Purl Side of the Moon

You Winner

I never knew that deciding a winner in a contest could be so hard.  I loved all the captions you all sent in!  After widdling it down to three...then finally two...I couldn't decide...So I decided to toss the coin.  Marley acted as witness...I swear.   So the winner is...

JOANNE!   The funny thing about Joanne's caption, though it it is a pretty well known saying...From the picture, it so totally looks like Liz is saying that!  I have to say Carol...your caption could be very easily be interpreted by a pouty Liz trying to knit with cobs...Lord knows I'm surprised she hasn't...but I had to stick with the rules and wasn't allowed to include your entry....But it gave me a good chuckle!

Now, what did Joanne win?  A lovely skein of Fleece Artist sock yarn in the Parrot color way:

Oh, but you didn't know about another little contest that was going on at the same time...well, not really a contest... more like a milestone with booty to celebrate.  It just so happened that I was also coming up on the 1000th comment on my blog.  So, I have decided to give the lucky 1000th commenter a little somethun' somethun' too---which ended up being Beth!  So Beth, knowing that I was the one to entice you with pictures of Pink Lemon Twist's "Hot Rod" socks to begin with...This is awaiting to be mailed to you...Yep, yarn to make you all the more speedy on the flyball lanes! 

So ladies, send me your addresses (Joanne, I know I have yours in my address book...I think I was organized enough to put it in there...but just in case, send it to me again.)

Well it was a very busy week/weekend for us.  I took of a few days because one of best friends from college (Dawn) and her hubby (Gino) made it down to visit us again for our annual Jimmy Buffett concert which was Thursday.  My how quickly the year has passed by.  Nothing like trying to party and have a good time while you baking in a parking lot all day in 100 degree weather.  But with a bit of ingenious thinking, we snagged the dog pool and brought it with us, filled up three 5 gallon jugs of water, and picked up 6 bags of ice and dumped it in the pool and kept our tootsies plunged in the whole time (well almost the whole time, it was so cold at first that we had to keep pulling them out) We were completely comfortable through the entire day in the parking lot while all the passer-byers were in complete awe and planning our demise so that they could steal our pool.

Our annual group shot (Well, kind of...again, some of you are missing!--Why is this so hard to do?) :

Carol made it!

More beer and sweaty people!

OH! and passed out people at a Jimmy show is nothing new...granted, most of them are seen in the parking lot through out the day.  But let me advise you, if you are feeling like you are on the edge, don't go in the show...Just stay in the lot and sleep it off.

This guy didn't get the message...Doing so in the concert leaves for thousands of people that have been drinking all day, in the heat, and still sober enough to push a button, to easily use you as "that" picture on their blog...including me...he's probably famous on the Internet now:

Then random strangers began to jump in to take a picture with you:

And friends pose with him too:

And then all the people surrounding you, flashing their cameras, creates such a spectacle that other things seem to be attracted to you:

Ah, good times.

The kids say a big thank you to Aunt Nancy and Uncle Brian for taking care of them that day! Mommy & Daddy appreciate it!

In a House Full

As you know Deb and Chappy came and visited Liz and I this weekend. We had a fabulous time!  A really good weekend.  I didn't take that many pictures, we kind of took turns, but I did get one that is my favorite...this was at the height of some silliness on Saturday evening. I think this picture requires a little caption contest.  So, you have until Friday at 10:00 p.m. to leave your caption in the comments.  There will be a special prize for the winner...Yes it will be fiber related.  I will announce the winner on Monday.  OK...here's the scene; Give it your best shot.

Is that picture hilarious or what? I love it!  Hope you guys can come up with a rocking caption to match it.

Well as you have probably already read on Liz's and Deb's sites, we all had a very active and fun time. Liz prepared some fabulous dinner's that perfectly set the evenings with good wine and conversation.  Oh, and of course, we had a pack of dogs going wild around us...well some.  Chappy maintained a very quiet and demure stature.

So unlike our dogs that are used to our get togethers being all about them.  Poor Chappy seemed quite confused as to all the excitement and interaction.  When things got too wound up, he had his mommy for comfort.

Banjo absolutely had a blast with Max; They went non-stop for two days.  Max, thank you for wearing out my puppy...It's such a break from my norm lately and I'll take every minute that I can!  Marley got in on some of the fun, but was quite jealous that she couldn't have Max all to herself. 

Uncle Kirk enjoyed having a "little one" around too. Hmmmm...I even got him to say that Liz could get another dog after he kept hugging on Banjo.

The dogs definitely took over the house and made it their own vacation while we played with all types of fiber.

Deb and Chappy brought some GREAT prezzies for us. I'll have to take a picture when there is more light and post it tomorrow. Thanks though for bringing us such thoughtful and great presents!  I can't wait to start using them! I am so happy that you could make it down...And of course, I look forward to visiting with you and going to Rhinebeck!

My weekend ended perfect.  Jeff, Allen and I went for a super-long Kayak trip on Sunday. 

The river's waves and breeze made for some beautiful relaxing trip and a great workout on our paddle back against the tide. Of course, some swimming and good times were had and a great grilled evening meal topped it all off.

Don't forget to join in on the caption contest!  And I'll be sure to post my pictures of all the swatches and progress for the "Chuck's Cabled Socks."  They are looking fabulous!