Mr. Woodman got a Nimbus 2000!

I really have to get out more.  I actually took the wand the hubby made me and turned it into a broomstick for Mr. Woodman.  Okay, wait, let’s back that up.

1.    I had a wand.

2.    I turned it into a broomstick.

3.    After I turned it into a broomstick I carefully wrote “Nimbus 2000″ on it with a tee tiny felt pen.

4.    I’m playing with dolls again.

Wow, which of those is the creepiest?  I think #1 might just be edging out the competition on that one.

Thanksgiving was fabulous.  Way too much turkey, stuffing, and gravy was consumed.  Thank you mom!  You totally rock the turkey cooking.  Today, turkey sandwiches will be on the menu at some point.  Although hubby already had one last night.   Hope everyone else out there had a happy Canada turkey day.  Or tofurkey, if that’s your thing.

Today has so far been spent cleaning bird cages, vacuuming, and laundry.  So, now that I’m feeling all virtuous with myself for having done chores I’m going to make a turkey sandwich then get some knitting done.

Mr. Greenjeans is bound off and I’ll be starting the first sleeve today.  Here are a couple of pictures.

Note to self, stand up straight for heaven’s sake!  Anyways, I’m liking the fit so far.  I will be making the ribbing more than 11 rows though.  I’m thinking more along the lines of 16 – 18.  I don’t want it to look quite so cinched in at the waste and gappy top and bottom.  Know what I mean?  Then I’ll have to find a nice button for it.  I think I have some nice big buttons in the button stash so I’ll have a look later.  I’m also going to be making long sleeves.  I think.  Maybe.  Okay, obviously that decision isn’t made yet! 

Oh God, I also just noticed how many dolls are in the picis above too!  Wicked Witch of the West Barbie and my Dr. Who toys.  You have no idea how excited I was when I got the Dr. Who with radio control K-9.  Over the moon.  I’m such a dork!

As a final note, there is no truth in advertising, particularly on boxes of hair dye.  That is NOT light brown by any stretch of the imagination.  Hubby says he likes it.  I keep startling myself when I go in the bathroom and flick on the light and don’t recognize myself.  Silly woman.

Oh, final, final note!  How loud do you think I screamed when the Canucks scored the winning goal with 4.7 seconds left in overtime on Saturday night?  Brilliant!

Recap

Whew, that was a quick week.  The new job is great so far, the commute not so bad.  We’ll see what happens with that on Tuesday though when all the students go back to school and the volume of humans jumps up exponentially.

On the August UFO front, I sort of didn’t do fabulous but I did get some stuff done.

First up, Larger Than Life Bag.  Crochet & assembly is complete I just need to find her a nice fabric and make the lining.  I might hit the fabric store this weekend, we’ll see.  I was going to use drapery ties for handles but that would be too shiny and posh so I’m going to hit the thrift store and find and old leather purse or bag that I can cannibalize for the handles.  If that doesn’t work I’ll see if I can find two old narrow leather belts, or one wide one and make it into two.  I want it to be hippie dippy and I think old leather will be just the ticket.

I really like the striped gusset too.  Makes me happy.

Poppy didn’t quite get finished but pretty darn close.  I finished the second sleeve and really liked it so I ripped back the bad one and have re-knit 1/2 of it.  Won’t be long now.  I’m MUCH happier with it now.

The Monkey socks for Vanessa, so sad.  I’ve finished one repeat of the pattern on the first sock.  I suck!  They are next on my hit-list though so don’t despair too much ‘Ness.  Maybe for Hallowe’en? 

And, seeing as it’s September and completely acceptable to talk about hockey again, my boy got re-signed for another season!  Whoot whoot!  That almost makes up for the fact that the new uniforms are really not very good.  I was sooooooo hoping that orca crest would be gone, but no.  Oh well, at least they are back in the traditional colours.

Soooooo, wanna play golf?

My beloved Canucks lost 2 – 1 in second overtime last night. If we could all have a moment of quiet…..right, that’s enough of that.

Okay, here it comes. Are you ready for it? There’s always next season! Man, I am some kind of tired of saying that!

Anyway, nothing I can do about that. Look at this neato thingy I found in a thrift store for $1.00.

How cool is that? Just built for multicolour projects. What was that bleak future movie that kept showing tv commercials and one had the guy who just kept saying “I’d buy that for a dollar!” Robocop? Running Man? Anyway, I would and and I did buy that for a dollar!

Then, just now, when I went and opened the front door for a bit o’ natural light to take the above pici I found my Scout’s Swag club package on my front porch! Sweet.

Mmmmmmmmmmm, lavender and mint. Love it. There is gorgeous sock yarn, lip balm, Heal My Hands for hands and sample for heals, and a facial scrub. Yummers.

Don’t tell hubby, I sort of joined the club in a moment of weakness. I never thought I’d be picked in the lottery. ‘Course I was picked and ‘course I was secretly delighted! Duh, who wouldn’t be. But, shhhh, he doesn’t need to know. I’m pretty sure he doesn’t stop by here. Vanessa, don’t you say a word!

Thursday, right?

I’m having some difficulties keeping track of time now that I’m on nights. So far the job is great. Last night we got far enough in our training to actually be doing the work. That’s when I thought I might be severely learning disabled. I simply could not wrap my brain around all the different bits of information. So, I sucked it up, took a chance and just did what I thought was right. Got back my first 40 bits o’ work and no errors! Can I get an amen? Phew, right?

It’s really strange to be learning something so very new and different from what I’ve done for so long. So far though, the place is great and the people are really nice too. I’m very pleased with my situation right now. On Friday we move out of our training room and up to our actual desks and then it go girl go.

One really nice thing, before I go to work I have all this quiet time that I can knit or read or just about anything I want. I get some laundry done, maybe a bit of vacuuming, clean the birds, you know, detail work right? By the time Friday comes all the chores should be done and I can just hang out with my baby and Nessa. All good I tell you.

The downside though, I really miss the amount of time I had with my baby, and everyone else! Hubby has to go to bed pretty much right after he picks me up from work. Saturday and Sunday will become whirlwinds of activity I’m sure. He did the grocery shopping yesterday though so that’s one time wasting task out of the way. I guess if we both do all our chores throughout the week we can just relax on the weekends.

I’ve been playing with the spindolyn and with a drop spindle that hubby had made me years ago. I think I’m sort of getting the hang of it. I hope so, cause I joined the Hello Yarn fiber club! Bahahahaha

Okay, I need to have some lunch and get some knitting done before work. See y’all soon.

Oh, one last plus to working nights, I didn’t have to watch my Canucks get beaten like an old rug last night! Yikes.

I should have bought a lottery ticket

Yesterday, April 23, 2007? Going down as one of the best days of my life.

I started my new job and it was brilliant. I’m so happy I could just plotz. The people were soooo nice and the place is great. I’m so happy I made this decision. This week will be all training then next Monday it’s go go go.

The Canucks beat the Stars in game seven!

I did miss the Canucks game but, as I’ve said before, Trevor Linden is the best player ever to wear a Canucks jersey. Gets the go ahead goal and we are on to the second round! Whoot whoot!

Days like that don’t come around all the time. Which makes you appreciate them all the more.

Nerves

I start my new job tomorrow afternoon and I’m feeling just a touch nervous. Actually, when I stop and fully think about it I kind of almost throw up a little bit. I’m sure that’s perfectly normal. Oh well, at least I finally took the leap and moved out of that comfort circle.

On Friday there was cake at work and then Lisa and Vanessa had a wee song prepared. They revamped the So Long, Farewell song from The Sound of Music to be all about where we work. It was awesome! Then some time in the pub where some shooters were shot. It’s been so long since I did tequila shots that I forgot the order one is supposed to do the salt/lime/tequila in. How sad is that!

Yesterday Vanessa and I went to Macleod’s Books. WOW! It was fantastic. When you walk in there is that old old old book smell. Inside the front cover of a collection of Thomas Moore’s poems was a gift inscription from 1902. It was wonderful. We wandered around and drooled for two hours and didn’t even feel like any time had passed. We didn’t even make it to the basement! Next time. We also hid Grand & Toy and bought blank notebooks. It was brilliant to go with someone who gets that same look in there eye for pens, paper, and books.

After our shopping foray we had grilled panini sandwiches in a little cafe and drooled over our books some more. It was an awesome day.

I washed and blocked my Glampyre raglan and I should be sewing up the hem today. If I do I’ll post a pici later on. It washed up so soft, I’m sure it will be one of my staple sweaters come next winter. Actually, the way the clouds are rolling in maybe I’ll get to wear it today before I fold it up and store it away for winter.

And finally, I’m very sad to report that my Canucks have lost two straight. Both of them shutouts. They have to win tomorrow night or they are eliminated from the playoffs. Soooooo, if everyone out there could send a wee happy hockey thought to Vancouver at about seven pm pacific time, that would be great! Thanks.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I present to you, the greatest Canuck ever.

Thank you very much, I now return you to your regularly scheduled day.

I’m so weak…

But, I don’t think it’s all my fault. I went to Birkeland Brothers today. Oh my. I was just going to get a bit of fibre for spinning for when my Spindolyn arrives. Um yeah, let’s just say that my yarn diet was seriously if not mortally wounded. First there was the Pima Cotton/silk blend, and the Drops Alpaca, and then the Mellenweit sock yarn. I’m so weak. But I did get a lovely little back of fibre for spinning. 100 grams worth, in addition to the 800 grams of lovely lovely yarn I bought.

Worthless and weak I tell you! Worthless and weak. Phe, whatever. Live hard, buy yarn.

Next month Rabbitch is going to be doing up one of the display windows at Birkeland Bros in style. Make sure you stop by and have a look at her goodies. She loves it when folks do that. Snort.

Tomorrow is the Vancouver Sun Run. Think of me out there forcing my rather largesh frame along the 10km course. The weather is supposed to be very good though, which is nice. I’ll try to get some good picis for y’all. Vancouver is a beautiful city so the scenery along the course is good for distracting you from thinking about your aching feet & calves.

Tomorrow is also the last day to send me in your entries for the Dulaan contest. Cutoff is midnight tomorrow night. So far, not as many entries as in last fall’s contest so those of you already in there, much better odds of winning! Those of you who have been waiting until the last minute, time is almost up.

My beloved Canucks lost last night too. I was most sad. They just didn’t seem to have it together, I think that super long game on Wednesday must have ground them up a bit. Plus, they were missing three players due to injury. Not good, not good at all. Have to make sure I’m wearing my lucking underwear tomorrow night. Whatever works baby, whatever works.

Go Canucks Go

Game two tonight! Here’s hoping that the boys just wipe the floor with the Stars within 3 periods of play. Please, I’m too old to be watching quadruple overtime games. My heart can’t take it.

And, we’re getting down to the last few days of the Knit for Dulaan contest. You have until midnight pacific time on Sunday night to enter. Just send me a pici or a link to a pici to the email address in the sidebar to be entered. One entry for each item you’ve made between Mar 1 and Apr 15. Hubby will be doing the draw on Monday night after work and I’ll post and contact the winners then.

There’s still plenty of time to whip up one more hat or maybe a scarf to enter. Can’t wait to hear from you.

Now, if everyone out there could send some very winning vibes to my Canucks tonight the would be great! Thanks.