Just for Laughs

I came across this video of Chondra Pierce the other day and it's hilarious.   If you've never seen Chondra Pierce she's a Christian comedian and seriously one of the funniest ladies in the comedy business and this is one of her best. 

A New Blog

I've mentioned on here before that I've signed up to review books from Booksneeze.  At first I thought that I would just add the book reviews to the homesteading and crafting stuff on this blog but I changed my mind.   I've decided that the book reviews, since most of these books are neither craft nor homesteading related, would be better placed on their own blog.   So I created Lamplight Reading which will be the permanent new home for all of my Booksneeze book reviews (say that five times fast) from now on out. That way, those who are interested in the book reviews can easily find them and those who are not so interested in the book reviews can skip them altogether.  

Little Flower Headband

Oldest just got a brand new yellow dress from my MIL which she loves but she had nothing to go with it, including nothing to put in her hair.   So she asked me to make her a headband for it.   This is that headband.

For the headband itself I used the Jordyn's Headband pattern from crochetville.  Except I used a G (6) and I omitted the last row in the pattern to make a slightly skinnier headband.

For the flower, I substituted the one from the original pattern with a flower pattern from Mr. Funky's Super Crochet Wonderful Book and again used the size G hook and the small flower pattern. 

Tomorrow we have big plans to attend the fiber festival in town and the arts and crafts show that is going on at the same time.   Should be fun and exciting.  I'm going to try to remember to take my camera so I can snap some pictures to share later. 

Really we should be getting much needed projects done around the house instead of galavanting off to the fiber festival.   Younger Brother's graduation is in 2 weeks and we still haven't finished painting, still don't have the house straightened up, still don't have the weeds pulled out of the flower beds, still don't have the carpets pulled up yet and the new floors down, still don't have the grill set up, still don't have the charitable stuff taken to the church shelter.  We DO have one of the freezers cleaned out (we were able to find families in need in the area and donated over 100 lbs of farm meat, vegetables and fruit to them which is great but it took awhile) and we were finally able to get the new dishwasher installed, thank you DH and we have finished some of the housework.  So much to do, so little time.  DH only has one weekend off work before the graduation so it looks like we'll be asking friends for help with some of these projects.  

"The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder

New Books

I think shopping online is way to convenient.   It's addicting in a way.   I can sit here, in my pajamas, at 10:33 pm., spending money without ever having to leave my chair let alone my house.   Now I see why QVC was so popular with my mother and her friends.  

During my latest online shopping excursion I nabbed two really cute crochet books: Mr. Funky's Super Crochet Wonderful and Tiny Yarn Animals: Amigurumi Friends to Make and Enjoy.

The critters in these books are so cute.  I just have to order the eyes from Etsy and I'm gone. :)

I also ordered two books for the littles.   Good Night God  and Where Does God Live? both by Holly Bea.   I don't have any pictures for them, sorry.  They're cute though and the illustrations are great. 

Now...more shopping awaits me ;)

 

Uplifting Video...Fun too...

Ok folks, this is a Christian video talking about issues from a Christian perspective. So if that's not your thing then feel free to skip this one, but don't worry, I'll be posting some more general audience stuff later on.



This video was brought to my attention via friends on Ravelry. I personally think she busts it up (that's younger brother's way of saying "she does a really good job").

Man it Stinks When Doctor's Don't Take You Seriously

So, I had a major sinus infection during the middle of last week.  Obviously, I went to the doctor.   Unfortunately I had to see a different doctor than my usual family doc because my usual family doc had given birth recently and was still on maternity leave.  He was a nice guy, a smart guy.   I told the guy that I have a history of tachycardia (inappropriate sinus tachycardia, in case you were wondering).   He proceeds to tell me that my tachcyardia is probably stress related, ie. it's all in my head and schedules me an appointment so he can do a psychological evaluation after my sinus infection is cleared up.  He then prescribes me an antibiotic, one that can cause complications in people with cardiac arrythmias.  Such as fast heart rates that are particularly stubborn and do NOT want to slow down despite multiple injections and a continuous slow drip iv of antiarrythmic medication.  

Sooo,  I took ONE stinking antibiotic pill and got a complimentary 3 day stay at the hospital, 2 blown veins, a cardiac CT scan, chest x-rays, ultrasounds on my legs (to check for blood clots), and plenty of nappy hospital food.   My heart rate did eventually return to normal but now I have to stay on a heart med prescription until I can get in to see my regular doctor because it's one of those fun medications that you have to be weaned off of.   At least it's not making me as dizzy today as it was yesterday.   And...now here is the positive part...it afforded me some more time to work on my crochet kitty for my daughter's friend and my knit sweater for Youngest.  Even though I'm not finished with either yet (don't judge me.) I'm much further along.

Do you own sheep and pigs?

Raise pigs for their meat and sheep for their wool?   Well, boy does mother nature have the solution for you!   You can combine your inventory.  Reduce the amount you spend on feed, increase space on your homestead for other animals/projects!   Do away with that old, tired system of raising a seperate pig and seperate sheep, opt instead for a sheep-pig!

I really thought this was a joke when I first heard about it but apparently they are 100% real.  They are called manglitsa.  I had no idea.   Apparently they are pretty tasty although I don't know how great they would be for fiber....

EDITED TO ADD:  The story of sheep pigs is apparently trending on Yahoo now.   I must be ahead of the times! lol