Take No Prisoners Tuesday: I think I’ll call it a draw

not going to jail food

Supplies.  I haz them.

01.  This may be the only thing that keeps me from going over the edge today. Srsly. (scroll over the picture to see the title muwahahah)

02.  I’ll be making the maple bacon cookies again and trying the pull apart bacon bread look about halfway down the page

03.  I may or may not share them with the Skinny PC and Large Meat Product when I go over for dinner tonight.

04.  Yeah, it’s that bad right now.

05.  But I have bacon and chocolate and weapons.

06.  Everyone, say hi to the really nice chicky from the Texas Tollways thing in Austin who was really helpful and nice yesterday.  And who is a knitter.  I forgot to ask if she had a blog or a Ravelry name.  She said she was stopping by.  Think I should have warned her we’re all a bunch of wierdoes?

07.  I have learned that 160 characters is not nearly enough room to express my anger and outrage and think that the cellphone companies need to give us more space to write texts.  Because sometimes? I don’t have to “suck it up, buttercup” and maybe

::: stopping thought right there before I stroke out ::::

08.  Zombies will eat your brains.  (oh, and the game is not on facebook /pout )

09. I love my little post office man.  He’s almost a male version of Cookie.  O.o

10.  Despite all of the stuff in the picture, I stopped by the gym on the way home to reactivate my membership since I was cleared to go. (well, with a billion restrictions, but still)

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10 On Tuesday – Randomness Abounds

ulmus

01. Mindless knitting is always a good thing.  Ulmus is just easy enough to watch tv, but still charty enough to be interesting. Yes, charty is a word.

02. Hey look!   Dave yarn.  Slowly being hand wound.

03. Insurance – have answers, but uncertainty on costs is still looming over my head.

04. I get to visit Dr. House and the lovely and talented Mz. MoMo (I had to stop calling her a sex kitten – she’s so kind and sweet and knowledgeable) this week and am looking forward to getting away for a day.

Because….

05. I haz sad.  This on the road crap?  You never get used to it.  While I enjoy being able to put the house back in order, I miss the boy noises.

06. And smells.  While the smelly cologne shirt can be a comfort?  Sometimes the slight whiff of it as you’re making the bed or walking through a room can catch you off guard.

07. We moved furniture when he was home (by we, I mean me telling him where to put it) and I think I mostly like the arrangement.  Except for the heater vent under my desk chair.  O.o

08.  Love! the  dining room now being by the fire place.  Now for a new table.

09.The boy bought a waffle maker while he was home too.  I think I love fresh waffles more than anything right now.  YUM!  Right now, I’m crushing on (home flavored) vanilla yogurt and blueberries as a topping. ZOMG!

10. An FO?  I haz  one!

hat fo

Pattern: just winged it

Needles: Addi US 7

Yarn: Manos left over from the blackberry cowl and a frogged pair of fetchings.

Start: 9 Jan 10

Finish: 24 Jan 10

Happy Tuesday y’all.

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Unconsciously Muttering

bacon cheese

This week’s UM:

  1. Food :: bacon cream cheese dip (see above)
  2. Death :: salmonella
  3. Cafeteria ::Luby’s
  4. Need :: Lady A
  5. Born :: die
  6. Stitch :: k2togtbl
  7. Badly :: want
  8. Blocks :: building
  9. Chuck :: steak
  10. Spiral :: downward into a pit of misery

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Happy Birthday Cookie!

Go wish her a happy one.

cookie birthday

Finally, a picture of our Cookie!

Yeah, I live in the future  :D

Eye Candy and a little Fill-In action

love shack 015

It’s Friday again

1. The lesson I learned yesterday was don’t be nice to strangers people.
2. Knit blogs! where friends and family meet.
3. All these years I never knew what I was missing.
4. Time stood still when I arrived in the cheese aisle.
5. The truth is I have a cold dark and ebil heart.
6. His  totally adorable awkwardness, extreme kindness,  and his sweet, sweet kisses is what I remember most from that day.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to going to bed, tomorrow my plans include picking up Texas and Sunday, I want to be left alone with Texas!

Happy Friday y’all!

p.s. don’t forget what happens this weekend!

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Sunday Sock… now with sock!

shrimp artsy fartsy

Pattern: Tidal Wave Socks (rav link) except done toe up with CCSR’s

Yarn: Shrimp yarn (aka TOFUtsies) from my Cookie

Needles: Addi US2 two circs

Start: August 10, 2008

Finish: January 08, 2010

It’s all Texas’ fault.

shrimp socks

Yeah, yeah… I knit.  Don’t make me come over there and smack you.

Happy Sunday y’all!

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Eye Candy! I haz it

friday eyecandy

Clean hand knit socks waiting to dry.  Now that’s what I’m talking about.  I used the last of the hand knits while I was in the hospital, so it was a long time coming.  I seriously need to make more socks.

No, they’re not being tossed in the dryer.  I use the rack for the special ones and hang the rest or steal the heating vents from the dog and cat.

Speaking of socks… I finished a pair.  It was so cold and my arm was hurting so much that I dug out the IF machine and slapped it on yesterday.  I could knit!  I need to remember that.  Now if I could use it while using a computer.

And speaking of cold… can y’all take it back?  Please?

cleaning

Besides the weird OCD cleaning thing I’ve developed in my old age, that right there is why I have to clean so often.  Katie swiped a bag from the trash and Daisy has decided that it is her mission in this world to destroy any toy that looks like a squirrel.  O.o

The froggy?  She loves the froggy.

I’ve been considering finding her a home since she is still young and some days I just don’t have the energy to give her what she really needs.  But then she pulls out these wonderful, well behaved days.  There is a kid in the neighborhood that is always looking for odd jobs.  He’s a good kid and two neighbors have vouched for him and I’m thinking of hiring him to walk her on days I can’t or it’s just too effin’ cold.  She does love her walks and I enjoy doing them with her and it burns off all of that puppy energy.

On the other hand, there’s a rescue group that takes dogs just like her and train them to be explosive and search and rescue dogs.  I’m still contemplating having them come over to evaluate her because she’s a smart dog and I know she’d have a ball with the training.

Anyway… enough rambling.

Happy Friday y’all!

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10 things on whatever day I want to

This week’s  Ten on Tuesday is ten things that I’m looking forward to in 2010.

01. Being divorced after 15 years of separation

02. Chillax more.  Everything does not have to be just so.  Let go of silly stress.  I’m just hurting myself with the self-imposed stress.

03.  Developing a  daily meditation/ reiki /time for me to just be routine.

04.  Having dinner parties.  I love having them and I’ve had far too few recently.

05.  Trying out a ton of different Keurig coffees.

06.  Being more creative – whatever form that takes

07.  Taking a real vacation with Texas. Hopefully he’ll be off the road by then.

08.  Getting a Sony reader or a nook.  Yes, techno geek.

09.  Taking the bull by the horns, in a sense with my health.  I’ve started getting a better understanding of NMO and want to be more proactive instead of reactive.

10.  365 new starts.

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Do you think Texas will make me one of these? (because I just can’t see paying 399 no matter how well made when I have such a handy man around)

Or perhaps some of these?

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Happy Thursday y’all!

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