I just finished doing my, as in my own, holiday shopping. I got power tools! I got a mini-lathe, a scroll saw, some nice lathing tools, a jeweler’s draw plate a drill press, and an adapter collet so I can use my tiniest (i.e. wire sized) drill bits. I also ordered 3 books on turning. This should be fun. Cleaning up the garage so I can have studio space again? Not so much fun. But it’s got to be done if I want to play with my new toys. And I do.

I’ve been lusting over these forever. I finally found an importer who sells them in the US. Jat is buying me three sets for the holidays! I think the three Kaku Kazoku sets. I got him one of those gel based ant farms with the blue LED base. He bought himself some kind of crazy expensive super awesome video card. He’s pretty thrilled with it.

This is an extra check for us and it’s so tempting to blow it all on toys for ourselves, but no, we’re going to be responsible and put it in savings. Well, what’s left of it anyway. Believe me, it’s hard not to jump in my car and hit the yarn store right now. I’m sure they have Noro sock, and if they don’t, they’re bound to have SOMETHING I can pet and fall in love with and take home.

If I didn’t have cookies to bake I probably would. It’s SO tempting. So very, very tempting. But no. My husband has been more than generous to me this holiday season. I won’t take advantage of that unless he specifically tells me to. It could happen, it has in the past!

Speaking of cookies, I’m in the middle of creating a most disturbing and probably terribly socially unacceptable gingerbread scene. Pics will be forthcoming are linked below. Lots and lots of them. Remember the first?

This new one’s LOTS better!

I have more animations up at youtube.Knitting like a fiend still. I’m working on a hilarious hat for my middle nephew. I can’t give details away because I’m working on the pattern to offer for sale and/or publication. In the case of the latter it wouldn’t be accepted if I’d previously shown it.

Hope everyone has a beautiful holiday. Happy Solstice.

I’m stirrin’ up shit on the internets again. I think it’s a valid question, however. I also have yet to receive a valid answer, but that’s about what I expected.

Heh. I’m glad I’m not this stressed out.

For Paula.  Hahahahahaha!

Lately I’ve been playing a lot of Puzzle Quest being on vacation and all. The game looks kind of stupid, but it’s highly addictive and a lot of fun. Between that and
Lost in Blue 2 I’ve been having a great time sitting on my ass.

Any Kids in the Hall fans out there? Mark McKinney’s character, The Chicken Lady, is my favorite character on that show. There’s one skit he does as her that cracks me up. The Chicken Lady (perpetually sexually frustrated) is on a coin operated horse, the sort kids beg to ride on. A mother (Dave Foley in drag) and her kid come up. The mother asks TCL if she’s going to be long and she says, “Yah, I’m the Chicken Lady, I’m masturbating!” and explodes in a mass of feathers upon orgasm. Hilarious.

So we feed our dogs and cats a raw diet. Meat and bones, some veggies and fruit for the dogs, but mostly meat and bones. I buy chicken for their meat since it’s illegal to use hormones and antibiotics on them now (if we could just get the beef farmers to get on board) and I buy it from our local Publix. I buy cases at a time, usually two. Because of this I’m known up there as either ‘The Petfood Lady’ or ‘The Chicken Lady’. One of these days I’m tempted, so very tempted, to spout off, “Yah, I’m the Chicken Lady, I’m masturbating!” in that same voice when asked if I’m here for my regular case of (chicken) backs.

But I’m really afraid they wouldn’t get it and I’d no longer be greeted with lit faces and smiles when they see me and will instead be whispered about in none-too-complimentary terms.

I’m sure they already think I’m nuts buying 60.00 worth of chicken parts every couple of weeks for dogs and cats, declaring that I’m masturbating in the middle of the store might be a bit much.

But, godDAMN, it’s tempting.