How much do I love knitting? Lots. Here’s what I’m working on now. It’s an Anthropologie Inspired Capelet but for a 10 year old. It’s out of fluffy Jiffy yarn, acrylic, but it’s for a kid so it’s gotta be washable. Please notice the adorable puffed sleeves and the cute vintage button closure. Yay!

Si! Si, it is nearly party time! Birthday party time, that is! We are just 2 short days away from my 35th birthday and it’s starting to be exciting for me! Dinner will be fun because my birthday is one of the few times I get to pressure people to drink tequila and they HAVE TO DO IT! Mind you, I won’t pressure them to drink crappy tequila. Oh noes.

As if for my birthday, Kate Beaton made this lovely comic. Ok not really for my birthday because she doesn’t know who I am other than some random emailer from Portland, OR. But still, a girl can dream right? It’s not important WHO this is for, just that there are others out there who find Mr. Darcy as dreamy as I do. Audrey?

Alright, so I didn’t use vodka in the crust as I’d planned, but isn’t all baking really just tasty science? This particular strawberry rhubarb pie just might be the most delicious pie I have ever baked. Real.

In other news, fake moustaches are great! So is this beautiful sunny day we’re having here in rainytown, I mean Portland OR.

Yes, yes it’s true. My lunch (Monday) was so delicious that I HAD to photograph and share with everyone. Chick salad sandwich from Whole Foods. What’s not pictured here? A piece of delicious strawberry rhubarb pie, I ate the whole piece!

Thanks for my yummy sack lunch!!

In other news, 8 days until I turn 35! How exciting!! Now if only we could get just a tiny bit of warm weather for the occasion? Hey, it might be cold out but at least there’s not a machete in my crotch.

Trevor Begins to Have Trouble Sleeping

Guy: There is nothing worse than having sand in your crotch.
Girl: What about a machete in your crotch?

–Sydney, Australia

via Overheard at the Beach, Mar 19, 2008

I am pretty sure she won’t be reading my blog this morning before her party, so here’s a shot of what I made for Joe’s birthday! Lovely set made from a vintage crystal necklace that was uber-boring at first. It’s now an 18″ multi-layered necklace with sparrow accent and matching bracelet and earrings. Gnome model not included.

Yay! I get to have a garden this year! A very sweet person has given up some space in his front yard AND gone to the trouble to build and fill 2 lovely raised garden beds for me!

This year’s lineup will include:
TONS of tomatoes (cross your fingers!), both cherry and large sizes
hot thai peppers
some lovely red flowers, can’t recall their type
watermelon
PUMPKINS!
cucumber
yellow squash
mint

There are several other things I’ve either purchased and forgotten or mean to purchase and plant soon. Want to get these things into the ground and see what it looks like first. If it weren’t so wet outside I’d probably be elbow deep in the garden right now! But, alas, it is most likely too wet to even get started as I’ll have to finish filling the beds and such, don’t want to drown the little plants on the first day, right?

Whee!

charlene dont have to

Originally uploaded by charleneshouse

Yup, it’s true. Good thing too because she do what she want.

Fix Yer Bike Day 05/04/08 was a big success. There are a few pictures on my flickr stream, www.flickr.com/photos/heidimonkey, see them if you want to be jealous of the fun times that were had involving beer, grilled foods and bicycle dirt.

Here is a picture of Audrey working on her brake. Please to enjoy it.

RIDE BIKES!