not another one!

You see them all the time. People on talk shows..dragging their whole family on for ..what?
A chance to be on TV? Money? Attention?
Not sure.


I have daughter who is 6 years old. She is a large child. I mentioned before I think...80 pounds, and 4 feet tall..maybe taller now.

I made mention of this fact on a blog entry comment pertaining to people who make fun of fat people.
I mentioned that my child has been teased. The Doc is fine with her progress..basically eat right , get excersize..and not put on anymore weight.

Anyway..a woman contacted me about a show they are doing about children with body image issues.

I declined.

Would I seriously drag my kid through that?
Becca has cried with me from the teasing in her bedroom at night.( No..I didnt cry..even though I wanted to. I really do try to be the strong adult on occasion.)

There is no way I would make her discuss this in front of a bunch of people.

No way.

ok..third time I am writing this..so here it is..short version..

purse for my daughter, crochet thread bracelet,

I am now the puppies official owner

...fuck you Opera blog..at least for now, fuck you..I might like you again later...right now I'm pissed.

pics:

I have been really lazy about gardening this year. Stuff does get planted and watered...and occasionally weeded. But I feel I should be doing more.
I know I need to get those strawberries transplanted from the ground and into planters. I hope that works out ok. And I need more perrenials...alot more.
I did finish my part of the swap and got it sent out on time.
Unfortunatly the organizer seems to have flaked. Looking at her swap history she has alot of negatives in the feedback area. I am wondering why she was even allowed to organize this one. I guess there is a policy somewhere...and she hasn't reached her f-up limit yet.
Anyway...I dont think my partner will ever end up here, so I'll post what I made.
My original plans of making it from denim didnt work because my needle broke in the middle of it...so I crocheted the body of it, with beads. The focal point is a painting on canvas, and then sewed on with embroidery floss.
Crappy pic..oh well.


Oh...also today I got a puppy...well..my Mom did. But I am the one who spent a small fortune on her...and I haven't even taken her to the vet yet! She is a chihuahua mix, and is about 5 months old, and called "Annie" She is extremely sweet, and kind of pretty...even more kind of pretty with the new pink collar with little ribbon rosettes on it that I bought her...with a matching harness.
( got a bunch of pond plants in the same trip!)

And also tonight, I have come to the conclusion that a close friend has some serious mental problems. He honestly believes there is a network of people , that spans the country spying on him, and trying to ruin his life. Says he doesnt even know if he can trust me...sigh...We dont even live in the same state.
The whole thing makes me very sad...and I'm really worried about him. I'm scared he might try to retaliate against those he feels is doing him wrong, and spying on him...and get into serious trouble.
He has talked about being in dire straights...about to be kicked out of his living quarters, by the organizer of all this spying...his landlord...yet that deadline has passed, and there was a sketchy explanation as to why he was still being allowed to live there. Also he mentioned she has him care for her cats while she is gone. Now if you were kicking someone out of your house...even if you were a completely selfish and heartless person...would you trust the person you were kicking out to care for your pets? It just seems strange to me.
I actually have two friends like this..the other is female and she is aware that she has a problem. She has got some jarring proof when she is in the middle of a delusion that knocked her back to reality. But she has had some doozies over the years.
I have heard stories of how maffia bosses were after her, because she was suppose to testify against them. About how a South American government is after her for bringing a disease into the country. ( She has never been to South America) Stories of demonic visitations are common. Her neighbor is trying to steal her man just to make her life miserable...and people send her emails with videos of them together hugging and kissing and laughing.
I dont know what to do for either friend so I just listen.

I got into a big argument with my Mom tonight.
See..I dont have delusions as the result of stress..I have chest pains. And I have been trying to get it through my family's thick heads that they all need to cool it ...or I might not BE here anymore. I am the one who does the feeding of us, so it scares me as to what would happen to them all after I'm gone.
My money would be spent faster than you can say "I am as serious as a heart attack...cool it!"

ok..I'm out of here for now.

I got a bunch of various colored ...how to describe it...nylon rope? At the thrift store yesterday...I'm making a rug. I'm so excited!

What?
Stop looking at me like that..I really NEED a rug. It's for my front porch.

I am coming to hate mass- manuifactured goods more and more, and trying to reply on them less and less.
Yeah...the rope is mass produced...

I remeber seeing a book long ago on living independantly..making ones own everything as much as possible, growing one's own food,etc.

I am coming damn near to the point where I have enough skills to do ALOT of it..and do it nice.


I no longer want what they spit out at me and tell me I should be buying.

Ok..the circle is the rug in progress. Also is a drawstring bag/purse I recently made. Both rug and bag are crocheted in the round. The bag is dishcloth cotton.

Also some almost finished PJ's for my daughter. I made the felt duck applique too. I had never done an applique so it's a bit funky looking.
Last is one of my outdoor chair cushions..I didnt like the print on them so I'm painting them.

ok..well I was going to show all of that, but only the purse shows up on my memory card.
ok..so here is the purse I crocheted in Utah. I had to up the brightness alot to show the texture and stitches, etc...sorry.

You just haven't lived until you're knee deep in a pond removing string algae in the brain baking heat.
I also got the garden weeded and scraped the paint from an old chair.
There was also a good deal of packing, etc in between.
But damn..I finally had to give in and take a nap.
I'm old...so very old now.

Guess I better finish the packing, do my nails ( I HATE doing my own nails...but I didnt budget my time well enough this week I suppose.), and get rid of that pesky white hair.
I would say the white hair is proof that I'm getting old. But really the need for a nap is. I have had white hair since I was 16.