Home, half dead, not a zombie

Home. 

Camp kicked my ass.  I am old.  I got stuck in my bunk.  That was just today.

All in all...it was a riot!!  Already planning on attending with Pigs next year. 

Speaking of next year, all 3 Pigs will be going to Scout Camp.  You're going to need to buy a lot of popcorn.

Sales start in September.  Like a good scout, do your best, and be prepared!!

Clean a Duck?

You know here at Knit with Snot for You there is an emphasis on helping others.  Sometimes it's charity knitting, a fundraiser, or just some random nice deed. (Yeah, I buy grumpy old men breakfast at McDonald's on occasion. No, I'm not talking about Marty or Other Marty.)

Here's your chance to fight against the corporate oil evil, give back, and maybe save a duck.

Volunteers Needed for the Kalamazoo River Oil Spill!  Details from Battle Creek Enquirer:

"An animal rescue effort is being organized for 4 p.m. this afternoon gathering at the Battle Creek Police Department and continuing until dark. Volunteers are asked to wear long pants, ankle high boots, bug spray, sunscreen, a hat, and a highway approved orange vest if you have one. They are asked bring the following items: your own supply of drinking water, a pocket knife, binoculars, a walking stick and a portable GPS if you have access to one."

A big thank you to Jacinda for the info.

Again? I like this?

In a time honored Snotty summer tradition, it's camping time!!

One of my first memories of camping is staying at Cartier's Campground in Lundington, eating under the picnic table, during a thunderstorm.

 It really didn't get better from there.

Pee in tent (not mine, is that better?), severe thunderstorm

I've blocked out the details, but I'm sure I blogged about it.  Because I blog my adventure (misery) for your entertainment (laughter at my expense.)

I have no idea why I don't have a book deal for this amount of crazy.  I mean really, Eat, Pray, Love, and Julie and Julie, they don't fight zombies, camp in mud, or husbandry alpacas.

Here's the camping in mud from last year.

1 million degrees, severe thunderstorm

I'm not going to show the alpaca photos, you'll have to wait for the book for that action.

As for me, I'm planning on sharing my love of camping and outdoor adventure with Pig 2.  I'm sure I'll have plenty of adventures to share with you Monday.  I always do.  Share and have adventures, that's what I do.

Oooh!  I'm trying something new!  I'm going to try zombie baiting!  I'm packing flannel.

Zombie Free Home Hosts Open House!

My lovely home is for sale. 

Features and benefits-lovely ceramic tile in kitchen, 3 large bedrooms, finished basement.

Huge perennial gardens lovingly fertilized with zombie bits.

Plus, it's totally safe from zombies here!  We've eliminated all the evil undead in like a 5 mile radius.

Check out this zombie free oasis  Sunday, August 1st!  3pm-5pm.

Zombie Slaying-Been Busy

With all the rain we've recently had, there has just been an onslaught of zombie attacks.  I've seen so many flannel shirts lately, I was starting to think I'd had a time travel accident and ended up at a Pearl Jam show mid '90's.

Does rain grow zombies?  No, but it does loosen the ground enough for them to get their brain hungry bodies topside.  I do have to say the zombie slaying has been great for my garden.

Unlike some people, (Buffy, I'm talking about you) a zombie slayer has to "pick up the pieces."  There's no magic puff of dusty and bad guy go bye-bye. 

As of late, I've been fertilizing the flowers.  It's the best I can do.

It's cool though, I've got beautiful flowers, and tired out kids.  Maybe this zombie slaying gig isn't too bad after all.

Genius Potty Mouth?

It has come to our attention that our very own Potty Mouthed Pig 3 may be a major contributor to South Park's artistic team.

                                          It's clearly a French Canadian due to the beret.


Or, uh, maybe he's been watching South Park?

What are you going to do?  I say Blame Canada.

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Vendor space is still Available at the 

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August 28 at the Home Grange Hall
9am-4pm

Spaces are only $10, please contact me for more information.

Food, fun, and deals will be available!!  Make sure to join us!!

The End is Near...for Tour de Fleece!

My Tour de Fleece started out with a bang, and is ending with a bit of a fizzle. 









Once I got that new spinning wheel, I was distracted.

 Oh, whatever.  Our house is on the market, and I was sick of pulling fluff out of my leg hair and vacuuming the carpet all the time.

  Even the zombies were starting to mock my fluff covered legs.  Which is fine, they only laughed once, and then they get the shovel.

Plus, who else out there is spinning roving like this? 

Now on to a serious matter...Can anyone tell me what kind of spinning wheel I have here?

I have two wheels, one might call this a collection. But I'm a rather lame collector not knowing anything more about the wheel except it was Grandma's.

Name for this little sweetie?  Sweet Petunia.

Thanks for stopping by!  This was a part of Fiber Arts Friday!  For more Fibery Goodness, visit our host the WonderWhyGal!

CORKS...for Conservation!!

NLast Friday was Binder Park Zoo's Corks for Conservation.


My dates were Loongirl, KWAK, the WonderWhyGal.  Why so many dates?  It was a FUN-Raiser.  I needed to bring my fun and funds to the Zoo!!


We sampled awesome wines from local wineries, had all we could eat brushetta and sandwiches from Panera, and we even managed to find one beer sampling booth.

Sure, it's all fun and free wine until someone accidentally pours and drinks a glass of water from the spit tank.

She ate the brushetta, I drank the spit

Now tell me, why would you use a water pitcher for that? It's just misleading.

There was also a silent auction.  Many, many wonderful prizes were donated.  But I had my eyes on two things-a Binder Park Zoomobile visit, and Tickets to Disney World.

We did have some competition, from this guy.

I swear, he is like personally conserving the zoo. Plus a lovely overnight stay at Kalamazoo Nature Center...which he totally robbed.  To outbid, you must do so in increments of $5.

Whatever, it was cool, we stole bread to make up for it.  Wait, the bread was free, but it felt like stealing when I took the whole loaf.

Inside someone's purse...another loaf

 

After a long night of sampling, with DeAngelis Cantina del Vino being my favorite, also the closest to the silent auction tent,we settled in to cheer for the winners or purchasers of the silent auction items.

I thought I was out bid, but then I heard my name!!  "Snotty!" and then "Come pay us money!!"

I didn't care what it was for, I was just so happy to be nominated.  Actually, I totally DID care.  I got the top bid for the Zoo Mobile visit for up to 150 kids!!!

 
When I was a kid, I loved the zoo mobile visits.  Now I can share that experience of "what the hell kind of animal is that, I hope it doesn't poo!" with other people. 

Then I won some, uh, tickets.  Tickets to the Happiest Place on Earth.

See why I'm looking for a job-to pay for my schooling to pay for my charity habit.

Me, a bad Influence? Let's Find Out!

Do I influence you to do good?

National Kidney Foundation Charity Walk Team

Scared to litter now aren't you?

 
Ok more often bad.

Really it will be fun, you won't get dirty

"I get that you're a Mormon on a Mission but a tattoo would look cool"

But surely I've moved you off your couch.

Now it's your chance to let Fast Company Magazine know how much I've influenced people!

Check it out at
http://fcinf.com/v/cheg/welcome

It's a New Edition. But no Bobby Brown

Here is the newest edition to Casa de Ogre.

Yes, I know what you're thinking.  "Isn't Ms. Snot saving money to go to some yoga school and here she is buying ANOTHER spinning wheel?"  It's Massage School actually.

You should know me better than that.  I didn't pay for this.  Oh, wait, no, I didn't steal it either.

I traded for it.  A blueberry pie is the going rate for a spinning wheel.  Ok, a homemade blueberry pie is the going rate.

Actually, it was Eric's Grandma's spinning wheel, and Grandpa very kindly let me clean it up and take it home.  It's a beautiful little wheel, and it means a lot to me that it was Grandma's.

Oh, that blueberry pie.  Made by the Ogre.  He's an Ogre, it's like a 1 in a million getting a pie from one.

PLUS, I got a Grange loan to get me started at KCHA!

Also, I went to Binder Park Zoo's Corks for Conservation this weekend with some amazing friends.  WonderWhyGal, KWAK, and Loongirl.  I'll tell about our adventures later.  Because now, I apparently have to go exercise.  It's been brought to my attention that, well, my pants no longer fit.

Still with the Spinning. It's all about the Benjamins

All I do is mess with fiber.  Really, I'm either hanging at the farm, helping with chores,

                                                It takes a healthy herd to get loverly fluff!!

or spinning,









or knitting,

But I always feel so unprepared for Fiber Arts Friday!!

So today, after much trials, tribulations, and attempted zombie invasions, I will document my Tour de Fleece 2010 events...

Pretty, no? YES! It's pretty. I worked really  hard to get all that fluff into yarn.

Arggghghghgh!! You know when Lil' Kim is all "only female in my crew..." Yeah, I feel like this "Only crap spinner in my crew. I spin shit, like a knitta do."

Yeah, you name your spinning wheel Joleisa and see how gangsta you feel.

Here's Spinsanity's experiment: Can I get more yarn plied on a spindle or a spinning wheel?  Check here to see which it is.

WonderWhyGal...she's been spinning for a year.  Now she's making art yarn.  Like designer art yarn, all fancy.

FatCatCrochet-She should change her name to FatCatSpinner.  She just took off.

So, for those of you struggling with spinning-If you enjoy it, keep at it.  It does get better.  Especially if you surround yourself with awesome spinners!!

This was another sad story to be included with Fiber Arts Friday.  Really, join me on another day of the week.  It's just so stressful to be fibery on a specific day.  Your host of FAF will show you the way to other Fibery Blogs

See this, not THAT!

Summer Movies:

Iron Man 2-aka Less Iron, More Man  aka Scarlett Johansson's ass' finest work-Worth it for cheap flick price

A-Team-This may be the perfect summer movie.  Lot's of blowing shit up, violence and swearing.  LOVED IT.  Bradley Cooper sure has beefed up since Alias.  Go, see it.  You will be sad if you don't see this one on the BIG SCREEN.  The only thing missing from this fine piece of Action film is Scarlett Johansson's ass.

Toy Story 3-I didn't want to go see this because I figured I'd see it 1 million times on DVD at home. The Pigs took me to it because they decided that I NEEDED to see it.  I'm sure glad they talked me into it.  Great heart, friendship, and growing up.  Go, laugh, cry and remember being a kid.

The Last Airbender-  Wow-M. Night Shyamalan did us Avatar fans no favors making this beloved cartoon into a movie.  He managed to take all the joy, fun and life out of the cartoon, and turn it into crap.  You know, you can't polish a turd, please M. Night, don't make a sequel.  Do yourself a favor and catch it on tv-as the Cartoon.

Despicable Me-Another cartoon I didn't want to see.  But it was a blast.  Grown up friendly voices, lot's of visual jokes and potty humor, plus redemption.  Yes, all that in a kid's movie.  I was a little suspicious of Jason Segel being the voice of Vector.  I was a tad worried he'd follow "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" suit and drop trou.

There you go.  Now get out of your hot house and go relax in the super deluxe air conditioning that is provided by your local theatre.

More darn spinning. When can I knit with Snot??

WonderWhyGal is all up in my bidness about this Tour de Fleece spinning.  She's wearing the red polka dot shirt and like half way up a French Countryside mountain.  (That means she's King of the Mountain.) (Serious, I looked it up.)

We even had a bicycle race of our own to show our Tour de France pride.  No, really.

           We are both fighting for lead in our Team of Wonder Tour de FLEECE yellow shirts.

I believe I won because I was not encumbered by training wheels.

But I have been busy.  I mean, I spin everyday, but I have been known to take a break.

Yes, this is what we call "scrapbooking."  It looks like dancing.  Somehow, it's always dancing that gets me in trouble.

Again, I said it was dancing that gets me into trouble.

Later, instead of spinning, I rounded up some sort of time traveling, dragon slaying warrior.

I quickly put him to work.  Yes, it takes a tri corner hat to make authentic homemade ice cream.

After all that, I was able to get some spinning done.  Not enough to be a Team of Wonder Prize winner, but more than enough spinning for me.

Keep up the spinning friends!!  I'll see you at the finish line.