tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54742721052882190822024-03-13T14:01:59.687-04:00marthaceliaMarthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-49894781074031203072009-10-08T18:57:00.005-04:002009-10-08T19:30:21.737-04:00final package from Robin<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Ss51PYAVAaI/AAAAAAAAALQ/I9r1B_LWTts/s1600-h/sp4+003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390374711011377570" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Ss51PYAVAaI/AAAAAAAAALQ/I9r1B_LWTts/s400/sp4+003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Ss51HvaIyDI/AAAAAAAAALI/O-U8EjsMJcc/s1600-h/sp4+004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390374579854690354" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Ss51HvaIyDI/AAAAAAAAALI/O-U8EjsMJcc/s400/sp4+004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Ss50usD9U1I/AAAAAAAAAKw/Ho5bA-KSrqY/s1600-h/sp4+002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390374149459628882" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Ss50usD9U1I/AAAAAAAAAKw/Ho5bA-KSrqY/s400/sp4+002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Ss50uBry0bI/AAAAAAAAAKo/fxP4v1ChqCM/s1600-h/sp4+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390374138083987890" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Ss50uBry0bI/AAAAAAAAAKo/fxP4v1ChqCM/s400/sp4+001.JPG" border="0" /></a> I found the @#&*@$**% camera so here is my thrid and last package from Robin, my super pal!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-25205041120818211842009-09-19T23:08:00.003-04:002009-09-19T23:13:31.782-04:00doggone itI missed a week again, but I had a bad week, Last Friday, not yesterday, my two co-workers and I were called in and told that there would <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">definitely</span> be a change in the next couple of months; one of those changes was definitely our job would be taken into another dept as our calls were so far down It may be possible, they don't know, that we could apply for a job there. No guarantees there would be a opening, or that we would be <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">chosen</span>. Happy recession.<br /><br />anyway, on a better note I have almost got together everything for my final package. I hope my partner will enjoy it. <br /><br />Have a great Sunday.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-18604155026257503542009-09-03T21:15:00.003-04:002009-09-03T21:22:29.217-04:00Mea CulpaI didn't realize I should blog once a week, I thought it was a month, so I am sorry. However, my summer has flown by, but i had a lovely vacation week where all of my grandchildren were around. I cannot find my camera again; it is because I take such few pictures and I don't know how to overcome this problem. Also when I posted on my second package i forgot one of my favorite things, a woolly sheep tape measure. I know my swap mate couldn't know how much the crossword books would be when she sent them, but when my daughter was in the hospital for surgery and then the next day when we had to go back twice to the er for an allergic reaction, it sure helped pass the time.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-32188149134370818662009-08-22T20:48:00.001-04:002009-08-22T20:51:22.923-04:00my second packageI got my second package this past week, and once again I can't find my camera (in my own defence it is very small, and I take few pictures) so I won't have a picture until I find it! I got four skeins, yes four, of the loveliest greenish blue (that's my description, and am not good w/ colors) 220 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">yds</span> each, a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">candy</span> bar which was gone in a minute, 2 crossword puzzle books.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-7823388775770077052009-07-16T22:54:00.008-04:002009-07-16T23:08:26.382-04:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Sl_rDjbnNzI/AAAAAAAAAKg/U4VatxCxVFM/s1600-h/012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359260527877371698" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Sl_rDjbnNzI/AAAAAAAAAKg/U4VatxCxVFM/s400/012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Sl_qnoQuNnI/AAAAAAAAAKY/wS53hfFNEq8/s1600-h/013.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Sl_owjcxnzI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/WjtoqaRw-74/s1600-h/013.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Sl_okoQ9zyI/AAAAAAAAAKI/stXzPqXYeoo/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359257797575692066" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Sl_okoQ9zyI/AAAAAAAAAKI/stXzPqXYeoo/s400/006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Sl_oO0nh4sI/AAAAAAAAAKA/2btinIIVNk4/s1600-h/005.JPG"></a>I was a very lucky secret pal because my pal sent me my first package already and it arrived on Monday!!! I have had a crazy week and therefore didn't get this up and posted. My grandchildren came to visit on their way home from the shore and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Elizabeth</span> posed with all my stuff. Two books about making <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">bags</span>/purses, cables for my interchangeable <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">knitpicks</span> needles a book mark <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">which</span> is on the far right in front of the knitting book and to the right of the cables. </div><br /><br /><div>After we did this we all had a Barbie fashion show to keep her busy while Sarah and I talked. Then we posed them and took a picture of the models and Elizabeth the designer. I promised her I put that on my blog as well.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-21035755786679883972009-07-12T15:47:00.003-04:002009-07-12T15:50:47.762-04:00Williams sweater<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Slo-PIN45QI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/9neeYIwmVm4/s1600-h/026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357663136335324418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/Slo-PIN45QI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/9neeYIwmVm4/s400/026.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Here is Williams sweater and I finished it just in time to go on vacation w/ him. It is made of cotton <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">acrylic</span> mix both child and mother friendly. I made it a bit large to get more wear. Also it is knitted from the top down and there was ABSOLUTELY no sewing together. </div>Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-52255214621963969192009-07-02T21:20:00.003-04:002009-07-03T18:18:46.916-04:00secret pal 14 <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">questionnaire</span><br /><br /><br />Thursday, July 2, 2009<br /><a name="5532447472932669078"></a><br /><a href="http://secretpalxiv.blogspot.com/2009/07/questionnaire-for-sp14.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Questionnaire</span> for SP14</a><br />Here is the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">questionnaire</span> for SP14. Please be sure to post it in a spot on your blog where your pal can easily find it. Since your pal will use this to help create your packages you'll want to have it posted to your blog no later than July 10<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">th</span>, but sooner would be better as it can be helpful to us in selecting your pals.<br /><br />1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?<br />wool, cotton, none I really don't like<br /><br />2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in?<br />well I treated myself to the new ADDI <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">interchangeable</span> in the Bella needle storing bag and the rest in covered baskets<br /><br />3. How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">intermediate</span> or advanced? I started when I was 8 but started really knitting in my early 20s, made an afghan out of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">variegated</span> and navy blue wool squares while in high school. I consider myself <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">intermediate</span> to advanced. My Mom taught me; as a little girl I first tried to knit at the shore while my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">cousin</span> Eileen (who is 80 y.o. today) knitted argyle socks for her boyfriend, now her husband. Knitting these socks was all the rage for young high school and college girls in the 50s. She said he wore them--I asked not so long ago.<br /><br />4. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?<br />I have an Amazon <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">wish list</span>, almost all of it is mystery books<br /><br />5. What's your favorite scent?<br />well , I don't know the base scent, but I wear CURVE by Liz <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Claiborne</span> so I guess it is non-flowery as any flowery candles, or flowers themselves, or <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">potpourri</span> make me sneeze and cough. I like the smell of vanilla and cinnamon etc.<br /><br />6. Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy?<br />anything chocolate , but never coconut<br /><br />7. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? Do you spin? none others really<br />play my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">DS</span>.<br /><br />8. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD) I like rock and roll and some of the new stuff, but I rarely listen to music<br /><br />9. What's your favorite color(s)? Any colors you just can't stand?<br />I love fall colors, esp oranges, also red, green, favorite <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">shades of green</span> either light lime or hunter, far a part shades I know, & also purple.<br /><br />10. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?<br />live alone, have a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Labrador</span> retriever<br /><br />11. Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos?<br />mittens<br /><br />12. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?13. What are you knitting right now? I like to make sweaters and afghans and now love to knit bags, esp. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">felted</span> ones.<br /><br />14. Do you like to receive handmade gifts? yes indeed<br /><br />15. Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Bamboo, aluminum, plastic? circular exclusively, easier on my joints, and not real fond of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">plastic</span> 16. Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift?<br />no<br /><br />17. How old is your oldest UFO?<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">ok</span> I can brag here, my oldest UFO is six months!!!, before that I had a sweater that was started two years before I finished it in Feb 2009<br /><br />18. What is your favorite holiday? What winter holiday do you observe?<br />Christmas and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Thanksgiving</span> are my favorites<br /><br />19. Is there anything that you collect?<br />bookmarks<br /><br />20. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What knitting magazine <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">subscriptions</span> do you have?<br />INTERWEAVE, VOGUE KNITTING, can't think of anything right now. I love unusual tape measures<br /><br />21. Are there any new techniques you'd like to learn?<br />yes, but I can't remember it's name. I plan to take a class on it, it is where you make different small squares, but make all in one piece by picking up from a former square with only a few number of stitches on your at any one time. Reminds me of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">bargello</span>. There is a really pretty purse of this style in a recent INTERWEAVE, I think<br /><br />22. Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">measurements</span>?<br />no, but I love to wear them, I don't know what to measure as I don't like to knit socks, but I take a 7 1/2 shoe now that I am old.<br /><br />23. When is your birthday? November 1.<br /><br />24. Are you on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Ravelry</span>? If so, what's your ID?yes, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">gertrudesgirl</span>Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-90047909307897362232009-06-28T15:02:00.001-04:002009-06-28T15:03:57.625-04:00on a more upbeat noteI have been really sick w an chest infection for several days and today sort of feel myself. So I will be able to get back to my grandson's sweater. stay tuned.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-14826977275336868472009-06-28T15:00:00.001-04:002009-06-28T15:01:53.904-04:00English errorsI hate it when I do this. In the first paragraph, I meant I know, not no. duh:(Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-43816245327028391002009-06-28T14:52:00.002-04:002009-06-28T15:00:04.496-04:00HelloI have no idea whether anyone will read this; I also no that if they do they may be annoyed with me. I am sorry, but I have to get this off my chest. Three well-known folk died this past week. For all of them the main reason their deaths were noticed is that they were entertainers. An honorable job. Michael Jackson was a great entertainer, no question. What bothers me is that in each <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">remembrance</span> of all three, triple the time is used for Michael Jackson, and then the other two are thrown in. I wasn't that fond of any of them, but they were equally famous/<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">notorious</span>. I call for equal time. Lets face it there deaths are very sad, one the stars took time to try and help other cancer patients, but none of them were rocket scientists;). I feel very bad for the loved ones left behind to hurt and mourn, but I think these things should be kept in perspective. thanks for listening.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-33173743805183511502009-06-20T22:11:00.002-04:002009-06-20T22:18:37.162-04:00Williams SweaterI am <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">knitting</span> a sweater for my almost 2 year grandson. I am blogging because it is one of nicest patterns to knit that I have done in a long while. It is from the site <a href="http://www.knittingpureandsimple.com/">www.knittingpureandsimple.com</a>. It is done from the top down on a circular needle. I made this kind of sweater many years ago in the 70s and then I discovered Elizabeth <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Zimmermann</span>. This is a delightfully designed sweater to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">knit</span> this way. I am really enjoying it. It is called Baby Tunic and works up nicely. I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">am making</span> it in a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">variegated</span> denim blue yarn. It should really look great with his blue eyes. It is a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">hoodie</span>.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-89846078888324853742009-06-06T13:02:00.003-04:002009-06-06T13:08:43.263-04:00I'm backI sort of got out of the blog habit, but I am now back. I have joined a swap and this is a good reason. I love swaps, I am like a kid and I love to get packages!!!!<br /><br />I signed up my two granddaughters for an AMERICAN GIRL camp at the local bookstore. Then the president kindly sent me my economy money to spend, so I am buying my three granddaughters new dolls (the third is too young for the camp, but would be heartbroken w/o one). The fourth granddaughter is only 18 + months.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-34442719310779247022009-05-11T20:52:00.006-04:002009-05-11T20:59:38.300-04:00Mystery Swap on Ravelry package<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/SgjJadQBBVI/AAAAAAAAAJw/Lg8cRaPYLs4/s1600-h/092.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334735214985938258" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/SgjJadQBBVI/AAAAAAAAAJw/Lg8cRaPYLs4/s400/092.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/SgjJM0VcjBI/AAAAAAAAAJo/EHD_ySGR_JA/s1600-h/091.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334734980664560658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/SgjJM0VcjBI/AAAAAAAAAJo/EHD_ySGR_JA/s400/091.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/SgjI_IF47JI/AAAAAAAAAJg/aRbHKF4fbfA/s1600-h/090.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334734745449852050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/SgjI_IF47JI/AAAAAAAAAJg/aRbHKF4fbfA/s400/090.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Please see the pictures of the lovely swap I received from GOLDENEEDLES.</div></div></div>Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-86332843027115461662009-03-23T18:41:00.002-04:002009-03-23T18:42:56.016-04:00I am still aliveI am still alive but have been very lazy. so I will be back.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-68055375445551216182008-11-25T18:51:00.001-05:002008-11-25T18:53:08.992-05:00spelling againI get so embarrassed when I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">misspell</span>, and it usually happens when I post late at night. It was a leaf bookmark, and lovely yarn, but I love it also.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-69160453525639915032008-11-24T22:34:00.005-05:002008-11-24T22:42:05.075-05:00My Autumn Swap came<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/SStzk1FuAfI/AAAAAAAAAJU/lQ7RTk-ExiA/s1600-h/S5030009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272434865330848242" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/SStzk1FuAfI/AAAAAAAAAJU/lQ7RTk-ExiA/s400/S5030009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/SStzcMFHh3I/AAAAAAAAAJM/VR5VUvxhyUg/s1600-h/S5030008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272434716883519346" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/SStzcMFHh3I/AAAAAAAAAJM/VR5VUvxhyUg/s400/S5030008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/SStzSktz8aI/AAAAAAAAAJE/Pfnb4T5uyEc/s1600-h/S5030005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272434551697961378" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iFx-QNXAmkg/SStzSktz8aI/AAAAAAAAAJE/Pfnb4T5uyEc/s400/S5030005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>I received my package today from Mary N. It is great; I got a French Press cosy, candy galore, love soft yarn, a bookmark (leave) for my collection, a purse, and fabulous, I say, fabulous coffee. Here are pictures. I am sorry that two of them are sideways, I had flipped on download, but obviously it didn't work. The Christmas stuff is just to give a nice background. HAPPY THANKSGIVING to readers in the US. </div></div></div>Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-5701227738115142622008-11-15T14:16:00.002-05:002008-11-15T14:26:28.631-05:00weekly quizHi, we were to look for someone who shared an interest and then discuss it. The second one I went to was Chan knits, she loves dogs and food with pumpkin in it (try pumpkin soup, to die for, I don't have a recipe--my work has gourmet fresh made soups each day), and BOOKS. I am a compulsive reader and I always give books to my grandchildren and children for Christmas, with other gifts, and always have. I used to tell them that one thing I would always buy, if they asked, was a new book. I loved her button, buy books for Christmas, and have gone to the site and added the button.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-5574877549307692432008-11-11T20:41:00.002-05:002008-11-11T20:56:26.698-05:00bad times at Ridgemont HighIt has been sad around where I work so many people laid off and too many of them older than 56 and it is going to be hard for them to get a job. Then tonight when I got home the kid next store was just leaving and I asked him to help me carry something heavy. He told me he was on his way to visit his Mom in the hospital (somewhere in her 40's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">very</span> young looking and keeps fit) for kidney stones and a kidney problem. She was most upset thought because she had wanted to get to a job fair and she didn't want to stay as she had no insurance. I said Anthony don't tell me your mother lost her job. He said her boss laid her off two months ago. She has three kids, luckily their father has their insurance and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Anthony</span> has CHIP (he's 18). This is my blog so I can be frank. I believe that if our current administration had done a better job <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">our</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">economy</span> would be in better health , starting with the lies before the Iraq war. I am so sorry that so many people are hurting nd just so very mad.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-8109880591897228842008-11-11T10:57:00.003-05:002008-11-11T10:59:07.127-05:00I am still aliveJust dropping in to say I am still here.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-82743616317573143312008-10-15T16:49:00.002-04:002008-10-15T16:50:00.083-04:00okI am going home and to bed, losing not loosing, I hate to spell incorrectly, maybe if I had taken the time to use spell check???Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-91542560268768196802008-10-15T16:36:00.001-04:002008-10-15T16:37:25.326-04:00spelling againand coffee, I filled this thing out three times and kept loosing it go figure, so I rushed the last time.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-3404978412030484362008-10-15T16:35:00.000-04:002008-10-15T16:36:21.513-04:00spellingwhoops I spelled autumn wrong!!Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-22362062096505500922008-10-15T16:30:00.001-04:002008-10-15T16:33:23.558-04:00Autmun Coffe Swap Questions<a title="Edit" href="http://www.blogger.com/rearrange?blogID=7661942872409077962&widgetType=BlogArchive&widgetId=BlogArchive1&action=editWidget" target="configBlogArchive1"></a><br />Wednesday, October 1, 2008<br /><a name="7385673574044269345"></a><a href="http://coffeenyarnswap.blogspot.com/2008/10/questionnaire.html">Questionnaire</a><br />About Your Yarn Passion<br /><br />1. Do you knit, crochet, or do both? When did you first learn?<br /><br />Knit, since I was 8 y.o., but seriously since the 60's, I am 65, you do the math2. Do you like using a particular type of needle or hook? (wood, metal, straight, circular)<br /><br />The lovely wood options from Knitpicks, a delight to use and beautiful<br /><br />2.Is there something you've been wanting to try, or a particular size you always seem to be short on?<br /><br />not really, just always need extra cords for options interchangeable and extra 5, 7. 9s as they are the most popular size and always have a couple things going<br /><br />3. What kind of projects do you enjoy making? Any types you just haven't ever gotten into as much as others?<br />Sweater, I have really gotten into totes and purses, shawls, afghans<br /><br />4. What's on your needles\hook right now? What's your oldest UFO (unfinished object)?<br /><br />A shawl and a sweater for myself, which yarn was a gift for Christmas three years ago. If only these young women in my family would have all these babies ;)<br /><br />5. If you were going on vacation tomorrow, what project(s) would travel with you?<br />The easy shawl I am making<br /><br />6. What are your favorite types of yarns? Any you're allergic too, or just hate working with? Anything in particular you've been dying to try?not really<br /><br />7. What sort of colors do you love in yarns? Brights? Pastels? More muted colors? Variegated? Are there any you can't stand?<br /> I love reds, oranges and greens, and I like to sometimes use the new self stripe<br /><br /><br />Your Coffee Passion<br />1. Do you prefer caffeinated or not?caffeinated<br /><br />2. Whole bean or ground? For what type of pot or press?<br />Whole, french<br /><br />3. What types of roasts do you enjoy? Are you more the light and lively or dark and robust type?dark robust<br /><br />4. How do you 'take' your coffee? Creamers? Sweetener? Other add ins? creamers and sweet and lo, DON'T LIKE FLAVORED COFFEES, except sometime chocolate<br /><br /><br />5. That first morning cup - is it about the taste, or the caffeine?<br />caffeine<br /><br />6. Do you enjoy going out to coffee shops like Starbucks? What are some of your favorites?I hardly ever go, but like Starbucks<br /><br />7. You've just made the perfect cup of coffee - is it in a thick mug, or a thinner cup? Where would you sit to drink it?a lovely large glass cup and saucer<br /><br />8. You're enjoying that perfect cup, and have a magic cabinet in your kitchen - when you open it, magically, your favorite treats will appear to enjoy alongside the coffee - what are they? Are they sweet? Crunchy? Soft and flaky?sweet<br /><br /><br />All about YOU!<br />1. Do you have other hobbies like spinning or scrapbooking?reading<br />2. Do you collect anything?bookmarks<br />3. What is your favorite part of Autumn?<br />My birthday<br /><br /><br />4. What sort of scents do you enjoy? Any difference in what you like for your house versus what you like for your body?I wear perfumes like Je Raviens and Curve, but if I have any scents in the house except vanilla or cooking type smells my sneezing starts<br /><br />5. Are you allergic to anything?almost everything outdoors that is pretty<br /><br />6. Are you on Ravelry? What's your ID?gertrude's girl7. How would you spend an ideal fall afternoon/day?<br /><br />On a porch overlooking the ocean—love the shore in the fall.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-80612630446459264872008-07-26T21:17:00.002-04:002008-07-26T21:23:53.811-04:00I am backit has been a long time since I blogged. Today I went w/ my daughter, two of my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">granddaughters</span>, Sarah's sister in law and her two youngest, to see the new American Girl movie. it was really very good and Joan <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Cusak</span> is it hoot. Takes place during the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">depression</span>, very apt during this recession with banks closing!!<br /><br />I am not retiring in Sept, but going half time, again the cost of everything since we have experienced inflation. but I am happy. I will work four five hour days and have a three day weekend.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474272105288219082.post-77992635289648231742008-04-27T21:00:00.000-04:002008-04-27T21:01:44.399-04:00I really have to stop posting late at night. It was formed into a nice rectangle, not triangle. oh well there also another typo but not as important, just lack of an e on shape.Marthaceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590120366001845018noreply@blogger.com1