In the hope of a "green" environment for everyone...

Again, an important information to share that I got from my favorite "green" blog, Fake Plastic Fish
Here is a video from SkyNews about what happens to the plastic recycling that is trashed into curbside bins. Most of the plastic is shipped to China, where it is processed again. It is recycled and reused, but again it creates so much toxic waste that harms not only the people there, but also our global environment. Please watch this short clip from Britain's Sky News:



This story focuses on Britain's plastic waste, but it is the same in U.S., since most plastic waste is also shipped to China.

Happy New Year!

Thanks for all the new year greetings, and for stopping by my blog. Again, a happy new year to all! It has been a peaceful and productive year 2007 for me, and I'm hopeful that 2008 would be even better. I plan to blog more, not only about crochet...maybe some knitting (?), and other useful stuff that can be shared. Thinking about posting a summary of what my blog was all about the past year, and some resolutions for this year...

Meanwhile, here's a collection of our holiday pictures taken by my son:

Christmas 2007

I wasn't captured in any of the above pics, but shown here is me, my mom, and my brothers' g.f.'s taken Dec. 30 when we dined out.

My sister and b.f. with us via the internet:



Photos from our short vacation at the beach:

...it was too quite there, but the sound of waves rushing to the shore was constant.

Here is a tourist spot near our place, a surf resort...but we didn't actually go there, since none of us are into water adventures :p



Our Dad wanted to go fishing, but it seems fishing rods are of no use with the strong waves hitting the shore. While he was driving some golf balls on our yard, he thought to go down and observe some fishermen trying to catch some fish with a net.


Surely, this man has acquired the skill for his means of livelihood, living by the sea.


Enjoying the view as well, are my brother's pets:



As usual, to welcome the new year, we made a lot of noise with our fireworks:

Welcome 2008!

I'm posting from scratch here on my brother's computer by the beach ;)

Hope you are all enjoying the rest of the holidays with a happy new year celebration. I have been eating and sleeping a lot here the past 4 days. Hopefully, the daily walk by the beach has burned enough calories so I can still fit into my crocheted clothes :p.
Since I wasn't able to bring my own camera, I have to rely on the pics taken by my son - which I'll share soon as we get back home. Meantime, here's a photo of my two nieces in Australia, which I got from this computer.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Its called Christmas with a capital "C"...

Wishing everyone the joy of Christmas!

Purple Shrug

This is the 4th (!) shrug I made from my pattern: Shells and Flowers Shrug.
This is size small and I've modified the pattern a little to make it fit snugly.
I used 3 balls of size 10 cotton thread and 2mm Tulip aluminum hook. More details on Ravelry.

Holiday pictures

My son recently got himself a camera and designated himself as our family's official photographer. This also means that I need not use my camera that often for my projects, since I have my very own in-house photographer ;)
For practice, he has instantly taken some creative shots. Photo above shows our Christmas tree (which looks better with the effects...)
Shown below, the crocheted snowman that was in my Christmas decorations basket, and, my nephew and son with the holiday stuff toys they got as souvenir from Saisaki restaurant.
















And here's my current WIP, a shrug that I want to wear soon. Haven't worn a shrug in public, so we'll have to see if I can pull it through ;)