Hello,
I hope everyone has had a great weekend. Yarn has kept me sane this weekend. I woke up Friday and started getting ready to go to work. I heard a really strange noise and went to go down to the basement to see what was going on. Well, the basement was flooding. Yay!. I won't go in to all of the details. We got it all sorted out. Next on the fun list, my daughter had conjunctivitis and wasn't feeling well. I took her to the doctor and got her drops and medication. That night my eyes started burning. You guessed it. I have it in both eyes. Not just one, but both. Yesterday I just gave up on house work or anything else and sat down on the couch to work on hobbies. My eyes were burning and I didn't feel great, but I embroidered and crocheted all afternoon. I worked on my Granny Love, an embroidery project, a secret crochet project and my Sidewalk Shawl.
Here is the progress on my Sidewalk Shawl.
I have finished writing out the pattern for the bag I made and I will post it tomorrow. I will post Granny Love progress on Tuesday's Tallies. I will talk to everyone soon. Have a great Sunday.
P.S. Are you watching the Olympics? How amazing was yesterday? I was very proud of the British. Six golds, and how great is Jessica Ennis?
I have to mention our wonderful American Swim Team too. Our women are fantastic. Such talent and the American Men's Team? Michael Phelps, you are too great for words. Twenty-two medals, 18 of them gold.
I don't just cheer for the American team though. I love the Olympics. I was so excited for the Jamaican track and field. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is my hero. She beat an American to the gold. I was proud of our team for getting silver, but how fabulous is this woman?
It's looking so lovely!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Nikki. XOXO
DeleteThe shawl looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteYes we are very proud of our Olympic athletes, 3 gold medals in the athletics last night, we were screaming at the TV!!!!! We were lucky enough to go to the Olympic football last weekend, absolutely amazing. We are just so proud!!!!!
And Michael Phelps - what a superstar. We were all cheering his final medal last night, so well deserved.
The whole country has been gearing up for the Olympics for so long, it has been wonderful. We really hope everyone around the world is enjoying it - welcome to London!!!
Helenxx
I read somewhere that the average viewer of the Olympic games was a woman in her mid-forties. Ha. That is me and I am proud of it. Lol. I think this Olympics has been absolutely wonderful. London is one of my favorite places and to see the British people having such a great year makes me happy.
DeleteI love your sidewalk shawl, its looking great. Blocking is a wonderous thing isn't it lol. I to am watching the Olympics and saw the team GB clean up in the athletics. Jess Ennis was my favourite and I just loved how Michael Phelps finished his Olympic career. I hope your eyes get better soon.
ReplyDeleteJust wait until the Winter Games, I love that Apollo Ono. He is another one that just amazes me. I don't know if he plans on competing in the next games. I hope so.
DeleteSorry to hear you were off to a rocky start...hope all is better soon. Loving the shawl, very pretty!
ReplyDeleteThanks Shari, I feel good today, just really red eyes and don't want anyone to see me. Lol. Not a glamour shot day. Talk to you soon.
DeleteYour shawl looks amazing! Looking forward to watching it grow!
ReplyDeleteNice shawl! Can't wait to see it finished and blocked, bet it's going to be a beauty!
ReplyDeleteLove the shawl. The olympics have been wonderful and I love them too. I was so proud of the GB rowing yesterday. I was all tuckered out by the time they finished the 1500 meters! (I am well above mid 40)
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your troubles, hope both you and your daughter have gotten over the eye problems. Can't believe you worked on something so tedious when your eyes hurt. WOW. Flooding, oh my. I've not watched much of Olympics, not sure why. We usually do.
ReplyDeleteThe Olympics has been excellent to watch!
ReplyDeleteLovely shawl, nice to see it growing :)
Ouch conjunctivitis is horrible, hope you're totally fine again soon. Your sidewalk shawl looks lovely, I have it on my queue, but after doing another shawl and losing my place in the pattern whe I put it down for a while, it has totally put me off starting another Lacey shawl.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a good week.
Thanks everyone for such nice comments. I didn't work on the embroidery for too long, that did bother my eyes. Crochet doesn't seem to bother my eyes if I am not following a pattern that I need to read. Lol. I could probably do it in the dark. Looking forward to the start of a fresh week. Talk to everyone soon. XOXO
ReplyDeleteOooh I've had conjunctivits in both eyes too .. can't imagine how you can focus on your crochet. Mine was all about vanity. A couple of days before I was to meet my MIL-to-be for the first time I went to the salon to have my eyebrows done. Yes, you guessed it, infection from unsterilized spa tools :( I didn't realize what it was though, and waited a couple of days before going to a doctor. By the time it was diagnosed the infection had spread. I was on three different antibiotics for two weeks, I couldn't wear my contact lenses and couldn't bear sunlight for several days. YIKES.
ReplyDeleteEnough about me - hope everyone's right as rain in a hurry. Love the sidewalk shawl!
Sorry your daughter and you were not feeling well and that you had to deal with a flooding basement :( On the good side your shawl is looking lovely - its so pretty!
ReplyDeleteHi Kashi, oh I'm so sorry about that eye issue. Ugh. Hope you're all better and your daughter too. Glad you can still crochet! ((hugs)), Teresa :-)
ReplyDeleteYour shawl is absolutely beautiful! It looks like that Celtic knot that knows no beginning and no end.
ReplyDeleteSorry you had such a rough week. I hope this next week is easier on you. I'm like you when it comes to the Olympics....I admire all of them for just getting to that level no matter who they are or where they're from...they all have my admiration! Better luck this week!
Oh boy--what a week you had. I hope things are shaping up for the coming one. Your shawl is so pretty-once again I find myself thinking I should learn to crochet! We have been huge Olympic fans here--I love it all, the joy on the faces of the athletes winning gives me goosebumps!
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Ugh - pink eye. I hate pink eye. hope you're feeling a little better.
ReplyDeleteI love watching the games too. I really enjoyed watching the rowing. Team Canada was amazing.
And, how can you not enjoy watching Michael Phelps?
what a cruddy week! My husbandis prone to conjunctiveitis because he always forgets to change his contacts. It is miserable. Hope you and your daughter are feeling better no. I love your sidewalk shawl, can't wait to see it blocked.
ReplyDeleteI think you deserve to crochet all afternoon after all that. And the shawl is lovely!
ReplyDeleteOooh, I love the pineapples! Sorry about your week, but it looks like the shawl will be a wonderful reward to yourself!
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