January Update

Well, the new year has begun and not much is new around here. I threw my back out during Christmas break and my Dr. wants me to have another consult with a surgeon about it. I am going to schedule an appt and see what he says. I am also going to do more physical therapy as my right leg and right side of my lower back is still not much better when I do much walking.

Doug and I think my office chair may be hurting my back at home as I sit here at my desk sometimes for a couple hours at a time esp on the weekends e-mailing and watching tv and when I get up my back really hurts. So this weekend we are going to move the rocker/recliner from the living room (which nobody sits in anyway) in here and see if it helps. If it does, I think we'll start looking for a permanent chair for me. For that matter, I don't know that I really need a "desk" persay. It just takes up a lot of space and since I have the wireless keyboard and wireless mouse why do I need a desk? I'm thinking maybe I could find a nice chaise lounger, get rid of the desk and put my computer on a nice little table and sit here on my lounger and watch tv with my keyboard on my lap. Why not, right? I dunno, I think if I did that, I would never leave my room! LOL

I've already broken a bunch of my crochet resolutions for the year, including not starting too many projects at once! Oh well, life goes on, right? I am doing fairly well with my stashbusting score this year so far and have only purchased 2 skeins of yarn so far! WOO-HOO! (Ok, so they were one pounders, but still!)

Doug and I have really been enjoying our garage now that it's cleaned out and roomy out there! We've been playing cards in the evening and the weathers been so nice. It's a lot more fun than watching tv like usual!

I'm so excited! I'm all signed up to take my 3rd Bob Ross Oil Painting class! If you've never taken one, I encourage you to go to your nearest craft store and do it! I am not an artist at all but you really do leave with a beautiful oil painting ready for framing! This one is on Feb 2nd at Michaels. I hope that after this class I will feel confidant enough to try one on my own but I don't know. I guess if I mess up it's just a canvas that I've wasted, right?

And for now I leave you with a couple of pictures.

This first one is of all of us on Christmas Eve!



And this one is from New Years Eve. As you can see, I now have curly hair! I got a perm over Christmas break and I love it!

Valentine's Day Scarf

I worked this up today after joining in the Valentine's Day CAL over at Crochetville. I made the heart motifs from THIS pattern omitting the final round and using the 2nd to last round to join the motifs with the white. It was not only a great way to get started on Valentine's Day stuff but a great stashbuster as well!!!!



P.S. It looks a little lopsided because of the way I joined the motifs. I wasn't able to lay it flat on the table without actually hiding one of the hearts so there is actually one more heart you don't see in this scarf... It looks nice wearing it too!!!!