Word of the Day

Boseman (n.) - One who spends all day loafing about near pedestrian crossings looking as if he's about to cross.

It's Official

Wow! It's an honest to god sock. Knit by me, the self-proclaimed 'will-never-knit-socks-ever' knitter. I eat my words and LOVE these socks.
Pattern: Jaywalker by Stephanie Japel
Yarn: Artyarns Ultramerino 4; hand paints; in colour 143.
I can't wait to knit more.

PS I have even started a stash of sock yarn.
Yikes! I thought it would never start, now I have to worry whether it will ever end.

Word of the Day

Boothby Graffoe (n.) - The man in the pub who slaps people on the back as if they were old friends, when in fact he has no friends, largely on account of this habit.

Holy! She Cooks

Better make that 'Cooked'. Wouldn't want it to sound like I might do it again.


I might hate cooking and not do it very often, but I sure love to eat.
This is my absolute favorite recipe.
Tortilla shells; chicken cooked in garlic, olive oil and sesame oil; spinach cooked (briefly) in olive oil, salt, and some of the marinate from the artichoke hearts; red pepper; red onions; artichoke hearts; and cheese on top. It takes me a while to put it all together but only 17 min. in the oven to melt the cheese and crisp up the base. Mmmh, yum!
Of course it helps to have a nice glass of Gray Monk Rotberger to get me through that cooking process.


Mmmh, Rotberger.


Wow! Almost looks good enough to eat. :)

Word of the Day

Boolteens (vb.) - The small scatterings of foreign coins and halfpennies [small change] which inhabit dressing tables. Since they are never used and never thrown away boolteens account for a significant drain on the world's money supply.
("The Deeper Meaning of Liff" by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd)

Word of the Day

Bolsover (n.) - One of those brown plastic trays with bumps on, placed upside down in boxes of chocolates to make you think you're getting two layers.

Word of the Day

Boinka (n.) - The noise through the wall which tells you that the people next door enjoy a better sex life than you do.

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's...?

What is that? I can't quite make it out.


It looks familiar. I think I have seen something like it before.


No. It can't be.


Oh my god! It is, it is!

Has hell frozen over?


Are pigs flying?


No! I've starting knitting socks! Ok, just one sock.

I could resist no longer. I guess I'm...

Bonus Word of the Day

Bodmin (n.) - The irrational and inevitable discrepancy between the amount pooled and the amount needed when a large group of people try to pay a bill together after a meal.

Word of the Day

Blitterlees (pl.n.) - The little slivers of bamboo picked off a cane chair by a nervous guest which litter the carpet beneath and tell the chair's owner that the whole piece of funiture is about to uncoil terribly and slowly until it resembles a giant pencil sharpening.

This Work Thing

Being back at work has certainly been a shock to the system. Especially when that system has been used to sleeping in till at least 9 every morning and sitting around with a lovely cup of coffee and some knitting out on a sunny deck for the following few/many hours. Aaah, those were the days.
Unfortunately, those days don't come without a cost. They have to be payed for some how. Hence the back to work thing.
But it is Friday, which means Saturday and Sunday are close at hand.
Aaah... to sleep, to dream... to knit.

Word of the Day

Blithbury (n.) - A look someone gives you which indicates that they're much too drunk to have understood anything you've said to them in the last twenty minutes.

Word of the Day

Bishop's Caundle (n.) - An opening gambit before a game of chess whereby the missing pieces are replaced by small ornaments from the mantelpiece.

Knitter's Caundle (n.) - Any object of wood, plastic, or metal that has been whittled on one end to replace the needle that just broke in the middle of the knitter's second to last row on the day the piece has to be sent in the mail to their mother for Christmas.
See also - Act of desperation.

Sock Club

SockClub.jpg, originally uploaded by Knits&Pics.

Can you guess who's feet and knitted socks are whose?

Trish's Baby Shower

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Despite the fact that the little "Monkey" was wide awake here, she slept through most of the baby shower. I suppose that is better than crying through it. :)
There was lots of fabulous food and all of it non-fat. Hey, I'll believe it if others will. And more importantly, lots of friends and family.
For more photos, just click on the above picture and it will take you to my flickr site.
Here's to the start of another week and a chance to burn off those "non-fat" cupcakes and nanaimo bars.