Am I what?

More of Carlin's Amigurumi. So cute.

To annoy or pester; vex.

In response to Toni's comment about my last post. Yes, I am aware of what happens to teases.

"I am a tease."

What I got for Valentine's Day...

Carlin made me this Amigurumi cat for Valentine's Day. I named him Burl Ives.

I also got an amazing card from the husband which I cannot share :-)

Happy "V" Day.

A very special Valentine.
(sound is required)

Karma is a bitch.

I'm just sayin'

Arrested Development.

I love watching movies or tv that have surprise crocheting or knitting related references in them. I was watching the Arrested Development finale and saw this (thanks Tivo!) If you have ever watched the show then you already know how absolutely funny Tobias (David Cross) is... and this, this makes him that much funnier...

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On the almost better then sex front...

Our mail carrier brought this to my front door yesterday.

Tardy.

Rather then apologize for my lax blogging behavior that I'm not feeling all that remorseful about lets just cut to the chase.

I'm at a standstill with my projects. Nothing really new to note. I am waiting for some Wool of the Andes from Knitpicks in avocado and fern for what I hope winds up as a fabulous (possibly felted) bag.

I am VERY excited though...Carlin has started to "make" some friends! See below.

Aren't they adorable?

You may also remember that Carlin was working on projects for her dad and I for the holiday's. here is a picture of Thomas in his lovely sweater, he wears it all the time.

and one of him in his way cool ear flap hat....(I'm quite sure he is going to totally appreciate the amount of pictures he has in my blog.)

Oh, and the last thing today. I really do want Carlin to start blogging again and I though it would serve her well if we all inundated her email with nagging and berating so that she will feel the obligation. Her email is cheaplikepearls@yahoo.com . Please help me help her!

Fever Pitch.

Someone is still trying to beat that holiday deadline :-)

Fun Guy

This morning as I was out taking a walk with our dog Farkle (she is nearly 14) I saw this really cool tree fungus that I just had to include in the 'ol blog. It was about a foot in diameter and the brightest yellow. In my neck 'o the woods you definitely don't see cool stuff like this every day.

"Cool tree fungi"

Beaming with pride...and a little envious to boot.

I just had to add this to the 'ol blog. Carlin finished her Dad's Christmas sweater. Yippee!

(Luckily, he doesn't really read this blog or i'd be in trouble!)

It practically blogs itself.

Please, may I have one minute and twenty nine seconds of your time.

"hilarity ensues"

"World's ugliest dog dies"

R.I.P. Sam

They are out of their Vulcan minds....

I swear when I saw this in the adult beverage section of the grocery store it had to be a mistake. I also thought it looked like something I might find in the bubble bath section at Target. You must take a look and tell me your thoughts. Oh, and by the way...the stuff is not cheap, around $12.00 each.

There is a large little hat that shall remain pictureless. Some of you saw me working on it at the last Sunday SnB. Let's just say making that thing turned into the worst idea on the planet. Here are the reasons, bear with me, list's are big these days and I am a bandwagon jumper...

1. "FUGLY"...."thanks Clare and Tevana and Carlin for NOT saying anything," Danielle said, in a very sarcastic way.
2. Scratchier then "Scotts Brand" toiletpaper on a baby's bottom
3. HUGE. It fit me with room and it was supposed to be for a 4 year old.

I ended up making this hat instead: (I used "Ricochet" by Moda Dea. I'm happy with the results. I took a cockeyed picture, it really is shaped much better then this and it WILL fit a four year old)

I took a little trip to Echo Park's very own "third world yarn store/magazine stand" the other day and I bought a few balls of my favorite Mexican yarn...

Currently, i'm using the red for a scarf for me to wear on Thanksgiving...i'm making it using the "Arabesque stitch" the camera user (me) couldn't quite capture the stitch pattern very well but here it is anyway:

and the chocolate brown will be used for a scarf/holiday present made using this pattern.

I almost forgot....

You know what I did today?
(and NO that's not me, though I am feeling 90 years old at the moment)

Today I feel like a...

彈劾布希!

Thanks for the Bush clock, Clare! Okay, now everyone say "Bush Clock" ten times fast....outloud!

:-)

Off kilter

Dixie wrote a blog entry over at Blog Coven that I found extremely provocative. In fact, it answered a lot of "whys" for me . The other day I thought to myself that Mercury had to be in retrograde because of all the weirdness happening to me lately...I think that I prefer to go with her Mars theory instead. Things are so out of sorts I even did a Rune reading for the first time in years. It was right on. Here's what it looked like:

I'm getting nervous about the holiday projects so I'm trying to do things that take no time. The people that they are for do not crochet or knit so they have absolutely no concept of how long or short of a time they take. I feel like I'm duping the commoners. Oh well. The sham will continue.

My Grandmother commented about a week or so ago, using her best Jewish guilt, about how she would love to have another scarf for the cooler weather. Here's the part that got me...I think she feels like why would people, grandchildren included, want to do things for her out of the goodness of their hearts? She offered to pay me for it! I feel so cheap. Like a Crochet Whore...I told her to leave the money on the nightstand.

Grandmother's scarf:

Happy "All Saints Day "

Hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween... Carlin ended up having a very popular costume. So much so that she was receiving full size candy bars :-)

It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. ~Rita Rudner

I'd like to give a "shout out" to this man for putting up with me for the last 15 years. Today is our 14th wedding anniversary. Love you honey. Here's to many more.