Tomatoes and a hot tomato...

We have tomatoes! Here is our plant and pictures of the first 2 grape tomatoes and the first 3 cherry tomatoes.







And a hot one wearing my new Tomato scoop-neck tee from the book No Sheep for You by Knitty.com goddess Amy Singer and knit in Shine Worsted Bachelor Button and Wisteria. Hot!

Bird yoga lesson

Here is Cory demonstrating some yoga moves.

Happy Museum Friday

I had yesterday off and S. left work early and we went to the Field Museum. We saw the new Dinosaurs exhibit that talks about all the new research and what they have learned about dinosaurs recently. There was a lot about the proof that birds are dinosaurs, but we already knew that. Then we saw the Ancient Americas exhibit and Evolving Planet. It was a great day to be downtown and pretty quiet at the museum.


Here is S. getting attacked by a Pterodactyl and a picture of the "Terror Bird".

Spring has sprung! (Finally...)

We went to the Morton Arboretum today on the second day of my April weekend off! What a beautiful day. There is nothing I can say that can't be said in pictures, so without further ado...

Shoe woes

Wow, it's been awhile since I posted. Happy birthday eve to me! This week has been murder - 6 days in a row - but I'm doubly looking forward to my 4 days in a row off. I need to get a side job as a shoe tester, is there such a thing? I bought hideously expensive Danskos which were great working in an office but hell for an 8 hour shift. Is there anything that's comfortable for 8 hours except gym shoes and flip flops (neither of which I can wear to work, or course)? Yesterday I wore these cute sandals because the straps worked around all the millions of blisters on my feet, but then they gave me blisters on my pinkies. It also got so cold yesterday in the afternoon so my feet were freezing going home. I'm only wearing my ugly cork clogs all weekend in Galena, I swear.

Change is in the air

Happy first day of meteorological (it's okay to fix my spelling) Spring! Today is my last day of work - a big Hallelujah! And this morning I saw my first robin pulling into the driveway at work, and then when I parked my car there is a big tree in front of it and it was full of robins. Amazing!

I just don't know...

I put up the ticker for Harry Potter book 7 on the sidebar and it links to itrustsnape.com, but I'm just not sure. I'm trying to not overthink it and let the book speak for itself. I do think, though, that Dumbledore is really dead no matter what certain person that lives in my house thinks and that both Harry and Voldemort find their end in the final chapter. Neither one can survive without the other. Mark my words. We will revisit this topic mid-August.


I'm trying to fix the ticker - it keeps spazzing out. Really, I'm not trying to direct your attention to it, I swear.

Day after the Oscars

Overall, a disappointing show. I thought most of the awards went to the right people (except Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine" instead of Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls"?!) but the show overall was pretty uninvolving. Ellen DeGeneres did a good job of hosting - definitely more interested in moving the show along than her own political agenda, but there were some odd choices. The gospel choir at the beginning? - just weird. And the shadow dancers? - interesting, but it didn't work. The couple of audience interactions Ellen had (with Marty Scorcese & Clint Eastwood) were pretty funny, but the vacuum cleaner bit was odd - and what if she had sucked up the bottom of Penelope Cruz's dress?!


I was really happy to see Jennifer Hudson win and Martin Scorcese to finally get the recognition he has deserved for so long. Forest Whitaker had the best acceptance speech. And I really liked the 3-song number from "Dreamgirls".


And here's what I did while I was watching:

It's Clocky!

This might actually get me out of bed...



If the video won't play for you, use my YouTube link on the sidebar to see Clocky in action.


You can get your own Clocky here .

Catching up

Well, I took some pictures tonight so we have the mid-month sock update!


First of all, I finally finished the Jaywalker socks and I must say that I'm disappointed. I should have known when it was taking me so long to finish them. The pattern is cute, and I really like how the top cuff is wavy, but the heel construction is funny and I don't think the gusset increases & decreases are right. They really don't fit well around the ankle and in the heel. You may be able to tell in the pictures. I also really don't like knitting top-down socks - I just don't think you can customize the fit as easily. Anyway, without further ado, here they are:








Right after I finished the Jaywalker socks, I cast on my Macaw socks. These are made with the Valley Yarns "Franklin" from Webs. I found a feather lace pattern and I think they're coming along very cute. They're maybe a little brighter than my usual taste but they really have all the colors of a Catalina Macaw which is my favorite.





And I finally got pictures of Scott's already well-worn Christmas/New Years socks.








And the most important news of all is that on March 5th I will become an Assistant Manager for Ann Taylor Loft! I am so excited!