warmest, softest scarf in the whole world

i may have mentioned the hand-spun alpaca yarn that my aunt linda gave me, and i may have even mentioned that i was making a scarf out of it...

AND i may have even shown the finished scarf to some of you...

OKAY, i may have even made some of you try it on to see how soft it really is...

BUT... have i shown it to the whole world on the internet?

Not until right now, folks.





























you guys are pretty lucky.

(thanks aunt linda!)

neat and thought-provoking stories

home page

stealth toaster =)

these are the kinds of short stories aaron writes. i told him to contribute, but i don't know if he will. very cool site.

old versus new

so i'm a few weeks into my new job and so far, i'm really enjoying it.

i promised my friends at my last job that i would post pics of my new office so they could see the new digs and dream a little. =)

here is my last office...






























and here is my new one...

also, i couldn't resist taking a little video (i'm a total geek, yes).



notice, both offices are gray- it's amazing what a little natural light does for a place, eh?

the kitty

she went in for her recheck and they said she still has an infection, so now she's on a new pill, only once a day. hopefully this clears it up soon.

aaron told me about this book he's reading where all the characters are named for their personalities. stencil for a computer geek, profane for a sailor, mafia for an italian chic.

i decided my kitty would be named drama. i've started calling her that already.

simpsons, real life?

it's scary that someone spent time to do this, but somehow strangely interesting, too.

mcdonald's- yes i think their ad is funny

if you haven't seen the new mcdonald's ad, check it out here.

i don't know why, but this ad makes me think of my friend lori. i think it's because i can actually visualize her doing this.

carpenter ants are for real, man

i've referenced this video many times with a lot of my friends, so i thought i'd post it.



i took this video when we visited the arboretum... it's a bunch of ants taking down a big green caterpillar, relentlessly.

if you turn the sound up a bit, you'll hear aaron say 'carpenter ants are for real, man.'

to explain our inside joke, which one should never do: whenever we talk about or see something that's kind of intense, we pull out this quote and snicker a little.

wikileaks.org- applause!

so i just ran across this site called wikileaks.org which i am instantly fascinated with. the purpose of the site is to be an untraceable, uncensorable place for people to leave classified documents that might reduce corruption and other non-niceties in the world.

my first thought, of course, goes to the bush administration, but when i read a little further, i'm ashamed of my provincialism. this resource could be so much more important:

"Our primary interests are oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect to be of assistance to those in the west who wish to reveal unethical behavior in their own governments and corporations."

they do mention our western political and corporate systems, but think of all the other more global uses of the tool!!!

i love love love this internet thing. it still amazes me: how much good (and bad) it can do for the human race.

there is an example of an article and document up there, but it looks like they are still in development.

i can't wait to see how this thing develops. i imagine there will be a flood of crap at first, but then, it's true purpose will gain momentum.

kat's surprise 30th birthday party

all kat's friends and family threw her a surprise 30th birthday party on 01.03.07.

it's taken me awhile to post the pics, but here they are.

kat was so surprised, that she had to stand in the porch for a few minutes (there were a few tears) before she was composed enough to then go stand in the kitchen for a few minutes (there were a few more tears) and at that point, she was finally able to join the party. =)


































i'm glad that we could all make her day so special for her.

hope you have a great year, kat!!

new years eve 12.31.06

i'll be the first to admit, this video will probably be funny (hopefully) for those of us that were there, and only mildly amusing (at best) for those of you that weren't.



to those of us that were there: i tried to include all the funnest activities of the night.

to those of you that weren't there: yep, we got drunk and danced like drunk people.

fox on trampolene

this just makes me laugh everytime i see it.



he kind of does what my kitty does: play, play, play, oops, someone might have seen me playing, ack, i'm caught! quick, i'd better lick my fur, that will fool them.

fun video for a monday morning.

kitty update

thanks for all of your caring questions. kitty is doing much better now that the antibiotics have kicked in and she's on some pain killers. she is getting lots of rest and doing lots of purring when i hold her now.

i can't believe how hard it was to see her in pain. but i'm feeling the opposite of that now that she's getting back to normal. so glad to have her back.

i love you, kitty.

frog review- home depot

okay, so first i'm thinking, this is kind of an interesting way to review content on the internet. lighthearted, fun, interesting, and strangely satisfying for an internet geek surfer like me.

then i'm thinking, i wonder if this is part of a larger group of reviews...

and before i even finish that thought, i get to the end of the review, and have to just laugh for the pure silliness of the brown frog. i love him.

check it out here.

then, if you want to see a couple other ones, go here.

kinda cool.

my kitty-

=(

my kitty has a urinary infection, which may actually be caused by a kidney stone (we don't know for sure, yet). she's got blood in her pee, which she keeps desperately trying to get out anywhere she can. she's having a really hard time and it's so hard for me to see her in pain.

so i'm sending the love out to the universe (internet, same thing).

i love you, baby. get well soon.

get your kitten. daily kitten! read all about it !

a daily kitten can really turn a frown upside-down.

my friend julie sent this link to me when i was having a hard day, and 'cloudy' was the kitten of the day.















i love cloudy. cloudy has a great tail.

okay, so almost as great as the pics are the comments on the site. last time i looked, cloudy had more than 140 comments, most of them some form of: aaawwwwww, he's so cute.

Hacked your Blog Dude Its My Birthday Oh yeah

Oh hey everyone this is wrong but whatever I'm hijacking susan's blog today

Cause It's my birthday I turn 32 to day ok there should be some dorky thing I can do here.

Oh hey just for my birthday check out fred rogers's homepage over at pbs if i type that in will it make a link lets see

www.pbskids.org/rogers

ok hope that works otherwise just type it in people

(hey susan could ya fix that up there so its a link and then just erase these paretheses)

alright there it is there should be like a picture to gowith with i thin. oh jesus that's not mister rogers ok whatever.

happy birthday to me

i hacked your blog dude.

nye 12.31.06

yep, i took lots of pics at lindsey and michael's partay.

yep, i finally posted them on flickr.com.

yep, if you click here, you can see them all.

yep, these are my favs-













































































hope your celebration was a good one...

you might have to be a woman...

... to laugh outrageously at this commercial.

fucking hilarious.

i showed this to aaron after laughing hysterically, and he just shrugged.

tell me, ladies, am i the only one who laughed out loud?

pics have been uploaded

i posted all my pics from our trip home on flickr, so you can check them out if you like.

there are five different sets:

the dewitt's















the ralya's (my sister's family)















pics with grandma grace (aaron's grandma- she gave us aaron's grandpa's wedding ring, which aaron has been wearing) =)















pics with my sister, kristen















michigan nature (all the pics from our trips to the beach)















good times!

happy new year!

alright, things got a little crazy at lindsey and michael's place last night. they threw down a new years eve party like no other. i hold them personally responsible for my headache this morning. but i love them like crazy.

now, i'm sittin' on my couch. the sun is shining in the windows. the snow is makin' everything look new. my kitty is here keeping me cozy. the new year is dawning and i just want to say- this whole life thing is working out alright.

happy new year.