The multidirectional looks a little tough to me at this point in my knitting career! I’m sticking with the 1x1 ribbing for now. 
I am slipping the first stitch of every row, again because it’s easier. I’ve got enough complicated tasks at work; by the time I come home, I don’t want to have to think, I just want something mindless that helps me relax and unwind.
Howdy, all. I stayed up way too late because I went looking for a bit of leftover sock yarn that someone online needed to finish off the toe of a sock – it’s no loner being made, but I happened to have about half a skein in her colorway. Then, of course, I couldn’t find it anywhere, except I knew it was in my office. So I was digging through everything, and came across several UnFinished Objects (UFOs) that I had totally forgotten about, so then I realized I should make a list of all my current UFOs to see just how bad a case of startitis I’ve had lately. My conclusion: A very serious case. So I’ve made myself a promise: I have to finish at least two projects before I start another one. (Well, except for things like ongoing charity knitting.)
But then, of course, in sorting all this out, I started sorting out my knitting needles, and realized I had absolutely no clue where a couple sets of Harmony interchangeable points were, so then I dug some more, found a couple more UFOs, found a nice for-the-house workbasket I’d bought last year and totally forgotten about, several other things that had gotten buried…and at the end of all that, what did I discover?
That a few weeks ago I had taken assorted odd snippets of leftover yarns and put them in a bag and hung it from a hook on my office closet door. And where was the leftover yarn that started this whole process? Sitting in that bag, in plain sight.
:smack: :smack: :smack:
Then, of course, my office was totally torn up, so I had to sort/organize it as much as I was willing to at that hour of the night, just so I could face it this morning. So by the time I got to bed, it was nearly dawn.
My circadian rhythms are so effed up it’s not even funny now!
Anyway, Isaac, our lab, has been developing arthritis, so we started him on a glucosamine supplement last summer, which definitely helped. When that ran out, we decided to try one that also had chondroitin in it, and he’s been on that for about 2-3 weeks now. And wow! what a difference it’s making. Before we switched, he still wanted to go out to play, but only lasted maybe 10 minutes, if that. Now he’s good for 30-45 minutes, or even, as this morning, over an hour – Papa Tigs took them over to the schoolyard, where they played with their doggie friends (it’s the unofficial early morning dog park) the German shepherd and the black lab, and clearly Isaac was feeling good. He was still feeling good an hour ago when the guy from our local volunteer fire department came around for one of their voluntary contribution drives, and Isaac smelled dog all over him so promptly fetched his Kong for the guy to throw for him. 
Dogs are ridiculous! But we’re really, really happy he’s feeling so much better; it’s awful to see your pet hurting enough he can’t enjoy his favorite activity.
Back to work. This weekend I’ve got mountains of it, not that you’d know by how much I’ve managed to get done thus far today. :smack: Everybody have a good day! And give my grandkitty extra brushes and skritches and cuddles from me, snowbunny!
ETA: The multidirectional is actually astonishingly easy, taxi; it only looks hard. If you can do garter stitch and SSK, you can knit it. What Noro colors are you using for your scarf?
I did all of the shopping yesterday morning when the supermarket was empty so all I have to get at the last minute are fresh vegetables. I also dropped a 16 pound frozen turkey on the same finger twice before I got it from the supermarket to my refrigerator. Does anyone know if I have to wait until the ugly black spot it left behind grows out or will it fade like a bruise does?
I’ve been looking at more interesting recipes to use instead of mindlessly making what my mother always made without straying too far from what my partner sees as Thanksgiving comfort food. I just saw a recipe for Apple/Pumpkin pie that layers the bottom of the pan with apples and then has a thick layer of pumpkin on the top. I can’t decide if sounds good or disgusting. Whatever I make has to be mostly pumpkin and I don’t want to make two pies or we’ll be eating pie every day for a week.
Not this year, this year you’re the answer to the secrets of the universe or sumthin’
I got a few pictures of Sapphire just before I left for work but didn’t have time to post them. If I don’t tonight I will tomorrow morning, I promise! She posed for me on the windowsill. I am a total goner where she is concerned.
She likes to sleep right at the head of my bed because that’s just above the baseboard heater (there’s a bit of space between the bed and the heater, don’t worry) so she can be all toasty. This is fine by me, it’s about the least annoying place she could find to sleep. I expect she’ll find an annoying place once she figures that out. 
OK, that’s bizarre, I must have posted just in time because it told me there was a database error, but still my post took.
Yay on the job front for Himself, Smartie! Hope yours works out too, of course.
Hee, your new little buddy from Wally-World sounds like a hoot, Bobbio.
Pumpkin and apple sounds good to me, Karyn.
taxi…on a Saturday? Must be an impostor.
Took a nice spinach salad to the party. (Spinach, pineapple chunks, grapes, carrots, bacon bits, almond slivers, gorgonzola; made a vinaigrette with pineapple juice, rice vinegar, olive oil, ginger, red pepper, maybe some stuff I’m forgetting.) We had a nice time chatting and occasionally paying attention to the game (OSU smooshed UM pretty definitively).
Guess I’ll do a little bit of raking before it gets dark and then do some dusting and sorting or something.
Back later…
GT
GT
Howdy Y’all! Supper is et. 'Twas good but I am out of gasp sour cream! :eek: However, in a pinch, a little bit of ranch and bleu cheese dressing mixed together does just fine. I will go to the store tomorrow for sour cream. Mayhaps I’ll go ahead and pick up the collard greens since I haven’t done that yet.
Herbs I do believe I put a chicken ‘n dressin’ recipe in the recipe blog. That’s the basic cornbread dressin’ recipe I use. It can be doubled, tripled, etc. as needed. Always comes out perfect cause it’s an authentic southern church lady recipe.
Dryer buzzed at me. Need to get pants and shirts out.
Hey, I made it before the day ends… whew, what a day!!
**FCD **and I got up early and ran to breakfast, then to Lowe’s to get a replacement faucet - the one we bought was broken. After we got back, I emptied the living room (with a little help to move the piano) and vacuumed the carpet. I also cleaned the bow window and plant shelves, then watered my plants. By then, it was time to take the doggies to the groomer.
Back home, I cleaned the living room and hallway carpet. I also sprinkled flea killer in the master bedroom and vacuumed it up a couple of hours later. Then I cleaned the barstools, sorta - they were pretty stained. I emptied, then refilled the dishwasher, hand washed some big pots, and scrubbed the sink. I also sorted the laundry and started a load. I gave a spider plant a haircut, then, when the carpet was dry, vacuumed again to get up the last of the dog hair.
I did some dusting in there too…
Once **FCD **was done installing the plumbing in the basement kitchen sink, we decided we were done for the day. With the kids’ help, we put the piano back, then took most of the miscellaneous furniture back into the living room. We cleaned up, went to Outback for prime rib, then picked up the doggies. Scruffy is shaved, Bernie is clean, and both are de-flea’d. I’m doing laundry and relaxing.
I’m too old for this crap. I need a household staff. And a foodrub.
Extreme excitement at Casa GT: cleaning out drawers!!! Woo hooooooo!!!
And moving the old TV and DVD/VCR off the credenza where they lived. And really cleaning the credenza. It’s possible that I’ve removed all the layers of wax that have accumulated in the more than 40 years of its life. It probably needs to be refinished. It’s a very nice piece of furniture (although I don’t really care for the pulls) and is really the only piece of my older furniture that I’m not considering simply painting.
Also, I’ve been marveling at the quality of the picture in my new TV. Watched Double Happiness (which I just got on DVD, finally). Also figured out that I can get more channels with the new TV + antenna than I could with the old one. And now I’ve moved on to Music & Lyrics.
Cheese and crackers for din-din. Now, further sorting and pitching and other tidying. Also considering moving the sofa in the living room to the side that my niece suggested. We’ll see how that works out.
Happy Saturday evening!
GT
I need a foodrub too. Maybe I’ll rub some ice cream on my tongue.
Very busy this week, but I can’t tell y’all about it, yet.
Happy weekend!
Home, tired, microwaving dinner. Checked the shelters, cute hounds, but no Nelly.
I could use a food rub. Rub the food with blackening seasonings, and grill that food! I might do that for Thanksgiving, after work.
Home, tired, microwaving dinner. Checked the shelters, cute hounds, but no Nelly.
I could use a food rub. Rub the food with blackening seasonings, and grill that food! I might do that for Thanksgiving, after work.
You can’t expect me to let this pass, can you?
No one (not noone, notice) has that much willpower.
So anyway, how you doin’?
Today is WoSW’s 4th anniversary and those of us who logged in got a baby white bear pet as a present. I’m having ka-yute overdose and it’s just a bunch of 1s and 0s!
The spinach salad reminded me… we have a bunch of no speak much español Scots and Welsh and Mancunians down in Spain this month, and we all eat at the company cafeteria. The servers no hablan mucho English, so they’ve been asking the people who go in early to translate the day’s menu for them so they can use it as an aid when people come asking (lit) “uh… that bu-eh-noh?”
I knew Douglas Adams got it wrong all along! :eek: 
If he had realized the answer was 45, the world would have instantly become a much better place!! (well, 45 in a week. I’m still 44 right now!)
Oddly, I’m feeling like I’m on a pretty even keel this morning…
**Pie **-- I hope your browser issues get fixed. Listen to the Smart One – she is far geekier than even I am!
Hi, GT! :waves:
**Ivory **-- with our choice in meat in this country, every day is Turkey Day!
Enjoy what’s left of your weekend, people. I’m all out… 
I’m here.
Well, Smarty was right about one thing… It is the Adobe Flash Player. Everytime that I reinstall it the Puppy Cam crashes.
It might be time to go back to bed soon…
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’ on a nice but chillified Sunday mornin’.
Today’s adventures include churchification, some type of N.O.L. Don’t know what but we’re goin’ for it after church. Then, closet cleanin’. Yep. I am goin’ through my master bedroom closet. It’s time to decide which of the older shirts stay and which ones go so I can move new shirts in. I am finally goin’ to do this. For real. I swear. Yep. Closet clean out day at da cave.
Now, what to do about brekkies in a bit. Hmmm… pancakes and burly butcher bacon! Yeah. I need high energy food to get me goin’. Plus the smell of bacon will get ol’ y’all know who to stir.
Later Y’all!
It was 24 F degrees when I took the doggies out this morning. Scruffy is wearing a sweater because she lost a lot of insulation at the groomers. We’re waaaaaaay below normal temps for this time of year. We also desperately need to replace our windows - I feel extra cold air when I stand by any of them. They’re crappy 70s vintage wooden double-hung with even crappier aluminum storm windows.
Anyway, I slept in pretty well - it was around 6:30 when I got up. I couldn’t get the boards to come up right away, so I’ve managed to read my Sunday funnies and my other usuals. **FCD **is showering now and I need to find some real clothes and some breakfast (I’m thinking the nanner bread, toasted and buttered…) I need to finish putting the rooms back together, then I’ve got 5# of ground beef to convert into a pile of meatballs and some sketty sauce.
Next Sat is our open house party thing - I’m not ready. I want a weekend off. Oh well, it’s only one day, not counting all the prep time.
Off to forage for nanner bread. Kisses all around!!
I didn’t mean this to sound snarky earlier. I appreciate all of your help, Smarty. I blame it on half-awake typing in the middle of the night.
I made pancakes and burly butcher bacon for brekkies. Sure ‘nuff, the smell of bacon caused ol’ y’all know who to stir. Nobody can sleep when there’s bacon to be et!
Anywho, all brekkied and purtified for churchification. I hear shower so ol’ y’all know who is in the middle of his purtification ritual. There’s still an hour before we need to leave so I got time to surf around. YAY!