knitmeister

The week

I turned 44 on Sunday.  ho hum... The dogs destroyed the Charlie Brown waterfall.  I will have to rebuild it.  I'm tempted to just shitcan the whole thing but leave the pile of flagstones with the birdbath and dripper on top.  Evidently a chipmunk has claimed the Taj Knitmeister as his humble abode and the dogs will obsess about it until he is in pieces.  They dug at it and tilted one of the preformed creek courses and the water just pours out the side which drains the whole kit and kaboodle.  Stinkin' mutts...

I did a little spinning with my pal Chery earlier this week.  Started the bobbin of this laceweight merino which I finished up a couple days later.  It's very soft and I love the color but I suspect it's a tad underspun since it is so fuzzy wuzzy...but I see there are kinks.  How could it be underspun and overspun at the same time?  Poor consistency I suppose....

Time for this circus wagon to head south to the cabin.  My cousins and aunt are driving many many hours to come spend a long weekend with me at camp, so it's quite a special occasion!

It's for the boids!

 

My little Charlie Brown waterfall....I made it all by myself!  I dug the hole, hauled and spread all the stone and pebbles, set the pump, ran and buried all the hose and electric for the pump AND the dripper.  It took me three days in mostly 90+ degree temps, and don't even get me started on the humidity.  I funkified my work clothes daily.  Why I chose to do this in the middle of the summer...I do not know.

I'm a loser.

Ok, well so I haven't heard a thing back about the resume I sent for a $10 an hour job, so I went out and bought an iPhone to make myself feel better, and let me tell you!  It worked!  So what if I'll be eating baloney on Wonder Bread for awhile....

I tried to blog from the grocery store about a cute little older man who was fussing about the sodium in a teeny little can of corned beef hash(it was 1000 grams!).  He had the cutest little jaunty plaid tam and striped madras cotton short sleeved shirt on.  He put it back on the shelf and said maybe he'd have it Sunday.  There are a lot of older citizens in my neighborhood.  I often find items misplaced while I'm shopping.  I wonder what the thought process is that leads to the bag of raisins landing on the shelf between the OJ and the milk.  Do they just change their minds?  Do they decide they can't afford it?  Have they forgotten that they put it in their cart and wonder who the stranger is that put the raisins in there?  Anyway, I lost my entire post because my screen went dim and I hit the home button by mistake and lost the whole dang thing. 

The iPhone has a decent speaker for personal listening, unless you're an audiophile of course.  I've worn the battery out twice just playing with all the cool stuff.  I imagine the battery life will leave a little to be desired.  So I guess I will just have to keep the charger close at all times.

I still haven't gone back to Weight Watchers, but I need to.  Chip's nephew, Taylor , who waited in line at the Apple store for me until I got there captured my picture on one of the computers on display while we were waiting in line.  I didn't like what I saw.  I don't see that when I look in the mirror, so I don't know what gives?!

The phone is awesome, I highly recommend it.

***egads, just read this again after posting last night and found quite a few typos and misspellings!  Note to self...no posting after Ambien has taken effect!  heh heh

This is it, in a nutshell.

I turn 44 in a week. I can't sleep. I want an iPhone.(this is not the reason I can't sleep) I partially installed a water feature in my back yard today. I ran out of poop.(poop=steam) It was 98 degrees and I soaked my clothes, t-shirt AND pants.(well, I guess I actually had plenty of steam) I applied for a job last week. I don't think I'll get it. I haven't interviewed for a job in many years. I'm scared.  I haven't been to Weight Watchers in over a month.  I've had a bit of a relapse.  Ummmm....I can't think of anything else. Except that perhaps that I really, really hate summer.

Pile o' Poppies

So far we have white, blue, pink, red, salmon, and butter yellow.  I have yet to make the green and the black.  I plan to incorporate them into a spinning project soon.

Reserve my room...

Last week Chip left before me to head out to the cabin with his nephew, Taylor, for the holiday weekend.  They wanted to get a head start on some construction work before our guests arrived for fun and relaxation.  I packed up the car to head out with the dogs on Thursday.  I ran up to the gas station to run the circus wagon through the car wash and gas it up before I loaded up all the critters.  As I was leaving the gas station I noticed a warning light had illuminated on my dashboard.  I got out the trusty owner's manual to see what was the matter and discovered it was a tire pressure warning.  So I whipped a u-ey and headed back to the air hose to check it out....only all my tires were okey dokey.  I called the dealership and talked to a very nice man in the service department and it went sorta like this:

Me: "So, I have this light on, on my dash, and it says it's a tire pressure warning, only I checked all my tires and they're all ok at 32 psi."

Toyota Service Guy: "What model Toyota do you have?"

Me: "It's a Rav4."

Toyota Service Guy: "Did you check your spare.? On those Rav4's it's usually the spare that does that."

Me: "Oh, it has a sensor too.?"

Toyota Service Guy: "Yep."

Me: "So, where exactly is the spare tire on my car, do I have to crank it down or anything?"

Folks....this is what the back of my car looks like...

Toyota Service Guy: "Generally, on the Rav4's the spare tire is on the back."

Me: .....hysterical laughter.....  (and really really glad I hadn't given him my name)

Morning Surf Scarf

...and I've run out of yarn.  It's not even three feet long.  In hindsight I should have made it narrower.  I've managed to find some more roving on Etsy that is similar to what I used to make the rainbow colored single in this two-ply, and then I've also requested a duplicate custom dyed roving for the oatmeal I plied it with.  ...just a slight hiccup. So, I'll have to set it aside for now.