I'm not dead yet....

But I do feel mostly dead.

After an evening not well spent, which is too icky to post about and after making my husband promise that if I died he'd A) take care of the Dogs and B) not re-marry for one year, I got an appointment for noon today. Turns out, I'm a special kind of lucky. I have the flu ON TOP of a kidney infection. Super keen.

So after a massive shot in the ass of antibiotics, some Tylenol-3 (with codin), anti-nausea meds, and more antibiotics, I am finally able to eat something, just now, pain free.

Now, I think I'm going back to bed.

Dude.

I totally got myself super sick this time. :P

Tue I discovered I had a bladder infection. So after work I went to urgent care, got my pills, and thought all was to be well. Thursday morning, it STILL hurts to pee. And, now, my lower back is killing me. And, I'm starting o get chills/sweats. So I go to the doctor again. She switches my pills, and tells me if I get a fever of 1oo degrees, I need to come back. That I should be feeling better by today.

Today I am home sick for work. For it feels like someone punched my in the kidneys. Ow. I'm even too sick to knit. (horror!) All day, home. No knitting.

This sucks.

Dogs in Sunbeams!

Spring=Mud

Mud = Boots.

My new boots?

How freaking sweet is that? I'm totally going to wear them everywhere. EVERYWHERE!! You hear me?

I started a new sock the other night. It's pink and yellow. Lorna's Laces I got from a super swap pal. :)



Remember this?
Well I finished it Thursday Night.


But I don't think it's going to work out quite as well as last time. So. On to the matching socks? Or a hat?

Oh how I hate you, Daylight Saving Time

And other such Nonsense.

Also, this could be titled "things my dog ate"

And by "ate" I mean that he has shredded them, or torn them apart, or unravelled them. Hopefully Not consumed too much of them.

18 rolls of toilet paper.
2 slices of pizza (those were actually eaten)
a kneadable eraser
a makeup sponge
Yarn. sweet sweet yarn. at least 4 skeins
8 buns. (again, eaten)
Kleenexes
A couple lame magazines
Some hen and chicks (plant...not fowl)
Wooden knitting needles
my knitting
the garbage

you know... I think I'm forgetting something...


Anyway. Knitting has happened. I made a puppy pi over the weekend. Its' super cute and I can't wait to toss Siris in it. I fear he may eat it.

I also am very close to finishing the little dress that goes with the conception sweater. Hopefully I will finish that tonight. I just have to knit the arm and neck edging, and sew 2 buttons on it.

Dogs in Sweaters

Well, this is the best pic I could get of Siris' sweater, which totally doesn't show the cables. But try to tel him that. :)

Also, a teaser for Cpurl.

As I was taking a picture, he had to stick his head in, and try to take the socks.

Well, that's all I got. I'm feeling icky today, so I'm off to get a heating pad and the TV remote. I thin it's a pizza for supper type of night. :)

Hubby's Uncle just came and plowed us out. Hooray! I think.... I guess that means I have to go to work on Monday. ;)

And today, I finished another dog sweater.

I'll post pictures tomorrow.

Snow Update

Today, the dog won't even go outside. there's too much snow. It's almost 10 am and she won't go out to go potty. Crazy Dog.

I get to stay home, on account on the fact that it woud take me 3 years to shovel out my driveway. So, I'm going to get a bunch of housework done, and the watch bad day time television.

Ahh... I love snow days.

Snow! More Snow!

That's the view off of my deck. Lots of snowy goodness. And more to come.

And I'm totally prepared. Last night I picked up two bottles of wine. :D

They let me go home early from work, so I've changed into my jammies, and I"m going to go sit in front of the tv and veg out one bad day time tv. I can't wait. :)

WoOt!

This is what I did when I got my Package from the Lovely Cpurl17

Well, maybe I didn't jump THAT high... but still.

And you would too, if you got the socks I did.

Seriously. It's like she climbed into my head, and pulled out all the fluff, and made the most perfect socks for me.

And, there was chocolate scent body wash (which I used last night... love it!) and Candy! And pink and brown yarn! Soooo soft.

Thank you so much! I love them. Seriously. I really do.

Woo hoo!

I just got the best package ever. EVER!

Socks, candy, yarn Oh my!

But the batteries are dead. So I will show you tomorrow. I promise.

Thank you Cpurl17. I love them. You are too good to me!

I'm totally all about cables suddenly. It's like.. all these years of being scared of them, I've secretly been wishing I was knitting them. And now... boom! Cables. All the time. On the brain.

I want to make this sweater so badly. I just need a baby to fill it, since it appears that my brother is turning down my offer to knit for his baby. Freak. I told him to pick a color, I'm ordering yarn. Today. That was at 9 am. Did he get back to me? NOOOooooO! So, Should I pick out my own color, or say screw it, and knit one as a conception sweater part 2? I'm leaning to the second option. Crap! It appears that knitpicks has lost my account. Bastards. I hate hate hate filling in order cart info. They said they have no record of my email address. And this stupid fucking keyboard won't work! It loses like... every third letter. Hate it!

I'm filled with anger tonight. Anger and cables.

Ha. I ordered some for me. ME! I got some lovely purple yarn. You can't go wrong with purple.

Off to knit more on my Zen Socks. ;)

yes! Snow!

Snow means I can sit inside and knit. That I don't have to feel guilty about it. Guilty that I should be vacuuming because hey, it's snowing out!

I finished a sweater for Siris. It's cabled even! (go me!)

Yeah, well, You can't see the sweater too well. But aren't they too freaking cute?

Yes. Yes they are.

I am going to finish my sock pal sock this weekend if it kills me. I finally finished turning the heel, and I"m on to decreasing gusset for the foot. Very Nice. CPURL17 you WILL have a pair of socks! I promise. :) I got dumped on once in a swap, and I totally would never do that to anyone. Guilt knitting! Well, it's really not that bad. I just hate knitting the hell flap. Once I turn it, I'm good to go.

I just wish I could be watching a nice movie on TV, instead of the nephews playing video games. Oh sweet Jesus! It's repetitive.

Pics for CPurl17

So, here's proof that I've been knitting.
And here is my Buddha hanging out with the sock. Here's the toe. And, a hair. My hair, not a dog hair. Really... it is. I promise! :D

The second picture shows the color closest to the real on. At least on my screen it is.

Catching up!

So I got tagged with that 6 weird things meme. So here goes.

6. I'm left handed. While that's not WEIRD weird. It is weird. Esp. when you're sitting in class, discussing how they think lefties are twin that absorbed their twin in the womb, and you're the only lefty in a class of 25 students, and they all stare at you horrified. Good times.

5. I married my husband twice.

4. I tend to leave my toe nails longer than most people. Not tree climbing long, but longer then most. I like to polish them dark colors, and they look better if they're not stubby short.

3. Ever see the show Bullshit? (It's good) After watching that show, I totally have the hots for Penn. Freak? you bet. But then again, I like tall, intellectual men. :D

2. I'm always cold. Always.

1. I think my left ovary is the only one that works. I always get ovulation pain on that side. Like, since July of 06 I've only gotten the pain on the right side once. ONCE! Hello, ovary, would you , maybe... I don't know..... work?

There. If you made it thru this, and haven't done this thing yet, consider yourself tagged.

But I'm not dead yet!

really. I'm not.

Just been super busy with the insurance company, and temp at a place.

Here's the highlights:
Finished one sock on Sunday. Cast on for another. (cpurl17!)
Siris went in for his neuter today.
I finished then back of his new sweater. Holy crap I finally got cables.

um...

Yeah. That's it I guess.

Blast Again!

Well poop.

I had the money for The Rocking Socks club, but then they returned it, and now... I'm close. But not quite.

Oh well. I'll live. I'll just live vicariously thru Nic. ;)

Blast!

Some knucklehead broke into the gallery last night.

No art was hurt, but they stole some cash, 2 digital cameras, a cell phone and smashed up our register.

Bah.

I'm going to go take a hot bath.

Crazy Funtime.

My husbands' birthday is tomorrow. So I decided to make him a cake. Not any cake, a VOLCANO CAKE!! I'll be making it tonight, then freezing it, as everything I read about cake decorating says frozen cakes hold up better. Then I'll be decorating it for Sunday, when we're going out with the family. Now I can't decide if I should bring it to the restaurant where we're going to eat, (and possibly embarrass the hell out of my husband) Or, bring the family over for cake afterwards. I even found little dinosaurs to put around the cake. I think I may place as many dinosaurs on the cake as he is old, but that might be too many dinosaurs! :D I guess I'll just have to see how it works out. I'm super excited to make it. Seriously, I've been looking forward to this all freaking week!

Tomorrow, I think we'll be going to a gallery opening, and having super at a restaurant near the gallery. Never been to either place, so this should be fun. I hope.

CPurl17 This one's for you!

Because I am LAME and forgot my camera at home, I must show you links. I am sorry for that. :)

If you love any of these, great! If not, don't feel bad, I will keep searching. :)

Artyarns? It's like this one, with a little more purple, but not as much as this one.

Scouts' Swag? appletini? Bluetini? Storm Surge?

Yarn Pirate? Tangle? Rosie? String Theory? Earth and Ocean? Inferno? Sweetheart?

Any colorways you see there that you love? I've got quite a store of Scouts Swag and Yarn Pirate. So let me know if you see anything that makes you drool. :D

Dog sweater status

I finished a doggie sweater, and I"ll be sending it off to the GPA arts and craft fair. Because it is too big for Siris, and I'm a sucker for helping out animals. We looking at getting a retire racer, and this way I can still help.

Siris has some new jammies. A matching pair will also be sent. Hopefully I can turn out one more set before I have to mail the stuff off on Friday.