Once again whining proves to work

So I had myself a little snit fit last week. Hard to believe I know. I am feeling very out of sorts lately. My expression sometimes turns to whining and sulking, which I am excellent at. :F <--------- That's going to be my F emoticon (thank you smitheroo!) from now on. It's going to represent the face I put on when I make a statement that makes me think, "oh F, that's so true and kind of disturbing...". Now that I am all settled in I think everything else is catching up to me. It all boiled down to what I am used to doing compared to what I am doing. I am doing all the who cares everyday things of course but I need to break that shit up a little with other more stimulating activities. That used to mean hiking. Me and the James would hike for hours some days. With the threat of scorpions, rattle snakes, coyotes and something called a "jumping cactus" hiking has become a thing of the past and we are bored to tears. Snit fit away. Well, lucky me and Jim, we just happen to live with a man that not only cares (gasp!) but also listens (double super huge I can't believe it gasp!). Friday evening consisted of buying a tent and when I got home from work on Saturday everything was packed up and ready for camping. YAY!! It was great. We camped up on the rim and even though the night was a little chilly, like sleep wearing my scarf chilly (AHHH!!! How cool is my completed scarf?? We'll get to that later...), it was a great time. The night was spent sitting by the fire drinking wine and just relaxing. Well, I had to remember that lost of people go camping all the time, and they ARE NOT routinely eaten by animals or attacked by killers roaming the woods. THEN it was relaxing. Speaking of fires... The smoke from CA is drifting over here making everything smell smoky and sweet. The day was full of driving about on super narrow, super high up dirt roads stopping when something looked interesting. It ruled. Of course we took some pictures. My batteries went dead after a couple shots but Mr. F's camera stayed the course and we got some nice ones. Enjoy, I know I did.

The hat and matching scarf is done. James was kind enough to model it for you as it's our day off and no one else was around. He was my first choice since he has modeled for catalogs before this. I don't know any other models so the decision wasn't a hard one. I'm stoked it's finished and I have begun Mr. F's. After having him look at the green colored yarns (and having him not like any) I opted to go with Harley Davidson orange, black and an off white with little flecks of black in it. Bad ass. Once it is done, there will be another photo shoot but this time Mr. F will be modeling his own goods. I think this is an opportune time to give another shout out to my Auntie and Uncle S!! They are the ones that presented me with my looms. So thanks guys, without you I wouldn't be half as knit-able.

Now that I am in the desert I am learning about hard water. Do you have hard water as well? If you can't answer that, hard water is a lot like an orgasm: if you're not sure that you have it, you probably don't. All my dishes that are left out to dry have little water spots left on them. This obviously means all my dishes have water spots on them. Ha ha. I am also not used to drying my vehicle completely after washing it myself. Talk about bizarre. I often wonder what it does to my body and sometimes want to drip dry after taking a shower just to see if I am covered with little white spots. That would probably lead to me walking about moaning and trying to froth at the mouth just to see if I could *for once* shake Mr. F's cool exterior. I don't know why taking people to their breaking point is so important to me but... well... it is. Okay, maybe not this time so much as the others because oh man! this next shelf is SO GREAT I can hardly stand it. You can have a sneak peek because let's face it, you're worth it. And I was kidding about the whole breaking point thing. Mostly because Mr. C reads this. Ha!!

Oh man, I am so going home for Thanksgiving. James will be staying here but joining me for Christmas. I want my first flight to be me freaking out about me... not me and Jim as well. Once this one is over with, the next will be easy cheesy. However, this flight is so obviously meant to be as I not only scored a ticket for a little over $200 but my confirmation number has JH right in the middle. Shut up!! Now I am not one for signs and all that but this was so obviously meant to be!!!

Since I am lazy today (read: lately, everyday, pick one), I am putting everything in the same slide show. The ease of this makes me happy and you still get what you need to picture what I am talking about. Thrilling really.