Paper or Cotton? Or a clock?

I just remembered that today is my two year blogiversary. What is a traditional 2nd blogiversary gift? Also, we've been in our house officially one year today. Well, 'in' is a fairly loose term at this point, but we're getting close! Anyhoo, some milestones.

I know it's proper to conduct a contest on one's blogiversary but, uh, no. Not gonna. Thing is, I have no idea how I'd craft one or what it would be about or have to do with (though placing bets on a move in date into the house portion of our property would be quite fitting I think), nor do I know what I would give away as prizes. I have no stash worthy of giving away, and besides, if I did, I'm keeping it for myself!

So here's a little something for everyone. Just wanted to say a very heartfelt and sincere thanks to any and everyone who stops by, be it regularly or every so often to check in on what's going on in my little life. This blog thing greatly amuses me, and I hope it does the same for you. Hope y'all stick around for as long as I decide to.

To go along with that, a little random nonsense. I've been plagued with this for the last week or so. Every once in a while, I wake up with some ridiculous and obscure song that has bubbled up from deep within my subconscious. I share it with you now, hoping that will haunt you as it has haunted me. Clearly an indication that I started watching far too much television at far too young an age. Enjoy.


I had hoped to find the video intro to the show, but this was the best I could do.

Update: FOUND IT!



Until later...

The Lonely Toothbrush...

Despite much hissy-fitting and foot stomping, the constable took the laptop with him during his two day training dealy which left me utterly and completely computer-less for nearly forty-eight whole hours. It saddens me to say that during the aforementioned time period, I was a bit twitcy and distracted. I kept going to check my email, which I do several obsessive times a day, only to realize that I could not. At work, I kept thinking to myself, 'Alright, just a few more minutes and then I'll sneak a peak at a couple of blogs.' Thus, it proves once and for all that I am not as detached from this techno-culture as I had hoped I was. When I got home this afternoon and found my loving husband sitting on the couch, back safe and sound from his little overnight excursion, I greeted him warmly and then went straight for the lap top. It's a sad, sorry state of affairs my friends.

Not having a large part of my day sucked up by ticky-tapping at the keyboard suddenly and mysteriously frees up quite a few hours. I got an exceptional amount of knitting done last night. Actual knitting. Not just reading about knitting or inputting data about knitting or looking at pictures of other peoples knitting...real, honest to goodness, did it with my own two hands knitting. This is what I was working on...



Classic Cable from Top Down for Toddlers by Deb and Lynda Gemmel. I've been so obsessed with this project that it's bringing me dangerously closer to carpal tunnel with every stitch. I've been dying to knit this pattern ever since I bought the book, about a year ago or so. My last trip to Mahone Bay resulted in enough Lana Wool Gatto (I'd put a link here but I can't find a decent enough site) to do the job and then some. The picture almost does the colour justice. This yarn is perfect for this project. I think the resulting sweater will be nice and warm but light and soft. This yarn is so nice to work with...I just want to keep touching it. To give you an idea of how relentlessly I've knit this sweater, I started it last Friday night. This photo was taken...two days ago, so Tues. afternoon. I took the sweater to Knit Nite last night too, and knit a bit afterwards, so the body is nearly finished. If I can keep up this pace, I'll likely be done the whole thing by the end of the weekend. That's a personal best for me.

In other knitty-type news, I've yet to tell you all of my latest acquisition. Please excuse the background on this photo, it does nothing to enhance the object itself.



An antique wool winder. Had my eye on it at the local buy n' sell, and when I ventured back for a second look, it was still there. That's my rule...see it once, let it marinate, if it's still there, it was meant to be. Hiding items in dark corners or behind less desirable objects is totally permitted. Not that I did such a thing with this little gem, I'm just sayin' is all. Anyhow, I'm pretty pleased with my little purchase. It looks very antique-y indeed and will hopefully go very nicely in the craft room of my imagining.

As the hubby was gone overnight, I had the rare occassion of having the bed all to myself. It mimics in adulthood the same sensations as a snow day did in childhood. It is delightful and guiltfree and you revel in it while you can, full of the knowledge that it will not last forever. This little indulgence was tempered however by seeing my toothbrush, normally paired and happily co-mingling in the cup next to the bathroom sink, standing there all by itself this morning. It was a sad little image, and it made me a little lonely too. Nice to know this absence was only overnight...and nothing like those six long months of a year ago.

And with that in mind, I think I'll hunker down and get a few minutes of whole bed to myself time before someone finishes watching Murder at 1600 on TBS. (I didn't think Dennis Miller's acting in that was all that bad).

Until later...

Calling all Bloggers...

Hallo.

Here's the thing. I've been part of this whole blogging community for something like a year now. I blog mostly for my own amusement. It all started as a sort of 'look at me! Over here people!' kind of thing and mostly so I could joing knit-a-longs and comment on other blogs that I was reading.

All of my life I've been behind the curve. Fashion trends, music trends, movies, tv...I'm always just a little bit behind what is considered the 'it' thing, the 'now' thing. Which I'm fine with. Now that DVD makes things last into perpetuity, I can catch up whenever I feel like it. As for fashion, I don't really care anyway. None of that stuff EVER looks good on me. I'll stick with the classics, thank you very much. Saves me money in the long run. But I'm digressing...

I read about three or four blogs religiously and then catch up on a handful more when the mood strikes. But I think I'd like to branch out a little, see what else is out there. If the past is any predictor of the present, then I'm pretty sure I'm missing out on some cool stuff.

So I'd like your help. What other blogs are you visiting? What other blogs would you recommend? I'm terrible at searching out stuff online, as I usually lose patience or interest early on. Or I'm just lazy and this is the path of least resistence. 6 of one, half dozen of the other...ya know. They can be craft related blogs, or humorous blogs...just stuff that's really interesting/inspiring/thought provoking...whatever. I'm just interested in expanding my bloggy horizons.

So if you would be so kind as to oblige when you stop by, leave me a link or a title in the comments. I'd love to know what you're reading too!

Until later...