My Day All Alone

   I know, it's only 9:30 in the morning, but I thought I'd better do this while I have a chance. You see, it's also the Day of the Doctor... So I'll be busy watching Doctor Who, and making rubber band bracelets, hopefully to sell at the craft fair at FDR High School on December 7th. Come one, come all.


    Hubs got off to work successfully this morning, but I bet he's not very happy. You see, he forgot his bag of fireballs he bought yesterday. He has become addicted to those little cinnamon flavored devils. After searching all venues in the area, we discovered that Adams Fairacre Farms is the only local source for these candies.

  
    But now, if you'll excuse me, I need to finish my coffee, pour myself another cup, and enjoy the Day of the Doctor. I might just get in some knitting and possibly wash some dishes and run the carpet sweeper around during the dull bits. 

   P.S I did some thinking after yesterday's post, and realized I was wrong. Hubs has been home nearly three weeks, not two. And I am thoroughly enjoying my day alone, so far. I'm sure I'll miss him later...


P.P.S.  My very favorite Doctor Who episodes of all time are BLINK, with #10, David Tennant, and Vincent and the Doctor, with #11, Matt Smith. It makes me cry every darn time I see it.

my left arm

    I guess "sleeve" would be a more appropriate word, but "my left arm" sounds cooler. I've been knitting and knitting, and here's the progress on my left sleeve:

     And just for shits and giggles, here's a closer view:

    I've completed five decrease repeats, and currently working towards the sixth decease round. Woot! I am supremely excited about the fact that there will be no seams whatsoever to sew after I'm done! I've some a long way since my first cardigan; which had five separate pieces to be sewn together.


    If I had chosen the other option for the sleeves, there would be just two ten stitch long seams to sew. Either way, it's not bad!


    I sure hope you, my dear readers, aren't getting too tired of me tooting my own horn here. This is such a thrill for me, I don't think you can even imagine. The final thrill will be to get a photo of me wearing the finished sweater!!


    Right now, I'm watching vintage Doctor Who episodes on Netflix, and after the current episode, I will be taking a short break, to get some dishes washed. And perhaps to put a load of laundry in the washer. Then it will be back to Doctor Who and knitting. At least until it's time to put the laundry in the dryer. TTFN!

Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Downton Abbey

   Lately, as you know, I have been watching Netflix quite a bit. Recently, I have been able to indulge in absolutely sinful marathons of shows and movies that no one else in my house will watch. I began with Doctor Who, of course, and got all caught up with some of the newer episodes I missed. Some of the David Tennant years, at least the ones that are on Netflix.

   Then I moved on to Downton Abbey. It turned out that it wasn't about knitting at all. Although knitting was mentioned in one episode. But it was really good. Who would have imagined that servants could be so horrible? Now I just have to wait for season two to hit Netflix.

   After digesting that one, I then moved on to Torchwood. This Doctor Who spin-off is really very good! I had seen the newest version, Torchwood - Miracle Day, on one of our movie channels, Starz I think, but I really didn't like it much. The original from the U.K. really hit the spot. I watched all three seasons available, in two days. I am hooked.

   Especially the last ones, Children of Earth. I watched, horrified. I even cried at the end. What a sacrifice. I think I even cried because Jack didn't seem to care. Even though you know he did, because he cried too. Anyway, I highly recommend you watch this show, if you haven't seen it already.

  And just so you know, to make myself totally clear, I did my chores in between the episodes of all the shows I was watching. I wouldn't want you lot to think I just sit and watch TV all day...

   About once a week, I will go through all the movies and TV shows available and put the ones I might want to see in the Instant Queue. Then I can go through those, and choose which I want to view. That is where all the Doctor Who's are right now, even though I have seen most of them.

   There was one Doctor Who episode, from 1964, with the first Doctor, that I was really looking forward to watching. I started watching it on Super Bowl Sunday. I could only take it for about 45 minutes. It was really really bad. I do intend to finish watching it, however. I think I just need to be in the right mood. A mood where I can accept that Aztec warriors spoke with a British accent, and wore really bad, obviously fake, leopard fur garments, among other things.

   But last night, I watched a movie called Lunopolis. It's been sitting in the Instand Queue for quite a while now. It seems that I was in the mood for it. It was really very interesting! It had quite the premise. I really can't even begin to explain the plot, all I can say is this - if you can see it, then by all means do. It was fascinating. I may even have to watch it again, just to make sure I didn't miss anything.

   OK, my report is over, go about your business....

  

An Afternoon of Doctor Who

  Today, I am getting to spend the whole afternoon watching Doctor Who episodes, old and newer, on Netflix. My beloved Hubs was working in the garage, doing the usual man-puttering, so I started out by watching an episode I found the other day. It's from 1972 and stars the first three Doctors! I am in Whovian geek heaven!

  After that, I watched a newer one with David Tennant. Now I am watching yet another newer one, I think it's the one where the newest Doctor enters the picture. It's called The End of Time.

  Hubs has taken to the bedroom and is watching TV in there. He doesn't care for Doctor Who. We only have Neflix in the living room, and in our son's room. I think he gets it through his PS3.

   Anyway. Last night, I ordered a pizza after visiting my friend Kim at karate. Her daughter, the Cherub, takes classes from my son, the instructor. Funnily enough, that's not how we met! Oops, I'm getting off topic. Back to the pizza.

   I asked for a pepperoni pizza, with all the pepperoni on one half of the pie. Sounds simple enough, doesn't it? That simply means that one side of the pizza has 2X the meat of a usual 1/2 pepperoni pizza. Unfortunaltely, it got lost in translation between the girl who took my order and the man who made my pizza.

  I took it home without looking at it. I should have looked. Not that it would have made a difference. I ate it anyway, but I am not sure that I will order from them again, I thought the pizza kind of sucked. That is really too bad, as their pizza is usually very good. I don't know what the difference is, it just tasted different, and not as good as usual. And the crust was very much thinner than usual, too. It was all floppy and sloppy.

  Right now, Part 2 of Doctor Who is starting. It turns out that I have seen Part 1. So I have to go, I want to watch it. Many thanks for listening to me rant, yet again!