JessaLu Knits (and Spins!)

My Eye Candy for this Friday:

I have a love/hate relationship with my cookie press. I love it because I love the shapes I can create and I hate it because it’s…difficult. Mine used to be my Mom’s - it’s an electric job that sometimes doesn’t like to push out the dough and other times pushes out too much. However, with all the carpal tunnel issues I have, there’s no way I’d be able to handle a traditional press. RR likes it when I make cookies with the press because it reminds him of his mom and all the baking she used to do around the Holidays.

So tell me, what are your favorite Holiday cookies? ;o)

P.S. Didja miss Rudolph when it was on the other night? Or The Grinch? OR maybe you have a hankering to watch last years’ The Office Christmas special? Well guess what? You can!

I’m not a big Barry Manilow fan (as a matter of fact, whenever we are in the car and he comes on the radio I start screaming, CHANGE IT! BLEEDING! MY EARS!) but the Winter Solstice makes me want to run around the house singing, “Looks like we made it!” since the days will now begin to get a little bit longer and more sunlight always makes me a happy girl.

Oh and hey guess what!? I’ve been knitting! I’m starting to wonder if I’m going to have the stocking done by Xmess…okay maybe I started to panic a bit. Then I realized…RR can put my stocking gifts in a bowl if he has to. I mean, I have some pretty big bowls so it should be okay ;o)

AND one more thing for your viewing pleasure today…one of Dobby’s T-shirts - can you tell she’s my daughter?

(and I apologize if I’ve offended any Manilow fans out there *cough*Aunt Liz*cough* but I can’t help it, he hurts me. Physically.)

…apparently Christine thinks I’m a bit…weird. Or, she has an inkling and wants proof since she tagged me for the ‘6 Weird Things’ meme. ;o)

Okay, the rules:

“Each player of this game starts with the ‘6 weird things
about you.’ People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 6
weird things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need
to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to
leave a comment that says ‘you are tagged’ in their comments and tell
them to read your blog.”

First things first - there will be no taggage. Not by me, anyway. Not during the last week of knitting season the Xmess…mess. There are those who did not do as I did and are knitting their little hearts out right now. I don’t want to piss off any knitters - what with them having pointy things and all ;o)

(btw, I asked RR for help with this - and received a smirk and a “there’s tons, but I can’t think of anything specific right now” har. har. isn’t he just so fricken hilarious.)

1. I’ve mentioned this before - I’m afraid of tall ceilings. Anything over three stories and I’m a puddle of jell-o and can’t move an inch. RR thought he’d be all nice when we first started dating and he brought me to Grand Central Station…

2. I have to clean my kitchen (mostly the stovetop) before I can start cooking. I’ll clean it again when I’m done, too.

3. If you are introduced to me, I will have the hardest time in the world remembering your name. However, I will remember your face for the rest of my life. I just won’t be able to get your attention across a crowded room ‘cuz your name will escape me…

4. So many people have this issue that it can’t really be considered ‘weird’ anymore - I don’t like it when my food touches, unless I *make* it touch. Like in shepherd’s pie, for instance. Or lasagne. (mmmm…lasagne…)

5. I am a very superstitious soul - I knock on wood regularly, I won’t ever, EVER put shoes on a table or a countertop, I won’t throw my sweepings out the door, God help me if a black cat circles me and there’s no way in hell you’d get me to walk under a ladder. Oh and I hold my breath when I drive by cemetaries.

6. I think I’ve mentioned this before, too - I’m afraid of crowds. If I am in the middle of a bunch of people I don’t know I get all wigged out. However, if there are people that I know in the crowd, I’m okay. It’s like, if I’m standing next to a friend who I know would clear a path for me if I start to freak, I feel safe.

So…let us revisit #3. Yesterday, I’m watching The Tick episodes that I told ya’ll about and when I start watching Episode 6 I have an epiphany. There, in a red costume with a big ‘ole C on his chest is….JONATHAN FROM FRICKEN SURVIVOR! (he has his own Wikipedia page! AND IMDB page! No, I don’t have anything better to do…why do you ask?) I almost fell over. I KNEW he looked familiar! dammit! RR didn’t believe me ’til he got home and I proved it (oh ye of little faith, eh? He should know better.) Swear to God - Jonathan whats-his-rat-fink was The Champion on The Tick. If you are a Survivor fan (or a Tick fan, or hell, if you’re bored), go watch. It’s fricken hilarious ;o) I am definitely filing this under ‘Things I Wish I Had Found Last Week’ *grin*