well...*THAT* only took Me about a **MONTH** to get around to DOING!!

hey! DON'T LOOK *SO* SHOCKED!! -- I don't CALL Myself THE PRINCESS-of-POSTAL-PROCRASTINATION for NOTHING!!

right. sooo... My APPLICATION for My CRAFT-TABLES at This Year's CAIRINE WILSON HIGH SCHOOL CHRISTMAS SALE is **FINALLY** on ITS "WAY"!! -- oh! BTW, the "SALE" is on NOVEMBER 16TH! - BE THERE!!

I'll get around to putting a "NOTICE" up on THE SIDEBAR... Later...

Anyhoo, IT wasn't an Especially "Exciting" Day... Just did some MONTH-END-CYBER-STUFF... Got a bit of KNITTING done between Sluggish-Screen-Refresh-Rates and Watching DVDs... Did My HAIR... WRACKED My BRAIN trying to REMEMBER *HOW* to FIX this *stupid* CURSOR-CRAP, *and* to Find SOMETHING to Bloog-About for Tonight!

hm.. "Interesting", isn't IT, on How THAT always seems to EVENTUALLY *Solve* ITSELF out, huh?

At any rate, in Effort as to NOT *BORE* You COMPLETELY, HERE's a Little "Something" to LOOK *AT*! -- Just a SAMPLE of Yesterday's RIBBON-Purchases...

Except for the YELLOW One, I got TWO-ROLLS of EACH, and THREE of the PINK... That ONE on the FAR-RIGHT is actually a VIOLET-Colour with BLACK-SPIDER-WEBS on IT...

"HALLOWEEN"-Stuff is *already* OUT!!

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POST 1111 - [say..do those "ONES" look a little *too* Pointy..?]

TODAY'S "KEYWORD" -- *NEEDLE*-work... - [sorta...]

hmm... The SUN was OUT. WARM, but *not* Humid. And, with a Pleasant BREEZE...
-- A *PERFECT* Day in which to "Poke-In" on *The VAMPIRES*!

I had some Regular "Bloodwork" to have done... AS, did MOTHER... Although, SHE *wasn't* the ONE having *only* WATER for Breakfast!! -- THANKFULLY, She was Ready-to-Leave WHEN I was! And, that TRAFFIC was Light and PARKING was actually to be FOUND!

Despite a little nearby Grocery-Shopping thrown in, We still managed to get Back HOME within a HALF-HOUR! - [shock!] - Then, it was a quick "BRUNCH" for Me and We were OFF to MICHAEL'S...

NOT a Lot happening There, Today... I just Added to the RIBBON-*HOARD*... [Blame IT on the Blood-LOSS and 20%-OFF-Coupon!]

Meanwhile, seeing as IT was TUESDAY and "SENIORS'-DAY" at VALUE-VILLAGE, We headed on over There...

WHERE, I found These THREE "NEEDLE"-WORK SCREENS - [8.5x11" on the INSIDE] - for
90-Cents-Each after Discounts and Taxes! -- They're in Great Condition!

SOMEDAY, I'm going to HAVE TO "Dig-OUT" My THRIFTY-TAPESTRY-"THREADS" and *DO* One of THESE CANVASSES!! -- I'm kinda liking that One with the Pansies...

To Complete My "CHINTZY"-Purchases, I also Acquired THIS METER of Quilting-Quality COTTON FABRIC for $1.80... I've got absolutely NO CLUE as to *WHAT* I'm going to DO *with* IT - But, IT's NICE!

Well... MUST stay "on Point" and get back to My Knitting-*NEEDLES* now...

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so. While I go Looking for Another Ball of GREEN...

...FOR THE *CURRENT* HAT, I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST GET A HEAD-START ON THIS *NEXT* ONE!

BTW, there will be an Additional "SURPRISE" COLOUR joining in LATER!!

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ah! I can ALWAYS *Count* on FAMILY...

..TO HELP COME "UP" WITH *NEEDED* BLOOG-"MATERIAL" -- *Especially*, when My COMPUTER starts to ***SUDDENLY*** do Something *STUPID*!!

[just SISTER getting Photographic-EVIDENCE that The SUN had shown up!]

As in, RIGHT NOW!! -- *seriously*??!! -- I'm having that CURSOR-INSERT-PROBLEM again!! - And, CAN'T *REMEMBER* "HOW" I Fixed IT *LAST* Time!!

-- aarrrgggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

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"NEEDED": WALL-*SPACE*!!

THAT ART-"CURATION"-GENE WAS ON THE *SHOP-FARI* AGAIN...

Being TEMPTED by the Several Worthy CANDIDATES for My "5. & UNDER"-THRIFTY-ORIGINAL-ART-COLLECTION that had crossed My PATH Today...

Alas, as ALLURING as THOSE TWO "$6.99" Ones at The SALLY-ANN were, They also had a tad TOO Much "MINOR-DAMAGE" and GRIME to make *Exception* to My current COST-"Criteria"... A Pity... One was actually on the OLDER side and from ENGLAND!

No matter... I made up it with The ABOVE WORK...

BTW, Remember LITTLE-OLD-ASIAN-NEIGHBOUR-LADY from Several Weeks ago..? - [SEE 19MAY2013 POST] - Well, We were Back THERE again...

Actually, She's had a Few MORE SALES since Then... We didn't get Anything at Them, BUT, *should* HAVE - MOTHER keeps harping about the Small-POWER-HAND-SAW that They had Last Week which She had Passed on!

Whatever... THIS was Where I had Picked-Up The PAINTING for $5. - after "Negotiations"...

MOTHER - [a Former ARTIST and somewhat Skilled-COPYIST] - *hates* IT! And, to be Honest, I'm not exactly *drooling* over IT, either... HOWEVER, IT *is* almost 60-Years-Old and in FAIR-Condition... LOCALLY Done, and, well, You know... "$5."! -- Besides, I don't believe that MOTHER has ever been a great "Fan" of the "IMPRESSIONIST"-Style anyway.

At any rate, "WHENEVER" the Day comes that I can Display "THE COLLECTION", THIS ONE will nevertheless "BLEND-IN" just Nicely with The OTHERS...

LATER ON, over at The SALLY-ANN, They were having Their MONTHLY-AUCTION.
-- We didn't Stay, as We still had OTHER-Stuff to do... Although, upon reflection, I Wish that We HAD! - As there had been a LARGE "Rural Winter" PIECE that had Caught My Attention which had been MIS-Numbered, with NO "Paperwork" in the AUCTION BOOK!

I really would have liked to have Known *HOW* Much IT had eventually gone FOR! -- IT would have made a rather Lovely "DECORATIVE"-Piece... AND, have went well with a Couple of My Previous - [SEE 15SEP2012 POST] - *ACQUISITIONS*!  - nuts!

Then again, I probably *wouldn't* have been ABLE to FIT IT "into" THE CAR!! - Not to mention, PAST FATHER!

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Just in a bit of a Stitchy-Rush...

...TO GET TO BED!! - MOTHER wants to Leave *EARLY* Tomorrow... yeah. That'll happen...

ANYHOW... I managed to get a Few More INCHES done Today. Almost 2/3 through...

oh! And,

**HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAJOR-M**!!

ALOHA!!

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Branching-OUT...

I PROBABLY "PAID" MORE THAN I NORMALLY WOULD HAVE...

..BUT, *HOW* COULD I RESIST??!!

Afterall, This 10-Inch STARFISH DISH from VALUE-VILLAGE does Combine so many of My FAV Attributes...

• The AQUATIC-Hues of RECYCLED-GLASS.
• *IS* GLASS!
• A "FISH".
• Is USEFUL as well as Decorative.
• The HOT-"BEACHY"-Weather has waned This Week, I needed a "SOUVENIR"!

I had the COSTCO "MILK-RUN" to do. And, to Pick-up some Stuff that I had FORGOTTEN to the Other Day... Otherwise, I kept My EXCURSIONS on the Shorter-Side...

A "GOOD THING", as I got HOME *just* IN Time to "spot" FATHER's "LUMBERJACK" *ACTIVITIES*!! - [This is the PART where MOTHER was NOT Amused with Him being on a Ladder..?]

Anyhoo... A Fair-Sized LIMB is now MISSING from the JUNIPER-TREE and, no longer Leaning against the Roof. -- And, THANKFULLY, *didn't* cause any DAMAGE on the Way DOWN!

Although, I SUSPECT that a Number of the LOCAL-FAUNA will be a tad Peeved!?!

hmm... I was just Thinking... I'm probably going to get MORE SNOW-DRIFTING on the WALKWAY now..? -- crap!

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For My MOST Favourite "LITTLE BO-PEEP"...

...Of former "JULIA" YARN *INSPIRATION*! - [the Plum-Coloured HEARTS are made of IT] - The YARN has been Revamped under Her MOM's Label of "COLOR By KRISTIN" from CLASSIC ELITE YARNS.

CHECKOUT KRISTIN NICHOLAS' Lastest POST - *HERE* - for MORE DETAILS! -- And, OTHER COOLNESS!!

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"Temporal-Coordination"

-- BEING AT THE *RIGHT* PLACE, AT THE *RIGHT* TIME!

AS IN... Getting HOME about 15-Minutes *EARLIER* - [and, bringing IN the Laundry] - BEFORE the rather-LOUD-THUNDEROUS-FLASHY-WINDY-HAILish-20-Minute-DOWNPOUR had STRUCK!!

WHEW!! -- **FELTING** might have OCCURRED had I been CAUGHT in IT!

The New "MARTHA-STEWART-CRAFTS"-ROVING was ON SALE at MICHAEL'S... I only got a FEW, as the BALLS are somewhat *small*! - However, I Liked THESE SHADES... Some of the Other COLOURS were similar to Her "MERINO", so I didn't bother to get Them.

Actually, IF I Remember Correctly, I think there were some LAVENDER Balls Last Week..?? - If so, They are ALL GONE! -- pooh!

ANYHOO... *Another* SCORCHY-DAY! - Although, there was a BREEZE and the HUMIDITY wasn't as bad at Times as IT has been... sorta...

Had the ODD Errand to DO. Some GROCERIES... AND, **FORGOT** to Pick-Up SOMETHING *IMPORTANT*!! - crap...

Of course, IF I *had*, THEN I *would* have gotten "DROWNED"!! -- okay. so. Perhaps the "Memory-LOSS" was a GOOD THING..?!

MEANWHILE...

**HAPPY ANNIVERSARY,
BABY-BRO & MAID-MARE**!!

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Oooo!! - A **PRINCE**!!

SWEET!! -- *CONGRATS* to ALL of My U.K. and COMMONWEALTH READERS!!

well... I can't Say that *MY* Day could even *begin* to TOP all of THAT -- so, I won't even try... Instead, You can have a PEEK of the CURRENT "PROJECT"...

Besides, I have a BUSY Day Tomorrow... MUST at least "attempt" to get some SLEEP!

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Some of *WHAT* SISTER has been UP to Lately!

...BETWEEN THE MANY, *MANY* "OTHER" THINGS THAT SHE DOES!!

Meanwhile....

**HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOUNTIE-MAN-S**!!

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hmm... IF I had Another ONE...

...I COULD PROBABLY MAKE A BENCH..? -- IT would certainly be STRONG enough!

Anyhoo, THIS WINE-RACK was My ONLY YARD-SALE-FIND-of-the-Day! -- From $5., I got IT down to $3.50!


Made of Quarter-Inch-CHROME, IT weighs a TON! -- I don't own any WINE, but at *that* Price and Sturdy-Design, I couldn't "pass" IT UP!! - Besides, I was Thinking that I could probably Incorporate IT into My CRAFT-SHOW TABLE DISPLAY..??









Whatever... I'm sure that I'll come up with SOME "USE"!





Meanwhile...

We only Found TWO SALES and an "ESTATE" One... THAT Place had Several VINTAGE Pieces of WELL-WORN FURNITURE. And, ARTWORK - which, for the most part, *wasn't* in the Best of Conditions... A lot of "Moisture"-Damage.

Overall, the Items weren't nearly as well-kept as Those from that Last ESTATE-SALE of a Couple of Weeks ago - [SEE 06JUL2013 POST] - Not to mention, MANY of Today's Offerings were on the Pricey-Side... Although, there were a Couple of ARCHITECTURAL "Elements" that had caught My Eye. BUT, were not "Removable"... nuts!

Afterward, We headed for LOBLAWS for some *FREE CAKE* - [because IT was "NO-TAXES-DAY"] - and, so MOTHER could a bit of BOTANICAL-"RESCUE" at Their GARDEN-CENTER's "Closing"-SALE... For $1.50, We HALF-Filled the TRUNK.

**THANKFULLY**, however, NO WAY near AS much as a Few Years ago! - [SEE 25JUL2010 POST] -- WHEW!!

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HOW-TO-MAKE-*RAIN*: Lesson 1100

SEND THE ELDERLY-PARENTS-UNITS OUT TO *SHOP*!!

Honestly! -- IT Works! -- About 3-Minutes after THEY pulled out of the Driveway, SWEEPING-DOWNPOUR! ..and, LIGHTNING. THUNDER. WINDS... THEY eventually Returned *between* the Bouts!

Thankfully, that STAGGERING HUMIDITY has abated! - For the MOST part... And, there was a really NICE SUNSET!

MEANWHILE...

oh. HEY! - BTW, "THIS" is Straight-DAILY *POST-1100*!! -- [WOOHOO!]

..*IF* IT ever gets OUT!! -- The INTERNET has been CRAPPY *ALL* Day! -- And, PINTEREST..?? - IT won't "accept" ANY Direct-UPLOADS from My Computer!??
-- What the FRAK is up with THAT??!!

ARGH!!

This Morning's Last Night's FOUR-HOUR-FIASCO with PHOTOBUCKET was NUMBING enough!!

So. You'll have to FORGIVE Me for any LACK of PICS for Today! -- I'll need the Time to Catch-UP on some SLEEP!!

As well as, get a Start on the NEXT "PROJECT"..?!

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"AHOY-HATTIE"!!

WELL... WE'VE FINALLY GOTTEN A SPOT OR TWO OF RAIN!! -- Although, the HUMIDITY is *still* HANGING ON!!

MEANWHILE....

"AHOY-HATTIE"!!

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btw, "just saying" -- PHOTOBUCKET really *sucked* Tonight!!

-- seriously?! It took 4-HOURS to UPLOAD these PICS!!

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You can ALWAYS Tell...

...THAT there's going to be a LONG-DRY-*HEATWAVE* -- *WHEN*...

• *WINTER*-CLOTHING shows up at COSTCO. In *JUNE*!?
• My FUR STORAGE Bill shows up! - [BTW, I haven't "seen" My COAT in almost a Decade!]

...THAT there's going to be LOTS of SNOW -- *WHEN*...

• The "LAWN-CARE"-GUYS seem to have You on SPEED-DIAL!?

...THAT there's going to be RED-LIGHTS at *EVERY* INTERSECTION -- *WHEN*...

• I need to get to an Appointment ON Time!

...THAT I have a LOT to do the Next DAY -- *WHEN*...

• It's 3AM and I *don't* have a BLOOG-Subject to Write about!
• And, if I do, some CYBER-crap *slows* down EVERYTHING!
• oh. look. The SUN is coming UP!

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WOOHOO!! THR333333333333333333...!!!

yep! IT'S THAT *TIME* AGAIN...

HAPPY *THIRD* BLOOG-IVERSARY

TO **ME**!!

And, "HOW" did I *CELEBRATE*??! -- Why, spending pretty much ALL Day in the Just-Slightly-COOLER-BASEMENT!! -- It was absolutely STAGGERING UPstairs!!

We actually just *missed* a "Record"-TEMP by a few Photons! -- The HUMIDEX was hitting 41C!! - [106F] -- Closer to 110F *in* the HOUSE! The LACK of *ANY* Breeze, did NOT "help"...

Anyhoo... I DID get a LOT of KNITTING Done!! - I'm at least 2/3 through THE HAT. Hoping to be Finished by FRIDAY..?? maybe...

well.. MUST be to Bed... I have an "EARLIER" Day for Tomorrow. NEED to get *some* SLEEP!! -- Try not to make TOO much of a MESS "PARTYING"!

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