Half Moon Bay

Pictures of Half Moon Bay, new hotel and soon to come new restaurant.

My First ticket

Well it took 30 years, but today I got a ticket for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign. It wasn't even a 4 way stop. I was on a frontage road and there was no traffic and no one on the side street (except for the cop). I didn't see him and I sort of stopped, but it was a complete stop. So the only good thing is you can do traffic school online now. So I can do that and I won't have any points on my record. Can't wait to see how much this is going to cost me. I guess what annoyed me even more is when the cop left I saw him do the same thing that he just gave me a ticket for. I wanted to pull him over and give him back my ticket and tell him to practice what he preaches.........

New furniture

Making money by doing what you love

I was talking with a friend tonight and we were trying to figure out how to make money by doing what we love to do. He loves to play guitar and I love to knit. So tonight I did some research on making money knitting. I found lots of information, and one thing that sparked an interest was making cat toys or beds for cats and dogs. Some of the things are quick to make, which is important because you need to be able to make these things quickly if you're going to make any money. So I'm going to play around with some ideas and see if anything happens. Maybe by this time next year I'll be making enough money doing what I love to do, instead of working for corporate America.

Misty and blue yarn

Misty likes this blue yarn, because it matches her eyes.

Paintings by Diane Romanello

I already own one of her paintings. I'm trying to decide which one of these to get for my living room

Misty in the mirror

How I create art

Misty and the tunnel

Misty and the box

My favorite Misty video

4th of July flowers

I bought these for myself today

New T-shirt and coffee mug

Box and paper

A Box of fur

Big butt

Alaska knitting cruise

I would love to go on this cruise in September 2009. Click title to get more info

Another Misty video

Under the couch

How many balls of paper are under the couch?? Lots of them.

Got this at DMV today

Misty

1 MM

The past 2 weeks, the wound clinic has told me that one of the wounds on my leg healed by 1 millimeter. I was curious to know what that converted to in inches. Well here is the answer. 1 millimeter = 0.0393701 inches. No wonder I don't see a huge difference. I guess 1 MM is better than none. I just hope it's not 1 mm per week, because it will take a lot longer to heal than I have patience for.

Father's day

Even though my dad passed away 9 years ago, he is still very close in my heart. My dad and I shared many things. We both love to work with our hands. He loved to paint and wallpaper and build things and I was right by his side. I learned a lot from him. We also shared a secret saying. When I was little, maybe 4 or 5, my dad started this game. At some point during the day he would whisper to me " I love you, I beat you." What the game was about, was to see who would say I love you first during the day. No one in the family knew what we were saying to each other, they just knew that we had something special. After I moved out on my own, we didn't play the game, but every once in a while, when we would be talking on the phone, one of us would remember to say it. My dad has been on my mind a lot lately. I know if he was still here, he would be taking care of me right now. I miss him.

I hope all father's had a wonderful day today.

Cobalt blue guitar blanket

Misty sleeping on the bed

Palm Trees

Palm Trees

This morning they were trimming the palm trees. Not sure I would want that job.

Roses

When I went out on the patio this morning the roses were in full bloom. I cut one and brought it inside. They smell very nice.

Roses are starting to bloom

Even though the roses are not quite what I wanted, they are still pretty and have a nice scent

Misty and the box

New Website

I am in the process of creating a new website. WWW.careblankets.com. This will be the new name of my charity. Hope to be able to donate 50 blankets by the end of the year. I'll let you know when the site is up.

Wound Care news

Went to my wound care appointment this morning and the wounds are a little smaller and not as deep, which is the most important. So 2 weeks in a row with an improvement. I don't have to go back for 2 weeks.

Misty hates lights in her eyes

Misty hates it when the lights are in her eyes and she's trying to sleep, so she covers her eyes with her paw

Flowers

Had lunch with a co-worker today and she brought me these flowers.

Misty in the doll carriage

No more gray

Got rid of the gray hair today, so there goes my senior citizen discount !!!!

Misty and the toilet

Zack and Marianne

I had lunch with my friend Kristen. These are her children. I can't believe how they have grown.

Roses are starting to bloom

Beach Prayers

I got this book from Amazon today. It's a great book of prayers with a beach theme.

Rose Bush

Purchased this rose bush today at Lowe's. It has many buds and I will post more pictures when the roses bloom.

Cobalt Blue Yarn

This is very nice yarn. Very soft. Should make a nice blanket

Hummingbird

Took this picture when I lived at my old apartment in Sunnyvale

What's with these two???

Victor and Kathy

Sunday

This morning I went to breakfast with Lynnette and Marilyn. We went to a place called The American Diner. It's just a hole in the wall kind of place, but they have pretty good food. This afternoon I went to Michael's craft store to look at yarn. I really didn't need more yarn, but I just wanted to look. $77.00 later I have more yarn. While I was looking at the yarn and putting it my shopping cart a lady approached me and asked me what I did with all that yarn. I told her I make baby blankets and then donate them. She said " I do the same thing" So we chatted for a few minutes and she told me about her church in Milpitas and a group of women get together every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month to work on blankets. She invited me to go. I think I will go. I might not be able to stay the full 4 hours, it will just depend on how my legs feel, but it might be fun to do something like this.