Random shtuff
Because showing you a pic of the knitting progress wouldn’t be much more enlightening than the previous pics, and I need a break from knitting, I’m instead going to share random crap that will bore you to tears. Run. Run away now.
Dove deodorant is da bomb. I got the doesn’t show up on your clothes type and it doesn’t. I don’t feel like my armpit is raining either. That clear Soft & Dry is shit. Adidas is also shit.
Bella caught a bird. Bad Dog! Instead of trying to get it away from her, I ran in to call the Husband
RK: (in a sad voice) Bella caught a bird 
H: Really?
RK: Yes, and I think it’s still alive. What do I do? Do I let her finish the job or do I take it away from her?
H: Wring it’s neck.
RK: WHAT! NO! OMG I can’t do that!
H: Well you don’t want it to suffer, and you don’t want her to eat it with that bird flu shit.
RK: I’ll take it from her but I can’t kill it.
H: Want me to have Friend stop by?
RK: No. I’ll see if it’s still alive
This is why I shouldn’t have bought squeaky toys for the dog. She wasn’t trying to eat it, she was just trying to get it to squeak. (Why yes, my child is perfect and I’m a mother in denial.) I got her to let go, and took her in the house. The poor thing was still alive and tried to fly off. I thought maybe it’s wings were just wet (right, like it’s a butterfly or something, it’s called denial) and maybe it might make it, even though it was missing an eye (ugh, damn dog) so I left it alone. I went later to check on it, and found it feet up. Dead. I felt so bad. Fast forward a week. Again, Bella has something in her mouth. I chase her down (what a fun game Mom, chase me some more!). It’s a lizard. She’s chewed off it’s tail but it’s still alive. I scoot it into a container and toss it over the fence. A couple of days later. Bella and I go outside. I’m sitting on the deck and watch her do the there’s a bug crawling around in the ivy so I’m going to stick my nose in and out of there until it gets away or I eat it thing. Only this time it’s not a bug, it’s bigger. We play the Chase Me game until she drops it. It’s the same freaking lizard she chewed the tail off of days before. It clings to the stick I’ve put under it and I throw it, stick and all, into a different neighbors yard. There’s only one yard left to toss a tailless lizard into, but let’s hope it’s learned that this yard is a hazard and it doesn’t have to get tossed again.
Debbie recommended a horse curry comb for Bella’s shedding issues. I love you Debbie! My furniture loves you too. The day after her comment, I went to the horse supply store. They let me bring Bella inside and try out the different combs. The one we got is made of a rubber material (or something like rubber, it’s flexible whatever it is) so it feels weird calling it a comb. I brush the dog at least twice a day and each time I’m amazed at how much hair comes loose. Curry comb = greatest thing ever!
Knitty Gritty is going to start showing new episodes in July. In one episode, we’ll get to see a toilet paper cozy. Yay, just what I’ve always wanted. *smirk*
I’m impatiently waiting for my Interweave Knits to appear in the mail. I’m hoping the pictures in the magazine won’t be as dark as some of the pictures in the preview.
I installed our new kitchen faucet all by myself. Aren’t you proud?
I had hot chocolate today because it was only 59 degrees. Tomorrow I will be bitching because it’s in the 80’s.
This jacket is going to take me a loooong time to knit.
