BORED TO TEARS

So, I'm sitting here at work. It is quiet. Yeah, that's right, I used the Q word. That is how flippin bored I am!


I got all of my intern work done.I got all of the night work done, I mean, there is still some stuff that I need to do, but they are timed events, so I cant do them yet.
I have had dinner.
I have made envelopes for a series of Xmas gifts.
I have started on another Xmas gift that is handmade, but there is only so much that I can do at this point.
I have TRIED to read my Crochet Patterns For Dummies book from the library. But apparently I am dumber than a dummy? It all looks Greek to me! I actually hurt my head trying to read it! That was just the how to read patterns part. 3rd chapter...Intro was on how to use the book, 1st chapter was just the basics, yarn type, hook type, single crochet. That stuff, I have down, for the most part, I hardly pay attention to yarn type, I buy whats cheap and pretty, as for hooks, I grab one that feels good, we have 7 million hooks. All of this stuff that I have down, if I had read that chapter ( which I did not ) I would not know it when I was done... 2nd chapter was about gauge and garment sizes, again, didn't read it. I don't want to make clothes ( right now ) I want to learn to read a crochet pattern. So, skip ahead to chapter 3... The lower the chapter, the easier the material, right? Isn't that the theory? Well, 3rd page in and I am scratching my head, and re-and rereading things... I am not sure what I expected? I think that I wanted to be able to make the awesome things that my Gramma Bishop made for me as a child. My kids are to old for those things, but at this rate, I will be a Gramma myself before I can make a secret bank hidden in a crochet clown thing. Or a Paddington Bear, or a  generic plain barbie type doll in a frilly crochet dress... Hey, I know how to make that ridiculous frill. I did it by accident, I hated doing it... Second thought, no frilly barbie type doll dress....
I just want to make a damn tissue box cozy! I think that I can figure it out, or "make it work". I have done several things this way, they worked out OK. So, I bet I could make a tissue box cozy. But, alas, should I figure it out, I might go cozy-crazy. You know its true... as I type this Blog, I can see the pieces that I would need to crochet and how to put them together to cozy my toaster...hehehe, Evil Cozy Genius that I might be...
Heck, I bet I could figure out how to make the bank thingy too... That thing was the coolest thing ever! It was a giant canister, cardboard, and it had a label that made it look like coffee. It was so cheezy, so awesome, and of course at the bottom, was the plug, and at the top was the coin slot. Then, my Gramma covered it with this crocheted "doll" thing, Not sure how else to explain it. It had floppy legs, and floppy arms, and a  face ( Have to work on that part ) and a hat, so you could take off the hat and deposit coins. Also, the bank slid out.


Man, that thing was cool!


Besides, I think that there might actually come a point when one family has enough blankets. That has not stopped me, however, I have 2 going right now. 1 that has a quickly upcoming deadline. And one that I have been working on for 18 months almost, and I am pretty sure that My Grrrl has no hopes of it ever being completed! Oh wait, 3 blankets, because I am making one that will be tons of little blocks, crochet together. That one is going to take a wile too, but I like it because I can take it anywhere. I always have room for a small ball of yarn, and the sample block.


I wish that I had known that tonight was going to be THIS slow. I bet I could have gotten away with working on the "deadline blanket" It's kinda big, but we are so slow, I bet I could have gotten away with it.


I was supposed to teach one of the nurses to crochet tonight if we both had time. Well, I have time, and I think she does too, right now, but I just don't have it in me right now.


Hey, I'm listening to Mandy by Manilow? Now, I wanna watch "Can't Hardly Wait"... I'm not sure why I like this 70's station so freakin much, but I do. An hour or so ago, they did a disco Star Wars song. It was awesome...


I'm so tired, and bored. I wish that I could go home since there is nothing for me to do... Makes sense to me, I bet it makes sense to My Grrrl too...


Oh, that figures, I said I want to go home, there's nothing to do... Now, there are labs printing up... Gotta go hand em out...


Well, I guess that is it?


We plan on working on the bookcase door today, hopefully we will! I will like to see it all done! I'm very excited to see it! If we do, there will be pictures posted Thursday...


That is all for now. I think that I will go make some popcorn!


Yummy