Phototastic!
(Image-heavy post. My apologies.)
Some of you may remember this incident, in which a certain boyfriend tried to put half a head of lettuce down the garbage disposal and ended up performing emergency plumbing surgery, complete with nasty-ass lettuce-water shooting across the kitchen.
Well, last night Bradon was cooking hamburgers (veggie burgers for me, thanks) while I was curled up on the couch, thumbing through the latest KnitPicks catalogue. I heard Bradon grumbling about how the lettuce we bought only a week ago had already turned mostly brown. I didn’t think much about it…until I heard the garbage disposal making a horrible noise.
I got up, walked over, and looked at the nasty-ass lettuce-water bubbling up from the drain.
“You know I’m going to make fun of you on the blog for this, don’t you?”
There was plunging (no shooting lettuce-water across the kitchen this time, thank gawd), and cursing, and then…he pulled the white vinegar out of the cabinet.
“Baby, I don’t think vinegar is a strong enough acid to eat through the lettuce.”
“No, but it might eat through the goo that’s holding it all together.”
“Whatever. Come eat dinner and deal with it afterwards.”
But I have to tell you, folks…it worked. After dinner he walked into the kitchen, flipped on the disposal, and away the lettuce-water went. I was duly impressed.
There was still a pile of lettuce in the sink (he’d only gotten about halfway through when it clogged). I asked him what he was planning on doing with it.
“I’m going to put it down the garbage disposal. Carefully.”
The boy is nothing if not stubborn.
The second red scarf is done.
Wait…what’s this? A black blob? Are you sure you’re on the right blog? Chaos, is that you?
Oh, wait…here we go.
Which means I’m back to the FFFWTT, and remembering the low-grade panic I was experiencing over the prospect of abandoning the pattern and making shit up.
I’m not to the scary part yet. I’m hoping to have these done before the Olympics, but I’m not going to give up precious swatching/training time for them. We’ll see how it goes.
Speaking of the Olympics, I have a special treat which may excite a whole seven people! I present, for your button-loving approval…the Official Drunken Pirate Knit-lympics Button of the 2006 Knitting Olympics!
Feel free to steal this button if you will be knitting pirates while drunk, or will be knitting drunk pirates, or if you are a pirate and will be knitting a drunk project, or if you are a drunk pirate and will be knitting. Or, you know, if you just like the button. Button designed by Bradon, and pushed through to completion because Lee Ann wanted it. You know the rules…save to your own server, and all that. I trust you kids to be polite.
And now, for slogging through this image-ladden post…cute kitty porn! (Oh, the Google hits I will get.)
The lovely Isadora, who is plumper, sleeker, and healthier after only two weeks in her new home.
And the unrelentingly adorable Tyberius, showing Isadora just how plump a kitty can get in our home. Oh, the indignity.
1La
wrote on 25 January 2006 at 17:09
oooh! Chubby cat paws! So cute
2ellie
wrote on 25 January 2006 at 17:15
What a fun post! I might steal your button because I’m a pirate knitting Drunken Argyle. Arrrr! But I’m not in the knitting Olympics. But don’t think that will stop me from stealing the button. Remember, I’m a pirate!
3Chris
wrote on 25 January 2006 at 17:26
Aw, look at that jungle pouch. He could incubate a penguin egg in there!
Who knew that black blobs migrated between blogs? That seems very Harry Potteresque indeed.
Yay red scarf! Yay very cool Pirate button! I will know where to send any pirate knitters I encounter on my wandering.
Um, so, did he get the rest of the lettuce down there safely?
4Chris
wrote on 25 January 2006 at 17:34
Oh, whoops – excellent “knit geek” bag by Isadora. I have the mug at work.
5Grace
wrote on 26 January 2006 at 8:31
Lovely kittens. Isadora looks lovely and Tyberius is too cute! The scarf looks really good. I love the button! I also love pirates…..especially of the Johnny Depp variety. *sigh*
6Elisabeth
wrote on 26 January 2006 at 10:12
Cute, cute kitties! Just read about the first Lettuce Incident. I know what you mean about men taking apart the pipes. My hubby’s an astrophysicist and I still wouldn’t trust him to do it right.
What is it about men that they can’t learn from their mistakes? “Hmmm, I put a load of lettuce down the disposal it clogged and required disassembling the kitchen plumbing. Oh look, more lettuce–let’s put it down the disposal!”
7mrspao
wrote on 26 January 2006 at 14:51
I saw your link on Chris’ blog and had to come over and see Isadora. She is a very gorgeous girl. We have a tabby cat who came to us who was very very thin and underweight and now she is looking very sleek and filled out. They soon perk up when they have had decent food, don’t they? I’ve just seen March of the Penguins so I can wholeheartedly agree about Tiberius and keeping penguin eggs under his jungle pouch!
8Meike
wrote on 30 January 2006 at 2:27
Hi, thanks for the button. I’m also making the pirates hat for the olympics. Many greetings from Germany!
9Lee Ann
wrote on 3 February 2006 at 19:03
I’m going to have to get reallllly good wine for this now. Or a fridge full of Guinness. Or something.
The button ROCKS.
Youpiiiii (that would be French for Yessss!!!)
10Heidi
wrote on 6 February 2006 at 0:20
Avast ye young lassy! I come to rid you of your button ’twill make a fine addition to my collection. HAR HAR HAR! *Hick* clickity click click_dropped stitch_clickity clickity_ZZZzzzzz!
11Debbie
wrote on 8 February 2006 at 17:42
Love the drunken pirate theme!!
12Kathy
wrote on 8 February 2006 at 19:57
Sign me up for Drunken Pirate Knitting – I am an 8-year veteran of the renowed “Pirates” of Team Bombshelter at the Ottawa Labatt 24-hour Relay, a native of the Maritimes, and know all the words to “Barrett’s Privateers” by heart. ARRR Matey!
13Rainy
wrote on 11 February 2006 at 3:50
Yarrrrrrr! Avast me hearties, another knitting scallywag! Always nice to meet another pirate and of course I had to steal your button.