Thursdays....

What is it about Thursdays that I love?  I don't know but they usually make me happy.  The sky is clear here in LA and I have started a new regime.  Yep.  I used to be one of those impossible people who went running every morning.  And on Tuesday, I had this insane experience in our van -

• a Metro bus got a flat tire right in front of me
• a stoplight went out at a MAJOR city intersection
• my rear view mirror fell off

So, what should've been a 40 minute trip became something like a 2 hour trip of stop and go in our van with it's bad personality transmission.  When I finally walked in the door, I was shaking with anger and frustration and did what any normal ex-runner would do.  I put on my running gear and pounded the pavement for 30 minutes!  Seeing as how I'm pretty out of practice/shape etc.......I did it again yesterday and now I'm out the door yet again!  I love it!

But the best part?  My 75 year old mom emailed me to tell me she'd had a stress test where they put you on a treadmill and try to sorta wear you out.  Anyway, she found the treadmill part so exhilarating that now she is actually using her own treadmill yet again!  So mother and daughter started walking/jogging ON EXACTLY THE SAME DAY!!!!  Isn't that freaky?

In knitting.......I have to take a pic of the little choker I made.  (need batteries again! argh)  Everyone thinks it's leather.  Crazy.  But it's tartelle by K1Ctoo.

Thank you to all you commenters.  Nice to know I'm not the only one who thinks Rowan are uppity and snooty.  And on the other hand, that Alchemy are soooo personable.  Cah-razy!

Hmmmmmmm.........My bro in law is getting married in two days and life just keeps getting faster.  Max, my stepson arrives tonight.  We had dinner in Bev Hills last night with our pals and Bam's mum and dad.  I have to admit....if you know me, you will not be shocked that I'm dreading the wedding day on saturday.  I just hate 'functions'.  errrrrrrr.  We have to be there so early cuz Bam is the best man and ...well, I just hate hanging around.  I mean, I could be knitting.  I could be building a website.  I could be jogging!  ha ha ha!!!!  Anyway, I should just shut up and be a nice sis n law but it's so hard for me to be that nice.  meow.  grrrrrrrrrrr.

Due to lack of photos, here are two AWESOME games I found from Screenhead:

1. The Wheels Game - This is sooooo meditative.  Not one of those raise your blood pressure games at all.  The music is strange and unearthly and I found myself playing it over and over.  The hardest part for me was to actually hit the red dots and not just jump from wheel to wheel.  The blue dots are very fun.  One even gives you 'no gravity' which is a gas!
2. The Sherlock Holmes Game - A simple 'compare the pictures and find the differences' type of game.  Geez, we used to do this as entertainment when I was a kid.  Make the other kids leave the room and change up a few things and voila....a GAME!  Now it's on a computer screen and I loved it.  But I couldn't get past the woods on this.  If any of you do...........PLEASE let me know what the clues were cuz I could only find 4.

Okay.  Tigress is going running.

Comments

[Rossana]

Have a great run!

[Ann]

Ahh running.. I keep saying I am going to do that. But here in NC it has been so COLD lately that it hurts to breathe outside. I know I know excuses excuses! I finished the other fingerless and been wearing the strange red, purple, yellow concoction with major rocking additude! Pics will be available soon.. Can't wait to see the choker. My cousin got married a couple of months ago.. I blew off the wedding (of course the family balked at that..) I just told my mom.. sorry I have sworn off weddings. Until I have one.. I ain't going. :O) Works really well with funerals too..
Catch ya later.

Ann
Ann

[Sheri]

Wish I had half your energy! I have a treadmill which I have wanted to start using again on a daily basis, but my leg has been hurting for the last two days. No idea what I did to it, but it makes me limp, so treadmilling isn't a good idea right now. Way to cold in Nova Scotia right now for outdoor walks.

Looking forward to seeing the choker!

[Jamie]

That wheel game is good. Sittin in 10th place at the moment with 51 points. Like 100 points behind 1st. Sherlock, well I only played it 3 times and can't find the 5th clue in level 1. Goin back to the wheel to improve my score. See ya.

Jamie

[Kim]

I love your blog!! Ok, I did the sherlock holmes game. I found all five in all five scenes. The wooded area is the last scene. There is a rock on the sidewalk near the bottom middle of the scene, some black thing between two roots at the bottom left of the screen, a big branch at the top left, a root about midway up on the second big tree from the left, and a leafy branch on the upper right.

P.S. I saw you on knitty gritty and on VH-1 in a yarn store. You rock!

[Jennifer]

I wish I had your motivation to start jogging...I started walking in the fall, then it started raining and snowing in typical Ohio fashion and I lost all interest. If I lived in LA I'd walk everywhere everyday...:)
I can sympathize with you about the whole wedding thing...I'm the same way. It's like you want to be a supportive family member but at the same time, you don't want to be bothered. Hope it's a nice time though..
I'm addicted to the games you posted, and I'm headed back now to play that Sherlock Holmes game again...love it!
Can't wait to see the choker!!

Jennifer