Ruthie's Ramblings

So I’ve decided that I should make a point of promoting and sharing some of my favorite websites, of all varieties, and since Wednesday starts with a “W” just like website, Wednesday will be the day for doing such things.

The site: Attic 24

The contents: This is the website of a crocheting mother of three named Lucy, living in Northern England….I found her site while looking at patterns on Ravelry (a website for another wednesday).

I love everything about this woman’s website. Seriously kudos to Lucy! She chooses wonderful colors and posts lots of pictures. The blanket i’m working on now follows her granny- hexagon pattern. It’s simple and easy to follow and it looks great.

Sometimes I wish i had enough time to craft as much as some people on the web do, I would be able to use up my crafting stock, buy new and wonderful things to make AND quite possibly have enough stuff to sell it on etsy.

Bloggerstock is a group of bloggers who, once a month, trade entries on a set topic. If you’re interested in participating you can visit Bloggerstock by clicking just back there. June’s topic is pretty sweet, (Alex just made it up, that’s right he runs it )

May 2011: Before there were blogs…

Before there were blogs I wrote in a diary. I’ve got a few hanging out on shelf. But I have to say the most tattered and loved of my half empty diaries was definitely my first. A pink The Babysitter’s Club Diary. It only seems fitting that my chosen entry come from that diary. I picked a great entry that covers a variety of life topics that some how still ring all too true today… however I think it was the near impossible to read silver gel pen that caught my eye.

Monday July 20th 1998 (age: 11)

Me and Grandpa were looking at this copying store for stickers. They didn’t have any but I found this pen. I didn’t have enough. It was $1.99 I only had $1.39. I asked him if he would lend me 70 cents. So he paid for all of it. I told him I would pay him back. He said: “in work, not cash”. Mom said it was nice. I want her to pay me my $5.00 So I can get a gold one.

Later me & mom & marcy & wendy went to this fabric wearhouse. We spent 44$ total. 8$ in patterns and the rest was net and hook & eye tape. We saved 389.00 it would have been over  $400.00 if the store hadn’t been on sale the patterns were 25 cents and 5 cents each. The net and hook & eye tape was 35 cents a yard. We made a deal.

A couple of weeks ago we got 2 pairs of 5$ jeans at different places.

Grandma is about to drive everybody crazy with her breakfast tomorrow at 9.00 and she thinks if they get up at 7:00 she won’t have enough time to get ready. AND she keeps getting mad at Robyn and Steven. Every time Robyn grunts, grandma takes it personally. It just bugs everybody and grandma asked my mom if steven went and played with his friends everyday. Mom told her no, and then mom tried to explain how he feels and she (grandma) said something in the tone of voice like o poor Steve. That just ticked mom off.

Ruth
Ann

There is so little about this entry that has changed. I gladly have in the past asked my grandfather for money, until he passed away a few months ago, and the last thing I asked him for wasn’t 2 bucks for an awesome silver gel pen (probably my first, too). He helped to fund my study abroad trip to London. I cherish every cent he gave me, especially for that trip, because that was an amazing trip, but the time i spent paying it back, “in work not cash” before I left for London was also more than I probably deserved. I got the chance to spend some time with him and my grandma before his dementia took over the most wonderful parts of him and took him from this life.  He was a theatre man, and ultimately he’s to blame for the “wonderful” career path I’ve chosen. Thanks .
Also– I probably got that gold pen from Grandpa, but still want my 5 bucks from Mom…

As for the fabric shopping trip where we saved like 90%– pretty awesome stuff. Only now it’s probably just me and mom, as we don’t do much shopping with Marcy any more, and wendy gets (obnoxiously) bored at almost any store. And now we would be spending that 400-800 dollars. but still saving 90%. As those were the starting of my mom’s fairly successful career in costume making for Clytie Adams School of Ballet. Whom she still lovingly works for, and so do I on many occasions.

Sweet deal on jeans–nothing more to say.

As for my grandma still driving everyone crazy…. that entry could practically be verbatim from a conversation yesterday. except that my grandma would NEVER get up that early.

It’s been a pretty hilarious trip to read back on all my old diaries. I have to say that reading the elementary school and jr. high school diaries was way more pleasant than reading the high school diaries full of angst, annoyance and boys–Seriously, the only decent entry was about 9-11 and I just wasn’t in the mood for that.

What’s lurking in your old diaries? Even if you’re not ready to post that stuffs on the internet, it is most definitely worth taking a read, prepare to waste a few hours.

Hello everyone.  Firstly I like to thank Ruth for hosting my Bloggerstock post at the last minute.  Alex of Icewolf08.com is posting on my blog over at http://www.booyabobby.com.  Enough of that, let get this 1 year anniversary Bloggerstock blog started!   WOOOOOOOO!!

This months Bloggerstock is about a throwback post.  Digging through past diaries, or journal entries and finding that one entry that stands out to you.  Post it on Bloggertock and give your current perspective.  Me being not hip with the writing in a journal, I never i never did any of that.  If I had a journal entry, it would certainly be lost by now.  Plus i have no scanner.  With this bloggerstock topic, i may have to bend the rules and pick a earlier blog post.  The entry i picked is about the writer strick of 2008.  Amazing it been 3+ years since that happen.

During the 5 months of the Writers Strike, I tried out new shows that I thought I never liked. Plus catching up on older shows. During these months of no new episodes, I had to find new shows to enjoy. It was either that or suffer many many repeats. The shows I come to enjoy are…

Dexter
Arrested Development
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (rewatching the entire series)
Futurama (rewatching the entire series)
Burn Notice
Weeds

Buffy The Vampire Slayer – Amazon.com had the entire series on sale for $100. Down from $160. I thought it was a good deal. So I snatched it up real quick. I was a Buffy fan since FX start airing them on syndication. The writing on this show is fantastic. For a Sci-Fi horror show, it does inject some humor into it with witty dialog. During the strike and currently today, I’m still watching episodes of Buffy. Plus Joss Whedon a god.

Futurama – Again Amazon.com had a bogo sale on Futurama. So I got all 4 volume for about $30 if memory serves me right. An animated show about a delivery crew going on wacky adventures. Sadly short lived when fox canceled them but good news is the Comedy Central is bringing them back.

Dexter – Dexter is the first show that I feel in loved with during the strike. Dexter Morgan a blood analyst for the Miami Police Department is also a serial killer but a different kind of killer. He kills other serial killers. For more info, look for a blog post about Dexter.

Burn Notice – A USA Network about a ex spy Michael Weston getting a burn notice (a fancy term for saying your fired). While trying to find out why he got a burn notice, he helps clients who in deep trouble. Burn Notice is like a cousin to the show Macgyver. Creating things using various parts of other things. This show has Bruce Campbell. Gotta love Bruce Campbell!

Weeds – Another Showtime show about a widow mother selling pot. It mostly a comedy with a tiny bit of darkness I guess. The only thing that doesn’t sit well with me about this show is that the lead character always seem to get out of trouble at the last minute by some miracle or some freaky coincidence. It definitely worth watching. Keven Nealon steals every scene.

Arrested Development – This cancel Fox show I though I never would watch but once again I’m wrong. Now I see why people love this show. It cleverly written. The Bluth Family in financial trouble. There son Michael Bluth tries to keep everyone together. The cast comes together nicely. An excellent show to watch.

Now you know what I have been watching during those 5 months. Looking forward to another writer strike, so I can discover new and interesting television shows. Thank you for reading.
Ahh memories.  I’m still glad that writer strike happened.  Dexter is one of my top 10 favorite shows.  What would I blogged if the writer strike happened today?  Let see umm Supernatural would be the top favorite show I discovered.  Thanks to my friend Donna who keeps pestering me to watch the darn show.  Don’t knock it until you have at least see the first season.  I would still rewatch Futurama.  Come on who wouldn’t.  I should make watching Futurama a tradition to see every year.  Xena Warrior Princess (go ahead and laugh) would be the series i would have a 4 day marathon with.  Who doesn’t love a female chick kicking a little butt.

There you have it.  My current perspective one of my passed blog post.  I really do need another writer strike or actor strike.  I’m getting overloaded with these shows.  So much to see with so little time.  Can you believe that I never watched a single episode of Doctor Who or The Sopranos.  Shocking yes?  Thus is why another writer strike is needed.  Ok ladies and gents, thank you for reading.  Hope you had a good memorial day weekend.  Later peeps.