Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah.... get the baseball bat.

Well, it's official. Tim Tebow has won the Heissman (sp?) and UF has made some interesting news this year...

On some rather unfortunate news, the new bike has begun to piss and moan lately. The cranky noise seems to be emitting from the bottom bracket meets the crank area and could be due to a need for oiling or perchance a need for tightening... hopefully once I purchase the correct socket wrench for the job I can tighten the joint to it's full potential and that will be all. Does anybody with bicycle experience have any suggestions? The sound occurs mostly when pedaling on the down stroke with the left crank.

More interestingly, Austin and I have decided to nip this Rico-throwing-littersand-all-over-the-floor problem in the but with some good old fashioned crafting. It's time to pull out the surplus poplar from this years architectural projects and put it to good use making one of these:
But I was thinking about decorating the exterior with some tin-can tile mosaic and shingling. I saw an article in Craft Magazine (pretty amazing periodical, if you haven't checked it out yet, DO! http://craftzine.com/) about creating "tin can tiles" by cutting off the bottom and tops of cans and then flattening them against a surface and nailing them down. In the article they were used as roofing for a little projector box attached to the back of a bicycle for mobile cinema. It is my strong belief that mobile cinema should be available on most, if not all, street corners.

If anybody actually reads this, let me know if you have any suggestions, if you've build a litter home before or if you've seen anything interesting. I want Rico to feel at peace and secluded in his litter cabana but not too isolated. He gets freaked out when he cant find people.

On the knitting news-front, I've reached a point in my life, as a young woman about herself in the world, when I am realizing the necessity for fiscal acquisitions. I need money. And in return for this cold hard material, I am willing to offer my services as a knitter and craftswoman extrordinaire. I will knit projects within reasonable size in a reasonably short period of time to the scale of say, a hat and mitten set, scarves, mp3 cozies, other sorts of cozies, purses, cowls, booties etc... If you have a project in mind, just email me at britvonh@ufl.edu and I will be able to give a predicted cost and production time for the item. Tis the season, is it not?, to buy quality, hand-knit, woolen gifts for those you love... they really do make perfect gifts. Personalization is available, from names to not-too-complex graphics, and we all know you're tweenie daughter will just love that faux-name-brand tea cozy with the name of her favorite top-forty pop-rock band she loves so much embroidered in gold you've been meaning to get her. But for serious guys, I need cash... and to make that happen, I will knit you any scarf your heart desires... I am willing to sell my speedy fingers in return for material comforts, take advantage.

Well, I guess that's all for now. Must get back to the "real" job... however uninteresting and suicide-inducing it may be.

Ta-ta fair friends!