JessaLu Knits (and Spins!)

Archive for August 1st, 2006

…and some knitting stuff at the end ;o)

• When Mom says ‘brake’ she means put your foot on the brake pedal and apply pressure. SLLLOOOOWWWWLLLYYYY.
• Whem Mom yells ‘BRAKE’ she means stop RIGHT NOW or the e-brake is going on.
• When Mom pulls the e-brake it’s not fun like Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride and we don’t go sliding sideways like when Roger pulls it to do doughnuts in a rainstorm…(in a parking lot…at night…with nobody around…*ahem*)
• When Mom says ‘two and ten o’clock’ she means put your damned hands at two and ten o’clock on the fricken wheel or you’re not driving.
• When Mom says, “that’s it, Roger is teaching you how to drive” that doesn’t mean you have the all clear to be a snotty-ass kid and reply with ‘whatEVER‘, it means you’d better say you’re sorry and do what she says or else.
• And ‘or else’ means you won’t fricken drive ’til you’re 18.
• Seriously.

We will speak no more of this. My nerves are shot.

Now, because Scout asked me so very nicely earlier today (ummm, NOT.), here are my UFO’s. All four of them:

So this whole Scout-says-show (or count, or both – whatever)-your-UFO thing is a meme so…if you’re reading this…TAG, you’re it ;o) Gotcha, hehe

I noticed today, and I don’t know if it’s cuz I’m hot and cranky or just cranky but the Cedar Creek pattern is just pissing me off. It’s a wonderful pattern, don’t get me wrong and it’s coming out beautifully. It’s just so fricken fiddley when you’re a thrower. There’s like eleventymillion k1p1’s in every row. It’s making me nuts!

ohyeah and I’ve been spinning, too…but you’ve seen enough pictures for today…and if I show you everything all at once you’ll never come back and then what will I do to amuse myself? ;o)

I am a big fan of Alton Brown – he is just geeky enough to make a cooking show interesting for me. Okay and dorky enough ;o) He has a new show, Feasting on Asphalt, which I think I’m going to like. Alot. An example of the witty reparte:

They are at the ‘Biscuit House’ and Alton is discussing his grandmother with the lady who makes the biscuits AS the lady makes the biscuits so this is a very haphazard conversation – the poor woman didn’t know what was going on. (as any Good Eats fan knows, his grandma was in his biscuit episode a few years back. She was a sweet, funny lady who handled Alton and his sense of humor very well – and fought back very well ;o) Oh and yes, his is the only recipe I use for biscuits.)

Alton: My grandma was the queen of biscuit making.

Lady: Oh yeah?

Alton: Yeah, but she died.

Lady: Oh I’m sorry…

Alton: Yeah, she owed me money.

That’s some funny stuff there. (okay keep in mind I come from twisted stock – and my Dad is a funeral director. I dig humor like this. And I know he actually misses his grandmother AND that she’d think that was funny, too. So there.)

Another new show I’m looking forward to checking out is Ace of Cakes featuring Duff Goldman of Charm City Cakes. I don’t talk about it much because it was a harrowing experience, but I used to be a cake decorator. All it took was one bride too many showing up unannounced on her wedding day to ‘inspect things’ to make me turn in my frosting bag ;o) So, I have an interest in this show. I like to see how the ‘professionals’ do their cakes ;o)

Oh and one more thing, has anyone else noticed in these old classic Orville Redenbacher’s popcorn commercials that the reason why his popcorn pops up ‘lighter and fluffier’ is because the popper they use for their brand IS SMALLER??!?! These commercials are making me nuts. Talk about false advertising. grrrrr.

Knitting? You want to see knitting? Well, I’d suggest going to read a knitting blog…ohwait, this is a knitting blog…errr check back in a couple days, k? ;o)