Egads

Dang Facebook, eating my brain.
I could have sworn I'd posted more recently than this! Oh well.

We've been up to lots of stuff. We rearranged some.

Before:


After:

I finally photographed my SAFF Haul


(Sanguine Gryphon Bugga!)
Knit Witch Celestial Cloud in Taurus.



There's been snuggles
Cuddles

New Socks!

Thrills
Spills
and
Naps

If you are doing any gift knittig, I wish you well! I'm not knitting any presents, though I am working on a baby blanket as a request of a friend, and also knitting Sam some socks.
Happy Holidays!

Jadie's Christmas List

Well, some people are starting to ask what I want for the holdays.. so... here goes :)
And who knows, maybe some of you will see things you decide you'd like too!

For people who really really love me lots! (Sam look here)
Retro Video Game Sock Club 2010 I've really enjoyed this club and I hope to stay in it. I will buy it myself after the holidays if I don't get it by then :)
Loopy Ewe Gift Card my very favorite online shop :)
Just about any of these rings Except the spider.. and the skull.. and anything gold. Oh you know what I like :)
Interesting necklace/bracelet thingy

Less expensive wanty thigs

OMG Drool *sings these are some of my favorite things*

Yarn bowl made by my fried Kyle
2010 Cute Overload Calendar Squee!

Pretty Shawl Pin
New Drive band for my new Charkha! (I'll blog about it once I figure it out)


Things I don't need any more of, but wanted to feature :)
My friend Brooklynne Michelle has opened a yarn shop!! Clicky here The colorways she's put up so far are beautiful!
Aimee's shopFunFairieGirl has awesome project bags, Coffee (or soda) cozees, and great smelling Sachets.



Well, that's about all I can think of off the top of my head.

Plague

You know its been too long since your last blog when you have to look to see what you last talked about.
I got either a really nasty cold, or possibly even the flu about a week and a half ago. I'm still battling some evil sinus pressure monster, but much better other than that.

Not a whole lot going on... I've got some yarn and knifty Knitter looms up on my destash page on Ravelry.
Tripsie and Kitty helped with the photoshoot.


My next blog post will be for family mostly, I'll be collecting some links for people who want to know what to get me for Christmas :) But hey, if any links to certain awesome dyers convinces you to make a purchase from them, then that's cool too.

Extravaganza stuff part 2 aka mom don't kill me.

So as you all know, yesterday was Halloween, but since I look forward to this particular holiday as an excuse to show off my geekiness at work, I dressed up on Friday.

I'm a Hobbit!! (Or as one of my facebook friends said, I'm dressed up for Firefly of the Rings)



Here's my fuzzy feet. I knit them with Red Heart and fun fur!

As I posted yesterday, that night we went to see Rocky Horror, and I went to bed with the music stuck in my head! I like the music, but when you're exausted its a bit annoying and I didn't sleep well.
But when you wake up with this face looking at you, its hard to be grumpy.


Poor Tripsie is in the background sneezing (I think her misery is part of why Kitty seems so content).



After I got ready, I headed out and then stared at this for about 2 hours.


Everyone, meet Aaron.
Aaron is my Tattoo guy! His wife is one of my friends from work, and he's done all my ink.


This picture was taken right after we finished. I emailed it to Sam, and then when I showed it to him in person he was overcome with relief. Apparently, it doesn't look so great (and looks huge) in that picture, so hopefully
is a better one (despite the shine). My dragon is about 3 inches long in the face. I think it only looks big because I have tiny arms.

the wings go all the way around my arm :)

If you're in the area and are at all interested in a tattoo please check them out. Aaron has opened his own store!

Infinity Ink Location:

2611 Wards Rd

Lynchburg, VA, 24502

Phone:

434-237-TATZ (8289)

Tues - Thurs:

11:00 am - 9:00 pm

Fri - Sat:

11:00 am - 10:00 pm

His prices are great and he does awesome work. The shop is very clean and is GORGEOUS (I may be swayed by the purple wall and big screen tv...)

This afternoon we're going to our nephew's 1st birthday party. I feel kind of bad I didn't knit him anything, but I spent most of the last 2 weeks working on those hobbit feet and now I'm getting back onto my mini mochi socks :)
I hope everyone enjoys their extra hour today. Later!

SAFFRockyExtravaganza! part one

What happens when I don't blog for two whole weeks? Lots of stuff!
Last weekend was SAFF. I went down to NC and stayed at my parents' house Friday night, and then Saturday morning Mom and I headed down to Asheville.
I was a bad blogger and pretty much only took pictures of the super cute critters.

This is a picture from Painty's photostream I will take it down if she says she minds :)


Painty is one of the brilliant minds behind the online shop The Unique Sheep. They are who run the Lord of the Strings (rings) yarn club.
I also bumped into TurtleGirl76 who was helping out at the KnitWitch's shop. Both mom and I bought yarn there, I need to get it photographed.
We also bumped into Gnat from "Barknknit" podcast!
Here's the rest of my SAFF pics

I just love that face!!!!


This sheep was so eager for love she put her hooves up on the fence to get closer!

Beautiful drive. I think Rivendell must be just over that mountain.

One of the things I set out to buy was a darning egg, so that I can hopefully fix some of my socks. Normally, I think I'd use the Yarn Harlott's method "Say 'darn' and throw them away" but two of my holey socks are ones that are very special to me.

Tuesday night, when I got home from work I opened the back door to change the litter boxes. I didn't realize my neighbor's new puppy was outside (unleashed as usual) and he decided to come in for a visit.



I didn't stop to take any pictures while he was in the house, for obvious reasons, but here he is safely outside again.


Kitty and Tripsie weren't quite sure what to make of him.
After a while, puppy found a leaf to play with and darted off.


"And STAY out!"


To close out this post... last night a few of my friends and I went to see a production of the Rocky Horror show. Not the Rocky Horror PICTURE show mind you, but the actual play.

Frankenfurter was a blast. My friend James and I insisted someone get our picture with him.

Well... we're turning the lights off now to hide from trick or treaters. I'll post more either later or tomorrow :)