Well I did it....

Yes, I opened the box that contains the pattern and material I will need to make my little doll named Violet. She's just as cute as I remember her. I think I might even cut out the pattern tomorrow. Silly I guess, but I'm looking forward to seeing if this one will be as cute as the one I did so many years ago... wonder how many years ago that was? Had to be well over twenty years. My hands don't work so good now. My thumbs are practically worthless so I know it's going to be quite a bit more difficult to sculpt now. But I am determined and will do it. And that's about what I did today... oh, wait, I did sit outside in the pergola for about half an hour while the dog looked for bugs or whatever it is he does out there sniffing at this and that. He loves it out there. But he's a barker and unfortunately this park,, which is a senior park, frowns on any kind of noise. Even if it's not all that much, they gripe and complain. Not much life around here. Most of the residents are too old to be lively. I don't care. I'm not lively either, but I don't complain about every little thing either. I'm not gonna sweat stuff that's unimportant... I don't care if they think my dog isn't a 'good' neighbor. The lady across the street is slightly bonkers anyway... she drinks I guess, and when there's a football game on you can hear her screaming and cussing all the way over here. I've never complained, yet she had the audacity to complain about our dog.. and he really does not bark much. He will bark if someone walks by too close. And he does bark at the mail man and the garbage truck.. He hates the ups truck too... but that's not an everyday thing.. People should lighten up. It would not only do us good, it would do themselves good. It doesn't cost much to be nice.. I can afford that.

J