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Couldn't pass it up...

Two of my favorite things  --> Myers-Briggs Type Indicator & Harry Potter...
How could I not?

Your Result
 
You are a RAVENCLAW!
As a Ravenclaw and as an NFP, you value imagination, ideas and intelligence. You are probably somewhat of an individualist and avoid conforming just for its own sake. You are insightful and perceptive, and since you are empathetic and value harmony, you usually try to avoid conflict. Of course, you may enjoy participating in heated debates, but only as long as they remain on an intellectual level and not a personal level. In general, you are open-minded and curious, and set high standards for yourself.

I just called... to say...

I'm online.

Just long enough to say that I'm stressing over Christmas knitting & i'll be back online ASAP after i finish the project i'm working on.

Oh, and I just found out that two more people have cancer... what is it about this time of year?  Something in the eggnog?

Anyway, prayers go out to the families of Donna & Kim, as well as continued prayers for Jen's family and the other families i'm too brain-dead to recall at the moment...
(for Chutchy Face: "Kurt! That's the one I left out! God bless Kurt!")

 

ETA - Deanna's family! That's the one I left out! God bless Deanna & her mother!

Such a hypocrite...

as in, "I am such a hypocrite"... not to mention way too competitive for my own good...

As an avid reader, I was disappointed that the schools I have taught for encourage kids to read by giving them points for simple read & recall via Accelerated Reader...

that was until the librarian at my homeschool put me on a fifth grade team for our school's baseball themed competition (our home is J.K.Rowling Stadium, if anyone is interested ;D)... so, needless to say, batter up!

In two lunch breaks, I've racked up almost 300 points... gah! It's easy when most of the points go to SciFi/Fantasy books at the 6-8 grade reading level... but still. I can't help feeling like i'm crushing my competition (grades 1-4) instead of encouraging them to read more.  I tried to stop -- really!-- it's just so nice to get a quiz back with 100%... at my age. 

so, no more AR until the new year for me :(
(my New Year's Resolution, early)

Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland...

So this morning, as I stumbled groggily toward the kitchen to start the coffee, i was surprised to see snow in my living room.  As it turned out, it wasn't really snow, but some Patons Silverlash that my cat, Snape, had stretched across two rooms, over my dining room table, ran in circles around and under an armchair, and left the final tangle under an end table.  I wish that i had taken a picture...

Speaking of pictures... here are some of the ones I promised to upload when i got a chance, plus some i haven't mentioned yet. Knitting/Crocheting photos first!
 
My niece's Mini MonkeysI made with the leftover 52PP yarn from my Monkeys
  
Drop-stitch Shawlette for my Step-Mom's B-day
 
Nikita models the (almost Dr. Who length) scarf for Chutchy Face
 
Welcoming LittleStar blanketfor baby E.H. (due to K.H. & M.H. this Spring)
 
My contributions to ChocolateSheep's Connor Caps
(top right: beanie from Charmed Knits; the other two are my own pattern, which I call Cabbage Ruffle Cloche and hope to post --for free-- on this site, as soon as i bother to write it up properly)

Next, the lower bath remodeling photos I promised ages ago:
BEFORE
   
AFTER
     
When we moved into our house, we called this bathroom "the throneroom" because it was really more like a hallway with a toilet at the end... the hubster suggested a red carpet leading to the "throne" and the name stuck. I chose two shades of the same color to paint this bathroom in an effort to make it look more square: the darker shade on the walls with the towels and the shower, the lighter shade on the wall behind the toilet, in the shower stall itself, and in the sink area -- darker colors make things look smaller, lighter colors make things look bigger (and reflect more light).  You probably can't see the different shades in the photos, they are only obvious--in person--if you are really looking for them.  It truly does seem to make a difference in the perceived size and shape of the room, though.

I'll close with pictures from our family's newest favorite sport: Mastiff Wrestling