Tuesday Morning It's-Raining-Which-Beats-Snow Rambly Bits

[gnomi]

-- Bad word choice or the AP making a subtle joke? Belgians continuing to "waffle" over their government.

-- Philosophy from my juice drink (courtesy of mishloach manot): "Don't worry if your tasks are small and rewards are few, remember that the mighty oak was once a nut like you."

-- Muffin and Squeaker are adding to their word list very quickly, though they don't always choose the right word. Our babysitter uses "woogie" as a term for what I call a ponytail holder/ponytail elastic, and when Muffin wants one, she asks for a "pengin." "Pengin" is also what she uses for "penguin."

-- This year's big Pesach cleaning related task? Hunt down all the Cheerios. it's the Great Cheerio Hunt, Charlie Brown!

-- And speaking of Pesach... Dear weather, today is Rosh Chodesh Nissan, the beginning of the month containing the "Holiday of Spring." D'you think maybe we can stop with the wintry weather? Thanks.

-- Hooray for sewing skills. For under $17, I made two sets of blackout curtains for the girls' room, whereas each set of curtains is "on sale" online for $38.

-- Last night I knit a banana. Pictures once I've taken them. Now looking for other food oddities to knit, since the girls now have a play kitchen but as yet limited food.

Comments

[moonpuppy61.livejournal.com]

Apples, knit apples. Red mackintosh, Golden deliscious and silver iPad. Three lovely apples for the kids.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

In re: "And speaking of Pesach... Dear weather, today is Rosh Chodesh Nissan, the beginning of the month containing the "Holiday of Spring." D'you think maybe we can stop with the wintry weather? Thanks."

Clearly you did not grow up burning chametz in the snow like I did.

I vote for knitting the sheva minim next!

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

the book Amigurumi Knits has a bunch of cute veggies for knitting.

[fauxklore]

http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/freeKnittingPatternBabyRattles.asp

has free patterns for several knit vegetables.

There are more amigurumi patterns for crocheted food than for knit food, I believe and lots of free ones available on-line.

Also, I believe Cheerios have unique migration capabilities. I make a point of eating only in the dining room and only at the table, and I still found one in my bedroom this morning.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

knitted broccoli! not that i have any idea how you'd do that.... maybe a nice eggplant or three. or a pineapple. :D i want to see the banana.

i hope the belgians waffling is someone at the ap being punny.

[magid.livejournal.com]

I bet there could be crocheted broccoli reasonably easily, with ruffled 'tree' edges.

[violetcheetah.livejournal.com]

This -is- spring weather! I was doing yard work in short sleeves this weekend, and now it's so frickin' hot in my apartment with the heat off that my windows are up. However, I will not be sorry to see the rain stop.

[half-double.livejournal.com]

Maybe she really does want to bind her hair with a penguin. She is your kid, after all.

[marafish.livejournal.com]

ravelry has a bunchton of crochet-ed food options ...

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/search#craft=crochet&sort=best&pc=food&view=captioned_thumbs

and a number of them appear to be from the book Tasty Crochet: A Pantry Full of Patterns for 33 Tasty Treats by Rose Langlitz

[kuroshii.livejournal.com]

regarding your first note...i have seen the AP get punny with their headlines on occasion before. so i'd guess the latter.