 I don't think I've vlogged all day today and it's almost 11.30 at night And I'm gonna get ready to go to bed But we spent the day just catching up on things that we didn't do because we were sick with cook with the vid I almost said the C word YouTube doesn't like that anyway Got the Christmas cards done We got The eggnog made We got a bunch of stuff done. We had the house got cleaned yay Laundry all that all the stuff all the things I did get a lot of knitting pro I mean, sorry crochet progress down to my sweater Vid brain is a thing you guys Anyway, it's all well and good, but I just didn't film anything so I apologize anyway I'm gonna go to bed. I'll see you all tomorrow. Bye guys. We are yeah I'm wearing one of my new sweaters and my leggings are not black go figure We're getting ready to go out and run a few errands while we have the energy to do so We need to run by the hardware store We need to run by the post office and mailed all the Christmas cards that we finally got put together last night And we had stamps for everything except one So we're gonna go do that today and a couple of other random quick errands before we have lunch, so Yeah, things are falling over because of course Anyway, we're gonna go get that done and then I've already gotten the vlog edited and Uploaded and scheduled all of that stuff. So that's done. I'm gonna work on my sweater later this afternoon and Yeah, I think the next time I make the sweater pattern. I might crochet in the round I mean, I'm already doing that but crochet in a spiral that Eliminates the join seam because no matter how careful you are you can see where the row ended and started Which is okay. It's on the back of the sweater. I I don't see the back but I Think I might try it the next time just doing it in the I think it's a good idea So anyway refining the pattern as I go because why not? Alright, that's it for the minute I'll be back vlogging at 11 30 at night. I have no idea second day in a row I Tried to do a little vlogging this morning, but the clips weren't good We started off by going to the post office this morning to mail all the Christmas cards We usually do them the weekend after Thanksgiving, but we got sick so they just went out now, which is fine We usually mail them too early But the line of the post office was down the hallway and I like around the corner and just completely Insane and they only had two clerks Forestations, but only two clerks It was nuts. I Felt bad for the ladies behind the counter because there was just so many people there anyway We ran a couple of other errands things that we forgot to do the other day And then just came home and just chill at home Bob fixed the mirror inside that cabinet right there Cuz one of the clips holding it in broke so we went to the hardware store and he fixed that I Spent the day trying to finish my sweater, which I finished I'll put a picture here now the original pattern is not mine I will link it down below but I Have made it so many times. It was way past time for me to Make notes about the pattern in my crochet notebook. This is the sweater that I started that before So that had a version my version that fit me really well Inspired by her pattern. So I have that now Now of course the next thing is I have two sweaters that don't fit super well But I did I kind of like them so I'm like in a program or leave them and then I want to try to take this pattern and Make it a Joe cardigan Anyway, that's it for the minute. I'm gonna take my meds Get ready for bed. Yes, I take my medication at night Anyway, I'm gonna do all that and I'll see you all in the morning. We have a junior tomorrow. So yay. All right, I'll be back Hey guys. All right, so Thanksgiving we got sick We're supposed to do Christmas on Friday with all the kids and my dad Only some of the kids are sick. I don't know if it's a cold or at the vid or we don't know yet, but anyway We're gonna go drive around and look for Christmas lights now cuz why not I mean, you know it's something we like to do for the holidays and We usually do it earlier, but we didn't get a chance before now because we have been recovering so Yeah, let's hope not. All right, especially because it's a Tuesday night. So all right, we'll be back Okay, guys. Good morning. I think it's still morning Yes, it's 1130 we are currently at Barber Foods in Portland Really it was international foods or something like World Market Barber World Market I'll link their website down below really great spot for international foods They have a lot of Spanish Greek Italian actually a little bit of German So really good still haven't found a place place for raviolis Although they did have a four cheese one that looked decent looking for traditional meat ravioli. Anyway, different story we're out obviously buying some specialty foods for the holidays and Yes, I'm wearing a sweater. I made and I've already gotten asked about it once and last night I had my blanket coat on and I got asked about that So, yeah, it's all good in fact last night the lady wanted to know where I bought it from Said I didn't so anyway We have to we've already bought one stolen just now We need to not buy any more stolen. We've got another one at home. Yep. Will we accomplish that feat at idle ice? I don't know I'm not gonna make any guarantees on that But we need spetzel and we need some rouladen and they might have the rouladen already made But we might have to have them make it and order it and pick it up like Saturday or something We'll see. I'll be back Okay, guys, mr. Bob and I spent the rest of the afternoon puttering around the house. He's been wrapping Christmas presents I've been working on a new pattern and a New sweater. I don't have a pattern for it. So when I say a new pattern I'm writing my own. I am inspired by again the round yoke Sweater pattern. I'll link the original designer down below I've never done a round yoke before but her pattern was excellent anyway Now, of course, I'm going running wild with it. We're gonna go for a walk I would say quick walk but these days since having the vid I can't walk that quick. I start to get dizzy and sick So we're gonna go for a walk that we want to see the neighborhood lights and It's only five o'clock and yeah, it's already dark out But that's okay And we'll go back have dinner. I don't keep working on my sweater cuz you know I'll be back. Oh, I'll put a picture of the sweater so far right here. I'll be back Okay, you guys, we were kind of half worried about the holiday house because at Halloween They'd normally put a lot of stuff out. They didn't put anything out hardly like two things Not much for Thanksgiving either. No and which they normally do all the holidays up in a big way But I have to say I'm gonna turn the camera around in the second way to see they did it all out for Christmas Okay, we're out walking the neighborhood it's still dark I know you can't see me well, but we walk past side street and saw this so we thought we have to check it out Cuz wow This neighborhood's got the spirit Holy heck. It's fabulous. It's what I like about Christmas. We got lights. Yeah, they get into the spirit into the neighborhood. Yep, I love it Wish people were like this all year round not necessarily with the lights, but you know what I mean Good nature. Good nature. Yeah, good neighborly feelings and stuff Cool All right, we'll be back and yes, I'm doing okay I'm probably not gonna do RT Trio again For the end of this month beginning of January. I'm probably gonna wait another month Just because number one now, there's a lot of stuff to catch up on a number two. I'm not quite over it yet and I'm still having some issues with fatigue and vertigo and dizziness and It's not all the time anymore, but it's enough that it's still an issue So anyway, all right, let's go find some more lights Hey guys, we haven't vlogged all day today because we've been busy You haven't vlogged? I haven't vlogged We spent the day babysitting mostly. We're also finishing up Wrapping Christmas gifts and things like that Although Mr. Bob still hasn't wrapped my gifts. No, I did. Oh, you did? Yeah. Oh, they're in your office still? Okay, they're wrapped, but they're upstairs anyway so I did write up and the buy the beach afghan pattern for patrons and supporters and it is over on patreon right now So if you'd like a free copy go join my patreon. It's over there. It's very inexpensive. I post stuff on the regular over there for them The link is down in the video description And it's a great way to support the free content And I would really love and appreciate it if you did that because youtube pays squat Anyway, squat squat Diddly diddly squat. Yeah, we found out at the last minute We need a couple things for the family Christmas dinner tomorrow. We do do early Christmas with the kids and um So we're making a run to the grocery store. It's dark. It's foggy It's mysterious. It's here. I don't know about mysterious Anyway, I'm doing a lot of vlogging in the dark this week I'll try to see if I can edit the lighting in the Video editor. We'll see. Anyway, uh, when we get back, I'm going to do some crocheting and working on my new cardigan project and um That's all I can think of at the moment. I've got some things to clean up and put away before tomorrow morning I'm the tomorrow's focused on of course cooking the dinner for the family dinner tomorrow, so Including the turkey finally finally cooking the turkey Anyway, all right, we're gonna hopefully get to the grocery store at some point Grab a few things. Yeah, grab a few things so you can see I don't we can't see much. It's pretty foggy out anyway All right, I'll be back. It's nothing like talking to the camera and it's not on Are you serious? Seriously wasn't on So it is Friday. I almost did it again December 22nd. Not February. It's 11 30 p.m Um, we celebrated Christmas with the children today. We had everybody over to exchange gifts and um, have dinner We had the turkey we didn't have to get to have on Thanksgiving because bob and I had the vid um Everything was great Until my dad had an incident And he passed out And he hit the floor And we had to go to the er He's gonna be fine. Just fyi But yeah, that was fun not So I just want a quiet holiday. Can we just have a quiet holiday? peaceful happy Anyway We're still up We've got a couple things to do Although the kids put all the food away and washed every single dish in the house We have to put everything away now and clean off the counters, but they did most of it And thank you for that. We'd love them very much anyway Yeah, anyway I'm gonna try to go to sleep now Dad's upstairs. He's staying the night. We're gonna Make sure he's okay before he goes home tomorrow. We might end up taking him home Yeah All of that. All right. I'll be back. Okay guys. Yes. We're in the car always always In a vehicle. Yeah, so we are out running a couple last-minute errands including picking up some I say this while trying not to laugh Thank you, Marcia To go pick up some food for a Christmas day. It'll just be Bob and I Now that we really need more food the fridge is literally full as is a snack cabinet, but The kids did a great job putting everything away last night after our emergency Thank you, Marcia. Dad is feeling better this morning. In fact, he was feeling normal And um, he's headed home driving himself. We tried to Do something. He insisted Then he got done tired of me telling him what to do all by last night and short stories He had too much to drink And was very dehydrated because he hasn't been drinking his water And almost nothing to eat, you know, when you're young you shouldn't do that much less when you're 85 years old So people drink your water One last trip to the German market for the holiday season and go pick up some Burladen And then go home Paint out the fridge Because literally the kids god love them. We love them very much. They did a great job last night But they literally wrapped the turkey bones in the pan it was in And with the meat on it and everything and just put the whole thing in the fridge. So yeah They did their best and we appreciate them for So anyway, let's go get it done. I'll be back Okay, you guys so first of all most important is my dad is fine. He's home um He has a lady friend that lives next door to him and I got her phone number from him after lecturing him on a few different things And I informed her of what happened and what in my opinion was at least part of the problem And she and I had a very nice long discussion and She's taken care of him. So Between her and the rest of the family were monitoring things, but we're also saying wtf. Anyway So I have been working on my sweater that you see on my shoulders. I did bring it to the ER with me last night in my crochet hook, which The days of confusion and Anxiety I thought I lost my crochet hook, but then I found it so Yay Anyway, I finished the bottom of it and I did the ribbing and I just did the pockets I did find some buttons and I think these will look okay It is a little bit big on me, but I'm like I think I'm okay with that I wanted it to be sort of boyfriend style Like if you just grabbed your boyfriend's sweater and put it on to go out the door Which means I did want it a little bit baggy. It will change shape a little bit when I block it But yeah here. Let me show you So it's gonna have ribbing down here With I think with these buttons since I have them. I think that would be nice. I have seven of them That's all I have So I want to use what I have so I have to figure out And I've never done crochet buttonholes. So that's gonna be I need to watch some youtube, but We've got the Collar and I do think it's gonna sit up sort of like this when we close it And We've got our pockets. Oops. Sorry. I haven't obviously sewed them down And I've got some I got the ribbing. Yeah So we have to do the Good to set you up more. There we go. Does that work? Maybe I'm short We've got the ribbing around the bottom I have a light bulb in here that keeps flickering. Sorry It's a little bit baggy around the back But you know what it is supposed to be a jacket and it is gonna have long sleeves And so I I'm okay with that and I I am actually I really like it. So It's very comfy. It's gonna be really big and baggy And if I don't have it buttoned I can just kind of do this and be nice and warm and toasty and It's premier chunky yarn. So You know I can wear it even though it's big I can wear it with a pair of leggings and You know So anyway, I like it now. I'm gonna make some notes on what I did last night in the ER and this morning or this afternoon Because yeah, otherwise I'm gonna forget anyway This holiday season hasn't exactly been the way I expected it to be But I was with family I do love them very much And they're such a great group of people all of the kids adopted and not are just fabulous And we love and appreciate all of you very much along with my friends and supporters. You guys are wonderful I will say out loud in case you all didn't get the idea that when this first happened We thought that my father had a heart attack or a stroke in my dining room So He didn't Thankfully, but this is not the first episode like this. He's had so with something else underlying going on. I don't know So, um We're gonna have to look into that. He is gonna be 85 years old. So there's that on that note Otherwise, it's been a great holiday And we were so pleased to have the family around before that happened And after because they did help the house when we got back was clean and everything was taken care of And no matter the time of year, whether it's the holidays or not, you know Family and loved ones are supposed to be there to help and support you and ours definitely were and I hope if god forbids something happens Um that you need help that you have people there that are for you there for you Um and that you have a happy and wonderful holiday season. Whatever holiday you celebrate And uh, yeah, it's it's been interesting if you want. Oh, and I also put out the Blanket pattern for patrons and supporters before all this craziness happened Which I don't know now if I said already or not But anyway, it's on the patreon page if you'd like to support the free content here on youtube Go join my patreon. It's only a couple bucks a month and I sure would love the support Um, you've read access to me monthly posts for me Probably more than I put on facebook to be honest um and Mostly because I like chatting with you all more So anyway, um go join patreon check out the video description for ways to support the free content on my channel I do have stamps with both rubber moon And art foemies. Um, they sell my designs over there. Yes, I do get a commission But they do sell them over there along with a lot of other really great stamps They're both USA based mom and pop companies. I believe and really really cool. So go check them out Take a deep breath Remember people love you And go out and have a great day. Have a great week. Have a happy holiday And I'll see you next week go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it. See you later. Bye guys