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Things I Like Monday

i'm going to knit night tonight so i'm posting earlier rather than later.  but that doesn't mean i'm writing a long post or anything.

just two items on the agenda:

1.  i'm liking the babette.  i've started section 7 and here are the first two squares for that section.

these may be two of my favorite squares ever.

and

2.  caro's kick ass camera straps are in her shop.   i love them.  especially the squirrel one.  you will too.  go.  now.

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day 73 -- posting early to shamelessly promote the brilliance that is caro.

Random Sunday

another weekend come and gone.  it's official, i've decided that i need three day weekends. one day just to lounge around and regroup.  get my weekend head on right.  sleep in.  do some knitting.  just generally catch up.

then that would leave me two days to actually enjoy the weekend.  you know what i mean?

anyway, i think this was a good weekend.  it went by so fast that i don't really remember.

1.  i took my sewing machine to be tuned up.  i've had one for over 20 years and have used it maybe 2 dozen times over those years.  but it needed to be cleaned and checked over. 

2.  i made some more squares on the babette.  i finished section 6 and started section 7.  no pictures though.

3.  the garden is progressing.  cilantro and basil have sprouted and are growing.  the lettuce too.  and my tomatoes have 6 or 7 flower buds on them.  of course, i have no pictures.

4.  i wore my pajama pants to the store this afternoon.  it was awesome.  i used to wear them a lot to go to the 7-11 near my condo when i lived in boston.  but i lived in a neighborhood filled with students who wore their pajama pants everywhere so i kind of fit in.  but in the burbs, i'm living on the edge.  too bad i didn't run into a neighbor.  that would have been fun.

5.  i know i did other things, but i don't remember what they are.

6.  i did drink a couple of adult beverages.  but they have nothing to do with my forgetfulness

7.  oh, i've started a sock for the summer of socks. 

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day 72 -- don't forget.  caro's camera straps.  available monday, june 30th in her etsy shop. 

Dressing Up a Nikon

i'm not much of a fashion plate. i'm usually wearing jeans a t-shirt and sneakers or clogs.  sometimes an occasional handknit.

but my camera likes to be dressed to the nines.

when caro created her prototype camera strap, i think i might have gushed a little bit.  so she made me one.  an orange one.  (gah!)

 

and the nikon loves it!   

want one? 

then make sure to stop by caro's shop on monday. you won't want to miss your chance to dress your camera up real pretty.

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day 71 -- caro's camera straps.  available monday, june 30th in her etsy shop.  better than new underpants, and that's saying a lot.

 

Eye Candy Friday

i may be in love with this aqua bowl.

everything that it holds seems to be even prettier.

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day 70 -- i bought brand new underpants (i love the word "underpants."  such a silly word)  and they're supremely comfortable.  low rise briefs.  i highly recommend them.

Kryptonite Free Zone Please

from Michelle:

Your results:
You are Superman

Superman 75% Wonder Woman 72% Spider-Man 70% Hulk 70% Supergirl 67% Catwoman 65% Green Lantern 55% Batman 50% Iron Man 50% Robin 47% The Flash 40%

You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...

hmm.  interesting.  well i certainly don't look that good in tights, that's for sure.

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day 69 -- heh heh 69

 

Whatever I Want Wednesday

my "garden" seems to be thriving.  well, nothing's dead yet anyway.  but nothing is close to being ready to harvest.  so last sunday, after doing some shopping at the grafton flea market, stitchy and i stopped at dick kelley's farm stand to see what they had to offer.

i ended up coming home with some fresh peas (in a pod!) and spinach and iceberg lettuce (who knew iceberg tasted so good!) and radishes, all grown on the farm.

i also bought strawberries (from the farm) and cherries (don't know where they came from, but they were too yummy looking to pass up).

i haven't been eating well lately so it was good to at least make an effort to try and mix it up a bit with the fruits and veggies.  my goal for the week is to finish everything i bought without it becoming mush in the fridge (j doesn't eat vegetables or many fruits, so it's all me).  and what i need to do next sunday is buy something that i've never tasted.

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day 68 -- who knew fresh peas, barely cooked, were so freakin' good?!

10 on Tuesdays

at first i wasn't going to do this week's 10 on Tuesdays mainly because i thought it would be a pretty boring list with things like "computers!" or "cars!" and then i saw terry's list which gave me some ideas.  i can't promise it'll be an interesting list, but it's my list.

10 Inventions That Have Made MY Life Easier

1. nair -- the stuff smells, it burns your hair off, and it makes a mess, but it gets the job done without having to pour hot wax on my person OR cutting myself. 

2. disposable sanitary products -- no need to elaborate on that one.  i think all women can agree on this one.

3. ibuprofen -- my drug of choice.  two days a month, it makes it possible for me to stand erect.  (heh heh ... erect)

4. staedtler mars plastic erasers -- i discovered these in france when i was a kid.  they erase every last mark without shredding the paper, and making a big mess like the pink erasers do.  those europeans sure know their office supplies.

5. mechanical pencils - with 0.5mm leads.  for someone like me who loves a sharp point, the mechanical pencil is a godsend.

6. indoor plumbing -- no chamber pots!  no raw sewage in the streets!  woo-hoo!

7. the drip coffee maker -- i don't think i'd be a coffee drinker if i had to make coffee with a percolator.

8. the cup holder -- is it weird that i love cup holders in cars and that one of the first things i looked for when i was buying my car was whether or not it had a cup-holder?  my mini, by the way, has a lame-ass cup holder.   kind of an after thought cup holder.  apparently brits don't drink coffee in their cars.

9. central air conditioning -- up here in new england we don't have to use it very often but when we do, it's my most favorite thing ever.  and if i can help it, i'll never live in a house without it again.  you know, unless i end up living in iceland or something like that.

10.  my garmin -- no studying maps ahead of time, no wasting a quarter tank of gas roaming the streets of lexington at 1am because i made a wrong turn, no having to ask for directions.  i love it even when the lady in the garmin gives me attitude.

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day 67 -- hi! and bye!  i'm going to bed.

I Blame Ashley

one of my issues (one of many) is that with all of the blogs and the flickr-ing, i'm constantly bombarded by images and descriptions of things that inspire.   and lead me to obsess about.  sometimes it's just a yarn that i must have.  or a kit i must knit or a pattern i must try out.  sometimes it's a new lens.  and sometimes it's a new craft that i want to try out.

that's how i became a spinner, by the way.

the other day though, ashley started posting pictures in flickr and blogging about her new obsession, embroidery/needlework.  and i thought to myself, "self, i must do this too!"   so i went to amazon, started adding books to my wishlist until i saw something that look familiar.

i already had a kit!  i bought it awhile back when i found it at Home Goods for something like $1.99.  and i had forgotten all about it. 

yeah so when i'm not working on babette, or some other secret projects, or commuting to my stupid job, or working at my stupid job, or finding another stupid job, or gardening, or walking past my idle spinning wheel or my dusty cross-trainer, i'll embroider something.

yes sir-ree bob.  i will.

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day 66 -- i have to remember that on knitnight i should post something earlier in the day!

Next Section

the thing with daily blogging is that sometimes you just have nothing to say or if you do, you've waited until the end of the day when you're just too pooped to think.

good thing i took photos yesterday.

work on babette continues.

 

after the first two sections, i was feeling kind of "meh" about it.  i wasn't loving the disparate colors.

but after 5 sections, it's growing on me. i sewed section 6 on today, but you'll have to wait for a photo update.

yep, i'm weaving in the ends as a crochet along and i'm sewing up the sections as i finish them.  i think it's the way to go. 

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day 65 -- the cilantro is sprouting! 

Friday Sky on a Saturday

the sky turned dark late yesterday afternoon and after a quick bout of thunder and lightening, the sun came out.  but only in the west.  the rest of the sky was still dark so i ran outside with the camera in the hopes of finding a rainbow.

and i found two!

also, here's this week's gardening update.  the tomato plants are growing.  i swear they're considerably bigger and i see a couple of buds coming in on one of the plants.  no cilantro yet, but i see tiny basil leaves pushing through the dirt.  finally, the lettuce is a little out of control.  i basically just threw all of the seeds from the packet into the pot.  i don't think i was supposed to do that.  oh well, tonight i bought another container, and tomorrow i'll thin them out.

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day 64 -- i may not have a black thumb after all.