I’m glad to hear that so many of you are enjoying the contest links! I like providing them for several different reasons. First, contests are just fun. Second, I think it’s an enjoyable way to discover new-to-you blogs. The only thing about blogging that makes me sad is that there are so many great blogs with only a few readers. I do my darnedest to comment on as many blogs as I can, but alas, I am only one blogger with a finite amount of time. So keep sending me your contest links, and keep checking out new-to-you blogs!
SRP Update
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson, 310 pages. I read Atkinson’s novel Behind the Scenes at the Museum quite a while ago for book club and remember it being compelling, powerful, and disturbing. Case Histories is all that, too. Atkinson skillfully weaves together the past and the present in this novel about PI Jackson Brodie who is working on multiple “cold cases.” (Jeanne, you can borrow my copy if this interests you!)
This Pen for Hire: A Jaine Austen Mystery by Laura Levine, 203 pages. A fun, very lightweight mystery about Jaine Austen (“no relation”), who writes brochures, letters, and personal ads for people. I liked the smart alecky style, so I’ll probably pick up the next book in the series.
Knitting
I started a sock from charcoal Regia Silk (so Project Spectrum), but, after three inches of sock, decided I didn’t like the lace pattern I was using. Now I’m back to one inch of sock in a comfortably boring waffle stitch (and it’s far too dull to take a picture of yet). I’m also plodding along on my MDK moderne log cabin baby blanket. Has anyone else knit this? The directions for squares 9 and 10 (knit simultaneously using intarsia) are not correct (you would end up with a trapesoid instead of a rectangle), but I didn’t see it on the MDK errata page. Where the pattern says to pick up two sets of 54 stitches, you actually need to pick up two sets of 63 stitches.
Naughtiness
I came home from work the other night to a fair amount of feline attitude.
Further inspection revealed that something terrible had happened on top of the cd rack. The sort of neatly stacked books in front of the rack are part of my “to read” pile – the litter of cds, books, and “Girlfriend” is not how the living room floor usually looks.
Hmmm…
Love that last picture. He seems so smug!
Chaos looks so evil in those pictures! Nicely done!! And you have an open invitation to join us on Wednesday nights. 7:00 at Nina’s in St. Paul.
That made me laugh out loud :o) Why is it other people’s naughty cats are so much more amusing than our own. Although, admittedly, our cats’ hi-jinks make me laugh too. I’m not going to be a good disciplinarian as a mom.
Oh Chaos you sure were naughty! Did you read about Thunder climbing up into our shelves at home and thought you’d try it yourself???
Or did you just want to reorganise those CDs properly – you know, the way YOU think they should go ;0)
I love your new DPN case & sock bag! And Chaos, he was so very Buckyesque; that last picture oozes catitude.
Have you read any of the Jane Austen mysteries by Stephanie Barron? DH, SIL3, SIL2, and I have all read the first two and SIL3 is procurring the remainder and filtering them to us from time to time. They are fun too!