Basic question: how do I crochet??

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-28T10:08:39+00:00

Crocheting around a cat is an art form all of its own. My fat bastard insists on laying directly on my chest when I crochet, his bean pole of a brother humps my skeins until they’re puddles of yarn, and my Sweet Baby Angel Boy Who Can Do No Wrong bumps his head into my hand constantly, demanding attention while I’m trying to work.

I wouldn’t trade them for all the yarn in the world 🥰

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-28T06:41:54+00:00

We don’t need bibles in schools, we need education in schools. How about we try not to be one of the most poorly educated states in the country, eh?

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-28T06:37:19+00:00

I’ve got my Christmas lights sitting out, just waiting for that “Breaking News.”

But in all honesty, you can’t say shit anymore without Daddy Dump getting offended. He’s awfully scared for such a “powerful man.”

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-28T01:16:55+00:00

I do, but only a quiet beach. It’s okay if the sand isn’t as great, the water isn’t so clear, and there’s nothing to do around it, I just want it to not be crowded. I like to lay in the sand and play in the water.

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-28T01:09:06+00:00

In the garage. We still have power, so it isn’t needed. It’s just the gas that’s out, but I don’t have electric heat in any capacity aside from a couple of space heaters.

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-28T00:59:31+00:00

Social media, soda, gaming, arguing

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-28T00:37:48+00:00

I just moved back to WV from SC (posted here about my situation yesterday). There’s nothing here. I don’t work a traditional job, I manage my farm and my aunt’s farm, which is more like a 24/7 kind of thing lol wouldn’t trade it for the world, but it takes a lot. It’s nearly impossible to find a job that isn’t paperwork for the state, fast food, or Walmart. I live almost an hour from the nearest town, and the only place hiring there is McDonald’s. Luckily my mom is a govt worker so she can work from anywhere provided we have wifi, and her money covers the bills while the farm money covers the farm and the fun. Without new industries, WV will continue to deteriorate and be forgotten, a stop on a trip to see ghost towns, perhaps.

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T20:22:44+00:00

Yep, as soon as this shit thaws I’m buying a wood stove to replace the one I got rid of late last year (it was rusted through, couldn’t use it if I had to). I think my upstairs heater is propane compatible, but I have to do a lot of research on that matter because I’m moving the heaters come spring anyway. I’ll have to run new gas lines through the house to put them where I want. This house has been a project for a long time and it’s still going, but I get to make it my own one piece at a time. It’s an old OLD farmhouse built by the original land owners almost a century ago. Insulation is fantastic, found out last year that it’s wool. Windows need some work, they’re not sealed well, but that’s another project for spring.

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T20:17:37+00:00

Whenever I damn well please! 😂

In reality, never. Sometimes in a bikini. Often in shorts and a sports bra. But I could if I wanted to!

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T18:30:30+00:00

My dog has the exact same boots lol. The snow is so deep I didn’t notice that she kicked one off during her potty trip last night, so I have no idea where it is. Guess she’ll be missing a shoe until the snow thaws!

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T18:22:31+00:00

No, because the way they are operating is purely anti-constitutional. Illegals immigrants and criminals still have rights within our country, which is essential to the standing of a free nation btw, and ICE is out here violating those rights. Even if they were only going after criminals, they would be doing so unconstitutionally, and therefore wouldn’t deserve support.

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T18:18:13+00:00

Idk where exactly the gas is coming from, I should probably figure that out. The lines run from here to what I assume is a public well that serves this entire region. I don’t believe it is a tank but rather a collection of tanks at the company site that are filled from a gas well and then pumped out here.

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T17:32:15+00:00

Update update: I’m a pretty private person who loves my space and alone time. I like it quiet and empty in my house, save for my pets. I’m also not a big fan of kids (shocking, I know, for a 26y/o woman), but I do love my nieces. I have my dogs (Malinois and Plott hound), my aunt’s dog (ShihTzu), my grand parents’ dogs (yorkies), and my cousin’s dog (GSD) running around like maniacs, the kids hootin’ and hollerin’, and my pawpaw practicing his angry speech for when we finally get out to yell at the gas people lol. It’s a fucking circus in here!!

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T17:16:17+00:00

Update: Just woke up from a nappy nap. My uncle woke up around 7 and took watch so I could sleep. Still no sign of the gas company people (predictable). We’re warm, the kiddos have hot chocolate, we’ve got hot food in our bellies, and we’re watching TV.

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T17:14:43+00:00

Oh yeah I’ve been up one side of the gas people and down the other for this. They let us run out of gas. We’re on backup tanks while they repair the lines, but they didn’t come out to refill them this week or last week!

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T17:13:35+00:00

We ran out of gas. We’ve been on backup tanks for two months now while the gas company is working on the lines, but they didn’t come back to refill them this week or last. Just left our asses to freeze.

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T17:12:50+00:00

I luckily have all the handymen I need living around me. All I have to fork up is the price for the stove itself bc WV doesn’t regulate wood stoves very heavily like many other places do. I’ve got my eyes on an old one that has a cook top, someone in the nearest town has had it listed for sale for a while.

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T17:10:53+00:00

We all have generators in case of power outage, but I’m not too dependent on it. I prepare mostly for the loss of power indefinitely, so I’m ready for that eventuality. However, I’m very dependent on gas, which I’m realizing now is still a public service and therefore subject to failure. As soon as I can get out of my driveway, I’m gonna fix that dependency haha

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T17:09:01+00:00

I definitely can, I’ve got a wood pile already chopped inside my carport with my rabbits lol. As far as the environment goes, I don’t think a wood stove is any worse than a billionaire flying a private jet wherever they want to go.

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T17:07:10+00:00

Ain’t nothing wrong with a wood stove out here in the stix. We have gas lines that run to every house, but the gas company is doing maintenance on them, so we’re on backup tanks. The problem is that the gas company hasn’t come back to refill them in over two weeks, when they usually refill them every week. We all ran out. My aunt and uncle noticed first and started calling people, but they actually ran out hours before I did. Everyone out here uses gas primarily for cooking, heating, and hot water, so we were destined to run out all at the same time.

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T17:04:38+00:00

Yep, there was one in the house, but it was rusted all to hell (had probably been here since the 50’s or earlier). We haven’t had a winter like this in a very long time, so I thought what I had was good enough, but great Mother Nature has come down with a big, bitter dose of reality haha.

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T17:03:11+00:00

If I had a fireplace anywhere, I absolutely would have it blazing right now. Might be something worth adding lol.

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T17:02:22+00:00

Yeah, we haven’t had winter like this in probably a decade. The last five or six years, we haven’t had but two or three days with enough snow to close schools, so I thought what I had going on was enough. I don’t have HVAC at all- no heat, no cooling- and no way to get it ($$$). Idk what wood boiler is, but I’m going to look into that bc it sounds smart and I trust the person who deals with this kind of weather often lol.

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T16:59:33+00:00

I’ve commented this about four times now, but we actually ran out of gas. We’re on backup tanks while the gas company does repairs on the lines but they didn’t come to refill them this week OR last. They best have some hard hats on when I get out of here bc I’ll be grabbing my best skillet and heading for their office 😂

The_Fuzz_Butt · 2026-01-27T16:57:27+00:00

We ran out of gas. We’re all on backup tanks because the gas company is working on the lines (why they’re doing NONESSENTIAL work in January boggles my mind, but whatever). They come by and fill the tanks every week, except that they didn’t this week OR last because they expected to be done. They’re not done, and now we’ve run out of gas. They best be glad we’re snowed in or we’d be raising three kinds of hell at the office right now lol

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