Ways I am old, and non-blogged adventures

*Freddie Prinze, Jr. guest-stars on Bones. The Whedonverse rejoices. I notice his grey temples and remember that he is a year older than me. (I am still waiting for the Bones/Castle crossover episode. If David Boreanaz and Nathan Fillion appear onscreen together again--and for more than a second this time--TVs may explode all over the country.)

* I heard this on the radio, and actually remembered it fondly:

*My grandmother turned eighty years awesome last week!  There was a big party for her over the weekend, but obviously I couldn't go.  I will be so happy to visit my family next month!

*Last night I realized that I no longer have a "favorite song", but like, a whole box of them, ranging from Schubert and Richard Strauss to the Foo Fighters and Dar Williams. The newest of my favorites is from 2008 ("The Fear" by Lily Allen). 

*We had many plans for agritourism this month--and thankfully the weather has been great!--but Mark apparently has a meniscus injury. We'll know more next week after his MRI, and he's really not in too bad shape, but he certainly can't do a corn maze or traipse around a farm. I'm just hoping he's feeling better in time for his trip to Denver next month. 

*Showed Rosina Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for the first time yesterday (PBS has some on their website; as far as I can tell, they're not really broadcast anymore). Miss Elaine Fairchild is as mean and downright scary as I'd remembered!  Anyway, Mr. Rogers spent about fifteen minutes talking about shoes and going shopping for wingtips. The episode originally aired 31 years ago, during my heaviest viewing period of the show, so I may well have seen it first broadcast...

*Speaking of Rosina, she's been kind of grumpy for the past few weeks--whether it's just being two or if she's in a growth or teething spurt, who knows--but her vocabulary and understanding of language and directions are really coming along. She's also become obsessed with Miffy, a perennial Dutch cartoon bunny. Unfortunately there are only four episodes of the Canadian TV program on  Netflix, and the books are really hard to come by!  (We already own the one book the library has.) We did find a bunch of printable coloring pages online, which I will definitely be printing for our plane ride!  (She has also been talking non-stop about airplanes since I started talking to her about our trip.)

*Baby showers have been attended! Tiny outfits have been cooed over. I've even gotten to meet one of my friends' baby girls now. Just as an editorial note, though, am I the only person who actually likes party games?  I mean, sure, they're cheesy (and the "guess what's in the diaper" one is pretty gross), but isn't that the point? 

Or am I becoming an unironic fan of all that Shoebox Greetings stuff?  Because that would actually be cause for concern...

*Craft update: currently working on a sample cardigan, knit at a gauge I would normally not attempt for myself (it's much faster in an XS!). Definitely keeping me out of trouble. 

*First-world problem:  the crappy iOS update has somehow made it impossible to sync iTunes (I had to remove all my music to have room for the update). This will be an ongoing battle. 

(Edited for typos and to add that video!)

Hers and hers and his

*Another salient moment from toddler TV:  the title character in the Clifford cartoon is voiced by John Ritter. When I finally figured out where I recognized the voice from, I became very sad.  Can you believe he's been dead for ten years, this month?!  I watched way too much Three's Company as a child (I know...why was that on Saturday afternoon syndication?!), and he's right up there with Susan Lucci and Tom Selleck in my early childhood TV pantheon.  I also have been known to say "Joyce DeWitt wants her outfit back" when I see a grown woman in a romper.

*Rosina refused to leave the house yesterday morning, so it was a bit of a jammy-jam day for us.  We did stop by the library and Costco after Mark got home.  It's amazing how she alternates between being heartbreakingly sweet and just irrationally cranky.  I guess people aren't kidding when they say two-year-olds are like teenagers.  At least I can still throw her over my shoulder if I need to remove her from a situation--hard to do that with a fifteen-year-old!

*Made a frittata in a cast-iron skillet again.  This is such a brilliant idea.  I used to make quiche fairly frequently, but this method is SO much faster.  I don't miss the yummy pie crust if I don't think about it too much... On the menu for tonight:  chili with ground turkey, possibly with cornbread (oh Jiffy, I love you so, even though you contain lard...).  I meant to soak some beans overnight, but I forgot, so I started them in the crockpot at 8:30 this morning so they'll be ready to toss in the chili tonight.  This will preempt my using the crockpot for the chili, but I suppose that's not a big deal.  Two pounds of Great Northern beans in the freezer ought to last us a while!

*Finished the sample project and sewing the ends in on the sweater.  I am currently swatching and trying to decide on a baby sweater pattern.  I would like to finish the socks I'm working on as well, but that sweater needs to get in the mail ASAP!

*Starting to make final plans for the baby shower trip this weekend.  We need to make a hotel reservation, mainly.  I will be making a trip to Trader Joe's for some yummy party items.  (Like I need an excuse to go to Trader Joe's.)  And now all I need is to mention my German car--and yup, this is a completely yuppie post.  On second thought, there is nothing yuppie about Three's Company...

No, just no

*An Oh Honey NO moment:  Elmo performing "Walk This Way".  Lyrics were changed in order to lure a grasshopper out from under a couch, but I don't care.  NO.

*It was a bit hectic getting ready for the party, but it came off just fine.  Except for the ridiculous, completely unpredicted thunderstorm.  We got about five inches of rain in a few hours.  Considering this is at least the third time this has happened this summer, I am kind of over it.  Can't we send this stuff out west or something?  Ugh, I am so ready for fall.  Heh, there was even a Groupon for the local corn maze this morning.

*More than 3/4 done with the sample project.  Yesterday I finished up my February Fitted, but it's going to take a while to weave in the ends.  It won't be cool enough to wear it for at least a month, anyway.  Even after adding a few inches, it's still shorter than I'd like.  I did pick up some sale yarn on Sunday--enough for sweaters for Helen's sister's baby and Rosina.  The baby sweater will be next!

*Season 3 of Portlandia is on Netflix!  They are so brilliant!

*Plans for today:  mostly laundry-related.  And I have to return things to Costco.  Boring...