A post from the Past: January 18, 2009

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January 18, 2009

JANUARY 19 is my daughter Sierra's angelversary.  I want to remember her with some photos.


Sierra Carol  January 28, 1983 to January 19, 2007     She was 23 years old when she died.

Sierra Christmas 2000, a few months after her daddy died (my hubby).
This was our first Christmas without Richard. Usually we would decorate the house from top to bottom. Here we are so sad that our tree hardly have any ornaments on. Usually it is full of handmade ornaments from years of children making them and myself making them or collecting them. But we didn't even get out any of the old things.


  Sierra & Alexis 2006.   She died a few months after this photo.


1983 Sierra and I when she was only 6 months old. She was so beautiful. 


Sierra & Carol in Madrid Spain 1998

I miss her greatly.  Peanut misses her more.  You are always in our memories Sierra and forever in my heart.
Your mom Carol 

A post from the Past: February 3, 2009

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February 3, 2009


Today is Richard's birthday.  He would have been 56 years today. He died when he was 47 yrs.
I sure do miss him. He was my boyfriend when I was only 15 years old. We met in high school.  We married 3 years later. I was 17 yrs & 11 months old.
We had 3 kids.  He was my best friend and I really wish he was here with me now. I am so tired of being alone. I have Peanut with me but I mean as an adult I am alone.
  He was my first big love. He was my first to make love with. He was my everything.
He is burried with our daughter Sierra.  It all sucks.  Why am I the only person I know who at a young age has 2 close family members die?
 Tomorrow will be a better day. Jesus gives me strength for all the tomorrows.

A post from the Past: February 14, 2009

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February 14, 2009



I haven't written in a while.  Today was Valentines Day so Peanut and I headed up to "The Ranch".  At least it use to be my chicken ranch.  Now my son and his wife are buying it and building a house on it. The chickens are gone and the chicken buildings are taken down.  My kids have put up corals, and a small chicken coop for their pretty barred Rock hens and some brown hens.

They had 2 horses but as of today they have one.  She is a sweet horse that Anne (my daughter in law) is training for riding.  Anne has a gift with horses.

It snowed at The Ranch yesterday and last week up to 2 feet. Can you believe it? Snow in So. California?  But they are nestled in the foothills there and it gets cold.  So today was sunny and the snow had melted. There was mud everywhere.  Peanut was having so much fun playing but she was a mud ball.  My 2 grandsons aka her cousins were there.

There is a new addition to the family.  Yesterday Roland and Anne brought home 2 Barbado sheep.  She called them Hair Sheep.  They do not have the kind of hair that you would shear.  They have hair like a goat. But they are sheep.  I heard Virgil Baa.  Yes, they are boys and their names are Virgil and Wyatt.  They are only 2 weeks old right now.  Since they are boys they will get horns that curl around.  They will get big like a regular sheep.
They are being bottle fed so that they will be super tame. Virgil and Wyatt (Earp) will be pets. They won't be for meat.  So that is why the will be hand fed and cuddled.
Here are the pictures of these cute little boys with their new parents, (my kids) Anne & Roland:

A post from the Past: February 17, 2009

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February 17, 2009

Today this box was in my mailbox. It was a surprise gift from Monkeyspinner. She went to school with my daughter Sierra. She use to come and talk about chickens with Richard. She is studying Fiber Arts and Science (I think). She traveled to Peru last Christmas to visit friends and did a little shopping. She sent me and Peanut, aka Jelly Bean some goodies.



Right now I have Peanut in bed and I am enjoying a tasty cup of hot tea of canela & clavo which is cinnamon & clove. It's yummy. Peanut and I tried some of the chocolates. Yum. The big bar of chocolate is for making hot cocoa. The directions are in spanish. hehehehe The little coin purse is made in Peru. It is embroidered with a little bird. It is for Peanut. She was so happy that she sat down and wrote a thank you to Autumn. She wrote that she likes the present and that she likes Autumn and Autumn is like you. Then she drew a picture of a tree with orange leaves on it. She's funny. Ok, NOW feast your eyes on the Baby Alpaca yarn on the left of the picture. Isn't it beautiful? 



 The Baby Alpaca is a beautiful shade of Burgundy. Like rich red wine. It is so soft and yummy. I can't wait to knit up something very pretty with it. Thank you so much Autumn. Your so sweet. I have been putting together a little package to send up to Autumn and have been slow in getting it in the mail. So now I feel bad that I was slow. Oh well the rain is suppose to be gone tomorrow and I will run to the post office. Thank you Autumn. The candies and Alpaca and Tea and purse are so nice. 

A post from the Past: February 22, 2009

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February 22, 2009

Here are some finished projects I have been knitting on. I haven't posted in a while so there are a few.

Pattern: Queen of Beads by Sivia Harding
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts-Socks that Rock Light weight- Merino
Color: My Blue Heaven
Beads: Blue/teal
From the Rockin' Sock Club - Blue Moon Fiber Arts
January sock 2009
And here they are in my new Dansko shoes.   They look so cute I want to wear high water pants to show them off. LOL

Here are a pair of socks I knit.
Pattern: Basic Sock. Ribbing cuff down, Stocking st. on sole. K1,S1 heel.
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts-Socks that Rock- light weight Merino
Colorway: The Cookie Next Door.
 I gave the socks to my dear friend Karen.


I Knit a hat.
Pattern: High Peaks Hat by Anne Hanson
Yarn: BMFA Socks that Rock- Merino
Color: Jubilation in heavyweight.
 I think I look bad in a hat so I might give this to my granddaughter.

I knit a pair of socks for my son Roland's birthday.
Yarn: S.R. Kertzer- On Your Toes 4 ply. Wool & nylon.
Color: Grey/tan/white
I didn't use a pattern. I did ribbing then just stockinette stitch. I did an eye of partridge heel.

Then I made a pair of socks for me. I knit them during the Christmas trip to Idaho. It only took me 6 days, my all time record.
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts, socks that rock-merino
Color: Chapman Springs.
Pattern: Ribbing all the way except the sole. Heel flap K1, S1
Cuff Down.

Here is a hat I knit.
Pattern: none
Yarn: Handspun BFL
Spun by: Peanut, 7 year old girl
Knit by: Grandma, Carol

I knit 2 mitts.
Pattern: Fetching
Yarn: Knit Pick Bare wool- Hand dyed by me-Carol
Dyed: plants in my yard & onion skins

I also knit a scarf.
Pattern: Irish Hiking Scarf
Yarn: Malabrigo worsted merino
Color: Velvet Grapes
This was a Christmas present for my daughter in law Bambi.


I have several other projects that are works in progress.  I need more time to knit.  Don't we all? 

A post from the Past: March 10, 2009

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March 10, 2009

I have a few finished projects. Here is a scarf. I love this scarf. I can't stop looking at the colors. The yarn is Noro Silk Garden. It is Silk, Mohair & Merino wool. I used 3 different colorways




Then on the weekend I stayed up way past midnight because I was spinning. I was spinning some Blue Face Leicester (BFL) wool. They are very cute sheep, a breed developed in Northern England. Then I 
2-plied this yarn. The fiber was from Crown Mountain Farms. Here is my finished yarn. 






Now my latest project is a sweater. Yes, wool again but it is so pretty. We still have some cold days, remember June Gloom? Anyway this morning the temperature was 45 degrees F. This sweater is made with heavy weight yarn of Socks that Rock merino wool. The color is called My Blue Heaven. Yes it is the same color as my beaded socks. I like this color. I still have the sleeves and body to knit. It is going pretty fast because the body and sleeves are a lace pattern.




This sweater has 3 buttons at the yoke. I am looking for some wood buttons. I do have other projects on knitting needles. I am just really trying to finish this sweater first. The other projects are a pair of green socks. A lace scarf and a pair of alpaca fingerless mittens. 4 projects on needles. And I want to start more. It is addicting to start projects. I love them all. 

A post from the Past: March 24, 2009

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March 24, 2009

Well first with the good news.I made a decision to move to Idaho this summer. I had to wait to get permanent guardianship of my granddaughter Peanut before I could move forward.  Now I have complete custody. The dad is in jail. And we only have one more obstacle.  That is to get permission from the judge to leave the state.  I got an e-mail from my attorney today and he said that he doesn't anticipate any problems.  Pray for us please.
What I want to do is let Peanut finish 1st grade here. Last school day is 6/11 and then move to Idaho and she can begin 2nd grade in Idaho in mid-August.
I want a smooth transition.  I know that there will be a lot of work to do to get this done.
If you have any moving tips or advice please leave me a comment. If you have tips or advice on moving with kids, leave me a comment too.

Ok, so here is my latest Finished Object, FO.  They are crocheted. Yeah I left knitting for 2 days.  I like how the crocheting changed the way that STR yarn looks.  I think the mittens look like Indian Corn.
Pattern: Drops Crocheted Mittens with Wavy Border.
Size: small
Hook: D
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts, Socks that Rock meduims weight
(150 yds. or .4 skein)
Colorway: Count chuckula
Mods: I knit 7 rows of 2X2 ribbing at the wrist.  Also I only did 2 rows of ruffle.



Here Kitty kitty....here kitty.

LOL, no kitties were hurt in the photo. My hand is about 6 inches above her head. If you look closely you can see she is licking her foot.