It seems that everything important happens in the bathroom in our house.  I can't remember the last time I went to the bathroom by myself.  In fact, I think it was last week that I actually had three kids supervising my bathroom goings ons.

Today there is so much poop in our house that it is insane.  I don't think we're nearly as bad off as poor Very Mom and her family, but the poop just doesn't seem to want to stop.  It's a darned good thing that we got a whole new case of diapers yesterday....

But, the bathroom is the scene of such joy, such sadness, such...  well, I'm sure you already get the picture.  Our neighbours probably think we're nuts, especially since the bathroom window opens onto the courtyard...  they must wonder at the singing and jumping around and the songs about pee and poop that we sing in there.  Blast across the whole neighbourhood.

I'm thinking about trying to get Ja to put a toilet in the living room.  It would just be so much handier, not to mention that the living room is bigger.

But, enough about bathrooms, let's discuss the crafty factor...  I don't often take my crafts into the bathroom...  let's just leave that at that, shall we?

With this

I am making this and man am I excited about it!  It's for a special friend with an upcoming birthday.  No worries, she doesn't read here unless I tell her to. 

Right now it looks like this

I'm on row 34 of 58. so it's moving right along.  I am so totally making myself one when this one is finished.  It's quite easy to do.  With just a touch of short row shaping to make it sit better.  Then it's pretty much just increases.  But, what do I use to make it with?  I was thinking of using the Bernat Satin I have in a dark blue.  I have four balls of it, so I'd need to get two or three more.  It's quite cheap, but very soft...  I'm supposed to be using the satin for a ballet skirt that I'm attempting to knit, it's just soooo slow!  So, we shall see... just don't tell Allyson that I'm thinking of changing my mind.

In other non-crafty news, it seems that someone has been trying to break into our van.  About a week ago, the passenger side door handle stopped opening from the outside.  We thought, you know, that's fine, the van's more than ten years old, these things happen, right?  Just yesterday the driver's side door went.  Hmmm...  Seeing as how I don't believe in coincidence, we're thinking someone has been tampering with the van handles.  Called good old Peterborough Police just to report the possibibility, talked to a cop with a very sexy voice, (yes, I realize he was probably in his fifties...) and he told me that it seems to be the in thing with kids this year.  "Hey Tom, let's go try to break into some cars!  It'll be a gas!"  Nothing we can do, but my trusty mechanic/dad will fix it for us.

And now, back to your regularly scheduled bathroom break.

Knitty is up, and there are SO many great great patterns!

I LOVE this, and this, and there are some beautiful shawls!!  Which I'm obsessed with right now... 

I've been a bit disappointed by the last few Knitties.  But this one is great.  A fabulous fall Knitty!

Since I've been reading Yarn Harlot I have been dying to try some lace knitting.  Except, the lace knitting that ye old Harlot does is much too crazy, much too advanced for me to even think about attempting...  and the reading of the charts???  I really don't get the reading of the charts.  What does it mean when there's no stitch?  No stitch?  But there's a stitch right there!!

Ahem.

So...  with this


(((400 metres)))

I am going to be making this.

I know, I know...  it calls for almost 800 metres...  fully twice as much as what I have.  BUT!  A PLAN is what I have!  I actually only cast on 61 stitches instead of the required 85.  And, while discussing the PLAN with my good friend Allyson, we decided that I can always add something onto either end to make it longer if I need to.  I have now done one row of the pattern.  Not good.  The knitting in the back loops is determined to kill me.  Anyone know any knitting in the backloops tricks???  Something??  Anything?

I also finished my sister Ashley's birthday present... hopefully to be delivered this weekend... early, but I just can't wait to give it to her!  And I started my sister Becky's birthday present.  She's a stinker though, I have her name for Christmas so she gets two this year.

I am so glad that the leaves are starting to turn on the trees.  It means that fall, glorious fall is just around the corner!  In fact, in a personal objection to summer, I have not been shaving my legs and have been wearing pants the last few days.  So, fall projects abound!!