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December 21, 2005

Martini Saturday Leads to Hangover Sunday

and delays blogging by 3 days...

Yowza. So, Heather came down this past weekend to celebrate 3/4 Sibling Ecksmas since she'll be down in Florida for the real thing this year. She and Mary and I exchanged gifties on Friday night. (Mary and I are doing our presents to each other on Sunday)

Lookit lookit what my super smart and great sister got me!

A.) She knows that I knit soooo much and that my hands get sore and dry from the chilly weather, so she got me a little set from the Body Shop with a hand massager (this thing is AWESOME, friends!) and super creamy hand cream. Oooooh.

B.) And why, it's the book I've been asking for! Whoopee! I can't wait to dig into this and get some good dyeing instruction. :)

C.) Then, during our trip to Knottygirl on Saturday she purchased her third prezzie to me - sock yarn! To go with my new sock book! Heather sure knows the way to her knitty sister's cold, black heart. You rock, little Hortence! Thanks thanks!

And what did Heather receive? Yes! I can finally unveil two mystery projects!

For her birthday - oh yes - her birthday falls on Ecksmas. Talk about having to share your birthday with a total attention hog... Poor Heather always feels forgotten! Anyhoo! She received a Hello Kitty Pez Dispenser (forgot to take a picture!), a bag of the much coveted Funky Nachos Mary and I found at Big Lots:

MC Potato challenges you to rap and snack at the same time.... RESPECT YOUR ELDERS!

And a big honkin' hank of yummy merino yarn I spun up for her:

Raz-matazz
Fiber: 100% merino in turqouise and raspberry pink.
Spun into: Single ply - super thin to super bulky in red and blue raspberry... About 280 yards.
Comments: Slightly felted (on purpose!) when I set the twist...

She likey! She's planning on making a little stole with it.... I can't wait to see it!

On to the Ecksmas gift! Let me preface with a little known fact. Heather has an enormous noggin. We siblings suspect the reason she has so much hair is to distract people from how big her head is. I mean... You'd look pretty silly with a head that big and no hair... (She's clearly made the correct choice, as she looks fantastic.) ANYWAY... She complains every year around this time that she can't find any hats to fit her mega melon. I decided to throw caution to the wind and dedicated myself to making her a hat even if it meant using every last bit of my stash to do so! (Am I laying it on a little thick? Yes. Is her head really some circus sideshow attraction? No. Do I derive endless hours of enjoyment from poking fun at my sister? You decide.)

So! Remember Tofutti Break? Well, she joined forces with some Blue Sky Cotton in Grape to become this:

It fits! I've never seen Heather so happy to receive one of my gifts! She seemed to especially appreciate the earflaps and tassles :) It looks great on her, if I do say so myself. She did a little happy dance and wore the hat all weekend - Spectacular!!!!

That night we went out for karaoke and beers with Mary, Scott, and Karen - lots of fun. M & H sang A Total Eclipse of The Heart - and Mary blew everyone away with her rendition of Stand By Your Man. And we had a major FUG sighting. If this girl was anybody, the girls would have had a good time ripping into her... Ooh. Okay, picture it if you will - pink sweatpants from VS with PINK appliqued on the butt, green camo fitted zip up hoodie, HUGE white fur Ugg boots. And her hair was teased and curled and pinned and what have you. And makeup was applied liberally. It caused me to twitch and quickly turn to Mary to say:

"What's the point in doing so much to your hair and face if you're going to forget to get dressed?"

Seriously. The girl was in her jammies. And not even the jammies that you let company see you in. The "I feel like crud, haven't brushed my teeth in two days on accounta this terrible flu" jammies. No good. She proceeded to strut herself up to the microphone and grind while singing "Fever". I had to leave the room.

On to today's headline. It's true. We had ourselves a little martini get together on Saturday, Heather, Mary, Michelle, Scott and I hung out at my place and we (minus Scott - who refrained from drinking and was content to just sit there and watch us all get stupid) guzzled martini after martini. We played some Karaoke Revolution (are you detecting a recent theme?) - sooo much fun!

The highlight of the evening was Michelle grabbing the microphone and singing her own version of "Fame", which was playing as the background music of the title screen at the time. Her version was about 20 minutes long and told a tale of her pooping baby and how fat her husband is... About 15 minutes into this ditty, I noticed something. The microphone had been unplugged the whole time she was singing. I said nothing - I simply waved the naked plug at her the next time her dance moves shot her glance my way. Her response?

"I don't need a stupid microphone!" And she kept going.

We were rolling on the floor laughing... good times.

I'm usually the big lightweight, but I did ok! I passed the hell out around 4am and woke up feeling like I had been left in a ditch to die... but I didn't puke and THAT, folks, is what counts.

Posted by Sarah at December 21, 2005 7:00 PM
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