not so winter blues

you know those doldrums you get when it's cold and dreary and cloudy and you just wanna cry for no reason? well down here it really is for no reason. because it's not winter. not in the strictest most wonderful sense of the word. you see its cooler here about 70... need i go on? you folks in the cold places don't know how lucky you are. we're missing snowboarding. and watching the snow. and fires in fireplaces. and scraping off the cars even. sigh. i'm not trying to be a sad sally but sheesh. what happened to winter? i know i know we live in florida now i should be happy i could go to the beach today if i wanted to but heck. gimme some snow man!

ok.
rant over.

i have photos. really i do. they're in the camera. i can't get them out. my computer is dead/dying and the boy has to order parts. so just imagine you're seeing freshly buttonholed baby clothes. a recovered rocker and some mostly finished socks. have that image. now hang on to it. til my computer gets fixed i'm stuck using this linux thing of the boy's without photoshop, with all my nifty photo editing gadgets :(

so stay tune. k?

Comments

Anonymous said…

I hear ya! In NC, it still gets chilly (we're at 34 right now), but snow is pretty much unheard of. If it's gonna be cold anyway, give me snow!

Hope the winter doldrums leave you alone soon.

January 26, 2008 at 7:46 AM

space science and a little silliness {closed}

so i was reading some online news and look what i found! you've got to read this its about pluto . so my question is. what happens to the rhyme that kids use to memorize the order? i mean hello! My Very Ecellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas... just doesn't have the same ring without the pizzas does it? oh well. so i have a proposition . no no silly no tthat kind of proposition. dave would get mad! or at least i hope he would... anyhoo. come up with your own rhyme to help kids memorize the order. the sillier the better, and the winner will get something fabulous from my stash. wow. i've never had a contest before this is kinda fun! i guess i have to figure out a way to pick the winner. hmm. ok all entries that include the beginning letter of all the currently accepted planets and usues them in order will go into a hat. not the actual people who enter. thats a big hat. but all their entries :) and a random draw shall decide ok? enter as many times as you like. and have

stick a spoon in these and stir!

lots of sugar in my cappuccino please. or maybe iced. it has been a hot day... i guess as long as it is caffeinated it shouldn't really matter right? i think i deserve it! cause these babies are done! the venezia socks. or cappuccino as i call them. i used the pattern charts and just knit these up. for my second attempt at stranded color work i think they turned out great! if i had it to do over again i would probably have used a different pattern for the sole. the stripe is a little too bold for the swishiness of the instep and leg pattern. but hey. you learn. the specifics: pattern: chart from the venezia sweater by Eunny Jang yarn: sock it to me 4 ply in coffee bean and latte needles: knitpicks harmony circs size 1. socks knit as 2 magic loops simultaneously (these needles are actually growing on me) details: magic cast on 16 stitches in coffee bean, increase at edges on every row to 26 then every other row to 36 stitches. move one stitch from sole of sock(35) to inste

and a last farewell...before i ripped out sunrise circle i took a parting photo...this sweater was jus tnot meant to be. too many other things wanted to be finished first. soon to come the bad penny 2 that i'm making for my trip to italy!

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