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Some more stuff from the land up north...

(When my brother had a broken foot...)
Vin: Mom, I'm handicapped.
Mom: Yeah, and you broke your foot too.


My brother is a connoisseur of that's what she said jokes...

Vin and Trevor were dragging the Christmas tree up from the basement:
Mom: Okay, you wanna do this?
Vin: That's what she said.

Mom: (about the tree) Oh, that's why it's crooked. It wasn't all the way up!
Vin: That's what she said.

Mom: No, you gotta bring the bottom up first.
Vin: That's what she said.

Incoming Picspam.


Now that it is after the fact, I can share pictures of the super secret knit I was working on.

Vin has the distinction of being the first person in my family to receive a handknit from me!

Family tradition bake-a-thon of Potica, a cinnamon/walnut/sugar/butter/chocolate pinwheel pastry.

When Lu is outside in the cold for a while she comes back in and huddles in a blanket next to the nearest body of warmth.

The fam, with way too much flash.

Tami and I messing around with lipsticks and bathroom lighting.

Due to weather (most likely fog) the plane from Midway to Sarasota was delayed almost 40 minutes and I didn't get in to town til 7pm.

I'm guessing this is Tampa.

Illinois, Day 1

Guess where I went as soon as I landed at Midway Airport...

My mother, big pimpin'.

Currently groping all my new double pointed needles from KnitPicks. I wiped them down with a wet rag to get the packaged/greasy feeling from them, like I did with the circulars. They are so shiny and pointy and could do some serious damage.

Gonna get to work swatching for what could become my first original knit project.

Stephen King!

I finally went to my first book signing, and of all people, it was Stephen Freaking King.

Sarah and Leslie camped out at 6am to get the blue wristbands to get into the signing later at 7pm. I held down the fort at work.

We met at Barnes & Noble at 5pm. Cause you wanna get a good spot in line. There were 800 people there.
Luckily the blue wristand means you are one of the first hundred people.

Wristband means I'm legit.

You were forbidden from using flash photography while you were there, which is why the pictures are blurry.

We met this... guy... who apparently Sarah and Leslie had met in the AM while waiting for the wristbands. His hand was on my lower back. I feel creepy just typing it.

Sarah & Leslie


All the sudden we hear "Please Welcome Mr. Stephen King" and much "woo"ing sprang up. I kind of saw his back as he walked past our stack.

After waiting for two hours amid the books (and conversation including but not limited to the phrase "Mein Kampf es su Kampf", we rounded the corner and got our first glimpse of Stephen King.


We decided Leslie was going to hang back and let people pass her so she could get good shots of Sarah and I getting our books signed.

Getting my book signed. It all moved so quickly you weren't even allowed to say anything really, except for Hello and Thank you.

Sarah getting her book signed while I'm sure I was getting yelled at by the worker people.

Leslie's getting signed.

The finished product.

We went to Bonefish Grill afterwards but due to a 45 minute wait, we gave up and went to Chili's.

Back to work tomorrow.