QEII Visits GoT

I love this photo. Evidently she refused to sit the Iron Throne. She's a smart monarch; the last one who sat there met with a bad end. 

Say My Name

Do you know me?  My name is Reggie Mantle. I'm Archie's nemesis. 

My kids are dying. I told them that we all thought his name was pronounced "Raggie" rather than with a soft G sound. I blame the Herseths. Back me up on this Zaids. 

Back to Work!

Well, very part time. 

I started working at our local yarn store, Paradise Fibers. Today was my first day. I'm exhausted. And feeling like I know nothing (though I did help a customer find a skein of sock yarn she hadn't tried before). I will be glad when it's a few weeks down the road and I know how to use the phones, the computer, and their crazy system of shelving their yarn!

5000 Games

Who remembers when Rick Griffin had hair?

So Good

We just finished House of Cards season 2. Cannot wait for season 3!

First Fruit

Our strawberry plants have yielded a berry!  We each took a nibble before the slugs/snails could. 

Updating

Katie is complaining about how I never blog (hello Pot? This is Kettle...) so I'm going to give you all the "news" in my life.  Of which there's precious little.

Here's my most recent picture, which makes me look skinnier than before so that's a good thing:

Also, new hair color :-)

I've almost hit my halfway point in weight loss (35 lbs. hopefully this week) -- still have a ways to go, and my revise my goal weight so that I achieve it in this lifetime.  But I'm thrilled to bits to have stuck with the program and feeling pretty darn good.  I'm also thrilled to bits about the progress my fellow weight-losers have made!  Sometimes it's slow going, but it's great to see everyone shrinking!

Here's my little pal Colie:

This little gal is a ray of sunshine.  I take care of her 5 mornings a week and she always comes in with a big smile for her Auntie Laurie (well, really for Auntie Laurie's iPad)  Her current favorite show is Bubble Guppies, which we watch every day.  I'm looking forward to the Spongebob years.

I have about a zillion knitting projects going right now.  Too many really.  But what can I say, I can't resist the lure of a new project.

Here are two of my favorites:

The "Mimi" Cardigan, a 1940s sweater.  Obviously I couldn't resist this little number; it looks EXACTLY like something our Mimi would have worn in her sweater girl days!

"Crackerjack" Scarf:  this is a fun one.  You choose 4 colors based on your baseball team's home and road wins and losses, then knit a stripe after each game.  That wide teal stripe is the Mariner's abysmal losing streak earlier in the season.  I need more of the white stripes (road wins), the dark teal stripes (home wins) and the red stripes (series wins)

Garden:  I'm now planting seeds for the third time.  We jumped the gun and planted too early.  Planted a second set on Mother's Day and some are coming up.  But the green beans are refusing to germinate.  Can't understand this -- any preschooler can grow a green bean plant!  We have 6 different tomatoes, and our carrots, lettuce and beets are doing well.  Still waiting for potatoes to sprout.  And my nasturtiums are popping up -- they are so cute!

Knee Trubs:
My arthritic old lady knee is still giving me conniptions.  It's subsided into a dull ache, and going down stairs remains problematic (don't get behind me on stairs, you will be tempted to push me out of the way)  I'm hoping that more weight loss and the regimen of good eating/vitamins/supplements will help but it's taking a while. I had high hopes to be hiking this summer. but it's not looking good :-(