Business In The Front Party In The Back

I am disappointed to report that Davey-Baby's curls never returned. Which means it's that time of year again.

I say that time of year because that is about how often I succumb to peer pressure and cut Davis's hair.

This was the situation . . .

It was very full and mushroom like.

When you have such fantastic hair it is important to stop in the middle of the hair cut to take a "business in the front and party in the back" picture.

The fact he has the attitude to match the mullet means it doesn't stay long.

Ta-Da!!

Happy Mothers Day

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

This is still one of my all time favorite pictures. 

originally posted here

Sticky Situation

There are reasons I shouldn't try to make jam alone.

The Dave

Why is it that my house seems to be falling apart?

Oh . . . wait . . . it's all coming back to me now.

The Nerd Gene

Apparently Michael's nerd gene didn't skip the boy like we had hoped.

I found this essay in his pile of classwork he brought home.

Where I'ed Like To Play

by MacKay 

I'ed like to play at mathematics.

First I'ed see math hach from eggs! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Sencent I'ed see math! That would be so so so so so so funny!

Third I'ed see flours that would be math!

Fourth I'ed see houses that would have alive math in them!

Fiinlley I'ed like to be math! That would be asom! Thats why I want to play at mathematics!

I think it is interesting which words he spelled correctly and which he didn't. He may have gotten Michael's nerd gene, but unfortunately he got my spelling gene.

As if you needed more proof, I give you Ned No Idol

How Big Is Your Mama's Truck?

Michael's parents were stupid enough kind enough to volunteer to watch our kids for the weekend. Of course we took advantage of their stupidity kindness and took a belated anniversary trip.

On our trip we visited the Blue Moon Alpaca Ranch (you can read more about that here), stayed at an old farm house that is now a B&B, and had a steak at the Claim Jumper.

Shortly after we ordered our steaks three men were seated at the table next to us. They promptly began discussing the size of their girlfriend's mama's trucks. The size of their girlfriend's . . . mama's . . . trucks. They even had pictures.

When the waitress came to take their orders she asked guy number 1 where she knew him from. Guy number 2 said, "Maybe you fell out of my truck into his." "No," she said, "I did fall out of a guy's truck once, but it wasn't yours or his, it was my boyfriends. I got hurt pretty bad too."

After discovering they used to work at the same place several years ago guy number 1 ordered a 36 oz prime rib. I'm pretty sure Michael would have ordered this also but it wasn't on the menu. Guy number 2 ordered the teriyaki chicken. Maybe this is my naivete but don't you think a guy who orders a 36 oz steak would beat up a guy who ordered teriyaki chicken? Though, maybe if your girlfriend's mama has the biggest truck you can order teriyaki chicken and still be manly.

Knitting on the Brain

Right now I'm trying to perfect some of my patterns so I can list them in my etsy shop. My Etsy shop has been empty for a while now. I have big plans for it though.

I am almost done with the pattern for the Davis Cardigan. I just finished knitting it a second time and made a few changes. Now it is a seamless, top down sweater. I want to knit it once more with a different yarn and have someone else do a test knit (let me know if you're interested).

I am also trying to make a pattern for some fingerless gloves. Mostly that is for me though because I'm addicted to fingerless gloves and still haven't recovered from losing my favorite pair. I know, it's all very sad.

So here is a picture of my most recent Davis Cardigan. It looks a lot like the first Davis Cardigan because I used the same colors, but I tried a different yarn this time.


If you are interested in making your own patterns I'd suggest getting these two books

The Harmony Guides: Knit & Purl: 250 Stitches to Knit and
The Harmony Guides: Lace & Eyelets: 250 Stitches to Knit