CHEZ CLUTTER

I’ve got nothing… bored you-know-what-less. So I decided to post a quiz:

Your Aura is Blue

Spiritual and calm, you tend to live a quiet but enriching life. You are very giving of yourself. And it’s hard for you to let go of relationships. The purpose of your life: showing love to other people Famous blues include: Angelina Jolie, the Dali Lama, Oprah Careers for you to try: Psychic, Peace Corps Volunteer, Counselor

Oh, nevermind, I said FELTING, not MELTING.

THE STASHBUSTER SHOPPER is finished!

The pattern was based (EXTREMELY) loosely on MEEMA’S FELTED MARSUPIAL TOTE from STITCH n’ BITCH. How loosely is it? — I started by looking at the pattern and saying to myself, “this is kinda what I want to do, but not really”. So I read  over the pattern and then did my own thing.

I am going to write up the pattern:

Before felting it was 21inches high and 35 inches wide.

After felting it is now 13 inches high and 18 inches wide.

Made from FIVE (5) Skeins of Cascade 220 –held double –on a 32″, size 10.5 KnitPicks Options Nickel needle.

It ran through FOUR (4) HOT WASH CYCLES, ONE (1) COLD RINSE CYCLE (and contrary to felting instructions I do let it spin for a minute or two).

It is now outside, hanging to dry.

Gonna be another rainy day.  Funny, we actually need it and I am not really complaining like I usually do. Guess I won’t need to water the tomato plants.

My hubbo took me out to breakfast this morning because he misses me and we never see each other with this job he is doing. That was nice of him.

Today is WORLD WIDE KNIT IN PUBLIC DAY.  Anything outside here would get rained out.  We are going to PANERA later.  But for right now, once I get off the computer I will do some house stuff…the never ending laundry.

I am just about done with the STASH BUSTING BAG.  It now need felting.  I was going to do it last night and then I just plain forgot about it.  That’s one thing about losing your memory.  I forget stuff all the time now.

Well that’s all today… still raining.. alot.

Thanks for noticing!!

Everyone teases me because I am so insistent that there not be lemon in my tea.  And I don’t want it picked out… I want it lemon free….here’s a good reason:

Bacteria, fecal matter found on some restaurant lemon slices

Exciting title isn’t it? Well that’s about as exciting as it gets. Woo woo!!

The boy is having his ingrown toenail on his right foot done this afternoon. The left was done a month ago. The part that hurts is the shot you get in the toe to make it numb. He is not a happy boy. At least he knows what to expect, but the shot scares him half to death.

<——Evil tool of torture used by medical health professionals.

This weekend the gals (Betsy, Heather, Donna, Leslie and I) and I are getting together to knit. It is Worldwide Knit In Public Day in case you didn’t know. It will be good to see everyone again. Hope you can make it Yvonne!

In case you didn’t hear the news, KNIT ONE is opening a shop in CRANBERRY! That’s good news for all Cranberrians and the CRANKY KNITTERS.

Plus I just realized that FATHER’S DAY is this SUNDAY! I thought I had another week. That means I need to get some stuff to make lasagna–the favorite food of Dad’s everywhere. I also need to call my dad to invite him over, which means I need to seriously do some cleaning.

BTW, the carpet cleaners can’t come out till the second week in July.

GHOST HUNTERS was fun to watch last night. Tango’s dad was on and they were so cute working together.  His dad said “you can boss me around here, but you have to come home”– tee hee!  Typical dad.  Tango is only about 23 years old. What a baby!  They advertised the MIDSEASON finale– then it’s not really a finale if it’s only midseason.  Hmm.  I know GHOST HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL comes on in July for a number of episodes.

To me that’s been the only thing worth watching.  We watch alot of SAVED BY THE BELL, ZOEY 101 and THE NAKED BROTHERS BAND in this house.

Well have a good time today!  I saved $1.30 a gallon on my gas at GETGO. That made me happy today!

POOCHIE SAYS : “I am feeling better today, here, have a sock!”

We got up at 4 AM to a sea of poop. Poochie went from one end of the house to the other.
I spent 4 hours cleaning it up. Left to take the kid to Bible School and came back to about 10 more FEET of poop. She is going to the vets at 1:45. I hope I can get her in the van. She doesn’t hop in herself, she’s afraid to go in the car.

ETA: Make that SIX hours. She went MORE. Aargh!!!! She did well on her trip to the vets. Got in and out of the van with no trouble — $86 later, she has 2 medications and is on bland diet for 5 days.

It’s to be 96ºF here today.

What is it about the heat that makes people (or husbands) so cranky?? SERENITY NOW!!!

Today is the last day of school. My child is finishing up FIFTH grade. It was a good year over all. Once we got past the bully business at the beginning of the year. The year went very fast –I don’t know if it did for him –but it did for me. FOURTH grade was so miserable, the teacher (who in this household is fondly referred to as “the spawn of satan”) made the year horrible, made my son miserable and made mama bear really upset and angry. She nearly ruined my son’s love for learning. This year was better. He is back on track.

Anybody need a 3/4th size Bass? (for sale cheep!!!) Bigfoot is giving it up. I am not going to make him do something he is no longer interested in. I pick my battles, I have enough to worry about. He actually loves making the music, but he refuses to practice. So after 6 months of saying “hey you have strings tomorrow are you gonna practice a while”, he has decided to give it up.

So now my silent days are over. He gets up early and wants to go to bed late (since he doesn’t have to get up for school). He starts talking as soon as his eyes open and doesn’t stop until his body goes to sleep. (wonder where he gets that???!!!!) I love love my child, but sometimes he makes my brain short circuit and my ears hurt.

IT’S COMCASTIC MY BUTT!—-We have Comcast cable because that is what is available in our area. Tuesday (6/3) I get a recorded phone call from them informing me that because we only pay for the basic cable package we are no longer going to receive ON DEMAND as of 6/4 and if we would like to UPGRADE our cable package — to call 1-800-COMCAST. Well that really sucks canal water — To upgrade would cost us approximately an additional $50 a month. Uh sorry…right now it’s going into the gas tank. What is really da shizznit is that 1/2 the time ON DEMAND wasn’t on because of some error in their system. I also read this week that COMCAST is no longer going to offer UNLIMITED INTERNET –you will have to pay for “different tiers” of usage. Well that harkens back to the days where I had AOL at $4.95 an hour. And let me tell you, that cost a fortune. My husband told me to call Comcast and ask them for DIRECT TV’s phone number. He is very subtle.

Speaking of the gas tank — Hubbo is driving approximately 100 miles a day –and he has a 13 year old truck that has 180,000 miles on it. I have been encouraging him to buy another vehicle –but his frugalnality is telling him he doesn’t need another vehicle. This after my being without wheels for a week because the Dakota was out of commission.

Knitting - I still haven’t done the casing on the string bag and I am working on the last several rows of the STASH BUSTING SHOPPER BAG.

I put a finished objects page in the side bar so you can see photos of the TWO WHOLE FINISHED OBJECTS I have done in the last 6 months. Hopefully more will be forthcoming.

Dave at CABIN COVE got a new kitten and it is feeding my need for a kitten. I really want a kitten/cat and can’t have one. I guess I need to take a trip to PETSMART and get a kitty fix. When hubbo got in bed the other night I said, “I really want a cat” and he goes “WHAT! YOU WANT A CAT??” and that was the end of it. Bigfoot is allergic anyway, so I know I can’t have one, but the need doesn’t go away.

GHOSTHUNTERS is running new episodes –THANK CEILING CAT — but the other night was a debaucle. They went to this place in CALIFORNIA called MOSS BEACH DISTILLERY. Well the morons at the distillery had all this fake ghost stuff in their place. I wanted to SMACK the guy from the restaurant.

Well, I am gonna go for this morning… have a good day, a good weekend, and thanks for noticing!!!