Weekend blogging

[lederhosen]

Of all the things I'd never thought to do with my life, I spent Saturday morning watching a rugby game. Because da_norvegicus had to choose between that and cross-country for his winter sport. There were a lot of tries scored at both ends, but unfortunately not in the same half; I've forgotten what little I ever knew about rugby scoring, but the other team scored somewhere in the low triple figures. Still, it was a nice day and the dog got to explore a new place with new and exciting smells.

Sunday, da_norvegicus elected to earn money by scrubbing floors while Rey and I went into town, leading to the following exchange:

Me: "It'll take a while, so I suggest you find some music you like and put it on."
Ratboy: "Or I could pick something I don't like, so I've got motivation to do the job quickly."

This degenerated to "the first track from the Hampsterdance CD, on repeat."

(Sadly we ended up leaving in a rush, to get to the shops before they closed, and forgot to set this in motion before we left the house. Still, he did the kitchen and dining room, and they look much less grimy now.)

We stopped off at Tin Soldier and bought gaming supplies. Then we stopped by the craft shop next door, and I managed to delay us longer there (and cost us more, too) than I had in the gaming shop, when Rey asked me to pick wool & pattern for a new jumper*. I'm not sure what this says about me.

And then we made a month's supply of sandwiches to go in our new chest freezer, because we are Organised (TM). Wasn't that exciting?

*Which means here what 'sweater' does in other parts of the world.

Comments

[cornute.livejournal.com]

"when Rey asked me to pick wool & pattern for a new jumper*. I'm not sure what this says about me."

It says you're not telling us what color and what pattern. Yeesh!!

(I've been playing in Fair Isle patterns lately; made two hats this week and blathered about them at sharing_needles.)

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

Well, originally it was going to be dark blue with gold cats on it, but I saw colours I liked and drifted off on a tangent. About an hour later, we ended up at a Kaffe Fassett pattern that looks like interwoven ribbons on the diagonal (I like diagonals).

Black and grey for the ribbons, red for the border of the ribbons, and blue for the background. And because we were in a spending sort of mood, alpaca/silk blend :-)

[fluffy-cloud.livejournal.com]

Why am I both unsuprised and horrified to learn that you have a Hampsterdance CD?

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

It's Rey's :-)

[shadow-5tails.livejournal.com]

He played it every morning once when we were camping out in the bush, just to make sure our days started right... *wry look*

[psychowoof.livejournal.com]

*Which means here what 'sweater' does in other parts of the world.

Yeah, I got that from reading the 3rd Harry Potter book - I purchased it in Australia when visiting. Also picked up a copy of "The Philosopher's Stone" for fraudirector when we were there.

[panacea1.livejournal.com]

Personally, I like the mental image of lederhosen in a pinafore with ribbons on, but that's just me.

[psychowoof.livejournal.com]

Well, that is an amusing image, too.

[culfinriel.livejournal.com]

There's a Hampsterdance CD?! Now that I'm out from under my rock, from where does one acquire this item?

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

da_norvegicus and his dad got it in a regular music store a couple of years ago, IIRC. I suspect it'll be hiding in the $2 bins by now, but if you really want to blow some money you can find it on Amazon.