For the last two weeks, I’ve been trying to get my FOs photographed. I asked a friend to snap a few pictures for me and the battery died in my camera after she had only shot one very awkward-looking picture of me. The awkwardness was not at all her fault, I am a little uncomfortable in front of the camera.
A few days later, I thought maybe I could do some self-portraits by setting my camera up on my rickety old tripod and setting the timer. As you may have guessed, that experiment was fairly unsuccessful as well.
So, my solution? Pile up all the finished objects I’ve accumulated and just snap a few frames as proof-positive that I really have been working and that I can finish things when I set my mind to the task. Eventually, I’ll take photos of me in the garments but this will have to do until then.
Here they are, from top to bottom: Susie’s Reading Mitts in Louisa Harding Kashmir DK, Featherbed in Rowan Kid Classic, Molly Ringwald in Classic Elite Premiere and Liesl in Dream in Color Classy. All the pattern information is on Ravelry, if you’re curious.
And just for a little bit of “life at Chez Sugaroni,” I thought I’d include an image of what a pair of furry little goofballs we have living with us:
The feline version of tub-thumping, usually followed with tail chasing and some licking.
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I’ve spent the last couple of days recovering from my Friday gardening adventures. Apparently, I am an insect smorgasbord. I was bitten at least 50 times in the two hours I was outside on Friday and I was completely unaware. Let’s just say that I’ve had to make several trips to the drugstore for itch relief medications.
Maybe I should stick to indoor pursuits from now on? Or invest in lethal doses of DEET?
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I spent Friday planting some pretty fall flowers in the garden. The weather was heavenly, a perfect September day.
Why couldn’t every Friday be this beautiful?
Of course, I did pull the ultimate cartoon moment when I stepped on a rake and the handle launched up and hit me in the forehead. Totally classic screwball move and I have the bruises to prove it.
Location:Kansas City, MO
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Last weekend, Bob, Fat Charlie and I headed west from Kansas City to MINI Takes the States, a biennial MINI USA rally event. We drove from KC to Dodge City and then onto Denver where we got to rally from Red Rocks to Estes Park. Every night was a party, every morning was a Rise & Shine Rally. It was a total blast. MINIs and their very happy owners were everywhere.
I wish I had gotten some pics of some of the awesome organizers — Tina, Diane, Trudy and the staff from TPG. Everyone was super nice and the event was so well done. Not a single moment was a disappointment. It was hotter ‘n Hades across Kansas but the temperature broke when we got to Colorado and then it was beautiful. I met lots of cool MINI-ists from KC that I’m hoping to see again at the next local event.
I got to see the new MINI Countryman up close and personal and the 2011 Cooper S too. I was surprised how much I liked the Countryman. I’ll be excited to see them on the roads in the coming months. The Cooper S though reignited my lust for more oomph under the hood. Maybe its time to start tricking out Fat Charlie?
Here’s a slideshow of my edited pictures. We shot over 900+ pictures but I was able to narrow it down to about 150+. Lots of MINI photos!
To see more images, check out the MINI Takes the States Pool on Flickr.
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Found on the Daily Cognition.
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One of my all-time favorite Blythe tunics is the vintage Penny Bright dress and now the This Is Blythe shop is carrying them. Yeah!
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Every August, the state of Missouri has a back-to-school tax holiday. The masses throng to shopping malls and computer stores to stock up on tax-free hardware and software, school clothes and notebooks. Though I am not going back-to-school, I took this tax holiday as a sign that it was time to breakdown and get my new Apple hardware. So, I spent my Friday afternoon standing in line outside the Apple store (a habit that is getting to be all too common for me) to get a new iMac and to splurge on an iPad.
Upgrading from my little 15″ MacBook Pro to the behemoth that is a 21″ iMac was an experience unto itself. It’s almost as big as our tv in the living room so I am super excited to run it through it’s paces with the Adobe Suite and Aperture. Thanks to Apple’s built-in migration system, all of the files from my old computer were moved onto the new iMac in a little over an hour. It even put my desktop wallpaper and icons in place. Apple really does make the migration process ridiculously simple.
It’s arrival, however, was clearly overshadowed by the arrival of the little tiny tablet that could. The new iPad is everything I expected it to be and so much more. In fact, at this very moment I am typing this post on the screen using the WordPress app for iPad.
I am starting to understand why people are so evangelical about the iPad. Everyone thinks they need a huge computer with an enormous hard drive but, for day-to-day use, most of us need email and web access, text tools and maybe an image browser. Lo and behold, the iPad. It is quite the little wunderkind. Once the iOS 4 is released for the iPad, this will end up being my go-to device most of the time. The portability and battery lire alone are reason enough to make the iPad a necessity. And I am no longer getting burn marks on my lap from an overheating, inefficient battery like I was with the MacBook Pro.
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The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel by Sarah Addison Allen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
It only took me a day and half to read this book and I had to literally slam it shut and run out the door to keep myself from sitting down and reading the whole book in less than a day. It has all the grace and mystery that has been included in her previous books. Sarah Addison Allen weaves another tale of a small southern town with secrets — magical secrets. Her ability to make me believe in the wonder and beauty is part of what brings me back to her stories again and again.
Sadly though, I feel like it ended a bit abruptly. The resolution was much faster and I was left a little unsatisfied with the end. I hope the ending doesn’t color my long-term opinion of this book too much because there was so much loveliness at the beginning.
If you’ve never read Sarah Addison Allen before, I’d recommend Garden Spells
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