Friday, March 25, 2005

I'm heading over to the dark side....

OK, I've been reading plusses and minuses (ok praise and cursing) about those dang knitting machines. I LOVE the feel of hand knitting, I love the idea of creating something for someone I love with my two hands and putting that love into every stitch, even though that's sappy, it's calming and true. It's my little bit of zen in a crazy-ass-upside-down-world I live in. BUT.....I'm being tempted. A lot. I have some serious things to start cranking out for my little sale, but that is NOT happening since I keep finding all these other things I MUST make....

So I went over lunch and admired the bond-america's ultimate sweater machine. I know, I know, I know. It will drop stitches and be a pain in the butt, but it may also let me get some scarves & felted bags that are basic & simple done fast and allow me to have fun making things for little ol' selfish ME and my family by hand still. I figure I can buy it, if I don't like it, I'll return it. It seems to be what has happened with other machines people didn't like from JoAnn's before. BUT I don't have one of those damn 40% off coupons and I don't want to wait for it to come in the mail. You know me, NO PATIENCE WHATSOEVER... I do remember the JoAnn Etc. magazine has coupons in it, maybe I can find one in there, otherwise I'm going to try to buy one off an old lady for $20. It should still save me some serious cash.

I don't know I don't know I don't know....what the heck, we all know I'm buying the damn thing. I did win a few extra $$ at the casino throwing dice with the old men last Friday evening, so I may have to reward myself a bit.

Also, I felt like a new superhero this am....FREAKING SUPERMOM.... My two kiddo's changed their clothes with NO reminding, brushed teeth and found shoes all within about 15 minutes of getting up out of bed. I came out of the shower and they were little angels. I know, I was scared too. Anyway, after we head to the kitchen downstairs (I rent our basement walk-out apartment from my folks--poor little single-momma) for breakfast and there's no muffins or frozen waffles left and only the bottom-of-the-box cereals left. I had an inspiration. We had "surprise me cereal". What is surprise me cereal? It's a bowl full of everything you have left, therefore each bite is a surprise. Our selection this am was fruit loops, captain crunch, cheerios, kicks and trix all mixed in a bowl. Breakfast of champions. My kids have never asked for extras of cereal, normally it's whining and "awww mommmmm" etc. They were having a blast, shoveling it in and drinking up the nasty-looking milk afterwards.

Yes, I need a life that that's the highlight of my day.

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