just maryse

J is for ....

who else, but J.

able to lift small child with one arm tied behind his back.

calls his mommy every day

intrepid traveller not afraid of carrying his wife's purse

cuddler of cats.

friend of dogs

flipper of birds...

Allez Les Bleus

this is good news.  when i left work this afternoon, the score was tied, 1-1.  but france prevailed in the end beating spain 3-1.

after a scary start in this world cup, looks like france has found it's legs and are advancing to the quarter final.

this quarter final will be played against brazil, currently number 1 in the world.

but i'm very excited, because i'll get to watch this match in france.  can't beat that!

Honey I Shrunk the Kids

inspired by silvia's felted laptop bag from alterknits, i did some swatching.  diving into my stash of patons classic merino and using the random stripe generator, i came up with some stripe patterns.  honestly, i wasn't really struck.

 

but i really like how they look felted. 

 

 

i think i'll do more experimenting before i commit to a pattern.

Charity Begins at Home

a week ago saturday was "closing for the summer" day at graceful stitches, the shop where i volunteer.  the place was rocking and knitters came in in droves to stock up on yarn for the summer.  (the shop will open again in september).  so of course, i had to do my part to fight cancer.

you'll notice a theme here.

2 skeins of colinette point 5 in this wonderful berry color.  i kept petting it.  it had to come home with me.

5 skeins (i know there's only 3 shown here) of touch me.  if i ever make a scarf again, i'm making vintage velvet from scarf style.  this picture does nothing for the color of this yarn.  trust me, it's so rich.

1 skein of berroco suede.  i have an idea of what i want to make with this but i'm not telling right now. 

So Close ....

i'm almost finished......

French Lessons

j and i are always on the lookout for the "home of our dreams," and every day i receive via email real estate listings that might be of interest to us.

the "cul de sac" appears to be the type of street you want to have your house on.

"cul de sac" means "ass bag."

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ooh, today is my half birthday!  happy half birthday to me.  i think i'll half a cake.

Not Another Word

i've seen this meme popping up here and there in the past couple of days.  i hesitated posting it here because i was concerned that it would seem like i was fishing for compliments or something. which i'm not.  how presumptious of me to even assume that i would get compliments.  ha!  but seriously, i'm curious to see what kind of impression i give off with this blog o' mine. 

anyway, here goes.

Please leave a one-word comment that you think best describes me--it can only be one word long.  Then copy and paste this into your blog so I may leave a comment about you.


 

ARRGGGHHH!!!!!

what a lame ass day.  if it weren't for the encouragement i've gotten, i would have definitely thrown the color on color scarf out the window.

i spent over 6 hours knitting this....

why?  because i had to redo it 3 times.  this has been a problem with this pattern.  lots of frogging.  not all my fault.  not always my mistakes.  anyway, i have one more section to go. 

tonight, i'll relax by working on my project spectrum june sock.

I is for ....

ICE

i will be thinking of these pictures when the temperature hits the 90s this weekend.

Bloggers Suck

i read over and over again how wonderful knitbloggers are.  how kind and generous and how they look out for eachother, yadda yadda yadda.

you know what?  that's a bunch of bullshit.

and let me tell you why.  i asked you people to help me out with a small problem.  and did you help?  NO!

clearly you all couldn't be bothered. 

i just ordered it.

no thanks to you.

heh heh

(hey i needed a bag for france)

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Update:  cheryl had a brilliant idea.  no one can resist an -along

no need to sign up.  just go shopping.