Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, Gentle Readers!  

Would you believe, I almost forgot to watch the Tournament of Roses Parade?  Seriously, I was right in the middle of an episode of Gilmore Girls, when I said, "Wait!  The parade!"  Fortunately, I still had a few minutes before it started, so I switched to Great American Family channel, which is where I usually watch it because they don't show commercials during the parade.  

As soon as that was over, I switched to ESPN and watched Texas vs Arizona State, which was a much closer game than I expected it to be.  I'm telling ya, if Texas wants to make it past --well, as of this writing, it looks like it's going to be Ohio State, but the point is, Texas is going to have to play a whole lot better than they have been lately if they want to advance past the next round. 

While all of that was going on, I took down and put away the Christmas decorations.  The house is sad again.  I still haven't put all the books and stuff back onto the shelves, though.  That'll come over the next few days. I want to figure where to put these three candles, which means I'm going to have to change stuff up.  

I'm thinking they might look really nice beside the painting my older brother did back when he was on his Bob Ross kick.   Hang on a second...

Something like this: 

I don't know.  I'll figure something out. 

In other news, as expected, I finished the Coal Harbour hat. 

Want to hear something funny?  I have one of those metal tapestry needles.  I know I have one, because it's what I'd been using to sew the buttons onto all of those Calorimetry headbands I knit last year.  When I started doing these sock yarn hats, I looked all over for it, figuring it would be easier to weave in ends than the fat plastic needle I usually use for my worsted weight hats. 

I couldn't find it anywhere.  I looked and looked, and was pulling my hair out in frustration.  What on earth had I done with it.  Right before the first freeze, I went out to my herb gardens and cut the last of the cayenne peppers to ....string them up and dry them.  That's when I found the needle.  

I'd left it on the thread I was using to dry the peppers.  

And finally, New Year's day is when a lot of people make resolutions to be a better person or whatnot.  This thing says, "Nope.  I'm going to be as evil as ever."  

The brat...