Monkey Madness

Hope Elizabeth · 08/20/07 at 10:03 pm · Filed under General

Have you signed-up for the Monkey Sock Swap 3 yet? There’s not much time left. You only have until the end of the month to join us. C’mon! What are you waiting for? You know you wanna.

By the way, the answers to my MSS3 Questionnaire can be found here. And future Monkey Pal? You can always find my questionnaire answers by following the link in my sidebar (under the MSS3 button). Hopefully that’ll make it easier to find.

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HSS2 Contest #2

Hope Elizabeth · 08/19/07 at 3:00 pm · Filed under General

There’s a contest happening at Hogwarts Sock Swap 2 - Six Degrees of Draco.

Here’s the basics:

So, the way this is played is this: I’ll give you a choice of 3 different start points…and you have to get those start points back to Draco in 6 steps. Like this:

Nymphadora Tonks to Draco Malfoy….

Nymphadora is married to Lupin, who is in the Order of the Phoenix with the Arthur Weasley, who works for the Ministry of Magic and has investigated Lucious Malfoy who is married to Narcissa, who is the mom of DRACO!

Sounds fun, doesn’t it?

Here’s my Six Degrees of Draco starting with The Dursleys…

(1) Petunia (Evans) Dursley is the sister of Lily (Evans) Potter
(2) Lily (Evans) Potter is the mother of Harry Potter
(3) Harry Potter is the godson of Sirius Black
(4) Sirius Black is the cousin of Bellatrix (Black) Lestrange
(5) Bellatrix (Black) Lestrange is sister to Narcissa (Black) Malfoy
(6) Narcissa (Black) Malfoy is mother to Draco Malfoy

And just for fun, I’ll try the other two choices as well…

(1) Arabella Figg works guard duty (OOTP) with Mundungus Fletcher
(2) Mundungus Fletcher is in the Order of the Phoenix with “Mad Eye” Moody
(3) “Mad Eye” Moody trains (as an Auror) Nymphadora Tonks
(4) Nymphadora Tonks is mother to Teddy Remus Lupin
(5) Teddy Remus Lupin is classmates (Hogwarts) with Scorpius Malfoy
(6) Scorpius Malfoy is son to Draco Malfoy

(1) “Mad Eye” Moody is attacked (and impersonated) by Bartemius Crouch Jr.
(2) Bartemius Crouch Jr. is cared for by Winky
(3) Winky is taken to Hogwarts and befriended by Dobby
(4) Dobby was once owned by Lucius Malfoy
(5) Lucius Malfoy is husband to Narcissa (Black) Malfoy
(6) Narcissa (Black) Malfoy is mother to Draco Malfoy

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Got Socks?

Hope Elizabeth · 08/17/07 at 11:43 pm · Filed under General

Do you like socks? Do you like monkeys? How about Cookie A’s socks or, more specifically, Cookie A’s Monkey Socks?

If you do, do I ever have a KAL that you’ll go ape over - Monkey Sock Swap 3.

So quit hanging around here and go check out the swap details. I’m not monkeying around when I say that I know we’re going to have a great time meeting new friends and swapping socks. You’d have to be bananas to not wanna join us!

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Home Sweet Home

Hope Elizabeth · 08/13/07 at 10:24 pm · Filed under General

It’s nice to get away sometimes, but it sure is nice to come home again too. After being away from home since August 3rd, we finally got back yesterday afternoon. To say I was smiling as I pulled into our driveway would be an understatement. I was practically bouncing in my seat!

While we were camping, I spent my days visiting with good friends and enjoying time away from things like telephones, vacuum cleaners and computers. Unfortunately I also spent time away from hot showers and washing machines, so both my tub and washer have had quite a workout since yesterday afternoon. My kids spent time with their cousins (and an assortment of other kids that were camped around us) and my husband spent time with “the other woman”.

Yes, you heard me. I said my husband spent his days and evenings with the other woman. The woman with whom I cannot compete. The woman who steals him away from me over-and-over again every summer. The woman who I used to fight against, but have now willingly (and happily) allowed into our life. She’s strong. She’s beautiful. She’s hot. She’s steamy. She’s a 1920 50 HP Case steam traction engine and the love of my husband’s life.

Who am I to complain? It could be so much worse.

Anyhow, it was a nice week. I got a little bit of knitting and a whole lot of gabbing done, so I consider it a excellent vacation. Now I’m ready for things to get back to normal. As soon as I get settled I plan on adding some more to my Ravelry stash and working on my Hogwarts socks. I’ll share my progress when I can!

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