Saturday Round Up

 I am hoping that this is still working, and I may just be doing lots of editing to make sure of that.

It seems to be working. So I will tell you all the story about my leaving the Fiber Friends meeting. The meeting was wonderful, I even learned a few new cast on techniques as well as a new bind of one. I will need to practice those before I use them. The trouble began as I entered the parking lot to leave.

Imagine this rather rounded 70 year old woman walking toward her car and wondering if she had misplaced it. Instead she finds it parked beside two rather large trucks. One truck, the one on the passenger side was there when she had arrived, the other spot had been occupied by an SUV much the same size as hers. Now however this huge monstrosity was parked in its place. To make matters worse this monstrosity was only 6" away from the driver's side of her vehicle.

Yes, she probably could have gone back into the hotel and asked the desk to find the owner, and in hindsight that probably would have been the best thing to do. Or she could have gone in and asked to use the phone, called her husband to pick her up and left the vehicle there until the morning.... 

Was either of those what she chose to do? Nope. Instead after some rather choice words leaving her mouth, she decided to enter through the passenger door, crawl across the center arm rest/can holder, and storage drawer and wiggle her way into the driver's seat. 

She made it after twisting her body in ways that it hadn't been twisted in years and carefully backed out of the space.

Once home she checked (in the dark) to see if the other driver had scratched her car. Really couldn't see too much. Went in and told her husband what had occurred. 

Calmed down a bit by doing some more knitting and then realized her legs were a bit sore. By the middle of the night or rather early morning unable to sleep due to pain, she moved out of the bedroom, took a pain med, and tried to sleep on the chesterfield. Finally falling asleep only to dream about being chased down by huge trucks.

The next morning she went shopping and by the end had such a sore back that it became a problem putting groceries away. 

My back is fine now. Thank heavens.

Now on to what I managed to accomplish as far as projects this week.

Flimsy is made, it needs some ironing.

Ornaments are done as well. These are just a few of them. The others are in a small box. On the back of those who are married is the spouses name. 

Hope to have more finished by the end of the month. 

Everybody have a wonderful day.

God bless.

Thrifty and Frugal Thursday

 Thrifty and Frugal

Another Thursday has arrived this month. It is hard to believe we are on the third one this month. Once again the days are slipping by very quickly. 

So what frugal things have I been up to this past week.

1.  Using up some Cricut supplies, glitter and clear plastic ornaments to make an item for the silent auction.

2.  Added $100.00 to the savings envelope.

3.  The micro computer I ordered was on sale for $100.00 off and free delivery.

4.  Mended a pair of Harvey' pj bottoms.

5.  Used up a ball of yarn knitting the border for the rug, and it was a ball that I have had for years.

6.  I am now up to 14 no spend days so far this month.

7.  Baked bread and baked buns. 

Then of course there were the usual hanging as much as possible on the lines downstairs, combining errands, using up leftovers from the fridge and fridge freezer, as well as walking for my daily exercise. 

Tonight I am attending a "Fiber Friends" get together to see what it is like. I will probably not get a visit with all of you today, but will do so first thing in the morning if I miss you. I am not always comfortable being around strangers but we shall see how things work tonight.

Everybody have a wonderful evening. 

God bless.

Tuesday Tidbits and Stuff

 

Saturday dawned sunny and actually fairly warm (if you were in the sun or out of the slight breeze) and so we got Kris to drop us off at Victoria Park for our small adventure.

Greeted at the gate by people checking the list to mark off our names and then moving past the only two clan tents that were set up. Pretty sure their are more than Buchanan's and MacDonald's clans in the province. That was a bit disappointing as I was hoping for a MacDougall tent. 

Greeted near the War Memorial 

By the piper practicing, we got there about the time that they were all being tested one at a time. The sound of bagpipes was all over the place. 

We decided to watch some of the Heavy Athletics at first, made our way to that area of the grounds.

We watched the Scots Hammer Throw, which is different from what we see during the Olympics. In this case it is a heavy metal ball attached to a chain. I would say this could be slightly more dangerous as the chain does not seem to be anchored to the ball very well. We were told that here in Canada most of the equipment is handmade.

It was very interesting to watch the different competitors and their unique way of tossing. Each one was slightly different, but the grunts as they let go were all pretty much the same.

We then went to the Pile of Bones Brewery tent to watch the Highland dancers. 

Here they are standing waiting to perform. I believe that there was at least 7 different dances performed by various members of the group. 

I took mostly videos of the dancing so I hope the one I posted here works. Mostly I was interested in the Highland Fling and the Sword Dance as those are the ones taught to me by my mother. Lord help me there is no way I could perform them now. 

We walked around and listened to some of the Pipe and Drum bands practicing next. My goodness they were from all over the province and one group was from Manitoba.

Then it was back to the Pile of Bones tent to listen to some of the fiddlers.

We went back to watch the athletics after a bit of a lunch, which left a great deal to be desired. I think we should have had the poutine, as no one seemed to be eating the hamburgers. Many seemed to be enjoying the poutine though.

In this event the competitors had to throw a heavy weight over the bar, standing backwards. They each got three chances. As the height was raised two feet after each round the number of men competing got lower and lower. 

And no hard hats or steel toed boots were worn. 

Harvey and I finally found a bench to sit on and while we could see the events the pictures are a bit hard to make out. 

This event saw the competitors using a pitchfork to throw a bag of straw over their shoulder. Once again the bar would be raised after each round. The competitor from Saskatoon won this event. 

Lastly came the caber toss....

I am only going to show one picture and I do wish this gentleman would have been running towards us instead of away.

This competitor was 65 years old and trying to qualify for the Worlds in the U.S. which would be taking place later this year. Gary didn't even start to take part in these events until he was 55. He was amazing, keeping up with the younger fellows and even being only the second person to toss the caber properly. I really hope that he makes it to the Masters at the Worlds.

We then watched a few of the pipe and drum bands as we slowly walked to the place where Kris would pick us up. 

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.