Dandelion Picker

I stole this from Everybody Loves Saturday Night. I haven’t seen this meme before.

10 Inventions That Have Made My Life Easier

I like that this list can include any invention ever from any time period.

1. Email - Seriously. I hate the phone. Email me and you will get a response a thousand times faster than waiting for me to call you back. You will grow old and decrepit before I pick up the phone.

2. Text Messaging - See above.

3. Drive Thru Starbucks - I can’t believe it took them this long.

4. Online Bill Pay - No more stamps or bills getting lost in the mail!

5. The Hairdryer w. Diffuser Attachment - I have curly hair. I have no idea how I lived without this before I discovered it.

6. That Nail File That Makes Your Nails Shiny - Saves times and money on manicures

7. The Tanning Booth - I hate the sun. I hate being hot. The tanning booth solves my issues and gives me a yummy glow.

8. iPod Video - I hated carrying all my cds, my cd player, books, a dvd player, and multiple dvds on the plane.

9. Lasik Surgery - Wake up, look around, no fumbling for my glasses

10. Digital Cameras - Saves me so much time and MONEY not developing all those terrible pics you don’t want. Plus, saves me a ton of time scanning all those pics into the computer

I saw this on someone’s blog this morning (I’m sorry! I can’t remember who’s!) but it made me giggle uncontrollably.

Sorry Jess, I already did that meme! So I’m posting a new one I saw and haven’t done yet:

The A to Z of Me

Accent: Midwestern, evidently there is a Cleveland accent. I don’t think I have it, but others say I do. Breakfast or no breakfast: Brunch. I don’t usually eat in the morning cause I’m not a morning person. I’ll have a green smoothie at my desk though around 10:30. Chore I don’t care for: Dishes! I hate doing dishes. I also hate doing floors, yardwork, and ironing. I hate them all, actually. Dog or cat: Dog. Definitely. Essential electronics: Computer, iPod, phone Favorite cologne: Dolce and Gabana Light Blue or Philosophy’s Pure Grace Gold or silver: Silver. I hate gold. Handbag I carry most often: Coach. Insomnia: All the time. Job Title: I’m not sure I really have one. Executive Assistant? Administrative Assistant? Sales Support? Graphic Designer? Marketing? Who the hell knows. Kids: um NO Living arrangements: Apartment Most admirable trait: You’d have to ask my friends! Naughtiest childhood behavior: Who meeeee? Overnight hospital stay: Not in a long time Phobias: Bugs, Clowns, Trucks with faces painted on them. Quote: “I ain’t no damsel in distress, and I don’t need to be rescued” - Ani Reason to smile: My sister makes me smile! Siblings: Two younger brothers, one younger sister Time I wake up: Around 8ish. I hate mornings. Unusual skill or talent: I used to play the violin? Other than that, I got nothing! Vegetable I refuse to eat: Celery. I hate that stuff. Worst habit: Laziness X-rays: Lots Yummy stuff: Cheese, chocolate, coffee, fruit Zoo animal I like most: Gorillas or elephants

Some of you filled out the meme I left below. Nice to know people are still reading my blog!

Here’s what I’ve found:

No one lives around a Sonic. Considering my blog-friends live all over the US, where the hell are all the Sonics located and why do they have to tease us with their commercials if we can’t find them!?

We can’t do push ups or chin ups. Thank goodness they didn’t ask about sit ups!

Our favorite hobby is overwhelmingly knitting - DUH.

We drink a lot of coffee and tea. Funny, no one but me drinks green smoothies LOL.

We worry a lot about money.

No one really likes sleeping on satin sheets.

Most would only want to be pirates if Jack Sparrow was around.

No one seemed to have any cool sheets as a kid.

I’m interested in seeing some more responses!

I stole this from the lovely Tina-cious!

50 more things you never cared to know about me…

1) Do you like Bleu Cheese?
Very much!

2) Have you ever smoked heroin?
Never

3) Do you own guns?
Nope, but I’m gonna get a stun gun

4) What flavor do you add to your drink at sonic?
We don’t have Sonic

5) Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?
Not unless he’s going to weigh me LOL

6) What do you think of hot dogs?
Ewe gross

7) Favorite Christmas song?
O Holy Night – ironic isn’t it?! LOL

8) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Green smoothie

9) Can you do push ups?
Probably not many

10) Can you do a chin up?
No

11) What’s your favorite piece of jewelry?
Diamond ring

12) Favorite hobby?
Knitting, duh!

13) Ever been in a car wreck?
A few fender benders, nothing major, and nothing that was my fault!

14) Do you have A.D.D.?
Probably LOL

15) What IS one thing that you hate about yourself?
I have to pick one?

16) Middle name?
Kelly

17) Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment?
1. This show is awesome (Carrier on PBS)
2. I’m chilly I should shut the window
3. I wonder if any of my family is still reading my blog

18) Name 3 things you bought yesterday.
1. A bagel at Panera for lunch

2. Groceries

3. A desk off Craigslist

19) Name 3 drinks you regularly drink?
1. Green smoothie
2. Lots of iced tea
3. Coke Zero

20) Current worry?
I’m buying a house, lots of worries right now

21) Current hate right now?
That I never seem to have enough money

23) How did you bring in the New Year?
I don’t remember!

24) Where would you like to go?
Africa

25) Name three people who will complete this?
Hopefully some of my blog-friends!

26) Do you own slippers?
A couple pairs

27) What shirt are you wearing?
The one I sleep in

28) Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?
No…Jodi and I were just having this conversation yesterday! We both like 1000+ thread count cotton thanks!

29) Can you whistle?
Yes but it was a lot easier before I had my tongue pierced

30) Favorite color?
Black

31) Would you be a pirate?
WTF? Why do these things always ask about pirates?

32) What songs do you sing in the shower?
I don’t sing in the shower, I’m not a happy morning person.

33) Favorite girl’s name?
Illianna

34) Favorite boy’s name?
Malakai

35) What’s in your pocket?
I can tell you what’s NOT in my pocket – money!

36) Last thing that made you laugh?
One of the guys I work with. He was telling a story about boobs. That’s always funny

37) Best bed sheets as a child?
I think the only sheets I had were the paper-thin ones with pink stripes

38) Worst injury you’ve ever had?
When my eardrum burst…that sucked

39) Do you love where you live?
Eh. Its fine. But if I had any money I’d definitely move to Portland, Seattle, or San Fran

40) How many TVs do you have in your house?
2 I think

41) Who is your loudest friend?
Hmmmm, they’re all loud!

42) How many dogs do you have?
None yet

43) Does someone have a crush on you?
Don’t think so, this isn’t high school

45) What is your favorite book?
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn or She’s Come Undone

47) Favorite Sports Team?
Nope

48) What song do you want played at your funeral?
Jane Siberry – Anytime

49) What were you doing 12 AM last night?
Watching a show on PBS that I’m totally addicted to

50) What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up?
TGIF I’m so tired

And I have nothing to say. Well, I do have things to say, but I’m not going to turn this into a political blog, so I will just leave this nifty little thing I saw over at Lick My Sticks:

1. Why did you start your blog? Cause my grandparents moved away to California. Most of my fam is out of town now and its a good way for them to keep up with me when they want to.

2. How did you come up with your blog name? I wanted something cute Its named Dandelion Picker because my Pop-pop used to take all my cousins and me a field full of dandelions every summer and we’d pick bags full so that he could make wine out of them. In return, we got Taco Bell or ice cream afterwards…it was fun!

3. Do your friends and family know about your blog? What do they think of it? Yes they know, and most of them think I’m a nerd LOL

4. How do you write posts? Usually if I’m at work or at home I’ll keep a little posty note of things I need to blog about so I don’t forget. Then I run around taking pics of the stuff I need to post. I hate posts without pics. I think they’re boring.

5. Have you ever had a troll or had to delete unkind comments? Not that I can remember. But if you leave me mean comments, I will delete you. Its my website and I’ll do what I want with it since I pay for it!

6. Do you check your stats? Do you care how many people read your blog? If you do care, how do you increase traffic? Yes, I check to see which of my family, if any, is reading my stuff! It also lets me know when fellow knitters are stopping by to see if I’ve updated. So, its nice to know that people care what I’m up to.

7. What kind of blogs/posts interest you? I read mostly knitting and vegan/vegetarian, but also Kara’s (when she actually updates!), news stuff, and political stuff. I like funny ones and ones that contain pics! I also read some sewing ones, atheist ones, pro-choice, and gay rights ones.

8. What do you like and dislike about blogging? I hate the feeling that I have to blog. I feel guilty when I don’t do it for a long time…but sometimes there’s just nothing all that exciting that I feel that I need to write it down. What I like about it is that I can go back and see what I was doing a month ago, a year ago, etc. I also like that my fam can feel like they’re keeping up with me even though we don’t get to talk or see each other that often.

So there you have it.

In knitting news (and I’m sorry, there just isn’t much of it), here is Jodi’s sweater once again:

I hate stockinette in the round, it’s so BORING! I guess that’s why I haven’t gotten very far, but as you can see, I’ve started the twisty-cabley part, so I’m getting motivated again. I just hope it fits her, it’s looking kinda tiny to me. But it’s my first sweater, so I’m going to cut myself some slack. Not planning on doing anything for Easter this year. Easter’s never been all that exciting to me, so I think I’m just gonna hang out here. Matt has to work all day, so it will be nice to be home alone! I may make some Easter coffeecake or something if I feel inspired

I got a juicer last week and I’ve been playing with it non-stop (which explains the lack of knitting). I’ve been into the green smoothies lately. Matt says they smell like the apple orchard had an accident, but they taste pretty good! This one is my fav over at Happy Foody. She’s awesome, I love her site. Try a green smoothie they taste great (much better than choking down a salad - you know how I feel about salad!).

A little meme I stole from Phoeknits!

1. Childhood ambition:
To be a veterinarian

2. Best/worst weather:
Fall is the best…I love spring too. I hate summer. I’m not all about the heat. Winter doesn’t bother me unless I’m driving in it.

3. Favorite food:
Indian, Mexican, raspberry brie en croute, anything sweet

4. Current book?
The Reason-Driven Life

5. Guilty pleasure:
Brownie batter, reality tv

6. One quirk?
I have to pick just one?

7. Something you’ve never done that most people have:
Gotten married / had a kid

8. Favorite drink?
Iced tea

9. Oddest job you’ve had:
I don’t think I’ve had any odd jobs, so I’m gonna have to go with working the ski lift at Brandywine and cleaning houses.

10. Last song you listened to on purpose:
No One – Alicia Keys

11. Cities, towns, villages you’ve lived in, in chronological order:
Toledo, Oh; Bloomville, Oh; Syracuse, NY; Sandusky, Oh; Maumee, Oh (my dad lived there anyway); Greensboro, NC (dad); Macedonia, Oh; Dallas, Tx (dad); Kent, Oh; Downtown Cleveland, Oh; Medina, Oh; Sagamore Hills, Oh - This probably isn’t the right order.

12. Teenage ambition:
Didn’t really have one, I never thought I’d live to see 21!

13. Movie you’d most like to be a character in:
Probably something like “I Dreamed of Africa” I would love to live there! Maybe “Gorillas in the Mist” it would be fun working with apes.

After you read this meme, you have to do it, too.

If your life were a soundtrack, what would the music be?

Here’s how it works:
1. open your library (iTunes, winamp, media player, iPod)
2. put it on shuffle
3. press play
4. for every section, type the song that’s playing
5. next section — press the next button
6. don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool

opening credits:

I Come From A Land Down Under (Men at Work)

waking up:

A Day Without Rain (Enya)

first day at school:

You Belong To Me (Tori Amos)

falling in love:

The Million You Never Made (Ani DiFranco) - ok now that’s funny!

breaking up:

Cry (Faith Hill) I couldn’t have picked a better one!

prom:

Almost Doesn’t Count (Brandy)

life’s okay:

I Feel It All (Feist)

mental breakdown:

Fucking In Rhythm and Sorrow (Bjork)

driving:

Murder She Wrote (Chaka Demus)

flashback:

My Generation (Limp Bizkit)

getting back together:

Slow Like Honey (Fiona Apple)

wedding:

Moscas En La Casa (Shakira)

birth of child:

Testify (Rage Against the Machine)

final battle:

Ball and Chain (Social Distortion)

death scene:

Lay Down (Emiliana Torrini)

end credits:

Mony Mony (Billy Idol)

I don’t think I could have chosen those better if I tried! What’s your soundtrack???

Christmas Meme
Until I feel like taking pics to post, here’s something to keep you all reading…

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Gift bags, its just so much easier.
2. Real or artificial tree? I love real trees, unfortunately I live in an apartment and I’m not allowed to have one for fire-safety reasons. But when I get my own house (and insurance), it will be real.
3. When do you put up the tree? The day after Thanksgiving.
4. When do you take it down? Right after New Year’s
5. Do you like eggnog? Not so much, unless its of the Silk variety.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? I remember being *really* excited about getting a bike one year. I’m not sure other than that, I always got lots of cool stuff.
7. Do you have a nativity scene? Um, NO
8. Hardest person to buy for? My sister or my brother.
9. Easiest person to buy for? Me! Duh!
10. Worst Christmas present you ever got? Bibles, Luggage and Tupperware from my mom when I was like 16 (I think she was trying to tell me it was time to move out), matching sweaters for me and my sister (not so bad right? well, it wouldn’t have been except that I was 14 and she was 5).
11. Mail or email Christmas cards? As much as I love email, I snail mail them cause its just not the same!
12. Favorite Christmas movie? Definitely National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation!!!
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? October
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? I don’t think so
15. Favorite thing to eat on Christmas? My aunt Kathleen’s Christmas cookies…especially the meringue mushrooms
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear. I like traditional or “old Christmas” decorations…no plastic blow up Santas, thankyouverymuch.
17. Favorite Christmas song? I know you’re not going to believe this, but, O Holy Night! LOL, followed closely by The Chipmunks singing the Christmas song.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Travel, but someday I’ll start having it at my home…after I buy one.
19. Can you name all of Santa’s Reindeer? If I sing it.
20. Angel or star on top of tree? Star
21. Open presents Christmas Eve or morning. Depends - my dad’s side on Christmas Eve, my mom’s side on Christmas.
22. Most annoying thing this time of year? Rude Christmas shoppers, especially the ones that leave their carts in the middle of the aisle while they shop.
23. Do you decorate your tree in any theme or color? My theme is: no ugly plastic crap, other than that I like pinecones, cranberries and popcorn strings, red bows, pretty bulbs, etc.
24. What do you leave for Santa? Cookies and Silk

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So my pinky has been hurting like mad lately. The top, on the knuckle. Is it possible that I sprained it while knitting? Pulled the itty bitty pinky muscle? I do hold the yarn weird maybe its all stressed out cause I knit too tight sometimes. I explained this theory to my brother and he laughed at me.