Made one more...

dish rag. This time it seems to be knit right. However I found that I really don't like the color changes in it, so I just used a variegated cotton yarn. I really like the way it came out so I think I may make a couple of more of them. (also the mop covers that match.)
Feeling much better, and have started to reduce the amount of pain medications I am on finally. I really look forward to not being asleep or dizzy.

Dust?

Well, the entire town seems to be doing fire clean up. I had been thinking that the dust was heavier than usual until I touched a microfiber dust cloth to it. As it turns out, it is smoke residue. Everywhere... just everywhere... having to rewash the entire house is going to be a chore.
The heat wave still seems to be with us and the temperatures remain in the high 90's to low 100's. So the M.S. is really getting in my way. I have spent most of the last three days in bed on pain medications. So I am having no fun at all. I am getting some knit dishcloths done though.

Here is a picture of the yuck that is coating the town.
Ewwww! I think you can see my finger prints in it!

Waldo Canyon Fire...day four

I don't seem to be doing much at all. I think the entire town is in shock.
Bless the fire fighters who are making such a valiant effort to keep this fire contained.

Fire...

I have not gotten much time to devote to the blog the past couple of days. The Waldo Canyon Fire is taking much of my attention. I have a friend who is evacuating and I have been helping out a bit.

Projects that are on going are the knitted shawls and the granny squares... I just seem to always have these projects going and have for a few years.

I am going to be having a crochet along brunch on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month just to keep my social time going.

Fresh Start... again...

I have been distracted far to long.
I have a brunch that meets twice a month now that is concentrating on crochet. I have not gotten pictures posted to my computer yet so they should be up tomorrow.
I have discovered that I am addicted to aquaponic gardening. Small scale on the cheap while I learn... by fall I expect to start a small commercial business up with it.
Everything from staying prepared to homesteading is going on full blast. I will catch up with some of it I promise.

Horribly overgrown gold fish pool number one.

Absence...

They say it makes the heart grow fonder...however I feel like I am a slacker! My son has a very severe illness and is in need of a double lung transplant now. He has been released from the hospital after a month and a half in the pulmonary care and intensive care units. It is going to be a long haul for us I fear.

I believe that I am going to be posting in here a bit more often as I am going to need to have the sanity break.

The picture is of two of my grand daughters working on a pirate crazy quilt from Crazy Rebecca's (Etsy) while we wait for my son to come out of surgery.

Every Tuesday... right...

I am just not trying hard enough to hold myself to a schedule I think. The MS seems to think that I don't really need one. LOL

With the many people I know in town who are a bit freaked from the continuous "sorry folks ... we ruined your budget" news. (up to and including stationing the military around the country to control riots if there is a collapse) I have to say... why does anyone listen to the fear porn that is going on around the air waves anyway? Why not just be ready to take care of you and yours for a short period of time as has always been The American Way ?

Having a stocked pantry isn't hard, you just have to buy that extra something when it is on sale and put it on the shelf. You use what you store, you store what you use, and you never have to panic when company drops in at dinner on how to expand it to feed them.

You don't have to go to the extent of having a years supply on hand, although I think it is wise. I would suggest a good radio with weather and emergency bands. You should have some food and water to get you and yours through a week or two in case of real emergencies... remember Haiti?

Katrina ring a bell for anyone?

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