We’ve got yet another color here.
Copper
As in the UPS guy said we had a baby copperhead on the sidewalk.
I’m a city kid. About all that I retained from the conversation with the man in brown was “blah blah mumble SNAKE! blah yadda yadda”
It’s more the size of an earthworm, but it very clearly had a head and mouth. It’s dead now, but don’t these things tend to come in groups, and where’s Mama Snake?
Quick call SCL! She’ll mount it on a flag as her fave team’s mascot!
**gt **- I forgot to ask - would you have a pattern or a site for a pattern to make a tunic-length wrap-style sweater? My daughter wants me to make her one, and while I’m finding patterns that have some of the elements she wants, I have yet to hit pay dirt. Granted, I just started looking, so I may stumble across one yet, but I thought I’d ask
Howdy Y’all! Beast is all cubed up and fridge is all cleaned out so that the keg will fit in it. Keg trash can is all clean and sanitized as are all choppin’ and cuttin’ surfaces in the church kitchen. If’n I knew I could get away with it I’d like the doors, but, alas, I know I can’t get away with that. Instead of Even Song I will be pickin’ up the keg because I can’t go pick it up until between six-thirty and seven tonight. It’s free, so it ain’t like I can complain, right? Besides that means there’ll be help at the church house to get the keg off’n twuck. The kitchen smelled all corned beefy and nummy when I left. I’ll need to pour up the broth from the corned beasts and refrigerate when I get back there. I told the corned beast chef that I would cause it’d be cooled down by then. I’m a good person. 
gotti I am a country boy but SNAKES still make me all :eek: You are not alone in this.
Rosie, Snakes will mount it on a flag only if it’s a cottonmouth cuz that’s her team.
It’s 86 Amurrkin outside. I turned the a/c on in twuck on my way back to da cave cause I got hawt!
Snakes? Ewwww! and :eek::eek::eek:
If they’re little, I can deal with them. If they’re at the zoo, I can deal with them. Large, in-the-wild snakes? No, thanks.
Glad you could participate in rehearsal, at least, rosie.
::Waves hi to Taters, who stopped by earlier this week::
I’m working on pictures this weekend taxi. I have a bunch of stuff I need to delete from my laptop because the hard drive is super full, so I’m scared to download anything from my camera. I’m going to clear out a bunch of files and should be able to update pictures soon. It’s this pattern, which is super-easy (it’s knit as a single piece). I would do it again, but with more fitting. It’s a great starter sweater, though.
FCM: are you on ravelry? You have to register, but it’s free and they don’t spam you. They have the best collection of patterns that I know of. If you go to the patterns page and select advanced search, you can narrow it down to only include patterns with pictures, for adults, projects that are knitting (and not crochet), etc. The filter stuff is on the left side. They link to patterns at all sorts of sites, so it’s faster to start there than to tour the rest of the internet. There might be a forum over there where you could ask as well. (I’m a member of a couple of groups, but don’t really participate much.) Feel free to friend me, if you like. You’ll see other people you know in my friends list.
Also, there’s an ongoing yarn thread in CS where you could ask for recommendations (several people have done that with other projects).
It’s Firday!!!
I’m planning to start us off on Monday, by the way, unless someone else has a pressing topic. I had an idea during the week and was going to start a non-MMP thread, but then thought it would actually make a good MMP.
Off in search of food…
Hugs.
GT
Voted! Very cute.
Ants.
Ants.
My bathroom is infested. I shower in there. Nekkid. Without my glasses so everything is blurry. So every dark dot is a suspected ant. Ick ew.
Howdy Y’all from my laptop. I’m makin’ sure it’s all actin’ right so’s I can take it to the church house tomorrow. If’n I gotta be there all day, I’ll need all my make believe intartoobz friends to keep me company.
I let my inner redneck out and drove a keg of beer across town in the back of a pickup truck. It’s a heathen inner redneck cause it drove the keg of beer to a church. :eek: I got help gettin’ it out of the back of twuck by promisin’ that his cup shall not get empty tomorrow and that he shall not “donate” to get said cup filled. We request a “donation” of a dollah in order to get a cup which may then get filled with green beer. However each time someone wishes to refill said cup another “donation” of a dollah is requested. Call it a handlin’ fee. The beer guardians have also been appointed. Their job is to make sure no one under the age of twenty-one gets into said green beer even if their daddy sends 'em up to “get him a beer.” Yep, I have had to have that conversation wherein I tell said daddy to haul his own carcass over if’n he wants another beer. :rolleyes: :rolleyes::rolleyes: I even got told on to the Priest once. Father Jim told the fool I said it nice when I told him to haul his own carcass over cause he would have told the fool to get off his ass and get his own beer. I really liked Father Jim.
And on that rambly note, I believe I shall retire cause I’s slap wore out!
Nitey Nite Y’all!
::closes eyes and DOES NOT read** Soapy’s **post::
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You are a mean, mean bear, swampy. Also, we are not make-believe. We are imaginary. :D:D
Forgot to say earlier: I voted too, rosie.
Went for nice walk. Am now going to play with files on my laptop so that I can upload more piccies.
Hugs all.
GT
Yawn…stretch…so glad it is Friday!
Crazy week this week with work and stuff.
What am I most excited about this weekend? Activating my new Costo card and seeing what I can get in store!
Believe me I know I need to get a life. Other than that wine is Gooooooooood! :D:D:D:D
Baby and young poisonous snakes can be (sometimes) more dangerous than the adults. When a baby hits/bites you it tends to blow all its poison through the fangs; adults will often release more in “doses” depending on how threatening or tasty it perceives you to be.
(I had an uncle who ended up as a professional snake hunter and supplier – after he defanged a rattler and slipped it in his boss’s lunch box at the mill)
A) A true redneck would have had several friends and at least one redbone hound in the back with the keg and arrival at the church would have soon been followed by at least one “Hey Bubba - watch this!”
B) I now have a First Baptist Bar And Grill earworm happening.
Blrggh. I’ve been sick as a dog. Stomach virus. The family gathering gift that keeps on giving. really, if everyone in the house had been vomiting and having diarrhea, don’t you think it would be considerate to mention such?
StG
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 52 Amurrkin out and will be another warm day. The predicted high is 86. A loverly day to spend cookin’.
Germy (what? it fits especially right now. :D) hope you feel better soon. Yeah, family should have mentioned the sick thang.
Ruble I’m an Episcopalian redneck, thus I must maintain some manner of decorum even when deliverin’ a keg o’ beer to the church house. We keep our pinkies up while we swill green draft beer.
Ok, must seek more caffiene and feed rumbly tummy. Then I must purtify prior to beginnin’ the marathon cookin’ session. In true Episcopal fashion, I even have a change of clothes. One cannot be seen in the evenin’ in the clothes one wore whilst cookin’ all day after all. See decorum above.
Happy Sattidy Y’all!
I actually got some sleep today! I woke at 5, wondered why the alarm hadn’t gone off, then remembered it was Saturday - yay! So I fell back to sleep for 2 hours. **FCD **let Scruffy out, so yay for that. I’m thinking of waking him up now and taking him to breakfast.
Today won’t be as warm as yesterday, but I think I’ll work outside some. I’ve got some seeds to plant and that’ll require me to move some flower pots from the back to the front. I also need to lay out where my veggie patch is going to be. It’d be nice if I could get the tiller running, too…
But for now, I think I’ll wake my sweetie and take him to breakfast. 'Cause I’m nice, dammit!
Oh yeah - gt, I believe I do have a ravelry account, so I’ll definitely look there. Thanks!
Good morning! Little boy is with his dad… to the DMV for his learner’s permit test. :eek:
:eek: He used to be a little boy, at least.
Wasn’t his bar mitzvah just last week, Soapy? 
Have a good day cooking, swampy.
I’ll also keep an eye out for possible patterns, FCM. I’m catching up on picture uploads as well as looking at my next thing to knit (socks, I think), so I may stumble across something your daughter might like (I’m pretty sure I have something fitting that description in my ravelry queue).
Had oatmeal for breakfast and am sipping tea. Gonna go do some basic cleaning, then it’s out to the garden. Beautiful day. So far it’s pretty clear, so we might get to see the moon tonight.
Hope everyone’s having a lovely Saturday.
Hugs.
GT
He passed. People of CT, beware.
Good morning all! I’m up and caffeinated. I’ve also had two (toaster) waffles and some scrambled egg w/cheese for brekkie so my tummy is a bit stuffed.
Thanks, FCM for posting in my OP about helping out disabled folks. When I am able or when I was more able to, I frequently held open doors, etc. for others–anyone, not just disabled. What never ceased to amaze me is that often, not a word of thanks or even acknowledgement is said–not that it is necessary -but- it is the polite thing to do. I think I should mention here that I had a copy of Miss Frances Book of Manners when I was young, and was taught to say please and thank you. And men should not wear hats indoors! (LOL) (This is Miss Frances of Ding Dong School–and yes, I’m close to 60!!) I can only speak for myself, but sometimes (bolding to make it clear that it is only sometimes), I am embarassed by my inability to do things, and when people call attention to it, it can make me uncomfortable. 
I finally have a date for the cataract surgery on my right eye! It’s Monday, May 16th. This was supposed to happen on February 28, but got postponed as I had been sick with a very nasty cold and was still coughing. I finally got my receipts together and put in for my FSAFEDS monies. Some of the claims were denied because they couldn’t read the receipts (they had faded that badly; even darkening them on the copier didn’t help much); this last batch that I faxed in, I had forgotten to sign the claim form! In my defense (somewhat), the benefits counselor I spoke with said it was the number one error in claims. Easy to believe!
I hope to get out to Target today and get a few things. Hope everyone enjoys their weekend. While it’s not as warm as it was yesterday, it still looks to be a good day here. Tomorrow might be a different story though!
Ummm..do we have to tell you we’re not surprised? As I recall, he’s a rather accomplished kid.
Paging Spaz: Michael Feldman is interviewing Amy Dickinson right now. I’m in tears. She has a newish book that includes a chapter called The Apex of Dorkitude. She’s not just witty in writing. (I knew this from Wait, Wait, but I’ve never really heard her conversing at length. She’s hilarious. Here’s the link to the show that it’s from.
Happy Saturday, Mumpers!
Breakfast has been et - I made ham and mushroom omelettes, with sliced oranges as a garnish. Yum! Being lazy other than that. Mr Rebo is finally mowing the back yard. It’s taller than the short dogs’ bellies! A warm day in these parts, too. 10:30 and 75 humid degrees, expecting 80’s today. Well, we had that one day of spring already. We should feel lucky, right?
Dog park is calling, but I’m loving being in my recliner with my laptop, and The Food Network on in the background.
Dinner tonight shall be Red Lobster and LOBSTERFEST! Yum. 
Thanks for keeping an eye out, gt. I’ve bookmarked several for my daughter to look at, but there’s no rush - we’re just about out of sweater season here. I told her she’d have it for the fall.
**tarra **- you have no reason to be embarrassed - you’ve earned every ache, pain, scar, limp, gray hair, wrinkle, liver spot, whatever other thing besets us as we age. They’re like the medals on a general’s uniform - battle awards! Show them young 'uns what living leads to! Seriously, use yourself to teach others what they have to look forward to. There’s no shame to growing old - it’s an accomplishment! Take advantage of it, woman! :D:D
Well, break time is over - back to yard work.
MWAH!!