hats hats and more hats

So, I made a pact with a good friend on his b-day to do a good thing for charity. Now, on March 8th... we're shaving our heads!

Right.... I know!!

But its for a great charity call "St.Baldricks".

You get people to sponser you... and then they use the money to help fund children's cancer research. If your hair is long enough, they even donate your ponytail to locks of love.

Had I known this, I wouldn't have got my hair cut this summer hahaha.

So, anyways, I'm getting my head shaved on March 8th, and I need everyone's help.

If you would like to help me reach my goal of $500.oo, go here http://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/shavee_info?ParticipantKey=2009-56487#

and help :)

If you go donate, make sure to let me know... there will be a drawing for some hand dyed "nobody Dyes" sock yarn! :D

Also.. since I'm knitterly.. I'm using this oportunity to knit and crochet up a bunch of chemo caps! :) Also to be donated by my bald self!

Maybe this will make me feel better about all of the charity stuff I didn't acomplish last year... hahaha.

Thanks in advance for your help :D

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WOW have I really not even read a blog all month!

So, it just took me an hour and a half to catch up on the Yarn Harlot!!
I can't believe it has been that long.. look at everything she's done!! like 3 pairs of socks and a sweater!! Not to mention visiting sheep in far off places.. green places!!
Very exotic for someone like me.. in the middle of summer.. in the middle of the desert.

I think that the end of July/ beginning of August is just a weird time for me. Every year something happens. It may not be life changing, but it always feels like it could be if I wasn't such a control freak.

(I was going to break into a long story here... mid-life crisis.. need a change.. freaking out.. getting too old to be acting this way.. blah blah blah... but as I was typing it, I decided to keep the craziness inside for now hahhahaah. If anything dramatic actually happens, I'll let ya know :)

Do any of you have a month or season or what ever that always seems to put a hitch in your giddy-up? Am I the only one this happens to?

Anyways.. the prizes are off and received. I thought that I might have loaded the pics.. but I didn't .. sorry.
The knitter on the east coast got a little naked lamb knit out of acrylic yarn (hahaha acrylic lamb) and some stitch markers. The girl that I went to school with back in the mid-west got a couple dish clothes and a groovy dish soap bottle that I stole the idea for from my bff.
When I post a pic of it.. I'll tell you how easy and cheap it is to do :D

On the knitting front, I still have socks on the needles. They are the socks that I cast on during world wide knit in public day. They are beautiful and easier than they look, and would be totally finished if I didn't have soo many seestors to knit birthday presents for. Those presents are all done now, and the only thing standing between me and the socks is the sweater.

I'm working on my daughters sweater. The pattern is in the Fall Vogue Knitting and the yarn was picked out by Nikki when I was in FL for her graduation. I think I already told you all this hahaha sorry.
This pattern is great for a first time sweater! The directions are very easy to follow so far, and although the cables look complicated.. they really knit right up. I think it may actually get done in time for her b-day. If I remember to stop and pick up a 16" US13 for the sleeves on my way home from work, that would help!

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We have winners!!

So, I got a winner from myspace and blogger!

Carolle from myspace and choo choo knits from blogger have both come up with the answer... They take place or come from Chicago!!

I'll add the rest of the answers below! :)

Thanks for playing! I hope you all had fun!

ps. for the record Anna knew all but one song (of course) and a few of the movies.. and she knew that they were all from Chicago.. cause she is a music guru!! She denied the prize!

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A little help??

So, I'm sorry, I forget that you don't all live in my head hahaha!

REMEMBER: YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON!

Here is a little help :)

1. "Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop and take a look around, you might miss it."
1986 Matthew Broderick
Charles got it!!
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

2. “It’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.”
1999 Kevin Spacey
American Beauty

3. “If you really wanted to mess me up you should have gotten to me earlier!”
2000 John Cusack
High Fedility

4. “You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word.”
1987 Robert De Niro
The Untouchables

5. “Crying? There’s no crying in baseball!”
1992 Tom Hanks
alt: A League of Their Own
woo hoo Carolle

6. “You want to know what I did to get detention? Nothing.. I didn’t have anything better to do.”
1985 Ally Sheedy
alt: The Breakfast Club
woo hoo Carolle

7. “Its 106 miles to Chicago. We’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, its dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses. Hit it.”
1980 Dan Aykroyd
Charles got it!!
The Blue's Brothers

8. “You know.. some guys just can’t handle their arsenic.”
2002 Denise Faye
Chicago


9. “Thank you for calling me, I was beginning to wonder what a girl has to do to get herself Arrested.”
1990 Madonna
Dick Tracy

10. “Well you never told me about your cat milking days in Motown.”
2000 Teri Polo
Meet the Parents

11. “Nobody’s gonna want the whole damn ice cream truck if you’re handing out the popsicles for free!”
1999 Molly Shannon
Never Been Kissed

12. “This house is clean.”
1982 Aelda Rubinstein
Poltergiest

13. “Sometimes you just gotta say what the fuck and go for it. Have a nice day”
1983 Tom Cruise
Charles got it!
Risky Business

14. “I brought you flours.”
2006 Will Ferrell
alt: Stranger than Fiction
woo hoo Carolle!

15. “People used to say I had it made.. I had no boss, no wife.. problem is no one says that no more.”
1989 John Candy
alt: Uncle Buck
woo hoo Carolle

16. “People don’t throw things at me anymore. Maybe because I carry a bow around.”
2005 Nicolas Cage
alt: The Weather Man
woo hoo Carolle!!

Good job Charles maybe your guesses will help somebody get it!!
alt: Carolle is giving you even more help :D!!

And a little help on the lyrics :)

a. And like before, makes no sense
never coming
always leaving right before
hooked on substance
dig in deeper can’t reveal
why we leave
well enough alone
never thought about the shame
Chevelle

b. Am I more than you bargained for yet?
I’ve been dying to tell you anything you want to hear
‘cause that’s just who I am this week
Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum
I’m just a notch in your bedpost, but you’re just a line in a song
Fall Out Boy

c. you heard that we were great
but now you think we're lame
since you saw the show last night
you hoped that we would rock
knock it up a notch
rockin was nowhere in sight
and its never good when it goes bad no one likes to feel like they've been had
and it may be ok
but you won't wear our t-shirts now
anymore
Local H

d. Just another day when all that I want
Will mark me as a sinner tonight, I'm a sinner tonight, yeah
People can no longer cover their eyes
If this disturbs you then walk away
You will remember the night you were struck by the sight of
Ten thousand fists in the air
Disturbed

e. Our friends will all make fun of us,And we'll just laugh along,Because we know none of them have felt this way
Delilah, I can promise you
That by the time that we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you’re to blame
Plain White T's

f. and even as I wander,
I'm keeping you in sight.
You're a candle in the window,
On a cold, dark winter's night.
And I’m getting closer than I ever thought I might
And I can’t fight this feeling anymore
I’ve forgotten what I started fighting for
Angie got it!
REO Speedwagon

g. Time is never time at all
You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth
And our lives are forever changed
We will never be the same
The more you change the less you feel
Believe believe in me believe
Smashing Pumpkins

h. I try to keep her on a short leash.
I try to calm her down.
I try to ram her into the ground, yeah
Can’t fight the seether
Veruca Salt


Hmm.. I hope this helps :) Nice try on the 80's guess.


Let me know if you need more help :)

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Contest

So, here are some movie quotes.. how many movies do you know?
Some are easier than others :)

1. “Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop and take a look around, you might miss it.

2. “It’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.”

3. “If you really wanted to mess me up you should have gotten to me earlier!”

4. “You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word.”

5. “Crying? There’s no crying in baseball!”

6. “You want to know what I did to get detention? Nothing.. I didn’t have anything better to do.”

7. “Its 106 miles to Chicago. We’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, its dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses. Hit it.”

8. “You know.. some guys just can’t handle their arsenic.”

9. “Thank you for calling me, I was beginning to wonder what a girl has to do to get herself Arrested.”

10. “Well you never told me about your cat milking days in Motown.”

11. “Nobody’s gonna want the whole damn ice cream truck if you’re handing out the popsicles for free!”

12. “This house is clean.”

13. “Sometimes you just gotta say what the fuck and go for it. Have a nice day”

14. “I brought you flours.”

15. “People used to say I had it made.. I had no boss, no wife.. problem is no one says that no more.”

16. “People don’t throw things at me anymore. Maybe because I carry a bow around.”

Not really into movies?? How about music lyrics??

a. And like before, makes no sense
never coming
always leaving right before

b. Am I more than you bargained for yet?
I’ve been dying to tell you anything you want to hear
‘cause that’s just who I am this week

c. you heard that we were great
but now you think we're lame
since you saw the show last night
you hoped that we would rock
knock it up a notch
rockin was nowhere in sight
and its never good when it goes bad no one likes to feel like they've been had
and it may be ok
but you won't wear our t-shirts now
anymore

d. Just another day when all that I want will mark me as a sinner

e. Our friends will all make fun of us, And we'll just laugh along, Because we know none of them have felt this way

f. And even as I wander,
I'm keeping you in sight.
You're a candle in the window,
On a cold, dark winter's night.

g. Time is never time at all
You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth
And our lives are forever changed
We will never be the same
The more you change the less you feel

h. I try to keep her on a short leash.I try to calm her down.

Leave your answers as comments!

Anyone who can tell me what all these movies and bands have in common gets a prize!! :D

Have a good weekend :D
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