21 Days Laters...

Hiya!

*looks around to see if anyone is still here*

So yeah.... what the hell was that? One day I got busy doing stuff and the next thing you know it's 21 days later. If I'd waited a bit longer we could'a had a Zombie movie or maybe a stint in rehab. That is all the rage these days isn't it. *snort*

The first few days I was offline I was just busy. It was mosty fun. I went to Tahoe with Rachel one day. Clickety Biggety!

We went swimming in the cold cold water. Well I mostly bobbed up and down. It was cold and too windy/wavy to do much actual swimming. Playing in the waves was a lot of fun though. :D

I had so much fun I went back up with the Honey a few days later. The temperature was colder but the water was calm so we were able to swim. I swam out pretty far and freaked myself out 'cause I was afraid a lake monster was going to get me. o.0 You never know what's in the deep.

Here's a few photos I took when I was with My Honey. Clickety Biggety!

It was a LOT of fun, although I did get too much sun. Opps. *waves at Cookie* I had a hat!

*pause* Holy Fuck. I'm downing the free single of the week at iTunes and one of the freebies they have this week is a song from Legally Blonde the Musical. o.0

Really? Did we really need a musical based off that movie?

As MonkeySocks and Vikkie have heard me say so often recently when put in a situation I don't fully understand or agree with... Huhm.

N-E-Way... back to what I was posting about. (That was just too freak'n weird though.)

In addition to the fun splishy splashing around I did a bunch of other stuff with friends. Not that I can remember any of it. That was agesssss ago. I do recall getting the urge to finaly finish unpacking those boxes in the living room. I moved them out of my closet last year in an attempt to finish unpacking all of our boxes... er my boxes. Somehow or another I just never finished... until after an email with Dave. That man has a beautiful apartment and is unpacked.

I wanna be unpacked and have a lovely space to live in when I grow up too, so I did the unthinkable... I finished unpacking and organized my house and even did some decorating! It's nothing like Dave's wonderland of comfy and pretty that he's created, but it's a start. For real charm I'll have to get Dave and Cookie out here to fix my place up. *L*

I'm using my sock yarn stash to bring some color to the living room. *grin* It's on the shelves and in a nice glass bowl. Dave's yarn really adds a nice touch of happiness to the place. Plus now I can see what I've got. I feel much more inspired seeing all those yummy colors and textures. *dances*

Later this week I'm going to get a curtain rod and pressure clips so I can hang the Quilt Cookie made for me a few years ago on the wall behind the bed. That is going to be so freaking awesome!! :D I'll take a picture of it after it's up on the wall. Hard to take a good photo of it on the bed. It's really soft and warm, but so beautiful I think I want to be able to look at it rather than use it on the bed for awhile. It's also huge, covers our whole Eastern King bed. That girl has talent coming out of her ears. :D Socks are coming out of her ears too apparently. While I was offline she knit up a million socks. Might as well have been a million compared to how quickly my socks are coming along. I need to redo the short row heals on sock one. Looks like total shit, but at least I'm learning as I go... right. *sigh*

Besides having fun and enjoying the summer I had a bit of a computer meltdown. The spammers found me and I caught a nasty cookie from one when I accidentally clicked on a nasty link when I was reporting the comment as spam. That kinda fucked me up. My system slowed wayyyyy down and getting online was a painful and slow process. I thought it was a virus at first. Nasty thing. I finally got rid of it only to discover that gmail was being a bit of an ass and I didn't have access to my email. A few of my accounts are still wonky, but that seems to be on their end not mine. I'm sick of the error messages though. Computers still a bit slower than I'm used to as well. Grrrr! Stupid Spammers.

I haven't been doing a whole lot of knitting. What little knitting I have done is secret knitting as well. *smile*

The last few weeks I've been spending a lot of time with My Honey. He's a total sweetiehead and it's been magical reconnecting with him. Some relationships fizzle out and don't have much to grow from, whether they be friends or lovers. With my honey there always seems to be an unending well of love to move forward from. Every so often it hits me just how much I love him and enjoy every moment with him. He may not be perfect and he might be a little more eccentric than most people know how to handle but he is the right man for me. I'd much rather have all my strong over the top feeling of love than live in the zombie world wondering if I even like my partner much less love them. So yeah I'm pro love. *L*

Speaking of magical stuff last Thursday I got an unexpected email from my favorite brother. He wrote me about these books he was reading. Books he found to be FUCKING GREAT.

Now my brother is a very smart person. He's funny, charming, intellectual and in my top three people ever list. But he doesn't often give such a glowing review of a book that is intended for pleasure reading. He's getting his PHD in Renaissance History ya know. *L* Actually his idea of pleasure reading for years now has been stuff most people wouldn't even know existed. Very Scholarly type stuff that while sometimes amusing just never makes it to a best seller list.

So when he emails me to tell me how much he loved Harry Potter it was quite a shock.

Now he hasn't been the only one telling me how great the books were, but I honestly just figured everyone else was crazy. It really does seem like some kind of cult. *L*

Last Wednesday I had Vikkie, her Man and Florrie and her Hubby over for dinner and she was telling me how good it was. Heh. Like I said I thought all the Potter Fans were crazy and if anyone is a shining example of that kinda crazy it's Vikkie. :P

Incidentally that was the first time I've had people over for dinner at our house other than my brother. Kinda funny considering that Monday the 23rd was our two year anniversary being in this house.  :D

It wasn't until my brothers email though that I decided to start reading the books. I picked up a copy of the first book a year ago or more for a dollar at a library book sale. I figured I could read it and give it a try after the last book came out.

What prompted me to finally start reading the first book though, besides my brothers extremly glowing review you ask... well he also said this, "You would be placed in Gryffindor, the school where the brave and stout of heart go.". Isn't that sweet. *L* So I had to start reading to see just what this Gryffindor was that he felt I would belong to.

That was Thursday Night last week. By Saturday morning I was almost done with the first book and itching to get my hands on the second one. I had to wait, painfully so I might add, until Sunday morning to go get the books. I went ahead and got the second through the sixth. Today is Wednesday and I've only got about a hundred pages or so left in the third book. It's a shame how quickly they are read through, although I'm sure that is part of what makes them so fun to read. You just can't put the book down. o.0 I wonder when the seventh will come out in paperback. I prefer paperback but I think I might have the bite the bullet on this... unless I can borrow a few copies. When my brother comes for a visit at the end of next month we are both going to read the last book while he is here. *L* I'm almost caught up to him. He just started them too.

The funny thing is that we have been making fun of this nonsense hype for years now. *blush* Ah well. I'm glad I waited to read them. I'd have hated to have to wait for each one to come out. I don't have that kind of patience. *L*

So I guess I'm in the Harry Potter Cult now. It totally rawks so I'm okay with it, even if it does make me a bigger dork than I ever knew I was. *L*

Comments

[Cookie]

Do I know you? ;^)

Yeah, that Cookie is full of something, alright...

I'm so glad that you've been out having a good time and I hope your computer is okay now.

Ya know, Norma and I are the only people who haven't been sucked into the cult. Just sayin'...

♥

[Dave Daniels]

Um, no, Cookie, I haven't been sucked into the Cult of Harry, either. (I'm wearing my tin foil hat to ward of the evil impulses.)
Glad to hear you've been having a nice summer. And you're FINALLY unpacked. it's a great feeling, eh?
You know, I really think you need to get a spinning wheel and join the rest of "us". I mean, if you can have fun with Harry, you can have fun spinning. And the yarn can be knitted or used as decorative accessories.

[Devorah]

Welcome back online! Yes, Harry is addicting. We had to get two copies of the last one so that three of us could get through it without fighting (I read one copy when Squidette was done).

Glad to see you have had good times while you were MIA. Having a honey to love is a very special thing. You are one lucky otter!

Squidlly Huggles!

[Barbp]

I think you and I were close to tied on being off line. Nice to see you back! Ahhhh Tahoe. It's been decades since I've been there. Thanks for the luscious pictures. Congratulations on the 2 year house anniversary, and chiming in that I've never even cracked the spine or watched a Harry P book/movie. Enjoy your trip through that world!!

[Vikkie]

the way you have decorated with yarn is so lovely and inspiring (evil grin...i want to decorate with yarn too!) i had so much fun at your house for dinner with the honies and then again working on one part of secret project....shhhhh...

and hey! telling me to update my blog at least i only went 9 days LOL

wwaahhhaaaa you are now part of the cult and we will never let you go! hehehe

[Barbara C.]

Welcome back. We stick to Donner Lake, but I remember the great warm afternoons spent at Sand Harbor.
Harry Potter readers are scared to death to "find out the ending"--to make contact with a "spoiler".
There's a gal at work who has yet to read Deathly Hallows and everytime she hears me saying--I'm a third (half, almost finished) with the book, she shrieks "No No No" and runs away from me!!!!
Barbara C.

[Ann]

Maybe it's the season? Time seems to be filled with other things? Not sure..I know that I am way behind on blog reading and posting...

You are always missed you know even if you are only gone for a few days.

:o)

[Soup and Song]

Howdy Ms. Otter!

I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying relaxing, reading, lovin' your honey and growing beautiful treats in your garden. Keep up the goodness!

xo

[Dave Daniels]

Ok, it's 8 days later than the 21 days later...hello? Where you at now?