Well, I’ve got 100 rows left of stranded colorwork left before the lion is complete! :)
I thought at one point that I might not finish, but now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Here’s a photo of the floats on the back (I haven’t posted a pic of the front recently in case TH gets curious):

The one thing that has really paid off since I’m doing fair isled instead of intarsia is that the time I figured out I’d made a mistake two rows back, I was able to drop a couple of stitches, pick the correct color up and redo the stitches(using the floats rather than the original strands) and correct the mistake without having to rip out two rows! :)
Yay for floats (I prefer to say floats rather than “strands” b/c it makes me think of coke floats.)! :)

The Stars won Friday night in a great game. Krahn had 43 saves and Jamie Benn got a hat trick. The final score was 5-3 and I was thrilled! Hopefully they’ll win again tonight and advance. :)
Go STARS! :)

In other news, I saw Iron Man 2. If you liked the first one, I think you’ll enjoy it. I did…..except for the 15 year old boy next to me that couldn’t seem to resist repeating EVERY single quotable line after it was said and making noises too. He was wearing a national guard shirt, so maybe he’ll go into the military and learn to be quiet. His dad shushing him sure wasn’t working. And he was drinking milk rather than soda. I can’t imagine him on sugar!
Tip for parents: If you know you have to shush your kid during movies, have them sit on the end near the aisle.
I managed not to tell him to say anything rude despite the fact that he almost ruined the movie for me…….so, that was something.
and just last week, I was thinking that I don’t really have a problem with repetitive noises (like people clicking their pens or microwaves beeping)…..but you let a teenaged kid talk over my movie…..well, that’s another thing entirely.

Happy Mother’s Day to my mom, Grammy, Grandma Katie, and my MIL.

Everyone else, Happy Sunday! :)

(5/9/2010 4:29 pm)

I’m 60% of the way through the world of warcraft blanket!

I’d like to thank the academy …
and my dog and TH for their patience. :)

How can I only be 60% done?
It is already long enough to cover me while I work on it….

The good news is that I have planned for a margin of error.
Should the early part turn out too long, there will be a foot pocket.
Should the part I’m knitting turn out too long, I’ll stop knitting. :)
When I get to Seventy percent, perhaps I’ll have TH close his eyes and I’ll measure. :)

I’m sooooo glad to be making progress. I cannot wait to be finished!
and then assemble my state fair blanket! and then get to work on all the other stuff I have my eye on! :)
oh, and at SOME point, I should finish the poor crocheted Santa! :) – at least by next Christmas. :)

Peas out! and HAPPY WED! :)

(5/5/2010 10:52 pm)

I worked on the WoW a little today…in the car…on the way to the Pecan St. Festival.
On the way home, TH was REALLY enjoying the new car, so I had to put the needles down for a bit to hold onto the handle Audi had the foresight to provide. :)

Then we had a friend over and watched Boondock Saints 2.
Now, I discovered Boondock Saints (the original) a little behind the curve when Netflix recommended it to me. It is a GREAT film. It has everything I like in a movie:

• Quotable Lines
• Good soundtrack
• Cute guys (bonus points b/c there is more than one AND they have cute accents)
• Shooting
• Bad Guys get what’s coming to them
• Happy Ending

The last two are separate bullet items b/c sometimes the bad guys get what they deserve, but you don’t get a happy ending (think Braveheart).
And I thought to myself, what is it about me that likes a little gratuituos violence? I’m not really a violent person. I don’t think I even believe in spanking….I plan to make my kids weed flowerbeds or come up with creative punishments that fit the crime….assuming we have kids…but that’s a separate blog topic entirely.

I decided I have no idea. I think it is a means to an end? or do I feel about guns the way some ppl feel about fast cars? who knows. I like the bad guy getting what he deserves and preferably a happy ending for the two cute guys. :) So, BDS 2 was a good movie. I think I’m going to have to watch the first one again to decide which I like better…..and I’m hoping for a third installment in the not TOO distant future! :)

In other news, a friend said I’d gone from zero to knitting queen in about a year……what a lovely compliment! :) I’m writing it here, so I can recall it the next time I want to put a knitting needle through my eye b/c I’m so frustrated with something. :)

Happy May, everyone! :)

(5/2/2010 10:38 pm)