Things are gonna get kinda irregular around ye olde blog. We’re going on vacation scheduling here – erratic! I will have the SoC mobile blogging station with me, but I’ll tend to have time to post when nothing very interesting is happening – like from my motel room in Lincoln, Nebraska, tomorrow night! Wild times. Needless to say, I shall get very behind in bloglines and probably never catch up. 🙂
I’m packing. I almost have the knitting projects figured out. The book bag is filled and waiting. My ipod is loaded with Harry Potter books 1-5 and the His Dark Materials trilogy. I even have a backup book on tape (Wuthering Heights), just in case. What else…. D’oh! Clothes!
Whoa, flashin’ – and not just the yarn stashin‘! (Before this gets too out of hand- no human tummies, of any age, ‘k?)
JessZ is having a contest while she and Dv are in suspense to hear whether the offer they put in on a house has been accepted – complicated backstory and complicated point awarding system to determine the contest winner. (“Triple points if either one of us shoots a beverage out our nose while reading your comment.”)
Carol of Go Knit In Your Hat is having a contest looking for ideas for her imaginary line of greeting cards: “How I Really Feel”TM. Email her your ideas before midnight, June 25. Only emailed ideas are eligible for prizes! Also, she will have prizes for the non-knitters, so don’t let that stop you (yes, Tink, Van, TB, MamaT, Deb B-M – I’m talking to you).
Michaele is featuring some interesting things I could see on my drive from Minneapolis to Denver, should I so desire. Tragically, Carhenge would require quite a detour.
Nichole has a nice post about animal protection that includes information about the ban on ivory, which expires very soon.
Reading Update
Smitten by Janet Evanovich. Another of Evanovich’s romances from back in the early 80s. Cute, but not worth exerting any effort over.
Murder of a Sleeping Beauty, Murder of a Snake in the Grass, Murder of a Barbie and Ken, Murder of a Pink Elephant, Murder of a Smart Cookie, Murder of a Real Bad Boy by Denise Swanson. A whole bunch of Scumble River mysteries. They’re light and cute and reading them is sort of like eating potato chips…
Knitting Update
Finally finished my pink’n’black socks. Whew! Plain stockinette foot and slip stitch rib on the leg, just to break things up a bit.
“Just out for a living room stroll, dum-de-dum-de-dum.” -Mayhem
“What have we here? A new kitty bed?” -Mayhem
“Lots of support. I like that in a kitty bed. And such a flattering color for me!” -Mayhem
Silly kitty, socks are for Chris!
You realise that when you shrink these socks, they need to be mine, right? Right. Thank you! You’re so kind.
And I love the Mayhem picture very very very much. 🙂
Oh you’ll have so much fun on vacation!
Have a great trip!! Can’t wait to see what you indulge yourself with!
You really are going to trust those two on their own? I still think you need to hook up a kitty cam!
Have fun, buy a lot and take pictures!
You better save your socks from Mayhem, or you may never see them again! Have a great vacation.
Enjoy your trip! Mayhem is too cute! My kitties think so, too.
Sweet May looks so pretty in (or on) pink!
Enjoy your time away.
Have a w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l trip!
Vacation? Who said you got to take a vacation?? Nobody cleared this with me!
Okay, okay . . . go. Have a great time. No, really. Don’t worry about us. We’ll manage . . . somehow . . .
(grin)
Happy vacationing! I love the last photo with Mayhem.. its great!
LOL at May on your socks! Nice socks too.
Have a great trip and take lots of pictures.
Good to see the socks are Mayhem-approved!
Awesome socks!! Safe travels!
Hope you have a lovely trip – and those socks are beyond words. Seriously. I really like them!
Have a great trip!
Have a great vacation.
trek (above) is funny 🙂
Looking forward to meeting you. Hope your trip here is good. Will you be stopping at Brown Sheep if you’re in Nebraska?
That last picture is so cute!!! Who knows – that motel room in Lincoln might be fascinating. 😉
Cute May!! Have a great trip!!
Have a great trip! I hope someone is keeping an eye on those troublemakers while you are gone!
Nice Socks!
Had to tell you, over at Wendy’s site, my evidently tired eyes read the gift CD as “Everybody Wants to Dye a Cat”. You can see where my mind is, I guess!
Have fun! You’ve packed all the essentials. 😉
The pink and black socks are very pretty.
that last photo of Mayhem is too cute.
have a fabulous trip!
Have a great trip! I’m looking forward to pictures.
I’m sure Chaos and Mayhem will keep everything under control while you’re gone 😉
Have fun on your trip! Very cute kitty pictures as always!
Chris- Have a great time.
While Chris is away, the cats will play.
Kitten-Chow will show you a real he-man tummy!
I agree, that last shot of May and sock is awesome.
Have a TERRIFIC trip!!
Have a great trip!!
I love those socks and the expression on May’s face! Poor thing won’t know what’s hit her – no you for a bit.
Have a fantastic vacation!!!
Safe travels! We’ll keep things safe here at home.
Hooray for vacation! Have a blast :o)
That last picture of May needs to be made into a notecard set on CafePress. Too cute!
Have a great time on your trip!
I tried to convince the spousal unit to detour to Carhenge when driving thru Nebraska — he couldn’t understand my deep need to see it. Sorry you’ll be missing it, too. His Dark Materials was so great – enjoy
Have fun in Denver!
i hope you have a great vacation.
enjoy your trip, i’ll get caught up on all your posts while you are away 🙂
Poor kitty’s won’t know whats happened when your gone!
Have a fabulous vacation –
your newest socks are adorable.
love that last pic of May. I bet the sun just added to the allure of the sock-bed.
have fun on your trip! try not to miss us too much. are you bringing back souvenirs for all of us? 😉
Did you detach one of your legs for that first photo? Is this really Heather Mills Macartney’s blog?
Have a terrific trip – better leave some socks for the kitties to sleep on, they’re going to make you pay for going away, ya know?
(that last shot of May is wonderful!)
(((hugs)))
Have a great vacation, Chris!
May is looking quite grown up.
Carhenge!!?!! I knew about the corn palace and that ball of twine, but carhenge is just too cool. The ivory ban ends? I’ll have to go look. Have a great time! (oh, and I have an idea that I’m planning to ‘test market’ on your kitties, and my bro’s,…I’ll let you know when I get a couple samples made)
Have a great trip! Buy yarn!
Soon, soon, soon! 4 days!!!
Have a fantastic trip, and double check your suitcase to make sure there are no stowaways.
Have a great trip –
Isn’t that a beautiful picture of May! The sock colors really pick up her facial details.
Have a wonderful vacation!
Abner tummy finally posted 🙂
Heh…remind me to tell you my Lincoln, Nebraska story when I see you…tomorrow! That’s crazy!
That’s a perfect kitty bed! and it does make a beautiful background for a beautiful kitty. Slip stitch eh? That might work.
Sound like you’re set on the book for vacation! Now just the projects and the oh yeah, clothes.
And no, you’ll never catch up. Just start over.
Lovely new kitty bed you made; the color really is perfect for Mayhem.
I’m still workig on getting belly shots; no one is cooperating. I’m going to have to be sneaky, I guess 🙂