Wednesday, June 30, 2010

I'm a Frogger, Baby I'm a Frogger....

It is 5:47A on Wednesday, and I need to be out of this house by 6:20. I said I'd put up pics of my Everyone's Doing It Shrug, so here's the update. Last night with 19 rows of seed stitch to do before completion, I realized I was going to run short. D was here watching the Sox, and helped me to convince myself to frog the whole thing and start again w/ a 44 stitch cast on instead of 48. That would save enough yarn to finish the shrug even with the extra inches I added to make the "sleeves". D held it, and I frogged it right onto the winder. Yippee!! Here is the re-winded (or would that be re-wound? I don't think so) Blue Heron in Rain colorway. Lovely, isn't it?
So I have to be over at MGH for a 7:10 mammogram. The funniest description I ever read (of a mammogram) is as follows:
1. Lay down on the garage floor on your side.
2. Make sure your bottom breast is flush against the cement.
3. Have someone run it over with the car.
4. Don't move.
I'm just happy to be able to start my day with such a fun filled activity. (I know I'm being a smart ass, but on a serious note, my annual trip to the Breast Center gives me time to think about all the women close to me who have survived or been beaten by breast cancer; most notably my childhood best friend, Nancy.)
Tonight I'm going to an internet marketing thing - the guest speakers are two Google Analytics guys - really - all the way from Google. There I go again with the over scheduling...
Starving. Gotta scram. Bye.

Monday, June 28, 2010

Intermittent Blogger, That's Me

I can't get out of my own way lately. Somebody please get me an assistant; I feel like I'm burning my candle at five different ends. I tried all weekend to sit down and write this entry, but I just could not cram it in. I did some cool stuff over the weekend, but just once, I'd like to do nothing. Nah, I wouldn't do that; I'm an over-scheduler even on the weekends. Although - now that I think of it, Memorial Day weekend when I had the splint on my hand and couldn't knit for four or five days, I did nothing but watch movies for an entire Saturday. I think I'm the last person on the planet to see the movie Meet Joe Black...
So check out my radishes. How cute are they? These guys came out on Friday, and I've got about the same amount nearly ready that I haven't pulled yet. The only thing with having a gazillion radishes is that I have to eat a gazillion radishes. When I was picking just a few at a time, they were getting dehydrated in the fridge and I was tossing them before I could eat them. I discovered that if I put them in cold water (in the fridge) they stay hydrated and I get a couple extra days in which to eat them. Carrots, beets and swiss chard not ready yet. Many little tomatoes coming along, but they're still green. We were supposed to have thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, but nothing yet. I might have to go out and water which is a drag b/c it is about 90 degrees with oppressing humidity. My pansies are looking really desperate - they've gone limp and fallen over. I'll feel guilty if it doesn't rain and they die overnight.
If I wasn't typing, I'd be finishing up my Everyone's Doing It shrug by Megyn. I tried to add the link, but I couldn't do it. Her photo is on Ravelry, w/ a link to the pattern, so y'all have to go to Ravelry yourselves. I've altered the pattern to make half sleeves - I decided to do 41 rows of seed stitch but feel free to do 40.
I'm not totally wacked in the head - I had a to change yarns, and I wanted the ends to be in the back so I had to end the seed stitch on a wrong side row. I'm using Blue Heron cotton/rayon seed in Rain colorway which is sadly discontinued. These are Holly colors if I've ever seen them. I might have to try to corner the market on this colorway before it disappears forever. Only the best for my stash, right? I've never used this yarn before, but I really like it.
Alright. I need to scoot. I'm going out to water the pansies, coming in to take a 9:30 conference call and then going to bed. The shrug should be done tomorrow and I'll post pics on Thurs or Friday b/c I'm taking extra days off for the holiday! Yippee! Thanks for stopping by.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Happy Sunday

I should probably say Happy Father's Day, right? Hmm. I don't think I have any fathers in the readership, but maybe. This is the 5th Father's Day that Hank, my late father, has missed. I'm terribly sad at this very instant, but I'm sure it will pass and I'll get back to my usual sarcastic, make-a-joke-out-of-everthing self before too long. Probably in the next sentence. Tubby is here with me, and she's rubbing against my hand making it difficult to type. I'm just warning all 'ya all - the upcoming typos are Tubby's. And now (so as not to be outdone) Munchie has jumped up in my lap and they are about to get into a fight. Psyched.

I have some sad news to report: All the blossoms fell off my orchid. I'm crushed. They lasted six months! And, two bloomed about two weeks before all of them fell off. I think it is the heat and humidity lately, but I don't know for sure. Now I've got three dormant orchids, and none of them will probably ever bloom again. I'll have to hope that A gets me another orchid this year for a holiday gift. I know I need to repot them, so maybe I'll give that a whirl when I have some free time. Their roots are all good. Anybody have any orchid tips?
Today I'm planning to take a yarn store field trip w/ my friend B. She has to exchange some yarn, and I'm always up for visiting a yarn store whether I need any or not. (Even I have to admit I'm in the NOT red zone at this point.) I'm just about done w/ the I-cord for my twirly skirt, and I'm trying to decide what to do next. I've got two things on the needles right now - a sweater and a lace scarf - but I want to start something new. I really want to start the Janis Joplin Jacket by Jill Stover, but I'm not sure I want to be buried under 900 grams of Debbie Bliss Donegal Tweed Chunky in the blazing heat of the summer. That one may have to wait until the fall...or at least the next rainy weekend. I think I'm leaning toward the Everyone's Doing it Shrug by Megyn. My friend D banged one out in less than a week and it looks great. I'm going to do mine in Blue Heron Beaded Cotton/Rayon. If I like it, I might make one for each of my sisters. OOPS! Not much of surprise, is it H & H? HA!
I was going to put up a picture of what I look like in my new glasses, but between the bedhead, the no make up, and trying to capture my own image it didn't go so well and I've opted to keep you all in suspense. Another time perhaps. I have a headache and I think I need some caffeine so I'm going to scoot. Thanks for reading, and say hi to your fathers for me!

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Woo Hoo! Twirly is done...Finally!

I'm leaving a couple minutes to go pick up my friend (and former room mate) G but I wanted to get a pic of the finished twirly skirt up pronto. I just have to weave in the ends and put the i-cord drawstring through the eyelet at the waist. I didn't think I'd ever get this thing done, so I'm so psyched to get it out of it's beat-up ziploc bag and off the needles. I should be able to get my Cinquefoil hat done next. I found a backwards stitch about seven rows back that I have to fix. See it? Probably not, but this is the kind of thing that would drive me insane. The stitch is right between my middle and ring fingers. Hey - check out my nails that I bit down on Thursday. My nails have been pretty long lately but Thursdays do me in and this past Thursday was especially harsh.
Okay - gotta scoot, but I'll check back in later if I have a sec. Tonight is the season premier of TrueBlood. Psyched. Hoping as always to hear Swedish spoken in this episode...