Contest At Jen's!

Jen at wife, "mom", and knitter
is having a contest. All you have
to do is share one of your strangest dreams on her blog. I've had plenty, especially after late night snacks. :-?
The winner will receive a hank of Socks That Rock 100% Superwash Merino – Mediumweight and a set of six beautiful milifiore glass stitchmarkers made by Jen.
Pretty easy.
The contest ends at midnight on Sunday, May 31st (E.S.T). She will contact the winner by email on Monday, June 1st and will announce the winner on Monday’s blog post.
Good luck!

Happy Saturday.

There's A New Kid In Town

This is Jack.
Jack is the new kid.

This is Daisy. She's the old pro. I made this doggie montage of Daisy a couple of years ago. She was in her prime back then and had everyone's undivided attention. She is much more mature now and all she asks for is a little bit of love.

Then along came Jack... aka Trouble.
Jack the puppy is full of energy and in search of adventure,
in other words he gets himself into "situations".
Today's "situation" involved a beautiful flower plant mistaken for a chew toy.

The only thing this little guy asks for is a treat and some good times.

Jack might be a handful but he sure is a cutie.
How can you say no to that face?

We're Doin' Bizness Here

Jen posted one the other day (the tomato)... Pioneer Woman posted one too.
Kids on video are hilarious. You never know what you're going get when the camera is rolling.
I want to share the funny Youtube video Pioneer Woman posted on her website today... mainly because ... sharing is caring. :-)
Enjoy!



Here is Jen's!



Thank you, Jen and Ree!!

Bon appétit

On the few occasions I've posted about food, I have always shown snapshots of chips, candy and cookies... a junk food photofest, if you will. Yes, I love to indulge in anything and everything containing chocolate and sugar... shugaaah for the double dutch bus enthusiast.
The song is now playing in my head.
While eating dinner, I decided to take a quick photo of tonight's meal.
Everyone does it - I thought to myself - why not join in?
I'm such a follower.
This is also an opportunity to prove to myself and to anyone else wondering, that I eat healthy meals most of the time... well, I try. Unless there's a bag of Lay's lime potato chips in front of me. Like they say, you can't eat just one, until my tongue shrivels up after so many, then I know to stop.
Here is what I whipped up. It's pasta in Ragu Cheesy Classic Alfredo sauce, some BBQ chicken and veggies; broccoli, cauliflower, corn, zucchini, and fresh tomato; bread and jamaica juice.Yum! It's fast and easy to prepare.

Once again, excuse the blurry photo - I was too hungry to pull out the ipod to take a clear picture.
Bon appétit

Chocolate, Talk To Me!

I've resorted to chocolate candy and cookies to help me see things clearly in the knitting-forefront and my friends at the farm... Pepperidge Farm, have come to my aid.

My cardigan is almost complete but the shoulder seaming is giving me grief, not to mention it fits a bit snug around the bustline. Drats!

There were a few modifications made when I reached the shoulder bind-off. I tried following the pattern, but it just didn't feel right or look right. Then I remembered reading something about the sleeves on Leslie's blog....an error in the pattern...so, I went a huntin'. As it turns out, the hardcover first edition of Knit Cafe had a few mistakes throughout the book, but it seems that my mods were right on. Unfortunately, after seaming and getting lumpy results, I'm back to frogging.

To help me with my agony of defeat or desweater, I decided to prescribe myself a good dose of Lipstick Jungle Season 1 and 2.
Gawd, I love this show. I can't believe it was cancelled!

BTW, I found the pattern to one of the sweaters worn by Lindsay Price in Season 1, episode 6, and I spotted it on the Saks Fifth Avenue website. Yup, it was hundreds of $$$, but darn cute!

Around The World 3,324,872 Times

Laurie at Crazyauntpurl has the right idea...
If only life were a musical.



Stop by her blog to read the full story.

Happy Mother's Day

Weekend

The obsession with my slouchy cardigan has taken over my life. My weekend was spent knitting, eating, computer blogging and watching several episodes of a few downloaded reality shows, all the while knitting.
On Sunday, I was feeling the ache in my back, neck, shoulders, and hands from my Saturday knitting marathon, but do you really think it put a halt to my madness? Noooo.

I'm trying to knit the cardigan without side seams. So far, so good. I clocked in many hours and 12" worth of knitting when suddenly I saw this... argh!

For the love of TheSweaterGod! It really bugs me when I buy yarn and then find a knot several yards into the skein. Do you see that hole? It was a knot that came undone while I was pulling and tugging at it. I came across it as I was knitting...thought about frogging back because I didn't want a knot in the middle of my sweater...but I kept on going.
Now I have no choice, and there is no solution other than to frog. BUT...on a positive note, I can start the new skein from the edge of my work instead of the middle. Thank heaven for small favors.