2009 is here

well as most people i made some new year resolutions and one of them was to be better with my posts on the blog and do it on a regular basis

well this past saturday i took the oarts for the motorcycle and dropped therm off for paint
i have a friend who teaches at Wyotec and i am getting it done for the cost of the paint

on another front i have been officially been promoted to a standard clown in the clown brigade, most of my skills are behind the sceenes stuff more than performing but i am improving there too

today in this corner of pa we are having freezing rain (yippee)

catch you soon

walt

Sundays clown practice

Well this past sunday- the one right after Christmas- i went before the board of review .
the reason for the board of review was another advancement i have enough proficiencies to move to the next level in the clown brigade which is Standard Clown.

well i went through the board of reviews and was asked to do some balloon animals and some questions from the proficiencies i have earned and out of 50 i missed 4 so i got a 92 %
yahoo

well next is the brigade counsel approving the advancement and it will be official yippeee

want to wish everyone out there a happy, healthy, and blessed New Year.

God is with us always!

walt

December 27

Well the Pittsburgh are had a verry unseasonable day so much so that when a coworker was walking to eat and park he saw a group of bees that were out of hibernation.
Do you know what else was out of hibernation? Motorcycles.
thats right it was around 60 degrees and there were alot of motorcycles runnimg around.
not mine though, she is torn apart and waiting to be sent out for paint.
well tomorrow is church then clown practice (Later this morning really since it is 2:35 am Sunday )
well it will be interesting to see what happens with the weather for the polar bear runs that happen on jan 1st

i guess i should give a slight explanation to the polar bear run i have to miss for the 2nd year
it is where on january 1st you get out the motorcycle and go for a ride to bring in the new year right
in the polar bear run temperature is not a concern but snow and ice is
so if it is snowing or icy its usually canceled but if its cold its not but depending on how cold it is decides the length of the ride if it is really cold just showing up is the ride but if its warmer you gather then actually go for a ride but i guess you figured that out
being in the south west corner of PA it is usually COLD but it might not be this year after seeing todays temp and naturally i tore the bike aspart on christmas day so i was stuck riding in the cage(car)

i guess i will try to sleep some more just wanted to get this on here

walt

Christmas

well i just want to thank you for reading this and wish everyone a Merry Christmas

I am hopeing for a relatively warm Christmas because being the procrastinator i am i need to tear the motorcycle apart on Christmas day for paint and i need to get it out for paint by 1-4-09



here is hopeing



walt

tomorrow

Well tomorrow I will be at Century 3 mall making balloon animals (inflatable wildlife) for about 10 hours. that is what the clown brigade does when working kettles. I was with them last week doing this and was surprised how fast the day went.

and i got 2 new balloon books to study in the frocess tomorrow so all should be good

have a good night

walt

Thanksgiving

Well i know i am more than a few days late with this entry but i had a good thanksgiving

i went with Steven and his wife to the Chineese buffet for an early dinner at 2 pm and had alot of garlic shrimp (yummy) Steven and Carol both had sushi along with other stuff

after dinner we went to walmart and walked around amd got some stuff

i shouldnt tell this but i will share the secret if you ever want to go to walmart when it is not busy at all go while everyone else is having thanksgiving dinner there was like 6 cars in the parking lot

at knitting practice tonight we got to watch a big fire outside the window in homestead and we are praying for all the firefighters and the victims of the fire

catch you L8R

walt

oops

sorry to anyone who reads this i have been busy working at the warehouse . i have also been continueing with the clown trainiung i am 1 proficiency away from being promoted to a standard clown.
we have made the stilts to start the training on those.
and i am close to getting the knitting proficiency also i just need to finish the sweater vest and a pair of clown socks.
i am getting close on the sweater vest i have seperated the front pannel and the rear pannel and startyed the arm holes and am continueinf up the back then gotta do the front and shoulders and i will be done

we aree also working on training max the kitten to be a therapy cat in the clown brigade so i will try to keep ya up on that 2

later

walt

cats

well we got the kitten Max weighing in at 1 lb and we have the older cat Smokey weighing in at 14 lbs thlk about a size difference.

kitty

Well its official i am the new parent of max the 1 lb kitten he is so cute and awesome!

kitten

well 2 days ago one of our cats passed away. we like to have 2 cats to keep eachother company. a friends cat had kittens 4 weeks ago and i am getting the oppertunity to give 1 a home. his name is Max and i will get him in 2 to 4 weeks. here is a little video to show him and his 2 sisters.

newborn needs prayer

a dear friend that works at Natural Stitches with mom had a baby. the baby wasnt due until November, I know, WOW.
well the parents Charissa and Tim each (figuratively) have a heart at least the size of Texas if not bigger and they and the baby named Levi need all of the prayer they can get.

for more info please click on the top link to the left "Levi Howe needs prayer"

thanks

God does answer prayer

walt

made mom a koala bear

had a baloon play sunday

well this past sunday i got out my balloon books and was teaching myself new balloons, here are a couple pics of thge results, i dont know why i didnt take a pic of the snoopy or butterfly but here are my ram, my fishing pole with fish, grapes, snail,love birds in a funny blue heart-looks alot better in just a ring-, and my bunch of bananas, enjoy

wellll...........

Well its been a while since my last post.
we had a clown advancement ceremony and I am now a junior clown from apprentice.
i have been doing a little motorcycle riding really just back and forth to where i need to go no real jorneys.
i guess it has a bit to do with the gas prices.
i am getting ready to learn about knitting socks i wonder if i wanna go toe up or top down toe up makes more sense but i dont know that for sure
i also will be going to a family camp through the Salvation Army next month so that should be fun.

walt

first clown show

well Yesterday Saturday was the first clown show there were 3 of us there in makeup and 2 making balloonsat the Salvation Army in homestead for their VBS party
it was a celebration of the completion of the week of Vacation Bible School.
i am told there were 35 or so kids and we made balloons for all who wanted them, including some parents.
fun was had by all and here is a picture i am the 1 in the big wig

walt

6-21-08

well tomorrow -saturday is the ist clown show i am involved in which i am told is juast gonna be a baslloon fest basically but in makeup and costume i am so excited and nervous i will give a report afterwards

walt

awesome funny pic

summer item

well i spent some time today workinmg on the motorcycle






I have had a problem with a bit of chrome on the tank when the light hit tit just right i was blinded






as you might see here

so i took it off and got the scratchy pad and primer and spray paint and fixed the problem i hope as you can see here

its not a big deal but ...... what is?

walt

well

I have been helping out at the Salvation Army that the clown brigade is based out of in homestead. we have been building a puppet stage for the show and pillars for the set and yesterday we built a 4ft x8 ft bulletin board for clown news and events and such with a white board in the middlei dont have the pics but they are in Zeeppo's knitting blog

plus in just over 2 weeks i am going to Ohio bike week with my Christian Missionary Church with our motorcycle ministry which should be exhilerating

have a nice day

walt

mothers day

Well it is moithers day and i gave mom a "vase" full of "tullips"

best wishes to all of ther mothers out there.

walt

clown scarf

well i promised a picture of the scarf i designed with 3 arms for the clown brigade and here it is
what I did was the first row was 1 knit stitch and for the second row i added a knit stitch and for the 3rd row i added a knit stitch at the beginning of the row and so on till i got the triangle for the center i chose to make the triangle 28 stitches

after i had the triangle i picked 3 rib patterns 1 for each arm of the scarf

after completing the rib pattern i reduced to the triangle like at the beginning knitting 2 together at the beginning of each row untill i got down to 1 stitch

then i picked up 28 stitches on the second side of the triangle and proceeded with the second rib pattern following the same procedure as before just with the new rib

and the same for the 3rd side of the triangle.

after the 3 arms were finished and knotted off i made 3 big pom poms for the ends

but a word of advice from my mistake make sure your choice of rib pattern isnt mostly stockinette as it will curl as my 1 arm is.

have fun if you dare, lol

walt

Sunday March 20

Well tomorrow is sunday march 20 and i am looking forward to the Blessing Of The Bikes in Murrysville at my church Murrysville Alliance Church.
we have a pretty big motorcycle ministry there. last year we had over 10,000 bikes and it was great.
eventhough it looks like rain and there is a call for rain in south west pa we should still have a decent turn out, probably not as many as without rain but...

see ya after the blessing

walt

do it yourself kilt pattern

this is a free do it yourself kilt pattern that a friend made and wore to knitting group tonight and =it looks GREAT!!!!!! it takes a while to load and is a long document


http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stanford.edu%2F~ahebert%2FX-Kilt_MSword.doc&ei=6tj_R4v-Mqfqecqa2CI&usg=AFQjCNFUVO6C0NRjeOzEBgfRBp1R2mKfOA&sig2=QczW2xh01SQ97UlgCYUBgQ
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walt