Another day of grogginess? SERIOUSLY?!

I'm still feeling weird. My stomach isn't as weird as it was yesterday, but I still feel a tad light-headed. Maybe I have a cold. I so do not want to go to cardio kickboxing tonight. I'd rather stay home and do push-ups and sit-ups. Squats, too. Besides, my workout music is so much better than the stuff they play in cardio kickboxing class. And the regular kickboxing class. By 'regular', I mean the non-cardio class where you actually get to hit people - just not too hard, or you get in deep, deep trouble. I love that class, but I can't go to that class because of the bone graft in my mouth. I can't wait until that fake tooth goes in! I know it takes this long for a reason, but I'm itching to kickbox a human being instead of a bag.

I swept a bit in the living room (I wanted to listen to that Bob Dylan CD I have out of the library, but the stereo wasn't reading it), then I went on the computer to load this morning's photos on the computer from my little camera, then I put them onto Flickr. Actually, I'm going to experiment... one moment, please...





Here are my fingerless gloves. They haven't been sewn yet, as you can see, but I'll get 'round to it.




Here is my kerchief scarf. I think I have enough cotton to make it into a wrap-of-sorts, so I put it onto a circular needle that Mom let me borrow. Thanks, Mom! :)




I took this a few days, maybe a week ago. It's my ruff - with a button! I was going to take a photo of the buttons, but I completely forgot.

And finally...




Mousie resting on my - wait, no, HER - chair. Ain't she cute? :)

All together now! "I'm in looove with my caaaar...."

I watched Queen Rock Montreal last night on PBS, and wow. I didn't know that it was Roger Taylor who did the vocals on I'm In Love With My Car. He's got a cool voice - raspy, kinda like Rod Stewart, but not mushy like Rod. I worked on my ruff while watching it, and today I cast it off and wove the ends in. Now I just have to sew on a small button, wash it, fluff up the ruffles and let it dry. Yay!

Below is the YouTube video of Killer Queen/I'm In Love With My Car...

The ruff is almost done...

I think I have another three or four inches of knitting to do before the buttonhole row. Yay! I would take a picture, but it's too dark.

There really isn't much to blog about today. I'm almost finished Troll Fell - I have less than a chapter left. Also, I'm really enjoying the new Coldplay single, 'Violet Hill'. It's calming, but also slightly heavy.

I have a question, dear reader - are there any songs that remind you of something, like a moment in your life or a scene from a movie? Every time I hear 'Twist and Shout' by The Beatles, I remember the parade scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, where Matthew Broderick lip-synchs. And on a sadder note, sometimes, when I hear Jeff Healey's cover of 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps', I remember how the news of his death hit me hard. I didn't know he had cancer, a cancer that took his sight. He died at a young age - I can't remember how old he was, but he was in his early forties, if I remember correctly. When I heard the news, I couldn't believe it. Then the next day it hit me - he died. I listened to sad songs. I wept.

And he left us some fabulous music to listen to with admiration.

Another ruff pic, and other random stuff.

The top photo is a recent shot of my ruff. Measuring the spine is a bit of trouble, because of the ruffles. The photo below the ruff is a shot of my dropped stitch scarf, which now has its ends woven in but needs to be blocked. The third photo is of my vest - or, rather, the right front piece of my vest.

I'm thinking that the vest will be good for wearing in the garden or to the library, because I could wear it overtop of a sweater instead of wearing a jacket, and it'll have pockets. Pockets are good.

I don't think I'll be doing much tonight, except for watching TV, maybe reading my library book, probably knitting. That reminds me.. I have to pick up a book and a CD from the library. The book? Keeping the Moon. The CD? Raising Sand!!!! I also have another CD in transit - The Honeydrippers!

Ruff!

I started making a ruff the other day. In the photos, it looks more like a kitty, but it's starting to ruffle. I think it'll add a nice touch to my wardobe. Plus, I'm sort of redeeming myself - after all, I'm supposed to be de-stashing this summer, and yet I bought some novelty yarn! Oh well, it's only three skeins.

Yay!

Not much to report, except that I'm going over to my uncle's house on the day before Father's Day, which is pretty awesome. My uncle's a wacky guy, and my cousins (his children) are also awesome. One of them is going to art school in the fall!

Plus, tonight the finale of Rock the Cradle is on. GO JESSE BLAZE SNIDER!!!

Also, I've figured out how to use up my blue acrylic - a ruff! I'm borrowing a knitting book called One-Skein Wonders from the library, and it has a pattern for a ruff. I did a test swatch, and it's close enough, so the pattern will most likely work!

The only downside is that tomorrow's Monday, which means I'll have to get back to my math. But hey, that's life...