July 2011 « Redshirt Knitting

@advicemonkey Those actually look pretty convincing! about 1 hour ago in reply to advicemonkey
RT @briangaar: My hometown is basically a racist Facebook post with a Chili's about 15 hours ago
@perclexed It's not her most ladylike angle. about 17 hours ago in reply to perclexed
Yep, another one! http://t.co/tvI3gJsiBG about 18 hours ago
I'm not having much luck with this. It's called "catbearding" btw. http://t.co/phFJEKU3L2 about 20 hours ago
RT @SeinfeldToday: George tries to hide that despite seeing every episode he has no idea what's happening on Game of Thrones. Elaine buys d… about 21 hours ago
RT @dansolomon: Today in MAKING YOU CRY. MT @marcusgilmer: dog survives tornado, reunited with owner mid-interview http://t.co/ZojcYAaxP1” 07:27 AM 05/21/13
@BrandyGrabow I can't even watch that, I'm just going to retweet it sight unseen! 07:27 AM 05/21/13 in reply to BrandyGrabow
@congolia I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller, I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her, I wish I had a rab 07:26 AM 05/21/13 in reply to congolia
@amysueamysue "A cockatiel is no man's slave!" "Cheep cheep tweet!" 07:25 AM 05/21/13 in reply to amysueamysue

Sims Sunday: Gnomes Gone Wild

By Erika, on July 31st, 2011

Mendy had a random wish to “visit the graveyard” in her final trimester. Morbid, but okey dokey.

Before she could explore the catacombs, she went into labor. Continue reading…

The weather was beautiful, I’ll say that! And there are certainly worse ways to spend a day than sitting outside, knitting and chatting and making the occasional foray down the block for treats and espresso.

(I wasn’t feeling super great, but hey, enough Dayquil will take care of anything.)

Neither I nor my . . . → Read More: Street Fair, Day 1

Random Thought For The Day

By Erika, on July 27th, 2011

Somehow, I doubt that Dr. Chill is a medical doctor.

I’m thinking Dr. Chill probably has a PhD in something like Comparative Religion or Contemporary Anthropology.

How To Confuse A Chicken

By Erika, on July 26th, 2011

It’s not too hard to confuse a chicken. (After all, this is an animal with a brain the size of a lentil.) Just change something! Anything!

For example, I recently changed their ramp. From a now-mostly-rotten and utterly concave slab of particle board to a nice fresh and tidily straight length of cedar.

They . . . → Read More: How To Confuse A Chicken

Super-Slow Selbuvotter Mittens

By Erika, on July 25th, 2011

I am trying not to FREAK OUT at how slowly the knitting is going on these.

The deadline is fast approaching. And I won’t be able to work on them this weekend, because I’m sitting in on a table at a crafts fair here in Mount Vernon. (We’ll be in front of the Tattered . . . → Read More: Super-Slow Selbuvotter Mittens