An epiphany

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After we got home from the movie theater last night, my sister called.

“Guess what we’re going to watch in 5 minutes,” she said.

Yeah, yeah, rub it in, why don’t you.  I’d be watching Battlestar Galactica, too, if I had cable.

We chatted, and then hung up, since she needed to get herself off to the TV.

I started whining to Mark and my Mom about how I couldn’t watch BSG because we don’t have cable, and my sister was so mean for rubbing it in that she was going to watch it and then….then, I had an epiphany.

My MOTHER has cable.

I barely said good-bye as I grabbed keys, jacket and sock knitting before I was out the door and headed to her place.  If the roads weren’t so slippery I would have been there sooner.   I think I asked her permission, but I may have skipped that step.  She told me the channel, but I forgot and had to call her once I got to her house.

She finished reading books to the boys and came over and was very polite about only talking to me during commercials.

Last night’s episode was SHOCKING.

And I loved every minute of it.

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Get yourself an egg and beat it

We were discussing the fact that it was time for the Christmas tree to come down, and I mentioned that I needed to figured out what to do in the windows of the shop, since the tree and Christmas quilts needed to come out.

Mark said “Well, that snowman quilt could stay, since it’s not really Christmas-y.”

“But I do miss it,” he added.

And just look at how good I am to him.  He’s watching football with the boys.  If he’s not careful he’ll be asleep shortly.

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The boys are also playing with Legos, and I’ve got myself holed up in the master bedroom watching Stargate SG:1 and sewing.  Well, right NOW, I’m typing on the computer, but any second now I’m going to return to the ironing board and then get to sewing…

Suzanne

p.s.  The title has absolutely nothing to do with anything, it’s just the song that is stuck in my head now that my husband has introduced my children to the musical genius that is Weird Al Yankovic.  Thanks, Honey.

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Color

Students in the color and design class at MQR are learning about color and making their own color wheels out of fabric.  I wish I had time to play along, but instead I’m processing photos of yarn.

99 photos of yarn to process, 99 photos of yarn….

I got a little bit punchy yesterday and realized that I could use some of my thumbnails to make my own color wheel.  Sort of.  It’s not really a wheel, per se, and some of the colors aren’t quite exactly the right….color…but it’s pretty close.

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You’ve probably now got that song stuck in your head.  Apologies.  I don’t know what it is about my brain, but I nearly always have a song stuck.  I mention them on the blog occasionally, but I try not to do it too often, or no one would read my blog anymore.

Lately, it’s been really bad.  The boys have been saving for Guitar Hero III for their Wii.  After their birthday, they had more than enough so we took a trip to the bank (to deposit half the dough) and took the rest to the store.    The thing with Guitar Hero III is that you can’t just play the song once.  You have to play it, like, about 10 times.  Which is torture for a person who gets songs stuck in their head.  I had Hit Me with Your Best Shot rolling around for days.  Then it was Slow Ride.  For awhile yesterday, I had the theme song from the TV show Malcom in the Middle running through my head.  I don’t know where that one came from, as it’s not from the game.

And now, just writing about it, I’ve got Hit Me With Your Best Shot running again.  Time to turn on iTunes and see if I can get something different stuck.

And I’m sort of sorry for getting one or more of these songs stuck in YOUR head.  Sort of.  Sometimes I feel it necessary to share my pain.  Makes me feel a little bit better.

Suzanne

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Dr. Seuss Quiz at Mental Floss

It’s been a long time since we’ve read any Dr. Seuss around here, but I used to know several of his books by heart.  When this quiz showed up on Mental Floss I had to go take a stab.

I’m happy to report that I passed, 100%.  According to the stats, the quiz had been taken 600-some-odd times with an average score of only 63%.

http://mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?p=1&q=369

If you go take the quiz, be sure to come back here and tell me how you did!

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