Knitting is one big word problem. 

In my house, Boar is the mathematician, I am not.  Whenever there is a math, chemistry or computer question he is the go-to guy.  Anything else, see me.

Having finished the Spearfish, I am back to working on Halcyon.  I thought I was taking extra care with row counting. 

Scene I:

Ann and Boar are sitting in their den watching The Staircase on the Sundance channel. 

• B: is that the guy?
• A: yes – that one there with the pipe.
• B: do you think he did it?
• A: yea – how many dead women can you find at the bottom of a staircase?
• B: is his brother a lawyer?
• A: it seems like he must be.
• A: Boar?  if I am on row 3 of a four row repeat, row 9 of a twelve row repeat, row 7 of a sixteen row repeat and row 15 of a twenty four row repeat, what row am I on?

See how I answer his questions and he answers mine?  that’s marriage people!

Do you know he actually figured it out? 

Well, almost figured it out – he would have figured it out if I had given him the right information!

People, I have just finished row 58.  Even with all of the calculations it took me 3 hours – three hours to knit 3 rows!! 

I think Anita is right, that gris gris gave me some bad juju.

~sung to the tune "Do You Hear What I Hear?"~

Said the PurlingSwine to the Wool & Words

do you see what I see?

Down there on my feet, Wool & Words?

do you see what I see?

Some Socks! Some Socks!

snuggling my toes

they will bring me goodness and gold

they will bring me goodness and gold!

Vicki’s hills are alive and I’ve been tagged …..

I would like to start off by saying that Vicki and I seem to be dopplegänger and everything on her list is on mine.  Except I would swap the Milky Way for a Snickers or Reeses Peanut Butter Cup ….

That being said, my next 10 favorite things:

1. salt on watermelon
2. coffee – hot, strong and sweet (just like my Boar)
3. back scratches
4. foot massages (hello?  Kathleen??)
5. dogs
6. when everyone is asleep in their beds and I have the house to myself – note that this is not the same thing as no one being home and having the house to myself.
7. a good book
8. a good movie
9. interesting people
10. dirty jokes
11. and because it’s always nice to have one extra …. crisp fall days

Do you watch the show Revelations?  It’s all about the End of Days.  I have had my own personal sign of the Apocalypse ….. I have run out of things to say.

I usually write an entry in the morning.  This morning I came up empty.  I read the news, hoping for something – there was nothing.  Perhaps my Blogroll would provide inspiration — nope.

Now it is 2 in the afternoon and I still have nothing.  I have read it is in bad form to blog about how you have nothing to blog about.  But I’m doing it anyway.

I have indeed been working on Spearfish, but I don’t want to say too much or post a picture.  Anita is my competition and should she see where I’m at in our race, then she will put forth a burst of knitting energy.  I just hope she keeps f-ing up those camis she’s been working on.  It’s my only chance of winning!

I, like Vicki, have also recently spent more money than I planned on a prom dress for Daughter #1.  I experienced some sticker shock, but was mollified by a 20% off sale.  Without the sale the dress was $289 and tax would have brought it to $304.  The sale price, including tax was somewhere in the $240 range.  Still too much money, but she loves it and looks fantastic.  **remind me why I am buying my clothes at Target and Costco??

So that’s it folks — I am off to start the lawn mower.  Hopefully Poe won’t try to tangle with it!