Monday, January 11, 2016

Journal Jottings of a Maine Mama: January 11, 2016

CLOCK READS
8:39am

WEATHER IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS
The super soggy weather of the weekend blew through. The weird winter weather continues. Instead of snow, we got 2 inches of drenching rain. But today the skies are mostly clear, the sun is shining, and the temperatures are just below freezing.

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW and IN THE GARDEN

WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW and AROUND THE HOUSE
I'm sitting on the couch, in comfy, cozy cottons, slippers and a fleece jacket, listening to the washer run and Sam make his egg, sausage and cheese breakfast sandwich in the kitchen.

WEEKLY TO DO LIST
☐ Fix Toilet Leak
☐ Fix Sink Leak

☐ Organize Entry Closet and Throw Away Stinky Shoes
☐ Organize the Container Cupboard

BREAKFAST, LUNCH and DINNER
Egg, Sausage and Cheese on English Muffins and Orange or Banana
Leftover Chop Suey and Apple or Peach
Cheese and Salsa Nachos

WHAT'S ON TV
Nothing until February premieres, although I have been watching camping videos on You Tube, dreaming about warmer weather, camp fires, and seeing new places.

FROM THE CRAFT BASKET
Have you seen the Temperature Blanket Yarn-Along on Facebook? Assigning specific yarn colors to certain temperatures, you crochet or knit a row of stitches using the high temperature of the day. I thought it was a great idea, and despite already having an afghan started, I jumped right in to create one. I chained 250 with a size 3.5mm hook in black, which will be my border, and will continue on with my blanket doing FLO SC. You can use any stitch, but keep in mind that you will have 366 rows...Even with SC this one will certainly cover a queen-sized bed!


I chose "amethyst" for under 20, "delft blue" for 30s and "paddy green" for 40s. I haven't needed "navy" for 20s yet.

I'm sharing my crocheting creations over at Lucy Blossom Crafts (Mondays), Frontier Dreams (Tuesdays), Small Things (Wednesdays), Oombawka Design (Wednesdays), and Lunamon Design (Wednesdays).

READING
The Story of Beautiful Girl (Rachel Simon)

A BLESSING

NO WORDS NEEDED

DEVOTIONAL and INSPIRATION
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. (Romans 15:13)

HHM

I'm linking up to The Simple Woman's Daybook and Happy Homemaker are Mondays.

20 comments:

  1. I tossed around the idea of a temperature blanket but I was afraid I'd get sick of it by March! I'll be lucky to keep up with my other cal's!

    Breakfast sounds yummy :)

    Colletta

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    1. I'm hoping to get through the year! I'm motivated just to see what pattern emerges! I usually only chose patterns with specific colors and symmetrical patterns so this one is quite different. It's been taking me about 10 minutes each morning to crochet through a row after checking the weather on line for our high of the day.

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  2. The afghan is looking good! I love the picture of the garden. And your kitty, oh so cute! Have a great week!

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    1. Thanks, Jodi! I'm not sure how this afghan will look come December 31st, but that's kinda the fun of it, right? Kitty is super cozy in the bed. She knows where to stay warm on these cold days.

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  3. Oh my goodness, what a sweet kitty! I love your quote as well. Did you assign colors to your afghan for warmer temperatures?

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    1. I did! I usually do muted, earthy colors, but decided to go bolder with this blanket...Red for 80s+. Orange for 70s. Yellow for 60s. Spring Green for 50s. (That's spring here! LOL) Green for 40s. Gray-Blue for 30s. Navy for 20s. And purple for under 20s. Rainbow!

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  4. LOVE that afghan. Is everybody but me crocheting this winter?! Also wondering about the warmer temperatures!

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    1. I did assign colors to warmer temperatures. (See answer above.) But I won't need them anytime soon! LOL I was surprised that we reached the 40s this weekend. Back down below freezing today...

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  5. Love your quote. I need to be more thankful for what I have!! Have a great week!

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    1. It's the every day blessings that mean so much...and oftentimes get overlooked and unappreciated.

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  6. Temperature blanket? never heard of it but looks a good idea, could also be used to follow one's mood

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    1. Some crocheters and knitters do create mood blankets. The same idea can be used. Some even do an exercise tracker such as red for walking, blue for swimming, green for biking, etc. You really could track just about anything as it's just a matter of assigning a specific color to a specific thing.

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  7. I've heard of the temperature blanket, sounds interesting. I'm working on a few crochet goodies myself.

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  8. Oh I love the idea of a temperature blanket - especially when you live somewhere with some good extremes of season around the year - I'd worry in England it would all be whatever colour meant 12 degrees and raining!

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    1. Perhaps you'd have to do the blanket in increments of a few degrees...and mist, drizzle, light rain and pouring buckets. :: wink ::

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  9. Love the temperature blanket. I have to finish the one I have going now before I start another. But I will definitely keep it in mind for my next start.

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  10. Thank you for sharing at my link up last week, New party is now open

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  11. What a lovely idea for a blanket, a nice record for the year too.

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