A post about nothing (but knitting and cats)

So I've got my traditional Thursday headache (from uh, thinking too hard at trivia last night) and the sky looks white and northwesterny so I think today is as good a day as any to stay indoors and do some actual knitting. It's shameful how little knitting I do and how much time I waste on this computation machine reading about knitting and looking at things other people knitted. But, as long as you're here in the interwebs, check out my fave imaginary friend, Crazy Aunt Purl. She keeps her yarn in the jumbo Hefty slider bags just like I do! She likes to take pictures of her cats!

Speaking (always) of cats, see how the ball of yarn is no longer attached to the project? Another cat must have done it because clearly my two are peacefully asleep.

In other news of the mundane, I bought another non-rocking record. That makes TWO new records in 2010 so far. Any of y'all have any ideas about what record number three should be?

Hello again from my balcony

This time I'm sitting in my plain old plastic fake Adirondack chair because my Texass chair went on a crazy adventure with Adriane and I've been too lazy to unfold it. If I look up, I see this:If I look down, I see this:
Guess everything is just fine here at the Grove. Sorry I've been slow to the post, but it's been a "busy" week (or two). Weekend before last, we took a trip to Denton to visit the Starks and as usual it was lovely. We got up early on Sunday to witness (on TV) an important moment in Texas history: the implosion of Texas Stadium. You can watch many many videos of it here. Unfortunately, I didn't take ANY pictures even though the camera was in my purse the whole time. Fortunately, my #1 blog reader was there so she saw everything. For the rest of you, I can show you the things I got on our lady shopping trip.
I like this necklace because it looks like fish eggs.
This bracelet will look great with this sweater, provided it ever becomes a sweater. Don't worry, I'm sure I'll find plenty of chances to wear it in the meantime. We also got our traditional pedis-this time I picked red glitter. (Trust me, it's glittery, you just don't want to get close enough to these feet to see) Toes look weird. Or maybe just mine with the freakishly long 2nd toe.

This past weekend the Howell adults went on vacation, so I got to spend LOTS of extra time with the Howell kids. Thanks once again to my sweet JS, it wasn't so bad. We took them on the fancy new commuter train. It wasn't the worst time ever, but I don't think the intended demographic for this activity is the not quite two year old. It's ok, it wasted-I mean productively used-a couple hours, so overall a plus. We also took them to a Round Rock Express game and powered through an HOUR AND A HALF rain delay. If you don't spend much time with little kids you might say "what's the big deal?", but if you do, you might say "y'all are super badasses!" And you, second person, would be right.

In entertainment news, we just finished season 2 of Breaking Bad. This is a fantastic show but I have to say that towards the end it really pushed the limits of plausibility. I guess for all y'all normal people with basic cable this is no news at all. In other a year behind viewing news, I've started whatever season of Mad Men is on dvd now, and this morning I saw that Christina Hendricks is the most attractive woman in America. I very much agree.

And now for the most exciting news of all here at C &D! We have a new follower! Our very own Jack Daniel Stanley, the finest filmmaker we know. Welcome, follower #2! Yippee!!

April come she will

Hi y'all. I know everyone's anxious to see what new knitting project I've started even though I have a million unfinished things hanging around. Here it is: It may one day become this, but the yarn is very very small. See?
Hope everyone had a nice Easter. We had a very scaled down version of our Easter party, this year hosted by the Howells. You can see the pictures here.

leftovers

The old e.m. blog used to be all about the breakfast. As an homage, I'll show you my breakfast for today. Well, brunch I guess since I didn't eat it till 11. It's an omelette of sorts, really just some eggs and leftover pasta sauce I made the other night.

In knitting news, I made a little coaster from the leftover papasan throw yarn.
But Lee Chat drank my water.
Yesterday I started the cast-on for this. First I had to wind the yarn which took a LONG time because it is tiny. Too lazy for photos of that today but there's still two more balls to wind so maybe another day. It's beauty-ful outside so I should be outdoors. Later.

I was going to write this on Saturday and call it Saturday Evening Post

Because it was like this on Saturday evening:But now, it's Monday afternoon, and that's not so clever. Anyway, my main goal on Saturday was to show you my new hanging plant.
Isn't it cute? Hopefully it will make it through the summer. My friend the weather expert predicts a cooler but more humid summer than last year. Good for plants? I guess.

It's probably better that I waited until today to write because now I can tell you about this week's hike at Enchanted Rock. Y'all know I LOVE rocks. Really. I took a few too many pictures of them that you can see here. It was a super fun trip even though I got attacked by a cactus:
(Note to self: MORE PILATES! LOTION! SUNSHINE!) I took this cool rock home-I know you're not supposed to, but I love rocks.
On the way home I finally finished a knitted thing: the throw for the papasan chair. It's technically a baby blanket so it doesn't cover it completely. Close enough.
Lee likes it.

Back on track

Hey y'all! Looks like I've let a lot of time pass between posts again. Oops. Hope you've found some other things to do.

Let's see, what have you missed? Weekend before last, we did one of my new favorite things-going to the races! I LOVE this. Mostly because I win. It is so fun. And there's hotdogs! We also went to the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. Also fun, and I got to crouch through barbed wire fence for the first time. (We had to do a little bit of trail blazing) Pics of these activities are on the flickr.

Last week was spring break, which in Austin means SXSW. It also means I "work" way longer hours, but thanks to good ol' JS I was able to get out with the kids for some daytime rock shows. Our friend Jack Daniel Stanley had a few entries in the film fest. His new short Depth of Phil was really great. After the screening we had a few drinks at the Highball, and met Gary who plays Phil in the movie. Turns out he was the casting director on The Last Picture Show. Very cool. Oh yeah, we went to a free Cheap Trick show at Auditorium Shores. I love living here.

In other entertainment news, yes I did go out and buy the fox movie yesterday. This movie makes me very happy. See it this minute if you haven't, or go watch it again.

I also bought (gulp) a pilates video. Yes you read that right. I've been trying this month to put a bit of a smackdown on myself as my love of beer and fest-type foods has really been catching up with me. It kicked my ass but I think I may love it. It involves a lot of rocking on the floor which is something I already do.

I got another parcel in my locker!! Yarn of course. Spectacular Malabrigo Lace to make this. Yes, I have another cupcake mitten to finish. And the foxes. And the throw for the papasan chair, and lots of other stuff. Pay attention to your own knitting projects.

My computer's been acting wacky, so I should post this before I lose it. Hope y'all are well.

The Happy Locker

Hi y'all, I'm blogging to you from my Texas flag chair (outdoors!). It seems like winter may really be over this time. Maybe. Some of you may remember that I declared winter over way back here, so I understand if you don't trust me this time. A lot of fun stuff happened in the last eight days, but the highlight was this:
The parcel locker! I don't know if you have this where you live, but it is the greatest. (Remember that this is only the second apartment complex I've lived in as an adult, so sometimes I'm impressed by things other people might find mundane.) At the other apt. when you got a package in the mail, you had to ask the bitchy lady in the office to go get it for you. Here at the magical Grove where it is always summer, you get a mysterious key in your mailbox. This key opens one of four parcel lockers and your package is inside!!! That's it! From now on I'm having all my supplies shipped in so I can get a parcel locker key every day. Ok, well at least it will encourage me to buy even more yarn online. Oh yeah, what was my parcel? The supplies to make these! (Clapping)

We also had my dear friend Adriane's annual birthday wingfest. She and my sweet love share a passion for the hot wings, but I just don't get it. Food is a pleasure. It shouldn't hurt. Whatever, I got to make cupcakes. I ate some "one x" wings. I played along. She is a great friend. I put the few pics I took on the flickr.

On Sunday we went on a hike. There's a ton of beautiful wilderness in my homeland but you have to drive a ways to get there. Here in Austin this is 15 minutes from downtown:
So no, I didn't watch the Oscars but I was glad to see The Hurt Locker and my girl Mo'Nique win. If you haven't seen The Hurt Locker you should, it's better than you think it's going to be. While I was a bit let down by Precious, Mo'Nique's performance was one of the most brilliant pieces of acting I've ever seen. She was insane.

In knitting news, I'm working on the foxes and a throw to cover the papasan chair. Yes, it is already covered in cat hair, but I have this yarn that matches the revamped futon sheet and I'm trying to make my tiny apt. all normal home looking. Wish me luck. I did get sheets and stuff for the bed and was reminded that making a bed is a pain in the ass. If I ever get that room uncluttered I'll show you a picture. Until then, enjoy whatever y'all are doing this week!