A day to myself

Today I get a day to be by myself....
Well, almost by myself if you count being in the company of the cats and my favorite little bird, Cucoo.

Jimmy is off to spend some time with his sister Addie Mae who is in the hospital in Winchester. She fell and broke her hip in two places about two weeks ago and it wasn't discovered that the hip was broken until she repeatedly kept telling her doctor that something was wrong, and that she was NOT getting better after two weeks. The two breaks did not show up on two previous x-rays and finally they did some kind of dye test and confirmed that indeed something was terribly wrong. So today she is scheduled to have a partial hip replacement and I can't be there because I'm not feeling well. I'm sneezing constantly and blowing my nose, have a slight headache, sore throat and well, just all that yucky stuff.
I was also supposed to spend the afternoon and evening with Megan, meeting her new beau. We were supposed to go out to eat and then to a movie together along with Sharon and maybe Zac if he could make it. Now all that's canceled too, but not just because I'm not feeling well, but because of the weather....rain changing to ice and then maybe some snow as the day progresses. It's been pouring rain all morning and the cats have only gone out briefly to take care of business and then have come right back into the house.
I'm working on a doll blanket for myself with left over yarn. Cucoo & Jybow are checking it out and making some suggestions of where it should go. Jybow thinks it ought to go in her bed and Cucoo doesn't care where I put it...he's got his muffler and that's all he cares about...that and his birdseed.
The cats have also been quite helpful today. They've been busy dusting the tables for me except for Daisy, who refuses to help out and has just turned her back on any suggestions of work. That's okay, because she usually does the dusting all by herself on most other days anyway.

Rainy days are the appointed days for cleaning house around here, but Jimmy's gone, and I don't want to leave him out of all the fun, so I'm just going to busy myself with doing things that I like to do....and that certainly is not doing housework.

I just noticed how quiet it is around here. It's so quiet in the house that I can hear the birds chirping outside my window. The cats must be asleep, because I don't hear them chasing each other around the house playing their little cat games of hide n seek, and let me pounce on you. How peaceful it is without the background sound of the TV which is usually on when Jimmy is home. If I don't get up from here and quit blogging I'm going to put myself to sleep.

It's too bad that everyone in this world can't live in peace & harmony and get along. The only time I think that everyone is getting along is when I don't watch or hear the news.

What's New....

The newest addition here is this little camera, very much like my old camera...handy, small and fits right into the pocket of my jeans. This little camera is slightly thicker than my old camera, but this only makes it easier to hold. Although I would REALLY love to have a much nicer one with a big lens and great zooming abilities, that's not practical for me and I know that I would not carry it with me at all times. Since I've always carried my little cameras in my pocket I sometimes use them to take pictures of the row I'm parked in, or of some item I want instead of writing it down...you can even record something you want to remember when you don't have pencil or paper handy. I also use it to take pictures with...that's another benefit, hehehe.
These next two pictures (above & below) are of mufflers or scarves to keep your neck and ears warm in the cold winter months. I've been using some of my left-over yarn to make these with because it doesn't take much to crochet them...one 7 ounce skein.
Jimmy says that they are much too long, and maybe they are, but you can wrap them around your neck a couple of times, including your face & ears. Suzanne is prone to ear aches, so the blue & white one is for her and I told her that it was an "ear blanket" that I made for her to wear when she goes down to the barn to feed the horses.

This is the beginning of another baby blanket and since I'm crocheting baby blankets we probably will have a dry spell of babies. This one I'm making for Megan. It's to put in her "Hope Chest" for the future. Megan is barely 18 right right now and my youngest granddaughter and by the time she settles down, gets married and decides to have babies I might not be able to crochet her a baby blanket at that time. You just never know what the future holds, so I'll make what I can now, while I can.
Megan's blanket is complete (above) and ready for its final inspection by Jybow. Jybow says, "It's Purr-fect," and gives her okay.

Hostile take-over of the blanket.

Daisy wants the blanket and Jybow is telling her to get off of Megan's blanket, and to get off of it RIGHT NOW!

A couple of days ago Sharon sent me this picture of Megan and her brother Zac on their skiing trip. They go skiing once or twice a year, usually around Christmas, but it was delayed this year. They always have fun and I don't think anyone has ever broken any legs or anything...not even their mom, who is accident prone like her mother. hehehe

No more news except to say that Jimmy & I have gotten over that lingering cold that we kept exchanging between us. It finally got tired of us and left...probably thought we were too boring. Since we have been bug free now for several days, we can now have visitors. Whooopie!

Peanut is here watching U.K. Wildcats play basketball with her dad and Megan will be coming over after the game for a visit and a bite to eat. Chris is still hanging on to life, but a decision is waiting to be made to remove her from life support. Her husband does not have an easy decision and I wouldn't wish that decision on anyone having already been put in those circumstances myself. Please pray for Chris and for the decision that is being placed upon her husband's shoulders.