365 Day Photo Challenge for November 1 - November 5, 2010 !!!

Hi everyone...

Eeek...I'm missing three weeks worth of photos...from October 6th thru October 31st. So I'm not sure what I"ll do to catch up...I think I'll start doubling up on photos for each week...keep your eyes out for that because I'll make sure to let you know when those are coming :) :) :)

Here is my installment for the last five days...I've included some brief comments...

Monday - November 1, 2010 (photo actually taken on November 2, 2010 - Tuesday) There's something really neat about a barn...new, old, lonely...lots of paint..no paint...This one is pretty..and so far the only one I've been able to take a photo of from a moving car ;) :)

On this day...it was my only day off...my days off are split during the week. I was a bit grumpy and not really wanting to go anywhere so early in the day. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise because my father and I were able to get some errands done. On this day, we drove to Ashland and Jacksonville . . . looking for a Bible (in J-ville) and some very nice knitting yarn in Ashland. The yarn was a gift from my father :) :)....gotta feed my fibre habit!!!

Tuesday - November 2, 2010    This photo was taken from the car. My dad and I drove to this little Christian bookstore that's housed in this old brick building. This building used to be a doll hospital at one point in time..so I thought I'd take a photo of the view down the sidewalk :)

My father found a really nice new study Bible here which he was going to keep for himself. However, after some thought, he put a new leather hide cover on it...and is planning on giving it away to someone who could use it..besides that...Jacksonville is so pretty, it's like stepping back in time 150 years.  You can't help but WANT to take a walk around and see what there is to see :) :)

Wednesday - November 3, 2010 - This is my latest project...a knitted Christmas stocking. The pattern has a really unusual twist to it...It's actually pretty cool. I'll be posting about this later :)

A great, super fun knitting project is always worthy of a photo. Oh, and notice the very nice "Create and Decorate" magazine on the background? I'm making that stocking...although I manipulated the yarn choice every so slightly. Hey, if you like any kind of crafting from knitting & sewing to punch needle embroidery...this magazine is FOR YOU...TRULY!! It's front cover to back cover...super cute...and great craft ideas. Click here to visit their site. You'll go crazy happy over all the crafty eye candy :) :) I can only count five magazines...that I think are worthy of the title  "front cover to back cover" good and this is one of them!!!!

Thursday - November 4, 2010  Okay...okay...more knitting...this store is the source for my knitting habit :) :) It's a great store...I always enjoy paying them a visit...and I never leave disappointed.  There's always a new yarn to try.  It's like being a kid in a candy store.

I like to visit The Web*sters whenever time permits. It's a really nice upscale yarn shop. Yes, they do focus on luxury yarns...but they have something for everyone and in every price range. The quality is always really good...so that's the main reason I LOVE shopping here whenever time and money permits. Usually I buy cotton yarns. Those tend to be the least expensive and they make great projects for the home :) :)

Friday - November 5, 2010 This is a sneak peek at an upcoming project.....no spoilers!!!

Those are my photos for this week.  I'll make up for the previous three weeks worth of photos throughout the month of November :)  Oh, work was very challenging today.   It was  one call after another with no pause in between. I'm so thankful to be home for the rest of the evening ;) :) :)

That's pretty  much it for this week. I'm going to finish up one project this weekend....until then, I'll be starting another one tonight. Knitting is really relaxing...for me anyway...knitting and coffee....extra love and hugs :) :) That's the news from Oregon today. Bonus love and hugs, Heather :)

My 17th Tea Time Tuesday & Teacup and Tea Things Tuesday for November 2, 2010

Hi everyone... I'm late...as usual today. Sorry!  Today is a random collection of tea things.  I've been a bit disorganized of late...so I'll definitely try and do better next time.  I went out and voted today....more on that at the end of this post ;) :) :)

These are just some random tea things I pulled out of my cupboard. Although I have to say I rather like "random".  My feeling is that if you love it, you think it's beautiful and it brings you joy...then it deserves a place on your table ;) :) 

You'll notice the two silver pieces - a sugar bowl and the other a creamer. These were items that were passed down to me...and I know they're very old, but that's about it. Oh, there's a matching silver plate in the photo, too. All very dirty. I'll be buying silver polish soon, but my budget is tight and that's low on my list at the moment.

In addition, you'll see my vintage reproduction "tea" cannister...that was purchased at a yard sale awhile back, plus some clear glass tea things...another sugar bowl and creamer :) :) Isn't it cute?  I think this is Depression glass or at the very least made in the 1930s...but I'm not entirely sure!!! It's so dainty and I love the delicate detail around the rim...very nice.

Of course, in the background, you'll recognize my "Elizabethan" tea cup with the gauze ribbon tied on the handle :) :)

This is the "backstamp" that's on the bottom of the clear glass creamer and sugar bowl. It's not even a backstamp...but it's sweet that whoever came up with this design thought to add extra details like that!!!!

Today has been a very interesting day. November 2nd is a very important voting day here in the United States....there are lots of important local and state elections that are happening as we speak...which could potentially have an outcome on the next Presidential election.  It's really easy to get lazy about voting...I've been guilty of that in the past. However, lately, I've realized that if I don't vote, than I can't complain if I don't like the way the country is going. 

On that note, in Oregon all voting is done by mail-in ballots...which is kind of nice because they actually get a higher return than if people physicaly went to the polls. That's my theory anyway :) :) However, I had misplaced my ballot...so this morning I tore my room apart and managed to find the ballot...cast my vote...and get it sealed, signed, then delivered. My dad and I drove downtown to drop it off at election headquarters. There were four cars behind us...which is kind of a traffic jam where I live :) :) I wouldn't have been able to go through my day in good conscience without voting. Plus I even made up a cute song for the occasion..."I voted. I voted...and on the way I voted. My room's a mess. I lost my brush...yet on the way I voted"...true...my room is a total mess. I did lose my brush...only to find it later ;) :)

Oh, if you have a chance stop by Farmgirl Cyn's blog. If you've been following about her grandson Alex, he went home to be with Jesus today. Please pray for the entire family...a sweet baby and a very sweet family and they could really use our love and prayers today!!! Click here to read the recent post .

There are some fun craft projects which I'll be blogging about later this week. It's exciting when I can start a new project.

This is downtown Jacksonville, Oregon as seen from the passenger seat of the car ;) :) My dad and I went shopping here for a Bible. It was such a beautiful day today.

This is part of downtown Ashland, also seen from the passenger seat of the car. My dad treated me to three skeins of yarn at The Web*sters. There's a link to their store on my sidebar. You can order from them and they'll ship to your door. The ladies really know their fibres!!!

My dad and I also had breakfast at Sonic today after we put our voter ballots in the drop box. So all in all it was a really great day in general...a great day for voting, shopping...and picking up craft supplies.

That's the news from Oregon today. Love and hugs, Heather :)

Scripture Sunday

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Hi everyone...Have a great Sonday. I'll be working on some new photos with Scripture this week.  Enjoy this one today. That's the  news from Oregon. Love and hugs, Heather :)

I'm Back With a New Flash Drive & A New Mystery Dishcloth :) :) :)



"Bruiser" ,the cat, running across the grass. He's one of the homeless cats that "lives" here in the apartment complex. From what my next door neighbor says, he's been here at least  10 "human" years :) :)

Hi everyone.....I'm BACK. Oh my goodness, I've missed blogging. Today was payday, so I bought myself a new flashdrive to store photos :) :) I deleted Picasa off of my computer, so uploading photos is much slower. Hmm...maybe I should rethink Picasa? Not sure yet...anyway, here  is the Mystery Dishcloth Knit-Along from "Rachel's Knitting Corner" Click here to pay her a visit. She always has a new project every month. One of my blogger friend's follows her site...and I happened to see the blog button....hmm...knitting and mystery..equals a really good time :) :) :)  So this one is special for October.

The lighting was a bit off for some reason.  I did have to "lighten" up some of the photos a little bit.  Here is everything all at once, so you get an idea of the progression. Everyday you get only SIX rows to knit...agonizing but so exciting at the same time...because you have to WAIT  till the next day for more instructions.

Day 1 - October 18th, 2010 (Monday)

Day 2 - October 19th, 2010 (Tuesday)

Day 3 - October 20th, 2010 (Wednesday)

Day 4 - October 21, 2010 (Thursday)

Day 5 - October 22, 2010 (Friday)
On this day I couldn't find my row counter. So I grabbed an envelope off my dad's desk..an envelope from a bank statement. He didn't mind that I used a piece of unwanted mail for something "useful". ..so envelope and pen in hand, I simply wrote down the rows as I finished them...a bit time intensive, but necessary for keeping track of which row I'm on.

Day 6 - October 23, 2010 (Saturday)

Day 7 - October 24, 2010 (Sunday)

Day 8 - October 25, 2010 (Monday)





 Day 9 - October 26,  2010 (Tuesday)
I should have chosen a slightly darker yarn. The message  is a little hard to see...however if you look hard enough it says "UR BOOTFL"..YOUR BEAUTIFUL :) :)

It's really nice to be back. I've missed three weeks of my photo challenge. So some of the photos I managed to save on a disk, others no...so I'll have to come up with something. I'll be posting those this weekend sometime...What have you been up to this past week? God is really teaching me some patience...apparently I have  "zero" when it comes to my computer :)  Then again, God is giving me strength at work, too :) :)  Well, that's about it for the moment.

Oh quick note, check out this really cool new magazine I discovered awhile back. "Create and Decorate" magazine. I'll be talking about it some more later this week...I just wanted to tell you about it. It's got EVERYTHING a crafter could want...and I mean EVERYTHING. The December 2010 issue arrived in the mail a few days ago...and I've been "oohing and ahing" ever since :) :) That's the news from Oregon today. Bonus love and hugs, Heather :)

The Teapot is Empty Today, But I Do Have a "Tea" Story

Hi everyone,

Good morning. I'm sitting at the computer trying to furiously type before I have to go to work...also trying to eat a bowl of gluten free happy oh's, too :) I don't eat a gluten free  diet, am thinking about it...but I just love the taste :) :)

So tea is different today because  of the virus problems I had with my computer.  I have photos to share, but I need a USB port so I can save them, then upload them to my blog. That'll be another week or so...

However, I'll tell you how I started drinking tea. You all know by know, I think :) :), that my grandmother used to have tea and goodies EVERY day about 4 p.m. So on those summers when I was with her ,that's what I'd have. However, when I lived in Germany, I had a Scottish friend that lived on the ground floor and I was on the first floor (2nd floor in the USA)...everytime I'd come over for a visit, she'd offer me tea.

She had this electric "water cooker" that heated up the water in no time flat...so quick. So we'd always have tea and chat etc...and this is ALWAYS the order of items that went into the tea..NEVER EVER any other order....milk or cream, sugar, then tea ;) :) :) So that's really where the tea habit started...that and having it at all my meals with friends.

We even developped a phrase, when we had something to talk about and it would take awhile..."That's a cup of tea story"..Why? Tea always tooks a good while to drink...and so does a good story or serious story...whatever the case may be :)

Well, ladies...that's it for the moment. I need to run off to work...feeling much better today. That's the news from Oregon. Love and hugs, Heather :)

Computer Viruses & Other Stuff....Arrggghh!!!

Mama Kitty somehow managed to climb up the wall and sit where you see her here.  She was pampering herself...and my dad and I jokingly think she was trying to get away from this male cat...not sure about that. It was just so odd and funny at the same time...to see her here :)

Hi everyone...oh, I thought computer nightmares were over.  Well, last night our computer was attacked by what I can best describe as a rogue cloud trojan virus thing...multiple boxes one after the other with the name "Think Point" on them...NOt sure how it happened..but it took us over 4 hours to fix...and  I ended up getting sick, too...still feel sick this morning and am staying home from work today only!!!

So I just wanted to warn you. I don't know much about computer viruses except they're mean and nasty.  If you get any email from me with no subject line, DO NOT ANSWER IT. I always leave a subject line in my emails. Also if I send a link to a website...and that's if...99% of the time I'll post it here...I will ALWAYS leave an explanation.

One of the things I did was to delete Picasa from my computer.  It's not clear if that was a source for the problem. However, I'm using another photo editing software exclusively now. It takes longer, but it's so much safer!!!  The first photo of Mama Kitty is me practicing adding text with this particular software program....and everything works great. This second photo was just random to see how many photos I can upload...As it turns out, I can upload quite a few and select which ones to add to my blog post ;) :)

Now I'm just practicing with photo and text placement on my blog. This photo of the vintage truck was taken sometime earlier this summer.

That's it for the moment. It's really cold today and I'm starting to freeze...so it's probably time to turn the heater on :) :) :) :) Oh....because of the problems with my computer...it really messed up my photo challenge stuff for the last three weeks...so I'll be playing a lot of catch up this week. So keep your eyes out for that :) :) :)  Thanks for praying for me, hanging in there with the computer grumblies...and for encouraging me in prayer and your friendship. I'm one blessed young lady for knowing all of you !!! That's the news from Oregon today. Love and hugs, Heather :)

Scripture Sunday

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Have a great Sunday everyone :) :) It's RAINING here in Oregon today. It is really dark outside and even though it's 8 a.m....it's looking more like 6 a.m.

I did have trouble uploading photos from Picasa directly to Blogger today. So I had to save it to my USB port and then upload it that way :) That's the news from Oregon today. Love and hugs from Oregon, Heather :)