HAPPY HALLOWE'EN!! Save Me Some CANDY!!

SO, HOW DID EVERYONE DO..? Will I have to make a "Dental-Intervention" on Your behalf..? -- Perhaps, *provide* You with some "Assistance" in a little Covert-Confectionary-Cover-Up... Hey! I *KNOW* how to do "STASH"! -- [..that's YARN-Stash!]

Anyway... I'm STILL *busy* with the CROCHETING! Didn't get AS much Stuff *done* as I would have LIKED! Got a tad Side-Tracked with some End-of-Month-Monday-Junk... aarrrgghhhh!

I have to get BACK to IT all, NOW... In the Meanwhile, *enjoy* a couple of HOLIDAY Pics!





LITTLE PRINCESS BIG-RED'S
"HALLOWE'EN COSTUME" Last Year...



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I Need To Hire More ELVES!

SERIOUSLY!!

I only managed to get a Partial "Audit" of My INVENTORY done Today - I NEEDED the Time to *actually* MAKE a "Few" of The WASHCLOTHS that *have* to be Completed!

TOMORROW'S TASKS -

• Finish the WASHCLOTH Audit
• Put together *more* COMBO-Packs
• Make as Many of the Needed Colours as there is Time to!
• Prep for SISTER'S Return...

Yeah, She'll be BACK In-Town "Some" Time on Tuesday!

IF, it's at "Good" Hour, FATHER and I can Drive to the BUS STATION to pick Her up. However, if it's ANY "when" near RUSH HOUR, then, I'll have to take a "Regular" BUS There to get Her... Strangely enough, it'll be Easier that Way.

Whatever, it's *doubtful* that I'll get *any* Sleep THAT Night - We have to be ON the Buses AGAIN by 7:30AM on Wednesday to GET Her to the AIRPORT! -- I might just BRING some Yarn and My HOOK to get a BIT of Work DONE on the Trip Home!

Anyway... THESE are the Lastest... Oh. The FABRIC was a Half-Meter of COTTON that I got Yesterday. Not a "Pattern"-Style that I would Normally Purchase - even at ITS Sale-Price - BUT, IT was just hanging onto ITS "Tube" BEGGING Me to BUY IT!

REALLY...

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Wiping Along In "WASHCLOTH WORLD"

CONCENTRATING on WASHCLOTHS Now... Going to HAVE to DO "The INVENTORY", Tomorrow! And, *maybe* START on putting a Bunch of My 3-Cloth Packs together...

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I Am *Such* A SCARF-"MOM"!

JUST "BOOKED" MY "BABIES" for Another "SHOW"!

IT's one of My "Regulars" - however, I couldn't do IT Last Year as I had already been Booked ELSEwhere... Sooo HAPPY that I can Attend THIS Time!

The Venue is at a Nearby SENIORS' Home, with only a Handful of "Vendors" - [Who are Relatives or Friends of the Residents]. There aren't Busloads of Customers - NOT enough Parking for that! Just
"The LOCALS" walking by... and, BUYING!

The SALE'S primary Goal is Selling BAKED GOODS, mostly PIES... Which, "GO" quite Quickly!
-- COME EARLY!!

CHECK The SIDEBAR later for *DETAILS*...

Meanwhile, been BUSY Today with Other "Prep" Work...

Only a WEEK to go until My First SALE! Gonna be HECTIC!




I *finally* got to Finish THIS up!

Calling IT "CORAL BARK" - done in RED and BIRCH.



As well, I managed to get a Few WASHCLOTHS done too. They will be My main "Creative" Focus right up to the Last Minute!


-- The ELVES are certain to "ask" for OVER-TIME...





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**WHAT**?!! - There's a "BACKUP"-Brainwashing-Bunny..?!!

..NOOOOOOOO...!!!

My POOR "BUDGET"!!

The GOOD NEWS - Because I spent *just* over $50., I got a 10% Discount! Sweet!

The BAD NEWS - *I* SPENT *OVER* $50.!! -- Well... at least IT covered The TAXES. Seriously. THOSE BUNNIES, are "Economically EVIL"! And, to think, I *only* Bought from The SALE TABLE!

Anyhoo... HERE's *WHAT* I "acquired" at KNIT-KNACKERS, Today!

Keep in Mind, that whole "PURPLE-HUE" Problem... Those Bits of "BLUE"-Bag, are ACTUALLY a
"PURPLE"! As well as, the "FUCHSIA-PINK" Balls are more of a LAVENDER... And, less Shiny! IT's the 50% SILK in Them that does "That" I suspect. -- The "other" 50% is MERINO. Got 3 Balls.

Picked up 3 Balls of the PEACHY-Mix [BOTTOM-RIGHT] - 50% MERINO - 25% ALPACA - 25% SILK.
-- Both are from TURKEY.

The TOP ONES are PERUVIAN "WOOL" - Hand-Dyed. I liked the Shading... The PEACOCK One is a little less Intense. Only found 2 Skeins of IT and 3 of the Other.

I **HAVE-GOT-TO-STOP** BUYING MORE!!

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[STOP Snicking, FAIRY-T!! I can Hear You over The POND!]

What The ELVES Have Been Working On Tonight...

..AARRRGGHHHH!! NUTS! I missed Winning a $100. on Tonight's LOTTERY by ONE Number!!
--But, wa-ait... YES! Got $7. on My OTHER Numbers! WOOHOO!!

HEY! DON'T **TELL** The ELVES! -- They'll want IN on My "Action"... And, *more* CANDY CANES! The Next Thing you know, They'll be Demanding Snow-Cone Insurance...

Oh, and just, DO NOT *GET* Me started on The-"WooHoo!-We-Can-FLY!"-REINDEER!!
-- Freaking-ELK-Wannabees...

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**HAPPY "FIRST" BIRTHDAY, LITTLE PRINCESS BIG-RED**!!

...ONCE UPON A TIME... Like LAST YEAR!...




DAY 1 - [ABOVE] - Coming in at 10-Pounds-2-Ounces!


DAY 5 - [RIGHT] - Already into the
"FASHIONISTA" Animal Prints...

TODAY,

A *YEAR* LATER...

"NOT-SO" LITTLE PRINCESS BIG-RED is currently in the 30-Pound range...?

Whatever, SHE weighs a Ton! Comes with Teeth... And, a Healthy Set of Lungs!


Favourite "Sport"
-- Playing with Cell Phones and Tossing Them into Toilets!

Anyhoo, I was at COSTCO, Earlier...

And, Spotted THIS -->

IT Reminded Me soo much of LPBR!
-- I'm certain that there is a Pic
"somewhere" of Her with Shades on...

Whatever. Since Her MOM is always
"Dressing" Her *UP*, I thought that this "Leopard-Bling" Ensemble was *PERFECT*!

IT's to be Her CHRISTMAS Present. -- DON'T TELL HER!













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PARTY-HOT!!

THIS IS THE MOABOALOHA that I had *almost* Completed Yesterday...
"PARTY-HOT" in GUAVA and that *new* Colour I got the Other Day - MAJORCA.

- [NOTE - These are Colour-NAMES that *I've* given Them!]

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..thud..thud..thunk..thud...

*WHAT* IS MAKING "THAT" NOISE...?

A) - The *FREEZING* Water Pipes when a Tap is turned on.

B) - Small Body-Parts fracturing OFF because of the FREEZING House Air.

C) - My Head pounding against an "Imaginary-WALL" in ELDERLY-PARENTAL-UNIT-*HERDING*-FRUSTRATION!

D) - HOUSE-Parts reacting to the FURNACE **FINALLY** being TURNED ON!!


You know, I really do NOT "enjoy" THIS Time of Year... Truly.

• The WEATHER is USUALLY Cold, WET, and/or outright Inconveniently MISERABLE!
• Always, UMPteen Things that HAVE to be Done *before* WINTER.
• Prepping for This and That... AND, for My Upcoming CRAFT SHOWS!! - [SEE The SIDEBAR - *Tell* Your Friends!]

About the ONLY "Good Thing", is LITTLE PRINCESS BIG-RED'S **FIRST BIRTHDAY** on Tuesday!!

Otherwise, "REAL LIFE" is kinda Hectic and just a tad Crappy at the Moment... just saying...

But, HEY! -- I *did* manage to get some CROCHETING in Today. I'm about 95% done on Another MoaBoAloha. Will definitely have "BABY PICS", Tomorrow!

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Sibling-LESS SALE-ing

WELL, SISTER LEFT This Morning to Stay with Her PRINCESS-PROGENIES. -- Her Long-Time-School-BFF, Who lives just past Said Destination, was *VERY* Kind in coming ALL the Way "Here" to pick up Her and the subsequent Trunk-FULL of Shopping-Expedition-Trophies!!

Not long afterward, MOTHER and I Ventured over to TRAINYARDS to get back "on Track" with Our Usual SATURDAY-Sorties... MICHAEL'S was First on "The LIST"

...wasn't there was *Something* about a 25% OFF Your ENTIRE Purchase..?

Oooo... RIBBON for a Dollar...

Too *much* Time was spent There... Then again, IF SISTER had been *with* Us - I'd probably *STILL* be THERE... "BLOOGING-LIVE"!

We managed to thread Our way to WALMART -- Didn't Buy ANYthing, though... I have to Say, Their "YARN"-Section is looking mighty Pitiful...

The Afternoon was getting ON, and so did We. Time to head to THE MALL... Oh, BTW, *despite*
the intriguing Assortment of CLOUD-COVERAGE, The SUN *did* make the odd "Appearance"!!

...at least, I *think* IT was The SUN..? Difficult to Say really, what with all of the "Bright & Shiny" THINGS falling out of The SKY of Late... And, the Mind-NUMBING Temps!

Oooo... BUY ONE, GET ONE HALF-PRICE Sale on YARN...

Sweet! I have enough "POINTS" to get a $10. Gift Card, too! -- IT'll cover the TAXES on the 6-BALLS I've just Purchased... [..hehe!..]

Well, going to get at The KNITTING again, Tonight...

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Bargains AHOY, SALE-er!!

**ENOUGH** WITH THE RAIN, ALREADY!! 

Okay. So. The FEMALE-SIBLING-UNIT has now been Immunized as well. The HOUSEHOLD is currently "PLAGUE-PROTECTED". -- Unfortunately though, NOT from the RAINDROPS and EVIL-NEIGHBOUR'S-TREE-LEAVES that continue to Breach the "Residential Force-Fields"...

I Blame it ON The SQUIRRELS! -- Living IN Said FLORA.

After, Our brief Visit at The Doctors, SISTER and I popped into One of Grocery Stores along The Way. The Sought-After-Sale-Item There turned out to be the Wrong Size... So much for That
"Bargain"!

We headed to the Nearby Strip-Mall with the OLD NAVY Store... She hasn't been out Spend-Festing for a few Days, so I had to let Her "PLAY"...

I haven't been to THAT One for a while - was looking kinda "sparse" in There..? Despite that, I *did* manage to pick up some rather Nice Seriously-Marked-Down Cotton Sweaters. Oh! AND, I also Remembered that I still had one of those CUSTOMER-SURVEY-15%-DISCOUNT-RECEIPTS... IT covered The TAXES!

We were Back Soon enough, so that The ELDERLY PARENTAL-UNITS could use The CAR, and do Their "THING"...

Anyhoo... This Evening, I decided on Returning to The KNITTING. - Just as a Change of Pace..? Got a "FEW" Rows DONE! -- IT TAKES SOOO LONG!! -- BUT, I just *HAD* to DO Some of IT...

..you know..?

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I Just *SAVED* "X"-Much Money Today!

"..HOW..??"

Well, it was quite Simple really... I "RE-Scheduled" My Regular DOWNTOWN "Appointment", hence, preventing Me from being Spending-Controlled by KNIT-KNACKERS' "JEDI-Mind-Tricks"-Store-BUNNY!! Besides, Yesterday's YARN Delivery *should* tide Me over until Next Week...

-- wait... Did I *actually* just SAY that..? ha! Yeah, right!

Anyway, I elected to STAY Home as the WEATHER was just too Lousy to be "Busing" it! -- We had a LOT of RAIN and Wind-STORMING Last Night! Branch-Bits and The EVIL-NEIGHBOUR'S-TREE-LEAVES **EVERYWHERE**!!

And, then, there's the Part of Working "around" and Getting The ELDERLY-PARENTAL-UNITS "ready" for Their Short-Trip - [just down the next Street] - to get FATHER's FLU-SHOT done!

-- SISTER eventually wised-up to stay CLEAR of the Chaos!

She *hasn't* BOUGHT ANYthing in TWO DAYS!! The "Signs" of WITHDRAWAL are beginning to Appear...

Later, I Whipped-Up Another ONE in This Colour... I think I'm going to Refer to This DYE-LOT as "BARN-LITE".



I'm also Naming IT -

WILD-RICE...


I've decided to Keep
"BLUEBERRY-MUFFIN" for Myself.

-- I wore That ONE Yesterday, since IT "went" with What I was Wearing...

And, it does Help with SALES to DO that SORT of THING...

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Bubonic-Bugs BEWARE!!

MOTHER and I, have been IM-MU-NIZED!

We got Our Annual FLU SHOTS. Still have to get FATHER to His Doctor's for His... And, since She'll be Here for a couple more Weeks - spending Time with The PRINCESSES - We've "convinced" My WALKING-PLAGUE-WAITING-TO-HAPPEN-SIBLING to get Hers on Friday! -- nuts! Means I'll have to be up Early... hate that...

Anyhoo... BEFORE We went "Jabbing", My Expected-PARCEL *Arrived*!! YAY!

Almost missed IT! I didn't hear the POSTAL-LADY knocking, and just *noticed* Her Truck out the Kitchen Window...

"...what?!" -- Really? "HST" on Something from ANOTHER Country?!! Despite, NO "DUTY TAX"??

And then, the poor POSTAL-LADY is freezing Her Fingers because the silly Wireless-Card-Reader is wonking out... Meanwhile, I had to wait until LATER to OPEN My "MAIL" up as I had to get ready to Leave...

BTW - FYI...
"IF" Any of You-NOT-In-CANADA ever have a *need* to MAIL Anything to Me, PLEASE, "Mark" IT as a "GIFT" and with a LOW "Value"! Oh, and *NEVER* via a "Courier-Service" - [especially UPS!] - CUSTOM-HANDLING FEES are CRIMINAL!!

...huh...I've never Seen THAT before...

While getting The CAR out, I noticed Two Crows having "Lunch" on the Curb-Grass across the Street... When suddenly, They started "Cock-Fighting" each other!?! Then, flew off... -- Someone must have Bad Pecking-Manners.

After Our JAB-FEST - since We *were* close-by - We stopped over at The SALLY-ANN. MOTHER picked up some Interesting-Cheap-Yarn, and I found Another BALL of that COTTON Yarn from My Previous Visit - [SEE 08OCT2011 POST]. Also, a Yard of quite Lovely Thick-Quality COTTON FABRIC.

From THERE, a Grocery-Stop, and on to THE MALL "Pilgrimage" before Heading HOME...

THAT's the FABRIC in the Background. Mostly Striped with the Rosebuds placed widely apart. We were "Thinking" that IT would make a rather Pretty APRON -- However, We wouldn't want to get IT "DIRTY"! ...hmm...Perhaps a SCREEN..?

So. There's The "JULIA" Yarn... Designed by KRISTIN NICHOLAS of GETTING-STITCHED-ON-THE-FARM. [SEE 05OCT2011 POST] - I bought 2-BALLS of Those COLOURS, which are actually *more* on the REDDISH-Tone side than what the Camera AND The-Ordering-Site SHOWS!

I was aiming for "VIOLET" PURPLES... No matter, IT's BEAUTIFUL Stuff!!

And, just MAKES Me *WANT* to KNIT!! However, I have TONS of CROCHETING to DO *First*! Which is SOOO much Faster!

I suppose that since, I've never been Skilled at READING Patterns, and prefer to CREATE My Own,
the Speed of Crocheting allows Me to Complete a Design much more quickly! -- What I refer to as
"VAN GOGH-ing it"...

While "KNITTING", is more "DaVINCI-ish"... Methodical. Some Design-Strategy... FOREVER...!!

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