Well, I’ve cast on for my Autumn Rose.

I know, I know, it doesn’t look like much, but that little bit took me about 75 minutes last night. Casting on upwards of 250 stitches took 40 minutes. (I know, I was surprised, too.) And then knitting the first row in two-color ribbing . . . well, that wasn’t fun. Knitting the first row after cast-on is one of my least favorite parts of knitting. No matter how carefully, how loosely I cast-on, even with bigger needles, it’s usually uncomfortably tight, the stitches don’t “feel” right. Throw in ribbing in two colors, where you’re switching colors AND bringing yarn forward to purl, without getting the colors tangled . . . well . . . Frankly, I was surprised that first row only took half an hour.

Then, this came today. In record time, too, since I only ordered it yesterday. Season One of Friday Night Lights. It only just came out yesterday and I was reading a review of the DVD in the paper when I decided that it wouldn’t hurt to check it out on Amazon. Imagine my surprise when I found out it was on sale for $20. I mean, that’s under a dollar an episode for one of the very best shows on television.

And, the best part?

The fine print.

Yep. The picture there on the right.

NBC is so convinced that you’ll like the show, they’re offering an actual guarantee.

Now, if only they’ll transfer that confidence to its second season this fall. And, really folks, if you’re not watching, you MUST give this show a try. There wasn’t a single episode last season that I disliked and there were many that I absolutely loved. The fact that Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton were snubbed by the Emmys just fills me with a profound sense of disgust, because their performances . . . along with everybody else’s . . . were fabulous. Honestly, even the characters I didn’t think I liked at the beginning grew on me with their humanity and three-dimensionalness. (And yes, I know that’s not a real word.) And yet the ones I liked never truly disappointed me. This is Grade A television, folks. You must  check it out .

Caroline was nice enough to offer to pick up that Proclaimers CD for me next week. Let’s hear it for Caroline!
And, thanks also, to Kim for declaring me Rockin’. I’ve seen this so many places, I’m honestly not sure who hasn’t been, so . . . I’m just going to nominate all of you folks who read, okay?

The timing was good, though. My little blog had a nice little milestone last night. It’s been creeping up on an average of 200 views per day for a couple weeks now and finally just passed it. That’s pretty nifty, huh? And, over 191,000 views since I started the blog in January 2005. It might not compare to some of the “A-list” knit-bloggers, but hey, I’m pretty proud of it.

Of course, Chappy definitely deserves some of the credit. What with being so cute and all. I’m sure most of you come by really just to see him, right?

Really, who could blame you?

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