Not Lost!

So, the Bag Lady finally found her salt and pepper shaker collection and guess what? They were right where she thought they were all along....she just didn't look deep enough in the box! Here is a slightly blurry picture of most of them. (The Christmas shakers are not in this picture because they are in a different box - she actually uses them at Christmas.) Click on the photo to enlarge to see the details of the shakers:


Here is one of her favourite sets - can you imagine actually using these on the table?

And here is the set that will forever remind her of Tokaiangel :

Finally, while these are not shakers, they are for salt. Originally, salt cellars were set on the table, complete with their own tiny spoons. The Bag Lady's grandmother had six of them (she may have had far more - the Bag Lady's sister, Reb, has a couple) and the Bag Lady ended up with these four.


Unfortunately, the Bag Lady didn't do a very good job of photographing them, despite actually putting on her reading glasses so she could see the screen on her camera. Sheesh.

Friday Rambling Round-up

The Bag Lady finally found her Christmas fabric and is well on her way to sewing it into something that she hopes will resemble what she intends it to be. If it works out, she'll post a photo. If it doesn't, she won't, so don't be asking about it!

She's hoping to have lots of time over the weekend to get lots of sewing and crafting done. The Rancher has to go away for work, and probably won't be back until Sunday evening. The Bag Lady will be in charge!! Hahahaha. Boss Baggie. Baggie Boss.......Queen Bag Lady.

As you can probably tell from the inanity so far, the Bag Lady has nothing much to share with you today. Some of the crafts are at the photo-stage, but she thought she would perhaps wait until she has a whole bunch of things done before she takes a picture.

She still hasn't found her salt and pepper shakers, and is beginning to despair. Where could they possibly be? Sheesh. She once lost her mixmaster for 5 or 6 years at least, she said she couldn't find it so couldn't do any baking! Turns out it was right there on the shelf where she put it, hiding in a plastic bag. The Cow Whisperer spotted it with his eagle eye, so the Bag Lady was finally forced to bake a cake. ~~sigh~~ Then the mixmaster mysteriously got broken. (It's hard to break a mixmaster - takes repeated beatings!)

Okay, off to search for shakers again.

Stuff Story

Still nothing photo-worthy on the craft front.....Martha Stewart can rest easy, as the Bag Lady seems to have lost her touch as far as tying bows goes! She's hoping she gets her crafty-ness back today, because yesterday almost scared her. She made herself a plaque once, after completely renovating an old motorhome, that said "Eat your heart out, Martha!"....if things don't improve soon, she may be forced to take it down!

Yesterday proved to be yet another day of hunting for something she couldn't find - this time it was a bag of Christmas fabric that she knows she has somewhere in her house!

She's beginning to wonder if she needs an intervention or something because she has far too much stuff in her house.

There's stuff in boxes,
stuff in bags,
stuff stuffed in closets,
even bags stuffed with rags!

Okay, okay, she's not much of a poet.....

She's hoping today will be a better craft day. So many ideas, so little time.

And still no salt and pepper shaker collection. ~~sigh~~


**Edited to ask - does anyone else dislike the embedded comment section that Blogger has added? I prefer the separate page, because I like to see the avatars of my commenters!

Where the Heck......?

The Bag Lady did manage to accomplish a few things yesterday - got most of the laundry done, and got a good start on some crafts. Of course, now her house looks like the aftermath of an explosion in Santa's workshop..... and not in a good way.

She doesn't have anything completed yet except the laundry so can't share any photos with you. Disappointing, isn't it?

Geosomin posted a picture on her blog yesterday of a very cool pepper mill, which reminded the Bag Lady of her salt and pepper shaker collection. Years ago, the Bag Lady's aunt gave her the cutest little salt and pepper shaker, which started a trend. For many years, the Bag Lady received salt and pepper shakers for different occasions like birthdays and Christmas. She finally had to put a stop to it because she hates dusting knick-knacks, and she no longer displays her collection. Geosomin's post prompted her to drag out some of her collection. Which, in turn, led her to the realization that she can't find half of them! She cannot remember where she stashed them. ~~sigh~~ (You know you have too much stuff when......) This forgetfulness is really starting to annoy her....after all, it's only been about 10 years since she put them away! How could she have forgotten so soon what she did with them? Sheesh!

So the Bag Lady will be obssessing about that until she finally remembers where she put them, or she will eventually pull her entire house apart until she finds them, or at the very least, until something else distracts her!

In the meantime, she'll work on more crafts and hopefully will soon have some completed and photo-worthy.

Or not.

Now, where the hell did I put my glue gun.....?

Quick Random Tuesday

The Bag Lady carries a camera in her truck (most of the time, anyway) and finally remembered to bring it into the house to download the pictures she has taken recently.

Some of these are a couple weeks old, but she thought she would share them with you anyway because she has nothing else going on right now that she is ready to share they are so pretty. Keep in mind that the landscapes do not look like this any longer - the wind has blown most of the leaves from the trees, so it is looking rather bleak and barren now.

The river valley a couple weeks ago was ablaze with colour:

The Bag Lady turned off the highway the other day and there were three deer standing there, looking at her. By the time she got her camera turned on, the mother and the other twin had left, but this little one was lagging a little:


The trees along the river:


Yesterday, the Bag Lady had to go to town. On her way home, she passed this buffalo farm. She has passed it on many occasions, and has often hoped that conditions would be right to take pictures (the buffalo would be close to the fence, there would be no traffic, allowing the Bag Lady to stop and take a picture). Finally, yesterday, it happened!

The Bag Lady has a full plate today, so talk amongst yourselves!

Monday Weekend Report

The Bag Lady spend the weekend going round and round the field in the tractor. She is hoping the Cow Whisperer is going to spell her off today so she can get some of her own work done - fun and exciting stuff like laundry, vacuuming, scrubbing toilets and grocery shopping!

Here's a little taste of what she did, hour after hour:



Scintillating, isn't it?

She had to slow down to take the video because the tractor bounces quite a lot over the rough ground, but she wasn't going all that much faster, honest!

She had a serious case of tractor fatigue last night, so spent an hour or so soaking in the tub. Being a 'farmer' isn't all it's cracked up to be - she'd rather deal with the animals, thankyouverymuch.

She also thinks that if she could spend...oh, let's say a month or so doing this, she would certainly lose some weight! She discovered early on that if she eats, even a small amount, then bounces around awhile, it makes her feel slightly ill. Remember when you were a child, and went to the county fair/amusement park/whatever, stuffed yourself with hot dogs/cotton candy/sno cones, then got on the roller coaster...that slightly sick feeling in the pit of your stomach? Or, for you exercise-types, the feeling you get from doing one too many crunches? (Although, if you are an exercise-type, perhaps that feeling is what you are striving for....!) The Bag Lady thought she was being virtuous by taking only some carrot sticks and a couple pieces of the Laughing Cow cheese (plus copious amounts of water - it's dry, dusty work!) when in fact, she couldn't even eat those! Her abs are sore from trying to maintain her balance whilst bouncing around (to say nothing of how her back is feeling!)

Take a moment today to be grateful to the farmers of the world who feed us - it's hard friggin' work!

Progress Report

The Bag Lady thought she should share some pictures of her "work-day" yesterday. Here is what her office looked like:

Here is a portion of what she got done yesterday:

Here is a small portion of what isn't done yet:

Here is more of what she has yet to finish:

Here is.....well, not exactly sure.....oh, wait, could that be the Bag Lady? A rare sighting, indeed!


The Bag Lady had a little trouble with her float coming apart on her, so she is hoping the Cow Whisperer will have a little time to help her fix it so she can get going again.