Kiss My Knits!

I have a meeting with the other Brownie moms and the volunteer coordinator from Girl Scout headquarters tonight to discuss what the heck we’re going to do about getting our troop together. One of the other moms volunteered a location that’s much closer to my home, so that’s good. The woman from HQ is also bringing a woman who’s interested in volunteering, except she doesn’t have any kids. She says she understands that that could make us wary. That’s a bit of an understatement. However, I am heartened to hear that she has a “traditional girl scout background” which presumably would involve more than just making glittery foam princess crowns. We’ll see how it all goes.

The meeting’s from 6-7, and then if I’m not too wiped, I’ll be going to the weekly stitch session. I’ve been getting less than six hours of sleep a night all week because of increased Dragonrealms commitments, and now my back is starting to hurt too because I sit in an odd position at the computer. I am really looking forward to my weekly cup of sweet, sweet coffee tonight. Mmmmm… coffee.

The daughter has no homework tonight, although we’ll be going over math stuff later anyway as that’s a weak area for her. At the moment she is making Sims 2 versions of the Powerpuff Girls.

I should have a finished object to post in the next day or so, once I get around to actually taking pics.

My daughter, watching me knit another hat: “Who’s this hat for?”

Me: “You know, I can’t remember their name. It’s not somebody you’ve met, though.”

My daughter: “Is this another hat for your friend Jayne?”

HAHAHAHAAAA! I had no idea she’d picked up on that. Apparently she was hearing “I make Jayne hats” as in “I make hats for Jayne” as opposed to a certain style of hat. About 400 hats I’ve knit, I don’t know what the heck Jayne keeps doing with them all.

EEEEEEEEE!!!

my status

my team status

infection status

game status

I predict a quick death for myself. But we’ll see.

You may or may not have seen the video of the U.S. soldiers teasing Iraqi children with a water bottle. If you have a low tolerance for human cruelty, I’d recommend against watching it.

Almost as bad as the fact that they did this in the first place is the fact that they decided it was funny enough to capture on video and share. Jerks. I imagine they didn’t think that someone it was forwarded to would put it on YouTube, or that it would wind up getting the publicity it has.

However! The good news is that people at the Pentagon saw the video and are now investigating. (Link to another blog). Good. I only had the stomach to watch the video once, because it made me so angry. Let’s hope there are some consequences for these assholes.

That’s not fair! I use my power for evil, honest I do!

Aw, nuts.

This large .pdf file is a catalog of a freakin’ incredible showbiz auction. Radar’s cap from MASH, the Mr. Pointy stake from Buffy, Tonto’s tunic from The Long Ranger, the throne chair from The Lion In Winter, contestant jackets from Truth or Consequences, Minnie Pearl’s straw hat, Elvis’s wedding ring… it just goes on and on. For the Trek enthusiast, there’s a uniform worn by Captain Picard, the name plaque of the starship Voyager, and plenty of RKO props like a chair used original Trek AND Citizen Kane.

It’s like someone turned Hollywood upside down and shook it, and this is what happened to fall out. Unbelievable.

Tonight was “curriculum night” at Emily’s school, so we went up there to cut stuff out and make a little spelling game, and generally socialize at the school. While we were there, Emily’s teacher told me that Emily had made a picture in art that was so good she got to take it to show to the principal, so that if Emily told me she went to the principal’s office, I shouldn’t be concerned, since it was a positive thing.

Well, we didn’t have any issues there, but when I asked Emily what she drew, she said she drew herself on the playground with her friends. So I assumed that’s what she’d drawn in art.

Nope. She had played with sidewalk chalk during outdoor recess. She actually drew herself on the playground with her friends. Dangit, I was so close to interpreting it right! Well, no harm done. I still haven’t seen this beautiful picture, but I look forward to it.

(Boots-boots-boots-boots-movin’ up an’ down again!)

Actually, Kipling not withstanding, it’s been an excellent day for feet!

I got a phone call from my mother. She has a store credit at Wide Shoe Warehouse. She’d buy a pair of shoes, get them home and realize they weren’t quite right, and take them back for credit (the store doesn’t offer refunds). Then she’d get another, slightly more expensive pair and have to take them back too. Long story short, she wound up with a big ol’ stack of receipts offering credit, and a growing frustration at actually finding any shoes there that she’d actually keep. Since I also have wide feet, she snagged me and we went shoe shopping. Normally I hate shoe shopping, but this was actually fun. And I wound up with the little beauty of a low boot at left. Well, I wound up with two of them, but that’s probably implied. Size 8 1/2 WW and they fit like a dream. Thanks, Mom!

As for the socks, I did the gusset and am ready to plow through the foot portion. It’s a good knit when I want to just do a row or two of something different. I’m enjoying it. I’m also a little worried that I’ll have enough yarn to make it to the toe, but I suppose we’ll see, eh?


On the Jayne front, about five more kit orders came in today. People who must have a Jayne by Christmas are bravely knitting their own. Godspeed, brave crafters!

Finally, the weather’s been so good that I’ve spent a fair amount of time outdoors with my daughter lately. Here’s a piece of sidewalk art from yesterday. This is Ava, the Cold Elf. Note the snow, the hat, and also the pointy ears.

Have a great night!