Trouble

I am having trouble posting photos here as I can't seem to scroll down and type what they are.  Don't know what the problem is ............ Maybe it is blogger, or my IPad ..... Couldn't possibly be ME.

Today I had Elizabeth for a few hours in the afternoon.  She loves to go outside so it was a lovely day and Shay had come over to mow the lawn so out we went.   I was digging up the little flower bed I have in the back yard.  I have rocks surrounding the bed and weeds growing in it.  I was digging out the weeds and tiding up the rocks.  The weeds and small rocks were going in her little wheel barrel ( I don't have a big one) and Elizabeth was putting small shovelfuls of dirt in the wheel barrel.  Then she discovered the rocks I was throwing away, picked them out and placed them inside the circle of large rocks.  Then she preceded to cover all the rocks with dirt.  Not exactly my plan but nothing I can't fix.
When Jill arrived to take her home she didn't want to go as I think she figured we would stay outside for ever.  After we went in the house and told her that I wasn't going out again she agreed to go home with her Mom.
I am on row 18 of my "Epic" shawl and I have about 1" of knitting to show for it (211 stitches/row).  It will probably a little longer once it is blocked.

Issues with Picasa

Yesterday Picasa and I were having issues as it WOULD NOT accept my new photos .............. Today the photos are there................. MURPHY.  GO LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
 So here we go again, these are the little sheep clothes pins I bought for $1.00.

This is my " Dinner at the Eiffel Tower Shawl" . I took this for show and tell as well as another shawl , hats and mittens

Fabulous weekend

Dotty, Gail and I went to the DESERT MESA RETREAT in Cache Creek this past weekend.  Dotty drove so Gail and I got to knit.  We arrived at the retreat about 1:00 or so after stopping for lunch at a rather chilly rest stop............ Not that there was a not chilly rest stop.   Lynn had seats marked out for us with these lovely bags she bought for us. Gail's said " See Gail Knit", Dotty's had cats on it and mine said "A Fat Quarter is not a Body part."
Sheila and I agreed that rather than the gifts we have been getting each other we should only spend .50 - $1.00.   So I found  these for $1.00.

I don't believe it

First my Husband and now the dog.  You know how Husbands are,   " What are you doing? " ............. "When are you going to be finished?"  ................. "Are you going to come and sit with me?" ..............
..... Well now the dog has started ......... I get up, wash, brush hair and teeth, dress and go into the kitchen.  Charlie wants out so I let him out. Then he has to bark to let all the neighbours know he is up.   This is not allowed so I have to stop what I am doing to get him in .................. Now he wants a treat for going out ( thanks Jill for starting this).  Then he needs his breakfast in his dish.   Not that he is going to eat it now.  Oh yes he can't possibly eat dry dog food so it has to have some form of liquid on it ,  usually warm water. Cold water smells of chloride and that is not acceptable. Oh yes the reason Charlie is not eating his food now is he is waiting in the hopes that there will be people food.  Elizabeth is usually his go to source. She now thinks he is going to eat anything she drops be it rubber ducks, plastic cookies or pencils.
Meanwhile back in the kitchen I am working on what ever I was doing before I had to let the barking dog in......    Charlie on the other hand is barking at me to go into. The living room and sit with him.  When I finish what I am doing we go into the living room and sit down in my chair .............. Charlie
................... Who was desperate for my company climbs up into his chair and promptly goes to sleep.

I finished my " Diner in the Eiffel Tower" stole but need to take a photo.  Am knitting a hat out of the handspun I made from a colour way called " licorice all sorts" ( very black).   Both these items will be Show and Tell at the spinning retreat this coming weekend.

Dotty has decided to knit another " epic" shawl so several of us are going to join her.  We are making Gail join us as well,  just because.   I am going to do this shawl in a royal blue.

It is going to be a challenge for me but will be beautiful.

My Sisters have gone. my Sisters have gone, My Sisters have gone....

My Sisters and I had a wonderful time together. When we were young we were too far apart in age to play together but now that we are all adults with families we are having a great time together.  We went to the second hand shops, Coquitlam centre , Westminster Quay, Maple Ridge Mall,  Chapters, Jackies Quilt Shop.  Had lunch at Lorraine's one day,  dinner at Cory and Aaron's , Janice treated us to dinner one night and I stayed in the motel with them one night.  Oh yes we also went to Fibres West and  Wendy bought knitting needles, bodkin s and some silk  hankies.
Jill and Elizabeth came over every morning and Shelby even graced us with her presence twice.
The Girls said they were going home to have a rest besides we were out of wine and chocolate. Tuesday afternoon I had a 3 hour nap and went to bed at  10:00. I wouldn't want them to think I couldn't keep up.  Oh yes and we had lovely weather while they were here.
Nice day today and I was thinking of doing some yard work but haven't managed to get myself together yet.
Yesterday the dentist office phone to say could I come in right away as the crowns were in and he was going on vacation for 10 days starting Thursday.  Went rushing into the dentist and he put the crowns in and took impressions for the partial.  The partial should be ready in about 2 weeks, meanwhile I am eating liquid or soft foods ................... Maybe I will lose some weight.  That wouldn't hurt. Last night I went to knitting but didn't feel too social as I was tired,  the dentist visits always stress me out.
I am trying to get my "Dinner at the Eiffel Tower" before the Spinning Retreat.  I need something for "Show and Tell".  The retreat is still 2 weeks away so I should have it finished.
Time to go get something done.  Have to go to the grocery store today and somewhere else that I can't think of at the moment.

My Sisters are coming, My Sisters are coming, My Sisters are coming

I haven't got a date yet but they will probably come next month.  I am so excited.  We have so much fun together and laugh a lot.  Meanwhile I had better do some house work!

This weekend Sherri, Lisa and I had a girls night at Margaret's.  Lots of fun, laughter, wine and chocolate. Lisa  wanted to put blonde steaks in her hair and Sherri decided Margaret and I should get rid of our grey hair.  Fortunately she didn't want to pull out the grey hairs, instead she and Jeanette (Margaret's daughter) went to the store and came back with hair dye.  Here they are.

I survived

Hard to believe but I did survive that trip to the Dentist.  I have had some very bad dental experiences in the past and some bad dentists but I actually like this dentist. I saw him again Friday as my mouth was still quite sore.  He said there was a slight infection but I didn't need antibiotics unless it got worse.  He recommended drinking and rinsing my mouth with camomile tea.  He said that it was a very good herb treatment, but he would write me a prescription for the antibiotics if I wanted it.  I was not to fill it unless the area started feeling like it was pulsating.  To shorten this story I came home buying camomile tea on the way.
 I go to the Dentist again this Friday.  Just a side note .......... His receptionist is a knitter.
On the knitting note I have finished my Simple Lines Shawl. I would post a photo of it here but I don't know how to do that with my IPad.

And talking about that .......... Coffee seems to be a hazard around here.  The other day Bill went to get up from his chair.............. OH have to tell you that he uses the top drawer in the side table as a flat space so it is always sticking out.   He also has one of those chairs that lifts up to assist you in standing.     Now he moves the TV table his computer sits on to the right ( same side as the coffee table) .............. Pushes the button to raise the chair ............... Tries to put his quilt to the right side but the drawer is in the way so he has to put the quilt on the drawer .............. This knocks over the lamp ............. The lamp falls forward hitting his coffee cup ( that he insists keeping on the TV table) ........
The coffee cup tips over dumping its contents all over his computer.  I grab the computer tipping it upside down to drain out the coffee. Bill is standing swearing at the lamp.......... Then I am busy telling him if he did as I told him and put the coffee on end table this wouldn't have happened.

Needless to say the computer couldn't be fixed so Jill found him another one on Craig's list.
It is newer and has way more memory so it may have been a blessing in disguise.   Tuesdays are seniors day at Value Village so we went and found this small computer table, on wheels , with two  shelves and a little round bit the pulls out the side where he puts his coffee.  It is 6 inches below the computer and I have the TV table as my little 3 legged table finally bit the dust.

While we were at VV I found two sweaters to recycle.  One is cashmere in a cream colour and the other is merino wool and angora in emerald green. The green one is all apart just need to skein the 2 balls Jill did.   Haven't decided what I will do with this yarn yet but think  I will put several strands of the cashmere together and make some fingerless gloves.  Dotty gave me some recycled cashmere in a green that DD2  loves so think I will make her something out of that yarn.

No Jill or kids the last two mornings and I am having withdrawal.  I am sure tomorrow they will be here so I will survive.  Well that's it for today.  Am going to frog sweaters or knit or spin or play silly games an my IPad.