JessaLu Knits (and Spins!)

I had so much fun, I forgot to take my camera out for the first three days.  ;o)  Here are the shots that I did get (the hooping ones were taken by my friend, Anne aka Annimol on Ravelry):

I went to A&W three or four times (between that and Starbucks, R stopped listening to me talk about ‘roughing it’ up there, hehe), I stopped after the waitress looked at me and said, “weren’t you here yesterday?” ;o)

we joke about drinking but this was the extent of it – V8 Fusion cosmos.  There’s CARROTS in my COSMO!  ack! Leave it to Anne to make even drinking healthy. ;op

It gets COLD in the Adirondacks at night!

Spinning and hooping with friends, that sums it up!  ;o)

…the one with all the crispy goodness.

This week, we have been directed to come up with a list of 10 Reasons You Love Bacon.  I’m going to do my best…ready?

1.  It’s crispy

2. and salty

3. What else would you eat with your eggs?

4. or on your bacon egg and cheese sandwich?

5. or under your eggs benedict?

6. or in your BLT?

7.  Somehow a little bit of it on a Caesar salad makes it less like diet food.

8.  Baconnaise! (no not really, just said that to freak Jess out, hehe)

9.  It can provide much amusement for your fellow diners when you pull your bacon out of your BLT and wave it around to show how not-crispy it is (HolyKnitBalls, I’m lookin at you ;op )

10.  After four days of crappy breakfast while on vacation at a place that includes breakfast/lunch/dinner in the room fee, finding out that bacon is on the menu on the fifth day makes everything okay.  (they did away with bagels for budget cutbacks.  BAGELS. With no warning so I couldn’t bring my own!)

Okay that’s it for my list!  Is anyone else hungry?

The photo above is of my hoops at WOOL!  I’ll be posting about my weekend soon!

…the one where Carole picks our brains for good ideas of what she should bring camping this summer.  ;o)

This week, our directive is ’10 Things to Bring on a Camping Trip’.  Ready?

1.  Marshmallows (and chocolate and graham crackers).

2.  Clothespins.  You’ll always need to hang up something wet or damp or clip down a tent something.

3.  A wireless television (oh I am going to get mocked for this one).  Back when R was working for the Evil Empire, he had a bunch of OT that we traded for a wireless TV.  The ‘brain’ gets hooked up to the cable and the screen can be plugged in or has a battery so you can watch TV next to the campfire.  What?  A girl can’t miss Dr. Who even when she’s stuck out in …nature.  Shut up.

4.  Your camera.  Does this one need explaining?

5.  Your tent?  Shelter is key.  (we have a camper but a tent will work just fine)

6.  Your knitting!

7.  Also, your spinning wheel (if you spin).

8.  A book – or, if you’re like me, your Sony Reader with most of your e-book library on it.

9.  Your iPhone or cell phone – the kind that have GPS independent of cell service – so if you get lost on your nature hike (*shudder*) you can find your way back to some semblance of civilization.

10.  Would it be overkill to bring a netbook too?  What?!

Okay that’s my list – what do you like to bring on a camping trip?

The pictures?  Those are two more skeins of TdF spinning done – top one is New Day/Corriedale/244 yds, bottom is Myrtle/Dark BFL/232 yds