Wintergarden Hook In 2

We haven't had cold snaps this cold in many years. The ice fishermen are dancing with joy. Bob houses are cropping up everywhere.

Hanging out in my rug room with a heating pad.

Color planning my next rug. The colors are out of my wheel house.

I was early for a hair cut so I walked through the book store next door. I treated myself.

We got about 5 inches of fresh fluffy snow,a perfect time to clean a few rugs 

Leaving to dry before I put it back in place.

Some of the rugs being worked on. This is from a children's book.

This rug is huge and I love it great colors!

The center is a piece is a dyed piece and she is hooking around it.

I really like this piece great job!

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I went to the eye Dr today. We had a chat about my styes and cause.

BLEPHARITIS:it is a problem with the oil glands of the eyelids. So warm compresses and daily cleaning with baby shampoo should help. Ugg one more thing that has cropped up! But as things go it could of been way worse.

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Have a great week and stay warm!

Winter Garden Hook In

I came home yesterday just before the snow started to fly.

It felt good to be unpacked and in my pjs. I love going away but I really love coming home. 

And this is my partner in crime and roommate.

We stayed at the Hilton Garden inn, Freeport Me. Nancy our hostess did things up right. We had free Margarita night. And a 150.00 llbean door prize every day,and I won one yahoo! 

This was my roommate's first primitive rug. She was loving it!

Here are a few of the rugs at the throw down. This is from a picture of the hooker and her sister when they were little.

I hope you can see the name tags on some of the rugs. 

This is a Michelle Palmer pattern. Her patterns are so wonderful!

And this is my rug. I still need to fix the deer horns but it is almost done! I can't wait to move on.

There are always vendors at hook ins and I just had to have these warm wooly mittens. Made from recycled sweater. But other than that I didn't buy anything else.

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I have so much more to show you so please visit again soon.

  Have a wonderful week!

It'S A Stye

We were up and out early this morning for an hour drive south for an appointment for husband. We ran into comuter traffic with people with their arms out the window flipping each other off. (We stayed out of the fray)what an awful start to a work day, makes me sad.

Our chronicle did a piece on a NH woman who wrote a book on how to decifer what the carvings on headstones mean.

Sounded interesting I sent for the book.

When spring and summer come around again I am going to walk the old grave yards. I found it very interesting and a lost art.

And speaking of art! Oh how I wish this were mine. I love it!

Such a cute idea. Some people are so clever.

And since Sweet B is into embrodiering jeans I sent this to her. 

The sunsets are a bit later now. We are certainly going in the right direction.

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I developed a stye on my left eye. Not jut any stye it is under my top eyelid. Well my eye lid turned maroon and it swelled around my eye. Warm compresses were doing nothing. I went to walk in care Sunday, I have an antibiotic and I am praying it goes mostly away by the time I leave for rug hooking retreat tomorrow ugg.

On another note the nurse checking me in made a joke about my husband hitting me. While it is not something that would ever happen with us. It is not something to joke about. And yes she was laughing.

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Have a wonderful week I hope to have fun stories and pictures from my retreat.

An Old Yankee

The birds have been busy. It has been very cold and windy. I have a slice of homemade toast with peanutbutter every morning for breakfast. The crusts I throw out for the crows. They have started to wait for me.
 

Because it has been so cold our heating oil needed to be refilled. Not cheap but I am so thankful for the great service and to be toasty warm.

Our poor flag has been blowing straight out. And with the cold a minus windchill brrrr.

Because I am an old Yankee. I go to great lengths to save $.

I rinse out the freezer bags after use as long as it didn't hold a meat product.,we have shut down rooms of the house that gets very little use when it is just us, I have our tvs on power strips after we are done we shut them down completely. I could go on all those little things that add up. Tell me your favorite tip to save. 

We rarely eat out anymore. It is a big savings to eat at home. Homemade bread and a pork pie. This crust has to be the best crust I have ever made.

For those who live in California my heat breaks for you. The horror and sadness. God bless the firefighters. 

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We are missing most of the storms coming east again. There is a lot of sickness around right now and my aunt reminded me the old timers felt a good coating of snow helped it go away. Who knows but we could use some snow. 

    Have a wonderful week

The 80's

True!

My dump haul. I have made a christmas shade out of christmas cards before and this frame is exactly what I need to make another one. A new roll of shelf liner yes please, and book of short stories perfect. 

The one perk of having to go to the dump while husband is getting better. 

Yes the 80s are back with my leg warmers. I walked a bit this morning and they were perfect. I love them, I am now old and quirky so I no one cares what I wear lol.

Still working on this rug! I am at the fiddly part and I am over it, I want to move on but I will continue and finish. 

Husband has finished the bluebird puzzle and has moved on to a snow scene yikes makes me dizzy to just look at it. 

It is cold with a windchill factor so I am tucked into my rug room watching a bit of football and hooking. 

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Husband has a Dr's appointment this week,other than that 

we are sticking close to home. NH has a high rate of upper respiratory infections, better safe than sorry.

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have a wonderful week. 

P.S. We are back to no reply emails and I can not follow any new blogs I am so frustrated with this!!! So please forgive me if I do not get back to you. 

Happy 2025!

Amen

And this sweet girl had her 14th birthday. I find it so hard to believe. Love her to the moon!

A dump find, I offered it to a friend but she has no use for it. I will hang onto it for now. The best thing about the dump it has a great return policy lol.

And this guy well he has been sick. Hospital sick but he is home now and doing so much better thank heavens!

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May joy and good health

Follow you all the year!!!