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For some unknown reason my sisterchick, Becky decided to teach herself to knit. She looked up a tutorial on youtube and has now knitted several scarves, a couple of hats and is working on a blanket. Well, the rest of the chickies were so jealous when we learned of this new skill, we decided to have a Knitting Party so Beckers could teach us how to knit, too!

(Why did we want to learn to knit, you ask? Well, I’m not sure. It’s kinda trendy right now, for one thing. And we’ve never been the kind to buck the trends. We also thought we might be knitting super-heroes and begin our million-dollar sahm-business with knitting needles and yarn.)

It took a couple of tries (like about an hour) to get us all with one little row on our needles. It’s too confusing to even relate to you. But when we finally cast on (is that the right terminology?) we were so excited I took a picture of our accomplishment! (I know, we look like ribbon twirlers and not knitters.)

I couldn't get mine in there but it was just as lovely!

After several (let me repeat: SEVERAL) failed attempts, we actually all got the hang of it. I had to change yarn and cry a little, but by the end of the night, look what I had!

pay NO ATTENTION to the giant loop hanging off to the right.

And if you want to be even more impressed (I know, it’s hard to believe that’s even possible!) here is where I’m at today…

Pay NO ATTENTION to all those random stitches and strings hanging off!
Woo-hoo!!!

I feel very crafty. I think I actually kinda like knitting, though. It’s not so hard that it’s stressful, but it’s just active enough that you can’t really think about anything else. So, it’s relaxing in that way. Plus, every time I get to the end of the row I feel SO accomplished!

Now, if I will actually be able to turn this thing into a scarf will remain to be seen. Furthermore, if I can actually begin something else and make it look like, well, anything…I’ll be very impressed with myself! Hubby seems to think that I’m so slow at knitting that even if I paid myself minimum wage, one of my scarves would be worth $50. He thinks I should just buy a scarf instead. He doesn’t appreciate fine craftiness, obviously.

Not only was this a knitting party, we also had the Wii waiting for us! We all made a little Mii.

cute, huh?

I’m not sure who this is, though. (Staci, maybe?) Anyway, the knitting got so overwhelming everyone ended up leaving before the Wii party got underway. But Staci & Becky stuck around, we let Les out of the back room and we played every Wii game known to man (or to Becky’s kids anyway). We did Mario Kart, Darts, Skiball, Bowling and Super Mario. It was quite fun.

Here’s Staci concentrating very hard on darts. How fun was that game?!

And Les & Staci playing Mario Kart.

look how cute my hubby is!

Hopefully soon we’ll get together to finish our scarves! And then celebrate with some more Wii. (Oh and with these too. OMG. Delish.)

[alternate title: Wii Wii Wii All the Way Home]

[alternate alternate title: Wii Sisterchicks Knit]

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I remember seeing Super Mario Brothers for the first time. Staci and Mandi had it at home on their big tv downstairs. It was one of those tvs that sat right on the ground like a piece of furniture. I remember they were already in world 8-3 when I was watching it. I just couldn’t believe they were controlling a little man on their screen! It didn’t even remotely connect that it was like an arcade game at the bowling alley. I just thought that first Nintendo was the best thing I’d ever seen.

My brother, Jason and I finally got it for Christmas that year. I was in 6th grade. My mom had just had a hysterectomy just before Christmas so we were stuck at home for 6 weeks. And Jason and I lived in Mario-world. After Mario it was Tetris, Adventure Island and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and any other game we could rent at the video store by our house. We stayed up later than any human should for that Nintendo.

oh, he's so cute!

Well, we never got another game system after that. Jason did get the first gameboy which was about as big as my toaster. Les has an xbox which I think I’ve played about 3 times. I’m a girl, so after that original NES, I didn’t have a gaming gene like most boys have. I could never get into those fighting games and fourteen buttons on one controller and all that.

But I thought the Wii looked cool when it came out. I’m kinda partial to bowling. Plus, it looked like a fun party game. Les looks for them all the time, but they are never available. (What is up with that?!) But this weekend there was ONE at Wal-Mart. We had 2 gift cards that had been sitting in my wallet and decided to spend them on a brand new Wii!!

That night we played bowling, boxing, baseball and golf! It is so fun! I can’t wait to have a party and see everyone bowl their little arms off!

But I have to admit the very best part was was downloading (because yeah, the wii is connected to our wireless internet!) Super Mario Brothers from the original NES. I was kinda giddy hearing that first sound of “dut-dut-dud-duh-da-dun-du-dut!” in world 1-1. (I ended up making it to 8-2. Les made it ito 8-4. Hmph.) I had an absolute blast playing it. It was crazy how many memories were connected to playing that game! What can I say? I’m old skool!

Were you ever into video games?

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