Of the commercials from yesterday's game, that I got to see online, the following were the ones that made me laugh out loud...in no particular order:
Doritos - Mouse Trap
Bud Light - Will Ferrell
E*Trade - Trading Baby
FedEX - Pigeon Carriers
Actually I think the E*Trading Baby was the best.
Just saying
Monday, February 04, 2008
A Finish...Sorta
I did a finish yesterday! YAY! for me! I can't show it to you yet, because it is for a friend who reads my blog, but as soon as it is a finished finish, I will put a picture of it up. I still have to do the finished product, right now it is just a finished stitch.
I sort of cleaned off my desk, but as predicted, I started organizing and got side tracked. But that's okay, cause it just is. I pulled out this big ol' pink tote that houses my material from years of collecting. It smelled as though it's been stored for years. So, I decided to wash it all again. I can see what I have. It also leads to hours of ironing. Which could be a good thing, it is a little relaxing, that constant repetitive motion. And since it's cold, the heat from the iron itself is kind of nice. I found though, that it didn't feel all that great on my back, so I didn't do an awful lot of it. I'm going to try for a little more ironing today and tomorrow and see if I can't put a dent in the stash. I did find that I have plenty of material that would do well as curtains for the new crafting room. That made me happy. Since I am such a hoarder, I know I have curtain rods out there somewhere to hang them on. My daughter hates that I save everything and/or bring stuff home from work that we don't necessarily need at the moment, but you know it all comes in handy in time!
I just went out to top off the garbage can (since they are picking up today). It is freakin' cold out there. I came back in a ran warm water over my hands to get them back to normal temp. I know they said no more rain for a while, but I didn't pay attention to what they said about temperatures.
I'm back to work the day after tomorrow. That'll be a nice change. I love being home doing stuff around here, just puttering. But I am getting cabin fever, since I'm limited to what I can do. I walk by my little room and feel helpless, cause I can't do anything with it at this time. Hopefully, in a few weeks I can get back into it.
That's all for now. I have gone on long enough about nothing much. Hope your days are going well for you.
I sort of cleaned off my desk, but as predicted, I started organizing and got side tracked. But that's okay, cause it just is. I pulled out this big ol' pink tote that houses my material from years of collecting. It smelled as though it's been stored for years. So, I decided to wash it all again. I can see what I have. It also leads to hours of ironing. Which could be a good thing, it is a little relaxing, that constant repetitive motion. And since it's cold, the heat from the iron itself is kind of nice. I found though, that it didn't feel all that great on my back, so I didn't do an awful lot of it. I'm going to try for a little more ironing today and tomorrow and see if I can't put a dent in the stash. I did find that I have plenty of material that would do well as curtains for the new crafting room. That made me happy. Since I am such a hoarder, I know I have curtain rods out there somewhere to hang them on. My daughter hates that I save everything and/or bring stuff home from work that we don't necessarily need at the moment, but you know it all comes in handy in time!
I just went out to top off the garbage can (since they are picking up today). It is freakin' cold out there. I came back in a ran warm water over my hands to get them back to normal temp. I know they said no more rain for a while, but I didn't pay attention to what they said about temperatures.
I'm back to work the day after tomorrow. That'll be a nice change. I love being home doing stuff around here, just puttering. But I am getting cabin fever, since I'm limited to what I can do. I walk by my little room and feel helpless, cause I can't do anything with it at this time. Hopefully, in a few weeks I can get back into it.
That's all for now. I have gone on long enough about nothing much. Hope your days are going well for you.
Friday, February 01, 2008
Knitting and Random Thoughts.
I taught myself that. So far I have only done one stitch successfully. When I tried the "Purl" Stitch, I screwed it up and had rip it all out and start over. (about 17 times) Knitting is fun. It's going to be bad when I have to choose one project over another. I have so many started already. When I think about working on one of the already started projects, my other personality says to me...oh you can't do that now! The room isn't finished! Why do I have to wait til the room is finished? I started them before the room was even a possibility! Tomorrow, since I CAN sit, I will go into my room, put on some catchy tunes, and sort out the mess on my desk where my crafts live. Maybe while I am off work, I can finish a project or two. Hmmm what a concept! I know the room project is on hold until the inflammation goes away in my hips and back.
The problem with me sorting out messes, is that I'll get half way through and get distracted by something. Oh well, I'll deal.
I'm one of those people that has to do everything I can think of. The whole thing is, that in trying to do everything, I accomplish nothing. Well, eventually some stuff gets through in a finished state, but I wish I could finish more and start less. I have this cute little cross stitch project I did. I designed it off of a picture my son sent of my grandson. It is just the shadows of his face. All you can see are his eyes and mouth. I copied that onto a cross stitch program and made it into a pattern. I want to finish that into a pillow for them. All I have to do is find some fabric that will work with it and sew it! (I probably have the fabric here too!) Then put it over a pillow form. Do you think I can get that done?!? Uh, NO. I can't. But maybe in the next few days. I should list what can be turned into a finished product and what I need to do and then mark them off as I do them. Wouldn't that be a great idea???
Okay, meds are taking over. I need to go finish up making my cup of tea and go lay down. More tomorrow, since I can now!
Okay, but not so okay
I fixed the derned computer...yep I fixed her alright. Ya know how ya work with something and then work on it some more and then do two to three more hours of working on it, and then hand it over to someone else to work on it cause you have a life or have to go to the store or bathroom or something, maybe even leave to go to work? And then come back and put another day or so into the something? Well, that is what I have been doing. Getting no where...I mean NO WHERE! Ya know how you get so frustrated with that something that you feel like throwing it into the street, just as a bus passes by, so that the bus doesn't miss that something? Well, that is me. You know how when you are down to your last straw of patience, that you do something foolish? Me again!!!
I tried operating on this damned thing very patiently, like a surgeon would. Hours on end. Only looking toward the end result and the life that I could bring back to it. I focus on all the happy little smiling faces that it would bring and how those happy little smiling faces would look at me adoringly, because I had fixed the problem and restored life to our otherwise lifeless home.
Yea, I fixed it alright. BUT, and that is a big but...as soon as I got done with the patient portion of my operation and went quickly to the dark side, and hit the button that said "Yes, go ahead and wipe out everything I have ever put on this computer that I really wanted to keep forever and ever", I realized that oh C.R.A.P.! All my pictures are on there! Well, not anymore! Ya see? I fixed the computer. I'm done, no more pictures, but I'm done! Period, and oh well, can't cry over spilt milk now, it's just a tad too late.
So I am back YAY!!! Hey everyone! I missed you! Really I did!
And I am off work til the 6th. My arthritis kicked it up a notch and when I went to work yesterday it wouldn't allow me to stand comfortably. Then when I put weight on my right leg, ZING! A nice shot of sharp pain went right up my leg and into my lower back. The swelling from the arthritis was pinching my sciatic nerve. (The nerve of that arthritis) So doc gave me some good drugs and sent me home with a note for my boss. I can't afford it, but I am going to make the best of it.
I taught myself to knit. I kind of had the basics down, but would never do it right, and couldn't figure from pictures and words that I had in front of me, what I was doing worng. I bought this quick study guide from work that I had brought in to see how good it was and it helped. I can now knit!
So depressing as it is to have lost all those pictures, I have learned a valuable lesson and I can now be back online. So, see ya soon. I am about to go over to your blogs to see what I've missed.
I tried operating on this damned thing very patiently, like a surgeon would. Hours on end. Only looking toward the end result and the life that I could bring back to it. I focus on all the happy little smiling faces that it would bring and how those happy little smiling faces would look at me adoringly, because I had fixed the problem and restored life to our otherwise lifeless home.
Yea, I fixed it alright. BUT, and that is a big but...as soon as I got done with the patient portion of my operation and went quickly to the dark side, and hit the button that said "Yes, go ahead and wipe out everything I have ever put on this computer that I really wanted to keep forever and ever", I realized that oh C.R.A.P.! All my pictures are on there! Well, not anymore! Ya see? I fixed the computer. I'm done, no more pictures, but I'm done! Period, and oh well, can't cry over spilt milk now, it's just a tad too late.
So I am back YAY!!! Hey everyone! I missed you! Really I did!
And I am off work til the 6th. My arthritis kicked it up a notch and when I went to work yesterday it wouldn't allow me to stand comfortably. Then when I put weight on my right leg, ZING! A nice shot of sharp pain went right up my leg and into my lower back. The swelling from the arthritis was pinching my sciatic nerve. (The nerve of that arthritis) So doc gave me some good drugs and sent me home with a note for my boss. I can't afford it, but I am going to make the best of it.
I taught myself to knit. I kind of had the basics down, but would never do it right, and couldn't figure from pictures and words that I had in front of me, what I was doing worng. I bought this quick study guide from work that I had brought in to see how good it was and it helped. I can now knit!
So depressing as it is to have lost all those pictures, I have learned a valuable lesson and I can now be back online. So, see ya soon. I am about to go over to your blogs to see what I've missed.
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