Dainty Kitty

Pottered

By the time The Order of the Phoenix started at seven (prime seats - we got there an hour early), the rest of the shows for the night were sold out.  Amazing.  And it was great - the special effects were awesome!  Daniel Radcliffe sure has grown up...geesh.

Oh, and there were lots of keen knitted sweaters and scarves and such.  Mrs. Weasley's Christmas gifts this year were very colorful!

Something I found interesting: Whitney and I stopped to use the bathroom on the way out and two of the three sinks were out of soap and all four of the towel dispensers were empty.  Obviously the theater wasn't thinking about a dozen sold out shows, guzzling sodas and Icees....

The photo?  It was taken in Charleston where I also took the photo of my dad that I used on Color Week - Red and Pink.  Whoever owns this nearly empty building near my brother's apartment lets artists use the walls behind it as a canvass.  When we were there most of the art was done by man called The Sheepman - it was some pretty awesome stuff.  And I guess it changes quite often - even though I can't imagine painting over some of it. 

Anyway, I thought it was rather funny that some "Potter'd" this poor, solemn little boy....When I pointed it out my brother said I was reading too much into it but, seriously, how could it be anything else?

A MonKey Celebration

Jake gave me a key to his house which isn't as monumental as it sounds - he's going to Canada this weekend and I'm watching Cat Friend - but I do get to keep it so it's something.  I now have three keys that look exactly the same.  So I splurged and bought these...sadly the shipping cost more than the key toppers themselves and I'm on a tight budget but...screw it - what's ten bucks, right?

There's a New Sheriff In Town

This is what happens when a thrifted bear gets his clever paws on a garage sale button....

QC Costumes

When Jake and I first started dating he turned me on to a web comic called Questionable Content.  It's a very funny, clever and amazingly well drawn (the artist updates daily which is really impressive) comic about a group of twentysomethings.  I just recently caught up completely (there are nearly nine hundred comics as of today) and realized that they all seem to drink a lot of bourbon.  Oddly enough, at about the same time, Jake and I were invited to my parents' annual Bourbon Fest.  I put the two together and we stenciled shirts frequently worn by the two main characters and went to the festival last night as Faye and Marten.   

Frankenberries

So last night I finished my tea towel for the Crafty Daisies Tea Towel Swap.  It was such a refreshing project.  My current financial status is forcing me into a mode of Use What You Have but I found the perfect white material and a large scrap of strawberry fabric.  It was so nice to do two things I haven't done in quite a while: get out the sewing machine and embroider.  Oddly enough, I spotted a couple of other towels out there with a strawberry theme.  I'm a bit Pandora-ish and, even though this is a blind swap, this morning I did some lurking through the comments.  I can't help it.

There's no picture yet - it was dark when I finished last night but I'll take one when I get home.

And if you really want to have some crazy dreams, fall asleep to Young Frankenstein.  That's what I did last night and, even though I can't remember any specifics, I do remember being somewhat shaken when I woke up at one, turned off the tv and wandered off to bed. 

Bad Dog!

And here's the mask Jake made for me.  Of course, the girl draws the sweet puppy with the tongue hanging out and the boy draws a menacing dog with terrifying fangs.  Go figure. 

This is how we spent quite a bit of the weekend - stripping and scraping. 

Oh, that's my car in the background.  The car that is currently in the shop because I was rear ended about two weeks ago.   (Edit: well how do you like that?  While I can see my car just fine it doesn't show up at all when I view my actual blog.  Interesting.  Trust me, it's there and I was, indeed, rear ended.)

And who'd have thought you'd ever get a glimpse of my underthings?   

My New Puppy

How many guys out there would not only let their girlfriend draw a dog's snout on the face mask they were actually going to work in but also allow her to take a photo?  Not too many, I think. 

We worked on the patio today - sanding and scraping and finally stripping.  Very messy work but you can make anything fun if you try just a wee little bit.

Tomorrow (or rather today since it's after midnight) we were planning to spend the day lounging but we didn't get as much done today so we're back at it until we go to my parents' house for dinner.  My brother is in town from Charleston, SC and I just realized that I haven't seen him since Christmas!  It really doesn't seem like it's been that long.

I've also been working on something a little crafty - a crocheted zombie doll but he's missing an arm and a leg and some bloody embellishments which have been put on hold until later this week.  I'm also working on sanding down a coffee table I got for free from work so that I can stain it and I need to get the flowers that have been sitting on my kitchen table planted in my window box but I've not been all that motivated.  I took Friday off with the express purpose of not only relaxing but getting at least one task completed...oh, I took care of the relaxing part but nothing else.  Well, I  baked cookies and that should count for something....

And now I'm off to bed, to dream of sharp metal objects scraping against paint....

Introduction to the Caper

Our original plans to take a long bike ride today were put off by the threat of rain (which never came) but Jake and I did manage to successfully pull off the Googly Eye Caper!

I'll post the other photos tomorrow (well, it's after midnight so later today) but this is quite funny.  We created and photographed a rather goofy but happy pair of potatoes: 

When we came back, several photographs later, we found this:

Someone had purchased Mister Potato and left poor Miss Potato all alone!

Someone must have also fallen madly in love with our first cute piece of fruit, Lovely Lady Lime, because she had also disappeared before we left the store.

This was a lot of fun and we came out of there (without purchasing a damned thing, by the way) already full of ideas for Googly Eye Caper Part Two in which we will be armed with teeny tiny googly eyes.  Although, there's something very endearing about a habanero pepper with giant, soulful eyes....

Googly Bear

What happens when you combine a boy, a girl, a supermarket and some googly eyes? Stay tuned to find out!