A Positive and A Negative

Well, what do you want first? Oh the negative you say.....Okay well here you have it. Yesterday I weatherized my house. I know, isn't that a man's job? I went to the local power companies free expo where I recieved this plastic to put over my windows and I thought with how cold it gets here I might as well use it. If you ask me, how much is a little plastic on the windows going to save on your power bill when it's -15. Okay, it hasn't gotten that low yet, but but it's been in the single digits.

Here's how my plastic window turned out...

See all those wrinkles and ruffles? Those aren't supposed to be there. With the heat from a blow dryer you smooth them out. Worked real well. Not only did I short out my breaker at one point, but then when I was done, and my plastic was very smooth and pretty, the tape they gave to secure it came undone, therefore leaving me with all the ruffles. If you think about it, the power company probably gives you this free plastic so you will use your blow dryer and rack up your bill, only to have it fall apart later. Man, they're smart. Tomorrow I'm going to try it again.

Ready for the positive? I thought so. Discussing power bills is not my favorite thing. I've decided to take the art of crochet to a higher level. I few years ago my sister taught me to crochet. I'm not very good at it still, but I had always just stuck to the single crochet, making scarves and sometimes hats. But recently YouTube helped teach me a few new techniques and here are a couple of the outcomes. The one on the left is just a single crochet, and on the right the bottom level is a double crochet with a flower doohicky. What do you think? Would you wear something like that?

And yes people this one on the right....this is me with no make-up. I know, yuck, I normally would not be willing to put something like this on my blog, but hey, that's the real me. I promise I DO have eyelashes.