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Cheezburger!!

ROFLMAO - Marcy made me a ICANHASCHEEZBURGER!

posted by Ruth S. @ 10:48 AM 1 Comments

What do you get a Rocket Scientist for Christmas?

What do you get a Rocket Scientist for Christmas?
Why, you get him what he wants -- a robot to chase the cats with! Here's the link to the bot at Surveyor Corporation.


This little bot is very cute-- even the cats were amused.


I wish I could have gotten a shot of the robot running up against the cats...


This is the Roketman's laptop, showing how he controls the bot, and what the bot sees with its on-board camera.


Here's another cat-surveillance shot


The bot has laser eyes, which Ginger really loves. She's definitely a laser-dot chasin' cat.


Jalinda wasn't very amused by the bot. This is the only picture I got. After this, she refused to be in the same room!

posted by Ruth S. @ 10:28 PM 6 Comments

Shopping - and Christmas

Jez and I went shopping to Marukai in Gardena yesterday. I spotted this gorgeous green kimono upstairs in the antique section. It's unlined, and obviously hand-sewn.


When I saw this price tag, I had to go ask a clerk to make sure it wasn't a typo!


It was dark (5pm-ish) when we got back to the car. This is the haul. I'm as jazzed as Jez! (Hey, lady, gonna post those iPhone pictures on your blog??)


That box is a portable washing machine. It should be awesome for doing Judith McK's "yarn abuse"!

posted by Ruth S. @ 10:26 PM 0 Comments

Rex gets skunked again

A very few hours before this was taken, and the day before we originally would have left on the road trip, Rex was a very handsome dog just back from the groomers. And then there was a skunk. And after that, much rubbing of the muzzle in the mud to get rid of the odor.


When Mom and Dad realize what's happened, it's right before bedtime. Dad grabs a towel, Mom grabs the camera.


And there was much consternation. Four-footed, and two-footed.

Can you imagine if we'd have done the road trip with a skunky dog? (shudder)

Labels: Rex

posted by Ruth S. @ 9:34 AM 0 Comments

Mundacities

Mundacities? I looked it up, it is a real word, based on mundane. That sumarizes my life right now, and that's just what I want.

The Roketman and I backed out of driving back to Hays Kansas (where my mom is) and then on to Omaha for Poor Little Dale's 80th birthday party. From the looks of the weather, we made the right choice!! Mom says they have thirteen inches of snow down on the ground, which is really unusual because that part of Kansas is so flat! Snow usually blows on over to the east, where there are hills and trees to catch it.

That cold a couple weeks ago wiped me out-- I went back to work ok, but the stamina just wasn't there. Regretably, I decided that the trip up to the Mendocino International Fungi and Fiber Symposium just wasn't in the cards either. A week later, and I could probably handle it. (sigh)

When you talk to your supervisor at work to try to solve the dilemma, and she talks about how all the other librarians are going to the national conference... you get a pretty strong clue to her preferences for your time.

The Roketman and I are both supposed to be off all week. I say supposed to be-- he's got a couple of really hard deadlines at work so he's getting overtime pay to work Wednesday and Thursday. So Jez from work and I are planning to go to Marukai in Gardena. (long pause to find the URL, with a major distraction to read the current flyer...)

Let's see if I can find my original point in blogging, okay?

I have a few goals for this holiday season. Let's list them here, and try to keep track. You have been warned of the mundacity, but keeping myself real is part of what this blog is (supposed to be) about.

• Finish theses projects: (see pictures on my Ravelry Projects page if you're a member)
  
  • Garter Stitch Raglan
    
  • Poppy Sweater (Elsebeth LaVold pattern)
    
  • Shards socks
  
  
• Card and spin enough wool to reclaim the dining room
  
  • Progress so far:
    
  • Four skeins of thrum-type yarn, with bits from the Oaxaca trip. Carded, spun, abused Judith McKenzie-McCuin style and drying in the back yard
    
  • Two batts' worth of white Romney, no specified purpose except dyeing. Carded and spun into singles so far.

And in the I-couldn't-help-starting-something file:

• A pair of socks- yarn is from Phebie's, yarn is "Happy Feet", label says "Spun in Peru for the Plymouth Yarn Co."
  
• Need to put that in the Ravelry Project file
  

Labels: Knitting, Poppy, projects, Raglan, Shards, spinning, yarn

posted by Ruth S. @ 12:21 PM 0 Comments