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at this moment stewart's watching the fourth kind and i happily debunked the myth that it's true! why do horror movies seem to be falling into the typical trap (as mocked in Scream), these "true" movies, and then all the remakes of the great 80s films? i can't even really watch them, esp. ones about paranormal activity (ghosts, etc), but i'm kinda intrigued by the industry. and considering what people like about them? what do people like about horror movies?? so weird.

anyway, it's easter! i'm not big on holidays (except for "the holidays") but would guess that i'll get more into them as soon as helvetica gets out of my womb. i'm excited for the forthcoming heidi kenney book on holiday crafts for kids as she's so good at doing fun, hip, and well done kids crafts, parties, and events (her blog has a long running history of filling up my bookmarks). i've also started bookmarking the kid-friendly stuff that comes across on the kitchn, ohdeedoh, apartment therapy, craft zine, and whatever blogs i'm reading. which is fun! i can't wait to have so much fun!

i also painted our living room, first coat, in its grey tone, called duckdown. tomorrow morning i'll do a second coat and then move onto the yellowish grey kitchen space (that one's called apple slice!). i'm kind of allergic to latex paint so it's always an adventure! next friday our wallpaper comes in and i'm SO SO SO SO SO excited!

okay, off to find my knitting and some pants.......

"we work so hard to get it done and you get it done and what's the point in that?"

our bathroom art gallery (this is above the toilet).





yay for the weekend! my parents went to nanaimo to buy appliances for the basement, stewart's at work ALL afternoon, and i get the house to myself! WAHOO! i'll spend most of the day knitting my totem socks and probably my shawl..listening to podcasts. this afternoon was spent picking colours for helvetica's room (it's going to be grey and purple with a YELLOW crib, more yellow than my purse, and yellow curtains, which i still have to make. i may make a yellow pillow case too for the chair in there), thrift shopping where i scored this sweet CLASS STRUGGLE board game and am psyched to bring it to PG to play with the A-team. i also got my hands on a shit tonne of cute onesies at the sally ann's sale, a hello kittie notebook (with the beginnings of a kid's story in it), and then bought some yummy bread and a donut!!

last night we watched the new almodovar flick, broken embraces. it was super disappointing, stewart fell asleep, and i was bored. now that i'm home from running around town i kinda wished i had stopped at the video store and got a movie for this afternoon! i guess i'll just have to find something online <3

FO: Milo Vest + Booty Shorts for Stewart

yesterday and today i knit this! the Milo vest! My gauges was off (of course i didn't pre-check) and it turned out humongous. which kind of ruins my hope that it would be helvetica's coming home outfit. so, also because it's big and super girlie, if helvetica comes out as a boy then i'll be gifting this on to a friend's baby, well not so new born anymore, but whatevs. here's the ravelry link for my project.


yesterday morning i also finished stewart's booty shorts. hallelujah! the pattern's free on knitty and came out just in time for me to actually cast this on based on the Elizabeth Zimmerman leggings pattern. So, phew. My gauge was also off on this pattern (i'm a loose knitter maybe?) and i had to recast it on with way fewer stitches and made it to fit stewart like a glove. mainly because i wanted them to be tight fitting rather than loose and baggy in the pattern's pictures. my ravelry project for this one is here.


finishing this vest means that i still only have one work in progress, my hanami shawl, and am dedicated to knit it before i cast anything else on, which is going to be a challenge since i'm watching movies all day (and night) and will probably get distracted and fuck up, but whatever. today so far i've watched good hair, julie & julia, and am 1/2 way through the september issue. tonight stewart and i are going to watch human voice with ingrid bergman. tomorrow i'm going to go thrift shopping, actually paint (i didn't today because my back hurts blarg) some walls/ceilings (colours!!!), and cook something wonderful for a late dinner. what that will be i'm not sure yet. any ideas?