Finished, but oh so disappointed!

 BEANIE

I finished the beanie for my niece, but unfortunately she spaced out on our meeting, I developed a migraine because of it (waiting and waiting causing me to be tense) and took a nap…so didn't wake up until in the mid evening. Went back to bed! Still had the headache this morning or else would have driven over there to give her the gift…but…she was leaving for her flight to Colorado.

I hated the beanie. I started out loving the yarn, Uptown Worsted, but by the time I finished, the hat looked like it had been worn for a year. The yarn not only got rather fuzzy, it wasn't really aran weight or even worsted weight. The beanie turned out to be too small…so frustrating.

The first one above is with the brim where it is basically supposed to be…looks like it is for an elementary school student

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This one above in my lap is just a hair different…but still looks small.  I guess I will have her try it on first before I ship it off to one of the youngsters.

My brother sent me these to affix to my windows as a gentle reminder that I have large dogs in the house! I don't have Rottweilers, though. Mine are Mastiff/Labrador mixes. Not quite that ferocious looking.  Maybe the boys might live up to that look if riled, but the girls look like Lab's. Big Labs, but Labs nonetheless. Seems like the stickers may ward off a person or two intent on coming in uninvited.

There was a sticker with Mastiffs on it that said "You might get in, but you won't get out."  Now I thought that one would be a great deterrent, especially with my quartet of barking dogs.

Looking forward to a nice quiet week at home with my furry friends. My friend Paula lost her dog Indy earlier this month and I didn't know it…when I found out I could not stop crying. I have never met either one in person, but over the years on Ravelry I have come to know them both…Indy through Paula's eyes…and my heart breaks for her pain and loss.  

It makes you want to hold those furry ones a little closer.

On another note...

Cut off my TV service and just joined one more internet streaming channel, so now I have all I want. I get the TV shows I love (if I can't watch live) just a week later and can watch all the movies and mystery shows that please me, so am good. Right now catching up on Death in Paradise…I didn't realize I had missed so many seasons! And Vera!!!! And Shetland! Oh what fun!

And some football…when you can only watch two channels that carry the game at the same time….

What can I say…I'm a fan. Works well when you are a speed reader and you silence one and put up CC! You never miss a beat. And even better, the half-time breaks are exactly the same so you only need one on sound. Guess I will have to get my iPad up if there are ever three I could watch! LOL!

Merry Christmas to all...

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