Dog Bunnies

So, the phone was ringing off of the hook today and Vanessa sez, "Lisa, really, I am not trying to make your head explode". Of course she says this during the third phonecall. Ah, Vanessa...gotta love her, she was the matchmaker for ST and me. I don't know why the world is in such a tizzy, with so many families feeling such upheaval but I am believing Sheila when she says that it is planetary. No, Helle...it is not because I am knitting a sock.

Oh, speaking of the sock. The fabulous and talented Trish Fredrickson came by today to help me keep my promise to myself to never ever ever set up my knitting machine again. Now her poor house is littered with machine knitting paraphernalia and I have a tiny bit of empty space. Of course that space seems to fill up with this.

I keep wondering why my house is looking more shabby, on the flat plane beneath my feet and hmmm, when I whip out the Hoover, my outlook suddenly lightens up. Oh...there is shady black dog hair everywhere. Guh. These creatures are blowing their coats and aiding each other in that act by doing their Sumo act in the kitchen. Please you guys, can't you take this outside? Before long, I am going to be up to HERE in that stuff.

Ok, so back to the sock. Trish, it seems is actually a sock queen and a super sock queen with the cranker. (she called it a meat grinder but what do I know?) Look what pretty things came out of a bag of treats from the queen.

Nope, don't get excited...that is not Sock! but boy is it yummy and boy and I going to enjoy wearing those beauties this winter when the natural gas bill gets to be ONE MILLLLLLLLION DOLLARS. So, I am so lucky because the queen is going to crank some socks on her magic machine from said Sock! and bring them to me for display at my next show. Woo hoo. Oh yeah...so my sock. I have been informed that it is looking more like a sleeve and that I had better downsize my stitches...my feet are not that big. (blush) So, I am going to do just that. :o)

Trish not only brought treats for ME but she brought a toy to the Thundering Herd, which of course was immediately absconded by you know who. Tell me about it, Tank.

So, what is new? Ummm, I made another pass at Caroline's Biffle and a certain Blondie from Florida snatched it up...must make more for ME. Oh yes, I put 2 1/2 pounds of cashmere in a big big pot yesterday and did a run of Joseph's Coat and will spin enough to choke a horse or a certain cap maker as well as a new friend of his. We start here and also with what is behind Tank.

That is a lot of spinning, believe me.

Now for the Continuing Saga Fans, Prophane seems to be in the midst of getting Can You Hear Me Now to extend the contract for The Husband and six other people for one more month, under the guise of Hurrican Katrina problems. Ok. Fine. He seems to be alright with it but... ONE month. The other victims are just beside themselves because if they leave to take other jobs, they lose the severance. Evil business. Now, the other news is yet to be signed off on...a 6 month contractor position with Prophane, hopefully making a bazillion dollars an hour. I think that he should ask for two bazillion but I am just that vindictive. :o) Hey, this stuff sells popcorn and entertains The Husband's friends. Me? I am a cork on the ocean and grateful for all of the work that is coming my way. So, Vanessa...you can call me anytime, baby.

Comments

[vanessa]

thanks :-) glad your head didn't explode! tank looks adorable. if you had golden retrievers you could just scoop up that hair and spin it ;-0

[elizabeth]

Man those big guys sure like to drag thier feet. I think the zen attitude you have is such a sane one! Keep it up girl!

[CarolineF]

Hm, 72 stitches is not outlandish, you might want to use (brace yourself) size 1 with that yarn. I tend to do 60 stitches on size 1 needles because I have skinny ankles and everything falls down.

I love reading about Prophane negotiating with Can You Hear Me Now. I remember when EDS was laying off people from where I used to work, they would pull dirty tricks like that - a week before a person's last day, when they had already accepted another job, they'd extend them a month to avoid having to pay severance.

I'm glad you are getting enjoyment out of my silly green bfl, we might need a better name for it... Emerald Isle?

[Joanne]

what, you vacuum the dog flooff up? My husband thinks it helps keep us warm in the winter...! Hah. I'm like you, I get hysterical about the amount of dark floof 'cause it feels like it is taking over the world.

Oh, and good thing you are getting all these wool socks. I think it is going to be a 'turn down the thermostat' winter in this country! Where are Jimmy Carter's solar panels and sweaters when you need them? :) Joanne

[Lisa S]

Awww, we can all do this.I've been through the coffee shortages, the sugar shortages (my defining memory of this was of an old friend coming to see my band at a restaurant and pocketing all of the sugar packets while the rest of us sat with our mouths hanging open.), gasoline shortages, electricity shortages and now natural gas shortages. If you think that I believe that this is not greed driven, you sadly mistaken. We can all learn to live with low water gardens in the west, local produce, sweaters indoors (yeah, baby, yeah!) and demand fuel efficiency, all the while doing it with the attitude that you are doing this for yourself. Prophane thanks everyone, ever so much, for driving living rooms on wheels...hey, they turned transit systems from efficient people movers into air and traffic choking buses...let the railroad systems fall in place of thousands of polluting, noisy, dangerous trucks. They are loving this. Wear your sweaters, drink organic coffee/tea, think about solar panels (wish that I could afford them, still), drive smaller vehicles and give Prohane and the old Enron boys the British salute. Don't do it as victims, do it as a way to take your power back.
Soap box goes back under my desk. SIGH, sez she who has seen it all before.

[Lisak]

We call them "Dog Buffaloes". Have you thought of trying the two circs method for socks? I like it much better.

[Chela Jane]

Oh that Tank, what a ham! Ya' know we lab folks should get together and pool all that fall fur... I can provide light yellow and dark milk chocolate buy the bushel!

[Helle From Denmark]

Hi Dear!

Sitting on a computer on the hospital. Michael's blood sugar is still too high. We properly have to stay here...at least until Friday....Maybe longer. If he have improved, then MAYBE he can get home for the weekend, but we don't know yet. The email you girls can email is ginnypigen@hotmail.com . I cannot promise i can get to check it out, because it is not easy to find time to get to a computer.....and when we have time, it is not always we are lucky that there is one avaiable. There is a LOT we have to learn..and BOY....am i tired!!

If you email me....then use this email address i gave you here, until i get home...then i might be able too see it...!!:-)))

Your socks looks good.....!!! I brought some knitting with me....HA..but there have not been a lot of time, because we have to learn about Diabetes...and it just sucks all of the energy i don't have out of me!!:-)

Hugga Helle

[--Deb]

We call those dust-puppies in our house.