Rattle Them Bones!

Yay scooter rallys!

(this was posted from my phone on the halfway stop of the big ride during the rally)

My First Cross Stitch

We really can't remember why I started cross stitching. As wife says "how do *any* of these things you do start?" but this was the start of it all. Not too bad for a first effort..

A Rose Pillow

This pattern was from a DMC floss and pattern book combo. I had previously stitched up a chess pattern from a book of mini-pillow paterns for Eli (It's actually for one of his "guys" / read: dolls) and I owed Lily one as well. So rather than do the pattern she picked, we decided on this one for the time being. It was a nice, quick, fun little pattern and came out nicely. Although it was hard to pull off the "Cross stitching is the manliest of the needle arts" line when stitching a pink rose...

Change is Good

Do not be alarmed! I've simply redirected you from the "old" fnirt.com to this blog. I'm trying to update my content more, and since most of the stuff on the old page doesn't work, I've moved it over here. It's on the right hand side as a nice list of links. The photo albums? Yes, they're there.

Oh, you can also subscribe to this (since it's a blog) and get notifications when it's updated, etc. I'll even try and post when I finish captioning photo albums! Won't that be nice?

Enjoy!

Great. You've got corn

This is a custom creation of a phrase we use at work. I thought of cleaning up and presenting it nicely, but this cluttered shot seems more appropriate.

I based it on a pattern in Subversive Cross Stitch by Julie Jackson. Love the book, it's been a great source of inspiration.

Smile!

I'm experimenting with photo blogging and documenting my crafts.. This one came from a kit at Michael's some time ago. It's half stitches on plastic and I thought it would be easy. It was, but it was also more complicated than it looks. Lots of subtle color changes. It's one of the few crafts at my desk at work.

I'm back

Yes, another multi year lapse. Kids are growed up, I'm still at Nasca (spelled with a z) and stuff.

What's up with the huge space on the posts?

Sweet. Almost a year between posts. And Coachella is this weekend and I'm not going.

Hey another page I can blogify and get rid of on my site at home:

Coachella:

Who I saw: Autolux, Block Party, Bright Eyes, Buck 65, Chemical Brothers, Coldplay, Diplo, DJ Marky, Eisley, Four Tet, Gang of Four, Jem, Josh Wink, Kasabian, Keane, M.I.A., M83, Miss Kittin, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Prodigy, Radio 4, Raveonettes, Roni Size, Secret Machines, The Bravery, Tiga, Wilco
Blisters: 2
Celebrities Sighted: 0 (What, was I blind?!)
Miles on Rental Car: 1000
Bottles of water consumed: 30 (close approximation)
Final cost: ~$1200 (Airplane, Rental Car, Hotel, Concert Tickets, Spending Money)

Worth every penny, drop of sweat, and square inch of blister!

Travelogue forthcoming.


Pictures here

This is Erik's Blog.

I like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

And Erik has a blog.

More lapses. Nice.

Last day at the dentist. One tiny little filling and now we're all done. Four years, $10k at least, and no more Marine Corps fillings!

I felt a great disturbance in my resume, as if my skillsets suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

Went to dentist today after a year or so of avoidance. Not bad at all tho! No periodontal illness, no (new) cavities. Got lots of fun toys for being a good patient (a toothbrush with a pointy thing on it just like Grandma had!) and a referral for a root canal. Sweet!

I'm celebrating by eating chocolate and drinking iced tea.

It's years later and I think I'm going to update this more. I'd be surprised, but what the hey.

Latest fun:

Got an xbox. Playing Ghost Recon too much.

Lily's latest fun thing: She ends every statement with "Daddy" -- "I did it Daddy" "Zip up Lily jacket Daddy" etc.

Eli's latest fun thing: He's really smart. We were reading last night, and in an attempt to force him to learn to read too soon, I have him picking out a word on the page and identifying it. Dumb old me would read the pages and he'd pick a word. The first word. But he did it so slyly it didn't even look like he was cheating.

He had an assessment for public schools kindergarten and they had him do some logic tests, etc. One scenario: He is sitting at a table, opposite the tester. They put a box in the middle of the table and tell him to place a small block behind it. He places it in front of himself and they say "are you sure that's where you want to put it?" "Yes." "Ok... Is that behind the box?" and he replies "It is to you." Smart AND a smartass! That's my boy!

Dots

Everyone needs to go to this site, do some dots, lessen some stress, and pass the link on to their friends.

the static quo appears to have a new entry.

Just not keeping up with this enough. I really should do something about that. And once I start working again I probably will..

Need to start updating this more.

Things to remember about Eli:

I love it when I'm reading his book to him just before bed and he gets so close his little cheek is right up against mine.