gaysknits

it's a good thing that better judgement...

took over or i'd be wearing pink any warhol glasses today.  i swear i like the weirdest frames. seriously if they would have been white or even black i'd have gone for it but pink...as in pepto bismol pink???  even i had the good judgement to go for something a little more uh normal than that...i don't know though if money were no object i'd be tempted to get them too because i thought they were so cool...so andy warhol cool but just not for my one and only pair of glasses...as if huh?  as it was i took home two new pair from the eyeglasses store today. all i went in to do was to get an adjustment on my sunglasses but my insurance will pay  some towards a pair of glasses  this year and i have been given an updated rx for new lenses and  they had a coupon and you know how i can't resist a coupon...by the time i add thin lenses and transitions and progressives and hi density lenses the price goes up and up to where it is ridiculous so when the eyeglasses store is offering lenses for half off i jump at the chance.  if the truth be told it is the only time i ever buy glasses anymore.

 

anyway red is the new color for eyeglasses for me, the last few times i've tried them on it has been all red all the time so like i've said before red goes with everything as far as i'm concerned.  my sunglasses got a tightening up so i won't lose them while tubing in the river but they are shot from swimming in chlorine and the tint is coming all undone so i got a new pair today for not swimimming and boating in...if i do lose them i won't be all broken up about it!  i'm off to buy flippers now and the guys wants water shoes and hopefully i'll be on the river tomorrow floating swimming falling jumping and hopefully having a good ol time!  later...love   g

homegrown...

raspberries...

mmmmmm...love   g

spc featuring the 7 deadly sins...

this month the self portrait challenge is focused on the seven deadly sins. my choice of sins for the week is wrath.  for a change of pace and a bit of new focus i decided to start participating in spc once again.  as you can imagine i groaned and grimaced and said why why why???  last month it was shoes i can relate to that. i can have fun with that but the seven deadly sins? wtf? it seems i can have some fun with this too. without going into a philosphical discussion of sin which i could do...you know i could...others have summed it up better than i could so i'll leave you with this. according to the history channel:  Italian writer Dante placed those that committed the sin of anger in the "Fourth Circle of Hell," tearing each other limb from limb for eternity. 

come on...you  know you'd love to or you have wanted to do it...at least one time huh? me i have an axe to grind!!!  see more depictions of the  seven  here on flickr. later...love g

even a river rat...

has to go back to work on monday morning and dream about what a glorious day it would have been to be on the river just one more day!  we had a week of rain and drizzle and cold temps last week while i was on vacation of course and finally were rewarded with a stellar day only to have to spend what looks like it will be a whole week of stellar days indoors behind a desk staring into a computer screen.

 

we got the boat into the water without incident and the guy and i spent the day cruising and looking into the corners and crevices of the new boat.  i have to say i already miss my kayak and hope to spend some quality time rowing it but this boat promises to offer a different kind of fun. we have a nice spot on the marina under a lovely canopy that someone put up and lots of friendly folks around willing to help out and offer advice and greetings to the new kids on the block.  all in all it was dissappointing to have to go back to work and i was tired!  i survived the day but it is amazing and scarey how quickly the work just rolls over you like you never left the desk chair never had a break from it never breathed a sigh of relief to be walking out the door. ah well.  later...love   g

the boat...

she is in the water and we spent the day there! we had our share of trials but no clips will appear on americas funniest videos and we look forward to our next day out on the river

 

tomorrow we are back to work with so much fun left to be had. bummer. later...love   g

about the haul...

i missed a day of blogging and self ports on thursday.  hmmm i didn't get very far into it before i lost momentum did i?  the guy  has been thinking about buying a boat and the deal finally came together so coincidentally yesterday  we were on the road for the long haul...the long haul of the boat to it's first resting place before it floats for the season.  that haul is not the haul to which i refer though.  my haul was a little less expensive, a little more portable and i got some very nice bargains as well.  not that the boat wasn't a nice bargain and it probably promises to be way more fun.  i  guess it is safe to say my haul came to me as a result of some obsessive shopping.  i have been known to participate in obsessive shopping in my life but don't so much at all anymore. except this week. i can't say for certain why but i have my theories. last new years eve on the coldest night of the winter i shut my purse in the car door and one of the metal hooks that holds the strap on snapped.  it was repaired by adding a cheap caribiner type thing and i forgot about it for a while but when i remembered i was on the hunt for a replacement. it had to be big. it had to have a zipper pocket on the outside for keys and a pocket on the outside for my cell phone too.  sticker shock is what i got...i quickly discovered that a nice leather bag was gonna run me into the triple digits which was not where i wanted to go.  sticker shock!  i looked and looked and hunted and while on my journey to find the perfect bag i ended up with a very large embossed tote that i love but not as a purse. i ended up with a lovely appliqued bag that is  a collectors item which i may use as a purse on occasion but not everyday and quite frankly i never change my purse so my main purse needs to be tan or black or maybe even red. it has to be big too, i have become accustomed to roominess but it has to fold up and fit into the side bag of a motorcycle and into a desk drawer where it can be locked up most days. that's  lot to hope for on the bargain table.

  

my haul:   a pair of gladiator sandals, two knit dresses, leather tote, a  car charger for my cell, two pair of linen pants one in teal and one in michele's new fav color a dusty rose from anthropologie, snaps for one of the pair of pants, a black leather bag with zippers, pockets chrome and buckles oh my and last but not least two grateful dead bandannas one red and one black and a t shirt with the dancing bears that may not have been a bargain but hey i got all that for less than  i could have spent on a purse alone!!! in motion these days.  later...love   g

nc bbq sp...

mmm mmm hot out of the pot....

 

i've been missing the north carolina bbq pork sandwiches we had when we visitied the beach. i should specify...eastern nc bbq.  there is a running argument as to whether eastern...vinegar sauce as opposed to western...tomatoe sauce is the official nc bbq.  i vote eastern. this is not hot off the spit as it is officially done in eastern nc but hot out of the crock pot with yummy coleslaw...the perfect way to serve the perfect meal. later...love   g

something is better than nothing and...

although i am not knitting sometimes a picture says...

a thousand words.

later...love   g 

today is new clothes tuesday...

and day two of my self portrait journal. yesterday was a wooo hooo kind of a day as far as the us mail goes. i've been doing some online shopping and with yesterday's postal delivery i reaped the rewards of my shopping spree.  now i wait only for my new car charger.  i wait and hope my cell phone battery holds out while i am out and about.  i already blogged about the little black dress i fell for and then ordered online. this is the one.

 

now that i'm looking at it i don't think it is the exact one but it is close enough that i really couldn't say for certain.  i have always been a tiny person. that has come with it's own set of problems. when i was a teenager the smallest size you could buy in the junior department of any major department store was way too big for me. in self defense i sewed my own clothes and that way i had the added advantage of wearing what i wanted and what was just a bit different from anyone else.  before you moan and groan and roll your eyes and start thinking that i have some nerve and don't know the half of it when it comes to finding clothes that fit let me say...i've had this conversation before. i've had it my whole life and i do know my half of it. if you think being a high school girl with a flat chest, skinny legs, big feet and glasses and we won't even talk about the scoliosis...if you think that made my life all wonderful and rosey then...misguided is the only word i can come up with.  my skinny legs bothered me because i was such a huge fan of boots and boots to fit people with skinny legs like mine were impossible to come by.  my glasses didn't really bother me but everyone else had contact lenses.  the only one who took exception to my flat chest was my mother who insisted that i should wear falsies...that's what we used to call them back in the day...to make my clothes fit better but i refused.  i am over all of it. i like wearing glasses over contact lenses which in my mind is akin to putting a sharp stick in your eye. my feet don't seem so big to me anymore now that my legs don't look so skinny and either they have started making boots in assorted calf sizes or my legs have gained weight either way i now have more than my fair share of boots.  my flat chest is no longer as flat as it was thanks to maidenform.  any way all this being way to much background information  leads to my self portrait of the day.

   

this dress was purchased from a popular juniors clothing store. you would probably walk right past the joint if you were wandering through the mall.  it is one of those stores that has racks and racks of inexpensive no cheap clothing.  this dress looks about the same to me as the more expensive version in the misses sizes and really the fabric seems about the same to me the only difference is this one fits me better and costs me way less and i got a  coupon for free acne medication with the packing slip!  a coupon for acne medication and a senior citizens buffet breakfast all in the same day...now that's lol wothy! later...love   g

a vacation prep day...

is a valuable commodity in my line of work.  things have become so busy and hectic that until and unless you get a day to yourself, a day off the schedule, a day for processing and moving papers you stand no chance of getting caught up. you stand no chance of peace of mind. it is valuable to those of us who need to have peace of mind and to those of us who need a sense of accomplishment.  it is valuable to them too...you know who they are don't you? they want everything in place. they want all the t's crossed and i's dotted before you go so while you are gone they have no worries.  so it is and so shall be. all i ever need is one vacation prep day to clean up my desk and my statistics to get ready to go on vacation.  once i get out the office door the worm turns and it takes at least a week of days for the peace of mind to seep in and usually by the time is does you are walking back in the office door.  so it is and so it shall continue to be.  today is my vacation vacation prep day.  my day to prepare to be on vacation. 

my day to sit around and sip coffee.  my day to wear my boxer shorts as long as i want to and when the ac gets to chilly to cover up with the guys shirt. yesterday was a normal weekend day fulled with chores and my arms are feeling the consequence of wielding a weed wacker.  the guy coated the new roof of the motor home with rubber roof coat and is ready to take her to get inspected. today the most we have on our agenda is testing the brake lights and turn signals.  i was in charge if putting the brakes on and taking them off.  he was in charge of observing. i was in charge of putting the vehicle in reverse. i had to struggle to do it...it's hard to put a vehicle that size in reverse but it was not as hard as it is to reverse all the tension and stress from weeks of work and to dislodge the after effects of business dealings gone awry in just one week but i'm going to try. this is my vacation prep day and probably not much more than reversing will be done.  the sun is shining and the rain is at bay for now so it's all good. later...love   g