I just HATE beta software

So okay, since they will be forcing us to move from regular Blogger to the "new and improved" version in a few months anyway, I thought I'd just go ahead and do it now -- stupid, Stupid, STUPID. Now for some reason I can't use Firefox 2.0 and if I had WANTED to use frakkin' Internet Exploder all of the time, I would have done so already! Argh.

(breathing deeply...)

On the bright side, my sweetie and I spent the afternoon watching the Jets sliding around the muddy turf of the Patriots' stadium. (Those boys could be the poster boys for a Tide commercial.) The Jets won, but only after much yelling at the TV from both of us. I'd forgotten how stressful watching sports can be, since I find baseball boring (and therefore don't watch) and watching the Knicks is an exercise in masochism. Sigh.

Anyway, all of that football watching has at least yielded some progress on the chenille afghan which is going to be an extemporaneous variation on the Mason Dixon Moderne pattern, I suspect. The worming will probably drive me NUTS by the time I finish the thing (my friend gets to say "I told you so") but at least the #11 Knitpicks Options needles are making my life easier.

Football angst update: I just watched one of those "I can't make this stuff up" moments where the Bears took the Giants' field goal attempt and ran with it ALL THE WAY FOR A TOUCHDOWN! So instead of narrowing the score by 3, the Giants are now behind by 10! For all I know, they're even further back now, but I chickened out and switched the channel. (Both teams also look remarkably CLEAN, after spending hours watching the Jets-Patriots mudfest.)

On to more cheerful news: I must give a shout out to all of my publishing friends for plumping up my knitting book collection, especially my friend LQ, who just helped me out with 3 new books, and during a very stressful time for her at work too. They are Melissa Leapman's [Cables Untangled], Barbara Albright's [Odd Ball Knitting], and Suss Cousins' [Home Knits]. More detailed info (courtesy of Amazon) is available in my Knitting Library.

I've also managed to add about 4 inches to the 2nd Blue Cactus.

And now, I suppose I should go to bed, as this is a school night, so tomorrow, I go off to earn money for my yarn habit.