donutsweeper

Multilingual versions of Disney animated songs. WOW.


(This is my favorite because the Hebrew choir part is actually something I've heard and sung before)

And this one? WOW, so utterly amazing.

(There are apparently a ton of similarly done clips on youtube. I had NO IDEA)

As I mentioned earlier, I won yuletide_squee's contest for posting the most comments on Yuletide fics before the reveal (nearly 100).

I asked Sirothello (go check out her stuff, it's amazing) if she could draw a picture of Sherlock and his daemon Dagany (from my HDM/Sherlock crossovers Preparing For Change, Haunting Laughter and The Kitchen Equation) and LOOK!!!





HOW AWESOME IS THIS?!?!?!?!

I think I must write more in this verse to celebrate. Any requests/thoughts/suggestions?

eta- oh, and does anyone have the photoshop skills to turn it into an icon?

I used to do a lot of crafts but had kind of let it fall to the wayside of late, however some posts by jadesfire2808 got me to pull out my yarn and crochet hooks and after many (many, many many) false starts I made two scarves, one for my sister and one for her sort-of step daughter for this past Hanukkah.

This is the pattern I used. It's very easy to do, although if you're using a chunky, poofy yarn I'd suggest doing a practice run with some scrap yarn first.

( pictures )

Sis actually emailed me to say she loves it and sort-of step niece wore hers the whole time she was there so I'll consider this crochet project one for the win column. Now to decide what to make next....

pattern:
Start with a starting chain of a multiple of 4 stitches plus 3. (For example, 8 + 3 = starting chain of 11; 12 + 3 = starting chain of 15; etc)

Row 1: Chain 5 (counts as first dc and ch 2), sc in 6th chain from hook, ch 2, skip 1 ch, *dc in next ch, ch 2, skip 1 ch, sc in next ch, ch 2, skip 1 ch, repeat from *, end row with dc.

Row 2: Ch 1, turn, *sc in dc of previous row, ch 2, dc in sc of previous row, ch 2, repeat from *, end row with sc in third ch of the ch 5.

Row 3: Ch 5, turn, *sc in dc of previous row, ch 2, dc in sc of previous row, ch 2, repeat from *, end row with dc.

Repeat rows 2 and 3 until scarf is desired length. Weave in ends.

Here I am being a bad pet mommy again and taking forever to post their pictures and tell their stories. A lot has happened since I last posted about the animal contingent in this house last March (here). We, sort of accidentally and completely unexpectedly, have adopted another cat.

The how, why and wherefores goes like this:

When daughter isn't home I wind up walking the dog, which (when it's not ridiculously cold, hot or raining, I don't mind since exercise is good and messes in the house are bad). So while kid was at sleep away camp I was walking Molly, 2x a day when I could get my lazy butt in gear to do so.

In the beginning of July I was walking back up the house and spotted something under the stairs that lead up to the deck over the garage- a not-quite kitten (young cat- maybe teenaged or younger)- light colored and in good condition, although very skinny. Molly doesn't notice him (or doesn't care) and since Molly is a bit of a shy, scared doggie, I bring her inside and then go out again with a small bowl of water and put it near the cat, who looks like he was about to make a break for it.

End of story, or so I thought.

( Photos and the rest of the story under the cut to save your flist )

Because no Wednesday can be bad if it starts with a basket of puppies, can it?