And I took some advice and am a little better at my hairpin lace practice. Far from perfect, but much better.
No, I'm not doing an afghan in this suede red yarn. But it's good to practice with.
Watching the Olympics, loving short track speed skating. It's more like roller derby and kind of fun to watch. Being a Southerner we have zero exposure to these sports on a regular basis. And wow! Apolo Ohno got disqualified in the 500 m final - weird!
Elana Meyers, a bobsledder who went to Moe's middle school, won a bronze this week. Her picture was all over the school and the kids were really excited. And good for her! She's working on her Master's degree and is a great inspiration to the kids.
I wonder what color yarn I should get for the hairpin lace afghan? I'm thinking earth tones.....
I have decided that MIUAYGA is now my copyrighted technique. No one else may use this. If you work free hand in tatting, this is a copyright violation. MIUAYGA is mine, all mine. And if you use it, I'll shut my blog down.
Here is my latest MIUAYGA offering. Do not look at it. You might copy the idea of it.
This is done in Navy Lizbeth thread in size 20. This means that I have cornered the market in the use of silver and navy as a color combination, as it is now copyrighted under my MIUAYGA copyright. Mine, mine, mine.
(Of course, I'm joking. But I think most of you tatters know what I'm talking about here. Silliness.)
I rather like my little navy and silver earring. Now on to its mate.
And here is a lovely little video, with one of my favorite Muppets, Beaker.
Hee.
And a little funny....
Today's Inspirational Message
Never piss off a woman who can drive a backhoe.....
Been thinking about earrings and tatting some things. I'm using a revolutionary technique I'm working on perfecting called MIUAYGA. This acronym means Making It Up As You Go Along. As you can tell, it's highly technical and only for the most advanced tatter. (Not!)
This is something I'm playing with using 1" plastic rings. An Indian co-worker likes this, says it looks like Indian jewelry. It's a little big for earrings for me. Just my opinion. That could change.
This is another earring in progress. No plastic ring involved. I'm thinking this will be be more my style. It's kinda hard to tell what it will look like when I'm through - next post.
Today Moe requested my home-made pizza. So I made 2 of my yummy deep dish pizzas for the Stooges and DH. They love this. The crust is to die for! (Let me know if you want the recipe - it's easy!)
Curly has been giving us major fits lately. He really needs some inpatient assistance and is in denial of his issues. Yesterday he ran away. He didn't go far - he has no money, no car, very few friends. (He's alienated his old buddies, and it's really sad. Most of his current friends are drug buddies.) Fortunately, he wandered back home about 6 am this morning. It was cold and I think it was hard last night for him. Reality bites.
He's been more cheerful today, and a bit more contrite. I'm not sure how long - or if - it will last. But it was nice to have him be funny a bit, instead of yelling or worrying.
Actual conversation between me and Curly a few minutes ago:
Me: Why are both your hands in your pants?
Curly: Dude, I'm holding my balls.
Me: !!!!
Curly: I'm a guy, it's what we do. Besides, some evil hawk might come and snatch them.
Curly can be very, very funny.
Today as I was coming home from the grocery, I heard an NPR broadcast of this group of songs in a White House concert. I was singing along the whole time. John Mellancamp sang "Eyes on the Prize", and I was belting it driving home.
When they got to this song, I was singing through tears. It's a great song. I can't sing this song without crying. I am such a sap.
