Well, Chappy was in rare form this weekend. Last night, while I is the shower, he stole my last skein of Dale of Norway yarn from my chair and turned it into this:

He chewed off the wrapper and luckily didn’t damage the actual skein too much. He’s not a destructive dog, but thievery is one of his favorite games–he steals a slipper or a towel (generally something soft) and then waits until someone comes to get it. His patience while waiting is impressive, and he’s pretty good about giving up his prizes, though he may run around the dining room table a few times before he’s willing to concede. Anyway, I rerolled it into this:

Which, this evening, I turned into I-cord ties for my green hood which is now completely done. I’m counting this as part of the February Fix because it could have sat in the closet without ties almost indefinitely. I had it on my bedroom chair because of the February Fix, and then Chappy provided some, ahem, additional incentive to do something with that last skein of yarn instead of just letting it sit there! That’s two problems/projects, though, that I’ve addressed because of this group. Incentive is good!

I did get my hair cut yesterday, and I think it’s a good one–I always have a hard time telling for the first day or two. The first day, well, it’s never, ever styled by the stylist the way I would do it. And, of course, the extra handling during the cut breaks up the curl clusters, and it generally looks pretty bad that first day. (I had it pulled back in a barrette all day.) Then I gave it a protein treatment last night–something I haven’t done in a while–using the Ouidad Deep Treatment and the microfiber heated turban I got for Christmas. And so it wasn’t looking its best today, either–the protein is good for the hair and good for the curl, but it’s a little drying, and I think that basically my hair was feeling a little sorry for itself. That will hopefully change by tomorrow.Still, Before and After shots, for what they’re worth (with the caveat that flash photography tends to make me look like a ghost):

Again, it’s hard to say for sure, but it seems like a good cut. It doesn’t look like she took off a lot of length, but some of that is because of the curl . . . and I do still want to grow it out some more.

Also, did anyone see what the Animal Planet was airing during the Super Bowl? It started at 3:00 this afternoon (EST) and went until 9:00.

Puppy Bowl! This was hilariously cute. A “stadium” filled with romping, playing, fuzzy puppies. And that was it, for six hours. Nonstop cuteness. I especially liked the “Bowl Cam” they had hidden at the bottom of a water bowl, that the puppies kept pawing at. Just silly, wholesome fun, and remarkably watchable . . . at least, for dog lovers. For those of us not interested in football, it was actually not bad at all!

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