 Just talk in the vlog dear. So that's mr. Back there. We're still eating leftovers from Friday night's dinner that was Not as expected anyway Turkey yeah from Thanksgiving that we didn't get to eat then either. We've just sat in the freezer anyway It is Sunday evening at 7 20 p.m. We haven't done Christmas Eve. We haven't done a whole heck of a lot and After the craziness between getting the vid Thanksgiving and then what happened Friday again, you got to go watch last week's vlog We're happy to just stay home in the nice peace and quiet We've been watching movies all day you guys and it's been cool. We're about to watch one with Jason Mamoa. I Just saw the name of it and I now I can't think of it Braven braven So anyway, it's been a good Christmas Eve. I hope you all are having a good good Christmas Eve Whether it's a quiet one a busy one with a family or not. I hope you're having a good one I am working on finishing my sweater. Hopefully tonight last sleeve and then buttons It's a bit big on me I seem to make myself really big sweaters I seem to think I'm fatter than I am but you know what I wear them anyway, so you know Adopted daughter though if this fits her You know, it's like it's like when you go put food on your plate You're like when you go to all you can eat buffet You just put up more food than what you think you're gonna eat you always have like it left over So your eyes are always bigger than yourself. So yeah, so anyway I do have enough of this leftover to do a different pattern of sweater I just saw on YouTube this evening. There is no written pattern for the sweater So I think I'm gonna have to sit with the video and make notes in my notebook to figure out how to make it So that's yeah, anyway, I hope you guys are having a good one tomorrow morning We will celebrate Christmas the two of us open some gifts Adopted kids are coming over To visit with us for a little bit. We are just planning on being in our pajamas all day We are not getting out of our pajamas. So Anybody's welcome to come over but we're gonna be in pajamas. So be warned Anyway, that's matching pajamas matching Christmas pajamas. Yeah, so anyway, I'll be back Okay, I haven't woven in any ends yet and it is big on me, but I don't know I Kind of like that. It's big and slouchy. The sleeves are too long, but I can't I don't think I mind All right, hang on so I'm too short for you to see but Is that better Maybe yeah, that's a little easier. So here we are. I obviously have to read all the ends and and The sleeves are too short. I Think I'm okay with that And it's pockets and All the things and it is Premiere puzzle. So it's gonna do probably strange things when I wash it. I don't know what that's gonna do to it, but I Gotta tell you I think I like it if I make another one I might try to make it a little bit smaller, but I'm okay with this one. All right, I'll be back Hey, you guys. Good morning. Yes, my hair is wet hence the wrap Anyway, I don't think I vlogged yesterday Christmas Day at all. In fact, I know I didn't But that's okay. I spent it with Bob chilling on the couch doing some crocheting And The kids some of the kids came over for breakfast yesterday, which was great to spend time with them I broke one of my apple charging cables because of course I did I buy them in bulk because I Tend to this is not an apple one, but I tend to get them so the little end thing could just comes out I don't know. Maybe I buy cheap cables The little ones from next door came over and their parents that was fun And yeah, we just chilled I finished my sweater. I was working on I'm not sure at the moment if I have a picture or not, but if I do I'll put it here And I started a mushroom bag. I've had the pattern for a while. It's basically granny squares with mushrooms on them Made into a tote bag. If I can find the pattern I'll link it down below So I started that last night and just we just relaxed and had fun. We made some roulada and some schpezel for dinner I made the roulada and schpezel. Bob made the gravy. He's great at gravy. So Better at it than I am Today he is off to a masonic thing real quick before we run errands and I am going to prep journals for 2024 I can't believe I'm saying that um I think I figured out what I want to do for the daily arts practice stuff maybe um So I am going to sit and edit the vlog first And we are going to work on that And then I'll prep the journals um What exactly am I going to do is going to be in patreon So if you want to follow along with me on some daily art practice, I'm going to continue with the sewing and the needle work It is my first love to be honest. I started it first in life and um even used to work for chucky tees back in the day for those that don't know that I was a fabric cutter and seamstress for chucky tees. We made the robotic characters at the plant where I worked and I hate fake fur to this day So there's that but anyway, it was a one skill out of high school. I knew how to do and I had to pay the rent so Yeah anyway, all right It's not going to do itself. So let me turn on a youtube video and get video clips downloaded to the desktop, which has finally been turned on for the week and Get all the things over with because yeah, that's going to be a thing I'll be back. Okay, you guys vlog is edited and currently saving rendering And then we'll get that uploaded now. I need to figure out january's journal what we're going to do Maybe combining these two bags. This is my watercolor sketchbook, which I haven't worked in in months literally months and I kind of miss working in it so I better do some googling. I'll be back. Okay scheduled posts for Patreon and my facebook group are Done and ready to go january 1st new year's day Um, and the vlog for tomorrow is loading right now. So that's just about done I am in the process of putting some things away, but first we're going to prep the january journal's first get that ready to go So it's downstairs and all done All right, hopefully we can do that before bob gets back I'll be back so We just left winco. We have one more place to stop out because You know, it's the day after christmas shelves are empty It took a little longer than anticipated getting in and out of winco Because we met the sweetest little old lady Who was in her 80s. I think she said her name was maria and Her husband has passed away. She's very alone and She was passing on some wonderful advice. I felt like I was talking to my nana So We did And she just yeah, so it was great. Anyway Uh, of course, I've gotten a few compliments, uh about my sweater you know Anyway, we have one more place to stop at and Then we're going to go home because we're also exhausted. We're still recovering from the vid. So All right, I'll be back. Okay guys, so we made the last stop found some creamer that will work um for me some creamer that will work for me, um, but The funny part is on our way into safeway Yeah, somebody else stopped and commented about my sweater, which is fine I mean, you know, like bob just said to me literally a minute ago You don't wear something like this and not expect somebody to say something um, but this couple evidently film online courses and they want to know if I'll do some work with them and so They're going to email me. It's so hilarious If anything comes from it, I'll be surprised but Yeah, anyway As long as it ain't scam Right We'll be careful because yeah, you know, these things come to have come along in the past periodically and It never works out the way it's been promised. So But that being said, they were a very very nice couple and um It was so nice to have people I said to bob earlier say, hey, did you make that? I take it as a compliment Back in the old days when I was a teenager making things I didn't take it that way because it wasn't intended that way Now I do because it's kind of fun anyway And I'd love to show people how to do what I do. So You know, we're gonna try to get out of the parking lot get home. We're both exhausted all we've done in the grocery shop but we're exhausted And uh, yeah, because we've been to like three places four places places. I think yeah You know, it's the day after Christmas. So the shelves are all half empty so Anyway, or completely empty. Anyway I'll be back. Good morning everybody Uh, it's Wednesday. It's just before 11 a.m. I think And we are Obviously in the truck We're gonna actually bob is off until afternoon years So we're gonna go for a little drive and we're gonna go have lunch Up on mount hood at timberline lodge Um, because why not? Um, so and bob got a brand new dash cam for christmas Which he's hooked up And so if we get any good footage, I'll include it in the vlog But I mean now that we actually have a dash cam. We won't run into anything like that'll be a thing Anyway I have a yeah, when you have a dash cam you're not gonna get anything. No, I have some more uh yarn with me Of course, I'm gonna start in afghan. That's an easy project to do while he's driving and um, hopefully my vid symptoms are Gone and I don't get too nauseous. So there's that Um I'm not doing artsy trio again because we're just the symptoms are just Yeah, I mean I'm almost back to normal But not quite. Anyway, let me get to crocheting. I'll be back Yes, we're in the truck again We are gonna go run a couple quick errands today. We did do some purging Um, mostly of clothing. Um, mister did some shoes Is connected. Thank you Um, anyway So we're gonna drop off donations and we also have a helium tank that's empty that we've had for about a year It was from grandson's baby shower before he was born and we've never Done anything with the tank. We knew we needed to take it down to the disposal site So we're gonna go do that this morning I get it out of the garage again Then we're gonna go home and I think I'm going to work on some crocheting and also Maybe work start working on my sister and dad's idli journals. So Yeah All right, we'll be back Okay, I'm literally doing this with my phone on the sofa Bob is off to a masonic meeting. So I this is my favorite way to do afghans. It's just quick simple easy Um, there's no special stitches Um, and I do lots of scrap afghans this way Um, I hide in the ends as I go and join things as I go So at the end all I have to do is cut these guys. They're already woven in and knotted and everything Um, I also Remembered after making a few of these with the seam join it like right over here Um, and although it I did it neatly you could tell That when I do and it up until recently it's been literally a few decades since I did this much crocheting But anyway, um I remembered that when I do like to do these I like to do the join in the corner Because then it's virtually undetectable. So this is a regular corner And this is the Knock and things over. This is the join corner. You can't Hardly tell so when I Get back to the beginning which I am So I'm going to slip stitch into the first double crochet on this side and I'll talk more about how I've made this afghan, but Um, I'll slip stitch into the double crochet on this side. I'll pull the yarn Um fairly tightly And I'm going to Pull it through Then I'm going to go backwards into the Chain one space now the corners are double crochet Two double crochet chain one two double crochet on all the corners So when I've done the join like this My hook Is one stitch past the chain one space which is right here So we're going to go backwards into the chain one space grab the yarn and pull it through The slip and then chain two and then double crochet In the same space And that's half of that corner now when we go all the way around this edge and come back We will end this row with two chain two double crochets and a chain one And then we'll join the chain one to the top of this just like we did just now And that ends that row and we can start a new row um This whole blanket is is done that way now I started with Uh there so I started with four Chain four and then slip stitch into the first chain to make a loop Then I did 12 double crochets in the loop I joined To the first one with a slip stitch And then I did And we started with a corner because remember I just said I wanted to do my My joins in the corner So I started with two double sorry chain two and a double crochet Then a double crochet Then two double crochet chain one two double crochet A double crochet a repeat of that Chain one space and I did that all around till I got back to the beginning the Chain two and double crochet and in that space I did two double crochet chain one and joined it and then I continued with the blanket the way we just did this corner here Um, and you just keep doing that keep doing it and doing it and doing it and doing it And it's a great way to use up scrap yarn I don't know did that make sense Did it make any sense? If not, let me know because I make these all the time we could do something better and bigger All right, I'll be back. I also want to clarify. I know um Looking at the vlog it might seem seem like we're all well and good but Yeah, we're not since the vid um You know, we go out and run a couple of errands And then we come home and we're just exhausted. I'm still fighting fatigue and um dizziness nausea motion sickness vertigo um, and yesterday we went Out to lunch. We actually went a little bit of a drive up to mount hood, which is about an hour away um and just walking I'm granted it was slightly uphill in the parking lot. I mean up until I got covet I was actually doing pretty well with that kind of thing I had to stop five times you guys and it wasn't that far So I'm still I'm still having trouble and um, so this month again, I haven't done um rc trio and I have a backlog of projects I do have to do And but I'm in it and I will get them done. Um, I'll be it slowly. There's just no other way about it I have one particular project for my dad and sister that's a top priority So I'm working on that and I did a little bit of work on that tonight Got some things ready. Um, probably do some more work on it tomorrow um, and over the weekend and right now I'm just Sitting here doing that because it's really all I have the energy for so Anyway, all right Back to some youtube and drinking my bone broth because that's something I wasn't doing it all while we were sick. So I'll be back. Hey guys, we are I know we're in the car We're actually in the Subaru this time. We're actually headed home We just ran a few quick errands one of which was to go to the library and renew our library cards And of course that meant we had to check out books because we both love books And I found some of course crochet books, but we also stopped at value village and Of course, I always go back and look at the yarn. So Lily sugar and cream 100 pure virgin wool float four ply knitting worsted I and this is this is an old label. I don't know when this Is from if one of you all knows and can date it. Let me know. There's no date on the ball They don't smell they smell old But they don't smell bad. Um, they're definitely won't smell. Yarn is a thing. Did you not know that? That's a thing. Um But I found I think there's six balls Um like this one of which looks like it's been used a little bit But most of them are full and new and for five bucks So five dollar, what am I gonna do with him? I don't know It wasn't what I was looking for but you know Anyway, we're gonna go home now And just relax for a little bit and then um go out probably later for dinner To get some sushi because why not? All right, no kids. No kids. It's just us. It's us. It's Friday. We're seeing everybody New Year's Eve So nobody tonight So it's all good Anyway, all right We'll be back And yes, I know in the pictures of our lunch up in the snow Mr. looked grouchy, but that's because he didn't know I was taking his picture I would have smiled or he would have smiled. He wasn't actually grouchy That was just his resting Grouchy grouchy face. I'm trying to look for a word. That's not a bad word Resting grouchy face Yeah, and I can tell that I haven't been walking and I'm recovering from the vid because I had to stop like six times between the parking lot and the hotel Um just to get up the hill Which is not normal these days for me. So anyway All right, we're gonna go home I'm gonna look at the books working my blanket I'll be back. Hey guys. Yes. We're in the car again a car a car the super room We went out run a couple quick errands this morning and then came home and just relaxed at home for a while Right now we're going out to go in one mile turn left onto southwest pacific highway We're going out to visit with friends and have some dinner out at an italian place that we haven't been to before So I'm excited to try it and I'll let you know how it is It ought to be good. I think I'm halfway through the next afghan and I already have the next one planned of course I seem to be in an afghan kick I don't know All right, I'll be back Okay, we had a really great dinner out with some new friends Turns out the wives and I have a lot in common which might be a bad thing for mr. Over here. It's terrible One of them is a knitter. I'm a crocheter the other one knows about knitting and crocheting I don't know if she does either. Anyway, there's something called a yarn crawl around here that happens once a year The other wife is going to get in touch with me so Anyway, we're going to stop at the grocery store and get some things for new year's eve. I'll be back Yeah, of course. He's got his new little outfit on. It's very warm Anyway, we're home We've been home for a little bit the dinner out was a very fun The group of people that we met from his masonic lodge were Great the ladies and I have a lot in common That might be bad You both like to knit and crochet and read and read. Yeah So anyway, but it was a lot of fun We stopped at the grocery store on the way home and picked up a few things for tomorrow For the kids house. We've got a pile of stuff over there. Yeah Anyway, it's been a fun week a quiet week But that's good. It's okay Bob and I have gone out and done things just the two of us which we enjoy And uh, yeah, we're slowly getting better from the vid and the symptoms are slowly Abating but they're taking their sweet ass time at least for me. So but you know I'm gonna keep working on it. Anyway, I hope you all have had a good week I hope you had a great Christmas or if you don't celebrate Christmas that you had A great other holiday whatever that was New Year's Eve is tomorrow. I hope whatever you're going to do for that It's going to be fun and happy and safe. We are going to be at the kids house But that's for next week's vlog. So we will see you then Anyway, check out the video description for relevant links Don't forget to like share and subscribe if you want to be part of part of my patreon The link isn't down in the video description if you want some of my designs in Rubber stamps or art foamy stamps the links for that are down below too And uh, don't forget to go out have a good day. Have a good evening Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it and we'll see you next week. Bye guys