Our Sorrow and Joy

On June 18th we had to put down our beloved Dog, Dusty. It has been a hard ajustment. He was such a good dog. He was 12 and became very sick. It has been over a month now since his passing.

I have been missing his companionship so much, Mike is outta town allot and away allot of nights. Dusty was great company. So, I thought hmmmmmmm, maybe a guinea piglet. So for the past few weeks I have been studying up on the care and feeding of them. Surprisingly they are very social creatures. I joined a Guinea Pig Soiety and they are very helpful. I already told most of you that my Daughter and Son brought me the works for my pig, cage, food, and 2 piggies. Little Bit and Timothy. They are settling in and I will take pictures next week. How great it is to have a pet in the house again. Makaila got all excited when she saw they had leashes for them, I have to quiet her down and let her know that no honey you know take them for walks, it is for when they are outside in the grass. I told her that Timothy could be her guinea pig and she was thrilled. Going to teach her about caring for him. Well gotta get my day going. Updates will be coming soon.
Hugs Dusty

Bit late in posting these pictures, life just seems to take over at times. My daughter Trish had a great 40th birthday party at our home. It was in January. The kids had a great time and Makaila sang a special song to mommy. Hugs, Dusty

Tyler, Makaila, Sean and Adam....

Family pic: What a group LOL....

Mommy and Makaila can't wait to sink their teeth into the cake.....yummy, of course everyone wanted the roses to eat! Best part!

Birthday Gifts Done

Well, we were going to celebrate my daughter, Trish's 40th birthday last Sunday. Due to colds and my daughter not feeling well we postponed to this coming Sunday. I am delight to report that I got her felted tote done along with a nice scarf and some fingerless mittens. The mittens were allot of fun to make. The kids will be here tomorrow to help get the decorations up and wrap presents. Our daughter Michelle will be having a birthday the end of February, so I gotten get my knitting needles clicking again. I have her tote halfway done. She will also get some fingerless mitts. Hubby just informed me that he would like a pair also.

Here are the pictures of her stuff... Hugs, Dusty

Tote Progress

This is the progress thus far on my daughter's tote. It is ready for the next step, felting! I have to get a zippered pillowcase on Friday. I am anixous to see how it felts up. So far so good on the knitting end of it.

The pattern for this simple bag can be found here:

http://www.philosopherswool.com/Pages/FeltedBags.htm

I did mine two sizes bigger, cast on 116. I wanted it to be roomy. I hear that they shrink more in hieght than width.

Working on another one that was supposed to be a gift but I like it so much I gonna keep it, going to make a market bag for her instead.

Well my baby girl turns 40 at the end of the month, I hope she likes the tote, where did the time go! More Later, Hugs, Dusty

Christmas Was Awesome

Christmas was once again awesome. Time spent with family and friends, it just does not get better than that!Adam and Makaila did a wonderful presentation once again this year. They said songs, and even had others join in on some of the songs. IT was so much fun!!!!!

Here are a few pictures of the kids making some homemade gifts of fudge and chocolate covered pretzels. Grandpa got a peggle game and loves it.

Well our girls have upcoming birthdays, Trish in Jan and Michelle in Feb, time to get started on their gifts...going to attempt to make some felted bags.

Hugs, Dusty

Have To Brag On My Sister-In-Law

WOW, would you look at these wonderful hats!!! A couple of years ago I taught my sister-in-law Ginny to make hats on the Knifty Knitter Looms. Well let me tell ya, she just took off with it and became better than her teacher LOL..I am so proud of her. She makes several for gifts and gives lots of them away. What a blessing it is to have her in our family.

Hugs, Dusty

My Latestest Adventures

Wow it has been a long time since my last post! Shame on me LOL. What a busy summer and wow it went by so quickly. The kids had a great time over the summer and Adam was baptized in the lake in late August. What a thrill that was, trying to get mommy to get me the pics so I can post it.

Makaila's birthday is the 19th but we celebrated it yesterday. She has a sleepover with 7 of her girlfriends and they had a blast, soon pics will be posted. She turned 10. On Sunday we went over and gave her our presents. Here she is in her new crocheted hood/scarf.

Even Grandpa got in the birthday mood LOL.

I also have been busy making up some potholders as gifts. They are so easy to make and they are well received.

Well time to get busy with more craft stuff, going to make some hats.

Hopefully it will not be long till my next update to my blog. I do hope everyone will have a great Christmas. Hugs, Dusty