Week End Stuff

I hope you all were able to enjoy the weather I did this week end. We went for a walk yesterday and I was able to comfortable where a sweater and sneakers. This time last year, I believe we had a foot of snow. I'll take this winter any day. I do enjoy the winter season, but only for a month or so. After that, I'm tired of pushing my truck out of the parking spot in the morning because of the snow and ice. I also do not really care for sub zero wind that seems to suck the breath right out of you.
I watched quite a few movies this week end as well as a few of the series that I am addicted to. I finally couldn't wait any longer and wanted to see what the fuss was all about with regards to Twilight. Alright. I can see the draw. It had a good story. The characters were charming. I was suckered into the hype. I have to read the books now. I've added them to my Amazon wish list along with the Sookie Stakehouse books on which True Blood are based. I also watch My Bloody Valentine. I'm not going to recommend this one. I will say that it was a simply horror story that caught my attention for an hour or so. Because the plot was somewhat predictable, I was able to work on these:


I'm not really sure what I think of this pattern. It is called Mauresque Socks. I am knitting them because of the Pentathlon Sock group from Ravelry has introduced them. I like the idea. It does have a pleasing look. I think I am just put off because of the few mistakes in the chart. If it were not for the Yahoo group, I think I would still be swearing at them. What I am really enjoying is the yarn I'm working with. It is so soft. It also stripes up. The striping is not very noticeable at first. I just realized it did after I looked at the pictures I took online. That was a pleasant surprise.

There really is not much else going on in my little world. I'm just watching a lot of television and working on my little projects. I find I always mellow out around this time of year. It may be that because of all the illness that travels around. I personally think it's because of the shorter days. I drive from work home in the dark now. That is depressing. At lease I can keep myself amused.

I hope you are all well. Talk with you later.

Secret Identity

Here I am at work. For a brief moment, I am all caught up on my paperwork. This rarely happens. There must be something I'm forgetting to complete. At any rate, I'm surfing the online news sites and stumbled on this title: "Belle De Jour" call girl exposes herself..... Further reading of this explained that is the lady whose life the television show, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, was based.
This got me to thinking. If you could have a secret identity, what would you do? Let's just say, there would be no repercussions, no limit of funds and no limit for travel. You can be anything you want.
I would like to be a villain. Someone that gets to wear a cool costume and kick ass boots. I'd be able to actually run in said boots as well. I'd love to have a supernatural power. Perhaps teleportation. I'd get to utter that line: to take over the world (insert evil laugh here). I just sometimes wish I wasn't always on my best behaviour. I'd love to cause a little chaos every once in a while.
Happy Monday everyone. It's the start of a new week and maybe some new experiences.

Rebel's Book Club

It has been a wonderful week end so far. There has not been the rain that the weather people were initially calling for. In fact, it's been unseasonably warm. We went on our excursions this week end with only a light jacket. I'm loving this weather.
They have just built an Indigo book store in our little town. We couldn't drive by without stopping in. Hubby and I both found lots that to amuse ourselves with. Rebel seems to have taken an interest in our selections as well:

We found another Christopher Moore book:

I love this author's quirky sense of humour.

We also stumbled onto another of Marian Keyes' novels:

I think it is safe to say, there is probably not one book that she has written that I have not enjoyed. I'm a bit addicted to this author.

Hubby found another addition to the Dexter series:


I also found something that seemed a bit off the beaten path. Have to wait and see if I really enjoy this one:


Napoleon is more of a magazine lover:

Not as much as he would like to read it, merely sleep on. It's smooth surface makes for an excellent napping spot.

I guess all the excitement with the photo-shoot can tucker a kitty out:


On our walk today, we came across this neat looking tree:

I think it inspires all sorts of stories and pictures. That is one on the reasons I enjoy our walks so much. There is always something to catch our attention.

When we arrived home again, we settled in to watch a movies. We rented G I Joe; The Rise of Cobra, Drag Me to Hell and Bood; The Last Vampire. The last one is based on an anime film that we really enjoyed. We will watch that one tomorrow night. Wow! Are we ever wild. We watched two movies and I worked on my new scarf:

It is from the spring issue of Knitty, called Lace Ribbon Scarf.

Heehee. This week end might not be for everyone, but it is our favourite thing to do. I hope that whatever you all end up doing this week end, you have a great time. See you all later. :)

Nice Weekend

I had a great week end. I hope you all enjoyed yours. I visited my friend in the city. She got me hooked on television program named Raising the Bar. I just couldn't stop watching. The time passed so quickly. I'm really hoping the networks pick up this show for another season. I think my only complaint of the show is the length of Mark-Paul Gosselaar's character. As I'm now just reading this link, I see that there is actually a second season out there in television land. I think I will make that my mission for this month and track it down.

We visited Pick Up Sticks new location in Stoufville/New Market area. It is found in a wonderful piece of country.

Here are the goodies I came home with:

I see mittens in the immediate future with this happy combination.


I love the subtle transition of the colours in this Alchemy product. I didn't even notice the purple until last night when I was really examining the skeins. Those should make exciting socks.


Since I had such a great time the Intrelac Socks the first time around, I thought I would give it another go. Its always such a surprise when you see the next colour emerge.

This is the beginning of my Skeleton Stockings:

They do not show the pattern yet, but they will soon. When it becomes more obvious, I will be sure to post pictures.

Lately, I've been cruising the Internet highway for things other than knit patterns and video games. Surprising, I know. Who knew there was a whole other world out there besides the cyber one. Anyway, I have stumbled on a few things that were pretty cool or just plain bizarre. For example, there is an ocean forming in the Ethiopian desert. Now how cool is that? We get to see a natural event in our lifetime. I'm not sure whether there will be an actual ocean there in our time, but just being able to see the start is pretty amazing.

Something else I stumbled across is that the children's television show Sesame Street is celebrating 40 years. This program has sparked a countless number of studies. It is one of the few that have stood the test of time and reached not just the North American children it initially targeted, but children world wide. I had no idea until I wrote a paper for one of my courses in university. I also learned that James Earl Jones was the first celebrity to guess star on the show. I must say, my favourite Sesame Street bit was when Ricky Gervais was doing an interview with Elmo. I did put that clip on this blog somewhere. In case you missed it the first time.........


And since I was snooping around Youtube, I now have a new favourite song:


I'm going to work on my scarf now. I will chat with you all a little later this week. :)

It was Awesome!

We had a great Hallowe'en. We didn't really do much. We just watched movies and drank, but it was in costume. So it was special.

We had ambiance lighting:



Even Rebel seemed to enjoy the flamage:


I was a very tall witch:


Hubby was a contemplating medieval ranger:


We were visited by a poor painted action figure:


Napoleon was the quite the host and made sure the guest was entertained:

Not the best pic of Napoleon, but he is very photo shy and almost impossible to photograph.

Here is a close up of my boots:


And the tights I wore under them:


While we were watching our horror-fest, I finished a hat for one of Hubby's students:

The student's name is Bara, hence "BaraCuda".

The young man is from Dubai and not adjusting very well to our Canadian climate.

This time change we just experienced is playing havoc with my internal clock. I hope you are all adjusting alright. I'm off to go mellow out so I can try to sleep tonight. This may prove difficult as I have ingested an abnormal amount of candy. Hope you all had a great Hallowe'en! :)

It's Officially Hallowe'en

Truth be told, I've been celebrating Hallowe'en all week. It is my favourite time of the year. I love how the neighbours get right into it as well. The costumes, candy, decorations, candy, make-up, candy, movies, candy.... Did I mention candy? I must admit, I've had quite a bit of candy today. I haven't blinked since about noonish. This might explain why I'm still very much wide awake. I'm hoping my wine cancels out some of the sugar and I crash soon.

Because of this:

I'm really happy with where I live. Our Supers go to a lot of effort during the holidays.

I'll more photos tomorrow or the next day. I'm off to polish my boots and play Overlord: Raise Hell.
I leave you all with a clip from one of my many favourite Hallow'en movies:

After Long Last......

.....I can finally upload my pattern into Ravelry. Do you remember my Pick Your Poison bag?


This is the one, which after three days, I have finally managed to upload.
I am not really sure how I managed that task. It was mainly trial and error. Now if only I can install something to sell my wares through this site.....


My husband has been reading an excellent blog which I am now thoroughly enjoying. The World According to B. This man went to the same elementary school as my husband. Now he is overseas teaching in Singapore. He really has quite a way with words and takes the most amazing pictures. I hope you all would enjoy it as much as I do.

I'm working on a few other things at the moment. A hat for one of Hubby's students, another bag for my mom to cart things around and another pair of socks. I hope to have pictures to show all of you before the end of the month. It's a noble goal at least.

I'm off now to see when I can watch the new season of Sanctuary. I hope you are all enjoying your week ends.