This is the way we play, way we play, way we play.....

I am in the mountains!!

I am with five of my best girlfriends. 

I am going to SAFF!!!!!!!

More pictures to come!

EXCITED!!

:-D

Right Now

Right Now I Am....

Loving the crisp fall weather that allows me to have hot tea and a fire going. 

Loving plotting and planning my next crochet make. 

Loving snuggles with Persephone. This is one kitty that loves to lay in front of the fire. 

Loving deep jewel tone fall colors. 

Right now I am loving Autumn. 

What are you loving right now?

<3  jenn

Not to Panic....yet

     I will not panic is my new mantra starting tonight. 

     You see, in October; the first weekend in October to be exact, there will be a wedding. 

     I am making the shawl for the bride to wear. 

     How far along should I be? I had hoped to be done with the main part by now and working on the edging. 

     I am so not nearly done with the body of the shawl yet. 

                   I will not panic. 

   I will be done with the shawl in time. 

                          I will. 

   I have to. :-P

     I do love my little cozy corner with my cute, old chair and my Fantastic bookshelf. I love tea cups and teapots.

     I love having my Tardis teapot right where I can see it every day. I do use it once in a blue moon too. ;-)

     This shelf is also where my crochet and embroider books are too. It makes it so easy to get to them if I want to look up anything. 

 

     Are you rushing to finish a project in time?

I need to make lemonade...but life is so hard it won't even give me the lemons just now....

Ever had that kind of week?

Month?

Year?

It just seems like you can't catch a break?

Well, we haven't hit a truly hard rock bottom yet with our finances, but dang if we aren't close. 👀

I have been applying for all the receptionist/admin assist jobs I can find in my area, and I'm about to apply for the basic retail jobs because I need an income as of yesterday.

Not getting any calls for interviews, or getting a call back after the only two interviews I have had is starting to break apart my self esteem so badly. 

Sigh.

I'm trying to make lemonade out of my lemons, but right this moment all I have to work with is the water.

Water....           Dreaming about water means that you are dreaming about emotions......

Speaking of water, hubby and I went out last Friday and explored a park that I hadn't been to yet.

We had been getting quite a lot of rain last week, so the water was just gushing down river.

Fast water...I love it!

Dudley Park in Athens is part of a Greenway project that I think show how well urban areas can keep green spaces that allow people to enjoy nature.

Pretty art and benches.

Water...flowing by, ever changing and yet looking the same.

Fast river water. Majestic.

Tall stately pillars...

Old historic railroad trusses. 

The shawl's progress report...

The first stage of the pattern has gotten long enough, so I have started the main body of the pattern. Once I've gotten that done, then I'll do the final edging. 

I have to say that working with Juniper Moon Farm's  Findley yarn is a dream! It's so soft and I am so in love with the color!

So, I'm off to pluck away at the shawl.

Ttfn

Jenn

Crochet, tea, ramen, Grace, and Harmony

I love hot tea. I always have. I love coffee too, but tea is for pleasure and caffeine, where coffee just doesn't give the same jolt of pleasure that spicy, mellow, or traditional teas give. I most often make my tea in this:

It's old. It's my Mrs. Tea-pot. It makes a pretty great little pot of tea. It came with a little white ceramic teapot that I use once in a while. 

Then there is my "spot". This is where you are most likely to find me sitting while having my tea and crocheting lately.

I love my growing collection of teacups and teapots. I love my little "grannie chairs". This is becoming my spot to try and refresh my sense of Harmony. It's where I plug in my phone and listen to Pandora and ponder what Living with Grace means to me and how I can keep spreading the ideals of living with grace and the ideals of Chivilary to others. If we could just learn to not hate. Learn to not hate those that are other, different from ourselves. Grace, Harmony, and Chilvilary.

I'm on the job hunt again. Have been for a month now. As such we are trying to squeeze blood out of our pennies. So it's been a ramen week for us. I've been playing with different ways to fix mine. 

Tonight's was was to add a spoon of peanut butter, along with a spoon of butter. This was yummy. I'll add some heat by way of cayenne pepper next time too. Maybe shrimp, or chicken and peppers....

I've been working on my near mindless crochet today too as I try to not get caught up too much in the spewing of sides on the internet with the current affairs. I love this yarn.

Noro kureyon color #40. 100% wool, so I am planning on felting this when I'm done. 

I am almost done since I am now working on the handles. I won't have enough yarn to add a pretty scalloped edging, but I think the colors will make it pretty enough with out the added details.

I'll also likely line the inside with a bright water paint frabric once it's felting. I'll know what size to make the lining then. 

I'm just going to go back to my yarn now. Sitting in my spot, enjoying harmony. Hoping for the world more Grace and Harmony as well. 

Ttfn

Jenn

Right Now...

Right now, is coffee time at the crack of dawn.

     Coffee. Beach coffee. 

Right now is wishing that my beach trip with my girlfriends didn't have to end today. 

     Toes in the salty sandy water. 

Right Now...

     Right now my sewing basket is waiting on me to finish sorting, cleaning and packing so that I can finish altering my awesome bargain find dress.

     The lovely red/cream stripes, the sing to me of warm summer breezes on the beach...

Right now I'm packing to join a gaggle of great girlfriends at the beach! I think my hubby can manage foe four days without me. 

And yes, I am packing two crochet projects to take with me. ☺️

Beach!!!

What's your Right Now?

Jenn