Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Time Marches On

So I ran out of a couple colors of yarn for Zach's graduation afghan.  His mother, my daughter Jill, came to my rescue and picked up the needed yarn for me.  I should have messaged her the proper names of the colors, for one of them, while being very close to the color used, was just far enough off in hue that it would be noticeable.  She will bring me the proper yarn this week.  In the meantime, I have finished another 10 granny squares with the yarn she brought and only have another dozen or so waiting for the proper colors.  Then it will be ready to sew the squares together and add a border.  Jill assures me that Zach will like it.  I hope so.

I have plenty of yarn for my own afghan and only need to crochet the last two rows on about 15 squares.  Then it will be ready to be sewn together and the border added to it.  It is so pretty.  I will post pictures of both afghans when they are finished.

While Jill was here I talked with her about yarn for the graduation afghans for my three youngest grands.  She said she would be happy to pick out the colors and bring me the needed yarn.  She said that my granddaughters seem to like her taste in colors so I am just leaving that selection up to her.  As long as I am on a roll here with crochet hook and yarn, I think I would like to get the rest finished.  After all, I am not getting any younger and I want to be sure that all the grands get their granny made afghans.

I don't keep regular hours like I did when in the working world.  I sleep when I am tired and am up doing things when I am not.  I slept for about three hours after supper last evening and as a result was awake all night.  Probably a good thing it worked out that way, for the City crews were removing snow from the last snowfall a couple of days ago and the noise from the equipment they use likely would have kept me awake.  The streets had been plowed, but there were rows of snow piled up along the curbs and in the alleys.

I watched the activity in the street in front of my building for a while.  It was sort of like watching a precision drill team.  The huge front end loader with a plow blade on it scraped the snow from the sidewalk and curb out into the street.  A smaller loader cleaned the snow from the alley.  A small bobcat came behind the other two and cleaned up what they had missed.  All of the snow was piled in a row in the middle of the street.  After that came the dump trucks which were loaded with snow and off they went to dump it wherever they dump snow - usually on a vacant lot.  Other places I have lived in warmer climates have had the theory that God put the snow there, let Him worry about it.  But here in Minnesota, we have precision drill teams of loaders and trucks to take care of the vast amount of snow we usually get in the winter.  It was kind of fun to watch.

Duane brought me breakfast of some orange rolls the other morning.  That was a treat.  He was here yesterday, helping me put some jars of baking soda on a top shelf in my kitchen, when he found a container of raisins I had forgotten I had.  So perhaps a batch of oatmeal raisin cookies is in my near future.  That was Duane's suggestion anyway.  He knows I share.  :)

Not much else going on here in my little corner of the world.  Hope all is well in yours.

12 comments:

  1. I'm so glad that your kids take an interest in your life. So many don't.

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    1. Gorges...I am blessed with kids who care. And I am grateful.

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  2. How fun to be so near the finish line for both projects! Looking forward to seeing the pictures of both. Although I'm sure they're lovely.
    Those soon to be made cookies sound lovely.
    Wish we had your snow team here. We had 3 snows in the last 10 days. Our city does an adequate job of maintaining the main road streets but nothing like what you described! Dog and I finally had our full walk yesterday - it had been a week since we made our rounds. I think he smelled every blade of grass for 'the news'. Hahaha.
    Rain came overnight and continues so the snow should be gone by the end of today. I don't mind the snow as much as trying to walk on the ice.
    Not much news from me. I've been trying out a few new to me soup recipes. Mostly I've been enjoying some dvds from the library and a mystery by Louise Penny.
    Take good care,
    SJ

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    1. SJ...I think the reason my street gets so much attention from the snow detail is that my apartment is located in the middle of the old downtown area. I don't think think the residential streets are so lucky.

      We have temps in the upper 30's and lower 40's predicted for at least a week, with no snow in sight. Unusual for this time of year, but I'm not complaining!!

      Your talking about walking Dog reminded me of when I had a Cocker Spaniel and would walk him in my neihborhood. He didn't bother checking to see what other dogs had left their calling cards. He immediately started tugging on his leash, trying to go in the direction of the Dairy Queen that was two blocks away before they moved to the other side of town. I think he was heartbroken when they moved. He dearly loved an ice cream cone. He lived to age 16, even being as spoiled as he was. :)

      My life is revolving around afghans and yarn these days, so no culinary delights lately. :) I have visiting nurse on Friday and grocery delivery on Thursday, so I think I may just have to take Saturday and do some serious cooking and baking. There are raisins calling my name, waiting for the cookies and I really need to answer the call pretty soon.

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    2. Great story about your Cocker Spaniel. They're pretty smart, aren't they.
      My last golden loved her ice cream cones as well. Also from DQ. My guy now has such bad food allergies that he's never had ice cream.
      Your cookies and other goodies sound yummy. Root beer floats have been calling my name recently.
      Cheers, SJ

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    3. SJ...That Cocker, Barney by name, was a hoot. He didn't bother me at breakfast or lunch, but he was convinced that I should share my supper with him. And when I didn't, he would turn his back to me and grumble, peaking around now and then to see if I was paying attention. If not, he would grumble some more. I miss that dog.

      Probably just as well your dog can't have ice cream. Barney developed blood in his urine and when I took him to the vet I was told that crystals had formed caused by dairy products. No more ice cream or cheese for Barney. He was not happy, but the crystals went away.

      Oh boy. Root beer floats. A favorite. Right now I am working my way through a big box of fudgesicles my son brought me. But I may have to order some root beer next grocery order. :)

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  3. Hi Vicki, can't wait to see the finished afghan and the colours for the new ones!
    They plow the same way down my street, but on the not so main street, the pile the snow on the lawns and only remove the pile where the sidewalk is. The piles are huge and will be there until fall lol. Luckily I am on a school street so it get's better treatment.

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    1. Jenn...I'm getting close to finishing both, but it will still take some time as I will be crocheting about 4 rows of border around both. I think they will look good when done. I can't hardly wait to see the colors of yarn that Jill brings me next. She is really good at that sort of thing.

      Living right in the middle of downtown, we get the super deluxe version of snow removal. The rest of the town is petty much like where you live, although we have had so little snow this year, the piles of it are pretty small. That may change as March usually brings at least one good snowstorm. I don't know if they even hold statewide basketball tournaments in Minneapolis any more, but years ago the joke was that tournament time was also blizzard time - which was usually true!

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  4. Cookies sound wonderful now. I just may have to make some this week.

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    1. Kristina...I think I will do some baking this weekend. I'm hungry for some gingersnaps as well as the raisin oatmeal cookies. And I think some cinnamon rolls are becoming a necessity. :)

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  5. I am like you with the sleeping. When the blizzard of 1993 unloaded two feet into my yard, no one bothered with it. Even God waited two weeks to take care of it. But, I live in the South where things like that just don't happen. I doubt we have enough city employees to do the job they did on your street.

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    1. Linda...It was when I lived in southern Missouri for a time that I heard the remark about God getting rid of the snow. Some roads in that state have what looks like white, shallow ceramic cereal bowls turned upside down and embedded a few feet apart in the center of the pavement. They glow when car lights hit them. Some of the roads there are very hilly with lots of curves and I expect those are there to help people from crossing the center lines on a curve. Anyway, snowplows would break them up so they just don't plow. It only snowed once in the three years I lived there.

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