Knitting Pretty

I have to say, I love a good cartoon. Among my absolute favourites is The Powerpuff Girls. So I figured, where better yack endlessly about PPG than here! I first noticed this cartoon when promos were being shown for it on Cartoon Network. I didn't have cable back then myself, but my aunt did, and I happened to see that the show was coming, but then didn't get to see it when it actually started. A year or so later, I happened to catch the show, and have thought it great ever since! I am going to go through some of my stand out episodes from the 80 that have been created.

In season one, there is an episode called 'Cat Man Do' where a really cute - seriously this cat is obsurdly cute - who is evil uses some form of mind control to have the Professor help it to steal a diamond and try to shoot Townsville with a lazer. When the cat is using it's claws to cut the class case housing the diamond, it is just so very, very cute, that this has always been a favorite episode.

Two episodes that go hand in hand as stand outs here, because the centre around the same amusing topic. The way Mojo Jojo talks. His redundant double-talk is hilarious, at times, and both these episodes really play on that. In Season two, there is an episode called 'Los Dos Mojos' Bubbles - my favourite character -  is hit on the head, and when she awakes, she believes she is Mojo Jojo. So she talks like him, steals his clothes, and has a confrontation with Mojo about who is really Mojo, with the both of them repeating themselves over and over. Mojo's adamant denials of speaking in this way is pretty funny, but honestly, it's Bubbles with her attempt at a sinister voice that really makes me giggle in this one. The other Mojo episode I was referring to is in Season six, called 'Mo' Linguish'. Mojo has been ordered to teach a class at a community collage, so he teaches his pupils, and eventually the entirety of Townsville, to talk like himself. I thought this was pretty damn funny, if at times somewhat irritating. I really liked the way they ended the episode, with Talking Dog teaching Mojo to speak properly. That's very much a giggle inducer for me.

The other PPG episode that has always been hilarious to me is actually the special 80th episode, 'Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!' which I personally thought was just awesome. I really laughed when Blossom detailed her plans to the other two about how to stop all the bad guys getting their hands on the 'Key to the World'. It was just so funny, a really tightly crafted episode, I thought. So there you have it, my favourite episodes! Now go watch some of the show, you won't regret it!

I recently found an absolutely adorable photo blog that happened to be linked on Cute Overload - one of my favorite cute sites. Well, this photo blog is now amongst my favorite cute sites too. It is called My Milk Toof and is done by an artist who puts together these gorgeous little stories involving a couple of baby teeth that have come back to her years after they left via being put under her pillow.

Two of the entries in particular have left an impression on me, in two separate ways. One, called Toof Cleaning, has left me childishly declaring 'Don't wanna' whenever I have to do something vaguely unpleasant. Though, proclaiming loudly through the house 'Don't wanna' actually helps me to get whatever I don't want to do done. Follow me there? By saying something so childish, and a little bit silly, I make myself giggle and feel just a little bit happier. So if I have to go and do dishes, and I announce that I 'Don't wanna' I feel much more amicable to just going and getting started.

The other post which has left an impression, I think mostly because I was already inclined towards this, is titled My Sweet Wilting Tree. In this one, Lardee - he's the sweet tooth, I think, because he's a little bigger than Ickle and likes sweet things - prescibes a rather sorry looking little plant some warm milk tea with lots of sugar. He also gives the little plant a warm blanket and sings to it. Yeah, that's almost painfully cute. Back to what I was saying, that whole sweet tea making you feel better thing really does work for me. If I am feeling a bit on the nauseous side, or a bit tired and grumpy, or whatever, sweet tea makes me feel better. So check out that blog, because it really is delightfully cute! 

Of course it is now time for today's pattern... I think we have to go with a tooth faerie pillow today, don't we? Yes, yes we do! So here is a cute little tooth pillow to knit up. But I think I would make this one with a cute little stitched on face on the front, too. I just think it would have more character that way.

I know I've mentioned this before, but here is again because I like saying it. I'm engaged.  Getting married with all that economic brouhaha going on may sound like a bad idea, unless of course, you are planning to elope. Which is exactly what we had decided to do years ago; being private people it always made sense to us. Now it makes even better sense!

There are still certain costs associated with our getting married, but mostly just revolving around the holiday we plan to take during that period. We will be eloping early next year, and with it being something I am really looking forward to, I am actually planning ahead of time.

I have a list of what I need to have organised, such as the paperwork for the marriage, the hotel reservation, the activities we plan to do on our holiday, find and buying the rings, and what all that will come to in the end so we have specific goal in mind for saving towards this. When I was planning this, I actually thought the very first thing to do was to get a joint savings account. We both already bank with Nationwide Building Society, so it made sense to get a savings account with them, which makes it extremely easy to transfer our savings in there when we get our pay each month. I think online banking is the best!

I am more than a little excited, really. I am having a great time thinking about having a day that we can spoil ourselves on, go and do anything we want, take in a show, visit places we have been meaning to visit for such a long time, and of course, best of all, finally being married to the man I love. 

Getting this all prepared truly is a labor of love, one that I am really excited to be in charge of, and really happy that we are doing it our own way! I am very much looking forward to our holiday too!