Lucky Me ~

I did have a bit of luck recently.  I was one of the lucky winners on Moosecraft's blog.  Sharon was having a give-away in honor of her birthday.  She was giving away two absolutely beautiful punch needle pieces, one of which she punched.  Now it is happily residing in Ohio.  Beautiful punching, finished to perfection and did I mention HUGE?  At 7" x 9" that is a big punch needle piece.  Thank you so much, Sharon.  Such a generous gesture on your part.  I love anything patriotic and will cherish it always :)

Perfect on the patriotic shelf of my bucket bench.

Well . . . the USPS finally delivered 4 days late.  It was "expected" delivery, not "guaranteed" delivery, but come on.  Expected in 2 days but arrived in 6.  Totally unacceptable.  The items in the package were consignment items to be sold at the Great Smoky Mountain hook in in Tennessee.  Needless to say they did not get there and it cost me sales.  NOT HAPPY.

Let me begin by saying that I am not a baker and really don't like to bake, but I have been baking pumpkin rolls for 40 years.  Never have I had an epic failure until this week.  My oven is ancient and I use an oven thermometer to monitor the temperature.  I had baked two rolls without issue.  The third didn't seem to be baking properly so I even left it in the oven a few minutes longer.  I take it out and begin to roll it in the linen towel.  It was still partly RAW.  WTH???  That one went in the trash and I didn't have any more pumpkin, so the next morning headed to the store for another can of pumpkin.  

Image from the internet

Why you ask did I need three pumpkin rolls?  My #1 bad boy, aka firstborn son, loves them and Friday I am heading 2000 miles west to drop them off.  Oh, and to also take him out to celebrate his 40th birthday.  I am smacking my head trying to figure out how that happened.  40???  Did I have him when I was 12???

There has been no hooking going on.  Not a single loop in weeks :(  The only thing I have been doing is a little cross stitch.    I recently purchased a Q-Snap frame and I do like it.  It holds the linen nice and taut.  Here's my progress so far.  Sweet design by Lori Rippey.  I will take it with me to Las Vegas and work on it during my flights.  Hooking just wouldn't work . . . lol.  The airplane seats are now so narrow (especially on Spirit) even a small person barely fits, but for the price, I will be inconvenienced for 6 hours or so.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs :)
Lauren