturday. We're trying to make sure we get our money's worth out of the season passes!

Tonight was the last night of horse club. Can't believe how fast the summer is going!



I know I posted a lot of pictures of Alison at the rodeo already but I a local photographer emailed me some pictures he had taken. I could have never gotten a shot like this of Alison running on Princess. I love the picture and her face shows how much fun she is having.

I really haven't been crocheting much. I have really been feeling down and haven't really been able to get into it. I am trying to find some things to inspire me. I've been doing a few crochet flowers for my sister's afghan here and there and I've started on a few things and then ripped them out. I'm made this dog hat over the past two days. A quick and simple burst of completion.....



I had made a sock monkey hat a while back and I want to make another one but I can't find the pattern I used anywhere. I can't find my box of patterns at the moment....I don't know what I did with it when we moved. They may be in the RV but digging through that place is a dreaded dead....

Alison has been wanting to go see the movie Despecable Me 2 so we went and saw the late show after her bible study last night. That's a really cute movie. One thing I love about living out here. We can go see movies without all the expense and hassle of the big city theaters. We can watch a movie for $6.00 a ticket. Of course the theater is nothing fancy but it's good enough for me.

I'm stressing because I have got to get a different car soon. I just feel it. It's still getting me from place to place but it has over 230,000 miles on it and I keep having flats because it wears tires like crazy. I have had 3 flat tires in the past 2 months. It stresses me out because I have to drive around so much. The security of having a car I can trust would make me feel so much better. I'm going to try to find a job somewhere so I can start saving up. I have a little saved up but just working at the stables certainly isn't going to cut it.

Well, Alison is going to try something new -- we are going to an appointment with a modeling agency at the end of the month! I have been told so many times by complete strangers that she looks like a model, we decided to check into it. It's no big deal, really. She's not interested and being a serious model but you can get local jobs for print ads and stuff to make some extra money. She loves clothes and dresses. She can accept or turn down any jobs she's not comfortable with. The only expense will be to have her photos made. So...we'll see what happens with that.

Well, I hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday. I am up drinking my coffee before I get ready for church. Alison and I are going by ourselves because my husband has to work this weekend.

Yesterday I went outside to spend some time with Gracie.



At one point she laid down beside me on the blanket but I didn't get a picture of it because my camera had run out of battery. I love my deer.

Well, during out trip to Port Aransas the shops were full of all kinds of bracelets. Alison is into collecting bracelets now. I said....I can make those! So I was inspired when I got home to make these. I wonder if I could sell them in a shop around here? I wouldn't sell them for less than $5 each though but these are not made in china!



I had to use the beads that were available to me. I could get pretty creative if I had a craft store nearby!

I think it's safe for me to go public again but I will keep it at this new blog address.

Check out this site! Tons of free crochet patterns! This should keep you busy for awhile.

Crochet at Play

We had horse club tonight but we just went as observers. Alison hurt her foot on our trip and she can't wear a boot or shoe. We just watched. We've been doctoring it like crazy and it seems to be out of woods on infection. She's going to work tomorrow in flip-flops!

We had a great time! I'm so glad we did that. It's been over 4 years or more since we have done anything like that. We left on Saturday morning and drove to San Antonio and spent the day at Fiesta Texas.









It was a tiring day! It would have been even more fun if it wasn't for the long lines. Next time, we're getting the fast pass.



The next morning we got up and headed to Port Aransas. We road the ferry over.



We stayed at this great little place...and I mean little. They only had 7 rooms. It was perfectly charming. They had these cool old bikes you could use and it was close to the beach and all the shops.





We met up with some friends. They know the owner's of the little inn we stayed at and got a us a discounted rate.







We had a fun two days on the beach....

















And we had fun walking around to all the shops....













We found lots of treasure at the beach! Look at all the live sand dollars we found! I didn't know you could find sand dollars in the water!





We even found some starfish...they break very easily...




We got home around 10'ish and were glad to see all our animals that we didn't take with us were alive and well. (Michael was feeding them for us while we were gone) Sorry our trip had to end so soon ...

Oh, and my son moved out this weekend while we were gone. I'm glad that was done while we were gone to save us all the drama.

This is the last one....no more dogs!! We now have 5 dogs! We got this little girl at the rodeo. She had been running around unclaimed at the rodeo grounds for 2 nights. She reminds me of our dog Brindy that died of heart failure years ago. She even acts a lot like her. She is super sweet and will get along good with our other dogs.






I'm not sure what kind of dog she is. She looks a lot like the rat terriers we already have but her body is a lot skinnier and has longer legs.

Wow -- I'm really glad to have behind us. It's so exciting and fun for Alison but to me it's very stressful. Praise to God for getting us through the weekend safely.

Friday night Alison was so disappointed in herself because they missed their cue to post the colors at the rodeo. The announcer did it differently than what they had practiced. She still did good though and I told her know one knew the difference. Alison won 2nd on barrels Friday night and 1st place on Saturday night. She made her entry money back plus $38...lol! On Saturday night rodeo, Alison redeemed herself. Her and Princess did an amazing job on the patriotic tribute. The parade on Saturday went off well. We were a little nervous about it because Princess was a little bit spooked at all the action but it went off without a hitch. Jeff walked along side of the parade just in case Alison got into any trouble. He didn't end up having to help Alison but had to help her friend Phoebe with her horse instead.

Before the parade....Alison was trying to ride Princess around all the scary stuff to get her used to it...



Waiting...



Here they come....

On the home stretch now....bye girls!



After the parade....



Here are some pictures of my little cowgirl from the rodeo....



I uploaded the video I took of Alison on YouTube if you'd like to watch them.

The one of her running her barrels is blurry....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUrra_g2Qpg

Patriotic Tribute to God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZedqFdLvT9w

Posting the Colors...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6TzAFk-JtY