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Eye Candy Friday: In the Garden & Ten for Dulaan

This year the honey and I are trying to start a garden. Again. I think y'all remember the sun fried pumpkin patch of last year. o.0

In all honesty the honey is doing most of the work. He asks me what I want and then surprises me with stuff he'll think I like and a few times a week take me on a "tour" of our garden. Sometimes I have helpful advice and sometimes I just ooo and ah over how cool it is. When I was out of town he planted some mini old fashioned roses in my favorite pinky coral color. Such a thoughtful sweetiehead! :D I don't have a picture of that to show you just yet.

What I do have is a photo of Pumpkin Patch 2007. (Clickety Biggety: All Photos in this post)

The sun is taking it's toll on a few of the leaves already. I'm thinking we'll have to put some kind of sun shade over the poor things. It almost feels like one of those storm watch things when the news/weather people get so excited they almost wet themselves. *L* Maybe we'll have Pumpkins this year and maybe we won't. Stay Tuned to find out!

Those are just some of the pumpkins. They are sharing the planter box that self waters with some green/yellow pepper thingies. You can eat them when they are green, or wait until they are yellow and a bit sweeter. The honey picked those out for me, even though he's not a huge fan of pepper thingies. That's love. ♥

While I was out there yesterday enjoying the afternoon breezes with the honey in the garden/backyard I did a little knitting. Still working on the honey socks. But I'm already thinking of all the other socks I wanna knit SOON. That darn Cookie has been talking up Kew to me for a while now and yesterday seeing her progress kicked my sock fever into over drive. So I went ahead and picked out the yarn I'm going to use for those socks too. I love me a lacy sock and that one looks uber fun. :D

Dave Cabin Cove Mercantile Yarn in Tencel & Merino for Kew: So Soft, Glossy and Wonderful!!

I think a cool refreshing pair of green socks is just what this already hot summer needs... well to wear when it gets cooler. But still knitting them will be like a cool drink of water in the shade. :D

Now I just need to knit more and dream about future socks less. I blame Cookie. Just Say'n. :P

TKK wanted her own picture taken after I took the Dave Yarn away. She loves her some Dave yarn. I'd need some attention too if someone took away my Dave yarn. o.0

You can almost see in her eyes that she wants that yarn back. I'm not kidding when I say she loves Dave Yarn. *L*

And finally several weeks ago before I went out of town I sent off my Dulaan Box. (Many Thanks to Cookie for keeping me up on the deadline to mail. *hugs*)

I had pledged to knit 5 pieces and managed to knit 10. :D

*Super Happy Otter Dance*

Here's George showing off The Ten Pieces/Sets for Dulaan.

From the top, left to right we have The Patons SWS Fuzzy Kiddie Scarf, My First Sweater Ever, Toddler Scarf & Hat Set, The Double Knit Stripe Hat, My First Attempt at Fair Isle, Candy Hat, Mohair Monstrosity, My First Socks , My First Hat and the Magic 28 Socks.

That's a lot of firsts in there for me. :D I have REALLY enjoyed knitting all of these for Dulaan. It's also helped me try things sooner than I might have. I dunno. It's different when you're knitting for someone in need than for yourself or friends/family. It's pure. No strings, no history. Just helping.

That's not to say I don't have plenty of people I could knit for. Though recently someone who obviously doesn't know me very well suggested that I knit for charity because I don't have anyone to knit for. As if knitting for charity was the only way I could knit for others and that it must be nice to have people to knit for because of this. *L* Well I doubt that person will be getting a handknit anytime soon. Not a knitter, btw. Not a charity helper either. Just plain ol' clueless. I could spend all my time knitting for people I love and still not have time to get to them all the way I'd like. Like I said, knitting for charity makes me feel good. I guess you gotta be happy to spread happy though. Miserable people who can't see past the gloom on their nose wouldn't understand that.

I don't know if they are going to do Dulaan again this year or not. I hope so, but if not I'm sure I can find a lot of other charities to participate in. Such as the upcoming Red Scarf Project 2008. The deadline is a bit earlier this year and the standards & practices have changed a bit for anyone interested. Looks to be lots of fun again. :D

Alrighty then, well tomorrow I head off on an adventure with some friends. It should be fun and fiberlicious. Details if we make it and return. You never know about these things. *L* It feels kinda like we are going off on some hobbiting adventure with a precarious chance of making it back. If we make it back I'll have to pull a Bilbo and write the tale. But I promise not to have Leonard Nimoy sing about the adventure. I don't think they even make those kind of drugs anymore.

To top it all off, like some sort of fabulous cherry on a sundae I've been promised a pair of Prized Squishy Balls!!! My Precious, Precioussssss Squishy Balls.....

How do I say this delicately...

I have a bit of a tan from recent outdoor activities. Now I'm not much of a tanner. Burner yes, Tanner No. So this is a bit of a shock.

Growing up as a kid I was burned by the sun's horrible death rays more times than I can count. I'd never even heard of sun block until I was 10 or so when a cousin brought some over for a summer visit. It was disgusting and vile, smelling like a sickly sweet concoction of coconuts and chemicals. It was greasy and burny on the skin and to hell with you if ever accidentally forgot it was on your hands or face and rubbed yours eyes. It didn't just sting and burn, it was hard as hell to wash out. Ouchie.

So as you can see I never had much use for that hifalutin nonsense as a kid. You can't run around and play when you are coated in icky nasty stuff. Not only did you feel oddly uncomfortable BUT you were like some sort of magnet for free range cat fur that might come your way. A very real possibility when your mother insists on having more cats than fingers on her hands at any given time. Now it wasn't all fun and play when I was a kid. So you'll have to add in plenty of dirt, sweat and hay bits sticking to you as well. Which lemme tell ya, really didn't need the assistance to cover you in a layer of work grime.  So that sunblock really wasn't my friend. You ever try wipe sweat off your face when you got sunblock & all that all over ya?

More trouble than it's worth.

But as I grew up they improved the sunblocks more and more. Now they have stuff for sensitive skin, greaseless and even active stuff that goes on dry and doesn't get all funky when you are trying to have fun and just happen to be in the sun. It still smells pretty weird, but not so assaultive on the nose as it once was.

For several years now my dear best friend has been nicely nagging advising me to wear sunblock and be prepared when I go outside. I've done a better job of listening to her and have therefor been less whiny overall about my skin being red & ouchie and my summer part time job of being Lobster Girl.

She's also been telling me about these things called "hats". Even going so far as to send me several. I've been wearing those and doing much better... when I remember that is. It's a lot easier to remember to wear a hat in the backyard than it is other places. Partly because I'm "Nagging it Forward" and tell my honey he needs to wear a hat in the sun. Even going so far as to help him select several at various stores that I think look good on him. *L*

Proof of Sun Hat Use @ Home in Backyard (taken a bit ago before 7:00 am, so yeah no direct sunlight out there just yet. *L*) Oh and that's My Coral Sweater.

Bonus: Kitty doing her usual morning inspection of the backyard. She gives it her approval as she likes the grass. It's like her own personal salad bar. Furry Freak. ;^) Clickety Biggety!

I really should carry a hat with me in my car. I did a few years ago after Cookie suggested it. (She's the smart one and tells me the stuff you'd think I should have figured out for myself. *L*)

But at the end of one summer I brought the hat back inside and promptly forgot all about it.

Note to Self: Put a sun hat back into the car!

This would have come in handy recently on several occasions.

Sometimes I meet friends for coffee in the morning and we sit outside. For some reason I can't seem to grasp that the sun is out at 8:00 in the morning. In my backyard the patio doesn't move out of the shade until 10:30 or so. Can my brain be so preoccupied that I have forgotten that other locations still get direct sunlight? This has caused a few uncomfortable situations due to my lack of foresight. So next time I am so taking a hat.

Between those bits of sun exposure, knitting in the backyard and the occasional getting caught off guard by the sun or just doing normal outdoor activities I have found myself with a bit of a tan. Well a tan for me anyway. :P

But the funniest part is that it's a specific activity tan. Much like that of the Farmer's Tan of my youth in a way. Only this time no scratchy hay throwing, cow corralling or fence mending was involved.

I have a Knitter's Tan. *L*

It's the freakiest damn thing. Hold your arms/hands as if you are knitting and see where the sun would hit. Now extend them out and turn them a bit. The top is a peachy shade of tan and the bendy part and bottom part is a stark shade of winter white.

I'm two tone, Baby!

I wonder if this is how the tiger got it's stripes and the leopard got it's spots. *L*

Saturday when I next get together with some knitting friends I'm going to look at their arms to see if they have the tell tell Knitter's Tan as well. Or if I'm just some kind of half tanning freak. :P

And yes Cookie, I'll bring a hat & sunscreen. ;^)

Saturday Sky, Kitty & a Swatch Oh My!

So today is Saturday Sunday and yesterday in addition to taking advantage of the yummy 50% all yarn sale that Florrie had going on down at Deluxe Yarns I took some photos of the sky... and some other stuff. :D

Post was started yesterday, but due to weird no rain electrical storms that made the power flicker and feeling like hell I had to shut the computer down and go stare at the wall and make faces at the cat.

Here's a colorful Reno Sunset as seen from my comfy backyard. (Clickety Biggety!)

These next several photos feature TKK as well as the sky. She is such a good photography subject. :D

Kitty with a blue sky background - Clickety Biggety

That's her bone in the background. She STILL loves that thing.

Later in the evening The Honey and I were tossing around a ball and she got all excitde and started chasing it. Ya know I think my honey's desire to have a doggie and my kitties desire to please us and play with us is making her more puppy like everyday. She's an old kitty so she can do whatever she likes, including act like a puppy if she must. *L* It was crazy cute to see her run after the ball though. When she finally got in she sat on it. *L*

You probably noticed her lack of fur in that photo. I shaved her Friday. Couldn't take the fur anymore.

She's a very patient kitty and enjoys being shaved. Purring the whole time. It's weird over here.

But in a good way. ;^)

Well mostly. We do have a crazy bird situation going on. More of a Bird Gang Situation really. o.0

For the last several weeks every time we put TKK outside and she's alone or ten feet away from us this crazy ass bird tries to attack her. The first time it happened the honey didn't believe me. She was walking over to me from the fence and this bird swooped down and took a dive at her. TKK jumped and flipped around in shock. I called out to the honey and told him what had happened. He said birds don't attack cats. Then a little later it happened again. Only this time crazy assed bird brought along a few friends. o.0 Since that day TKK has not been allowed outside on her own due to this crazy shit. Too weird! Also the honey has seen it a lot more and is now ready to kill the damn bird. Nobody messes with our wittle furface and gets away with it. This is war. He chases the bird away when he see's it and TKK has taken to trying to lure it over. I think she believes this is some kind of kill it yourself birdie delivery system. She knows a snack is involved somehow. *L*

The weird thing is that the lead bird is always the same one. It has a feather sticking out oddly on it's right side when he sets down on the tree or fence. I'm calling him Spike. Here's a photo of the offending bastard.

I'm mostly peace loving and all that shit, but this bird is living on borrowed time as far as I'm concerned. Leave my cat alone, ButtMunch!! o.0

I caught her meowing into the wind. I think she might be telling me to go get her a birdie snack. Too cute. ;)

Finally here's the swatch to my current project. I finished the swatch and took the photo on Tuesday the 29th.

When I started the swatch I was planning on doing sweater pattern A. The pattern called for a size US8 needle, so I swatched on a 9 since I'm a tight knitter. I didn't like how the fabric looked even though I got gauge, so next I went to an 8 to try. Well I meant to. In actuality I grabbed a 10. Then my gauge was WAYYYYY off.  So I went to the 8, not understanding how my gauge could be SOOOOO off. When I  went to measure my swatch this time it occurred to me that  somewhere in there I decided to go with sweater pattern B which had a much smaller gauge than pattern A.  *sigh* It's not easy being this brilliant.  The new pattern called for a US size 6, so I tried it with a 7 and got gauge. *L* I like the fabric I'm knitting up much better and the overall patten a lot better for my very own sweater. *Super Happy Otter Dance*

I cast on for my Neck Down Pullover Tunic Tuesday night and am loving it muchly so far.

I still need to weave in my ends and wash the one I did for the Dulaan project. This week I will finish up all that and box my stuff off to mail. :D

Eye Candy Friday - 7 Things Edition

The lovely and talented Cat selected me to do a MeMe Thingy. Since it's Eye Candy Friday I thought I'd try to do as much with photos as possible. :D

Seven Things You Probably Don't Know About Me.

1.) This morning after going for a lovely workout swim with the most awesome chickie with three heart beats ever I came home to find my honey had snuck (sneaked?) out and gotten me some super duper yummy strawberries for my breakfast. Also I hate it when sugar is put on my strawberries. It's just nasty. Why ruin a perfectly yummy as is bit of perfection. 

2.) I have had StarBucks THREE times this week. I entirely blame MonkeySocks. She was there for two of the caffeinating events. Monday evening we met to hang out and I had one of those icy blended coffee thingies. I think it was Peppermint Mocha. At that time we also saw a sign for the new Orange Mocha Thingies. Mmmmm! So Good. It's to replace the loved and greatly missed Valencia Mocha they so cold heartedly took away from me. Bastards. The Orange Mocha is pretty good. Different than the Valencia, but yummy still. Tuesday MonkeySocks sweetly brought me an Orange Mocha and then I got one today too. In my defense I've been REALLY tired. I NEEDED that extra caffeine. (shut up! :P) Here's a photo of our knitting and coffee on Monday.

3.) I like to wake my kitty up a lot during the day in an attempt to get her to sleep at night and therefor leave me alone. It's not working. She still really likes to lick my forehead and turn on the touch lamp at night. Here's a picture after I just woke her up. *grin*

4.) We finally have grass in our backyard! :D The honey has been working diligently to get it all setup and completed. I am very happy with the results. Lets hope it takes. If you need a refresher on just how parched and lifeless the backyard was go check out this post from June 28, 2006.

Clickety Biggety

5.) If I had to choose the three celebrity type men peoples that I thought were super talented yummy and sexy I'd choose Hugh Laurie as House, William Petersen as Gil Grissom and Benicio Del Toro as any damn thing he wants to be. Me-Ow! *grin* Clive Owen can be on the list too. Heh.

6.) My mind has been completely overtaken by double entendres and innuendo. o.0 It's getting out of control everything little thing anyone says has me giggling like a naughty school girl. Not even just the overtly sexual stuff, but childish stuff too. Recently at a gathering a lady was talking about her dog named biscuit and in the course of talking said, "But Biscuit...". Well that's all I heard. BUTT BISCUIT. She of course meant however for "but"... but I heard BUTT BISCUIT. *L* Even now it makes me laugh.

Hi! I'm 13 and Weird!

I'd say a few other examples, such as the incident where a friends man person arrived to pick her up early and she announced that he came early... seriously I'm way too old to be this immature. *sigh* And yet here we are.

I'm even seeing Penis's in odd places. (snicker... see!)  I took a picture of a cloud that looked a heck of a lot like an erect penis. I waited until I stopped at my destination to take the photo so it doesn't look a great deal like the magnificent sky penis that it was by the time I arrived. BUT trust me. Here's photo proof of the sky penis.

7.) Five Years ago today I met a very special person. She has become one of the most important people in my life and I cannot imagine being where I am today without her. Thank you for teaching me about friendship and love and everything in between. *HUGS* ♥

So now I'm supposed to tag 7 people to go do this MeMe Thingy. Hmmm I'm never sure who would want to do this.

Rachel, Vikkie, Ann, Devorah, Carole, Stacey, Isela

If I didn't list you and you'd be interested in future taggings lemme know. ;)

Not Dead, no really. Really. :P

So the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. I'm not dead. Not even a little bit. Just busy and lost in thought.

I have absolutely NO knitting content to speak of. In fact I think the last time I knit was last Wednesday. *blink* I know. It's fucking nuts.

I dunno. You ever get lost in your thoughts and just need to work things out. Yeah.

But mostly I've been busy. Some good, some not so good. Work and fun stuff.

As for the weekend I left my house to run some errands before meeting up with some friends Friday around 3:00 pm... and somehow didn't make it home that night. Then when I did eventually go home it was Saturday night around 8:30. I was only home for half an hour while I grabbed some clothes and kissed the honey. Then I was off and gone again until Sunday night around 9:45 when I got home again. (Yes there were showers, and a bed provided. Good thing I carry a toothbrush with me everywhere too. *L*)

Needless to say Resolution #10 was being worked pretty well. There was also some Karaoke involved. o.0

I can pretty much tell you everywhere you can go for Karaoke on any given night of the week now, btw. :P

I love love love Karaoke, but need lots of liberating alcohol to be really comfortable at it. heh.

Now I wasn't hung over or anything silly. I never got drunk as that is not only lame but ridiculous to do to ones self. But I did manage to somehow get only a few hours sleep each night. Friday night I went to bed very late and got up very early, as in my daily nature. Later there was a nap involved. Saturday night I was good and got a whole 4 hours of sleep. Blissful cat head free sleep at that. (I didn't just say that. I'll deny it to the day I die. o.0) I was still up crazy early given the hour that the evening came to a close. I'm just not made to sleep past 6:30 am. *sigh*

In addition to the drinking and revelry there was shopping. *grin* I got myself one of those new fangled iPod Shuffles. I was going to get the pink, but in the harsh light of day it wasn't as yummy as I thought it would be. I was drawn to the teal.

Yes the color was the biggest concern I had. :P

At least now I can go walking and not worry about busting my iPod Video.

All in all it was an odd lost weekend. I missed a few things I should have done and feel badly for it. Like checking my email and checking in with various people.

The cat missed me a lot and has since been acting as if we the two components of velcro. Man oh man that cat loves to lick my forehead at night. Last night she just stood on my pillow looking down on me with her weird cat breathe.

Made weirder by the fact the honey got her a bone over the weekend while I was out.

Yes, that's right, he got her a BONE. Looks to be the Tibia of an unfortunate bovine creature.

Photo Proof from Monday afternoon that my shaved cat was licking a big bone in my backyard. (insert snerking here)

Clickety Biggety:

It's weird over here. o.0

She actually needs another shave down. But the weather has turned chilly so I'm waiting. It snowed again last night. Balls to that. o.0

At least the grass is starting to grow back there. She thinks it's her salad bar. Weird-o.

No doubt is left in my mind that our neighbors don't think we're totally nuts at this point. Between backyard photo shoots with George and now TKK having her own bone... Good thing I don't generally give half a damn to the regard other people may have one way or another. *L*

In other news next week I leave for OtterLand. It'll be a short trip and when I get back I'm going to go to the Morrissey Concert on my birthday. Any of you'se locals peoples wanna come along it's at John Ascuaga's Nugget (that sounds dirty to me) on Sunday the 29th @ 8:00 pm. Lemme know as I haven't picked up tickets yet and can get them together or however these things work.

I LOVE MORRISSEY. The Smiths and his solo stuff is some over my very favorite music. The Smiths are my top 3 most listened to bands according to my Last.FM page. Heh. Here's my running total since July 29, 2005. Yes I am this big of a dork. :P Morrissey as a solo artist is #18.

So yeah, that's the general idea of what I've been up to. I need a nap... and the weekend is just around the corner. I'm hoping to take it somewhat easy if you wanna know the truth. ;^)

Adventures with Ann & Other Things in My Head

Where the hell did the week go? Seriously. o.0

It's apparently Thursday. My Office is a mess. My cat has two less teeth today than yesterday. My brain may or may not explode... and that may or may not be a bad thing. *L*

First of all I'll just say I'm okay, in case there was any doubt. Just trying to catch up. As for my office I trashed it myself in the process of getting organized again. I still haven't recovered from traveling. But I'm okay.

I had a GREAT time seeing Ann last week. She is so crazy easy to talk to / listen to / interact with. It was not scary at all, even if she did threaten to kill me and say she was a serial killer on the phone. *snicker*

We talked for hours and it seemed like minutes. I'm not sure how she managed to do that. For all I know she spiked my coffee and then drinkie and while I thought we were talking gave me some kind of brain probe. o.0 That's right Ann may or may not be an Alien from outer space. If she is then Aliens are far cuter than Hollywood gives them credit for. :D

Just to be safe though if I suddenly mail her all of my Cabin Cove yarn or something crazy then you know it was the brain probe and she needs to be stopped before she does it again. :P

I had a great time with her. Definitely the highlight of my trip. The trip didn't go so well otherwise and knowing I was going to get to see her really kept me going and positive. Thank you, Sweetie!! :D We'll have to do it again. Here's her post on the matter.

Check out the picture Ann took of our socks together. (Clickety Biggety)

My Socks were drinking a Grey Goose Vodka Martini, Up, No Vermouth and Extra Dirty. Her Socks had a Salt Rimmed Margarita. *grin*

Both of our Shut Up And Knit Your Cabin Cove socks are done now. I've yet to wear mine. I think I need some cute shoes to show them off better. Hey it's a valid reason to buy shoes so hush up. :P Oh and to anyone new to the wonder that is Ann. She leaves for her Ireland trip tomorrow night. I bet she has all kinds of kickass tales of her adventures for us when she gets back, so stay tuned! :D

The same night I saw Ann for 5 hours I went to my brothers house. We ended up talking and drinking all manner of Belgium Beer for another 5 hours. That's like a record for me to interact and have a good time with people for 10 hours. It was good to see my brother. (Cookie: All is well.) I kinda wish I had planned more time off for being in that part of the woods, but it was a harsh trip and I was glad to get home. The bestest part is that I don't have to travel for business again for a whole 3 months. YAY!!!

Btw, does it feel like this year is flying by crazy fast to anyone else or is it just me. Cause I swear it seems like time is going too fast. Then they go and throw the time change on us early. WTF?! (Note: If you use Microsoft and don't have the auto updates set you'll have to go download the time change patch thingy by Saturday so you're time will be correct. Unless you use Vista and then you're just fucked no matter what. *L*)

Ann also sent me home with a sweet goodie bag and I'll take a picture of my goodies when I get my office more sane and can see where I am. Well most of the stuff, she sent me home with some really yummy medicinal chocolates. I needed them today I tell ya. Thank you, Ann!! *HUGS*

Today I took my sweet wittle fuzzy face kitty to the vet. They were going to check out her teeth, clean them and  look at her ear.

They were supposed to call us if anything went wrong or they needed to do anything else.

They didn't. They removed TWO teeth and didn't call us to talk about it. As soon as the crazy bitch on the phone said that I told her to wait and got the honey. I could not calmly handle that. We signed all this shit that said they HAD to call us. She only had four back teeth left. Now she's down to two. (She has some front teeth left, but they don't crunch food.) The honey talked to them. Yeah it's final we are SO finding a new vet. I can't handle this shit. The last time we kenneled her they forgot to give her the special treats we left for her and some asshat put a sign on her door that said you had to wash your hands after touching her. SO NO ONE BOTHERED TO PET HER OR TAKE HER OUT! o.0 The nice Vet Lady said a Tech person made a mistake and thought she had a contagious kitty cold. She didn't. In fact it's not even the Vets there I dislike. They just have some of the stupidest techs. It was a Tech that told the Vet we had given the okay for the extractions. We did not. It was in writing. She apologized, but this is not going to cut it. I can't take the chance of TKK not getting the best possible care. Oh and the last time they lost her nice kitty carrier. They eventually found it, but what the hell. Not Cool.

The poor kitty was happy to see us to take her home. She hadn't eaten all day so she got a can of wet food as soon as we got back. Then she's been sleeping and snuggling.

The shitty thing is that we would have agreed to have the teeth removed. They were getting sensitive and she'll likely be a lot more conformable now. But we had all agreed to discuss any of the options before action was taken. Grrr. I hate stupid people.

I'm hoping things calm down with the kitty soon. I haven't been sleeping too well being worried about this. I keep checking to see if she's okay and breathing. She normally snores, so when she's quiet it kinda startles me. I woke up a lot last night to make sure she was okay. *falls over* She is okay. I'm okay. We are all okay.

She has medicine, pain and antibiotic to take. The honey is the medicine giver. I'm too worried I'll be too rough or she won't actually take it. He's good with it though.

I haven't knit at all this week, well a bit on Monday. Just been busy and worried. I've been snuggling the kitty a lot so my hands haven't been free. I need to get one of those baby contraptions that holds the kid onto the mom. I'm sure my cat would love that and then I'd be able to knit. :P

In addition to the worrying about the kitty I've been going back and forth in my mind about which yarn I want to use. Too many choices. *L* Not a bad problem to have. I think I've narrowed it down. I may just start two pairs. One with a yarn I love and a Pattern I'll need my brain on and another with yarn in a color I want to knit with in a basic no brain pattern. I really need a no brain fast knit right now. Duckie Hat is still here. I just have sock fever. I'm blaming Cookie, Dave, Ann and a whole bunch of other people. You know who you are. :P

So in conclusion. We're all okay. Life is good. Too much yarn isn't a bad thing if you are organized and having a honey who can give cat medicine is priceless, as is having a best friend who gets how worrisome a trip to the Vet can be.

 

Pink Dream Socks & People Soup

I fully intended to knit on my Pink Dream socks last night. They were in the other room and let's be honest I can only do so much and I was watching Hero's and petting the worlds most adorable kitty cat.

Love that kitty cat so much.

Love Hero's too. All the Star Trek jokes leave me giggling like mad. Did anyone else catch the license plate number on Hiro's Dad's (George Takei aka Mr. Sulu) car as it pulled away last week. Oh yeah baby, "NCC 1701". *GRIN*

I think I may have outed myself as a geek on that one. Granted I have no idea how many of you even get the reference in the first place. So maybe not.

Anyhoo yeah last night I had fun watching that show and petting the kitty while snuggling up to the honey.

Hey R, see you can post about TV stuff if you don't want to talk about other stuff. ;^)

So what if I didn't knit on my socks. I'm still happy with them. Here are some progress photos. Clickety Biggety!

Two Socks on Martini Sock Blockers:

Close Up:

I call these my Pink Dream Socks because they are just a dream to knit up. The yarn is brilliant and the pattern is pretty nifty too. Total joy to knit. When I'm not all dead that is. *makes a zombie face*

So that's my Tuesday Cabin Cove KAL Update. *waves @ Cookie* I bet she was wondering when I'd post an update. :P

Now I really must talk to you about People Soup.

People Soup is the worst kind of soup imaginable, and I can think of some pretty gross things too. Like Puppy Brains Soup or Donkey Butt Soup with toasted maggot sprinkles. See that's gross. o.0

BUT NOTHING IS AS GROSS AS PEOPLE SOUP! *icky shudder*

I just know you are all dyeing to know what the hell people soup is right? :P

First a little back story. See I've been being, well trying to be a more healthful minded Otter. As you know I joined a different gym. A real gym with all manner of complicated torture devices rather than the womens only gossip fest that was my previous gym. So's anyway I've been going fairly regularly. Doing lots of different things including swimming. I'm an Otter and I love water so it was just natural.

So when the honey and I were on vacation we got into the hotels fancy jacuzzi thingy and had fun relaxing in that. This is were I first coined the phrase "People Soup". It was a very nice setup, clean and not really soupy, but when we got in and started marinating in the hot bubbly waters all I could think was PEOPLE SOUP! Said with the enthusiasm one might say SOYLENT GREEN (It's People!!) if you're wandering.

So anyway it was funny ha ha. Didn't think much of it after that... until I went to my new Gym's Jacuzzi Thingy which is right by the pool. I had just swam a lot and thought it might be relaxing. Eh no. All I could think was PEOPLE SOUP! o.0

I icked myself out thinking about how many people a day marinated themselves in that very same water. I got out quickly thinking how ass nasty that was. The pool is one thing, but hoping into a pot of People Soup is another. o.0

Last week I mentioned it to Rachel when we went to the Gym together. I was teasing her saying if she was good I'd let her hop into the People Soup. Turns out people like her, ya know all cute n' glowy can't hop into People Soup anyway so she was saved.

Then last night I went to the Aquafit class thingy.  It was kinda fun. I laughed a lot. Mostly cause I'm a dork. :P So anyway after class some of the ladies invited me to the Jacuzzi. Uh Oh, People Soup.

They all got in first. I started to get in, even though every fiber of my being was screaming PEOPLE SOUP!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!, but I was trying to place nice.

That's when I saw it. Saw the true Horror of People Soup. See you can't marinate people all together in one big bath like that without some horrible consequence. Was it the swamp monster come to life? No. Was a dead body found stuck to the bottom of the drain pipe? No.

Worse than those things. Much worse.

It was BROWN FOAM. o.0 (well brownish, but brown enough!!! *GAGS*)

What the Fuck? What is the brown foam?!?!

I don't really wanna know. I don't. I don't think I could handle that truth. o.0

As soon as I saw it I did the only thing I could think of, saved my own ass. I quickly made the excuse of needing to get going. (which I really did) I ran to the shower room and became one with the soap. Sadly they don't make brain soap and I can still recall just how nasty that People Soup was.

The ladies all got into the People Soup and seemed very content, btw. Maybe the foam is a normal thing. I don't know. (I did tell the gym people and they said they'd look into it) I don't ever want that to become normal to me though. So Just Say No to People Soup!

See I told ya it was vile and icky, right on the level comparable to Donkey Butt Soup with toasted maggot sprinkles. o.0 Thankfully the Donkey Soup doesn't actually exist.

But we know the truth about People Soup. *icky shudder*

Vacation Yarn!

The last few weeks have been really busy, and the mostly good kind at that. :D

So I hadn't gotten around to posting about my yarn acquisitions in OtterLand and Las Vegas until now.

I'm only posting the things that are staying with me, not any gift yarn that found it's way home with me. ;^)

I'm also only just posting the yarn  purchased and not any of the other stuff. Mainly cause I only have 30 minutes until Hero's comes on and I don't want to take the time to photograph and talk about that other stuff as it would take more brain power and time.

So without too much information and as fast as fast can be here is my Vacation Yarn Stash Additions. :D I really like sock yarn. You can get the right amount every time. *L*

Oh and all Photo's are clickety biggety.

Purchased in OtterLand:

Yarn Purchased in Las Vegas:

10 skeins of Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool in Color 46 - to be a sweater for my honey someday.

That Wool Bam Boo stuff is crazy soft. I'm going to make Fingerless Mitts and a matching head warmer type thing with it someday.

Someday....

Someday when I finish the ducky hat and Pink Dream Socks. Some day after I do the Anemoi Mittens and some kind of lace with Dave's Yarn.

Someday after I make my honey a pair of socks. I have many yarns for him to have socks.

I've been busy lately and have not so much been knitting. Even when I've gone to knitting things and to hang out with my knitting friends I haven't been knitting. I dunno. It's like my brain is running around too fast to stop and just be calm and knit. I've been a bit hyper. (Ann this is your warning :p)

When I'm home at night with the honey watching TV or whatever instead of knitting I'm hugging the honey or kitty or just being still and kinda not doing anything except maybe actually watching TV or just talking to the honey.  Did you see that last CSI? I had to put the needles down to watch that. And what the hell is up with Grissom and that woman? I wanna see what happens, Baby!

Besides actually being calm and quite when I've been home there's been a lot of cat watching and petting. I don't want to get into it right now. I'm just concerned as she's older and all. She slept one night kinda weird and that threw me off a little. She slept most of the night beside me instead of walking around or sleeping on my pillow and purring at me and licking my face. More on that later though. She's okay. I'm just a worried kitty servent. I worry a lot about people I love. I mean a LOT. Just ask Cookie. She's used to me worrying about everything.

It's hard to tell when it's time to worry and when my brain is just zooming by too fast and thinking of all the bad things that could be.

Next week she has to have a tooth removed. She'll be okay though.

She'll still have more teeth than Cookie's little sweetums. ;)

So anyway, I'm still here. Mostly having fun. Keeping busy. Trying not to worry.

Hero's will be on soon. If you haven't seen it yet you should. Very Good. Otter Like. :D

Okay now I gotta go hug on my snuggly butterball of furry love. Maybe I'll manage to get a few rows done on the socks too. ;^)

Home, DayQuil and Kitty

As you can see I'm back from Fabulous Las Vegas. Here is the ONE picture I took while in La$ Vega$ *L* Yes only One. I have no idea what I was thinking. I just plain forgot. Unless it's that old saying what Happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. :P Clickety Biggety!

It's New York New York, btw.

And if one more person asks me how much I won I'll vomit. I do not gamble. Neither does the honey. We live in Nevada for freaks sake. If we gambled moving here we have been a very stupid move indeed. *L*

One guy at the airport asked if all our winnings were in our bags. I told him yeah, that I got LOTS of yarn. He didn't get it, but then again I wasn't the one making a stupid assumption about what I do with my time.

We did a lot of cool things in La$ Vega$. We saw some Bodies. (Link is to preserved and dissected bodies of real people for the squeamish) That was really interesting without being overly creepy and not a bit gory. Quite respectful actually. Still I can't help but wonder what their lives were like when they were alive.

We also went to the Star Trek Experience. Oh yes, love me some Star Trek. *grin* There were two yarn shops visited and a few other places. We also had a fancy shmacy anniversary dinner at a nice Italian place.

As for my plans to drink lots of yummy drinkies I did okay. Sadly getting sick and not wanting to mix alcohol with cold medicine prevented too much liquid merriment.

Speaking of cold medicine have you ever taken DayQuil? Zoom Zoom Wheeeeeeeeee!!!

o.0

Yesterday I took some so that I might feel okay enough to go to the Knit Night Dealy-O. I was not myself. Or maybe I was myself... just a more hyper talky self.

I hope I didn't say anything inappropriate... or say anything I really meant. *L*

Ya's knows what's I mean. Right-O.

Although speaking of inappropriate I really hope I behaved myself. I may have called one of my new friends MonkeySocks. She has super powers though... I think. Unless I imagined that.

I swear I only took ONE of the damn DayQuil Capsules! That stuff is wicked crazy powerful.

Dayquil + Otter = Loopy and maybe loud o.0

Yesterday morning we picked up TKK from the vet/Kitty Hotel. She is being a VERY needy little kittyhead now.

If I'm more than 10 feet from her she meows like she's lost so I have to meow back and call her over. When she sees me she does this dainty little old kitty run to me and demands to be held. Mighty hard typing and holding a kitty, btw. She's a two arm kitty. Plus I have to pay attention so I can move my head back when she reaches up to lick my face. Got a cold nose on my lips this morning. That is so wrong. Love her muchly though.

Here she is last year or so with Potato Darth Vader.

That Darth likes to party. Has a bit of a drinking problem if you wanna know the truth. o.0

Here's TKK in the party hat: She really is a good kitty to put up with so much weirdness from me. *L*

Okay time for bed... well soon. In a few hours anyway. All this traveling around has me a bit discombobulated. I kept having moments in Vegas where I didn't know where I was or what day it was. *L* (No Dayquil even!)

Oh and MonkeySocks I'll reply to your email tomorrow. :P

Zoom Zoom Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Eye Candy Friday - Cat with sock

It's another Friday. Looks like we made it... Damnit now I have that Barry Manillow song in my head. o.0 Augh!!!! Now I have to play ot to get it out of my head. Yes Dave, you can look at me weird. Even I question how I have his music on my computer.... either way Looks like we made it!!!!!!!!!!

So I have a point, really... kinda sorta. Earlier today I caught TKK in her little bed using her favorite cat nip toy that her Auntie Cookie made her  as a pillow. She was also using the blankey I made her. I asked the honey if he put it on her and he said no. Hmmm Do you think she crawled under the blankey or is my man messing with my spicy brains? I'll have to get them back somehow. I only have so many spicy brains and people can't be messing with them, whether they be cat or man. o.0 I

put the newest sock I'm knitting on the cat to help me document her cuteness.

She became sock curious very quickly. She has a thing for Cabin Cove Yarn. Wants to hug it if you'll recall. :P

I then put the sock on her head, cause that's how I roll.

Did you notice in that second picture that her tummy is shaved. Yeah the fur on my pillow/lungs was becoming too much. I only shaved the sheddy parts she won't let me groom. The rest she's fine having brushed but brushing the tummy is a major no no. Oddly she's okay to have it shaved. Lovesssss the extra snuggles. I swear that cat would live on snuggles 24 hours a day if she could. She really likes to get cuddles when I'm asleep. This severely interrupts my sleep, but what the heck and I supposed to do. I can't say no to an aging kitty. I'm lucky for every moment with her... even the annoying ones that wake me up.

This morning she woke me up by licking my eyelids. Lemme tell ya it only takes one eyelid lick to wake a person up all the way. o.0 Still I loves me this kitty muchly.   

The sock I've just started knitting is with Dave's Cabin Cove Yarn  in and the pattern Hourglass Eyelet Socks from Magknits. I'm doing the sock on DPN's as I wanna do it that way instead of the circs. I'll try that someday. I just didn't have the needles and I really just wanted to do it  on DPN's.

The above pictures show the color of the yarn better. This stuff is glossy and gorgeous to work with. :D I took this close up without flash to show off the pattern so you could see what it looked like.

Clickety Biggety:

I'm really enjoying this pattern. It's much more engaging than basic ribbing and it's still nice n' stretchy. :D

Now to go knit on the sock and torment the honey to see if he did in fact put that blankey over the kitty. ;^)