Checkin' It Twice...
Here's the holiday update: still knitting.
I will show you said knitting in a picture that is deliberately intended to confuse the gift recipient. Mu-ha-ha-ha.
Whew. I'm glad this scarf is almost done. *hee*
I know some of you knitbloggers are totally thinking: I know what she's making! Shhhhh. Don't tell.
I actually got to attend a couple of Christmas parties in the past few days. Fun times. On Saturday, we saw our friends Kim and Jason and Chester. Here I am with Chester:
Chester the Dog. He has a theme song.
I heart Chester so much. He smiles and sneezes constantly, which makes him incredibly adorable at ALL TIMES. I also heart this girl:
Sister schmoo.
In addition to being my sister, she also let me borrow that cute shirt I'm wearing in the picture. Thanks Cathy! The Pants would be pictured, except that he was in another room playing video games on one of Jason's big arcade machines.
So after fun times at Kim and Jason's, we had a knitterly Christmas function at DC Jenny's last night, complete with cocktail sausages, fondue, and plenty of knitting. I gave Anne Marie her Christmas present again (it's a printed book of her blog***) and this time I actually wrapped it instead of freaking out and throwing it at her completely out of the blue and unwrapped. She reenacted her original opening for a photo op:
Wow, she is so genuinely surprised!
Good times. I love that my friends are always up for a good reenactment.
So, Christmas is, um, FIVE DAYS AWAY. I have some knitting to do, so clearly I should stop blogging and work on that. I'm taking the rest of the week off to finish gifts,relax, and go get my dad for Christmas festivities. I hope everyone is having a merry merry week!
***For those interested, I used lulu.com for the printing, and it's actually *pretty* straightforward. There's a little formatting work involved (and if your blog is like five years old it might take a little while) but once that part is done, it's fairly easy. Thanks to Casey for suggesting Lulu and initial help! and also the idea!
Comments (17)
Merry Christmas! Hope the present finished up nicely- and I am sure it did...
I wanna see more pictures of AM's book! It is the best- what a great friend you are for putting it together for her. All her blog changes too! Wowee!
Posted by frecklegirl | December 26, 2005 12:06 AM
oh my goodness, what a brilliant idea!! a blog-book! :0
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Posted by may | December 25, 2005 11:19 PM
Merry Christmas to you and Pants! Enjoy the holiday season.
Posted by Christiane | December 24, 2005 12:48 PM
what a fantastic christmas gift! so thoughtful. someone should certainly get you the complete carrieoke anthology!!
Posted by carrie m | December 22, 2005 9:08 PM
Yay for fun times, schmoos of the adorable sort, and good friends who will reenact anything for you. Happy Christmas!!
p.s., Joe told me he had met you and was all starstruck. Hee!
Posted by Giao | December 22, 2005 9:42 AM
That's awesome that you got AM that book. I was so impressed by Jess's book! I thought it was such a good idea. A Sneezy dog is too cute too. Oh Christmas Girlies! You're too cute.
Posted by biglug | December 21, 2005 10:14 PM
arcadia's still mad cause she missed the party. she was really hoping to see chester and show off her comfy sweater.
Posted by Guy | December 21, 2005 8:36 PM
I LOVE MY BOOK.
I keep reading it. It's the best scrap book ever. And the super secret project is coming along quite nicely. I can't wait until it's revealed. Muhhuhaha.
Oh yeah, and I LOVE MY BOOK!
Posted by Anne Marie | December 20, 2005 2:53 PM
What a GREAT Christmas gift idea! (And the printed, bound blog-in-a-book was pretty nifty, too.)
Posted by --Deb | December 20, 2005 2:45 PM
You and that schmoo could be twins with your caramel hair! I love that idea for a pressie, what a good bloggy friend you are :)
Posted by Vicki | December 20, 2005 1:46 PM
best gift ever teamie schmoo!
Posted by joanna | December 20, 2005 12:30 PM
I love the blog book idea! Good for you for taking some time to enjoy the holidays! Have fun with your family!
Posted by sarah b. | December 20, 2005 11:49 AM
That book is the coolest thing I've ever seen.
Posted by Jenny | December 20, 2005 11:30 AM
Blog book = awesome idea, awesome friend! MUST.DO.THIS! Every time I see you and your sister hanging out, I miss mine! But I'm so happy for you guys. Very cool to be so close. Happy Tuesday!
Posted by Cara | December 20, 2005 11:17 AM
How did you come across Lulu?? That it totally awesome!!! It is perfect for those that want to scrapbook, but don't even print the pictures from the computer!! I am so going to do this!!
Posted by Heather | December 20, 2005 11:14 AM
I have no idea what you're knitting, but its always gorgeous and I'm sure the giftee will love it.
The hardcopy of Anne Marie's blog is an amazing idea! My blog entries are nothing amazing, but I've always thought they capture the "day to day" in a way my kids would enjoy some day. But I'm such a goof with technology. I'd be interested to read more about the "a little formatting work involved" that you refer to. Or maybe I'd just get my husband to do it for me. :-)
Posted by Tisra | December 20, 2005 10:56 AM
Looks like you're having a great Christmas-to-be - all that rushing up to the holiday stuff - what fun to have someone's blog "published". Thanks so much for letting me share in your knitting world - being a new knitter (still less than a year) and having found the many, many knitting blogs out there has made 2005 a great year - yours is still my favorite, probably somethin' about that Southern flavor. Have a great time with your family and looking forward to 2006 - hmm - maybe I'll even start actually bloggin! Robin
Posted by Robin | December 20, 2005 10:51 AM