This was from a list of puns I recently received via the internet:

Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot his whole life, which created an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him frail, and with his odd diet, he suffered from very bad breath. This made him a super-calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

As Saturdays go, this one has only been mediocre. With age comes days where my body just won't wake up so I've beem spilling things, tripping, dropping items, stepping on the cats, etc. all day long. It's frustrating and embarrassing. Then to cap it off, at dinner time I started coughing and wet my pants... not a lot, just a little, but the humiliation is complete. Was that too much information? It's time for early bed and chocolate.

Bonny the brave...yeah, right.

Bonny is so brave and fearless. She jumps from the top of the refrigerator to the floor, harasses Tasha (who is way bigger) and has no qualms about chasing big sized people and attacking their legs. She takes every opportunity to let us know that she's a bad-assed kitty who rules the house. Yesterday our chickens wandered onto the back porch and were staring in the sliding glass door. This picture is of Bonny. She is stuck to my side in fear while watching the aforementioned chickens. And here is Raven, one of the "scary" beasts (Bonny's ears are visable in the bottom of the photo).

Surprises in the mail!

While I was cooking lunch the doorbell rang and it was our mail carrier. And guess what?... she had a package along with the pile of envelopes. I restrained myself and opened the envelopes first and found an adorable St. Patrick's Day card from my dear friend, Karen. Thank you Karen. You're one of the few people I know who is actually of Irish descent (Zoe is the other).




The package was from my SP7, Cindy. OMG! I'm so excited it's hard to type. She sent me an Ashford drop spindle, a book on spinning, some soft, wonderful roving, a Burt Bee's skin care kit and an adorable magnetic notepad! The spinning stuff is the bomb and as soon as I get back from picking up Autumn from school I'm going to try it out. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, Cindy! She also sent an ecard wishing me a happy St. Patrick's Day.

Cindy, you are so going to win the SP7 contest!

Easter Egg Yarn!

I fudged and added some food coloring along with the vinegar and PAAS tablets in the dye bath. My hands are still magenta. I like the label and hope that my SP will too! Sorry the picture is so dark.

Is it Friday yet? What a long week. Brian started painting the bedroom today and other than the white crown molding, window frames, etc. it should be done by tonight! And now that he sees some color on the walls Brian actually likes it better than the white. Hooray for progress and open minds! This photograph makes the room look more green than it is in person.

It will take about another 1/2 hour of knitting to finish the second sleeve of the dreaded cardigan, and about two days to weave in all of the ends at the beginnings and ends of the new rows. I'm still nervous about cutting steeks into the sweater's body tube. If the body falls apart then I'll just add some ribbing to the tops of the sleeves and call them leg warmers and the heck with the rest of it.







We're having black-eyed peas, collard greens w/ham and cornbread (I've never learned to make good hush puppies) for dinner tonight. Not standard fare for Western Washington, but Brian's family is from the south and he grew up eating this kind of food. It doesn't look all that great but it does taste yummy.







I dyed some yarn for part of the final package for my SP7 Spoilee. In honor of Easter and spring this was done in egg dye colors. Hooray for PAAS. My hands will be purple for days. This is sock weight... I just hope the colors don't bleed onto somebody's feet when worn! That could be quite a shocker.

If recollection serves correctly, this will be the 19th skein of yarn I've sent her and all but two of them have been some form of pink or purple. She'll probably be so sick of Barbie colors that she'll run screaming in frustration. Ha! Mutual insanity... it's a good thing.

After several days of mundane but necessary errand running, dentist appointments and housework, coming back to the blog site is a welcome break. Brian has just about finished the drywall "finishing" in our bedroom. It's so much easier with the furniture out and a second person to watch the girls. The molding still needs to be put up and the walls need painting. Here is where B and I disagree. I chose a light putty color for the walls and bright white crown molding and trim. He choose white and white. Aargh! We've had white walls almost every place we've lived because he doesn't like color. It drives me crazy. Oh well, pick and choose your battles.

Still no news on the job search, but Brian applied for three just today. Most of the jobs are located on the east coast and in the southern states. We may end up moving lots farther away than the planned move down to Oregon.

The progress on the remaining Fair Isle cardigan sleeve has been slow... Just a few minutes here and there while waiting for the girls' schools to let out. I'm working on some final SP7 packages. This has been lots of fun and I've enjoyed "talking" with Cindy immensely. I'll continue to haunt her blog long after this is over. I'm going to do an official reveal for my Spoilee. Although, I pretty much let the proverbial cat out of the bag midway. To her credit though, she either never looked or feigned ignorance out of pity for my stupidity.

There is a pile of stuff on my back porch and in the garage waiting for either eBay or the garbage dump. For example, we have lots collector's plates featuring The Three Stooges, Star Trek Ships and some other strange pop-culture icons. I didn't buy any of these. And I certainly don't want to pack this crap and move it with us. My late mother-in-law loved shopping & QVC and UPS had a regular stop at her house. But then again, I buy lots of yarn and have my Fiesta. To each his own.