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OK, y’all.  This is how I will be planning my vacations from now on.  Check it!!
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Pretty freaking sweet, eh?? 

Last night we had a little gecko running amok in our house.  I was far from amused.  Yes, I am perfectly aware that they’re harmless.  And small.  However… it is a reptile.  And I don’t do reptiles.  At all.

Hehehehehe… I made the lady squeal like a little girl!
And you want to know what the worst [...]

I love when I receive surprise packages in the mail!  Have a gander at what J sent me from Aussie-land.  Is it not the coolest t-shirt ever? 

 Say no more, mon amor! 

 Seriously.. the picture just does it for me.  It’s beyond hilarious.
Damn the man!  Save the Empire!

Last night Twisted Yarns hosted The Yarn Harlot at Carl Wunsche Senior High.  As expected, she was every bit as entertaining in person as she is in her books.  Perhaps even more so??  I attended the event with Denise, my best friend’s mom.  (You know, the best friend nutjob that lives in Oz??)  I won’t bore [...]

Pretty dull weekend at the Twisted house.  We took it pretty easy, as the Hubbster is still recovering from his bout with vertigo.  
I did manage to complete the sock I have been working on from the Ann Budd book and cast on for the second.  I have officially dubbed them ”By the Power of Greyskull” socks.  (Hee!  I love [...]

Next Tuesday I will be going to Twisted Yarns to see The Yarn Harlot!  That alone is reason enough to be totally geeked out.  But it gets better!  A month later Crazy Aunt Purl will be at Yarntopia!  I have yet to make the trek to Yarntopia (it’s way out in Katy, which is a [...]

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I’m at a place called vertigoooooooooooooooo!
Poor Hubbster has been stricken with a major case of vertigo: dizziness, nausea, the whole nine.  It was bad enough to warrant a trip to the doctor’s office.  After three (!!!) hours, and several inches later on my sock, we finally saw a doctor.  But I’ll save that rant for a different [...]

I just found out today that knit picks now offers a set of options needles in birch. All I have so say is that I hope that Santa Claus sees what a good girl I have been this year and delivers a set of harmony wood needles under my tree. 

Buddy says: “Hey, Ma, get that camera outta my face before I unravel your sock.  Oh yeah, I said it.  I will undo each and every stitch.  Try me.”

Zipper says: “Hey!  Look at me!  I’m King of the Kitty Tower!  Is it naptime yet?  Better yet, is it FOOD TIME??”

This weekend was a regular yarn extravaganza! On Saturday the Hubbster and I took a small detour to Spring which could only mean… TWISTED YARNS!  I have a serious love affair with the stuff they carry at TY.
For instance, I bought this yarn:

for the spiral boot sock pattern from Interweave Knits.  It is Mama Llama merino/tencel [...]