We have a family o' possoms under us...

Because I found another one last night. We went to Books A Million twice this weekend and last night I was so excited because I got The Last Tsar and The Great Mortality (sorry I can't post the links--I don't really know how to). All I wanted to do is go home, hunker down with a cup of tea and read. Then one was lurking near the sugar container. So instead, I packed up my knitting and we went out to one of J's buddy's house and he played beer pong and I hung out with the pregnant wives and watched the Breakfast Club.

I got the 25th anniversary issue of Vogue knitting and started the Diagonal Stitch Coat last night. It's pretty:

The flash kind of messed it up, and you can't see the cables that well, but it's a simple pattern. It's made out of Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick and Quick. I had a bulky yarn in the stash and enough to make it, so why not?

Happy Freakin' Birthday to Me

This morning at oh around 2 or so, Penny found a POSSOM in our house. Luckily she "found" it, and didn't investigate further. It was GROWLING at her, and that's how I found out that she found it. Although her shots are all up to date, he could've seriously hurt her. Long story short, I hollared at Josh to wake up like a crazy woman and he killed it. We reckon he climbed up in our dryer vent...We don't have a dryer, we had one when we moved in the house, but it had since broke and right when we were about to go shopping for one, he got orders to Lakenheath and since we'll be supplied with appliances over there, we figured that I could just hang up the clothes anyways, since that was my habit and prefered choice. But since he was so small he was able to squeeze in the bit that our storage shelves didn't cover. It freaked me out, he could've hurt the cat, Bailey who prefers to sleep in her carebear couch rather than her bed, possibly the dogs...But luckily our kitty found him and then when I held on to her so she couldn't go look I think she understood because she didn't wiggle or anything. Blah, I can't wait till we can move! Other than that, this day has been fantastic.