to my girls...

for L, because you are oh-so-sassy:
ideas for your wedding...

For Stotz, because I miss you and want an update:


For Feminist SAHM, because I think this might be something you would agree with (and I do too):
google search for 'hip mama feminist'

for my other readers that I suspect are reading but haven't yet appeared on comments:

Cynthia, because you need a smile today, hope you have a good weekend: get to know Winston
I think he's Toppers boyfriend.

Bekah, because I bet you could totally win: this contest

Amanda, because you like random shit as much as I do: I got 73 in 10 seconds

2:11am ....

still awake y'all.

damn.

insomnia...my familiar enemy.

Last night was a doozy. I was very tired, but did not get sleepy until well after 8 am. I tried my old reliable tricks of reading, meditating, counting, and reading some more (the reading was good, but not so much that it should have kept me awake all night) but to no avail. I finished the book and just laid in bed with J until his alarm went off. I offered to make him breakfast, but he wasn't into it. I slept for about 2 hrs then got up and tried to pretend it didn't happen.

The rest of the my day was spent trying to stay awake (because my insomnia only arrives in the dark times, never the light, I can sleep during the day with no problem, in full sunlight), and trying to convince myself that I could just nap for 'a little bit, then I'll get up and be productive...' yeah, right.

what a wasted day. I finally feel normal- with not much accomplished besides guilty feelings.

I am hoping this was not a precursor of things to come- my insomnia is sometimes cyclical, and may stick around wrecking havoc on my life for about a week or two, then it slinks away- me believing I have finally beaten it for good...then it comes back a few months or even six months later. Maybe this was a fluke night- a one of...?

It can be productive sometimes to not sleep at night- if I take advantage of it and don't worry about making noise. I can clean the whole house in 8hrs without a problem if it's from midnight to 8 am- but J doesn't appreciate the sound of the washer, dishes and vacuuming when he has to be up at 7 (as a normal person wouldn't). I also spend about half the night believing it's almost over, I will be asleep soon- so I shouldn't start something I love/like or it will keep me up longer - like knitting or getting on the computer- so frustrating.

so anyway- I am grumpy from guilt and fucked up sleep patterns- and I don't have a clue what I want for dinner. Anyone want to come and make dinner for J and me and sing me lullabies tonight?

yum- my teeth are clean!

blogs commemorate the minutia of life...and what could be more insignificant to anyone other than myself than the news that I got my teeth cleaned?

they are smooth and oh-so-clean!

anyway, this is the news you get when one is posting every single cotton-pickin' day! At least when they don't have earth shattering news or commentary that enlightens the very essence of the meaning of life that is the post you get to read. Enjoy!

random photo on a google pic search for :odd dogs and owners...
snagged this from http://tinyurl.com/2z6x4b

the past 2 time winner of the ugliest dog contest, Sam, who died in 2005. :-(

the face of Halloween, imho... have fun tonight ghouls!

internets routine

here is my normal list of websites I feel I must visit every day/few days, because they either make me laugh or think, or both. Some are listed in my fave links to the left, some are not (because I think blogs hit critical mass sometimes with those lists and no one ever clicks on them)

cuteoverload
ravelry
friends' blogs (see left)
icanhascheezburger
wwtdd (often offensive, but almost always funny)
fug
myspace (of course)
myfamily
my blog
yarnharlot
crazyauntpurl
my email - 4 addresses, why I need that many I have no idea
perez hilton
craigslist

now you know how I waste time on the internets, and that I am slightly addicted to celebrity gossip - shameful, I know...

happy halloween!

Not much to report today- but here's flea from Halloween a few years ago

guess what sistas?

clapotis #2- cottony silky maybe?

I am done with increase rows, moving onto the endless straight section- but at least that means dropping stitches!

and some stash yarn! yum! I went to NoeKnit and to ImaginKnit today. Not a good time at Noe, and a great time at IK- I may not go back to Noe. I just don't like to hear one LYS bash another...enough said.


























































and I decided on an HP camera- it was 99 bucks on sale :-) 6.2 mp! and video with audio! and it takes pictures fast - none of that flashy -flashy-shutter pausing I had w/ the nikon!

I even got the drop coverage- because I have killed two phones that way, a camera is certainly next. PICS PICS PICS PICS! :-)