Since I work downtown, I’m often responsible for shuttling knitting related objects between Naperville and Chicago residents.  As the people who rely on this service knows, its, well, slow.

Unfortunately, that has often led to very slooooow Wow! Shipments.

This post is both for Barb’s Simba and mine July Wow Shipments.

First, Simba.   Simba signed up for the club.  He had all this to pick from.

So, he looked and sniffed and wandered around…

And picked out a lovely skein of Lucy Neatby!

Simba is super excited!

Now, for me, I got a lovely skein of Socks that Rock Lightweight Calico!

Note:  This post was made under the influence of half a bottle of Lynfred Winery Cranberry Wine.

Have a happy 4th of July from all of US!

I hope you don’t get a beer can stuck up your butt!

(Picture from Aimee, who says it made excellent chicken from this recipe. Which Dee originally sent me, and I forwarded to Aimee.)

Dee tagged me for the “7 Random Things About Me” Meme.  But, I’ve decided instead to have it be 7 Random Things instead!

1.  Hunter has a tiny head.   Yes, it is true.   His head is tiny.   Very small.   Here is proof.

2.  Katie’s head is normal sized.   Mainly, this point is so Katie’s picture is in the blog. :)  But her head is quite normal sized.

3.  I just spilled Cherry Pomograntesomething orther Crystal Light all over myself.  It even defeated the power of the Tide Pen.   Yes, I look very professional right now.

4.  Here’s my desk at my new job.   Except the whiteboard is no longer up on the wall, because the sticky part of industrial strength velcro, not that sticky, it turns out.

5.  Check out the awesome necklace Dee, Lynette and Monica bought for me!

They bought the necklace as a thank you for me taking care of their blogs and paying for their domain names.   Personally, I ought to pay them, because I’m constantly breaking things and being completely unhelpful.  But, thank you so much guys!   It came from this etsy seller.

6.  My purse weighs 7 pounds, including my book and bottle of water.   I had to sneak over by the postal scale to weight it.

7.  Finally, look, I’ve been knitting!

Okay, its a little small.  Apparently in my uploading rush this morning, I didn’t quite upload this one right, because the big version is no where to be found.  The good news is that Hunter has not yet eaten it, despite his best efforts.   Also, I’m on the decrease portion.

Hi! This is Franz the Austrian Monkey.  I live with Aimee the Sis.

Yes, I am a VERY handsome Monkey.

I’m sure you all have wondered where Gail has been - well, she was recently spotted in  Colorado, visiting her mom and sister for Easter.  So I thought I’d tell you all about what has been up.

Yes, in between work, boyfriend and friends, she’s been wearing bunny hats.   Why?

Worse yet, other people, including her own mother posed in it.

Check out Gail’s sexy new hair!   Of course, it only ended up straight because Aimee the Sis spent like 9 hours on it.

Since Gail came out for easter, she and Aimee the Sis had to go out on the town.   It turns out Gail is a super cheap drunk, as demonstrated by these two pictures, via cell phone.

Guess which one is the SOBER picture.  Geez, those girls get into major trouble if you leave them alone for a second.

Knitting?  What?   Of course Gail has been knitting.

First, she made me a hat and some socks to keep me warm.  That’s after I visited Chicago, and it was 90 million degrees below zero.

She also made Aimee a pair of socks, but the second Aimee put one on, it blew a seam.  So Gail muttered something about not weaving in an end correctly and whisked it away.  In honor of the fallen sock, I’ve decided to only wear one of my socks until Aimee gets her sock back.

That gives my girlfriend, Jacqueline,  a hat!  And I’m wearing Aimee’s unleaked sock as a hat!  Brilliant!  Gail mentioned something about the sock being made out of “vintage” socks that rock that she bought before it got “big”.   Whatever, I just know its warm.  My hat and socks are made out one strand of orange and one strand of green KnitPicks Crayon.  I have no idea what that means, but they do rock.

Oh, I almost forgot.  The Lu (who did turn out to be a boy) says hi from his favorite tree.

I know, crazy!   Well, we’re heading out to Breckinridge for vacation relaxing time with Aimee the Sis!   Let’s hope we can convince Gail to come back soon!   I heard she’s knit like 20 million socks and most of a shawl!

No, you can’t have any of our bbq potato chips!

Meow, my name is Simba! Gail and her two kitties, Hunter and Katie, are a little busy lately with Gail’s new job so I’m going to be filling in for a little bit. Although Hunter and I haven’t met officially I admire a cat that causes terror in the household.

A little bit about me first. I am a two year old cat that lives in a suburb of Chicago. I live with my owner, her son, and three female cats. These female cats are tough living with. They have so many issues. First, there is Scarlett. She’s the elderly member of the household at the ripe old age of 15. She sleeps a lot. Then there is Smiley. She is about 13 years old and a loner. All she ever does is hiss at me when she sees me. My best friend of the bunch is Shadow. She plays with me all day long. My “mom” is a knitter. I like knitting too. Knitting to me is an entertainment sport. I love driving “mom” crazy. I have so many stories to tell you in the coming episodes of “Simba’s Saga”. I bet you are wondering if I’m a handsome cat. I think I am quite the looker. The vet told me I have a little flamepoint Siamese in me so that must mean I’m HOT. Here is a picture of me when I was a baby. Please don’t laugh at my mom’s pink sheets. She loves pink. That’s it for now kitties.