Cat Tail Hat

Inara often does this hilarious thing where she drapes her tail over Chloe’s head.  I was lucky enough to snap a photo of it with my phone.  Chloe is so tolerant…

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Utter Bliss

Uploading some pictures from my phone, I noticed this one of Chloe that I had forgotten about.  This is the face of happiness.  Chloe enjoying the ride down Mom and Dad’s driveway.

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Crawfish Boil

Yesterday, after a harrowing trip, I finally made it home.  Instead of being angry and ranting about how awful airlines are, I’m going to tell you about the Crawfish Boil.

On Sunday, we went to a Crawfish Boil.  Now, being a northern girl, I’d never been to one of these.  But it was a lot of fun!  Think “giant BBQ with shellfish instead of burgers” and that’s pretty much it.  This particular Boil was in celebration of a wedding (and man was the bride hungover…).  They boiled up 200lbs of crawfish in about 4 batches.  This is the first batch, waiting to meet their delicious end.

Quicker than you might think, those clawing little lobsters became bright red piles of deliciousness.

After getting trained on how to properly eat a crawfish (suck the head, peel the tail), I decimated a pile of these bad boys.  But I saved Fred for last.

He was delicious.

Pro Tip: Wash your hands before going to the bathroom because these little guys are spicy and you don’t want your bits to burn.  So glad Paula warned me first…

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Peace, Man

(No, I wasn’t in some sort of hippie knit-in. But I was in a parade with llamas. Oh yeah, I lead an exciting life.)

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Lucy

We’ve been listening to The Beatles lately. (Mainly the new album “Love” put together by George Martin.  It’s phenomenal.)  I asked Sam why their sound changed so dramatically from the early albums.  His reply… LSD.  Yup.  That explains a lot.  So, I give you Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds as portrayed in the movie Yellow Submarine.

You gotta admit that the artwork/music combo is pretty awesome.  I bet Walter totally loves this movie.

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Rainy Stitches

I cannot believe how much it has rained since we got to California.  What happened to the sunshine state?  Well, at least we’re indoors working at Stitches West!  As usual, I’m at the Oregon Woodworker’s booth selling fabulous swifts.  I’ve already spotted a few famous bloggers wandering about.  Jenny and Nichole from Stash & Burn wandered past the booth.  And then I saw IrishGirlie with an adorable little girl.  (Of course I was busy working and could only smile.)

There are fantastic things to see at the market.  My goal this year is to find great crocheted items to bring back to the yarn shop.  So far I’ve been really impressed with the crochet (and knit) designs from Kira K.  I picked up a pattern from Green Mountain Spinnery called Kristy.  StitchDiva also has some great crocheted hats that are calling to me.  Plus I picked up some great stitch markers with an adorable case from Miss Purl.  I still haven’t gotten a chance to see the entire show, but I’m working on it…

Tomorrow, I’ll be at booth #904.  So if you’re at the show, come say hi!

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Merry Xmas Eve

I hope you’re having as much fun on your Xmas Eve as I am.  :)

Santa Princess hat, courtesy of my folks.

The skating rink was crazy busy (that’s about 1/3 of the people who were out there…)

My rockin’ skates (an early xmas gift from my folks) with new laces.  Now I just need some purple wheels…

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A Day with Ty

So, yesterday I borrowed my nephew.  I finally got a day out with this spunky 4 year old without anyone else.  (Do you know how hard it is to get a day out with your nephew when he’s the *only* grandchild?  It’s not easy, let me tell you!) Being the doting aunt, we spent the day doing what *he* wanted to do.  Which means we spent a lot of time in the play area at the mall.

We played on all the rides.

We ate our lunch with chopsticks (even if his lunch was a sandwich).

We even got to see Santa.

Santa gave out awesome antlers.

Which look awesome when worn in the play area.

Hope your Friday was as fun as ours!

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News Alert

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Monday to bring you breaking news!  For the first time in several years, Inara has willingly snuggled a human!  Yes, folks, she sat in my lap for  a full 10 minutes and is now laying beside me as I write this.  It is a day to mark down in the history books!  And I caught it on film (so to speak).

(Yes she was only snuggling to get near to the lace shawl I’m knitting.  For some reason she can’t resist the KnitPicks Shadow lace weight.  That is what the shawl she destroyed was made of.  I can see I’m going to have to be very careful with this project…)

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Concert in the Park

Wow… I got back from vacation and kind of fell off the grid.  Between sewing at the shop and stuff at home, I’ve been busy!  We did take time out yesterday to go to the first concert in the park of the season.  The featured band: Cherry Poppin’ Daddies!  One of my favorite bands, they put on a great live show.  (Not to mention it was a *free* concert!  Gotta love Parks & Rec.)

I, of course, spent the show with yarn in hand.  I got four more flowers finished on my Ella scarf.  There’s a lot of ends to weave in on this project…

The few pictures I snapped didn’t turn out very well, but I did capture a few seconds of video so you can experience it all the same.  Enjoy.

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