Apple Farm!

So this weekend I picked up Kelly and we went to the Apple Farm. We found some cows along the way and I totally forgot my camera at home but luckily Kelly brought hers so she was able to take a lot of cool pictures. We took a tractor ride of the farm and one of the owners John was really funny. He had this portable sound system that he was having the guy giving the tour use and since Kelly and I were at the very end of the tractor he was the most concerned if we could hear. The funny part was we were trying to tell John that we could hear without the sound system but we weren't getting through to him at first. He finally came up to our cart because we forgot to clip the rope across the entrance (oops) and said if we couldn't hear to throw a rock at the guy giving the tour. I told John I didn't have a rock so he bent down and grabbed a piece of gravel and gave it to me. There were also quite a few really cute little children on the tractor ride. There was one specific girl in the cart in front of us and she kept watching us so we waved and smiled at her which I think just increased her fascination. She was very adventurous and precocious and so much fun to watch. We picked up everything apples and some honey roasted peanut butter.
After the Apple Farm we were on to checking something off Kelly's list which was eating at a Chick-fil-A.
Apparently Kelly has done her research and the one and only Chick-fil-A in Washington State is in Bellingham at Western Washington Univ. Well we were only a few miles away and after being led astray by Google we found the one and only Chick-fil-A in Washington State. So nummy, I haven't had Chick-fil-A in years.
After that our day wound down and we headed home beneath sunny skies. We had such a great day! We clicked immediately and nothing ever felt awkward or out of place. Here's to many more trips in the next few years to come.

I can't think of anything, make up your own title.

So I had this great idea driving home yesterday for an art installment. I will never create it as it involves building a highway, and I don't care about trying to find the money/space/time to do so, I already have a career. I don't know if any of you remember or heard about when Honda created the musical highway in California but my idea is kind of similar. I think it would be really cool to create a highway that when you drive on it you feel like you are part of the undulating waves in an ocean. The second part to it is to actually make the road create the sound of waves crashing on the beach (if it's possible). I just realized that this may make some people seasick... Anywho... I think it's a cool idea.

Last weekend I went to OFFF with Jilian and it was so much fun. We hit the Blue Moon booth first (Tina said I looked familiar!) and I got quite a few rare gems. Rare gems are all one of a kind overdyed skeins of yarn. I need to take pics and post them. We then tooled around some of the booths and then went into the barn to look at the sheep. Some of the noises the sheep were making were freaking me out because it literally sounded like they were being tortured. Yes, I know sheep are dumb animals but Jilian was sweet enough to seek them out with me to show me that they were making a fuss for no reason, and they really were.

September has been great as far as friends go, but the rest not so much. Here's to hoping October will be much better and possibly outstanding. (I'm keeping my fingers crossed) It's already going to start out great as this weekend Kelly (yes Cor, your Kelly) and I are going to finally meet and go to the apple orchards. I'm so excited.

P.S. Still totally in love with making the bias mohair loop. I am this close to being done with my first, second one still underway and a third (in magenta) started.

Time to bust the vitamin D out

So I'm making this:

The one below is one of the ones I am making. It's kind of a sea glass blue green and I love it. I've kind of altered the pattern so I don't have to graft. I'm making another one based on the pattern  (it's a vibrant blue green and black) that I'll have to graft so we'll see which one turns out better. It's like I'm subconsciously wishing the autumnal weather to continue.

I love Chaco's and now they make shoes!

I already have Chaco sandals but I still want these:

However, I want these too and since winter is coming they are winning out. Now just scraping up the money and not making myself feel guilt about it. Aren't they cute?

The adventures of cat shaving

So Liam is getting old(er) and I'm having to admit it because no matter how much I brush him he's getting way more mats this year. So I've been tossing around the idea to get him shaved (yes I know it's August). I checked what the price was and slightly balked (I mean really!?! I just want you to shave the hair off my cat) and put it off. I then called back this week and was informed that I need to give them proof of up to date rabies shots. Well I can't find those and going to the vet to get him a new one drastically raises the price of this little venture from slightly annoying to ridiculous.
So I'm guess you've gathered from this I've decided to do it myself. I shave Isaac's hair when it gets too long so he can shave the rest. How hard could it be? I just need to get him to sit still and he's a pretty agreeable cat. Add on that he loves me a whole lot. So I now have half his back shaved and I know I have to do it all at the very least so perhaps I'll do more tonight. I haven't hurt him or drawn blood so he's still mostly okay with the process. Everyone just has to be sitting down while I do it because movement kinda freaks him out when he has to sit still and can't see what's going on.
I'm not including pictures because that might lower Liam's self esteem. ;)

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I couldn't resist last week.

Introducing the Don't Care Bears (I think of these bear more as the Care Bears but they care in the opposite way)

And Fake Panda. They had this shirt that I voted on awhile ago that I loved it was a polar bear and a black bear holding a baby panda bears hand in the middle. However, it never was made into a shirt. I still desperately want one.

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Why this is the best time of year (although I'm sure I say this every year) Cherries!

And I'm currently in love with hot yoga. I'm going today and I'm pretty sure I'm going Friday too. So awesome.