merry christmas day my blogging friends may your day be filled with happiness good health and good memories, each year is different i know some have new babies to celebrate with some like ourselves have family members who have gone before us but i know someday we will all be together again. fond memories of past years keep crowding into my memories, but i know that despite not having our parents grand parents and aunties uncles and even those who we had such a little time all are in our memories we will have a good christmas and make new memories,
last night the kids came over and despite dh not feeling good we had a nice dinner and then exchanged stockings this is a new tradition i hope we can enjoy.

later today dh and i will go feed the kitties their christmas breakfast at work then head over to the kids, inspite of our direction to our son im told he has gifts stacked farther than the eye can see and when i gave him the look he said but MOM there was such GREAT deals. omgosh he is his mothers son lol i claim the blame for it.well that and his nana too hehe.

anyways my wish for all of you who celebrate christmas or an of the other holidays(or even just a day in december) i wish you happiness, good health and wonderful memories


i ask you though to please remember our men and women who are doing the ultimate sacrifce and defending this country against terrorism, this also includes police officers who also are commited to this, and i ask you all if you can to please say a prayer or send good thoughts reiki or anything that is your belief to officer walter (kent) mundell who is fighting for his life at harborview medical center in seattle, officer mundell and Sergeant Nick Hausner were ambushed and shot on december 21st when responding to a domestic violence call. you can read about happened at this web site

http://www.kirotv.com/news/22032165/detail.html


thank you all for your love and prayers for our four fallen lakewood washington police officers i know this is going to be a very difficult year for their families also
god bless all who where the uniforms of military firefighter and police officer you are all in my prayers merry christmas everyone love vicki

merry merry christmas eve everyone today is our first christmas without so many in our family started on april 15th when we lost my father in law. he is sorely missed and always will be next we lost my dh uncle in september i don;t remember the exact date as we were not told he was even sick until after he died(he lived in michigan) then dh lost his cousin michael to cancer. he battled this disease for 10 long years rest in peace all of you. then november 17th my sister in yarn from another mother(and dad) lost her son tim to his battle of a brain injury may he also rest in peace and stop teasing your sister timmie with all the things happening without explanation we all know its you lol

then a week ago we lost merwyn my beloved bambina kitty how i miss her still

ok enough sad things this is suppose to be a happy time of year i wish all of you happy holidays wether it be christmas hanukkah Kwanzaa or any other ones i missed(and im sure there is and i apologize to my readers)

the new year i hope will bring better times for all of us the recession this country has been seems to be getting worse instead of better yet our government seems to sugar coat it

today i will be busy wrapping gifts and getting dinner ready for the kids to come over we are starting new traditions and hope that they work out.

my wishes for all of you is to have a wonderful holiday for those who are in pain i wish you a day free of it those who are depressed may your mood be lifted doing something for others and not thinking about how bad things are they are bad but brooding about it does not help believe me i know been there sooooooooooooooo many times.maybe you can cheer someone elses life up a bit go visit a nursing home and sing christmas songs help someone by giving them your place in line or if your able to maybe help pay for their groceries even telling someone to have a good day can bring a smile to their face and that should cheer YOU up too remember tomorrow is another day and while your life may not be a bed of roses remember there are others out there much worse than you., ask a mother who has just opened her door to see a military chaplin there or a child who's parent has died or even someone who has lost a pet it effects people different and this time of year is difficult for so many people .
people out of work, without money to make christmas for their children there are thousands of things going on

remember though that you are special to someone, me if your reading my blog make a comment should you want to i don't sensor them tooo much(i will not add swear words so please don't leave them) i just really want to say that you all are special to me god bless you and keep you in his care. love you all merry christmas to all and to all a good morning i know im a smart alec bewaahahahahahahahaha love vicki

rest in peace my beloved merwyn

tonight i had to do something that was one of the hardest things i have ever had to do in my entire life. i had to take my beloveded merwyn to the vet to put her to sleep, she was one of the bravest strongest kitties i have ever ever saw in my life. let me tell you about my bambina the one i called cara mia bambina the love of my life.

it all started back in august of 1995, 1995 had been a hard year had lost my beloved grandfather on july 4th he was 95 years old lived a long good life but of course that did not change the fact that my grandfather the one i adored was dead it was about the 3rd week of august when my little girl came in the house and said mama there is kittens in the wood pile. i said really? thinking it was a stray cat who was just visiting, but it was not. it was my bambina and her brother boo along with another little black kitty who was so close to merwyn that they may have been twins.

we watched these adorable kittens romp around the yard during the months of sept and october. i noticed the mama kitty had moved them around alot but they felt safe in our yard as we had no dogs all of us enjoyed watching these little ones at play figuring eventually they would move on as ferrill cats do, and mama and one of the black ones did. we had not seen the babies for a couple days so figured they were gone. it was the day before thanksgiving, my job was to get the turkey cleaned and ready to roast the next day had just finished the giblets and was putting my pies in the oven(you all know how busy the day before a holiday can be) it was a wicked night out cold snowing and just outright nasty windy and i had clothes drying in the dryer as i always was doing laundry every day that day was no different until i heard this little meow like a baby kitten. i thought how odd,so i turned the back porch light and looked and there was merwyn and boo sitting under the dryer vent trying to get warm(was soooo cold in the 20's with snow and blowing made it very cold) so i said to them where is your mama little ones, the both looked at me so trusting and just meowed. i said are you hungry? they meowed i took that as a yes. i of course had no cat food only pancakes i had made for dinner. they snarfed them down and huddled together. so had dh go out to the patio and put a box with some blankets in it for them and they stayed in there as long as no one was around. come spring i said ok they have to go or we have to get them spayed or nuetered. well the kids loved them by then and so did i hehe so was the later that happened. eventually i was able to pet them and they became our babies. over the years they became more and more friendly towards us, boo who was merwyns brother was much more friendly than merwyn she was always very reserved. but when she loved you she was loyal to a T. in 1999 there was a attempt on this man to steal boo my son caught him and threw him off our property. in 2000 after a severe car accident this man took advantage of the fact i could not stop him and he was able to come in to the yard and take boo right away from our property. we were devistated we tried to find him but never did. merwyn went missing several times she was trying to find her brother. we never did get him back. then as we went thru all the things dealing with my injuries merwyn became very ill in november of 2001. she had developed a terrible infection in her plura cavity(chest) the vets told us we should put her down she had actually stopped breathing and they got her heart going again and her breathing, they told me she had a 5% chance to live i SAID PLEASE HELP HERso she had her surgery to drain it they put a drain tube in her and off to the vet we went that would do it, she spent about 5 days in the hospital and then we got to bring her home right after thanksgiving, 5 years after she came into our lives we almost lost her, it took alot of vet visits antibotics and alot of loving care but my little cara mia pulled through.

merwyn will always be in our lives with the pictures of her we have to the memories of our special kitty. this cat was amazing. a couple of years ago i was looking for her as was dinner time and she had not come to eat. i found her outside the garage door staring straight at it and then running back to me as if to say mom mom somethings wrong, there was the hot water heater was leaking and about ready to explode , its a natural gas heater so god knows what would have happened had it exploded but it would not have been good the tank was bulging and already had developed a big crack in it we were able to open the drain and get the water out of there thanks to our watch kitty. recently she started coming inside as she was not as well as she had been before that she hated being inside loved being outside in the air sniffing it and loved to lay in the sunshine i took her outside the day before yesterday all wrapped up as she was cold her poor little body was shutting down and she wanted to spend as much time with us as she could, merwyn was a smart cat she knew when things happened or were happening she loved laying on the mat i bought at petsmart.com it is basicly a space blanket covered with fleece it helped warm her. i will miss merwyn the rest of my life as i do boo, but she will live on in all of us. that brave little soul had more courage and spunk than anyone i know human or animal, i hope i can be that way but im not that brave. rest in peace little one i know your with those who have gone before and waiting for us to catch up i love you bambina with all of my heart love mama

whats up with blogger

gonna try this again and see what the heck is wrong with blogger hope it clears up soon my bandwidth is NOT exceeded by any way shape or form hope its fixed soon vicki

nothing makes sense anymore

as i sit here writing this post i wonder why nothing makes much sense anymore, i'm refering to the senseless killings of 4 of our police officers on sunday november 29th 2009 about 8:30 am officers Ronald Owens,Mark Renninger,Greg Richards and Tina Griswold of the lakewood washington police department were gunned down in cold blood by a convicted felon Marice Clemmons . this coward went into the coffee shop where these brave officers were sitting having breakfast and getting ready to go on shift. and without any care of remorse shot and killed these officers for no reason at all. The lives of these officers families have been forever destroyed by this coward and those who helped him Marice Clemmons was shot and killed by a seattle police officer early tuesday morning (12/01/2009)

my heart and prayers go out to the families of these fallen officers.
i am making comfortghans for each of the families if anyone wants to help me please contact me, i am using worsted weight yarn as i am allergic to wool and can not assemble it and making the comfortghans in 12 in sq in red/white and blue or any of the variations any pattern is welcome anyone who wants to help please add your name to the sq so they may know how many people have helped make this possible. i myself can not do this alone and am hoping those of you my friends who do still read this blog will find it in your heart to help, i know is a busy time of year and with christmas less than a month away i know it is alot to ask, please help me make this possible for the families of these fallen heros. god bless all of you those who can and will help and those who are not able to but pray for the families anyways or send good thoughts if you do not pray i am not a judge of anyone elses belief and welcome all who want to do this for them. i will not publish your names here if you don;t want leave me a message in the area and we will get together thank you from the bottom of my heart i need 80 sq am making them 4 across and 5 down once again thank you love vicki

tis the season

of silliness, so ok fess up to it how many of you bloggers out there went out and braved black friday?, i can honestly tell you i was NOT one of them, although granted had i felt like a normal person i may have been tempted over a couple little things(like a laptop for 150.00) but then again nawwwwww you couldnt pay me to get up at 2 am get dressed and stand out in the cold for 3 or 4 hours no thank you i prefer to wait and see the items which are also grossly over priced before they slash the items so you THINK your getting that bargain, yup i know this is true as i priced items last week and had my dd price them today not much difference. she is also one who would hate to do that , esepcially since she works retail, she said was definetly crowded at the mall one of the guys dh works with wife stood in line at old navy for 4 1/2 hours for old navy come on peeps sitting here shaking my head cause i know there is not one thing i would consider doing for well then again maybe if i was healthy NOPE
one year i went i was so darn tired i was exhausted i swore it would never happen again and it didn;t and won;t, i remember one year my friend sandy went wanted me to go and i said no thanks have fun, and she ended up telling me about the idiot at a toys r us who almost rammed her cart cause she parked in a spot HE thought was his i believe the police had to be called to solve the problem so until tomorrow same blogspot place cya when i cya vicki

sad news

im sorry to have to tell everyone that my sister (in yarn and love) lost her son today he is no longer hurting no longer in pain rest in peace tim barber please pray or send good thoughts for kathy and her family (losingmymind2) i love you sis love vicki

sundays thoughts

well it is sunday early sunday that is so am sitting here and saying good morning to you all things here are not so good, first off thank you for your prayers for tim, he is still with us praise the lord about that we may get that miracle yet. talked to my sis and she said that his breathing is a bit better today and he is very comfortable. thank you lord for that we remain hopeful but not toooo hopeful


today we had to take merwyn to the vet she is not doing well she spiked a big one though tm

asking for your prayers

today am asking for prayers for my dear sister (in friendship and love not bio) her son tim has been in a coma for about 3 1/2 years now i believe, she is losingmymind2 n the ville,recently he suffered a severe stroke and i guess there is not alot they can do for him so are moving him to hospice next week or sometime soon. sis your in my thoughts and prayers and i am sending you all of my love i know that many people care about you and we are here for you i love you sis please take care and anyone who wants her address leave me a message here ok will get back to you leave a email addy i won't publish it hugs to all in this sad time love vicki

life is life and what can we do about it?

tonight when i came home my little guy poster was mia he had been earlier i was soooo afraid he had chased a squirell somewhere and was lost i called and called poster here poster come home sweetie , no poster i had just about given up that he was lost and here he came little stinker, acted like j\nothing was wrong ack what am i going to do with these little buggers scared 4 years off of MY LIfE!!!! today sent my halloween swaps out from ravelry and now working on my christmas ones. i am in 3 there this year and am loving it. for those of you who don't know what ravelry is here is a link that should take you there and it will explain more and better than i can

https://www.ravelry.com

i find it very entertaining and alot of my friends from that other forum i use to belong to are there especially older members who quit long before i did(they were alot smarter than me i think !!!)

im working on another scarf knitted again(no i have not forgotten crochet , just wanted a change for a while will be going back to crochet as i have alot of christmas presents need to get done too, so will be doing both.

lon still wants to buy a house in olympia and we are trying to convince him to wait to he knows for sure will have a steady job so far he is listening but i know he is already tired of the drive . i don;t blame him at all

thought i would pop in and say hi am so tired for a change think will try and get sleep. keep nodding off in the chair lol so until we meet again remember, be kind to yourself and especially to a others , treat them as you want the THEM to treat you god blessand keep you always in my prayers especiakly for nancy a dear friend and sister( NOT that sister nancy this is another one i call sister as we have bonded and feel as if she belongs to me, anyways please keep you thoughts and prayers directed at hr with healing thoughtd and prayers that she has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and has a long road ahead ofher i miss all of u my family and friends. lauren sweetie you know i love u and care about you sorry did not call today lwas a lost dahy am off to bed now zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

hey ya all

today my friend lauren had surgery had a text from her dh she made it thru good and was resting well, later tonight i called her thinking her dh would answer the phone and got her instead i was soooooooo happy to hear her voice she is ok and i told her keesha was joining our new site yeaaaaaaaaa welcome keesha we are thrilled you are joining us lauren was so happy you made her day sweetie hehe

the weather is changing and not for the better here cold wet and windy ugh a little early in the season too lol see i am smiling not much else going on am tired and worn out my kittens though are just toooo cute they play all day and night long then get hungry and bang on the back door silly cats love you all good night for now vicki

pattern books for sale

hi here is a partial list of patterns i have for sale if interested leave me a message at vickicoast@yahoo.com or you can leave me a message here and i will get back to you asap please leave patterns as the title as otherwise may end up deleting them if they are not known to me thanks and happy shopping postage will be actual with a small handling fee have a wonderful day!! these are all unless noted brand new patterns


1.Thoroughly modern grannies,crochet 5 patterns to make each using grannie squares as a starting point, american school of needlework reg price 5.99 my price 3.00

2. Classic white afghans,crochet american school of needlework 5 designs reg 5.99 my price 3.00 sold


3.Sunny day dresses for baby and toddlers crochet american school of needlework 3 designs reg 7.95 my price 4.00 by diane simpson

4.Red, white and blue afghans to crochet, american school of needlework 5 designs
reg 7.95 my price 4.00 sold

5.Pineapples Through the home crochet annies attic 14 designs reg 14.95 my price 7.50 sold

6.Trendsetting totes crochet american school of needlework 8 designs in cotton yarn(acrylic can be used) reg 6.95 my price 3.50

7.Crochet with Camouflage Yarn american school of needlwork by stephanie hill
5 patterns reg 6.00 my price 3.00 sold

8. Pineapple home accents annies attic 24 patterns reg 19.95 my price 10.00 sold

9.classic bookmarks annies attic 13 great designs reg price 7.95 my price 4.00

10. Naptime-playtime blanket and toys 6 great designs annies attic reg price 7.95 my price 4.00

11. Quilt STYLE crochet throws 6 great designs annies attic reg price is 7.95 my price 4.00

12. Gingham Garden Kitchen Set 10 cheerful projects annies attic reg price is 7.95 my price 4.00

13. Hobnail crochet 9 romantic patterns from a era gone by annies attic reg price 7.95 my price 4.00 sold

14. Celtic Crochet 12 colorful home accessories designs by dot drake annies attic reg price is 7.95 my price is 4.00 sold

15. Beary Tales 4 adorable friends to crochet annies attic reg price is 6.00 my price is 3.00

16.Spectacular Polish Star fashions 12 fabulous styles in a fun to do technique annies attic reg price 7.99 my price is 4.00

17. Sugar Bunnies to crochet 7 sweet as can be bunnies to fill with candy annies attic
reg price 7.99 my price 4.00

18.Crochet Belts and Bags 12 stylish purses and 8 great belts to crochet. annies attic reg price 7.99 my price 4.00

19.Tech Cozies to knit and crochet . 12 ways to carry your tunes and cell phones american school of needlework reg price is 7.99 my price is 4.00
20. Touch of color doilies 10 fun to stitch designs house of white birches reg price 6.95 my price 3.50

21. Retro Home Decor 10 GROOVY DESIGNS!!! leisure arts reg price is 8.95 my price 4.50

22 Beautiful Beaded necklaces to crochet 13 wonderful patterns annies attic reg price 7.99 my price 4.00


these are all brand new in perfect condition

morning all

hey ya all thought would stop in and say hi, not much going on right now listening to some crosby stills nash and young. i soooo enjoyed that concert last week the kids got us the tickets to for our anniversary, i love their music and had a great time


not up to much, thought i would see what ya all have in your idea patch to make for christmas or whatever holiday you celebrate, i honestly have no idea yet what to make for most of my family, for my dd i am thinking of knitting a sweater and if i am going to do it need to get my rear in gear almost done with the scarf i posted about earlier.

i am thinking of selling this for about 25.00 considering the work and the amount of money the yarn cost so will see i might not sell it and keep it instead or give it as a gift.

chatted last night for a bit with some friends on facebook and yahoo, i know everyone is pretty busy this time of year. i know i am worn out for sure like last night i feel asleep with the computer on my lap hehe oh well didn't hurt anything so all was well.

im excited i chatted with my friend joyce and she is sending me a package for my birthday and some other goodies she had for me i can;t wait to see she always sends me the best things

talked to my friend nancy please include her in your prayers she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and can use all the good thoughts and prayers she can use. especially now when she is away from her family she needs her friends more than ever. love you sweetie hang in there it WILL get better remember what we talked about.

officially today am going to start going though my yarns so i can post them here for sale as i need to get rid of some and fast, shipping will be actual cost and handling with be posted and is not included in the price of the item i may combine postage for those who are ordering alot of yarn(you will love the prices hehe) so as soon as i can get going will be posting the yarn here may be tomorrow though before i get it all done. got to think on that also will be posting some patterns. hope that you all will see something you want and we can make a deal on it i promise to get started asap. if you see something and want it let me know and i will mark it pending and hold that for 24 hours but only if you are serious about buying it as by me placing a hold on it and then you don't want it i lose money. if this happens more than once won't hold it for you anymore i'm sorry about having to post all this but in past have been burned by people saying they want it then backing out at the last minute and i was not a happy girl hehe anyways will be lots for everyone and hopefully we can all make each other happy. thanks in advance for shopping here i look forward to seeing ya all and making both our days

can things be any worse?

i was just on the phone with my friend and fellow craft sister kathy, her son tim sustained a severe haed trauma 2 years ago and has been in a coma ever since,. tonight she called me as he was taken to the hospital with a very high fever, his upper body was very hot while his feet were normal temp not quite sure what that means but it does not sound good. please say a prayer for timmie he needs all he can get


yesterday was the end of a very stressing time on one of the forums i belonged to(past tense as i quit there yesterday) i had issues with several people about some things which just was not needed about i finally made a decision to step away from this group, i just want any who DO read my blog to know no hard feelings with any of you is time i moved on i wish you all the best and am leaving it at that, i don't want to start anything i just wanted to tell you all i wish you the best



woke this morning(actually was afternoon after 12 and am exhausted and headed to bed

more tomorrow love you all

a favor to ask

i have a favor to ask all of you who read this blog, is ok if you don;t want to but i would love if you could a very dear friend of mines son is a very talented graphic designer and does animation which i think is awesome, well with the economy the way it tanked her son nathan lost his job. for those of you from the ville this is fran who is the person i am talking to, anyways he helped design this little animated feature and it could mean the chance of nathan getting more work he works now only now and then and they have 3 kids to support so he needs a full time job, so please copy and paste this and vote, you do have to register but its not for any spam to be sent is only so they can verify it is a actual email addy so if ya all could please vote on this animation and for nathan to get a full time job thanks so much hugs vicki











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