T stands for... Just a Quick Visit...

 

Hi All!!! Happy Halloween!!! I'm sitting here typing this hoping we have some trick or treaters this year... not likely... But i have candy.. and if they don't come i'm going to have to eat it.. So let me sit here and type this and maybe my doorbell will ring..lol 

Lookee lookee... one more roll of yarn for my granddaughters blanket... You can see my edges are wonky... but then i got myself straightened out.. She's only 2 so i think she will love it..  lol One day she gets older i hope to make her a nicer one.. Maybe i'll have crochet figured out by then.. lol If your wondering this is a 'single ' crochet stitch.. 

The Monarchs and other bees and butterflies were very happy to have my SunFlowers in the yard.... But now they have finished blooming and i have pulled them up.. Thank goodness they had fairly shallow roots and pulled up easily..  I had so much fun taking care of them this Summer.. Collecting the seeds and pruning spent flowers.. It was nice to have something to take care of.. 

And i must not forget Elizabeth's wonderfully spooky Halloween card that came in the mail the other day! Thank you so much Elizabeth! If your a new visitor do pop over to Elizabeth's blog and consider joining the T party.. where the only requirement  is to show what you are drinking.. Happy T day! Hugs! deb

T stands for Who Wants To Know....

 

I won't be joining the T party this week but i wanted to let anyone who wanted to know how things turned out yesterday at the Doctors.. You all know crafting ~painting~ art... helps me keep my sanity in times of stress... and there has been alot of both going on this past week or so.. 

So its no surprise you'll  find my cup of coffee this week in the craftroom..  The heart cath went better than expected .. What should have taken an hour took a half hour.. And we are left sitting there ( or in his case lying there) wondering if that is good news or bad news... And it was good news.. All his bypasses look very clear and good .. he has excellent blood flow.. Apparently he could have been experiencing the discomfort and pain ever since the operation.. it kind of goes hand in hand with what he had done.. The arteries they take out of the legs are smaller than what his normal arteries would have been.. The doc said sometimes those repurposed leg arteries can get 'gunked' up but even those were clear..  So it seems they may adjust his medication to make him more comfortable..  But we are both so relieved its almost palatable.. We see his cardiologist Nov 8th to figure out a course of action.. if any..  Nervous to change medication or add on any more meds.. so we'll see..  Thank you all for your well wishes and i'm sure i will see you all next week.. Happy T day! Hugs! deb

T stands for..... A finished project

 

I'am so sorry i'am running late to post ... but hopefully some of  T Ladies will catch my post! 

This is a project i thought of last year when i found these meditating skeletons on sale just after Halloween.. I bought 4.. Figured i'd keep one.. gift one then maybe find a way to sell the other two.. 

Then my daughter bought two.. changed her mind.. So i ended up with 6! So the project got bigger.. I painted the skeletons , 2 each color  ~ Hubby helped me with the wood base.. i stained it... There's a little carved out place where the candle holder sits..  AND what i find so neat is it holds my pen or paint brush and even cell phone if i want to watch something on YouTube etc.. I will probably use it all year round.. I put them on Facebook Neighborhood Market and CraigsList.. but so far nobody wants one..  Ah well... I love them and think they turned out great.. and will look great around the house on Halloween.. !

My fish painting is finally up on the wall in the Master Bath.!! Love how the brown matches the decor..  After being moved from CA to AR to TX the canvas had developed a warp. So very glad hubby was able to straighten that out for the most part... 

And last but not least lunch at the Golden Corral.

 Hubby has had an echo Cardiogram.. but have not heard any results.. Next Monday he has a heart cath.. Last time he had a heart cath he ended up with a quadruple bypass.. Truth be told... trying not to freak out here.. Its a very helpless feeling.. I hope everyone is having a good week.. I have a trip to Fredericksburg to show you some pics... I even remember to take a pic of the food and drink!! I'll be around to visit!! Hugs! deb

T stands for .....No More Hotdogs....

 

Ahhh... the hotdogs... remember them? Many of you agreed with my hubby about seeing hotdogs.. One thing i have learned for sure... you have to have thick skin to show your creations to anyone.. online or in person.. And over the years i have developed just that.. I have learned that i have to create my art for me... not to please others.. My husband's opinion still matters to me but his dislike of something i make is not as soul crushing as it used to be.. 

In this instance i was not happy with the color of the first painting either.. And i had to agree it was too 'hotdogish' for me.. although i like the design... So many things happened in the process of making this painting .. it almost made itself.. You'll notice in the hotdog pic the faces are mirrors.. Well when i decided to repaint it, everything already had a clear coat.. 

So when i repainted it i needed to respray it with a clear coat.. well... I taped on a piece of paper to the mirrors ... well... the spray got up under there anyway and messed up the mirrors... sigh.. so not giving up! 

So i used glitter glue to cover the mirrors and put a layer of  that glossy accents i like so much to give it a nice finish.. and what do you know i like it better than the mirrors.. 

The light blue is a color shifting paint that will change slightly as you look at it from different angels..  The pattern on the women comes from the base layer which is strips of paper from junk mail that i glued on the canvas .. I just followed it with the paint.. All in all i like how the blue one turned out.. I definitely like the color better.. 

I got the Koi drawing traced onto canvas... We'll see how this goes... lol 

If you made it this far.. We've also been to the carwash this week... played some nightgolf with glow in the dark balls, which was really fun.. 

Taught myself how to crochet again after many many years.. with YouTube's help. Making my granddaughter a blanket for her second Birthday.. I started a little late but she's little.. doesn't have to be very big.. lol A blanket and a baby doll... OH! The yarn is made from recycled plastic bottles!!  Guess it wasn't selling.. Original price was $9 a skein.. i paid $2!! Cross your fingers ..... I have until mid Nov.. Thanks so much for catching up with me.. 

Some of you may know about 3 years ago hubby went through Quadruple Heart Bypass surgery.. and he had other complications but he's had a wonderful 3 years since the operation.. For the last month he's been having some trouble.. This past week found us in the Emergency Room.. And he is scheduled for a Cardiology visit this week.. It has us both on pins and needles.. Who knows what this will mean.. I think the past 3 years lulled us into false sense of security about it.. I was on edge for the longest time after the operation.. i hate feeling that way again.. but its our reality.. we just managed to forget about it for awhile.. So depending on what goes on this week i may or may not be around.. Send good thoughts! Much love! Happy T day!  Deb

T stands for .... A Touch of Fall....

 

Another crazy Tuesday for me... fitting in T and Golf.... I enjoy both so i'm determined to make it work.. Tuesday Golf days are numbered.. so we just gotta hang in there.. lol  Now that we are in October.. a little bit of Fall and Halloween has sprung up around the house.. 

Aaaahhh all those years i said i was decorating for the kids.... 

Now the truth can be told...lol Halloween is in my SOUL...lol Every year i try to add to my hoard...just a little.. This year i found some awesome bats at the Dollar Tree.. but when i went back to get more they were gone.. Bwwwaaaaaa!!! I hope they bring them back next year... I'll show you a pic of them next week... 

Just a quickie post.. I'll be around to visit albeit maybe a little late.. Thanks so much for stopping by. Happy T day! Hugs! deb