{"id":831,"date":"2006-03-27T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-27T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=831"},"modified":"2006-03-27T14:32:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-27T18:32:00","slug":"carnies-and-octopi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=831","title":{"rendered":"Carnies and octopi!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more A day of unexpected pleasures.--><\/p>\n<p>After dropping clothes off at Goodwill yesterday, I stopped by a local mall to pick up a few things.  When I got there, there was a carnival in the parking lot.  So I didn&#8217;t shop, but instead went home and told the family.  We all went out to ride the rides.  My daughter won a cheap stuffed green dog and was so proud of it that she hasn&#8217;t put it down since.<br \/>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/greendog.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThat&#8217;s our cat, not our daughter.<\/center><br \/>\n(Note:  everybody &#8220;won&#8221; something who played this game, but she&#8217;s still not letting go of her dog.)  About 7pm, after funnel cakes, ice cream, and a few rides, she said it was time to go home and rest, so we did.  She doesn&#8217;t like being out at night very much.  When we woke up that morning, we had no idea we&#8217;d be riding a carousel that night.  It was a fun surprise!<\/p>\n<p>Last night, I heard from the proprietor of http:\/\/www.anatomyofaskirt.com , who apparently is a Browncoat!  The current 7-week wait for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearwithstyle.com\/hat5.html\">Jayne hat<\/a> was a bit much for her, understandably.  Fortunately, she can knit and I can get kits out within a day or so of ordering.  Coincidentally, I&#8217;ve been admiring her designs for a while now, and my booga bag is on its last legs.<br \/>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/Boogaoldstraps.jpg\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nIn my ideal world, I&#8217;d knit myself this little baby: <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mybagatelle.com\/store\/images\/medium\/products\/eve-bagw_MED.jpg\" \/> but realistically, I just don&#8217;t have the time.  So, we worked out a swap:  Cotton and wool kits + special packaging in exchange for the awesomest purse ever from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anatomyofaskirt.com\/index.php?main_page=index&#038;cPath=1_5\">her bag collection.<\/a>  Soon&#8230; soon&#8230; this little baby will be mine!<br \/>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anatomyofaskirt.com\/images\/medium\/Dec29%20086_med.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nI&#8217;m doing my happy dance!<\/center><br \/>\nErin, the brains behind the site, has been very responsive, nice, and professional, by the way, so I feel good in recommending her to anyone who wants Cool Stuff.<\/p>\n<p>The kiddo and I have been having a good day.  She&#8217;s doing her usual Disney Channel website mania, but she&#8217;s also wanted to sit out in the car, just being quiet and undistracted, while we talk occasionally or tell stories or sing songs.  So we&#8217;ve been hanging out.  It&#8217;s been pleasant.  Tomorrow, off to visit my mom.  By then, Mom may be vibrating so fast with excess energy that she appears to be a giant blur.<\/p>\n<p>Hope your day brings wonderful surprises to you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[87],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}