My Latest Mat

I was asked some time back if I would do a "Newfoundland & Labrador" Flag. I pondered as to how it would look in such a large size; however, when I completed it this morning, I thought the result was ok and it would be great for a Den/Family Room.. The former Newfoundlander who ordered it now lives in Manitoba, so I guess everyone from home likes to have keepsakes of our great province...



The BLUE represents the sea.
The WHITE...snow & ice of winter
The RED...efforts & struggles of Newfoundlanders & Labradorians.
The Gold...Confidence Newfoundlanders & Labradorians have in themselves & the future.

These are my tags on the back of each mat that I make...


As you can see, I am no seamstress..... Enjoy!!!

Mat frame with Cold Feet????

Because I work in my family room/sitting room, which is upstairs, I didn't want to put my rug frame on my NEW floors :) so I decided to put wool socks on the feet/legs. Looks kinda cute, dont' you think? I have a new camera and am not familiar with cropping the pictures yet..can't you tell?

I tried once to work in my downstairs area but have to say... I Do Not Like a Basement...as my Mother said at one time when we offered to make an apartment there for her: "I'll be Underground Soon Enough"....that's my MOM.....:)

As you can see, I have begun hooking again...It's about time.....
Also, the container next to my frame is not laundry...it is my material that I am using for this project...

My Blog Hits.......

I am just so excited today...You may think that I am crazy saying this over what some of you may think is "trivial". My blog tallied at over 10,000 drop-ins up until today from people all over the world. It is such a great feeling to know people DO read what we have written about hooking and every day living. I started my blog a little over a year ago because my blogger friend, Julie, whose blog site is": http://www.rjmsworld.blogspot.com/, suggested I do so.

Thanks Julie, for encouraging me to do that. Plenty of times I have not blogged because life gets in the way but I do enjoy reading responses and just to know that people takes the time to look gives me a great feeling.

A big "THANK YOU" to one and all. I hope I can blog more this New Year and hope to see more people dropping by and I do hope to share some of my hooking later on.

Good Idea for a Mat

This photo of my hubby, Mona and Alexis, I have a feeling, will be made into a mat for next Christmas...What do you think?

Also including a picture of Alexis' daughter, Mona....She is just as loving as her Mom.

Sad Christmas Day

Even though Christmas is supposed to be such a happy time, we were saddened on Christmas Day when our dear sixteen year old {approx.} Maramma Sheep Guard Dog, Alexis, passed away.

She was given to us a few years back when an acquaintance of ours was selling his sheep farm and wanted a home for his girl. We thought about it for a number of days before deciding we would take her; after all, we knew she was old and didn't know how long she would last. We had bought her daughter, Mona, three years before (as a puppy) and because She proved to be such a great guard, not only for the sheep but for us as well, that we couldn't go wrong. Sure enough, Alexis proved to be just as good as Mona. She was a dear dog and my hubby and I loved her to pieces. She had a good home with us. She has been cremated and put with the rest of our animal family on her favourite spot....atop the hill where she could have a good "eye" on her sheep....

Happy New Year

Wishing each and everyone of you Happiness, Good Health and Prosperity in the New Year. Thank you all for being my cyber friends..We all need and appreciate that at times in our lives when there is no one, it seems, that we can reach out to..Rest assured, YOU are always there. All the Best, my friends...
As the famous "Forrest Gump: saying goes: My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

BEEN WAY TOOOOO LOOOONNNNGGG!!

Greetings my fellow bloggers and drop-by friends. I feel like a complete stranger here today as it has been such a loooonnnnggg time since I posted. I have been busy, busy, busy. My brother had to be situated in a different nursing home and it was a complete worry while trying to have him placed. You see, my brother has been blind from birth; my mother kept him with her until she was too old to care for him, so he went to a private home where the caregiver's husband became ill and my brother had to be moved. I'm telling you, our health system has lots of wrinkles to be ironed out. It is unbelievable that it can take so long to have a person placed in a nursing home. It was close to two months before it was finally done. Thankfully, he is settled and is content.

Take my advice on this one: Don't ever attempt to have your complete house uprooted before any Holidays. We decided to have our flooring replaced...it was time after 26 years...and the only available time was on the 13th of the month. I have to say it is just today that I can say that things are put back into place...what didn't go in the garbage or is saved for the Good Will Center, that is... What havoc!!! There was furniture, etc...all over the place. My husband has about five hundred books, no kidding, that had to be boxed and taken to the basement and then brought back to be packed on the bookshelves again..My poor back!!! It was just yesterday morning that I did my tree and believe me, AGAIN this year, if there were a contest for the ugliest tree, I would get it...I have no baking done and am about to attempt that after this post...

I want to wish each and every one of you "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY, HEALTHY NEW YEAR".

I have to make a resolution concerning my blog again this year. Apparently, the last year's one didn't work..

Take care everyone and enjoy family time..that is the most important of all....