It's Good to be Queen

Well, I'm guessing it's good. So far I haven't realized my life-long goal of ruling over a vast and powerful kingdom but I'm sure it's only a matter of time.

In the meantime, it's been good to be me. Matching necklace (above) and (below) from left to right, stitchmarkers, said matching earrings, delicious looking picture of a cinnamon roll - that's why I've been craving cinnamon rolls! (as if I'm not always craving cinnamon rolls.....) from Opal The Akamai Knitter at her shop Opalescent Jewels.

A bag from JessaLu , perfect!  (I've been stuffing my mom's stole into it and then stuffing it in my purse - finally it stops catching in the zipper - I have to say one fabulous thing about Misti Alpaca, that yarn is resilient.)

The latest yarn from the Mean Girl's Yarn Club.........oh wait, I can't show you yet.

Knitting update: more done on my mother's stole. More yarn purchased just in case.

The Undulating Waves Beaded Scarf is now a little more than half done. It turns out I cannot count repeats accurately. I have approximately 5 feet of beads still to knit. I wish I'd measured the beads when I first started it.

More done on Fickleknitter's Market Bag. A lot more would've been done if I could count repeats accurately. (Hmm, I'm sensing a theme).

Zippo was done on Curve of Pursuit, the SIL's gorgeous cable scarf that I will probably be unable to part with, Dizzy Blonde Basic Noir Black shawl or my Dad's cardigan.

My cousin flew into California on business this last week so after he was done with work, one night my Dad took us all out to dinner and since he admitted he'd never really been to SF, the next one we took the Oakland ferry over to the Ferry Building, ate at Mijita (scrumptious) and then wandered up and down the wharf. The seals/sea lions/sea creatures are still there but man, there are a lot of them! They've been given their own little enclave now too. We watched a hilarious performer at Pier 39 - okay he was probably more hokey than out and out hilarious but I like hokey.

We probably should've taken the cable car at Hyde up to Powell but the line was practically back to the sidewalk and I had visions of missing the last ferry boat and wandering Oakland, unable to find Jack London Square in the dark. (Which is unlikely but par for the course for things I worry about).

READING UPDATE: So far in August, I'm still reading Ring of Fire (I'm on the last short story by Eric Flint, The Wallenstein Gambit) but I've been seized with the idea that I MUST research the 30 years war so that I'll actually get the alt history bit so I'm also reading The Thirty Years War  by Geoffrey Parker and dragging around Moral Relativism by Steven Lukes because at least that fits in my purse. I am on roughly page 8 on both of those.

 

Hez sez: "I am undercover, you maroon. I know it's the last day of your [*coughing fit*]XX-ies but you'd think you could at least keep my hideout on the down low."

Comments

[Stacey]

Poor Hez! Having to hide from you like that. You know, you made me buy the damn green set. EVIL! EVIL!!!

[Amy]

Good grief. I better get off the computer. I wondered why you'd even want to go near Jack London Square until I realized you didn't mean Jack the Ripper Square.

[jodi]

Such pretty jewelry! Sounds like you've been having fun. :)

[kmkat]

Cat? What cat? I see no cat.

[Cookie]

Tell her to keep hiding and you can make your own mojitos!

Love the goodies!

I hope you're out there making today/tonight count!

xo

[Michelle]

Are you on an etsy binge? Can I have some?

[Elspeth]

Love the necklace and matching stitch markers! What a great idea - I love to have my needles and yarn match, why not my accessories? !

[Cheryl S.]

Maroon?
LOL.

DH and I have just been trying to figure out how to spell asymmetry. Spell-check is a good thing. Especially after 2 bottles of wine.

The jewelry is great. The crown jewels first, then the castle, then the kingdom. One step at a time.

[Jocelyn]

I can't believe you blew Hez' cover like that! I love that necklace, and all of the goodies, and now I want to eat at that restaurant in the city, too. Alas that it is 500 miles away...

[Angie]

Beautiful jewelry...opal has the mad skillz.

It is good to be queen. :D Have a marvelous birthday, your majesty.

Mmmm. Now I know where you went but didn't find the good candy. :D I remember seeing that restaurant--I hope it was a yummy dinner.

Hez must be her majesty's spy.

[Becky]

Fun times in the city. Royally fun, huh? Hez does not seem to like the revelry or the royal party. Sounds like fun to me.

[opal]

look at hez all camouflaged. isn't she the sneaky one?

thanks for the blog feature! i'm so glad you like the bling. :)

and HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :D

[Gale]

Today, I think I want to hang with Hez.

[joan]

Happy Birthday!

Will you run out of yarn before you run out of beads?

xo

[Bridget]

Lovely post! Except for the part where you outed Hez - I hope she doesn't have to kill you now ...

[melanie]

Happy birthday!

[deb]

Don't you love Jess's bags? Um - Hez - I see you!

[knitnana]

Ohhh!!! You bought some of Opal's gorgeous jewelry!!!
Sooooooooooo pretty!
(((hugs)))

[Lorraine]

Carrie- I hope you get out there and wear that jewellery- that befits a Birthday Queen!

[Guinifer]

I just love the sound of a Mean Girls Yarn club - I must've missed the beginning of that one.

[Literary Feline]

That's a beautiful necklace and earring set, Carrie. And I can definitely see the appeal for a cinnamon roll getting a glimpse of that photo. :-) It sounds like you had a fun time in San Francisco with your visiting cousin.

I love to be bitten by the research bug when I am reading a book. I admit I cheat and often end up doing most of my research online--at least I often find titles of other books to read too, so it's not all the kind of research that would make my former professors cringe. :-)

[Sonya]

Happy birthday, Carrie! Gorgeous necklace and earrings. I hope you're having a fabu day.

I haven't cracked my 30 years book, but I'm getting through the Salem witch trials book that I checked out after I read The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane.

I can't wait to see your beading project. I might bop over to the bead store this weekend. How do you know what size to get?

[bybee]

Happy birthday...that necklace and earrings are beautiful. Cinnamon rolls..oh yes...

[Miss T]

Mean Girls Yarn. I like that. Why didn't I sign up?

[Chris]

Birthday?! Did I miss your birthday?! D'oh.

[Bookfool, aka Nancy]

Oh, oh, oh, I missed your birthday? I so sorry! Me feel bad. Think I'll scrounge around to see what I can dump on you, now. Seriously, I'm known for being such a little angel.

[Brigitte]

Well Lady, Hez called you a maroon! Whatcha gonna do about that?!

So, happy belated birthday! I was thinking of you, did you get my telepathic greetings?

*drool* cinnamon rolls...oh, I'm hungry now.

[JessaLu]

Yay! So glad you love it! :o))

A person in my knit group had to stuff a larger project into her bag and she put the folded pattern on top so when she zipped it, the paper was there, not the yahn. Maybe that would help?

Everything else looks awesome! I'm glad you had a great birthday! :o))

[Julia]

Wow, how did you manage to sneak two blog posts by me? Oh, 182 blog posts I haven't read yet on my blog reader - yeah, that would account for it. Love the name of that yarn - can't wait to see what a heartless tart looks like :-)

[CarolyninAlaska]

I had to look twice to find Hez... blends right in! Sounds like you had fun in SF.
Gorgeous jewelry... could be a "match" for Mary Tudor, but I guess it would look "too busy" unless you left her unbuttoned.

[Rachel]

You got some nice swag for your birthday! Funny shot of Hez...even more funny your commentary on that one. She blends in well!

[silver bracelet]

Hi,
It is a great work by you.
I love it.
Nice jewelery products idea.
keep up the good work.