On The Road Again...

Heading to the Whidbey Weavers Guild Spin In. Be back tomorrow.

Throw Another Block on the Pile

Dear Jane Block B-4 Chris's Soccer Field, foundation-pieced by hand on a lightweight non-fusible interfacing. I realized when I it was all done that the outermost sashing was supposed to be in the other fabric. I'm not changing it because I am thrilled with how well this block turned out.

Dear Maytag Repair Guy

Thanks for wasting my whole fucking day and telling me I needed a new dishwasher when all I needed to do was jiggle the door some more.I really enjoyed spending $700 on a dishwasher I don't need.

Your truly,

Jessica

ETA: So angry I forgot how to spell.
For clarity: the repair guy said the machine was unfixable. We bought a new one. I waited all day for it to be delivered. The delivery guy looks at the old one and says, "Why are you replacing it?" I told him the door no longer closed and it couldn't be fixed. He jiggled it around for 10 seconds and voila! it closes. And it cleans dishes. So I sent the new one--that was already in my kitchen--back to Home Depot.

What Qualifies as News in Seattle

Lost iPod returned to retired Oregon hairdresser.

I'm confused. It is newsworthy because she's retired or because she's from Oregon?

Fun Friday

Things that made me laugh this week.


i can has cheezburger

Flight of the Conchords



This one is Wes's favorite.

Thursdays are for What the Hell is This?

What is the editorial process that lead to this cover?

A. "Bright is in. Can it be brighter?"

B. "80s are in. Can it be more out of date?"

C. "We're going to drink this entire bottle of Cuervo and the last one standing gets to pick the photo."

More on the Rick Roll

This One Hurts

Go With the Flow

Click for humungous.

Pattern: Go With the Flow Socks by Evelyn A. Clark, IK Summer '05 and Favorite Socks
Yarn: Socks That Rock (Lightweight) in Chapman Springs
Needle: US1 Addi Lace
Notes: I made the leg ever so slightly shorter than the pattern called for but otherwise knit exactly as written. This pattern just, well, flows off the needles. A very satisfying, quick pair of socks to knit.

Haven't We Had Enough of This?

I just heard about a new documentary, Young@Heart, about a senior citizen choir that sings rock songs. It looks cute.



I'm not crazy about the poster.



Why is knitting still the international symbol for old age?

Nearly a Bust

Today did not go as planned. We were going to have dim sum at Jade Garden then head to the Seattle Art Museum first thing this morning. But Bella has developed some sort of medical issue (gross and not worth discussing) so Wes took her to the vet. They haven't found out what's wrong yet but she's otherwise fine. So we head off to the International District two hours later than expected. The wait at Jade Garden was long and the kids were not feeling patient. Wes ran over to the House of Hong and got us a table immediately. You know there's a reason that one place had a long wait and the other had no wait. The food was meh. We ate quickly and headed to Kinokuniya. Usually the kids are game to look at all the Pokemon stuff for a while but today they just weren't feeling patient. Fortunately I found this cute lunchbag book. I'm participating in a lunch bag swap* and this is just the inspiration I need.

We headed to the museum and scored the greatest parking spot in the world. We were feeling happy and lucky as we headed in the door. Then there in the lobby were more people waiting in line than I have ever seen on all my trips to SAM combined in the last decade. It was mobbed. I got in the line to get a membership. I waited about 10 minutes and the line didn't move. It didn't keep the woman behind me from trying to shimmy around me or just stand so close behind me she kept bumping me forward. I was feeling really frustrated and let down. We headed back to the car. Wes got the great idea to stop at Le Fournil before they closed for some half-priced pastries (we were still hungry from the sub-par dim sum). We drove over only to find the pastry case empty. We trudged back to the car. We headed to U Village to get my son a book we promised him. At this point we were all feeling hungry, frustrated and generally pissy. We got the book and got out of there. When we got home I threw myself on the couch in a fit of pique (and MSG?) and fell dead asleep for three hours.

In an attempt to salvage something good out of the day, Wes fed the kids then gathered them up to accompany us to dinner at El Camino. They were reasonably well behaved and Wes and I got to have a grown up dinner. Nice.

I've been knitting away on my socks and have just turned the heel on the second one. they should be done in a day or two.

* I have been driving myself nuts on what to make. Do I sew something or knit something? I have too many ideas and I'm afraid my sewing skills might fall short of the visions of fancy-ass lunch bags in my head.

Snow and Sew

Fear not, my knitting friends. My Go With the Flow socks are galloping along. I have one and a half socks knit. I have also been working on some sewing stuff though.

My newest Dear Jane blocks.


Hand reverse-applique.


My first curved seams, hand-pieced.

We had a movie night tonight.


17 hexagons completed during the movie.


52 done in all.


And it snowed today! I was shopping on the eastside. I walked out of the mall and it looked like a well-shaken snowglobe. Huge, fat snowflakes pouring out of the sky. It's all gone now.