My Weird Sense of Sexy

As I get older the less movie and television personalities make my heart flutter.
But I am noticing a strange trend in my idea of sexy.
I was watching Criminal Minds last night and I kept noticing that I was reacting to Matt Gubler's smiles and eye twinkles.















I figure I am truely mad smiling back at the TV while I am knitting away in my oversized flannel nighty! But non-the-less there was me, nodding my head and smiling watching the super geek on TV.

My family always laughs at my idea of sexy.
The two most awesome men in my star dreams are Sean Connery and Jackie Chan!
Not the typical sex symbols one would think of.
Seems I can never pick a guy who is not already getting old age pension!

Well this time I picked a young one. I believe he may possibly be the youngest cast member of the FBI profiler show Criminal Minds.
I really don't know what draws me to him, but I do find myself always reacting with facial expressions to his character's expressions on the TV.












I also really like the Character of Penelope Garcia played by Kristen Vangsness. Her Character is like a blond version of me. Spunky and perky with the clown-like quality.


As I sit there and knit, my dumb little imagination puts me into the character fold.

Yeah once in a while I am not the bright shining star you thought me to be. But yet another troll excited by the sparkles and glitter of the fantasy TV world!

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Fun Fun Fun Videos

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My Hubby sent me this great Christmas Video!It is called "Under The Mistltoe"


My Mom sent me this really cool machine video!

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Undeniable Facts Blog
(Click on the image to see this crazy science link and see the video!)

Here is a great crazy science link. The experiments are amazing! You can even try them at home if you are a grown up.
You can make an apple float too!





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Today Is The Last Day to Join The Pin Swap
Don't Delay.
You must have your information emailed to me before Midnight, or you cannot participate!
Excitement is brewing all over the world to play and get a swap partner..........

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What is The Three Pin Shuffle?: It is an exchange of pins

Are there Rules?: Yes

What date must I register by?: Nov. 27th

How Do I register?: Email Me

Rules:

1) you need to register by sending me an email with your full postal address and name on it, plus your blog Url, by November 27th, 2006

2)you need to exchange three pins. One must be a flag of your country, I suggest one from your State, Province, or Region(but it is only a suggestion), and the third one can be anything you find fun

3)this exchange is open to women and men over the age of 18.

4)you must send your pins early enough for the recipient get the pin before New Years Eve!
Remember with the Holidays the mail will get slower and slower the closer you get to the middle of December.

5)On November 28th I will put all of the registrants in a bin. I will choose two ballots at a time. The two ballots I choose at each drawing will be swappers. I will send you each an email with the details of your swap partner on it.

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The Closing Date Is Almost Here!
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Wii-Tarded
For The Offended

I am always so pissy when I am sick. Just can't seem to leave well enough alone.

To enlarge the Dictionary you can click on the photo.

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An Eye Infection Is Keeping Me Out Of The Running......

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Sorry folks, I am down for the count.
My dumb staff infection has come back in my eye.

I will be so happy with the opthomologyst appointment comes on Dec 11th.

This dumb infection and been plaguing me on and off since the end of September.
I get clear of it, then it comes back.

It tires me out so I have to rest this week.
That means no blogging, and lots of sleep.
Then I hope I will feel better so I can visit my Son on Saturday.

Please pick a blog link on the right and go visit them instead.
Look under Priority Posts.

I also have a quiet battle going with an anonymous commentor on my previous post. So if you want the "skinny" on that you can go to the comments section of the Wii-tarded post.
Usually I just take soap boxy comments in stride, but I felt I should respond to this one.
Everyone has a cause. And I am fine with that.

I am just not so fine with folks pickin the heck out of every word. If we look hard enough we can make everything sound wrong.
I have spent the last year and a half working on positive only.
It is sad when someone works so hard to have negative only.

When it comes to me and my brain injury I will use the following terms:
brain fart
brain freeze
instant dumbness
Optical illusions vs Hallucinations
Hallucinatation vs Visions
Precognition vs Precontardation
Spirit
Soul
Awesome
New Normal
God
Blessing
I can't even function
Effasia-Inability to speak clearly: like you know... menopause
Affasia only effects speaking. The typing issue is a whole other thing.
Loss of Memory-it must have been a lie.
It's geometric! It's Halucinigenic!
stupid
retarded
special

I use these words to describe me and keep my horrible life-changing brain injury as a secondary identification of me instead of a primary one.
If at this point in your life you cannot handle any of those words above then don't come back.
I don't promise not to use them when I am describing myself, my thought process, or my actions, and reactions.
Too Bad....

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Wii-Tarded:
Our Story Of Camping Out For Wii
In Newmarket, Ontario
Canada

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In the wake of news footage from the US about riots and deaths within the crowds waiting for the Playstation 3, I will share our story of the Small Town of Newmarket Ontario, Canada, and our amazing Camping-Out experience, waiting for the November 19th release of the
Nintendo Wii.

Cam had to work to 2:30AM on Friday night, so it was actually early Saturday morning. He wanted to camp out in front of our local Walmart to await the release of the Nintendo Wii. He really did his homework. He had gone to each large store that was expected to have stock on the release date. He spoke to the electronics department manager of each store and made his decision to camp out at Walmart. The manager there told him where he wanted the line to start, the attitude he expected from the campers, and he accomodated us with the information that there would be 54 Nintendo Wii units available for sale at 7:00AM Sunday November 19th.

Cam checked every two hours from 2:00AM Friday night to 1:00PM Saturday afternoon, before the first Camper arrived. Cam and I were all set. In two cars we drove over to Walmart. By the time we arrived it was 1:30PM and we were campers #4 and 5!

As we got ourselves all organized a couple who had walked over to Walmart while exercising their pet husky "Naomie" came over to the boys and asked if they would hang out with dog and keep her safe while they went inside the store. The guys were happy to do it and enjoyed the time spoiling her with hugs and nuzzles. The couple came back and gave the guys $4.00 for their efforts. Which they said would go to snacks.

I have to say that the first 9 Campers became a really tight group. The first 4 , and the sixth were all the same as Cam, getting close to being 19, and were all graduates that were back in grade 12 to broaden their education base for University or College prerequisites.
The guys were mean for World of Warcraft, and they were intense Nintento geeks!
One guy even had two Nintendo characters tattooed on his upper arm.
They were really great teens we got a chance to get to know on our 17 hour journey to Wii wonderland.
Below you can see them remote linked to eachother playing Nintendo DS doing Mario Kart.

It was cold here in Newmarket. Saturday marked the first day in a week without rain or flurries. The temperature had dropped to zero Celcius (32 F). There was no wind so we didn't feel too cold. We were all decked out. Everyone had their sleeping bags, and a zillion layers of clothing.
One guy had his laptop there and the guys would watch SouthPark videos on the computer.
At one point Cam went home and got our portable TV and his Playstation II with "Guitar Hero", after the guys found an outdoor electrical outlet on the Walmart wall. They got about a 1/2 hour of playing fun and entertainment before a manager came out and politely asked them to unplug from the grid. Seems with all the Christmas decorations(giant engine powered snow globes etc) the max of the Walmart grid could not take one more TV and video game sucking off their grid. So the guys obliged them.

Before all the shops closed for the day, they walked over to Future Shop to check out the 3rd Party Release games for the Wii. Because they were not Nintendo products they were not restricted by the November 19th date. So here we see one of the guys staring at his "Super Monkey Ball" game dreaming of playing the Wii!

As darkness fell it got colder. By 7:00PM there were 20 campers lined up. There were quite a few teens and tweens. Only three Mothers were out there for duration. Decked out and determined to stick it out.
So us Moms really felt that this camp out was possibly one of our last chances to hang out with our teens, and show our support, plus to bond with them and try to act as cool as possible( while looking very freeky in layers of gear and definitely dealing with hat head!)
On the other side of it the parents of the lone teens were everpresent as well. Parents, friends, Aunts, Uncles, Big Brothers and Sisters would drop by every two hours or so to check on the campers.
Family members would come by with Tim Hortons Coffee for all the adults in line!
Just because.
We all helped eachother out. We kept a line list to ensure everyone kept their spot in line.
You could really feel the community spirit from everyone there.

Oh yes! And I was the Knitting Machine out there! I had my little gloves with the thumb tip and index fingertip cut out for knitting. That cooler beside me is full of yarn. I figured :"Out in the Cold. Knit hats. Feeling the chill: Knit yourself an afgan to wear while you sit there." I had my table and cooler of yarn. I had ziplock bags to cover the patterns if it rained or snowed. I had the seat cushion of our swivel rocker on my lawn chair for comfort and warmth. My Obus Form back support cushion on the back of the chair to keep my back straight and warm.

The Middle of the night.
Our spirits were high and we were all very happy and getting along with everyone in line. By then there were about 23 folks in line waitin it out and finding 24 hr places to go to the toilet.
We had a little trouble with hecklers. Dumb rich kids driving around in their Daddy's Escalade Pickup, they came driving by yelling, "You should have pre-ordered!" and of course all the people yelled out at once. "Too bad you are missing out on the amazing experience of a lifetime!"
I guess they were jealous cuz they came back twice more. Once trying to egg us and a second time with water balloons.
We were in pretty good shape because the Walmart sidewalk is very deep and the guys threw like 8 year old girls!
But the group of 5 guys which included Cam got really worried for the campers at Best Buy and Future Shop who had no protection.
They are all pretty good guys and they all had cell phones so they took it upon themselves to make two hour checks of the lines to see if the campers at the other sites were alright, and if they needed anything. This kept them warm, by running around, and it embodied the community spirit that emcompasses the education in this area.

The other campers really appreciated the attention from them, and the guys did their best. They did have to call the police for the Future Shop Campers who were really badly pelted with eggs, empty beer cans, water balloons, and other things. Those campers were in a very vulnerable position at their store frontage.
The police came and made their presence known for the rest of the night.
Our group made a fortified wall of cars against the curb at Walmart to protect the campers who's line was ever-growing to just over 60 people by 5:00AM.

At around 5 we began to dismantle all our fluff. All the extra bits and pieces we could do without at the last minutes of the wait. So we were down to sleeping bags and lawn chairs and the layers of clothes on our backs (oh and Cam and I had our handy dandy chemical mitten warmers in our socks to keep our feet toasty too!) for the last hour, before the morning Managers and expediters began to arrive.
At 6:20Am they came out to tell us how it was goin down. They had 54 vouchers. In a few minutes they would come out and distribute to us, then at 6:00AM they would escort us in 5 at a time.

We rushed to get rid of the sleeping bags. So we were with chairs only at that point.
At 5:50AM the managers came out and distributed the vouchers and asked us to line up.

Yeah! #4!

And I was #5!
Officially we were the first 5 people in Newmarket to get the Nintendo Wii!
We had a blast being Wii-tarded.

Here are some video highlights of Cam demonstrating the unit and the Wii Sports that comes with it, and the Zelda game.

Outside Walmart camped out for Wii



Cam Demos His Wii-Boxing



Cam Demos Wii-Tennis



Cam Demos Wii-Golf



Cam Demos Wii Controller



A)Zelda



B)Zelda



C)Cam Shows Zelda

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We're Campin Out for Wii!
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Cam wants to purchase the Wii. His friends chickened out on the campout. I said I would sit with him..

Hopefully at 7AM Sunday morning we will be crying Wii Wii Wii all the way home!

I maybe able to sneak in a post on a pee break from the Wii line.

Keep coming back throught the day and tonight, and you may see us.

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Creative With Curtains!

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Al's hat is lookin like a hat now.

This tapestry I used as a curtain valance in my old bedroom.
I really like the native motif so I saved it.
Today I turned it into a Knitting Kneedle Roll.

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Are there Rules?: Yes

What date must I register by?: Nov. 27th

How Do I register?: Email Me

Rules:

1) you need to register by sending me an email with your full postal address and name on it, plus your blog Url, by November 27th, 2006

2)you need to exchange three pins. One must be a flag of your country, I suggest one from your State, Province, or Region(but it is only a suggestion), and the third one can be anything you find fun

3)this exchange is open to women and men over the age of 18.

4)you must send your pins early enough for the recipient get the pin before New Years Eve!
Remember with the Holidays the mail will get slower and slower the closer you get to the middle of December.

5)On November 28th I will put all of the registrants in a bin. I will choose two ballots at a time. The two ballots I choose at each drawing will be swappers. I will send you each an email with the details of your swap partner on it.

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Please Help Me Help My Friend
(Wordless Wednesday is Below)

This cute baby is Kallie. She is the third child of my best friend's daughter.
Her Mom Theresa is a great Mom. She babysat my kids and she is the ultimate maternal mom.

At the end of the summer Theresa lost her digital camera at the park when she was out with her children.
It was a heartbreak. All the birth shots were on the memory card. So Theresa lost alot of history to do with Kallie's first days.

Theresa is trying to be a stay-at-home Mom and her husband was just laid off last month. They cannot afford to replace the camera.

Theresa has submitted this photo to a contest to win a digital camera.
I want to help her get that camera.
Will you help me help her?
Just click on the photo or the link below to go to the voting page.
Submit your email address, and then reply to the confirm email when it comes.
I know so many of you are at-home-moms and support Moms trying their best to stay home.
I know we all have experience of our husband losing his job at some part of our lives.

Please vote.
Thank You

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The Most Amazing Place I have Been:
(The desert between The Mountains of Colorado and the mountains of Utah)

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Is it Yule Yet?



I swear I am already behind in my holiday knits.
Here is the hat Alex needs for school. I should be done this already!
I promised him this ASAP.

I didn't even begin his sweater, that he wants for Christmas.
So it is rush through the hat and begin the sweater.....or else!

I finally got Lucas's baby sweater done. I believe I tore it out twice.
Ugg. I have made this sweater three times before and I still had trouble
because I decided to use a thicker yarn.

Nice thing about this design is it is especially for the growing babe.
It starts out rolled sleeves.
Then it expands as the baby does.
It is especially cropped because it is made to
come off and go on easy over the baby sleepers.

Like a modern unisex bolero.

http://motivated-motion.blogspot.com/2006/11/is-it-yule-yet-i-swear-i-am-already.html

What Charity are You Crafting For?

This Weekend Was the Church Bazaar where Socks For Sheep Made an appearance!

So Yarnpie really went all out with her presentation of Socks for Sheep at the Church Bazaar!
I encourage you to click on the photo to get a closer look! I can see my little sheep on the right side of the presentation board! Oh and my cupcake pin cushions with sprinkes are on the left of the table! It is so great to see all our wares out there.

Yarnpie had real success! She said that the table brought in:
Quote from Yarnpie: "Drumroll please..................
The Grand Total is $600! A HUGE thank you to all the generous people who bought items and donated money, not only can I give the knitting basket, but a flock of hope (ducks, chicks, and geese) and some honeybees as well! And again a special thank you for all those who donated time and talent to make items for me to sell. I think I may do this again next year!"

I will definitely begin my bazaar gifts in the next few weeks. I feel that this program of Socks for Sheep is a real world, and attainable, goal. I am really excited about how many folks find the time to do a little bit. Once those little bits go together it creates something so grand! I will prepare to create bazaar works to support charity like this.

I want to know if you are supporting a charity with your crafts.
If you do work like this please fill out the linky. Then in comments can you please talk about the charity and where we can go to find out more.

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Giant Gardens Near Home
Remembrance videos and slideshow below the barns

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