4th of July Awesome!

There was this sweet young thing at the Home Parade yesterday. It wasn't the Pigs, trust me they look sweet, but they aren't.

No, not the ponies.

Not the alpacas.

No, no, not the bunnies either.

He had a short sleeve white dress shirt, a tie and a name tag. An impressionable youth, and I just had to corrupt him!

I think he liked it.


Sure, other people where helping, and being informative while I was tattooing up the Creek.

Em and Crystal with Curly Top on a spinning wheel. Carina taught knitting.


Andrea and Family taught the world the Wonder of Alpaca. Plus the bunnies, the pony rides, a big weird music thing playing polka or some other German dance music, the Antique Engine Club, and a bunch of Games. I missed a bunch of it due to the tattooing.

Hey! How were the 25th Annual Home Grange Parade Olde Tyme games? Fun, Funny, and a plain riot!!!


Ok, I only got photos of the 3 legged race. But we also had a water melon seed spitting contest, egg toss, nail driving contest and a penny hunt for the kids. As often said at the Grange "A good time was had by all."

A big thank you to everyone who made it out there, a hearty welcome to new faces, and a good to see you again to old friends. Hope to see you all again soon! Hey!!

Grange Chicken BBQ July 10th!!! See you then?

If you are interested in learning more about the Grange or Zombie Prom Date Knitters activities please leave a comment here or feel free to email me.

Spinsanity Spindles are available at her etsy site

Wonder Why Alpaca Farm Alpaca! Alpaca! (eggs too!)

Knitting instruction by Carina

Networking, Home Grange Info, Zombie Prom Date Knitters info-HERE!!! KNIT with SNOT

Bunnies-I can get the info if you are interested=I know people. I don't know what kind of bunnies they have or their names of phone numbers, but I know people.

Yellow Shirt Me!

For those who don't care, there will be a lot of this so called "Tour de Fleece Crap" going on. Please bear with me. I spin very badly to begin with,

and now I have to do it on a bike? I must not have read the guidelines correctly. I should get the yellow shirt just for all this extra effort.

Celebrate the USA and Viva le France, er FLEECE!

Happy Birthday Addy!!!

Happy 4th of July! Hope to see you out at the Home Grange 4th of July Parade! (Scroll down for actual directions. )

While you're there, why not become a member? You know you love spending time with me and the Pigs, Ogre sightings are frequent at the Grange and this year State Session is being held in Marshall, you can enter KNITTING into the State contests!! Plus National Grange is in Grand Rapids this year and I have been promised a giant fairy princess dress in snot green if I participate.

Check it!! I believe I am current yellow shirt leader in Le Tour de Fleece for Team Zombie Prom Dates!

Ok, the only reason I think I may be the leader is because:

1. Today is day 1 of Tour de Fleece
2. I generally wake up earlier than anyone else in Team Zombie Prom Dates
3. I have the yellow shirt

What's up with Tour de Fleece-check here? If you are on Ravelry, check it up there. We are chatting it up over at our regular Zombie Prom Date Knitters board. We have a Team on Tour de Fleece called Zombie Prom Dates. It's good to keep with a theme.

Here's what's up with the yellow shirt.

I am making a Yellow Leader shirt. For those involved with the spinning TdF challenge and if you feel you deserve the leader shirt…come and get it from me…

but then you have to wear it, or at least tote it around, and sign it. Markers will be provided.

xoxo,

Yours in crafty and crazy snottiness

Holly B

I wonder if anyone will come and get the shirt?

I have a secret, and it's a good one...

My hands are a rainbow, not of fruit flavor. The Pigs, and even the OGRE did a family fun project. Oh, that's about how long I can keep a secret. We had a tye dye party. You would call it tye dyeing, it's a Tye Dye Party when we do it.

There was dye, and fun, and some photos were taken, but evil camera is dead again. Crystal, you are right, the camera may in fact be evil because of it's zombie status.

If you are itching to see what the Ogre Family did to perfectly harmless white t shirts, check us out at the Home Grange 25th Annual 4th of July Parade.

fabrications, mdot, zombie prom date, yeah, all that

Do you even know what you missed when you decided not to go to Fabrications last night? You missed a brush with fame and glory. The Zombie Prom Date Knitters are such fabulous people, full of faith, hope, charity, and are noted for fidelity. Semper Fidelis! But better than that, we do AWESOME things.

Check this,Other Dawn is a designer for Kalamazoo Knits!

Which is funny, because if you google kalamazoo knits patterns, you get Knit with Snot! Another famous person!!

I matched up Cascade's 220 yarn to NFL Team colors. (thank you to Kelly J for help with some difficult colors. The Dolphins about brought me to tears. Coral? Come on. I live in Michigan, I got confused.

Ah, see that hand on the right? Evil camera gave her a break, but it's Spinsanity in mid spindle hand off with another Other Dawn. AKA Kentucky Irish Dawn. Check the girly spindle.

I was asked to give spinning instruction. I snuck away, I pretended to knit, I ran out the door, knocked over a chair, dragged a knitting project, and caused general chaos, but I did not inflict my spinning technique onto another poor soul.

Poor Kentucky Irish still spins like I do. I told her my secret to good spinning...Captain and Cola. (For those who don't know, the whole Rum and Coke thing started due to me reading the Aubrey/Maturin series about 5 years ago. It's all ships, and cannons, and the hand of glory.

But, if the spinning doesn't take off, it doubles as a weapon.

Em, fibers by Em. Available at Spinsanity's shop. They go quick. So quick you think you imagined it.

Crystal? Photographer with nice camera. She of photo shop skills. She made our new zazzle t shirts. Check them out!
How are these two famous? Kidney Kozies. Darn Kidney Kozies.

Kai is actually too famous for an interview. He said "no photos, please, no flash photos."

Abi is famous as being most prepared Zombie Prom Date Knitter.

At Knit Under the Stars, there was a bit of a hurricane and the festivities had to be moved indoors. When the power went out, Abi here said something along the lines of "It's ok, I've got a flashlight." Then pulled a flashlight out of her bag. Famos, prepared and brave.

After the Fabrications Brush with Fame Meet up I got busy with the Gemagic.
It started like this-"Ogre, where's my safety vest? I have my bedazzler, but I can't find my vest!! I neeeed it."


The Ogre's response was less than kind "Your vest is bright green, I'm sure it will turn up. Either that or you put it some place safe. Check the freezer. Why are you bedazzling during baseball?"

Sure mine is a Gemagic and a Bedazzler rip off, but it's the same tacky idea. Really, safety green yellow? The first time I saw that, I thought "Rhinestone gems. That's what I need. Sass it up a bit, make it Knit with Snot worthy!"

I mean I'd rather accessorize with my Sassy Summer Scarf, but I don't want to get grody stuff on it while doing highway clean up. Highway clean up, you ask? Why, yes. Why else would I be putting rhinestones on an MDOT vest?

ADOPT A HIGHWAY INFORMATION

Ok Friends, Romans, People who need Volunteer Hours, Kids over age 12,

Our first clean up Meet Up is

Saturday July 11th, 2009 at 9am (0900 hours)
exit 85 McDonald’s Galesburg parking lot

YOU MUST WATCH THE SAFETY VIDEOS TO PARTICIPATE.
VID 1, VID 2 (a total of 6 minutes that could save your life)

I know this is early, but July has the potential to be hot. If this is too early for you, please drop your car off at McDonald’s at give me a call at 269 370-8172 I will arrange a pick up for you. (This will also be a potty break for early workers. This is pretty awesome, no?)

From there we will be carpooling to the side of the highway in groups.
PLEASE URINATE BEFORE YOUR GROUP DEPARTS.
Bring a water bottle
Wear work clothes
Expect to get dirty

I will have several pairs of gloves, and big cooler of water in my car, along with bug spray, a first aid kit, and random other stuff that we may need.

Other handy stuff-a grabber nabber-aka a picker upper thing-a piece of wood with a nail in it to pick up creepy stuff.
a hat

If you don’t already have your safety vest, Spinsanity will have one for you the day of pick up.

We will schedule another day during the week, and possibly the following Saturday as needed.

Sorry to be so serious, but we have to be. Your safety is our biggest concern. Again, thank you for volunteering your time.

If you are a college or high school student who is doing this for volunteer hours, please bring your form to be signed. Thank you.

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Home Grange 4th of July Parade

Do you wait all day on the 4th of July for it to get dark so you can do fireworks? Kids driving you crazy because they're "bored?" Well, come on out to the Home Grange's 25th Annual 4th of July Parade!!!

UPDATE: Spinsanity and her famous spindles Wonder Why Alpaca Farm, and Carina will do non Holly style knitting instruction!!! I will be doing tattoos.


It's just a hop, skip and a jump away over in lovely Newton Township (it's by Binder Park Zoo, roughly in the Middle of Nowhere, but really, it's by the zoo) The actual Grange Hall is at 9 1/2 mile and B drive S. It's been pointed out to me that if you are driving South on M66, the sign for B dr South is gone. So, turn left at the stop light on M66 that says Binder Park Golf Course. That's B Drive South.

Here is the Parade info from the Battle Creek Gazette. If you'd like to see the original article, with photos, please follow the link...the following was written by Roland Winter. I have a Guest blogger today! The Ogre's Grandpa!


Join us in Newton Township on Saturday, July 4th, at 8 Mile Road and B Drive S
It just keeps getting better and better! 25 years ago, with just a few Grange Members participating, a tradition for the community in Newton Township came to life. Led by a majorette and followed by the American flag plus a decorated bicycle or two the parade participants arrived at the destination of the annual picnic. Now the annual picnic is not simply an event for Grange members, but a community gathering sponsored by the Home grange.The sight of flags, smiling faces, horses, and an assortment of interesting vehicles are coupled with the sounds of engines chugging, horses neighing, feet hitting the pavement.

Everyone is invited to participate or watch the parade! Bring a lawn chair! There is no entry fee and no cash prizes Line-up is at 10 a.m. on 8 Mile Road at B Drive S. Feel free to Make a Float Ride a Bike Bring Your Pet Ride Your Horse Drive a Tractor Ride a Motorcycle Dress Up Drive a Car Use Lots of RED, WHITE, & BLUE. We will step off at 11 a.m. traveling East to Grange Hall. 2009 Home Grange #129 4th of July Parade Grand Marshal is Jase Bolger, Michigan House Representative from the 63rd District.

Then after the parade, following FREE hot dogs & pop, there will be other activities such as:

• Music

• Horse rides

• Old-fashioned Engines

• Old tyme contests: Water melon seed spitting contest, Three-legged race, Nail Driving Contest, Penny Search in Sawdust, Egg Toss Contest

• Bunnies to pet and face painting

• Plenty of time to visit with friends, neighbors, and community leaders; See our Emergency Response vehicles/equipment.

Home Grange members will also be available to give information about upcoming service projects, chicken BBQ dinners, and membership! For more information: juliecamp@juno.com. So Grab a relative Call the family Invite a neighbor to join you as you join us! Hope to see you there.

Submarines are Awesome, especially in Michigan

Haven't heard from me in a while? We're you worried?

Well you should have been!!

I went from this...

to this...in just mere hours. See my stretched arms? That's my sleeping space. See my legs? Below me was my friends sleeping area. Can you guess where we were?

USS SILVERSIDES!!!

For those who don't know, that's a WWII submarine. I went with Pigs 1 & 2 with their Cub Scout Pack. It was actually a riot. A well control riot, but a riot.

First, how often do you get to sleep on a sub, outside of the military, and especially in Michigan. I'm going with NEVER. Then, how often do you get to here normal, sweet everyday Moms say to their kids, honey, could you and your brother stand next to that gun so I can get a picture. I almost peed my pants.

I will not reveal the identity of said mother, I can tell you it was not me because I was yelling something else to my Pigs.

It's was more like "Hurry up and take the picture! I don't think I'm supposed to be up here

I wasn't. "keep off" was stenciled right on the anti aircraft guns. I love stencils!

After you tour a sub with 60 some kids, load them up with pizza, salmon, steak and soda what do you do by the fire? Well, I knit kidney kozies,

but what do normal people do? Sing Yellow Submarine!!! I have to say I laughed and had the best time with those kids at the fire. Everything was good times. Until...lights out.

Hey guys, where was it hottest to sleep?

Why? "HEAT RISES!!" Both Pigs chose bottom bunks. Good Pigs.

A sub filled with excited Cubs is loud. I went out and enjoyed the evening. There was a mild thunder storm and a beautiful cherry colored quarter moon. It was awesome.

At 3 am, it was considerably less awesome, and the moon was gone, but still, how many times will the Pigs and I get to stay on a sub? Hopefully, at least once more. Pig 3 needs to get in on this fun. Sign us up again!!!