StrungOut

Too much going on

Just a quick post to show off my goodies that came in the mail! Let’s start with the books, shall we

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I’ve already loaned out Alterknits, I should get it back to night at Knit Night.

I was trying to finish my 2 pairs of gauntlets and guess what!?!?!?  I ran out of yarn. So yesterday I covered a good portion of So. Cal. When I found myself in the Lake Hollywood area (yes there really is a lake). Burbank is just a hop, skip & jump. So off to Unwind I went, only to find out that they don’t carry Zara. BUT, on the bright side, they still have yarn 50% OFF from the sale I missed. So I came home with this.....

It’s Silk! The BEST part, ONLY $4.00 a hank. I’ll be making a stripped something. Unfortunately there wasn’t enough green so I bought peach to make up the difference.

In other news…. It only took 24 years but soon Eddie Van Halen will soon be a single man. The papers have been filed.

He’s the only musician that I have met that I couldn’t speak to.(I've met and hung out with many famous musicians) I never believed I could be star struck but he’s my dirty little secret. A story for another time. Wine will have to be involved (lots). EVH Rocks my world or did when he was young. I haven’t seen him lately and he’s got more than a decade on me.

The things I'd do to that man right there.

Let's just say...He'd be wearing a great BIG smile and nothing else.

Naughty or Nice

I LOVE the holidays. Usually I’m done with my shopping by October 1^st       at the absolute latest because I HATE the crowds.Well, as we all know my daughter has been an angry Santa lately. Hence I haven’t been in the mood to buy her diddley do. The other day I went to Costco to renew my membership. I just happen to quietly ask “Hey, do you have any iPods?”   “Why yes, we just got in the new ones.” In a hushed voice “ There’s only 12”.Needless to say I came home with the best present a teenager could get.

My darling daughter not having a clue, yet thinking she knows everything, once again had the attitude of a big smelly TURD. So I’ve decided to keep the video iPod for myself. (I was going to return it.) She’s going to have the smallest Christmas on record. Sucks to be her. (I'm looking for lumps of coal.)

On another musical note, I stumbled across some great knitting music. I listen to a wide variety of music. There’s always music on in this house. One day I was in my LYS and I heard a female voice I didn’t recognize. So I inquired about it and was told it was Eva Cassidy.

The sad news is she died a few years ago and she was only 33 of malignant melanoma (Girl had some pipes).

I’ve found her CD’s used (about $8.00) on Amazon.com.  I usually buy new cds or get them from cd baby ( great site for indie music). So the artist gets paid. But since She has passed, you don’t know who’s getting paid.

I have 3 of her CDs which are all good. I’d say my favorite so far is SongBird, But Live At Blues alley isn’t far off. Her Music and a glass of wine makes for a relaxing night of knitting.