Summer Time

I love this time of year. I get super charged and feel like I can go on forever. This is the view from our balcony. It's a beautiful day in the neighbourhood.

The weather was not all that favourable this week end until today. I'm on call for work, so it was probably best anyway. I completed my socks for the Pentathlon on the Ravelry group.
The rules state somewhere that a picture must be posted before 2359 on the last day of the second month. I posted mine at 2353. I was always one to work well under pressure. I was the kid in school who wrote their paper in the car, on the way to that class.
My supervision was close at hand to give me support:


It was a long haul.


Today was most excellent. I had on my favourite knitting tools:


Hubby on hand to keep me company:


There were only a few clouds in the sky and most of them were caused by jets and planes. I don't really know the difference. Hubby explained, but I had my earphones on and was rocking out while I worked on my father's vest.

It was much to warm for Rebel. He has pretty much remained in the same place for most of the week end. He actually hisses at sunlight.


We are going to rest some more out in the sun before it changes it's mind and hides on me. I also want to go and check out the fireworks at the fairground. I will take some pictures to show you if I can. Have a great Canada's Day!!!

So That is What Happens When I'm Not at Home!?!?

Another piece of the puzzle. I'm trying so very hard to finish off my Berlin socks for the Sock Knitters Pentathlon group on Ravelry, except I have hit a little snag:

I even have a witness and photographic evidence:



"Dude! What are you doing?"


"Nothing. I'm bathing"


"Ya right. Mom will neuter you"

"I believe she already did. Remember? Had that little nap in the car. Woke up and no balls. This is payback!"


"I'm staying over here. I refuse to be guilty because of association"


"Do you think she will really notice?"


I just finished watching The Wizard. Do you remember that movie? Big 80s flick. It was like a giant advertisement for Nintendo. I thought that movie was the shit. I recently bought most of those old skool games for PS2. Can you believe that? An awesome huge byte system and I play 2 bit games. Hehehe. I love it.

The week is almost complete. Tomorrow I'm looking forward to going to the track for a work thing. I enjoy that place. The track, not work. I remember going with my younger sister, father and great uncle many a Saturday night. Very fond memories.

I'm just going to try and settle down and watch Weeds. I am really getting into this show. I can't believe I missed so much of it when it started on television. I'm doing my very best to catch up on the many episodes I missed thanks to my friend PC. Have a good night everyone. Hope the rain doesn't drown you all out.

No Pink, But There Will be Purple!

I checked out my stash of hair dye. I have miscalculated the amount of pink dye I stored. I did however, find some ultra-violet. Guess what colour my hair is now?


I like the effect. I can hide it if I need to for whatever absurd work related reason. Most people are very OK with my odd choice of hair colour. I'm glad. I tend not to think of others when I do things for myself. I chose this bottle because of the name of the colour: Ultra-Violet. It reminded me of the movie with Milla Jovovich. The one line is what got me: "I can kill them". I love strong female leads.

See:

Colour hidden.

I have done a little knitting this evening waiting for the dye to hold. It's amazing what you can accomplish when a cool movie is on. We were watching Conan the Barbarian tonight. Wow, Arnold looked young. I don't think he knew much of the English language when this was made. I think you can count on your fingers the amount of words he spoke.
I worked on my funky mittens but had to lay them aside because they make excellent pillows.

After my mitts were commandeered, I worked on my Berlin socks again.
Remember these:


I've done four repeats. I think now I will begin the heel. Before, I felt they were too short. I like a sock to have a bit of length to go over my ankle comfortably. Not much else happened this week end. It was very quiet. I enjoyed it so much because now with the summer holidays soon here, I will be on call more week ends because the other dispatcher goes for the month of July. I take my quiet time when I can. Hope you are all well.

Please Release My Yarn

I have found some yarn (no not in my stash), to make my Dad a vest for Father's Day/Birthday. It may be perceived as cheap, but it's much easier to find something really cool to celebrate both occasions. His birthday is only a few weeks after Father's Day. It's the same with my Mom. Her birthday is a few weeks earlier than Mother's Day. Unfortunately, progress has been halted. It would appear that this yarn is super comfy as a bed.

You will get this package when I am ready to give it to you!

Rebel is not happy he lost some of his bedding. This is his very serious ticked off look.



I thought the colours would work well for my Dad. The picture does not do the colours justice. It is actually a more blue tint than what my camera is showing. Most of the clothing he wears is the colour of mulch. I'm sure he will be pleased.
I'm trying to negotiate for the release of the rest of my yarn. It's not working. While I am negotiating with the super tough napper, Napoleon is hunting bugs. He just loves to follow it into exhaustion. I feel sorry for the little critters.


I've also been working on my top secret project:


You smart folks out there will probably guess the project. As long as I don't spill the beans, I'm sure we'll be fine. I absolutely love these colours. If I'm ever trapped in a snow storm, they'll know where to find me. I hope I didn't give away the secret.

I am looking forward to summer. Hopefully things will settle down at work and I get the tasks completed that was due in January.

Tomorrow is Friday thank goodness. I have nothing planned but some serious cleaning and perhaps some quality time with the video games. Hope you are all well.

Awesome Week End

I hate having to go to sleep on Sunday's. My brain just won't shut off for me to relax to actually go to sleep. I had a marvelous week end. I went with my friend to some very cool stores. (yarn stores of course!). The weather couldn't be better. We were expecting rain, but it never showed. It did make several appearances today. At this very moment we are getting a super cool lightning show. I hope I don't lose power before I finish telling you all what I did.

First we went to The Purple Purl in Toronto on Young St. The lady, Jennifer, was a very inviting hostess. You feel so welcomed as soon as you walk in. You sadly don't get that vibe in too many stores. Here are the treats I found there:


The electric colours are for a mitten pattern I'm pretty sure I can't tell you about. I'm not sure of the rules and I don't want to be the one to break them. All I can say is there is wonderful girl on Ravelry who was asking for some help to test out a pattern she made. So far, I'm really enjoying it. I think it's the colours that seal it for me. Those needles are fun. I just tried them out tonight. I wasn't sure how I would like them. I was worried about the joint between the bamboo and the connection to the wire. I thought they would snag, but so far so good.

The weather was most accommodating, making the drive to Brantford very pleasant.

There was quite a lot to see on the way up there. This store caught my eye.
Couldn't miss the pink building now could you?

I had a great time at this place.

There are two sisters who run the shop. Both are very helpful and knowledgeable of everything they have in there, and there is so much to look at. I had a very difficult time leaving. These are the treats that made it into my hands to the cash:


And they provide this tote to help you carry your stash. With the purchase of it, you get a discount for the year. Damn good deal I say.

I can't wait to start these projects. I'm seeing a top and lots of socks in my future. I will have all summer to work on these.

Everything was Napoleon and Rebel approved. I'm going to have to keep a strict eye on those two. The love to felt yarn. It's not intentional, they just love to lick things.
Napoleon is more of a hands on type of admirer. Rebel likes to admire from afar.

While I was away for the day, hubby told me he weighed the two of them. Napoleon is at 14lbs and Rebel has slimmed down a bit, 28lbs. The diet is working!

After we made it to the Scarborough Town Centre to the Knit in Public display.
I was glad to see all these knitters and crocheters about. We were given free yarn as a thank you for coming:

I might make a little sweater for the baby niece with it, not sure yet.
It means that this is a craft that is here to stay. It's not just something your grandmother does anymore. I still get those comments, but it's hard to take them seriously when I have pink hair and funky stuff on the sticks. I'll show you a picture of my pink hair later. The light is very poor here today with all the dark and rain we've had.
Hope you all had a great week end and Monday is not too rough for you all. Night.

Good News!!

I thought this was funny:

29 As a 1930s wife, I am Poor Take the test!

That's not the good news though.
I finally found my size 3 circs! Now I can commence serious knitting on sock from tour hosted by local yarn shop. I've started the toe:


I also thought about re-knitting the Bordello sock. I was not pleased with the spaces between stitches at the seaming area.


I frogged it, and began again with a few extra stitches. So far, so good.


I have also made excellent progress on my Berlin Muster(sp.?) socks, despite a few glitches.


I have had to postpone knitting due to the pattern being under Rebel. I'm not going to bother him. Hubby also is a little nervous when it comes to retrieving things from Rebel. He is a "get what he wants" type of fellow.

I'm very excited for my week end to arrive. I'm willingly leaving my apartment to hang out with someone very cool. The bonus is, I'm not on call. Yea Me!!!
Hope you all have a great night.

Proud New Owner........

I am now the proud new owner of a pimped out screen door. There's a bit more to the story than that. Just give me a second and I will share. I am a little sleep deprived given the events from last night.
First, the pager went off at 200am. A concerned citizen telephone the answering service to page me. Apparently, a school bus, (not running) had the overhead lights (those flashy red ones that tell the public to stop) and the indicator lights blinking on and off. I blame the gremlins that dwell in the engine.
Then, there was a very loud bang. Rebel and Napoleon mounted an escape around 300am. We keep a broom handle jammed in the screen door to prevent the way too smart for their own good creatures from entering the balcony.

I don't have any worries about Rebel, it's Napoleon that concerns me. Rebel's main goal is to walk a few feet and then sit. That's it. The only time he moves any faster than his I'm just too cool for you walk, is when he hears the kibble hit the dish. Napoleon on the other hand, is from another dimension. How else can you explain the super quick exits and materializing in various parts of the apartment within a matter of seconds? Anyway, I'm sort of proud that they acted together for a change instead of warring over territory. On the other hand, I'm now minus a screen door.
Due to my keen detective skills, it would appear that Rebel removed the broom handle (Exhibit A). Napoleon is not strong enough for such a feat. After Exhibit A was removed from the scene, the two suspects ventured onto the balcony. Hubby (Witness 1) woke up to the noise and began a preliminary investigation. Upon entering the scene, he spied Culprit 1 (Rebel) sitting under the lawn chair looking out over the passing traffic. He was finally able to remove the suspect and take him into custody. After entering the domicile, he realized we were minus one family member. Not to fear, the remaining suspect was caught performing a B & E..........in the neighbouring apartment. It would appear that Napoleon really liked the area rug the neighbours possess. So to cap it all off, we spent a few hours trying to bribe Napoleon to leave the comfort of the area rug and return to our side of the balcony.
I'm now just to wore out to provide any form of baricade to prevent this from happening again. We just have to leave the screen door shut, regardless of the heat, until we fix the screen.
This is Rebel's new favourite spot. He likes to rotate them frequently. By Wednesday, he will be on to a new favourite spot.

Today, Napoleon decided to finish off the screen door.

We will have to wait until payday to remedy this new escape route.
Other than the little glitch, we had an excellent week end. We enjoyed an awesome supper of steak of veggies.
Scraps even partook in the festivities.


The wine was neat. This is the first time I had ever seen a glass stopper.


This was the temperature when the sun finally went down.

For you kind Americans:


I also managed to do some knitting.


I have some other socks I am supposed to start for the next session at the local yarn store, but my size 3 circs are missing in action. I'm hoping they weren't dragged into the neighbouring apartment as some form of payment for whatever Napoleon thinks is so bloody interesting over there.
I'm going to hope for an eventless night and go to sleep. I hope you are well. Night.