Oof! Good luck. I gave up most years because they’re such a nuisance. I did have small luck with vinigar and peppermint, but only very small.

Also, grasshoppers…holy halibuts, batman! I’ve never seen something sheer gourds to nothing like this year. So even trying gourds to deal with the squash bugs didn’t work.

In a really twisted way, Youtube is a fairly big reason why a good number of people go outside, take up hobbies, etc.

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Made another batch, this time anise flavored, and I used a cookie sheet so I can rest my pained body.

There was a slight problem with this batch. It came out more chalky, but I’m wagering it was because I cut down on the sugar by a lot. (Not enough elasticity/moisture/whatever to keep it sticky while cooking).

There are very very few entertainers that have ever choked me up, but damn Richard Simmons and Newhart are definitely on that list. Rest well.

Well good luck when you do, 👍.

My helper (Dot) wishes you good luck, too, 😁

it looks intimidating

It started out that way, heh, and I still have issues with figuring out the best fabrics (Which are a huuuuuuge part of getting it right, heH< (KITTY IS trying to help me type, HAH), but after that 6firstr bad experiments, it got easier7 (I’m going to leave his typings in this, HAH), 3wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww7y buy hen…but oddly enough, I seem to have an easy time with odd things like this…SR55tam q…Same with knitting, I’ve come up with quite a few of my own little sTItches. HAH!

me to my kitten. “Ok, Ok, Ok, I’llgive you some attention, boy”

yep! Tried to leave back in 2017, but couldn’t find a job, then screwed up by pushing myself to work electrical full time. If I hadn’t torn myself up doing furniture delivery in 2000-2002, I would definitely be gone. So…damn…sore…Oof! And to top that off, when she finally let me use money for a doctor in 21, the meds messed up my stomach, and I’m so god damned dizzy as well.

Well, if “media” is in general, I’d have to say television. I’ll watch some things once in a while, but for the most part, I have way too much anxiety from a bad marriage. Audio books, and certain Youtube channels can trigger it, too.

but it’s been at least a couple of weeks since cast-on which should tell you all you need to know about rate of completion 😅

Pshhh! That’s nothing. I’ve got a grocery bag that I started over a year ago, and a pumpkin bag I started about 7 months ago…i swear I’ll get to them…after I find where I put the patterns I wrote…:no_mouth:

Definitely requires a bit more concentration than I’ve been able to give lately, so I just keep defaulting to the socks instead.

Oof! Pain and the digestive issues from trying to get my pains taken care of have me in a daze most days. It’s tough, but I am making headway…slooooowly, heh!

Am working on another duster for my swiffer thingies…I still don’t feel up to recording a how-to yet, though. I’ll get to it…i’ll get to it.

Last night, I made a tiny ray out of this yarn, too.

I used to drink root beer out of the licorice red vines, those held up quite well. Though, the lart was around seven years ago. I haven’t seen blaok red vines in ages around these parts.

Have no idea if the red ones would have held up. Never liked those too much, heh, and other than root beer, birch beer, I’d drink coffee instead.

This…So much thie…but red vines rather than twizzler. They have a much bigger hole.

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Oh, that’s just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. I’ve got plans to incorporate a plaque that can be hung on a wall afterwards, that will use elements of both her grandpa, great uncle, and this uncle, heh. I’ve got my part figured out, just need to finish the other two…and I think I just got my dad’s figured out. He was known for growing russian olives, and there’s only a few branches left…I could carve a heart in a cross section, and place one of my claws in side of it…That’s what I’ll do…Now just one more…For our great uncle…We’ll be heading to his farm to find something next week. 🤞

I’ve got three ideas, but all using the same basic foundation. Four legs, two walls, and a removeable top piece (if lucky, a rounded arch, if not, a triangular arch. Depending on the kinds of branches I can find. Sort of a half desert, grassland, around here, so not a great location for wood hunting. ).

This is my first choice for the sides

Woke up early, prepared my work area for making an arch for my niece’s wedding. Wife doesn’t like my thoughts on it, but that’s nothing new.

Right now, I found a way to make the couch more comfortable (wasn’t allowed to choose the couch, so got stuck with one that is uncomfortable as all hell, and hurts my spine). So I can sleep with my cats. Spine and food (GERD) is trying to kill me, though, but that’s nothing new.