In Pursuit of Perfection

Soup Sandwich Wins!

2009-02-11T12:11:00.002-06:00

A lot has happened in the past couple of months, most of which was too painful to post. You'd think a motormouth like me would be writing reams on my blog about everything, but no. Some things hurt too much to write or admit.My mother passed away on January 21st. She was not only my Mom, but my best friend. No matter how awful or wrong I thought I was, she was always on my side. She was my

Not so miraculous after all...

2008-12-17T16:44:00.003-06:00

Sigh. So it seems that a few cookies will cause a miracle while a pecan pie tart, several pieces of various pumpkin and apple pies, and dozens of reject cookies will reverse any sort of miracles. I honestly sweat sugar instead of salt. Not surprising considering the foods I've eaten lately.So, color me at my heaviest but not biggest, thanks to jogging around the park. But, not to worry, by

It's a Christmas Miracle!

2008-12-08T15:03:00.006-06:00

Who knew that only by eating a little bit of cookie dough, a girl could lose a couple of pounds?I know, the miracle should be more profound than this, but...Since August, I've been diligently training for a 5K. I could walk several miles, even at a decent clip, but forget jogging, or horrors, running even half a mile.Then, one day, Mom and Dad ordered me a spiffy running outfit from Cabela's,

Goaaaaaaaaaalllllllllll!

2008-11-24T00:11:00.002-06:00

Would ya look at that:But, my work here isn't done. I'm about halfway done with the story and it's pretty good. I know, I'm biased, but usually I don't like my own stuff. It's not 'perfect'. Something I'm thinking at the moment is, do I really need to finish the book? I mean, I hit goal, plus, I already know how it'll end. Why bother, in that case? There's yarn to knit, you know. It's cute, being

Thanksgiving is WHEN? But, I've not lost last year's weight!

2008-11-19T21:24:00.004-06:00

Due to popular request, here it is, an update! Chelle is popular and did request, so I'm not entirely overstating it.What have I been doing? A few things. The whole election thing had me down. I voted Democrat in the last two elections to no avail, and didn't have hopes for this one. I honestly figured it'd be like when Bush Sr won after the dry years of the Reagan era. Horrible. Even so, it

A run by blogging.

2008-09-27T20:32:00.005-05:00

I could do a long diatribe about politics, the economy, life around here, all that, but can sum it up on a few words.Politics-sick of.Economy-sick about.Life around here-sick of cleaning.There's been a little bit of knitting. Here's my latest pattern off the needles. Cute, hm? I like it. The mate is done and the pair are spoken for, while I'm doing a bigger size of these next. The yarn is

Sitcoms do it, maybe I should.

2008-08-27T12:23:00.003-05:00

Lately, I've been mulling over the lack of separation in my personal and professional blogging. If sitcoms can have spinoffs, I think blogs should, too. It's something that's percolating in my mind, having this be my personal bitchfest blog, then having another devoted to all knitting, all the time. Guess which one will be featured on Ravelry, that wonderful knit website?In the meantime, I've

By Popular Request!

2008-08-05T20:42:00.003-05:00

If by popular I mean one person, that is...The Frygirl wanted pictures of her pup, but first, updates.The baby bunny from a couple of posts ago is doing well and is obviously gorgeous. Isn't it the sweetest?Here is the largest ball of twine with two of my favorite models.Of course I had to try and knit on it. I know, the camera added 50 pounds. So sad.Really tried to knit it. Twine is tough,

The Stages of Grief

2008-07-24T10:49:00.002-05:00

Did you hear the wail?Bad news, I've just learned a pattern I submitted was rejected by Knitty. The good news? I can sell it myself now on Ravelry. As soon as I crawl out from under the heavy rock of Depression. Which will probably be when all the wine in the fridge and chocolate chips are gone. Gimme a minute, would you?This would be a good time to run through the five stages of grief, don't you

At long last!

2008-07-21T16:05:00.004-05:00

Scratching and clawing, I pull myself back onto the ledge that is "The End of the Earth". There's been tidbits of excitement, relatively speaking. One girl's excitement is another's boredom.By special request from his 'Mom', here's Lucky. Poor Fry is having to make do with my parent's dog, Larry. They've been fast friends, probably because Fry loves giving out treats as much as Larry likes

Is this good or bad?

2008-06-26T01:37:00.001-05:00

39As a 1930s wife, I amPoorTake the test!Either way, I love quizzes.

It happens in threes.

2008-06-13T20:02:00.003-05:00

Unless it's the lottery, of course.What, you may ask, am I talking about now? Deaths. We've lost Dick Martin, Sidney Pollack, and Harvey Korman one week in the past May. Who were they? Not guys you'd know off the top of your head, unless you're in the 40's, maybe late 30's. Their comedy, once you saw the faces behind the laughter, is much better known by all.Now with Tim Russert passing, my Hubs

I'm it!

2008-06-06T21:35:00.003-05:00

Chelle tagged me for a meme. I'm not sure what a meme stands for, other than me me me, since the list is always about me. But, what is a blog except a lot of navel-gazing, hm?1. What was I doing 10 years ago? What year is this...? We lived in Lenexa, KS and I was a computer programmer consulting around the city. Probably working in downtown KCMO, which was very cool. Like Chelle, I weighed less

I'm bored and don't WANT to clean my room.

2008-05-22T23:38:00.003-05:00

Is it time for PMS already? I'm bored and don't want to do anything one minute, and want to do everything the next. There's a pond to finish, a secret project that's getting close to done, pets to play with, a house to clean and spiff up, books to read and write, and walls and pictures to paint.I'm also wanting a new digital camera, one that works with my current Pentax's Tamron lenses. While

It was a bit rainy a couple of weeks ago.

2008-05-13T12:05:00.005-05:00

First of all, thanks for the compliments on the sweater! I'm pretty partial to how nice looking the model is, too. He's a great sport about my pushing him into poses, and even had final say over photos showing off too much of his scalp. :PHe loves the sweater, too. Happily, it's much too warm to wear it. Since then, I've been working on a project to submit and one of the rules about it is no

Update time!

2008-04-23T16:50:00.002-05:00

Here's my husband's latest sweater. He wants everyone to know, it's the sweater that has a tummy, not him. Really.In the news... Not a lot going on around here. Someone got a new bike, someone else has been walking around the neighborhood with a pup, and still others have had dental work. I already had a new bike, and all of us have walked Lucky at one point or another, and poor Hubby is the one

Too much to say and not enough that's interesting.

2008-04-14T17:20:00.006-05:00

I know! It's true, though. While I've been running around town or spring cleaning, I've done nothing that's very riveting. What's worse, my blog reading is way behind and I have no idea what my friends are up to unless I've seen them in person. Thursday, when rain is scheduled, is when I can catch up on the reading.Like in the movies, let's do a montage. Play whatever cornball '80s music you

I should blog...

2008-03-27T21:04:00.003-05:00

...but I've been busy.Between catching up on laundry and fighting off a headache, I've been working on this, an eensy square at a time. The colors of the Noro Kuryeon sock yarn overpowered my will. There's already four other projects on the needles, so I didn't really want to start a long-term project on size 0 US needles. Ah well, such is the pull of Noro's colors.This, though, was done on the

I don't care for Ravelry forums.

2008-03-24T22:44:00.004-05:00

No, I don't. Unless I actually know the people and they know me. Some of the people on the forums have this idea than I'm a moralistic religious fanatic that wants to turn the world into a nicy nice zombieville.Even my Mom is wondering, "They're talking about you?" Sure, I have morals, but not so many I'm no fun. Enough to keep me out of jail, but not so many I wouldn't flirt with the hot cop

How about the day after the day after tomorrow?

2008-03-14T13:28:00.003-05:00

aka, Friday fun. Which means, picture time! To be honest, I've not been able to enjoy the great weather due to migraines. Gotta love the monthly reminder I'm female. <-sarcasm So anyway, there's been some knitting, some cleaning, and a lot of sleeping. When all of the above hasn't been happening, I've been goofing around on Ravelry, that really cool knit site. While my beloved Hubs created me

A bit of snark...

2008-03-11T17:35:00.003-05:00

What's the difference between a Republican sex scandal and a Democrat's sex scandal?If there's women involved, you know the guy is a Democrat. (Bill Clinton, Eliot Spitzer) If young boys or men are involved, the guy is a Republican. (Mark Foley, Larry Craig)There are always exceptions, James McGreevey and Arnold Schwarzenegger first come to mind. I don't think either party has dibs on dirty

"You wouldn't like me when I'm angry..."

2008-03-07T15:03:00.005-06:00

Things have really been bothering me, politically. I hate how people can vote for our current president but be too chicken sh't to either enlist in the armed forces themselves or send their kids over. They'll support him and his administration, but let others go over to fight him and his fight. If people REALLY support Bush, let them prove it by enlisting. Everything linked or quoted below is the

Who ordered another dose of winter?

2008-03-03T14:47:00.004-06:00

Seriously. How warm was it yesterday? How cold is it today? I'm trying to figure out how to stay in the house all week and ignore the freeze. It's already not working, I had to check the mail (might have been a yarn catalogue in there!!!) and clean the front glass door.Since I think I'm PMSing, or at least let's hope that's why I'm feelin' crabby, let's ruin Christmas for my sisters. Since

Frosty Friday Fun

2008-02-22T12:06:00.003-06:00

To answer A. on a yarny question. I do have a nice pattern book for Classic Elite Galaxy. It's in a stack of patterns I need to go through sometime today, so I'll grab it and take a picture. There's two patterns I want to knit up out of the booklet and I even have the yarn. No subs necessary! After seeing a spring questionaire on Knittingkewpie's blog, then looking out of our window...I

It's Alive!

2008-02-19T16:10:00.006-06:00

Dang! I seriously need to blog more. It's so cold out, I tend to want to hibernate. Not that there's any laying around, ok, some. In the past week plus, there's been roses, yarn, doggie graduations, and Presidential celebrations. Mass quantities of chocolate was eaten, washed down with diet soda. Wonder why all of us are stick thin??? :)At any rate, here is the week in review...Lucky has

Update and Pictures!

2008-02-08T09:18:00.000-06:00

Isn't everyone ready for some Friday fun? It snowed a good three inches, if not more, here on Tuesday, and is still covering the ground. Fry was home on Wednesday, so of course I did nothing significant. Tuesday, I spent most of the afternoon with Mary, admiring her home, having lunch, and adding to the yarn stash, (of course). I had a great time, it was fun being a lady who lunches. All I

Here comes the sun!

2008-02-01T19:05:00.000-06:00

Like the weather around here, my moods change every few days. Getting sun every chance I could helped, too. Lucky, Fry, and I did a long walk Thursday. Not so sunny, but getting out was good. There's snacks for the Superbowl, and tomorrow is Knit Group. Sounds like a great weekend, huh?I think the biggest news is, other than I have a lot of great friends, is, Red Crablegs are on sale at

Still blue? Yep.

2008-01-29T17:00:00.000-06:00

I've been trying to think of what to blog about, something fun, interesting, even controversial.The best I can come up with is: Did everyone/anyone see the Kansas governor's response to Bush's State of the Union address? She kept talking to "Mr. President". This was nonsensical on two counts. One, he WASN'T watching. Two, if he accidently WAS, he DOESN'T CARE. He's done his time, made him

I'm so blue!!

2008-01-24T19:44:00.000-06:00

Funny how this is accurate. I liked Richardson's foreign policy ability, but sadly, he is no more. Feel free to take the test, comment, and disagree if you want.78% Bill Richardson76% John Edwards74% Joe Biden74% Barack Obama74% Hillary Clinton70% Mike Gravel66% Dennis Kucinich62% Chris Dodd52% Rudy Giuliani48% John McCain44% Mike Huckabee39% Mitt Romney34% Tom Tancredo33% Fred Thompson24% Ron

Grrr.

2008-01-24T12:47:00.000-06:00

I'm not mad, really, just frustrated.Somehow, Lucky is able to get out of his sweater. In the interest of making it comfy, it's too loose. Arg. I'll have to add another few inches to the collar after all to keep it on him. We went for a very short walk this morning in 1F temperatures. Yikes! He needs that sweater on a day like today. At least the temperatures will get up in the mid twenties.

Picture time!

2008-01-22T15:55:00.000-06:00

Yesterday, my husband and I happened to glance out of the front window to see...Fry and Lucky on the sled. Lucky was very reluctant to stay on the moving object, despite Fry's best efforts to drag him along. My cameraphone also takes video, which is a riot to see her sledding down, dragging the dog alone with her. The videos have an unintentional laugh track.Then, today I finished Lucky's

P.S.

2008-01-10T22:29:00.001-06:00

There's a cute, "What Yarn are You?" test that I took and voila', the results:This explains a lot! I love the yarn, hate what it does to me with its high itch factor. What are Mohair girls like? This:Mohair – A smooth, polished surface“Mohair is warmer than wool, with larger, flatter scales that contribute to an overall silky-smooth appearance. The fiber absorbs dye readily and, thanks to that

Cue the retarded joke:

2008-01-10T15:34:00.000-06:00

Why, I haven't seen you since last year!I know. You were warned.So anyway, what have I been doing? A lot, but nothing involving sex and violence, thus, nothing blogworthy.For someone resolving to use the yarn stash AND exercising on a daily basis, I've also done neither. Over the past couple of weeks, I've also been thinking about the title of the blog. Aren't I supposed to be in pursuit of

Sorry!! Really!!!

2007-12-29T00:13:00.000-06:00

Knitters who are on Ravelry.com and have me as a friend, sorry! I've been adding like a fiend to my queue. I already had a queue of projects in Word, but spent this evening correlating the two. Some patterns were in Ravelry, some were not. These were the ones not in their database already:The Cat’s Meow,Family Circle Easy Knitting Winter 2001Summer Garden Throw, Knitting Digest July 2004Tri-Finca

After Christmas report.

2007-12-27T19:42:00.000-06:00

Fry loved her Christmas presents!She made me hold her lion while she snapped the picture...Then, she made me hold her beagle...Then, I had her take a picture of the lovely necklace she gave me.The rest of the presents we gave each other would seem odd to anyone not in on the reasons. Gift cards to Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Home Depot, Starbucks, Quick Trip, and the local beauty college? Not 'the

If a picture is worth a thousand words, this is a novel.

2007-12-20T17:50:00.000-06:00

The lions are Fry's favorite animal. She was not happy that I didn't bring her home one of these. All I'm saying is, I wasn't getting two of them.Fry wanted me to check out her 'grill'.Very nice that it's not permanent.Oddly enough, these trees should be upright. This was during the ice storm a week or so ago, at the side of our house.On the other side, this. I love that pathway.We drove

Dumb thoughts...

2007-12-11T18:00:00.000-06:00

So we're all cozied up in the house, since most of our utility lines are underground, and I'm thinking, I should email friends to see if they're ok. Riiiight. If they're ok, chances are they've emailed or updated their blogs already. If not, they've probably lost power. If I'd been thinking, I'd have taken a picture of the same scene below, only this time, the lattice roof had tons of icicles. I

Cabin Fever

2007-12-09T23:28:00.000-06:00

We've been hit with a major ice storm here. Really, it's minor, not enough to snap power lines, but enough to make driving around an adventure. I've been sending the Husband out on missions as little as possible. While the Advanced Dog training class went on as usual Saturday morning, by the noon hour we were socked in. So, no knit group, Sons of the American Revolution Christmas lunch, or Sons

December, The Silent Month

2007-12-04T23:49:00.000-06:00

Why? Because no one can spill about the presents. I mean, who isn't knitting something for Christmas? Every year I say I won't inflict knitted crapola on my poor family, and every year, they talk me into doing just that. Let's go on to updates...The house was perfect for the Black Friday party. If it wasn't, and it wasn't, really, I was prepared with an open bottle of wine. Plus, I know the Jedi

I said what?

2007-11-19T22:22:00.001-06:00

Party at my house on Black Friday!What was I thinking? My house was too much of a wreck to invite anyone but..., no, no one could be invited to this. It IS clean, under the clutter. At this point, I'm tossing it if I don't want to find a place for it. Probably what I should have done to begin with. The others here are scared. I'll carry around a large trash bag, telling them, "I don't mind

I'm saving my words for NaNoWriMo.

2007-11-08T12:29:00.000-06:00

What does that mean? Pictures!First, the boy. He gets hyper when Fry's school bus is in view, so today, I took him for a walk. Lucky looks so cute, how could I resist?After the walk, I filled up the newer, bigger pond, and turned on the pump. There's a leaf skimmer. That'll have to be checked a couple times a day during fall.Finally, this is where we'll spend our weekend. The new chairs are

Socktober Update!

2007-11-06T11:43:00.001-06:00

Do I expect a lot of myself? Yes. Do I deliver? Oh heck no! Never!For Socktober, I expected more than three pair of socks, for sure. At least the two socks below have their wearable mates. Could always be worse.I'm thinking of changing my company name from QuickKnitted to Turtle Knits. Or maybe plain ole Molasses.This week is shapping up to be a part two of last week. The cold I had last

Random update stuff.

2007-10-30T00:47:00.000-05:00

I was goofing around in Walmart today and found an el-cheapo dog sweater in medium for our boy, Lucky. My thoughts were, as much as he tears up his stuffed toys, what would he do to apparel? After I wrestled him into the sweater, and after everyone made over how cute he was in it, I think he loves it. Putting on and taking off is a struggle, but the results are worth it. Lucky doesn't even act

Just the pics, ma'am.

2007-10-25T17:58:00.000-05:00

Sock one of the Blue Moon Fair Isle socks.Sock one of the Girly Goth socks.Gratuitous Beagle shot.

You say "Immature" like it's a BAD thing...

2007-10-25T01:06:00.000-05:00

Just a quickie,My New York age is 24This New York age puts you-generally speaking-into the young category. That's what you were hoping for, right? Run and tell your friends. Then get drunk (as usual). Then sleep it off. Then pop an Adderall. Then come back and consider experimenting with a more mature type of New York life (just once in a while). Have you ever been to the Village Vanguard or the

Lots of fun!

2007-10-23T15:01:00.000-05:00

Today and yesterday I've spent laying around the house. Somehow, I caught a bit of a cold. A fever, tiny bit of a sore throat, and that was all. Just a lot of sleep the past two days and I'm fine, now.Thursday was a blast. I love Lone Jack's library. Their Sonic is a little slow, I had to leave my little order of chili cheese tater tots in the pickup during class. The students there were so

What's up with this once a week blogging?

2007-10-17T23:01:00.000-05:00

I admire people who can blog once a day. They either have a lot to say or actual lives. Yarny stuff first. Fry's first Girly Goth sock is done, and once the grey sky is blue, I'll take a decent picture of the sock. Progress has been made on the Fair Isle sock, I'm just past the heel. Again, when there's sunlight, I'll show them off. To avoid the tense knitting from Second Sock Syndrome, I'm doing

A week of migraines.

2007-10-12T18:30:00.000-05:00

But, thanks to better living through chemistry, it's not been too bad. I'm functional, managed to teach a beginner's class on Tuesday, but that's it. I use the migraines and resulting drug fog to excuse myself from housework. Despite that, there's been dishes washed, laundry done, and dinners cooked.There's also been yarn bought. Yes, I'm on a yarn diet of sorts, but... This is such a good sale!

Einstein was right!

2007-10-04T22:50:00.000-05:00

Time IS relative. As I get older, the hours get shorter. How else could I explain not blogging for nearly a WEEK! My only excuse is it's PMS time, and who wants to read my apostrophe peeves?Tonight was parent/teacher conference with Fry's 6-7 teachers. Everyone loves her. Nice to know my bias is reality based. She's sweet, sensitive, social, and is a happy child. I personally think she's my

I'm IN!

2007-09-28T15:33:00.000-05:00

Ha! I'm with all the cool kids on Ravelry! I spent all day uploading, annotating, all that. There's very few finished objects on my Ravelry website because there's so many of them. It asks for yarn, needle size, pattern info, yech. I finished some of these several years ago, how can I remember all that? Heck, the brain hurts while thinking of what I had for lunch yesterday, never mind years

It'll happen one day, I'm sure.

2007-09-27T12:53:00.000-05:00

What will? Me making my Biohazard handbag. I used this picture:printed on a piece of graph paper for the symbol. Sadly, no fabric stores has the symbol stamped all over the fabric for the lining. Happily, pirates are in vogue, so there's tons of black fabric with white skull and crossbones as a pattern. Yay!I don't chat much about the knit stuff lately, do I? Non-yarnies can look away

Friday fun!

2007-09-21T12:41:00.001-05:00

The deck is 99% done. Right now, Joe and Hubs is working on the underdecking. Hubs has this crazy idea that the lawn mower and other lawn care items should be dry and rust free. Weird, huh? At any rate, don't you think this BEGS for a party? I think so. Something Halloweeny, I think. (Weeny, ha ha ha!)There has been some progress on the pond. The cold fronts and promise of rain has been

You can't be sick of hearing about the deck, can you?

2007-09-13T13:59:00.000-05:00

It's all about the deck these days. These two are the slotted roof going up.Then, a picture of the pond as it's being made bigger. After the fifth wheelbarrow load, I wondered what the hell I was thinking, messing it up like I have. But then, bigger will be better, right? I've bought a lot of bulbs to plant around, the lazy girl's way of lovely color without lots of maintenance.Here's a

But wait! There's more!

2007-09-05T14:05:00.000-05:00

I'll have to find prior pictures, just so readers will know how good the new stuff really is. The deck is going to turn out better than I'd thought. It'll be like having an entire new room added on, even during mid-summer. Very nice!Santa-Cali-Gon was a blast. It's a festival of the Santa Fe, California, and Oregon trails' beginning in Independence, Missouri. A lot of craft tents are set up,

What happened to me?

2007-09-04T09:13:00.000-05:00

I'm still here, just goofing off or running around. First, the pictorial of what's been going on.In the first photo, we're looking towards the almost new deck, with the waterfall in the foreground. Next, we see all the rocks from the waterfall stacked neatly in a rock wall. Third, more of a rock wall as more rocks were taken from further down the stream bed. Some of these hadn't been touched in

The Fry has favorites.

2007-08-22T22:36:00.000-05:00

So, the child and I were sacking up some trash and talking about our days. I said, "I got to go to lunch with Janine today, even though I couldn't go yesterday with Mary." Fry blurted in a you doofus tone, "What?! You didn't go with Mary?" To which I replied, "No, couldn't because of the windows guy." "Ohhhh." Isn't that sweet? Fry really likes going to knit group. Not because of the

The Verdict is in.

2007-08-21T22:19:00.000-05:00

Fry loves Middle School. They keep her busy, but she loves it anyway. She has a different teacher for each subject and all her friends are in her group.The windows guy was over today. Plus, Mary was in the Northland (near me) and I couldn't be corrupted into visiting Urban Arts. The guy didn't finish putting in the four windows until 2pm. It's just as well.I spent the entire day doing yarn stash

Break time is over!

2007-08-20T13:59:00.000-05:00

Did you miss me?::cue the chirping crickets::Riiight. Stitches Midwest was wonderful, had a great time, added to the stash. Riding the bus up and back was no big deal, considering the usual road trips to the 'rents houses. Secretly, I love those trips. Imagine, no less than nine hours of forced, guilt-free knitting time. You'd figure I'd have finished object after finished object after all

I'll miss her

2007-08-08T08:54:00.000-05:00

My mom just left, and witch( I can't tell wich from witch.) she also said there is a guest blogger, Meeeeee! Since I don't know how upload pics there won't be any. I think all I'm going to do is to play on the computer and tortrue the big huge stain on the carpet(Claude) And I think I'm also going to watch cartoons in high def:) I hope that everone who is going to have fun and the people that

Every day is Fry day!

2007-08-08T07:42:00.000-05:00

My little child is home! I feel horrible for my parents, having to do without her, but love having her here. She and I went shopping for school clothes yesterday, had a blast. We're looking forward to when I get back from Stitches. Then, we'll go swimming, go to a baseball game, celebrate her birthday, all kinds of fun.Since I last blogged, the living room has been painted. It's spotless and

Still no pictures?

2007-07-27T18:31:00.000-05:00

I know! I want to get decent pictures of what we've done around the house. It'll explain why my fingernails look like your mechanics. So embarrassing, but if I scrub any harder, it'll damage me.A week! A week until we get the Frygirl. I love that kid. Her room isn't clean, yet, but I'm sure she'll be thrilled to help me. ::snicker:: I can't wait until she's here, I miss that little

Beware the Cat o' Death!

2007-07-26T09:50:00.000-05:00

If you see this little guy, run the other way. He's cute, but not cuddly unless you're two to four hours from dying. Something funny, if you click here to the website reporting on Oscar, then mouseover the picture, there's a caption popup.So, if there's a cat following you around, won't leave you alone, you might want to rethink your health-related lifestyle. Just sayin'.

I'm easily influenced.

2007-07-25T12:20:00.000-05:00

Camie took the first test, so I had to, right? What Classic Movie Are You?personality tests by similarminds.comI blame the above on a strong sense of fairness. Can't help it.Then, the below I felt was a bit predictible. How did they know how short I am? Very odd, because I didn't put that in... What Famous Leader Are You?personality tests by similarminds.comSort of ruins my good times sitting

You know I've been busy if it's been a week...

2007-07-24T12:00:00.000-05:00

We were about two hours into grouting the kitchen backsplash when I told the husband, "Pay the man."You see, in every DIY project, there's a point where an amature wakes up and thinks, "What the HELL am I doing?" Also, "Whatever made me think I can do this?" Thus, pay the man whatever he wants to finish this project. Since the grout was drying, we finished up. There'll be pictures, as soon as I

In which I'm lame and answer comments via post.

2007-07-17T22:32:00.000-05:00

Ah, yes, Susan, but how about "Get mad, then get over it."--Colin Powell? Um hm, I'm totally over it. Today, I turned a man's hankerchef into a 'babushka' style hat and had Lucky wear it during our evening walk. There was some fighting to get it past the mouth, but I prevailed. How angry can anyone be when a beagle is walking around looking like a Russian grannie? Especially if the dog is a

Today, we vote 'soup sandwich.'

2007-07-16T14:34:00.000-05:00

There are times when all a gal wants is to drink her one cup of decaf a day while not drenched in sweat and smelling of dog poo.Today, that was too much to ask.I hate barking dogs, including our own. Especially if they continue the ruckus for at least 30 minutes. He had food, he had water, it was 8am. Between him and the cat nagging me for food already sitting in front of them, I'm going crazy.

Saturday fun!

2007-07-15T01:51:00.000-05:00

You Are a Key Lime CheesecakeUnconventional and quirky, you live to shock people. You see the world in very weird ways. Sometimes you even surprise yourself!What Kind of Cheesecake Are You?Well THAT explains a lot. It's my husband's favorite. No wonder he has been able to stay married to me for so long. ;)And, what kind of luck is this?You Should Own a BeagleLow maintenance, very friendly, and

Fulfilling a promise...

2007-07-13T00:04:00.000-05:00

Oh nuts! I forgot finished objects. Ah well, that's a thing to do tomorrow, hmmm?I suppose Fry's cover is blown by herself. Silly woman. I think the poor baby is homesick, but not bad enough to leave her beloved Gran and Pop. We were thrilled to hear from her tonight. Lucky is doing well, we've been watching the Dog Whisperer for tips.Now then for the fun part, the computer. It's working

Mini-Post

2007-07-11T01:19:00.000-05:00

Check last post's comments, Vicky. Also check back very soon for Lucky pictures. I also owe Chelle a few finished object pictures.Every once in a while, I get a phone call, the mailman does his rounds, or something else happens reminding me there's a world beyond the computer. Also in the next post, how the computer has been fixed for now.

A bad week to stop sniffing glue.

2007-07-09T01:28:00.000-05:00

Ok, maybe I'm joking.Nope, I didn't go to the yarn store, but the check engine light came on again, so I'll be near there again tomorrow. Yay. Let's see if I can resist temptation yet again when I shell out more dough for a fix that won't work.Much like what's going on with the computer. XP is working much better. Vista bites. But, it DID have a sound driver with it. I've worked and worked on

It's ALIVE!

2007-07-06T12:47:00.000-05:00

Cue the evil laughter...I tried to like Vista, I really did. It had pretty colors. What else does a girl need?A girl needs an operating system that is secure, but not so secure it won't let itself run. Make sense? The problems started out small, an application halting here, then another, until nothing worked. I'd get an error message like "Such N Such has stopped working", then get an option to

Whew!

2007-07-02T23:38:00.000-05:00

Let's keep fingers crossed the computer doesn't let IE crash before I can post this. Gaw. I've had serious computer problems, as noted earlier, and am still fighting this thing. Best Buy is of no use. Geek Squad is a useless group of men. The nice thing is, while they did no good whatsoever, they DIDN'T do any harm. I'll take whatever plus I can get at the moment.This has been a busy week

Friday Fun

2007-06-22T17:22:00.000-05:00

Hello! Here is part of a typical dog walk of Lucky's and me.First off, Lucky grabs the leash as if to say, "Let's go!"Was the tree dead, or just in the way? Either way, the bottom cut of the trunk is big enough for an end table. I'm temped to load them up, but what would I do with them?Since I feel somewhat odd taking pictures of other people's flowers, I'm just posting the ones of my own. Here's

I'm bored.

2007-06-20T16:13:00.000-05:00

When I said this as a kid, my Mom always said, "Go clean your room, then."Bleh. My room has turned into a house.I've walked the dog already. Other than that and changing up my blog page a bit, there's not been a lot done today. It's too hot! Something that's been eating up my time today is this website. Yikes! If you don't use sunscreen, you get skin cancer. If you do use sunscreen, you damage

RIP New computer, RIP

2007-06-19T22:17:00.000-05:00

Yes, the new computer is on its way to, oh gaw, somewhere for fixing. It died. Of course, my technical knowledge is so great, I told the Best Buy Geek Squad, "It broke." Well, later I put in a "cascading failure" phrase, which let the guy know my IQ really IS above broccoli.It started at 8:00am. The day dawned bright and cheery, judging what I could see from the closed blinds and the

Done!

2007-06-18T12:39:00.001-05:00

Ta da! The Flower Basket Shawl in Lorna's Laces Child's Play. Gorgeous, no? I'm wearing this with black to better show off all the perfect stitches.If anyone sees a mistake, don't tell me. Let me live in my own little fantasy world, mmmkay?I did the bindoff a bit wrong, but like this anyway. I was supposed to knit two together, move the one stitch to the former needle, then knit two together

Pictures: The Escape

2007-06-15T17:31:00.000-05:00

It all started innocently enough. Yesterday, I pruned trees, weeded flowerbeds, and installed the ponds' pump. Here, we can see Lucky's doghouse in the far background. He was resting, but not asleep. As you can see, this isn't a good view of the pond system.So, I slithered down here to take a shot looking up at the falls and streams. It's very nice, but...Some people saw me. Who could

For my Father...

2007-06-14T23:35:00.000-05:00

For Father's Day, I'm NOT making this for the dads in my life. There may be fathers that will love this, however, I'm not married or related to any of them. :D

How about a quickie?

2007-06-14T09:19:00.000-05:00

If I open the shades, the dog will know I'm awake and will want walkies. Thus, I sit in darkness...At least, until I finish my coffee and change out of my jammies.Lucky and I went to a mini obedience class yesterday. The little booger is extremely smart, learns things quickly, then does whatever he wants. Typical of the people around here, so he fits in just fine. I don't know about him, but

Too pooped to post properly.

2007-06-08T22:17:00.000-05:00

Mostly.Ok, I did a little ruffly sleeve on the Love It! sweater, and am almost done with the second ruffly sleeve. I already love the sweater, it makes me look thinner. Always a good thing, right? After posting this, I'm finishing up on it just to call it DONE. I love DONE. Mainly because there are so many undone things around here. Like everyone else's home, right?Why so pooped? Fry and I went

Photos are good!

2007-06-06T19:23:00.000-05:00

Here's the Flower Basket Shawl in Lorna's Laces Childs Play, or it so far:Then, the front, then back, of a tank top I'm making from Berocco's Love It! Colors in Monday Monday.Instant gratification in the flowerbed, a geranium NOT grown from seed. At this rate, I'll never have flowers. See the Flower Basket Shawl for proof. I planted those as soon as the last freeze was over.Yes, there is

What the?! It's May WHAT?

2007-05-30T12:18:00.000-05:00

Holy crap! What have I been doing?? There's two days left in May and I've done nothing for Project Spectrum in the past two months. Ok. I have this, and know how to use it. The photo doesn't show clearly, but there IS green, yellow, and pink in the colorway. I'm thinking Monkey socks. Cara is doing a ton of them, and I love them all.Now, back to the real update, the post just below this

At long last!

2007-05-30T11:19:00.000-05:00

The little camera has software on the new computer! Hooray! Hubs found the software while cleaning out his office, and I installed it today.Of course, the first picture had to be of the baby.This is my current obsession. The yarn is Berroco's Love It! Colors.Remember the Vogue Knitting with the cool little bolero on the cover? Well, I wanted a cute summer shirt to wear to Stitches Midwest. I

Nothing to see here, folks.

2007-05-18T21:48:00.001-05:00

At least my Mom, she of the dial-up, will love this post. No pictures just yet. I know. Bad blogger, bad!Ok, there's been a vet visit, an ER visit, and a Cheesecake Factory visit. Lucky, a beagle mix, received his first rabies and stuff shot. He's around 6 months old and a holy terror in the vet's office. Thursday is the 'snip' and microchip thing. Nice thing is all I have to do is drop him off

Legal Cheesecake Day

2007-05-15T08:51:00.000-05:00

Yep! It's my birthday! The one day I can have all the cheesecake I want and not regret it. Until tomorrow, anyway.I keep thinking I'll update this when I can post pictures. I do have pictures, but they're on the computer upstairs. Heaven forbid I sit down up there and post them.So anyway... There's been Mother's Day, my Dad's birthday, a new dog in the family, falling off the yarn wagon in a big

Here, tell me if you hear this pin drop, 'k?

2007-05-08T18:54:00.000-05:00

Have I been busy? No... Not really. I totally need to post pictures of the purple cardigan, since it's only lacking sleeves and a button band. Yes! The bad thing is, the cuff of a sleeve is a lot like the cuff of a sock. I'll get so far, then have to fight the urge to do the heel. Right.So anyway, while I don't have pictures of Fry's cast and the cardigan, which shows I'm falling down on

Picture time!

2007-05-02T20:08:00.000-05:00

Fry is lurking just beside me, wondering why HER picture, one of her in her new cast, isn't to be put on here just yet. Tomorrow, when the light is better, I'll take her pic, right now, the light won't show off the beautiful red that it is. Us oldies may be unaware of the new colors casts come in. Wow! If she'd been out cold, I'd have got her the pink one, if only to see her try to pry it off.

I am a boneless chicken.

2007-04-28T00:58:00.000-05:00

Mostly.It's been the wonderful week of migraines, so I've either been sleepy or cranky. Loads of fun, hm? While being elderly isn't an attraction, menopause is.What's happened since the last blog? A fractured wrist, on Frygirl, a dental appointment, both me and Fry, a bit of yarn shopping where I totally resisted the Summer Tweed, and pond cleaning. I'll have to break out the digital camera

I am a cheap date, mostly.

2007-04-19T23:19:00.000-05:00

Seriously, I am. While on the phone with Hubs, I managed to get MSN on the new computer. Of course they have to be compatible with Vista, duh, right? The bad thing is, AT&T's Yahoo browser isn't, just yet. The Internet Explorer does have a Yahoo toolbar with all my Yahoo favorites. The happy thing is, MSN had all my millions of Favorites. After MSN popped up just fine, I had to cheer at the

I can't pee!

2007-04-17T12:35:00.000-05:00

Whaaa? you ask. It's true. Saturday, I went out and bought a computer. Fry argued with me, but I prevailed. It's an emachines with a 19 inch flat panel monitor. Gorgeous. With Windows Vista, 512mg RAM is slow, slower than XP Pro with the same amount. So, I ran off to the store and bought another gig of memory. It's in and working great.Why can't I pee? The new computer is so fast, I don't have

Lucky 13

2007-04-13T09:52:00.000-05:00

Friday the 13ths don't scare me. They're usually the days I get raises, win drawings, and get other good news. What's today's good news? Some loss in weight! Yay! I hang out at Sparkpeople.com where some of the members will whine about losing 'only' 10lbs that month. To them I say, "Bite me," while hoping to lose 10lbs in a year. (Actually, it takes my body about two months to realize we're not

Let's see YOU say no.

2007-04-12T00:00:00.000-05:00

Seriously. Here is the Childsplay colorway for Lorna's Laces I bought in Shepherd Sport.Then here is some of the lovely new Envy, which I now own in Shepherd Sock.I know, I know. What about the yarn diet? No one can go to a sweetshop without stuffing a few cupcakes in their mouth.Or maybe that's just me. Anyway, I went to Knit-wit for my Fair Isle class. Before I could pay out for the

There is a happy cat over here.

2007-04-08T23:59:00.000-05:00

Claude is thrilled we're home and that we're loving on him. Poor little snookie. He had no idea why he was banished to the basement since Wednesday. Right now, he's griping at me to go to bed already. Since we did a road trip to see all the family we could, I knitted up the Ruffled Roses scarf for my mother's birthday, the Multidirectional scarf out of Berroco's Boho colors for fun, and

Which came first, the migraine or the taxes?

2007-04-04T00:04:00.000-05:00

I think it's a tie!There could be pictures, but it'd just be more of the same. The progress is slow, due to visits and visiting. I've been running around, getting ready for Easter with the families. We're all totally excited. On the plus side, too, is that Relpax works. I'm headache free at the moment. Not only that, but my taxes are done. Because of the teaching, I get to do a schedule C.

Of Cameras and Fish

2007-03-28T12:04:00.000-05:00

How bad is the El'Cheapo camera of ours? So bad that this is the best picture I could get of the Not-A-Poncho in progress. Note to self: Wait until morning dew dries next time.It's also so bad, Goldie IV committed suicide sometime last night. Even before he knew about the bad picture.He is clearly an ex-fish. I'm running off to trade out the fish, and hoping Goldie V looks somewhat like IV.

Spring has sprung!

2007-03-26T19:20:00.000-05:00

Look! A couple of days later and voila'! This is my favorite time of year. The other seasons have their merits, but spring is number one.I've not knitted a stitch since Saturday. For some reason, people needed clothes washed around here. I know! Totally weird. I've started the group knit a long clogs, and have at least three inches of sleeves done on Jane's not a poncho. I'm dying to have

I did say that, didn't I.

2007-03-23T19:47:00.000-05:00

Yes, I remember vaguely something about knitting news...There's been some falling off the wagon, but, the yarn WAS discounted 40%, beating the 30% exception rate. The not-a-poncho is coming along great, other projects are at a standstill for the moment. Fry and I goofed off today, hanging out at the mall, checking out the Dillard's clearance. We were amazed at how many stores have closed since

I do windows!

2007-03-21T13:59:00.000-05:00

Picture time! Yesterday, I got a call from the windows guys saying they'll be here 'tomorrow' at 8:00am. Didn't I just get rid of the floor guys? Not only that, but the new storm door was/is installed this morning, too. It's grand central around here. My younger sister called, always a very GREAT interruption in my day, and is wanting to keep my kid over there even longer. That is great,

The Sounds of Silence

2007-03-19T10:31:00.000-05:00

It's 11am, do you know where your toilet guy is?I've read this email from Hubs," Plumber will be out around 8:30 - 9:00 Am on Monday morning. He will call first," at least three times. This IS Monday, right? The floor guys are coming back sometime to wrap up and clean up. Want to see?The last picture shows the baby gift I've worked on since Wednesday. It needs washing, but then, I need my

Pooped out!

2007-03-15T23:20:00.000-05:00

Um, no, just tired. Let's not be literal. Yesterday, I did do a lot, cleaning around the pond, sorting tools and DIY supplies, moving chairs from kitchen to living room. Today, I about fell asleep while knitting and sitting on the stairs. This is the part where my Mom wonders, "During all that noise?" to which I reply, "I know!" With the floor still being put in, there's a kachunk of the