"Hooray for Everything!"

If you know what that quote is from, you rock!

Okay I know I said something about sewing, but really what I should've said was washing, ironing, cutting, pinning, cutting, ironing, pinning, taking a break. Because that's really what sewing is all about: the pre-sew. And that is why I'm a knitter. But lets divulge from the fiber arts, shall we? Sarah and Kristin have had a splendiferous week, starting with the obtainment of our xmas tree, sawed down by yours truly. It was a sunny, muddy, Oregon day. The sawing was tougher than one might think, as you can see from my strained countenance. The 6 foot Noble fir gave up it's ghost for us at last, to become that pagan ritual we all know and love, the xmas tree. Digging out the orn'ments, I remembered that our xmas decorations leave a little to be desired. A little as in a lot. Last year we made ornaments out of salt dough, somthing I highly recommend if you have bored wards (kids), or you just want a fun, easy project when you're stoned. But what we didn't do last year was paint them, so we had ten dough-colored ornaments to hang on the tree. What is this, a Charlie Brown Christmas? I think not. I had an hour to kill before work so I whipped out the acrylic paint and set to paintin'. Martha would be proud.


This is where I'm from and this is my kitty Ollie!