Sock1- flip flop "footten"

Ok- here it is the left "footen" mitten for your feet! I am making it to wear on cool days with flip flops. I need to make the four toe part just a hair longer. The picture makes my feet look really short and wide. Hopefully when I fix the toes and knit up the second one, the picture will come out more normal.

Testing was great!

Testing yesterday was great, but really, really, really cold and windy. The weather forecast called for 63 degrees. It was about 8 degrees colder at the Speedway and VERY windy. I was not dressed appropriately and froze for 8 solid hours. It was definitely very cool, listening on the scanner to the drivers and crews talking back and forth. Tony was funny. Apparently he sent his spotter a 4am wakeup call, and his spotter threatened his rental car. The paint scheme on his car was a lot prettier (don't know if he'd appreciate the word pretty) in person than the picture advertising the diecast. I so have to get the diecast! I also have developed a whole new appreciation for the race photographers in Nascar Scene and Nascar Ilustrated. Half 0f my pictures are of a blank racetrack!

Pocono Testing tomorrow!

I have tickets for the test session tomorrow at Pocono Speedway! I am totally psyched! I've never actually been to a test session before. i've seen pictures of a special paint scheme Tony's got on his car for the test session, I have to get that diecast! so hopefully the next time i post there will be some cool pic's to post.


i can finally almost write about Saturday's race. Leading the race by a convincing margin and then with 2 laps to go an F'ing flat tire!!! AARRGGHHHHHHHH! i know Tony's a slow starter, but come on! The worst luck, absolute worst luck ever!

fencing demo

Angel and 4 other fencers did a demo at a local middle school as part of a Medieval festival. The kids loved it. I think they found a few recruits for next year's team.

Angel's anklets

After finally finishing angel's anklets (modified the toe to fit her feet, the second toe is really longer than the big toe - they look like elf socks until she puts them on. LOL) I finally got her to sit still long enough to put them on and take a picture. Made with the remains of Magic Stripe yarn left over from another project.

As you can see I spent a lot of time this past weekend (when not watching the burnout competion, the Sprint Open and the Allstar Race of course) shopping for plants and potting them (in the rain I might add) I was a little bit worried at work this morning as the temps here in NJ are only around 55. The pots look dry, so either the wind has dried the soil, or the rain did not get the pots as watered as I had hoped. I guess after dinner I'll be watering. I am hoping/planning to take pics wth some regularity and posting them here. In addition to the pots shown, I have an urn with basil in it, and 2 urns with geraniums and sweet potato vines. I also picked up some hosta and pachysandra plants for by my steps, I'm not sure how they will fair as the ground is pretty rocky and crappy there. I still have 4 window type boxes I haven't filled yet, and a grape tomato I need to get a hanging pot for. I still haven't decided if I'm going to pick up some eggplant as last year I waited too long to pick them and they were seedy and tough.