Scotty's Place

I made this Round Granny last night from THIS TUTORIAL. Pretty, isn't it? (The browns are much more brown in real life. They look kind of faded in this picture.) I tried to make it bigger to see if I could use it to cover the round barstool seats, but it didn't work. Hmm...I'll have to work on that. I'm pretty sure I have a pattern booklet that has all round potholders and hotpads. I'll have to dig that out and see if any of those patterns will work.

Stuff I got at Walmart today. Can you believe I bought more Red Heart yarn? Me neither. My nose is itching already. I liked the colors and lost my mind.

I bought the tiny buttons for the smaller birdies I plan to make. I bought the others just because the colors are pretty. Like I said, I lost my mind. They were on the same aisle as the yarn.

Suspiciously, Barnaby insisted I buy a new candy thermometer TODAY. Come to find out, he wants me to make more toffee because he went mad and ate ALL OF IT last night. I'm telling you, that stuff is so good.

I also bought a new lamp to crochet by in the living room. The other one was a piece-o-crap. It bugged me because it was a floor lamp anyway. I always had to move it around when I swept. And I sweep A LOT because of the dog hair.

I hug my flowers on a crocheted chain off a picture in my bedroom. Eli really freaked out when he first noticed them. Since I run several fans in my bedroom all the time, they were swaying a little bit and he was sure they were the KILLER FLOWERS coming to get us. I picked him up and walked him over to show him what they were and that they would not kill us. He still growled at them all night though until I turned the lights out.

That's all the fun and exciting stuff that happened in my life since I posted last. Oh wait...we did have this conversation on the way home:

ME: Would you paint my stool pink when we get home?

BARNABY: Ha-ha-ha!

(Uproarious laughter for the next five miles. We laughed so hard we cried. We're so immature.)

Posted by Pammy Sue at Saturday, November 28, 2009 | 1 comments Links to this post    

Lookie what I found at the antique mall today...

It's a crochet thread tablecloth, and it's beautiful! Marked $25, but I haggled and got it for $18. (I'm showing off my flowers again in the background.)

A closer look. The edges are starting to fade and yellow, but I still like it. I haven't washed it yet, but I'm going to. It's just so pretty and delicate-looking. I absolutely love it.

I found these three barstools which I plan to paint and cover the seats of. They were all in the same booth. The green one on the end was $8.95, and the other two were $14.95 each...SCORE!!!

Happy-Happy-Joy-Joy!

One more look? Well, okay....

Posted by Pammy Sue at Friday, November 27, 2009 | 5 comments Links to this post    

I've been making crochet flowers. They're so pretty!

Russian Tea Cakes

Posted by Pammy Sue at Friday, November 27, 2009 | 3 comments Links to this post    

Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted by Pammy Sue at Thursday, November 26, 2009 | 0 comments Links to this post    

I'll be popping in here regularly today to check off my Day-Before-Thanksgiving List of thing to do...

1. Make Two Pumpkin Pies Done!
2. Make Toffee Done!
3. Make Fudge (Peanut Butter) Done!
4. Brown the hamburger & onions for a dish I'm making in the morning. I think I can boil the noodles too and mix them together. As much as I can do ahead of time, I'm going to. Done!

My candy thermometer broke so I won't be making any chocolate fudge until Christmas. I could do it the old fashioned way with a glass of ice water, but I'm tired now anyway.

We are not having traditional Thanksgiving food this year. We're doing Eye-Talian food.

Other things to do:
1. Work on my crochet project
2. Look at my Candy Necklace blanket and then start another crochet project I have in mind instead of finishing that one. ;)

Shaun is over here helping Barnaby lay some flagstone in the backyard. Shaun is my youngest son (27) that will be leaving for Army bootcamp on January 19th. My other son, Aaron (29), is MIA. He may be working today, but I need to call him and find out where he is. I want my baby boys close around me for the next two months. Sniff-Sniff. I need to go to my doctor and get some Valium or something before I start cracking.

Dammit, how did I get on that subject? STOP IT.

Posted by Pammy Sue at Wednesday, November 25, 2009 | 5 comments Links to this post    

I had hoped to be finished with my project and give you the pattern today, but it's going to take me at least until late tonight to get it finished. Here's a picture of the yarn I'm using and a little sneak peek at the material I found today that matches it. That blue-looking yarn is really more of a teal that matches the teal dots on that material. I don't know why it's showing up so dark in this picture. I have to do the sewing part by hand, which is what is taking me some extra time. (No, I still don't know how to use that silly sewing machine!) And never fear. You don't have to know how to sew to make this project. The sewing and material part is optional.

Okay, that's information lest I give it all away.

I've had the back door standing open all day because the weather is so nice. I walked out onto the back porch a little earlier, and to my horror, several pairs of my underwear (That's knickers to you, Sue! Hee-hee.) were strewn about the backyard! The pink thing you're seeing laying there is a pajama top that was also laying in the backyard. I didn't take a picture of the underwear. You're welcome.

Eli had gotten into the laundry room and raided a pile of dirty laundry, and he and Fletcher were having a good ol' time running around playing tug of war with several pairs of my undies and the pajamas. Silly dogs. Thank goodness nobody was with me to see. I was still embarassed even though it was just me and hurriedly ran around picking everything up.

I went to Hobby Lobby to pick up some yarn and a few other things this morning. I had to make sure I had enough to last me through the holiday weekend. I don't want to have to run out and shop on the busiest shopping weekend of the year.

I'm off to make dinner. Talk at ya tomorrow.

Posted by Pammy Sue at Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | 3 comments Links to this post    

I can't believe it. I was surfing around looking at blogs I'd never seen before when I saw THIS post. (Scroll down to the pictures.) Can you believe that? What are the odds that on the very same day I thought of this and posted about it, I just happen to see it on another blog?? Weird, I tell you. It's not like I was Googling the crochet birds or something. AND that post was made on my birthday earlier in the month. I swear it was MY idea out of MY little brain! Hmpf. She even named her post, "Birdies Fly Home." It's starting to spook me out now.

But I guess it's not so far fetched for someone else to put BIRDS in a BIRDCAGE, now is it? Okay, then...forget everything I just said up there.

There are lots of interesting things to look at on her blog, by the way. I'll have to spend some time later doing just that. I've seen her commenting on other people's blogs, but I've never followed the link to hers until now.

Posted by Pammy Sue at Monday, November 23, 2009 | 6 comments Links to this post    

I had a burst of inspiration out of the blue a few minutes ago and spied the absolute perfect place for Dirty Bird. Look at him up there! He makes me smile every time I look up there.


I have two other cages up there that are smaller than this one. I'll have to make some baby birdies for those. I have to now!


I'm also working on a super-secret crochet pattern for you guys. I worked on it Saturday and Sunday and finally finished it. I'm making the finished product now, and I also have Bev testing the pattern for me. When it's all done, you're going to want this pattern really badly. And who's going to give it to you? That's right!

Posted by Pammy Sue at Monday, November 23, 2009 | 4 comments Links to this post    

I cannot fix my Blog Title to save my soul. We're just going to have to live with it BIG and WHITE. It's broken. Work has gotten on my last nerve today and I don't have the patience to mess with Blogger anymore.

Aren't holiday weeks supposed to be slow and easy? Where is MY slow and easy week? Why is everyone getting on my nerves? GAH! Someone needs to spike my Kool-Aid with vodka and calm me down.

Posted by Pammy Sue at Monday, November 23, 2009 | 1 comments Links to this post    

I used half of the amount of nuts and put them on half of the bottom of the pan this time before pouring the hot candy in. It works better. There were a lot of air bubbles in this that you can see if you look closely. I also used a loaf pan instead of an 8" x 8" pan for this batch. Here's the recipe which I got off of the Internet somewhere. I can't remember where...

Oops! I just realized when i was typing this recipe that I left out the brown sugar yesterday!! No wonder it didn't taste "brown" enough. I can't believe it turned out at all.

Penuche Fudge

1/8 cup butter (1/4 stick, cold)
1 ½ cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, loosely packed
2/3 cup evaporated milk (not sweetened condensed)
2 cups mini marshmallows
1 cup pecans, chopped (optional)
1 tsp vanilla extract

Line a bread loaf pan with foil and butter it.

Heat milk at medium setting until warm; add sugars. Bring to a rolling boil while stirring constantly with a wooden spoon. Add marshmallows and mix thoroughly until the marshmallows are melted completely. Bring back to a full boil and boil for a FULL five minutes. Do not cheat this boil – err on the side of too long rather than not long enough. The mixture will start to turn brown during the boil. If you get brown flakes in the mixture, turn down the heat a little. Be sure to stir constantly. It will burn easily if you don’t.

Remove from heat. Add vanilla, butter, and nuts, but do not stir. Let it just sit for about 2 minutes. Mix thoroughly and pour into prepared loaf pan. Cool completely at room temperature. Remove foil and candy from the pan. Remove the foil from the candy, cut into squares. Store covered at room temperature.

Your candy should be grainy and sugary when completely cool. That’s how it’s supposed to be instead of smooth and creamy like some fudge recipes.

Posted by Pammy Sue at Monday, November 23, 2009 | 1 comments Links to this post