Last night at knitting we spoke at length about Potato Bugs. Something I have never encountered before. Being that they are a cricket (and as we all know I’m on a religious war against the cricket kind) I’m sure I should hate them. But I’m facinated.
I’ve been doing this constantly in my knitting. I weave my working needle through my UF project & then when I got to pick it up I randomly do not pick this needle to grab but instead a stitch filled neighboring one. Nice huh? I don’t even swear about it anymore. I just sigh and slip them back on. The worst I did was yanking on a piece of knitting in my bag to have over 100 stitches slip off. I’m freaking brilliant.
This has been a good summery of my current existence. The Mr and I are moved in to the new house (I’m sure though, we will be bringing things home from the parents house for the next billion years) and though we still have a lot of unpacking to do it’s starting to feel a little more like where we are supposed to be. Granted, we need our non-crime scene fridge back from the parents (they NEED to stop going to costco & filling it up! they already HAVE a fridge for that!) and we need to buy a new stove. A stove that isn’t creepy gross.
Maybe we will do those things this weekend. I really don’t want to go to the cigar herf on saturday. I want to have the weekend finally to ourselves, but I kinda said I would like weeks ago. So we are kind of stuck. I’m still trying to figure a way to weasel out of it, since Father’s day is Sunday that day is booked too. Another weekend gone, with no personal time. Next weekend is the lovely Nanci’s Summer Solstice Party which should be a blast.
The Mr & I both have birthday’s coming up. I really hate this time of year. This time of year is when I have to repeat 10 times to the Mr what I would like for my birthday (after he has forgotten 10 times) only to have him try to cheap out, but get me exactly (if not better) what I asked for. Then in 35 more days it’s his birthday where not only do I get him something he loves, he get’s himself presents the whole day that are equal to the amount I spent on him. Doubtful that he realizes this, but for some random reason it annoys me, and then I feel like a jerk because it annoys me. I think this year I just might say “fuck it” and get myself that Philip Stein watch that I really want and let him supplement my presents with whatever he wants with out annoyance.
This is the fish my SIL got her mom for mother’s day. Isn’t he beautiful? It took him all of 5 seconds to scope out the pond and begin bullying the older bigger koi already living in the pond. But now they all seem to get along very well. He does have an odd habit of walking on the bottom with his fins. We can’t figure out if he’s “special” or evolved.
Matt and I moved the bed over to the house last night, and after having the same fight about it we always do ended up agreeing that we needed new bolts for it & slept in the parents guest bedroom. Today the Mr will pick up new bolts & we will be staying at the house for the first night.
Cable & internet are on at the house & though it took the poor (cute) cable guy 3 hours to set up we are plugged in again. I guess when AT&T set up the phone lines in the house, they used the cable line to snake the phone line in. Meaning in the process of this they pulled out all the cable line. Nice. So we had to have them run a new line. Also, when the previous occupent left, she took her dish? & you know what? She cut the damn line to the house. They couldn’t even splice it. That’s a special brand of genius that we are finding more & more through out this house.
YES/NO GAME RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
You can only say yes or no. You are NOT ALLOWED to explain ANYTHING unless someone messages you and asks!
Over 18? Yes
Danced in front of your mirror naked? No
Ever told a lie? Yes
Been arrested? No
Kissed a picture? No
Fallen asleep at work/school? Yes
Held an actual snake? Yes
Have YOU Ever run a red light? Yes
Ever drink and drive? NO
Been suspended from school? Yes
Ever been fired from a job? Yes
Totaled a car/motorbike in an accident? No
Sang karaoke? No
Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t? Yes
Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? Yes
Ever laughed until you wet yourself? No
Caught a snowflake on your tongue? Yes
Kissed in the rain? No
Sang in the shower? Yes
Sat on a rooftop? Yes
Thought about your past with regret? No
Been pushed in the pool with your clothes on? No
Shaved your head? Yes
Blacked out from drinking? Yes
Had a gym membership? Yes
Been in a band? No
Shot a gun? Yes
Liked someone with nobody else knowing about it? Yes
Played strip poker? No
Been to a strip joint? Yes
Donated Blood? No
Liked someone you shouldn’t? Yes
Have a tattoo? Yes
Have or had any piercings besides ears? No
Made out with a complete stranger? Yes
Caught someone cheating on you? Yes
Skinny dipped? No
Regret any of your ex’s? Yes
Been to a rodeo? Yes
Been to a NASCAR race? Yes
Been in Love? Yes
The summer is shaping up to be very busy. We’ve been invited to a lot of different events, AND we still have unpacking to do yet.
Knitting:
Gentleman’s Sock in Railway Stitch from Vintage Socks by Nancy Bush. Can you see the leg shaping? 
I have turned the heel & am on my way to the toe. I know this sock yarn is Regia, but um, past that I have no idea. My father in law threw away the ball band sometime in the recent past. I like the vibrant oranges against the blue greys. I’m not usually a variegated yarn kind of person. I like my yarns solid and saturated, but this works quite well for me.
We went here this weekend for his company’s picnic.
There were a lot of people. A LOT. Thankfully the lines (for the most part) were short, and there was only one altercation that my FIL started & the Mr almost got in a fight with another man over. The short of it is that people are highly rude. Beyond rude. They step in front of you, run into you with their strollers (multipul times), jab you, hit you, push you, & rub their stink on you. If this weren’t free the Mr & I would NEVER have paid the 67$ it costs to get into this place. You heard me, 67$, ridiculous.
That said, we did have a good time. Waterworld & Shrek were by far the best attractions they had.
I did also enjoy backdraft though because of the special effects.
unfortunately every time I caught a the explosions the catwalk we were on would drop & they came out blurry. There were also many a good sign
Flying killer hats! And if your kid isn’t good enough, switch!
And fun props.
The Jaws Shark
Moe’s Tavern from the Simpsons (I love that they look posed, but they are really just talking)
For some reason when I turned my back to take pictures of the fountain my Mr was surrounded by a group of Japanese tourists all taking pictures. This is the man that scoffs ever time I try to take a picture. So I snapped one too
Dear interwebs,
I’m not sure what I did to offend you thus, but I sincerely apologize for the unintentional pain I must have caused you. I was not aware that by moving one mile down the road from where I currently live, I now have entered the boonies where you, dear Internet, do not dare go. None of your stately carriages bring you out so far it seems. Not Direct TV, not Dish Network, not AT&T, (and Verizon is just not allowed). None it would seem are able to power you through that one mile invisible barrier to my new home and let you flow through it’s cables as the blood does through my veins.
I almost cried my tender hearted Internets, “How would I ever live?” Such a separation must not be!
Then, Time Warner Cable, my knight in shining white utility truck, came to my rescue. Dear Internets, we are once again united. Please don’t tease me Internet, don’t send word you are coming only to never show. Don’t break my already fragile multi media addicted heart.
Until then I will wait on baited breath till you do light up Ravelry & WordPress & Yahoo from the very depths of my home.
Sincerely,
Me.
I rule! It took me all of 30 minutes but I beat the system. At&t told me they could not provide me the intewebs I desired but that no one else was allowed to either. So I called Direct TV, after being transfered around a few times I finally was hooked up with the internet department and low & behold, At&t had reserved lines just for their partner, Direct TV.
AT&T I own you. 30 minutes for this I guess is really impressive. I didn’t know. I’m just good at beating the system. I always have been. I manipulated our vendors and our banks to my will when I worked for my old company and now I maninpulate customer service reps to my will. My bosses all said that they were seriously impressed, and I guess it took my inlaws 2 days to do this. Who knew.
Seriously. AT&T owns the line that goes into the house. So Verizon can’t provide me internet services. (Shouldn’t I as the consumer be able to choose who I want my services with? But no, I guess this is regulated by the FCC. Thanks Big Brother for fucking it up!).
So I call AT&T right, no biggie since I really don’t care who gets me to the internet as long as I can still upload my pictures & update my ravelry account. What does AT&T tell me? That their “hub is full, and we will not be able to provide you with service at this time”. So they own the line, won’t let anyone else provide me the DSL that I want but won’t provide it to me either?
No folks. There are very little things that I really get upset with customer service representatives for. I get upset at out right stupidity (not knowing the answers or stubbornly telling me something I KNOW is wrong). Everything else is NOT their fault and I can chill as long as they need me to on hold. I’m zen like that.
BUT! When you do not know when I can get Internet services from your company on the phone line that YOU OWN or what it means that your “hub is full” or where I can look up this mysterious FCC regulation that chooses my Internet and phone services for me, you fail. Hard core.
Now Direct TV is telling me that the partner they have in my area is AT&T. HAHAHAHAHAHAhaha haha ha. *sigh*. We might have to go farmer style and have satellite Internet. In a suburb. A suburb located 45 minutes northwest of Los Angeles, and 35 minutes south of Santa Barbara, and 45 minutes from The Valley. Here, we have no Internet access.
So what do you do now?!
I’m half way through my Lace Ribbon Scarf in Henry’s Attic Prime Alpaca. When I first started this I was all “I’m going to knit this sucker till the end of the skien” With the scarf nearing 4 feet aleady (if not there) before blocking and still a good 1/2 skien left, it’s obviously not going to happen.
I have been really bad about photographing finished objects these last few weeks. I think moving has a lot to do with it, but they also aren’t things I’m terribly excited about.
Like these socks. In DAY GLOW pink. Yeah. I think so too. But they go in shoes right? So um, yeah, I have no excuse for these. I also have no excuse for the Day Glow Lime Green sock yarn in my stash other than, “It seemed like a good idea at the time”. These are a simple two row repeat from Barbara Walker’s A Second Treasury Of Stitches (or something like that). Basically it’s Row 1: *K3, P3 repeat from *, Row 2: * K1, P1 repeat from *. Nice & mind numbing right? They work. That’s all I have to say. Though they came out a bit stretchier than I would like. Oh well.
I also knit two pink hats that I could care less about. What’s with the pink you ask? I have no idea. I must have been having a pink month. I’m over it now. I think. I hope. Time for some earth colors. I decided against all your advice and am going to knit the CPH next. The green Lamb’s Pride is calling my name and I can not resist any longer. Well I can, as I’m not going to put it on the needles until we move into the house, so that’s restraint right?
Did I show these yet? Probably not. These were the second of my sock wars socks. I had to knit them from scratch because my target never started knitting. I think that soured me on the whole thing because when I got my SIP from the person I “killed” I just let them sit. Now I am dead and I’m fine with that. The yarn was OK, but I probably wouldn’t buy it again on my own. The pattern sucked the big one. It was huge (you were NOT allowed to take out a repeat to make it actually fit anyone) the instructions were poor. I could understand and forgive this from someone who’s first language was not English, but the pattern writer was from England (or Ireland) and there’s no excuse. At $2 a head & with 1300 people signed up everything could have been better.
And because I have gotten a few comments like “the house doesn’t seem as bad as you said!” well, it was, it’s hard to photograph filth. But I tried. For recording purposes only.
Let’s examine this picture shall we? Ok, moving boxes, no big deal right? I mean everyone has them. Except these do not belong to us. The belong to the previous occupant and are still in the garage. *sigh*. See the thing on the wall? yes we had to remove that for her so she could “move” that also. The back window? No, that’s not a trick of the light. It’s really that filthy. I guess the morning glories had grown up over every single window in the back of the house which means I have to send the Mr to the roof to make sure they didn’t damage the shingles.
The crap that was left in the bedroom. Look at the floor, now imagine it 10X worse in person, that’s about accurate.
This is house was dosed with a good helping of lysol. The stove is going away forever next weekend, the fridge is leaving this weekend (I have to call & get the recylcers to pick it up (as i don’t want a fridge that stored “whatever it was that bled so profusely” in it.
We are almost there. We have the living room set up, the kitchen unpacked, the office set up (for the most part, more shelving is needed) the guest bedroom set up, and tonight we are doing the master bedroom. This weekend we are moving in. So yeah. It’s been busy around these here parts.
Do you knit or crochet? How long have you been at your craft?
I knit and have been doing so for almost 2 years.
Do you spin? What type of spinning?
I don’t spin at all. Though maybe some day.
What are your favorite yarns/fibers? What are your least favorite yarns/fibers?
I love alapaca and angora. I really like any animal fiber and dislike knitting with plant fibers.
What are your favorite colors? What are your least favorite colors?
I love all colors. My favorites are tourquise, navy, yellow, burnt orange, green. I dislike all pastels.
Are there any yarns/brands that you are dying to work with but never have?
I have never worked with Frog Tree, Sadara, or Peace Fleece & I would like to
What is/are your favorite types of projects to knit/crochet?
Socks, Hats, Mittens. I love colorwork!
What are you currently working on? Anything you plan to work on this summer?
I am currently working on many things, two sweaters, socks (always), a scarf, a pair of fingerless mitts, and a wrap.
What is your favorite FO? (Post a pic if you would like.)
My norwegian snail fingerless mitts are my all time favorites.
What is your oldest UFO?
My husband’s seemless hybrid though it’s almost finished!
Are there any techniques that you want to learn?
Steeking! Cabling with out a cable needle!
Are you on Ravlery? What’s your ID?
Preita
Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot measurements?
I am a very avid sock knitter (now!) I wear a size 12 shoe, my foot measures 11″ long (big I know!)
Do you collect anything?
Wildebeasts & ugly fish things. I also enjoy a good weird piggy bank!
Do you have a yarn winder and/or swift?
I have both! Makes life so much easier! I don’t know how I ever lived with out them!
Do you love sweets? What are your favorites?
Australian liquourish, strawberry flavor. You can get it at target & it’s amazing!
What are your favorite scents?
Grapefruit or Cardimon
Where do you keep your needles/hooks?
In various needle cases but I’m out of room!
Do you have a wishlist (Amazon, Etsy, etc?)
I have an amazon wish list, but I’m no cheap date on there so I’m not going to post it I will say that I’m a stationary & journal & paper addict.
Having a birthday this summer?
July 1 I will be 26
Are you allergic to anything??? Please let your pal know!
I’m only allergic to antibacterial soap, but that’s not fiber related so we are good to go!
When did weekends morph into 2 hectic days where you do more work in that span than you do all week? This weekend we moved. We opted not to hire movers because I can honestly think of better things to spend 500$ on. I would rather be exhausted after 2 days hard labor and be $500 richer. Just me though. My FIL thinks we were nuts. But he forgets how he & my MIL would have done it at our age too. How soon you forget ;P
So the house is clean. The walls are painted & the carpet was steamed. Course now we have “clean stains” (that was from the Stanley Steamer guy, BTW if you need carpets cleaned, they were FABULOUS & quick & I totally recomend them!) but the carpet is now about 6 shades lighter. I totally didn’t realize that this carpet used to be white. O_O Best thing about this house?
Say hello to my cedar lined yarn closet. There are 6 more rows of those baskets already in place behind the doors (the closet is about 8 feet long). I am a happy camper. Seriously. That ladder? Yeah, it goes to a weird “loft” that everyone (but the Mr & I) think is cool. Talk about wasted space.
Please don’t look to closely at the back yard. It needs some major help. & I haven’t finished cleaning the outsides of the windows yet. When I was cleaning I was wondering to myself “How in the hell are these windows so DIRTY?!!!” well talking with the neighbor kid this weekend I guess the Morning Glory vines I’ve seen rolled up all over the place were actually covering every single window on the back of the house. O_O How, seriously, HOW do you let that happen? I feel a little sorry for her, but that’s ridiculous.
I met my death in sock wars. Granted I wasn’t trying very hard and am glad to be done. These socks have a date with the washing matching & drier on HOT. Can you tell that one sock is in gage & the other is not? Yeah. If I cared more about this game I would say something, but I’m over it.
Matt’s seamless hybrid sweater is almost done. It now has two sleeves & just needs the yoke. I love this sweater. Even for how big it is and how boring it was to knit, I have a feeling that this is going to be something he will wear to death. Now I should probably make him a little bit more fancy one, maybe in navy.
This sweater is a loser. You can’t tell, but those waist bumps aren’t me, I don’t have hips. See where my jeans are? Yeah, I don’t know why this sweater gave me random weird love handles, but it did & I’m done. This is going to the frogging pile. Also, I thought I was knitting this sweater on 3′s? Yeah, it was a US1 circ. Nice. I have also come to the conclusion that I can not wear raglans. Well I can but they aren’t the most flattering on me. I have large shoulders and I don’t think it suites me. Plus it really seems to make my chest look larger doesn’t it? Maybe it’s just me.
I saw this the other day and I just really liked it. Someone at Coke probably got a big raise, and I think they deserve it. Can you get a better slogan than “live positively”?
And Bob is wondering when we are finally going to move so he can stop picking on my in law’s cats.
He’s been having a turf war with my inlaw’s cat Pharroh since we moved in. I think this is probably due to the fact that they look EXACTLY alike. The only way anyone in the house can tell is by looking face on. Who knows. Soon they will have their own cat tree up over looking their own bird filled back yard.
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