Today Tremaine went for breakfast with some people so I got bored and made soup and decided to decorate the tree.
The soup was made of whatever I could find in the fridge. Onion, carrots, celery, rice, kale, tofurkey sausage, potatoes and half a tomato. Oh and peas! I think it weirded Tremaine out because he only ate like half a bowl but I thought it was delicious.
A few years ago I did the tree as if it was space and had planets but they have been destroyed by cats and I thought I would do something else this year. So I used the first ball of handspun I ever made as garland and then i tied yarn to some little button pins I made and turned them into ornaments.
Oh and I put a bow and disco ball on the top. It seemed appropriate. I also had some silver balls that were regular kind. I think it is funny that usually I am made of rainbow colour explosion but when it comes to the tree I prefer it to be more subdued. (Although my dream tree would be pink and I think I would make it so so so pink.)
We had some Halloween things still up and instead of, you know, being normal and packing them away, I knit a tiny hat and scarf for this skeleton instead. I like it.
This is my most favourite Christmas movie. I am watching it now but soon I will watch Dexter. Have a good night!
K you guys, I know I should not have expected much from a movie that pretty much starts out with two dudes peeing in a fountain, but sometimes I like to watch these kinds of movies specifically because I do not expect much from them.
I have probably talked about this before, how… if you watch a movie that everyone is all “omg it is the best ever!!!”, often you end up disappointed because everyone has their own idea of what is really awesome and most things are not that awesome to me. You have to work for it to be awesome, ok? But if you watch a thing that you know will be bad, sometimes you are surprised at how it was not as bad as you thought it would be. This was not one of those times.
So the very beginning of this movie is like Michael Bluth having to take care of his twins in the night because it is his turn and the point of it is to introduce you to this character and be like wow his life is so hard and hey let’s throw in a joke about projectile poop because everyone knows babies poo like it is shooting out of a hose. Riiiiiggght.
I *almost* turned it off at that point, partly because it was such a stupid obvious thing to do, and partly because I tried watching Horrible Bosses a few weeks ago and that movie was AWFUL and I did end up turning that one off. So I was still mad at Michael Bluth for wasting my time and not being funny. Basically I don’t understand who writes these terrible, terrible jokes. HOW DO THEY HAVE JOBS?
Ok back to this movie. Well you know they switch bodies and of course discover that the grass is not greener and also learn something about themselves and become better friends/people because of it, the end.
It goes on longer than it should but at least Olivia Wilde is there being Olivia Wilde. I think if she was not in this movie I definitely would have given up.
There are some funny parts that are ok but honestly don’t waste your time. This movie is exactly what you think it will be and it is also not that funny.
Today was the annual Textile Arts sale up at Capilano. I procrastinated too much and had zero direction, so I ended up not making anything in time to put it in the sale, but I thought I would go up and check out what everyone had been working on.
It’s always really interesting to see what people come up with, because you all learn the same techniques but everyone applies it in their own way.
I went up with Steph, and we ended up sitting with Rebecca at the table they had set up in the cafeteria. It is kind of the appetizer to the main course. People always come by to admire the wares and then you get to tell them to go up to the real sale so they can give us all their sweet sweet dollars.
Let me tell you, though, I have not missed the cafeteria one bit. I think this steeped tea was the only vegan thing in the whole place. Good thing I came prepared with “Butter” Tofu leftovers!
Steph found that braided yarn necklace in the free bin. FREE! Best day!
This guy who had a really sweet scarf hung out with us for a bit. Rebecca had lots of stories, as usual, and she also had a copy of a letter that her grandfather had written in 1968 about his vacation, which Maine said was a “joy to read”. It’s too bad people don’t really write epic letters anymore.
