Thursday, December 27, 2007

PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!

A little bit of my world


Me at the Cary Hibernian. The Great Marquise grabbed the camera and snapped this picture before I even knew what happened!


Hercules Mulligan at the Cary Hibernian. Same night as above. It was right before Christmas and there was a least one Christmas party going on. We didn't get our normal seats that night. We actually had to sit on the "other" side of the bar. (Ya kinda hafta know the place)


The great move! I helped the Marquise move some of her stuff last weekend. We were taking this to the swap shop and almost lost the load! My next vehicle will NOT be a truck! No more moving for me.


The Marquise's new place.


Beer and pizza after the move.


My puppy, AJ. He is a Goldendoodle! Half golden retriever/half standard poodle.


AJ's little sister, Ginger. Also a goldendoodle.


My socks!!! Yes, I have a picture of my socks. These are the first socks I ever crocheted. (so far they are the only ones also) I made them to go with my kilts, so they are basically knee socks. (the correct term is actually kilt hose.) I made them out of wool and I think there will probably be about 4 weeks a year when it will be cold enough here to wear them. I will probably make another pair out of cotton for the warmer weather.

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

I Got Camera

Watch out world. I have a camera! Yipee!!!!!! I can now bore you all with pictures as well as text. Oh, the power of modern technology. For those of you interested, it is a Nikon Coolpix LII. 6 megapixels and 3X optical zoom.

Below is a picture of a corner of my latest baby blanket. The colors are a little washed out. I am still figuring out the best way to use the camera. I'll post more (and hopefully better) pics as I get more accustomed to the camera. I may even be able to get a slide show going at some point in the future, just like my hero, the Marquise.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Graduation

I am off to my niece's college graduation this weekend. She is graduating from East Carolina University with a BS in Physical Therapy. Congratulations Courtney! You do us all proud!

Monday, December 10, 2007

Baby Blankets phase 2

Just when I thought it was safe to go back into the water! I thought I had made it through all of the "its time to have babies" women and the "I'm gonna be a grandma" crowd at work and I could lay off the baby blankets for a while. Wrong. I had an ex-supervisor email me and ask me to make a baby blanket for one of her co-workers and if I could have it done by the 21st (yes, of December). And oh, by the way, could you have another done by mid February? Of course, being the push over that I am, I said yes. I informed her that since I had just finished Christmas I would have some free time and I would make her a couple of baby blankets. Actually, I had been wanting to try a couple of different yarns, gauges and hooks. I just needed a good excuse. Now this was actually about a week and a half ago. I have already finished one. I used one of the huge hooks (size p for those of you in the know) and some of the thickest, softest yarn I have ever come across. It almost crocheted itself, it was that quick. It took 2 days; about 6 hours total. I almost feel guilty giving it away. The second one is making up for it, however. On the second, I am using an afghan hook (a very long crochet hook). It is turning out to be a beautiful blanket, but is taking a lot longer than I had thought. Partly because it is a new stitch pattern, which I am getting a little faster at. I was hoping to have them both done by the middle of this week, but I don't think its gonna happen. Liz is just gonna have to make two trips to pick them up.
I may get a camera for Christmas. If so, I may have pictures up of the second blanket. We will see.

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Back Amongst The Living

I had a really bad ending to a great night last Wednesday. As usual, I was out watching Hercules Mulligan with the great Marquise at the Cary Hibernian. We did our usual, I was there on time, she was late, I ordered and ate before she arrived, she ordered and ate throughout the evening, we both drank. Now I admit it, I drank a little more than I usually do, but just a little. (the Hercs were great, as usual) When I got home that evening, I was feeling a little queasy. I figured, it was just that "little bit" of extra Guinness. Well, it wasn't. At 1am all hell broke loose. The bathroom and I became close friends. If you haven't guessed by now, I got food poisoning. I know it was from dinner, and I also know it wasn't something rampant in the restaurant because the Marquise had the same meal as I did and she did not get sick. I was lucky, however. I only had to go through 24 hrs of hell and another 24 of purgatory before I started feeling better. Unlike the Marquise who went through about 36 hours of hell and another 3-4 days of purgatory when she underwent her gustatory dilemma earlier this year. It had been many years since the last time I had food poisoning and I had forgotten how horrible it makes you feel. Everything hurts. You don't want to move, but you have to get up every "so often" and make a bathroom run. Once all the fireworks stop and you think you are on the road to improvement, your GI tract reminds you it is still not happy every time you drink a glass of anything more filling than air. And then comes round 2 and you get to start all over again! YIPEE!

Well, my bacterial experiments are over, hopefully for another 20 or so years.

Monday, December 3, 2007

Rollergirls season ender

The great Marquise and I went to see the Carolina Rollergirls last bout of the season out at Dorton Arena last night. It was only the second game of the season that we were able to see (the first was the season opener) and oh what a game. The bout was against the Kansas City Roller Warriors who were last season's champs. We had a great first period and we were up by about 30 points at one time. Kansas City, however was not fazed at all. Over the next 2 periods, they gradually whittled away our lead to nothing. At the end of the game, we won by 1 point. I thought Dorton was gonna come crashing down with all the yelling.

There were some noticeable differences in the game. Namely, the refs were calling A LOT more fouls. It was not unusual to see 2 or even 3 girls sitting in the penalty box at any given time. From what I could gather, most of the fouls were about elbowing. There were a couple of instances where I think the refs went a bit overboard and really complicated the bout unnecessarily. There were a couple of occasions where it seemed that no one knew what was going on. However, given the emotions on the floor, it probably was a good thing the refs were so strict on this bout, otherwise, there surely would have been bloodshed before the bout was over.

One question though.... who/what was the rollergirl cowboy/mascot/cheerleader? And more importantly, who designed his outfit/costume?