tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203751362024-03-07T01:53:21.970-05:00RHO'S KNITTING GOESand a little of this and a little of thatrhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-30805172265886218652010-09-09T12:03:00.001-04:002010-09-09T12:03:55.792-04:00This and thatFirst off what a glorious grey cool morning - and the nights are getting almost chilly. Fall will officially be here soon and I am loving it already! Now to the funny part of the the post - poor Rich hurt his back then re-hurt it worse last week so he is crookedly hobbling around - soooo the other day when the washing machine alarm went off I ran downstairs to fix it - the blasted thing had rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-36239780102266755822010-08-26T10:53:00.001-04:002010-08-26T10:53:39.029-04:00Cucumber casserole recipe for ViAunt Tillies Cucumber Casserole (by way of my Dad and Aunt El)4 qt container6 medium onions chopped3 qts chopped cucumberPut chopped cucumbers in colander and let set for awhile - then take out by handfuls letting the juice that drips off go ..put into a pan Put onion in then mix cucumber and onion up with 2 beaten eggs 1/2 box Royal Milk Crackers (broken up or crushed) Put 2 inches cucumber mixrhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-67260296317578084012010-08-24T07:40:00.001-04:002010-08-24T07:40:56.611-04:00So let's see if this worksThe last time I said I would try to post more was exactly a year ago - guess that didn't go so well. Now I have this (hopefully) set up so I can post on my iPad so perhaps I will do better this year ;)I'm trying to get lots of caffeine in this morning before 8 am since that is my cut off until after the nuclear stress test tomorrow. acck acck acck. I am a bit of a wreck about this so send good rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-67202080687593852452009-08-22T08:51:00.002-04:002009-08-22T08:54:22.918-04:00the Darwin Award goes tothe guy on the police call I just heard --seems his moped ran out of gas on the Ponquogue Bridge last night coming home from one of the bars (he didn't say that but I am positive of it - and you will see why) so he left it there and walked the rest of the way - he just went back and it isn't there! I'm sorry but this is the one occasion that D'uh really fits......rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-10116890199064997912009-08-20T11:07:00.002-04:002009-08-20T11:19:36.234-04:00going to try to be a bit better about postingbut I am sure it will still be pretty sparse - especially right now - it is hot - as in - it is Stinkin' HOT -- and what am I doing - making macaroni salad - usually I think to do it early in the morning before it gets this hot (85 in my house already - in the living room don't want to think what the kitchen is with the steam) but it will be good tonight to have something cold - right?Off to rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-15756070378968725312009-06-06T14:15:00.002-04:002009-06-06T14:24:11.616-04:00A RantI am getting so sick of knowing people who have aneurysms or die of them - a friend from the Fire Department died of one this morning - 50 yrs old - in a car going to the airport to go to a golf tournament - he was in the back seat and everyone thought he was asleep. He had a wife, kids in college, a good business and was very active in the community - he will be greatly missed.Tonight is the rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-66737563700529989202008-11-08T21:54:00.002-05:002008-11-08T23:07:22.273-05:00HOW I SPENT ELECTION DAYIGNORE THE LAMPSHADE BEHIND THE XRAY AND THE CAMERA FLASH ON IT SORRY FOR ALL CAPITALS BUT IT IS A CHOICE OF CAPS OR ALL SMALL BECAUSE OF THIS - YEP IT IS MY RIGHT ARM - WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR THE EXTRA LOUSY TYPING.CAN'T KNIT PROBABLY FOR AWHILE -CAN'T COOK, DRIVE, SHOWER --WELL TO BE HONEST CAN'T DO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHINGI HAVE TO TRY TO NOT SHIFT THE BONES - THEY ARE A BIT CLOSER THAN THE PICTURE rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-21842056480724044262008-09-06T23:09:00.002-04:002008-09-06T23:13:57.611-04:00what color green are you?You Are Teal GreenYou are a one of a kind, original person. There's no one even close to being like you.Expressive and creative, you have a knack for making the impossible possible.While you are a bit offbeat, you don't scare people away with your quirks.Your warm personality nicely counteracts any strange habits you may have.What Color Green Are You?Thanks Martha that was fun -- but like I said rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-40757328187034192008-08-25T11:03:00.002-04:002008-08-25T11:49:45.430-04:00Laugh for the day last night I went out to check the irrigation (which is new) and walking around the house - I'm staying close to the house to avoid the sprinkler that was going and as I stepped next to that sprinkler I sunk up to my knee with the mud filling in behind me - I pulled my leg out (not an easy task btw it was really really stuck) - then I reached in to pull my shoe out - which by now has been rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-62402964341437094352008-08-24T16:01:00.001-04:002008-08-24T16:01:41.503-04:00Visitors to the field across the street from us3 deer in field across from my house 8/23/08Originally uploaded by rho1640We have been watching this family of deer all during the summer - it is a little hard to see them I know but that is as close as they come to the road. The two smaller ones have grown so much even in the last month - This year there are 3 last year there were 5 total. And no - none of them ended up in our freezer. We rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-67350691680087876792008-08-21T19:25:00.008-04:002008-08-22T09:53:11.477-04:00Haira picture of my hair since I started letting it go naturally curly - not to mention naturally white. I'm loving how much easier it is to go with the flow rather than fighting it everyday only to have it do what it wants anyway. Of course for this hot humid weather I end up wearing it up - but that is ok too. In fact I found a new use for Harmony DPN's - they make great hair picks - and they rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-79332296795091843282008-08-21T12:59:00.003-04:002008-08-21T13:15:33.841-04:00WowI just can't believe how long it has been since my last post. I would love to say I was just too busy to post but it is more that I was too cranky or uninspired to post. Ahh well. . . .I seriously am going to try to post something more often - If it were a perfect world I would say I will blog everyday - but I know myself too well to commit to that - and anything is more often than in I have rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-40241988961070675552008-03-16T20:04:00.004-04:002008-03-16T20:11:46.444-04:00Still sad but getting betterI can't think of any more to say about my friend Trish - so I am going to use what I posted on Ravelry -I considered Trish one of my best friends. So how can you get so close to someone you meet through this thing called the Internet? Trish and I met originally on Knitterās Review and started by PMing (private messaging) each other. Then it went to email (though neither of us gave our email rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-4501322314253365812008-02-11T21:17:00.000-05:002008-02-11T21:20:14.683-05:00Two Two posts in one day -I just took this quiz and I absolutely love the results so I had to post it immediatelyYou're The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!by Douglas AdamsConsidered by many to be one of the funniest people around, you arequite an entertainer. You've also traveled to the far reaches of what you deem possible,often confused and unsure of yourself. Life continues to jostle you around like a marble,but it'srhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-31908116503904346112008-02-11T09:18:00.000-05:002008-02-11T09:30:00.490-05:00Wow it's been ageshasn't it - time just gets away sometimes.I've had a few bouts with various flu strains going around then MIL was in the hospital and then on hospital hospice so there was lots of running back and forth there. She passed away last Sunday and last week was the wake and funeral - so it has been busy here.I did take the entire weekend and did nothing at all - I even napped one day for about an hourrhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-29924075859057949932007-10-28T18:15:00.000-04:002008-12-09T03:18:00.908-05:00Camera Fixed!And here are some pictures - first off my new pet - My Ashford Joy being modeled in what is apparently my modeling chair - this is the wheel that Jane helped me pick out and pick up - Thanks :DIsn't she pretty..... Second up is some of my spinning of some wonderful blue that Jane picked for me at Rhinebeck and surprised me with - she knows my color for sure doesn't she? - Can I say thank you rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-87161178067393319352007-10-27T10:43:00.000-04:002007-10-27T10:47:23.716-04:00A short noteto mention that I just got a new charger for my camera battery - batteries are charging so maybe by tomorrow I will have pictures of my new wheel up :DI was going to order a new camera for me but then I decided to look and see if I could get a charger all by itself ..... and they had it -- not only that but it is a better charger because it plugs directly into the outlet AND has an adapter to userhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-170327696955592982007-10-19T15:05:00.000-04:002007-10-19T15:08:00.117-04:00what happens when there is nothing to postyou do a quiz! You're Watership Down!by Richard AdamsThough many think of you as a bit young, even childish, you'reactually incredibly deep and complex. You show people the need to rethink theirassumptions, and confront them on everything from how they think to where theybuild their houses. You might be one of the greatest people of all time. You'dbe recognized as such if you weren't always rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-16779979752823936732007-10-17T13:20:00.000-04:002007-10-17T13:26:27.128-04:00For anyone who doesn't know already ....I got a spinning wheel - well I tried to upload a picture but blogger isn't letting me do it right now - they say they are aware of the problem -- sooo just plug in Ashford Joy Double Treadle into Google and you will see what she looks like. And since I still don't have a working camera that is most likely the picture I was going to use so you are seeing what you would see here. If it lets me rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-74929364917967355782007-10-03T23:40:00.000-04:002007-10-03T23:47:12.247-04:00I really really hate to admit it but . . .the trellis shawl kicked my butt... I gave up on it for now - after ripping it out 14 times I figure it was trying to tell me something. Something like don't do me now!!!!So I am not using that yarn to make a simple seed stitch which also seems to be giving me a problem - I think I have to put some of the blame on the fibro flare I am in and the fibro fog I seem to be in the mist of. Hopefully rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-29363601925943194202007-10-02T17:30:00.000-04:002007-10-03T23:22:59.168-04:00Wouldn't we all like to say ....we had a teeny tiny bit of influence in helping someone get their dream - I know I would - so here is a request from a knitter friend of mine - I voted and I think she deserves the chance to get her book read by a publishing company. It is a fun read and I just know that the "junk" in the cottage is so much more and want to read the whole story to find out what it is. Plus it looks like the rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-40324374931644381032007-09-30T20:10:00.000-04:002007-09-30T20:24:40.768-04:00Still no pictures BUTthat is a good thing since I ripped my shawl out AGAIN!! I tried to rip it back to where there was a mistake - and pick up the stitches but I couldn't pick up the stitches. So it has been started again for what the 13th or 14th time -- it sure is a good thing I am stubborn isn't it? This time I am going to do it on my new Harmony Knit Pick needles and use the hole in it to try to do a life rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-89917603745059700402007-09-08T23:49:00.000-04:002007-09-09T00:01:36.406-04:00Perseveranceor just plain stubbornness - pays off - and it seems for me that 10 times is the charmed number for beginning a project. I started the second ball of yarn tonight -- and I am a very happy camper - I may actually have this done before the Knitters Review Retreat. YIPPEE!!Second piece of good news - if you scroll to the end of my blog you will see that I have been doing Weight Watchers ----- as rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-20093243337604611912007-09-03T15:05:00.000-04:002007-09-03T15:15:30.794-04:00I seriously suck as a knitterI haven't blogged because I seriously suck as a knitter - I can't even manage a simple 4 line pattern that makes a trellis pattern - I have frogged my shawl 6 times (yep you read that right SIX times) I was originally doing it with navy cashsoft and red kidsilk haze but after 4 times frogging it I decided to do away with the kidsilk - it is easier to see where I have gone wrong without it - and Irhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20375136.post-54198959012932704372007-08-12T11:09:00.001-04:002007-08-12T11:09:35.534-04:00I won this :D P1010001.JPG Originally uploaded by rho1640 over at Jo's Celtic Memory Yarn -- isn't it beautiful - I went to a friends house on the canal to use their mailbox for this picture --of Rho's Periwinkle Cove yarn......which will make the most beautiful pair of socks ever - won't it? I wish I could say the same about my picture taking abilities - this was the best of the bunch - sad isn't it?rhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.com9