The Dog Days of Summer Have Arrived

So since we have been driving my sister's Honda around all weekend, I have no idea how hot it is outside, but it is 100% sun and really hot like nineties hot. I have spent the majority of the weekend inside reading Augusten Burroughs books because I can relate to a lot of his life experiences and because they are one of the few books that actually make me laugh out loud. My sister started reading Harry Potter 7 on Friday so I can't start reading it until she is finished and she is not actively reading it so this might take awhile.

I have also been working on Baby L's afghan. The Bernat Sweet Stripes yarn that I am using makes some interesting stripe effects that are hard to describe. I would post a pic on Flickr but then Baby L's mom might see it and it is supposed to be a surprise. I am almost done with this skein and my mom gave me a bunch of this yarn for Christmas, but they are all different colors and they don't go together very well because of the stripe effect that is created by my half double crochet. It is not a regular stripe, it's more like a stripey marblized effect, that looks really cool. So I am just going to crochet until I run out and then buy some on Pay Day which is on a Tuesday because EOM actually fell on a business day this time.

I am finally done with my stupid online Biology class. i am so glad. That was the most disorganized class ever and the tests all had stuff that wasn't even in the book, lecture or labs.

I did get dragged to Tulsa today so my sister could buy some fat pants (her words, not mine). I only went so that I could go to Barnes and Noble and buy Knit Simple and Bust. yay for me! It was worth the shopping hell. I also finished the skein on the drive to Tulsa since my sister was driving so that was another plus.

P.S. Since I didn't have any more yarn for Baby L's afghan, I decided to start another baby blanket with a blue and green version of the same yarn. This time I chained 116 which to me is tiny but that is what the pattern inside the label used. I am doing my favorite half double with my old friend Addi the I hook. Since I started with the recommended chain, it actually looks like stripes which is cool. I think they will both turn out to be awesome, I just think it is funny that I am making two at the same time.