I went to press without thoroughly checking my sources.  Claire has informed me that indeed there were more photos in the sent file – photos that would show the pocket detail.  On the left you will see the fair and lovely Sydney showing off her fancy woof.  The picture on the right is just another look because she’s so pretty!

Have a look at Sydney’s new sweater!  Claire, she of the dazzling color vision and various driving adventures chronicled here at Purlingswine, knit this for a friend’s pooch.  It is the very same pattern as the one I knit for Mo.  The angle doesn’t show the pocket detail, which features a duplicate stitched bone and the word Woof embroidered underneath.  Sydney is best friends with Claire’s dog Rosie.  The lovely Sydney gets compliments wherever she goes — she is a mini Australian shepherd and came all the way to Long Island from Washington state!

My poncho is nearing completion – the final edge of ribbing is all that is needed.  However, knitting has halted for a day due to a strained thumb.  I cannot blame it on my brief stint working for Pepsi – it was aching before that.  I am hoping a few days rest will take care of it.

The other exciting news is that I have my paint rollers and brushes at the ready.  The kitchen/pantry area are on the agenda.  The Boar and Angie (my fabulous MiL) and I spackled yesterday – sanding tomorrow and I plan to be painting by this weekend!  I always use Benjamin Moore paints – I love the way they cover and I also rely heavily on the advice of the owners of my local store.  I saw a certain shade of yellow from the historic collection.  I will finally live out my dream of having a yellow kitchen – and all my days shall be sunny and bright!

I went to work with my Boar last night.  My dearest darling owns a Pepsi Cola distributorship in Brooklyn, NY.  Last evening he needed to go into one of his large super market accounts to build a display.  You know, those giant towers of soda you see at the ends of the grocery store aisles?  Normally, he does this sort of thing during the daylight hours – well, the wee hours of the morning – but this store was having an inventory day today and didn’t want the various vendors in and out.  So I decided to go in with him.  We got home at 12:30, asleep by 1:00 and I got up at 6 with the dogs.

god, working for a living sucks.  I’m exhausted!

oh …. and my boss was sexually harassing me all night.  no job is worth my dignity!

So I’m on my laptop this evening and I notice that Daughter #1 has posted not one, but two away messages.  Is everyone familiar with this phenomena?  For the uninitiated, away messages are little notes letting the folks on your buddy list know that you are unavailable.  When I am on the computer and don’t want to receive instant messages, I will post an away message.  These crazy kids of mine post away messages all the time – even when they’re not on the computer.  Sometimes it will say, out or at the barn or eating dinner!  You get the idea.  I find this completely perplexing.  If you aren’t at home, why have the message posted?  Why is this necessary?  What is the world coming to?  Is it the youth of America, or am I an old fart?

To get back to my story ….. Daughter #1 has posted two away messages – she is watching ice skating on television and is nowhere near the computer.  I turn to Daughter #2 and this is our conversation:

*both of these girls are on the high honor roll, so I know there is some rational thought lurking in there …. somewhere ….