I think I may start a new hobby...Hooking...RUG hooking that is!
This morning TARRAH picked me up and we headed down I~81 to meet up with TERESA. Tarrah was so excited because Teresa was taking us to a "wool place". That is all I knew that it was a wool place and Tarrah could not wait to get there. It was hard for me to be excited since I didn't know anything about rug hooking, but it was a nice day and I was spending it with two of my friends....WELL..this is the place that Teresa wanted to show us...Grant Street Woolworks in Chambersburg, PA. We met LINDA the lovely owner of this neat place. She was so friendly and even took time to show me how to do some hooking...I think I could easily become hooked on hooking! I am SO happy I went on this road trip today and so happy to meet Linda and visit her Shop.
Strips of wool for a table runner that Linda is working on.
I LOVE this rug!
Teresa checking out all the wool. Notice how well behaved she is acting?
AND then there's Tarrah!!!!.....not quite as well mannered as Teresa!
Not sure what Teresa and Tarrah are talking about but they look so serious!
There sure was a lot of conversations among the Hooking Ladies. Since I am new to this hooking stuff and I had no idea what they were talking about, I did some wandering around the Shop. The building is a really old building and there were antiques scattered about and there was an OLD elevator..next time I am taking a ride in that elevator! On Thursdays people can come and sit around the many tables that are set up in the store and they can work on their projects..shortly after we arrived a lady comes in and sets up her rug hooking supplies at one of the tables. I saw that she had a copy of the new SIMPLE LIFE MAGAZINE and she was showing it to Linda. I told them that I just started to sell the magazine in my Shop. The lady asked me about my Shop and get this...she told me that she found out about this new magazine because she follows my BLOG! I posted on my blog about the magazine and she read about it and then she ordered a subscription for herself. What a small world. Her name is PAT and she has a blog, Hook, Hand and Heart. WHAT a nice lady! I could have talked with her all day. Here she is working on a really neat rug. Pat if you are reading this..I was so happy to meet you and talk with you. I hope you do stop by The Brickhouse when you are in my neck of the woods.
Pat giving Teresa and Tarrah the fine points of rug hooking!
Linda it was so nice meeting you and visiting your Shop. Thank you for the demonstration of your rug hooking. I am sure we will be back to visit you and your Shop again.
I had a great day today with two great friends...Thanks Teresa and Tarrah you both were a cure for my Winter Blues. See ya next week for another ROAD TRIP!! I can't wait!
~~Patti~~
A little update on Howie. He is doing ok. He had an appointment with Dr. Beth yesterday and she has him on Prednisone, Vitamin E, Cephalexin and Traumeel. Let me tell you Howie is not a happy camper and either are Tim and I. Howie hates taking the pills. I tried to hide it in his food but he is a smart dog and eats the food and spits out the pills. So Tim and I have been mean owners and make him take them. We tell him it is for his own good but he isn't buying that! Dr Beth said his immune system is "kattywampus"..so we are hoping to build up his immunity. He still has a fever..yesterday his fever was 103. He does seem to be acting like his old self, except when it comes to eating. When he first became very sick he wouldn't eat his dry dog food so I was cooking for him...and guess what? I now have a very spoiled dog...I know that his appetite is back but since he likes my cooking so much he refuses to eat his dry food. He is a spoiled dog! We started the Prednisone today and Dr Beth said that his appetite will REALLY come back while he is on that medication. He has lost some weight and she is happy with his current weight but with him being on the Prednisone we have to be careful with his eating. Tim and I are hoping that he will start eating his dry food again..this cooking for a dog is a little much. Tim is a little jealous of Howie since Howie has been eating better than Tim lately. But no more....Howie has to go back to eating his dog food and Tim is hoping he goes back to eating my cooked meals...Poor Tim!
In between taking care of Howie and other needs, I found some time to make some new signs.
And Tim and I are making birdhouses...lots of birdhouses! Last year we had trouble keeping them in stock..they sold as soon as we would make them. So we are starting early and building up our inventory. I went crazy and decided to do a bright pink birdhouse! At the Cash and Carry Show in January I bought a bright pink old watering can for my garden and I thought why not make a bright pink birdhouse! I love prims with all the darker colors but once in awhile it is so nice to see a bright color in the garden...So don't be surprised if you see more bright colors on the Porch of The Brickhouse this Spring and Summer!
I am so happy that February is almost over and I think our customers will be happy that March is a few days away...because..drum roll please.......The Brickhouse will be open Wed~Sun. I am anxious to have the winter behind us and have the Shop open and see all of our customers return. We have some great customers that are Snowbirds and are in Florida right now so I can't wait till they fly north for the Spring and Summer because then Tim and I can laugh with them when they come to The Brickhouse. We miss you, Maxine and Judy!
