Dear California: Thank you for the lovely weather during the Thanksgiving holiday. Although some folks like their Thanksgivings to be nippy, I loved our long walk through 70 degree sunshine on Thursday afternoon. I also have to thank you for your lack of traffic during the holiday weekend. Other than getting in and out of [...]
Holiday whimsy
I call this two little monkeys jumping on the bed: The Pattern: BMFA Funky Sock Monkey The Needles: US 5′s The Yarn: Dream in Color Smooshy (Blue Lagoon), ShiBui Knits Sock Yarn The Verdict: The pattern comes in two sizes and I think the larger size would probably be easier to work with. They came [...]
Random Tweets
Whoever started calling the Point of Service system the POS either had a great sense of humor or absolutely zero intelligence. Sweet jeebdus I need a real job so I can shop at yarn stores as a profession. My husband is an amateur carpenter and turns water into wine. Did I marry Jesus? I should [...]
Orts
I do believe I am following in the steps of my friend PlazaJen when I do a post of random orts! I went to the drive-up ATM today and watched not one, but two people park their cars more than 3 feet from the ATM and GET OUT to use the ATM. PEOPLE! They are [...]
Reality Bites
Why is it that at night, as I lie in bed and wait for sleep to come, I compose beautiful bloggy prose in my head and when the morning comes and I can finally type it all out, all that remains is “I can haz cheezeburger?” Last night, for instance, I had this whole beautiful [...]
Outdoors
After last weekend, the last thing I expected was good weather this weekend, but it’s the Midwest and you just never know. Yesterday was cold and there were a few flurries, but today it was in the 50′s and we got out and did some geocaching. Sadly, we only found a few of the caches [...]
A picture is worth…. hmmm…
Last weekend Wes and I stopped by Dillon’s to pick up a few groceries and were astonished to see THIS in the toy vending machines: Apparently THAT’S what they do with leftover campaign merchandise once the election is over. And how’s that for a pretty crappy rendition of McCain? What’s even funnier than this, is [...]
Just in case you didn’t know…
According to this source: The American Medical Association says that texting while driving is bad. With all deference to Daddy DevilWorks who is a physician, and an upstanding member of the AMA, I think we have to thank the AMA for their OBVIOUS COMMON-SENSE wisdom. (Dr. Obvious anyone?) Any thing else we should know about? [...]
And fall is over.
Just like that, the trees have shed their leaves, the temperatures have dropped and snow is in the forecast. Fall was beautiful but short and I miss it already. I’m really cold. This weekend we headed down to my in-laws so that Wes could finish up a curio cabinet that he’s building for his mom. [...]
History
I honestly don’t have words eloquent enough to describe what I watched last night; the tension, the elation, the sense of relief I felt. I feel proud to be an American today. I would also like to say how impressed I was by both speeches last night. Senator McCain was gracious and patriotic, and respectful [...]
