JessaLu Knits (and Spins!)

Okay I was sort-of tagged by reading a post here to do a little thing called Two Truths and a Lie. The object of this is for you, my readers, to choose which one of the following things is a lie.

1. My family on my father’s side is descended from English and Scottish Royalty. I am distantly related to Princess Di and my father is a legitimate member of the Stuart Clan of Scotland. I can claim a direct descendance from James I and James II and I am also descended from Miles Standish and John and Priscilla Alden who came over on the Mayflower and were staunch Protestants in the strictest sense. If they knew what I’ve been up to in this lifetime….they’d die all over again from the shame.

2. I am an accomplished pastry chef - when I was little my mother took one of those Wilton cake courses and I decided that when I grew up I wanted to do the same thing, only on a larger scale. So, before I met Roger I worked at several high-class hotels in NYC making wedding and birthday cakes for many celebrities like James Taylor and Billy Joel.

3. I am the Director of Accounting and the Propmaster for a television show that is currently in the works. It is about a private detective, is set in the early 50’s and is done in the Noir style. Unfortunately, I cannot name the show because it is still in production and doesn’t have an air date yet. (it’s going to be pretty cool, though!)

Okay so, put your guesses in the comments. I’ll put all the people who give me the right answer into a hat and pull out a winner who will receive a skein of sock yarn.

I’m also hovering close to my 2500th comment so whomever leaves that one will win sock yarn, too!

Good luck! :o)

ETA: I just realized that I need to tag people to do this! (duh!) So, I am tagging Deb and Karen and anyone else who’d like to play. If you do play, please leave a comment so I can read your TTAAL!

…and packages in the mail…oh and yeah, I’m still knitting ;o)

We continue our saga at the Magic Kingdom where we found out a new way to punish a teen that likes to do this:

You just put them in one of these!

BRILLIANT! Do you think Child Services would have a problem with this? Okay let me ask that question again. If I let them have Dobby for a few days, THEN do you think they’ll have a problem with it? I’m thinking after a few days of ‘the mouth’ they might agree with me that it’s a good idea, hehehe ;o)

We spent the day wandering around, bouncing off other unfortunate families that had the same glazed, cash-milked look in their eyes that we did, who were being dragged from ride to ride and store to store by relentless children who alternated between euphoric and homicidal (kinda like me when I’m PMSing) ;o)

The highlights were Space Mountain and (believe it or not) Pirates of the Caribbean (which has undergone a bit of a makeover). I think we went on a bunch of other rides but honestly, this was day three and four and ohmiGod I was exhausted. I’m lucky I remember that we went there!

The best part was the fireworks at the end:

Next up, MGM!

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When I got home there was a package here waiting for me - it was Marco Polo from the Yarn Aboard! swap. YAY! I ripped it open as fast as I could and found this inside:

Leah was my swap pal and she did a great job - I love everything! The roving that is on the left was dyed by Leah and it is beautiful! In fact, I already started spinning the Spunky Eclectic ‘Rosey Fingered Dawn’

I just couldn’t stop myself! (The rubber band is there on my flyer because Brigid is having some problems…and since I can’t just drive to Webs anytime I want (which SUCKS but RR won’t let us move any closer, which I think is very inconsiderate of him if you ask me *g*) she hasn’t gotten looked at yet…I think it might be a balance issue but the rubber band hasn’t made much of a difference. At least if it’s on there I can feel like I’m doing something…)

Oh and speaking of Webs, guess what came in the mail today? I got an email from them yesterday that they had some more clearance Silky Wool come in so I pounced and got this:

which is going to become an Eris pullover (look, I’m even swatching!!). It’s a lovely oatmeal-y color and boy is it yummy and soft.

So now do you want to see what I did while I was on vacation? Okay, knitting-wise this is what I produced:

This first sock I worked on while waiting for the plane on the way down:

Then, during the trip and on the way home I worked on this:

…we went to a party last night and now I’m at the heel on the 2nd sock (yeah, I’m a party animal - I sit in the corner and knit *g*)

…spinning-wise…I started spinning some silk on the Bosworth and ohmyGod is it wonderful.

Okay I think that about does it for now - next up, MGM and the beginnings of Eris (maybe…if I can stop spinning for five minutes…)

…so, since I haven’t shown you enough photos of Cinderella’s Castle…

and, the sky from the plane on our way home…

Happy Saturday, everyone! :o)