Seven Things Week 34

More from the kitchen and there will be more from the kitchen to come!
Ooops, bad picture this week. On top of the white bread cutter and white ashtray is the bagel cutter, except I cut it out of the picture--sorry.
* 3 vases
* Suntea maker
* one ashtray (I think that's it for the ash trays!!)
* bread and bagel cutter
* 4 cups with lids and straws.

A Granny Square....

I am so pleased with myself!! After 30 years of crocheting I have finally made a Granny Square. Here is a pic of my first ever square.
My dear Aunt, who was my crochet buddy tried many, many times to teach me how to make a granny square and I just couldn't do it. It was a great source of frustration to me too.
Well, a couple of weeks ago, I took out my book, and with my little guy running around and the TV on, I made a granny square!! I was, and still am shocked. I have made about 12 of them now in purple. And they are being donated to make a blanket for Alzheimers.
I am also making a giant granny square and will donate that too.

April 20---Here is the pic of the Giant Granny square I made and donated. It was fun to make it. The top picture is the giant granny. The bottom square is my first ever granny square.

Seven Things Week 33

I know this weeks seven things seems really lame, but let me explain.
I have been married almost 13 yrs. I had been a smoker up until about a yr and a half ago. I have never smoked in this house but I did smoke in my house when I was not married.
All of these ashtrays have been sitting in my cupboard wasting space.
My husband is in the process of redoing the kitchen after a very long hiatus. My kitchen was only about half way done when I unexpectedly (and very welcomed) got pregnant with our boy.
So, in this whole process, I had to clean the cupboard so hubby can remove them and these are what I found.
I am glad to be rid of them and I know sadly they will find a new home. I hate to just throw them away knowing someone could use them. So I will donate them to the box that the vets will pick up.
*Seven ashtrays!!!

Seven Things Week 32

Miscellaneous stuff from around the house this week.
* 4 blackout curtains
* gray corduroy pants
* flannel lounge pants
* gray sweatshirt
* 2 red t shirts

Seven Things Week 31

Nothing too interesting this week
* One pair jeans that don't fit anymore
* Two trivia books
* four pair of socks
Into the box for the vets.

Lunar Eclipse!!

I was able to get some pics of the eclipse tonight. They aren't great but they are better than nothing. The first one was in the beginning. The second pic was a few minutes later. I like it because you can see the whole moon.

Seven Things Week 30

Lots of shoes this week! Some of this stuff is from my husbands trunk that we cleaned out. Found some interesting stuff in there!
* Clothes steamer
* Men's black shoes
* Brown slippers
* Woman's black shoes
* Baby swim shoes
* White plant hangar
* 10 baby shower invitations
The men's black shoes, the clothes steamer and the plant hangar were all in the trunk. Odd assortment. The other stuff was in the office area just waiting to find a new home. The woman's black shoes were mine, still in great shape but it appears that my feet have grown since having my son!! Or while I was pg with him and I'm just facing up to the fact now!!

Seven Things Week 29

This weeks seven are extra's that I will never use and it's time to let them go.
* Paper organizer that was a gift--I have never used it
* Button ups--these are for scrapbooking--I think. I have never used them, they were given to me
* One Red, and 1 green Photo album. I bought these and have never used them
* baby stickers. I used these on some of my sons birth announcements
* 25 baby Thankyous--never used
* 10 baby announcements never used
Most of this stuff was stored on a shelf in my sons room. I had thoughts of using some of the items but haven't in almost 3 yrs so it's time to find a new home for them all.

Seven Things Week 28

This week is linens.
* Brown comforter
* 2 green contour bath rugs
* green toilet seat cover
* light green towel
* dark green towel with washcloth
The comforter is about 24 yrs old. My Daughters paternal grandmother made it for me. It is now daughters.
I also gave her the towels and rugs.

Seven Things Week 27

Back to the linen closet with this weeks seven.
*1 blue towels
*pink towel
*blue towel with washcloth
*green towel with washcloth
These all are going to my daughter. Now I don't have such an overload of towels and I know my daughter will find them useful.

Me and my fridge have been tagged!

Jenny at Green Mommy tagged me so here is a pic of my fridge.

Kilwatt update

Got the electric bill and surprisingly it was down from last month.
This month it was 1018, compared to the 1080 of last month. I'm still working on trying to get it even lower, or at leat lowering it each month instead of seeing it go up again. It was an improvement at least.
I read somewhere that having an ariconditioner on in the summer really is not so good for your body. The body needs to sweat etc to function properly. With airconditioning, our bodies don't have to work at all. I would like to try to use the air much less this coming summer. Hoping my husband will agree. We have 2 window airconditioners for our house, and I don't like that sometimes they are running all the time.
What an odd subject to be talking about on this day. It's about -7 with a 30 degree windchill outside and I have been COLD for two days.

Seven Things Week 26

This week is from the kitchen drawer again. I finally have room in that drawer now that I have gone through it. These are hand crocehted by me amny years ago. I am giving them to my daughter.
* 7 crocheted dishcloths
And with this post, it marks my half way point in this project!

Seven Things Week 25

Another dull week for the seven! From my kitchen again.
*9 dishcloths.
These went to my daughter. I'm glad she can use them.

Running--yes RUNNING!!!

I have decided to take up running! My husband has long been a runner and we are going to run together. I am excited to do this.
Right now I am currently working out on an Elliptical machine. When the weather gets nice again here, I will start running.
Our goal is to run an 8K in November in our little town, I'm pretty sure we will be ready by then.
We even have a jogger/bike trailer to run with our son!!

Seven Things Week 24

This week is nothing special but now I have a little more room in my drawer. The top one was a gift and it is hand knitted. I don't know why I think I need so many kitchen towels because I rarely dry dishes.
*8 kitchen towels.

They will be going to my dear daughter.

Places I have visited

I got this idea from here
http://www.honoraryarab.blogspot.com/



create your own visited country map
or check our Venice travel guide

It was fun to do although I haven't been to many places outside the US. Don't forget to notice the little red spot in the middle east, that would be Israel. We went there in 1999 and stayed in Jerusalem on the Mount of Olives. We had a marvelous time. It was beautiful and I want to go back!

Seven Things Week 23

This weeks 7 is from my husbands closet.
*9 various type shirts.
They either no longer fit or he doesn't like them. Some of them I bought for him. LOL
I think winter may be arriving this weekend! It's getting colder and I hope it snows soon. Lots of snow too. My son loves the snow and loves being outside too, in any weather.

Kilowatt update

Got my electric bill today, I only owe 5.80. Yes, that's FIVE dollars and eighty cents.
Apparently we have a credit to our account from overcharges.
Anyway it was 1080 this month, up from 1006 last month. That might be because it's been so dark so early for so long it seems!
Still continuing to work on it.

Seven Things Week 22

Week 22 is a mix of things
* Blue casserole dish
* One set of queen sheets
* purple shirt
* 4 pink towels
* 1 black pair of lounge pants
* 1 blue pair of louge pants

That's it for this week.
Still waiting for winter here!!