in which I update and indicate that I am still alive

Greetings and salutations.  It's been a while - 6 years, in fact, almost 7 - and yet I still breathe.  Amazing!  

Still living in the same place, not working in the same place, and beagle-less.  Lily crossed the Rainbow Bridge in 2021, and I got Mia a month after I lost Lily.  Mia was a younger beag, but she developed an ear infection and myeloma, and she left me very suddenly in January 2022.  It's been a long pandemic, and I'm still furbaby-less.

I also want to apologize for a previous post.  My VLD tastes changed sometime around the start of Season 5, in March of 2018, and I turned into a Sheith fan.  Apparently I was imagining that this series should be like the former series, and Oof.  I was wrong. Freely admit.  

We've had a terrible election rollercoaster in the US since someone came down a golden escalator, and I for one will be glad when TFG is no longer in the public eye.  I have MAGA fatigue something fierce.  I can say without remorse that the last 3 years under Biden have been so much better than with TFG - I don't wake up each day wondering if we've gone to war with someone because of an implied diss.  I still can't believe that such an unbalanced fake 'celeb' was actually in control of this nation.

Nothing more, really just coasting along, working full time as a pre-press tech, making my projects, listening to sportsball games. Hope we have a woman in charge of the US soon!! Vote!!

Cheers.

sooo needed this laugh

Okay.  Calmer than yesterday, but still irked at the USOC.  *grumbles loudly under breath*

Anyway.

I just ran across this video and discovered that it is THE Bob of Ravelry fame!



*diez*

Poor Bob. Cookie? No cookie. Cookie? COOKIE! LOL

Cheers!

knitting of a different sort and catching up

Hi all.  Yeah!  Still breathing!  Just not doing much besides work, sleep, repeat.

I did finish a project that I'd started a long time ago - it needed about 2-3 more inches of rings and the clasp.

This is a Byzantine design chain, with 4.5mm sterling silver and red-clad copper rings. Yes, that is a quarter. Finished length without the clasp was 22 inches long.  I had a wild idea that I'd like to learn how to make the European 4-in-1 sheet, and realized I'd not finished this one.  I think there's a pair of earrings in the box that needs to be put together too, and then I can play around with the 4-in-1!  Trying to stop the start-it-now-itus before it, well, starts.

I knit my fingers off for Christmas, and have been carrying a 2 color brioche stitch scarf to and from work for over a month.  How many rows have I knit? About 20. Just not motivated.  Lisa showed me a poncho that someone was wearing that she liked, so I've been looking for a pattern for a turtleneck poncho/cape.  I may have a pattern in mind, but I'll have to see how the ribbing works out.

I got a Kindle Fire for Christmas, and it has been the reason for my lack of good sleep for the last 2 months.  I have only read a few things, but I have been collecting a lot of cookbooks and trashy romance novels/novelettes from Amazon's freebies.  The problem is that I'll get involved with a game or scrolling through a bunch of recipes and *poof*  it's 4 AM.

I finally learned how to make pot roast.  yes, I'm going to be 44, but hey, I don't cook for anyone but me, and pot roast is usually a family dinner.  I've made two so far, both in the slow-cooker, and have been tweaking the recipe as I go along.  Most of the recipes for slow-cooker pot roast call for cream of mushroom soup, but I'm not using it.  I've also decided I need to make my own onion soup mix, cuz the first one was waaaay too onion-y.  Wish me luck!

I did find a cardi I'd like to make for myself:

It's from the Bond-America people, and why yes, I do have a knitting machine (of course!)...what do you think of the cardi?

Breaking news: SPRING TRAINING HAS BEGUN! FULL SQUAD! AAAIIIIEEE!!!!

Ahem.

Time for sleep - the dog is snoring away and the infomercials have started on the TV.

Cheers!

yet another video

I'm starting to think this is all I do on this here blog....

The video dog runs like Lily...puppybutt scoots on the floor!

It's too hot to blog more...need to look for thru-the-wall air conditioner installers. Yes, two of my three units are not working - one is fried and it appears that the other isn't getting power. Hot hot hot.

Cheers!

pooches, ravelympics and basically touching base

Hi! Thought I abandoned you? Naw. Just my usual boring life going on, so I haven't posted.

I posted a while ago that I had some bad news to pass on. On September 10, 2009, my dear pooch Pluto had a heart attack and died in my arms. I'm afraid I was depressed for a few months, and that's mainly why I've failed to post. I didn't knit, blog, or chat much online. It didn't help that it was really quiet here at home, with no furry friend to motivate me to get moving.

On January 15th, that changed.

I'd been casually looking at PetFinders, and wondering if I'd want another dog. And what kind. Well, I came across this one sad looking dog that looked like she needed a home, and went to see her. Three days later, I adopted Lily. She is a very small 5 year old beagle, or possibly a beagle/dachshund mix. She's a tri-color, no 'flag' on her tail, and bays loudly! She's only 9 inches tall at the shoulder, and was an emaciated 8.5 lbs when I got her. She had a LOT of things wrong - whipworms, coccydia, dehydration, and (as I later found out) a double ear infection. Since then, we have managed to kick all of that to the curb, and today she was a whopping 12.7 lbs! Yay! Now we're working on housebreaking - almost there - and how she seems to have to sleep in the MIDDLE of the bed.

Here's a pic from January 31 - she travels VERY well, sleeps 5 minutes after getting on the road - and we were at Fort Kaskaskia Park in southern Illinois:

She's a little dog with a big mouth - will bay at me if I don't make her dinner fast enough, and has a bit of separation anxiety, but she's a good dog otherwise. If she's awake, the tail is wagging! We also need to work on the hogging of the warm air from the space heater - she's a great draft blocker, so I end up staying cold while she gets a nice warm back or tummy! I'm working on more pictures, so stay tuned.

I have picked my knitting up again, and participated in the 2010 Ravelympics! I medaled in several categories:

If you click on the picks (except for the Single Skein), you'll be redirected to pictures of the completed projects. I started but didn't complete a Kureopatora's Snake as well, finished that one a few days ago, and started another one for me. The temps right now don't warrant scarves, though. Oddly, I think this happened last year about this time too - right after I finished Lisa's basketweave scarf. Hmmm.

I'm recovering from a series of illnesses that landed on me all at once the first week of February, and am TIRED of taking pills. Bleh. I'm nearing the end of my third (!!) course of antibiotics, and finally (mostly) have my voice back. Had to have a root canal due to the infection moving into a tooth, as well. I'm feeling much better now.

I love Meteorite Men. Want more Eps!!!

Lastly, BASEBALL HAS RETURNED! *happydances* Spring Training games started last week (and Yes, I'm glad they don't count. Ouch!) and Opening Day is 4 weeks away. Four weeks!

Okay, I think I'm wound out. Yarn reviews should return soon (I just bought some! w00t!) after I take pictures and type out the list.

Cheers!

yes, still alive, i am

This was kinda cool....my Twitter cloud! Click it to see it full sized.



Stuff to talk about, news, yarn, news, did I mention news? More soon.