It's FINISHED!

Yep. My swatch scarf is done - I just cast off last night while watching America's Funniest Home Videos. I think I finished casting off at the beginning of the Graham Norton Show. I'd take a picture, but it's too dark today. I acted like a complete nutter when I finished casting off - I made my needles sway, as if they were dancing in some sort of romance flick.

Perhaps I'll start a pair of fingerless gloves, now that my size 5 needles are free.

Long weekend!!!

Even though I have absolutely nothing to do this long weekend, I'm still happy because it means that I don't have to do schoolwork on Monday! Our neighbours might have fireworks to set off, so that's pretty cool, although when fireworks go off, I usually have to lock the dogs up, because they get upset with all the noise. Maybe I'll get some knitting done whilst listening to the racket of the fireworks...

Elton John on the Muppet Show!

Dogs

Here are Teddy (black, white and brown) and Smiles (white and brown with button ears) on the new pet bed, which we tend to call the 'dog flop'. They love it. When we got it, it smelled like cedar, so when one of the dogs would jump up we'd smell cedar. Teddy has this habit of 'making beds' - she tries to fluff up this new pet bed, but it's too slick. And she likes to get herself wrapped up in blankets, and it you try to unwrap her, she gets grumpy. And, if I don't keep an eye on her, she sometimes sneaks down to my room (aka the basement) and fluffs up my blankets, which means I have to straighten them again.

And yet, I feel crappy. Maybe it's because I'm having a bad typing day.

Mother's Day!

My mom was happy about my present for her. I got her a soft phone case for her Palm Pilot, and a set of Palm screen covers with a cleaning cloth. I wanted to get her a hard case for her Palm Pilot, but the only one my dad and I could find was a plastic one that didn't look durable. But the soft case is pretty. I'll have to take a photo when I can.

I also need to take photos of my swatch scarf. I've been lazy about that, and it's nearly done!

Mother's Day Shopping - Check!

Yep, it was last minute, but it's done. I bought the gift yesterday and the card today. I won't say what I got her in case she accidentally reads about it here.

When my dad and I were shopping yesterday, he said, "Let's find somebody who works here," and I started singing, "Somebody, somebody, somebody, somebody...", from Somebody to Love by Queen!

Plus, Rock the Cradle is on tomorrow! Yay!

Ugh.....

Today's been a crappy day. Really.

It started in cardio kickboxing class. My ankle started aching when we were skipping (yes, we really do use skipping ropes in cardio kickboxing). I got through that class okay, but at the start of the adult karate class it started aching again, so I left the class. But that was only the beginning...

Our car decided to quit on us. So my dad called for a tow truck, and then he called the garage by our house. When the tow truck driver dropped us off at the garage, my dad and I walked home. With my karate bag.

Ouch.