Crochet Me Crazy

Well, I've been seeing this stitch around and it motivated me enought that I decided to give it a try this morning. I love trying new or interesting stitches. This one definately fits the bill! I've seen a lot of discussion of people having trouble with this stitch but I didn't have any trouble with it myself. I don't have pictures of it yet but here is a free pattern for a purse using the crocodile stitch on the flap.

White Crocodile Purse

I apologize for my pity party on my last post. I was having a rough couple of days but a trip to the city helped me. I realized how much I DON"T want to be back in a city again! I'll take suffering thought the rought times out here until we can get on our feet. The good news is that we found me a CAR! Since our budget was less than $2,000, I think we done good! It's a 96 Saturn and it drives great! This is a BIG step up from the Tercel that broke down. God helped us out on this one because the guy held off anyone else looking at it until we got there. I'm sure it would've have been sold before we could've gotten there if he wouldn't have done that for us. We drove 130 miles to get this car.



Michael got to go to the Tandy Leather Store and Alison got to go to Hobby Lobby while we were in Austin so the kids are happy. We spent the night with a good friend of mine in Austin Tuesday night and came home on Wednesday night. It was a nice break. Alison took as many baths in their jacuzzi tub as she could fit in while we were there!

I know the bible says He won't put on us more than we can bear but there have been days this week that I'm starting to wonder. Seriously, if one more thing goes wrong I think I might go nuts. It's just a bunch of little stuff in addition to the big stuff that's really starting to get to me. So much to do but no time to take care of anything! Still looking for a car...there are some on craigslist but they sell really fast! We made a wasted trip to San Antonio on Friday night to go look at a car. I should trust my instincts...I wasn't having a good feeling about that car but the guy made it sound okay. He was still saying what a good car it was and how there was nothing wrong with it even when it wouldn't start when we tried to test drive it! I couldn't get out of that car fast enough! LOL! So, that was depressing to spend the time and the gas money to drive 90 miles for no reason! So, right now we have Wednesday off to go look for cars. I just hope we have something to go look at when the time comes! Today, I got in the truck to go get my laundry and the check engine light came on in the truck!!! This is really getting ridiculous. Jeff drove it and it did fine for him but NOT a good sign, in my opinion. Well, only another month and we'll have all the time in the world when summer is over if Jeff doesn't get a job before then! He's still looking and applying everywhere online. He even applied for a job in Oklahoma today and its for a job in the security industry which he has experience in. Well, looking forward to the "this too shall pass" part of all of this!

Another sad thing....one of the kids friends they made here in the park last year, we just heard that he has been diagnosed with some type of acute leukemia and is going in to the hospital for 6-7 months for chemotherapy. I keep thinking about him and it is so sad. He is only 14 and just a nice, nice kid. So sad and the kids are really shocked because we just saw him a few months ago and he seemed so fine! So sad... many prayers needed for him and his family!

I'm spending the day at the stables today answering the phones, etc. so Jeff can change the oil in the truck. I'm been doing some searching for a used car online. We're going to have to take a day off to probably drive to San Antonio to look at some cars. Pray we can stay away from the lemons!!

I'm feeling the need to get going on some crocheting. I keep seeing my yarn in the underneath storage when I'm emptying our tanks. I just need to find a project. The doily is underway but I need a quick comfort project.

Well, since I have some time on my hands and access to the internet, I thought I'd post some pictures of some of Michael's recent leather work projects. He is having a difficult time keeping himself stocked with enough leather to keep himself busy. He whips this stuff out very quickly!