Blame our Joan... and South Africa's win this morning.
(Although, it would have been nice if their win meant they were still in it. Winning the match and still being out rubs me the wrong way. It shouldn't come down to maths, ffs.)
Due to my fairly good mood, the scathing review of a certain lace book (DON'T BUY IT!!!) will have to wait until later in the week. I want to get some links lined up, anyway, so we'll just pretend that I'm being thorough and not that I'm rushing to post this between football matches.
Isn't that a pretty little dish? Under the charging phone is a cable worked into the knitting design. I think it's lovely and perfect. You wouldn't believe how much stuff I charge on it. It was a gift from our Joan. It arrived in a "box of weirdness" that she sent me that had no weirdness at all. One would think after our years of friendship that she would have a better grasp on weirdness. Clearly, she hasn't been paying attention.
Or she's been charmed by my personal weirdness, but that seems unlikely. I'm a lot of things but charming is no longer on that list.
Shut up!
& Have a lovely Tuesday.
(It's still Tuesday, right? O.o)
That IS a lovely dish. Where's it from?
Posted by: Lisa | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 10:45 AM
I want that dish!
Posted by: Julie | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 10:49 AM
Is the dish ceramic? I think it is simply lovely. And, the cranky will be back. I depend on it;-D
Posted by: Cindycindy | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Love the dish ... it would be adorable with sushi on it!
Posted by: Christina Scovel | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 11:31 AM
The dish looks a bit like the mugs that Starbucks had at Christmas a couple years ago...maybe they still have them. I don't go there, only went to look at the mug but I was too cheap to buy it. Oh! Off track. I like the dish!
And which lace book is it? I'm wanting to get one but hate to buy one worthy of a scathing review!
xo
Posted by: Marilyn | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 11:46 AM
The dish was from the weird store where I buy the maple sugar candy, the biscotti and the sponge candy. It's attached to a huge liquor store where old people buy stuff by the case full - the parking lot is fraught with danger.
Sadly, the dish was the only one of it's kind.
xo
Posted by: joan | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 11:49 AM
One of a kind..that's our Cookie, so she deserves the dish.
Posted by: margene | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 11:56 AM
I've been sitting on a review of Knitting on Top of the World by Nicky Epstein for over a year and a half now. I'm wondering if it's worth the 'net rage to be bleedingly honest about how I feel.
Hmmm.
Posted by: Tina M. | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 12:20 PM
The dish is fantastic! I'd like to have one myself.
Posted by: Carole | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 12:52 PM
That is a great dish! I have a mug from Starbucks that is a lot like it and while I love the look of it, it is not overly "comfortabel" to drink out of. And if that is wierd, then sign me up for wierd!
Posted by: Doris | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 01:01 PM
Your personal weirdness is definitely charming, that's for sure! And that dish is Really Cool. I covet it. :-)
Posted by: Kym | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 01:13 PM
Ooh, I'm quite intrigued to discover what this lace book could possibly be. I hope I don't have to wait until I come back from Bali!
Posted by: Yarndude | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 01:33 PM
Not weird at all, very neat dish.
Are you spinning while watching soccer?
Posted by: Diane | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 01:53 PM
Testing....
Posted by: Cookie | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 02:06 PM
You have your very own charm.
Joan's comment cracked me up, "the parking lot is fraught with danger"... haaaaaaaaaa.
so ok, won't be buying ANY lace books this week;^)
Posted by: marianne | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 02:20 PM
Awesome.
Posted by: Cheryl S. | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 02:28 PM
The only cable on pottery I have is one I found at Starbucks- on a mug. Many of us here on the right coast have one. There was kind of a run on them-lol.
Posted by: Manise | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 03:03 PM
I can't wait for the cranky lace review myself. Glad you're in a good mood!
Posted by: Anne | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 03:57 PM
I don't know ... I keep thinking that tomorrow is Thursday.
Posted by: Devorah | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 05:09 PM
Damn, woman, your cranky must have come to visit me, because I sure had enough for both of us!
Posted by: datagoddess | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 05:32 PM
What are you testing?! :) Love the dish that matches my Starbucks mug!
I wouldn't dream of telling you what to do but isn't it just asking to have a a lovely skein on yarn draped across it? Sort of like a before and after?
Posted by: Helen | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 05:47 PM
I was here. I read the cheerful. I don't feel any more cheerful than I did. But I am glad that you are (cheerful). The dish is cute. Can't wait for the scathing book review!!
Posted by: Kathy Sue | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 07:28 PM
I agree, I was rooting for South Africa!
Posted by: Walden | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 10:22 PM
That dish is so cute!
You absolutely are charming!
xoxo
Posted by: Sarah | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 10:43 PM
The dish is perfect - Ms. Joan always nails it.
Can't wait to hear about the lace book. I'm cranky, myself, and need some company.
xo
Posted by: Nora | Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 04:13 AM
You make me chuckle!
Posted by: Joansie | Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 06:01 AM
Love the dish! (you might start out cranky today but after you read all the comments on my post about the wedding shawl you'll be all squishy, I can (almost) guarantee it *grin*)
Posted by: JessaLu | Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 07:32 AM