Its been a long time since my last post...

It has been a long time since my last post... Its been a up and down kinda year  but I  got through it  with the help of family and friends...
I have kept myself  busy with  my crocheting  and here are some of the things I have done..

 a Mile a minute baby afghan

 blanket for a friend

 ruffled scarf for my daughter 

 blanket for a friend of mines grand daughter 

I have also been to Arizona twice once in may last year and once in december just before christmas..To visit my brother .. We all  ( all 10 of us) went to Gatlinburg last October for a family weekend getaway.. I had so much fun with the grandkids and kids.. Even seen my first wild  black bear... just loved it..

just wanted to kind of start going again with my blog.. life experiences  dealing with grief  sharing  my joys' etc... Hope you all had a good new year and christmas

hugs to all  Mausie 

Fiber Festival Greencastle Indiana

So this was my first fiberfest… and suffice it to say I loved it.. was so busy asking questions and looking I forgot to take pics…  top pics are my stash I brought home… then some  vendor pics and last is  Me and my fellow craft friend who is from, texas.. we met there for the first time… Its to funny a former texan meeting a current texas in Greencastle Indiana…. I sure know  now what I would do with lottery winnings…LOL buy me a house with  loads of craft rooms.. My friend Jenny went with me and we both had a blast and  sure loved all that yarny and fiber goodness….

Next weekend is the Charlestown In  fiber and music festival….

See you all there………LOL

hugs Birgit

Happy Easter Saturday Everyone

Again I have been missing a while.. Not felt like writing much or even pc’ing much either… Spend some time on facebook in the mornings  but other than that  do some housework and  crochet….

Here are some of the items I have finished….

My first granny square pillow… Its more of a reddish brown than the picture shows but no matter I have conquered a simple granny square finally…

a whole baby layette for a little girl to be born in  may…….

 

baby hat and afghan matching ……

this is for a little boy  who decided to come 7 weeks early… he is doing fine although still in incubator….

Other than  this I have been doing loads of  watching tv and when the kids and grands are home visiting with them as much as possible but still trying to not push my company on them …..Its been hard.

I tried a  coffee mug cake the other day

this one was a chocolate Nutella mug cake.. I think just for me I can split the batter in half  and make 2 of them.. one for today and one for tomorrow…It was pretty good…..needed some Ice cream or whipped cream on top though…LOL,, Well that’s pretty much it from my neck of the woods.. I think  even though cold weather is still in the forecast we are finally heading in the right direction temperature wise… Lets hope so.. Want some spring we do….

hugs to all and thanks for stopping by

Birgit

PS: Due to the fact that I am constantly getting anonymous spam on my blog I have started  word verifications and also no more anonymous  comments can be left..  google ID needed….. HUGS

Ups and Downs

Well I am still here but its been tremendously hard for me.. Being alone isn’t the only issue. Sometimes it isn’t until your loved one is gone that you realize all they did  for you . I have had to deal with several firsts for me : as in  a hospital stay for chest pain, heart cath, found out I have blockages in my right leg that need to be taken care of and also a pseudo aneurysm in my left  caused by the heart cath. (it is actually a more common side effect of a heart cath). Tomorrow appointment with a vascular surgeon to see how to take care of it all… Dietmar was always there for me when things like this happened now its my kids I lean on especially my son. But life goes on as they say as hard as it sometimes is,,

I have started some changes in my life. I changed my facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mausie-loves-Looms/131054273661796

for my looming to a non profit and have started making baby hats and blankets to donate to the hospital in Dietmar’s memory. Some people have asked me why not chemo hats or  hospice Its simple right now I want to deal with the living not the dying.,, why don’t you stop by and say hello to me

We all deal with grief differently and I think he would like the baby thing since he was so crazy about our littlest grand daughter….

She fell asleep in the box she was playing in… Our little sunshine.

After thinking long and hard about it I have decided to look for a new place to live this house has good memories but also bad ones and being closer to my son who lives in town I think would be a good thing for me.

I was hesitant about where but since my daughter lives further out in the country than me even though its only 10-15 minutes to town when you have chronic health issues then those minutes can be a lifetime as I found out 3 weekends ago. So closer to town or rather my son is what I am looking for.

this one is done except for  sewing the ends in.

need to get to Hobby Lobby for another skein of yellow to finish this one

love this one with its colors.. very soft

this one is not a donation but a friend of my daughters is expecting a baby girl in may so I am making this for her.. love the colors on it

I also have 4 baby hats done in Bernat baby blanket pink variegated yarn,,

It helps me focus and keeps me busy especially right now since my energy level is very low and the weather is so cold except the beginning of the week. I hope spring comes soon….

So that’s what I have been up too….

a box of yarn someone donated to me for baby blankets.. all sports yarn so soft and such pretty colors… People have been so kind…..Thank you

the hats

Well that’s all for today.. Hope everyone is well and staying warm in this cold…

hugs Mausie – Birgit

This is the hardest Post I think I will ever write

As usual been MIA loads of reasons to say the least the most important one is that my best friend, husband , lover has died….He died on November 29th

of cardiac arrest but labs  which where drawn and triple checked showed he had acute Leukemia… So I have been trying for my kids and grandkids to go on,,Its hard and anyone that has lost their soulmate knows this….

I am grateful for the outpouring of love I have received from friends I had but really didn’t know and also strangers that read about my loss through friends..

I will leave this Blog open since someone very wise told me not to make any drastic changes for a while… But you wont see me write  here for a while at least…anyone wants to add me on facebook I am there ..

https://www.facebook.com/birgitk2

.Hugs to all…. May your Christmas be Bright…..

Love Birgit

Dietmar I miss your smile your warmth your endless love and care for me…

Always in my heart

Birgit

Well seems like I got lost in real life for a long time….

Hello Everyone… Yes I am still here…. real life  had me really busy for a while

and of course sometimes you really don’t know what your going to post…But over all I am good… Enjoy my Allison  who will turn 2 in November and of course big sister Abby who will turn 7 also in November.. been busy the last few months with a large loom order but now that’s done  and shipped…

My mom is doing soso  but not as good as last year.. I try and enjoy her every day even though sometimes its hard to realize the parent you had is going.

But being  here with kids and grandkids makes me feel better about everything.. I received a Kindle Fire from hubby in July….YEA… and now that my looming is done except  the things I enjoy I can really get into reading again. I have missed my reading…Loads of Legal free books out there to download if you know where to look.

Currently I am thinking of what to make next just for fun either by looming or crochet… not sure yet…. I will think of something I am sure.

Allison on daddy;s tractor last week… She loves animals….sits right still when I show her pictures of cows and horses..

Here is Abby and her cousin on Abby’s Kindergarten graduation day… she is doing well in first grade and seems to enjoy school too…. lets hope it stays that way…..

for now I will close and try to post when I can  and also when I have something to say…

Enjoy this wonderful Fall weather we are having…

Hugs Mausie

It has been a while oh my

So sorry its been so long since I last visited with you all. I am so busy with orders and  the girls mainly and trying to get some baking done too..then  last of the year doctor appointments  you know how that goes Life gets in the way…..

it has not been as cold as  my little man is pretending it to be but I am trying to get myself revved up for  more baking today…

Will put on my No Knead bread so I can start baking  tomorrow or day after.. It lasts 7 days in the fridge and the only kneading it needs is actually the mixing of all the ingredients and my kitchenaid mixer does that for me.. Every couple days I take a chunk of dough from the fridge then let it rise at room temp and then bake it and within 30 minutes I have a nice loaf of bread….My husband loves it….. will also  get my nuts ground  and chocolate melted for my  bourbon balls and rum balls today.. they will soak so to speak over nite in the fridge then get done tomorrow. No knead Bread this is the recipe…. absolutely so easy and yummy….here is a picture of the bread… oh and the last one you make from the batch has a distinct little bit of sour taste as in sour dough bread….Yummy

On the looming front I am busy with  making making making…lol.. I have 3 hats I am sending out today the scarfs are in the works for those 3 hats….

One of my fellow loomers has an absolutely cute little snowman she made up

Guppy Girl go take a look  they are so cute……

Monday I wont have Allison she will be with her other Nana since I will accompany Katie to her doc appointment then to finish Christmas shopping…We have not been out and about in quite a few months so I am looking forward to this expedition…lol….

I  have seen some snow  but nothing stuck of course and our weather has been a bit nuts.. warmer than usual…lol of course I am back in Hoosier land.

Last year this time kids had snowdays already a couple times due to all the snow they had…….So I hope you all enjoy the non snow and Enjoy getting ready for Christmas….

Hugs to all……..

Birgit