How to Felt a Bag

Instructions on how to knit & felt a tote bag:

http://majorknitter.typepad.com/major_knitter/2004/09/how_to_felt_a_b.html

Better Late than Never: Halloween

We went to a little Halloween party at our church.  Adam went as Dwyane Wade from the Miami Heat.  I went as Dwight Howard from the Orlando Magic. (I had a superman shirt & bball shorts & "Howard" on the back of my shirt.)  There weren't enough b'ball fans to "get" my costume. I was pretty proud of myself for coming up with my costume idea by myself.  J., the biggest sports fan of us all didn't go as any bball related person.  Party Pooper.

ps. Thanks James & Nicole for the awesome jersey!

Ravelry

I found out about this site called Ravelry.  I just signed up (free) and it seems pretty cool.  It's a website for knitters & crochet-ers.  There are lots of free patterns, info on different types of yarns,  tabs for your projects, etc etc.  Anyway, definitely worth checking out if you work with yarn.

Good for a Laugh

For you LDS kids out there, here's a link to a funny blog of things that were supposedly heard in Church. 

http://overheardintheward.com/

My Favorite one:

Brother bearing his testimony after being released from a long-term calling: Well, if there is one thing the church has taught me it’s that nothing lasts forever.

Ugh!

I tried to make some modifications to how my blog looks and it didn't have the effect that I wanted.  Plus now, I've lost all my links.  It will take me a while to add everyone's blogs back to my link list.  Dang it.

It makes me feel like an old geezer to have trouble with my blog set up.  Can't figure out this new fangled technology.

Hopefully I'll have this looking more like how I want soon...

Curiosity can Kill a Cat and Your Electronics

I bought a clear plastic protector for the front of the dvr box to safe guard it from little fingers.  I was so pleased that it was working.  That lasted all of a few days.  Trouble has learned how to take off the plastic protector (as seen at his feet) to reach the forbidden treasure.

So much for child proof.

Things that Make You go Hmmm...

I had a dental cleaning when A was "on the way." I had a cavity or two but I was waiting until after A arrived to get them fixed. In the meantime I moved so I had to find a new dentist. Well, I finally went to the new dentist last week to get my teeth cleaned and set a date to get fillings.

Much to my surprise, I was told that I didn't have any cavities. (And they say your teeth get worse when you are pg. Ha! What do they know?!) The crazy thing is that this is not the first time this has happened. I've gone to dentists who told me I had a cavity and then gone to a different dentist without getting it fixed (due to moving or going off to school or whatever) and the new dentist has given me a clean bill of health, so to speak.

I did try to take extra good care of my teeth since I knew I had cavities; but regardless it makes me seriously question the existence of previous cavities and the reasonableness, expertise, etc of my previous dentists, especially since I've had a number of fillings in my day.  Maybe dentists get confused with the word oral being in the word moral?

Things to Think About:

If I really did have cavities and they healed themselves are other people experiencing the same things? Am I going to sketchy dentists? Under what sort of moral code are dentists working? Are dentists taking out their frustrations on me? Do they see dollar signs when they look inside my mouth instead of my teeth? Perhaps dentists should wait to fill cavities to see if the cavities heal themselves? Are my dentists just drill happy? Or maybe, just maybe I have magic teeth...or a good tooth fairy?

Going forward though, I think I’m going to switch dentists any time I’m told I have a cavity. :)

Purple Flag

The purple flag was out at the beach last weekend, which meant "dangerous marine life."  We weren't exactly sure what that meant. (Sharks?) My brother and I were treading water, feeling the waves push us,  and talking about what to do if one were to be stung by a jellyfish.  Then, right then it happened.  He got stung by a jellyfish.  (One of my fears is to get stung by a jellyfish.)  I guess better a jellyfish than bitten by a shark.  ;)  He was brave but I felt bad for him.

For you beach goers:

When we got home I tried to do some research on what to do for jellyfish stings.  From what I read, I learned that putting urine on the sting (common myth) is not recommend and can actually spread the venom.  Also, I read that if you are stung in salt water you should NOT put fresh water on it and vice versa.

What you are supposed to do, according to what I read on a couple sites, is put hot water on the sting.  Basically as hot as you can tolerate (and without burning yourself.)  I also read that meat tenderizer helps.  So I guess that's a good thing to keep on hand.

I also read that rash guards and swim shirts help to protect against jellyfish.  I now have even greater incentive to go get a swim shirt or an entire wet suit.  ;) 

I also now have greater appreciation for the pool--no dangerous marine life.

In the Jungle...

We had fun in the Jungle checking out animals and feeding some birds.

Caliente

I miss Fall.  I love the cool crisp air and the changing leaves.  I want to wear jeans outside without feeling like I walked into a steam room with all my clothes on.  Our building has one by the way--a steam room that is.  Not sure why, since all you need to do is step outside on your balcony to have the same effect, but it does.

Weather.com tells me that the temperature is 89 degrees but that it feels like 101.  And that's ON the water with the ocean breeze!  People talk about how miserable the summers are here and how beautiful the winters are.  We need to make that--miserable summers and late spring and early fall.  At least May - October.  Just walking from the air conditioned car to the store feels like you're going to melt.  And if you take a minute to load up your groceries into the car, you feel nasty.  People in drier places may tell me that their cities are hotter but I don't think anything can compete with this humidity.

I guess this is (in part) why people walk around half naked here?

p.s. I think I would die if I had to live in the amazon or any place comparable.  I don't know how civilizations around the equator survived without A/C for thousands of years.