JenLa

Nope, no meme here. Nope, nuh-uh. I’f you’re looking for a meme, you better just keep on moving, cuz JenLa’s a meme-free zone, dontcha know. Not a single solitary meme. Instead we have shameless pimpage of cuteness. The fact that it just so happens to be Friday is pure coincidence people, that is all. No way, no how should this be considered in the general vicinity of…

Just so we’re clear on that.

Yes. That giant person is none other than my darling granddaughter, Marina, taken around Easter time. I can’t believe she’s almost 18 months!

And then there’s Baby Levi…

nom nom nom nom nom

Daddy pillow…good

Can you believe that his parents have made me partially responsible for this little dude’s spiritual upbringing? Yep, I’m his godmother, can you believe that?

And just so you know, things are starting to progress over at Dizzy Blonde Yarns. Wanna see? Okay, but just a peek…

It’s been a while, and I know you all are say,
“Hey La, what’s up with the stupid bag post?”
“Didja quit knitting or something?”
…
“Hey La! Be less boring!”

I’ve got a lot of irons in the fire, and many a new thing going on in the not so far-flung near-distant future. Well, maybe not many, but a couple, and they’re all taking much of my attention, not to mention time. So in the meantime, here’s something I found kinda fun. Though, some may construe that it is a meme…inasmuch as it actually IS a meme, but fun nonetheless:

Just in case you’ve been under a rock or mountain climbing in the Yukon, here are the rules:

1. Pick 10 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them on your blog for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. Looking them up is cheating, please don’t. And if you do, I’ll call you a big old cheating cheater!

1. Does the word “duh” mean anything to you? Buffy the Vampire Slayer ~~Pam!~~
2. You see - comedy. Love, and a bit with a dog. That’s what they want. Shakespeare In Love ~~Deb~~
3. She’s torn up plenty, but she’ll fly true. Serenity ~~Michelle~~
4. Communicating. Keeping up foreign relations. You know, giving him the bird! Top Gun ~~Jeanne~~
5. Wonderful girl. Either I’m going to kill her or I’m beginning to like her. ~~Pacalaga~~
6. There! I have you! You’re completely dished. Do you not know that in the service [pause]…one must always choose the lesser of two weevils? Master and Commander ~~Stella~~
7. Mul-ti-pass!! The Fifth Element ~~Kirstie~~
8. Me? Books and cleverness. There are more important things: friendship and bravery. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ~~PICAdrianne~~
9. JeezustittyfuckingKreist dude, I could have sworn she was telling the truth! Team America ~~Mags~~
10. This is no time to talk about time. We don’t have the time!… What was I saying? Star Trek: First Contact ~~Lynda~~

Gather round little ones and let me tell you a story about two gullible chicks with sticks.They’re letting me (yes, me – darling, sweet Purling Dervish ) post on their blog.Please know I’m using “they’re letting me” quite loosely since I am subject to allowing them to post at my blog. Let’s also not forget to mention that it DID involve a lot of negotiating and “parties of the first part” and some “here into referred to” and signing away first born yarn stashes. Hopefully, I don’t end up with this nasty looking thing posted on my blog.Yeah, yeah…La’s going to say it has something to do with her tagging me with a meme as payback for me tagging her or something like that. There is nothing quite like selling your soul to the devil and her minion… and her minion’s minion. (WHEE! Ellipses… on the JenLa blog…how many do you think I can get away with? I mean really. No…really…for real!)

*ahem*

Since it is Thursday, that can only mean one thing:

What is going to make this FOAD? It’s what I’m going to hear as soon as they read this.Since Jen and La don’t do memes, I’m going to invent one just for their blog. So they can see evidence of how much fun they are! And how many people like to play along! ***Disclaimer – This in no way is evidence of Jen or La participating or condoning the use of memes. It also DOES NOT entitle anyone to tag them***

Apparently, all of us fat, lazy Americans are not doing enough to support the economy. So, our illustrious and forward thinking president is giving us $600. WOO!! Recession averted, mother fuckers. Or something like that. In honor of that bright shiny $600 check from the government, list six ways you plan to stimulate the hell out of this here economy.

1. Vegas baaaaay-be! No, I have not been yet. Yes, this is a problem.
2. Hire a maid to come in every week for ::::counting on fingers :::: 20 weeks. This is California, yo!
3. Or maybe buy one of these since it will last longer than 20 weeks. I hope.
4. Eat the best sushi 15 times.
5. Go to Disney! Apparently, if you live in So Cal, you get special rates ant the “non-blackout” dates include my birthday. WOO! Shit. Why not skip Disney and just spend a weekend yarn crawling with La? They’re both in the O.C. and really? Nothing says stimulation like $600 worth of yarn.
6. Buy 353 cans of anchovies.

eta - I just realized that it’s V-day. What better way to celebrate than a
blogjacking? Share it with your loved ones.

etaa - for those of you who are misguided enough to actually miss La’s drivial posts, she’s done one over here

~and~

My October WOW Sock Club yarn has “arrived”!

Brooks Farm Primero in all it’s lavender & butter, merino & mohair yumminess. I picked up this poor little abandoned “orphan” last year at SAFF. This was my only gratuitous yarn purchase at the entire event. Well…everyone else was going home with some Brooks Farm, I couldn’t very well go home empty-handed now could I have?

Speaking of SAFF, some of you will notice that I’m not there, and it mostly sucks. Most of you know that the main reason for my non-SAFF-attending suckage is due to getting popped for jury duty earlier in the year, and the fact that my cheap-assed boss doesn’t cover days off for jury duty, which forced me to choose to use 2 of my 3 remaining vacation days, if I wanted to still receive a full paycheck. Eh, some creative budgeting (and squealing pennies) could have overcome that obstacle. What can’t be overcome is a serious family obligation.

Not many know that my family suffered a loss last year while I was at SAFF. On that Saturday my mom called (she NEVER calls me when I’m on vacation), to let me know that my brother and his wife lost their baby. I’m so thankful that Jen was beside me when I got the call. Her quiet comfort (and strong, absorbant shoulders) was just what I needed. The SAFFers (mainly our roommates) were all having to put up with my illness (food poisoning), and all the discomfort that entails (for me as well as for them), the last thing I wanted to do was invite my sorrow onto others, so I just kept this news to myself.

When I got home, I found that they had held a very private, very small memorial service while I was gone, and the DH wasn’t able to attend because he had to work. The guilt of not being there for my baby brother Tom, and his wife Donna, compounded by the fact that the DH nor I were able to attend the memorial has weighed heavily on my conscience this past year.

This Sunday is the first anniversary, and we’re getting together in memorial of Baby Coleman. So I decided to stay home this weekend and be there for Thomas & Donna, and to finally get some closure. I just hope the fires allow him to be home for the day. Thomas and I have always been close, closer than any of our other siblings, and it just tore my heart out that I wasn’t here for them when they really needed me.

In the meantime, I can live vicariously through Claudia and Jodi, who have already posted, and anyone else who posts from SAFF over the weekend, and through Grace, whom I’m going to bug in email cuz she has her blackberry and can answer back.

Oh, and ESC? That PWNED button is SO mine! Just set it to the side, and I’ll collect it from you, uh, whenever. (Let me know how much!)