Honey Chain

i have a lot of little things that i’ve been meaning to get to but i keep forgetting. i pulled out a notebook and started a list. i work so much better when i have a list. plus, it’s oodles of fun to cross stuff off the list with my red marker. i’m writing and writing and writing some more and then i realize i’m on my second sheet of paper. i filled up both sides of the first sheet of paper. i’m reasonably sure i could fill up both sides of the second sheet of paper, maybe more. i am in the weeds people! yikes! it’s a good thing i’m finally all caught up on episodes of burn notice. now, i can get back to taking care of those pesky real life things like replacing the bulb in the entryway and washing the dogs.

i have made exactly zero socks. i’m sure i’ll be making socks like there’s no tomorrow any minute now. ha

i have not chosen a project for the knitting olympics. i’ve still got time.

i cannot seem to stop listening to these guys.

today, when i was out watering my planters, a big, big waspy looking bug flew into my face. i shrieked and threw my arms up and ran to the driveway to get away from the bug. i am hours of hilarity for my neighbors.

What the House Test Says About You

You consider yourself important, but no more important than anyone else. You love attention, but you don’t feel like you deserve more of it than anyone else.You aren’t against being community oriented, but it’s not really your thing. You tend to prefer to focus on your family and not the neighborhood around you. You are creative, expressive, and bright. You are always in the middle of some amazing project. You look attractive, but mostly because your rely on your natural good looks to get by. You are moved by romance and love. You are optimistic about people, and you love hearing about happy endings.

The House Test

i have been weeding. and weeding and weeding and weeding and…i’m sure you get the point. it doesn’t even look like i’ll ever be done. they’re sneaky. as soon as i walk away from a finished area like 30 more weeds show up. where were they? how did i not notice that 2 foot tall thistle? do i need new glasses? much to my neighbors’ horror i had a talk with the weeds explaining how they need to move on. maybe to my neighbor’s yard. as far as the driveway (with it’s many weed filled cracks) is concerned, i’m wearing blinders. what driveway? you must be talking about some other bungalow.

i’m gonna need to replace the light fixture in the kitchen. i don’t need to do it right away but it’s good to start looking around. the fixture i have now has a light that doesn’t work and also it’s pretty ugly. as i’m sure you could guess, i’m looking for something art deco and i want it to have a fan. it’s the kitchen, you have to have a fan. in my search, i came across this one. it’s way cool but a little too mod for my kitchen. this one is pretty cool, too but i don’t have high enough ceilings. i think i’d like something like this or this. i’m leaning toward the second one. although, now i’m thinking i need a spaceship kitchen so i can get this one.

i am grateful for garden centers and the plants they sell. i am grateful for flowers and containers of plants on the back patio. i am grateful for getting a chance to play in the dirt. i am grateful for owain phyfe whose music was perfect for gardening today.

why do i think i want to do my own parquet floor? no, really, i want to know. parquetry looks hard and complicated. what is it about me? every time i see something i think looks neat, i think “i want to do that. how hard could it be?” why not think something like “i bet there’s someone in the yellow pages who could do that for me.” hmmm? oh no, i say “yeah, it looks hard but i only want to do the back entryway and that’s really small. so it won’t be that bad.”

note to self: i am a big, fat liarhead.

Your Slogan Should Be

Kiki. Champagne for the Brain.

The Slogan Generator

shoemakers are commonly called cobblers but correctly speaking a cobbler is a shoe repairmen. a shoemaker is a cordwainer.

i just learned that today.

see, my blog isn’t just about the whining and the scary tv. it’s about the learning, too.

we need more access to japanese tv here