I've just heard from a winner of one of the movie line contests that her prize came with postage due! I'm horrified. I thought I calculated the correct weight and size and worked with the postal clerk to get the postage just right. If this has happened to anyone else, please let me know.
Speaking of the movie line contest, congratulations to Sandy for winning for Commando. Your prize (with correct postage!) is on its way.
The next movie line up for consideration is:
"I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her."
Good luck to all.
In knitting news, I haven't had much time to knit as I would like. First of all, the Count has asked for the back part of our office that I used for storage so he can set up all his new office equipment in there. His work feeds me and my kids, so how can I refuse? Besides, he's so stinkin charming. But what that means is that I've been busy busy busy trying to organize and clear that area. Which means I've had to organize and clear the storage shed to 1)keep what I want to keep, 2)set aside things I want to sell and 3)throw the rest away. It's the same good feng shui feeling I got when we finally cleaned out the garage, but it is hard work.
I've heard a lot of knitters talk about listening to books on tape while they knit, so I thought I'd give it a whirl, and I'm liking it. But it's still taking me a long while to get through one book. I'd love to listen while I drive ZimDee to and from preschool since it seems like I spend so much of my time in the car, but he protests, and while I like the book ok (Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs, who created the Temperance Brennan character on the TV show Bones) I didn't realize how many F-bombs were dropped in it. So it's just as well that I listen to it when the kids aren't around. So you can imagine how often I get to listen to it, since one of my kids is almost always with me. It's great to clean house to, though, because magically that's when I'm left all alone.
*My love to all*
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Congratulations to Jennifer
Congratulations to Jennifer for winning the movie line contest from X Men. I agree that our Mr. Hugh makes this movie completely watchable. Email your mailing address to me at kkmj at comcast dot net, Jennifer, and I will send your prize on its way.
The next movie line up for consideration comes all the way back from 1985. Can you guess what movie this came from?
"Don't disturb my friend. He's dead tired."
The Count would really like this movie, let's put it that way. Alyssa Milano appeared in this movie as a little girl.
Good luck to all.
Steady progress is being made on my Mock Croc socks. It's getting easier and easier, though I would still rate the sock addiction meter as very very low. Give me time, I suppose. It does involve yarn, after all.
Look who's becoming such a big little man all of a sudden. I swear he changes a little more every day. Try not to be in too much of a hurry, my little heart.
Your mommy loves you so.
The next movie line up for consideration comes all the way back from 1985. Can you guess what movie this came from?
"Don't disturb my friend. He's dead tired."
The Count would really like this movie, let's put it that way. Alyssa Milano appeared in this movie as a little girl.
Good luck to all.
Steady progress is being made on my Mock Croc socks. It's getting easier and easier, though I would still rate the sock addiction meter as very very low. Give me time, I suppose. It does involve yarn, after all.
Look who's becoming such a big little man all of a sudden. I swear he changes a little more every day. Try not to be in too much of a hurry, my little heart.
Your mommy loves you so.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Congratulations to Lisa
Congratulations to Lisa for winning the movie line contest from Stripes. If you would like to email your mailing address to me at kkmj at comcast dot net I will send your prize on its way.
The next movie line up for consideration is:
"It's me!"
"Prove it."
"You're a dick."
"O.K."
Good luck to all.
In knitting news, I am finally making progress on my Mock Croc socks. I don't know how many times I frogged this project, due to either being unsure of the stitches, unsure of dealing with five double pointed needles, losing my place, or the baby pulling it apart. But now I'm well on my way. The pattern is very intuitive; after doing a couple rows there is no need to consult the paperwork. That's very refreshing. Here is the sock as it stands now:
By the way, guess who loves pancakes?
Sproutie is getting to the age where he wants to feed himself. Daddy made this little pancake just for him. What a big boy!
The next movie line up for consideration is:
"It's me!"
"Prove it."
"You're a dick."
"O.K."
Good luck to all.
In knitting news, I am finally making progress on my Mock Croc socks. I don't know how many times I frogged this project, due to either being unsure of the stitches, unsure of dealing with five double pointed needles, losing my place, or the baby pulling it apart. But now I'm well on my way. The pattern is very intuitive; after doing a couple rows there is no need to consult the paperwork. That's very refreshing. Here is the sock as it stands now:
By the way, guess who loves pancakes?
Sproutie is getting to the age where he wants to feed himself. Daddy made this little pancake just for him. What a big boy!
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Congratulations to Luv2ReedGrandma!
Congratulations to Luv2ReedGrandma for winning the movie line contest from Splash! Hooray for you!
The next movie line up for consideration is:
"Everybody calls me Psycho. Any of you guys call me Francis, and I'll kill you. I catch any of you guys in my stuff, I'll kill you."
-------"Lighten up, Francis"
and
"That's a fact, Jack!"
Good luck to all.
I think I finally figured out what I'm doing on the Mock Croc socks. Progress pictures coming soon!
The next movie line up for consideration is:
"Everybody calls me Psycho. Any of you guys call me Francis, and I'll kill you. I catch any of you guys in my stuff, I'll kill you."
-------"Lighten up, Francis"
and
"That's a fact, Jack!"
Good luck to all.
I think I finally figured out what I'm doing on the Mock Croc socks. Progress pictures coming soon!
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Congratulations to...
The answer to the movie line contest ("Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?") is Rush Hour. And Rush Hour 2. Spoken by Chris Tucker in Rush Hour, and by Jackie Chan in Rush Hour 2. Since the contest only requires the name of the movie, not who spoke the line, Stephanie is the winner, with Honorable Mention going to Sandy and Jenni. Sorry for the confusion, but after all this is all in good fun anyway.
A word to movie line contest winners: there is an award banner on my sidebar that you have earned the "privelege" of adding to the sidebar of your blogs if you so desire. And Dani and Angela, your prizes are as yet unclaimed. Email your mailing address to me at kkmj at comcast dot net so I can send them on their way to you.
The next movie line up for consideration is:
"All my life I've been waiting for someone and when I find her, she's a fish."
Good luck to all.
In knitting news, I'm still not quite able to master the yarn overs in the Mock Croc socks. I'm on my way to my friendly local yarn shop to get some much needed assistance. Wish me luck!
A word to movie line contest winners: there is an award banner on my sidebar that you have earned the "privelege" of adding to the sidebar of your blogs if you so desire. And Dani and Angela, your prizes are as yet unclaimed. Email your mailing address to me at kkmj at comcast dot net so I can send them on their way to you.
The next movie line up for consideration is:
"All my life I've been waiting for someone and when I find her, she's a fish."
Good luck to all.
In knitting news, I'm still not quite able to master the yarn overs in the Mock Croc socks. I'm on my way to my friendly local yarn shop to get some much needed assistance. Wish me luck!
Friday, May 19, 2006
Congratulations to Jenni
Congratulations to Jenni for winning the movie line contest from Dick and Jane. Unlike a lot of people, I laughed harder at the remake than the original. The botox scene? The border escape? I almost couldn't breathe I was laughing so hard. Not that the movie is perfect, but I still enjoyed it. Good job, Jenni. If you'd like to email your mailing address to me at kkmj at comcast dot net, I will send a little prize your way.
To answer Stephanie's questions, the socks will be for me. I hear that sock knitting can be addictive. I'm already addicted to knitting, but haven't quite caught the sock bug yet. I hear that the knitting goes very quickly, and by the time you're finished with your first sock, you're hooked. I'll have to let you know about that.
Do I consider myself a fast knitter? Would I win a knitting race? Or do I like to take my time and focus on the stitch quality?
I'd have to say that it depends on the project. But I'm a thrower, which means I hold the yarn in my right hand, rather than a picker, where someone holds the yarn in their left hand. They have held actual speed knitting contests, and throwers rarely win. I have learned the picking technique, and do it every once in a while so I don't forget it, but throwing feels much more natural to me, and I personally feel like I can control my gauge better with throwing. There's a fallacy that picking is more sophisticated than throwing. I don't agree.
I don't knit really fast, but I'm not slow either. I get a lot of things done, but that's probably due more to always having my knitting with me so I can whip it out wherever I am, and because I try to make time for knitting every night. Sometimes I don't always succeed, but there is something very therapeutic for me to unwind and knit after the kids have gone to bed. I start to feel scattered if I don't get that time.
And since knitting is all about the relaxation for me, I don't rush it.
Knitting, just like any other hobby, can get spendy if you let it. The best rationalization I've heard (from an enabling yarn shop owner, naturally) was that you are paying for the experience of knitting, and as a bonus you get a finished product at the end. I guess if you think about it, you pay about $15 for a movie, popcorn and soda for two hours of entertainment. For the time spent, knitting can be considered pretty reasonably priced. But I could just be trying to justify...
On to the next movie line contest. Up for your consideration now:
"Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?"
Good luck to all.
To answer Stephanie's questions, the socks will be for me. I hear that sock knitting can be addictive. I'm already addicted to knitting, but haven't quite caught the sock bug yet. I hear that the knitting goes very quickly, and by the time you're finished with your first sock, you're hooked. I'll have to let you know about that.
Do I consider myself a fast knitter? Would I win a knitting race? Or do I like to take my time and focus on the stitch quality?
I'd have to say that it depends on the project. But I'm a thrower, which means I hold the yarn in my right hand, rather than a picker, where someone holds the yarn in their left hand. They have held actual speed knitting contests, and throwers rarely win. I have learned the picking technique, and do it every once in a while so I don't forget it, but throwing feels much more natural to me, and I personally feel like I can control my gauge better with throwing. There's a fallacy that picking is more sophisticated than throwing. I don't agree.
I don't knit really fast, but I'm not slow either. I get a lot of things done, but that's probably due more to always having my knitting with me so I can whip it out wherever I am, and because I try to make time for knitting every night. Sometimes I don't always succeed, but there is something very therapeutic for me to unwind and knit after the kids have gone to bed. I start to feel scattered if I don't get that time.
And since knitting is all about the relaxation for me, I don't rush it.
Knitting, just like any other hobby, can get spendy if you let it. The best rationalization I've heard (from an enabling yarn shop owner, naturally) was that you are paying for the experience of knitting, and as a bonus you get a finished product at the end. I guess if you think about it, you pay about $15 for a movie, popcorn and soda for two hours of entertainment. For the time spent, knitting can be considered pretty reasonably priced. But I could just be trying to justify...
On to the next movie line contest. Up for your consideration now:
"Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?"
Good luck to all.
Congratulations to Angela
Congratulations to Angela for winning the movie line contest from Ghostbusters. Way to go! If you would like to email your mailing address to me at kkmj at comcast dot net, I will send your candy prize on its way.
In knitting news, I went to my first Tigard Knitting Guild meeting tonight and am very glad that I did. I'm so glad that they have something like this close to where I live. The meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month. Tonight's speaker was Betsy McCarthy, author of Knit Socks! She gave an interesting talk about how her book came to be published. I met Chrissy and Amanda there, and we sat together at a table and knit our own socks while the meeting was held. After the presentation they went around the room and did show and tell of finished objects while everyone oohed and aahed appreciatively.
I worked on my Mock Croc socks for the knitalong, but did the yarn-overs wrong, so I ended up frogging the whole thing. The yarn I picked for this project is lovely, but right now we're just not getting along. After reading on Angela's blog that she was using Paton's Grace yarn (100% mercerized cotton) for her socks, I realized that I had some in my stash and pulled it out. I don't live in Florida where it's always warm, but we have been having a tropical heat wave here lately, so I hope this will work out fine. So far it's knitting up a lot easier for me. It could be that I'm more experienced with the pattern after frogging it three times already. Or maybe the solid color is helping me to see the pattern easier than the variegated colors. Here is a picture of the progress I've made so far:
It might not look like much, maybe a bit of string on some shish kabob skewers, but for my first pair of socks, I'm feeling pretty good about it.
And now for the new move line contest. Up for your consideration is:
"We may be in a bit of a pickle."
Good luck to all.
In knitting news, I went to my first Tigard Knitting Guild meeting tonight and am very glad that I did. I'm so glad that they have something like this close to where I live. The meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month. Tonight's speaker was Betsy McCarthy, author of Knit Socks! She gave an interesting talk about how her book came to be published. I met Chrissy and Amanda there, and we sat together at a table and knit our own socks while the meeting was held. After the presentation they went around the room and did show and tell of finished objects while everyone oohed and aahed appreciatively.
I worked on my Mock Croc socks for the knitalong, but did the yarn-overs wrong, so I ended up frogging the whole thing. The yarn I picked for this project is lovely, but right now we're just not getting along. After reading on Angela's blog that she was using Paton's Grace yarn (100% mercerized cotton) for her socks, I realized that I had some in my stash and pulled it out. I don't live in Florida where it's always warm, but we have been having a tropical heat wave here lately, so I hope this will work out fine. So far it's knitting up a lot easier for me. It could be that I'm more experienced with the pattern after frogging it three times already. Or maybe the solid color is helping me to see the pattern easier than the variegated colors. Here is a picture of the progress I've made so far:
It might not look like much, maybe a bit of string on some shish kabob skewers, but for my first pair of socks, I'm feeling pretty good about it.And now for the new move line contest. Up for your consideration is:
"We may be in a bit of a pickle."
Good luck to all.
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