The Great Pumpkins

Are you impressed with our amazing artistic abilities? I know I am. My pumpkin is the one with the face (because jack-o-lanterns all have faces in my mind), Todd is a bit more creative with his patterned pumpkin.

But as in life, so in pumpkins - its what's on the inside that counts. I don't have a pretty picture but I have a nifty-quick recipe for Roasted Pumpkin Seeds. *note they're still pretty good if you can't stand to wait 24-48 hours for them to dry out :)

I am a living, breathing, working machine. This week has consisted of work, school (French test), and more work. My company just had a trade show and released 3 new lines. The process is supposed to go - someone else (not me) makes a packing slip for shipping and I make the bill and charge. But this week, because of an unavoidable illness, I have been the packing slip and A/R lady - keeping me at my computer for a straight 8 hours a day. Possibly the most confusing part of this arrangement is that I keep thinking "I've already seen this order... Is this a duplicate... oh wait, no I made Packing slip for it earlier." OK so I know this is probably boring if it even makes sense - but it's what I've done all week. The good news about all this work is that the product lines that are the source of all this excitement are freakin' awesome. You can see them at My Minds Eye. The Christmas line is my favorite. I am a sucker for anything relating to Christmas - I just love it. And I'm mildly aware that this may be what my holiday spending is related to. Not Christmas presents, but Christmas themed candles, paper, ornaments... and so on.

Christmas knitting

I love Christmas knitting, it means that as you knit, which is extremely entertaining by itself, you also get to think about the recipient: how much you love them, how much they will love you after receiving this precious gift and so on. The bad thing about Christmas knitting, is that you can't post pictures of what you've been making on your blog! Oh well, I have other things to share. This is actually really cool.

Because it is handknit

And Handspun and Hand dyed. It's so much more satisfying that way. I haven't been up to much besides knitting, although today we did get out for a walk around the Aves. It's such a beautiful neighborhood and there are some great colors showing up.

That's all for now, stay tuned for the great pumpkin(s)

Ce week-end, J'ai babysit le chien

Ok, so maybe I'm not saying it in the right tense - but I was surprised to find that when I said, "I have babysit the dog this weekend" to my French teacher, she didn't correct me - hurray for similarities in the French and English languages! But that isn't my only triumph - I got Trusty to sleep (Ok maybe he decided to sleep) for a couple hours this weekend:

So I got some good knitting time in while he snored away on the couch. And I finished my newsboy cap from Stitch n Bitch Nation.

This hat is so soft it drives me crazy, I spend more time petting it than anything else - not sure what else to do with it - I guess it's my kitten (thanks Yarn Harlot)