August 2017 – Page 4 – Magical Mystical Mimi

***Why is it that dogs must sniff every square inch of grass before deciding to do their deed?

***One of my least favorite things to do?
Empty expired milk down the drain. No matter what it still has a stench that rises up from the sink and makes me gag!

***I’m one of those people who must finish one series on Netflix before moving on to another. Currently, I’m watching Midsomer Murders despite the fact that the original “Inspector Barnaby” has left the show. I miss John Nettles. The show was so much better with him in it.
And, he’s hot.

***The song ‘Issues’ by Julia Michaels is just dumb.

***Why don’t black-out curtains work?
Light still gets thru.
They don’t keep your room warmer in the winter.
Nor do they keep your room cooler in the summer.

I’m just not a fan of products that don’t work like they’re advertised. Sorta’ like going thru a drive-thru. Your food never looks like the pics on the order board.

***Dear parents of the kids who have been running around screaming at the top of their lungs ALL day. –
Don’t set your kids loose to scream like they’re being drawn and quartered and then think you’re going to go take a little nap while the rest of us must endure the hideousness that is your spawn.
Not happening.

On the plus side of life, the temps are cooling down and I’ve got the majority of moving/rearranging/sorting/cleaning done.
I didn’t pick up my crochet hook once!
This mama is beat. Netflix and bed here I come.

Dr. appt. tomorrow. Prayers and good vibes much appreciated. I hope this Tuesday has been good to you and Wednesday is even better.
Night.

And just like that, the weekend was over! I have to admit I didn’t do much over the weekend. It pretty much was Netflix and crocheting.

I’ve been playing around with slouchy hat patterns.

I made this one with some yarn stash but it still needs tweaking and will probably end up on a tree downtown this winter for the homeless.

– Our city has a group of trees that you can hang hats, scarves and mittens/gloves on in the fall and winter. When it gets cold the homeless just help themselves to what they need. –

My D-I-L doesn’t want me to give it away. We’ll see after I get a cool tassel on the end and a super cool flower somewhere on the band. I never know what the outcome will be.

I started this blanket over the weekend and I’m really diggin’ this stitch. It’s called a “simple shell stitch” and it really is simple and goes fast. I like projects that you can just mindlessly work on and then before you know it, they’re done.

I’m also working on hats/scarves/gloves/mittens for the “homeless” trees.

I spent the majority of my day today cleaning and trying to find creative ways to store more fabric and yarn! Not even kidding. You might see me on the next episode of ‘Hoarders.’ I took the space under the bed and made my pup Luci, mad. Every now and again she likes to curl up under there and take a lit’l snooze but we’ve got tons of people showing up in a couple of months for the wedding and I’m pretty sure my storage space trumps her snooze hole!

We’re finally cooling down out here. Hallelujah! It’s only in the low 90’s now with some 80’s thrown in. I can live with this weather.

What did your weekend look like?

How ’bout the week ahead?? Anything thrilling and spine chilling happening??

Random photo of the day –