Oh bother.

So I lied, I should have said, see you in less than 24 hours. I got home around 1, read till 3 something, slept till noon, went to get food around 1 and started reading again. A break here and there for this or that and I was done by 9:30pm. I can say nothing about the book, for that would be inappropriate. I will say I am really sorry I read it so fast, because now, it's all over. The last book, read. No more story! End of a series. I can only imagine how poignant this moment would be had I been there from the start, if I had started reading these when I was 11, the year Harry entered Hogwarts and had grown up with the books. As an adult who waited, several years, to read the books after the first movie came out, it's still unlike anything I have ever experienced with reading, ever. And I had started reading The Wheel of Time books a year or two after they began when I was 15. (and gave up on at 26...rat bastard, grumble grumble Mr. Jordan, grumble.) Nothing had affected me the way these books have. Not Tolkien, not Meredith Ann Peirce( She has her own very special place however.) not MZB, not Pullman, Rice, Carey, Weiz and Hickman, McCaffrey, Gaiman (gasp.) Nope. In my 29 and 9/10ths of life, Harry Potter has been unique, amazing, special and magical in ways no other book has ever been.
And the tale is told.
No more words to behold.
Just well read tattered covers
that will look more careworn and
well loved than the others
as I re-read them again, and again
and again.

thank you JKR, you have left a legacy.
I know it had to end, I am glad it did as authors are wont to not let go, but the best writers know when to end their tale. And that every tale should have an end.
It just all came to soon. Must, read, slower. next time. =)

I am a HP Fangirl

Powell's has outed me, can you find E-beth and me? hint- Second pic of the "throngs" of people waiting in line. (We, all of uis, Adam and David, E-Beth and I, are in another pic too, in the store, but we are hard to make out.)
This blog post details what Powell's does to make this such a fun and magical night for everyone in Portland. They do this stuff at all thier stores, even the airport Powells' had some fun going on.
Thanks for the memories Powell's! It was magical. =)


and now, I can't belive I am reading the.last.book. I am not sure I really want to...then it will be over.

***update***
Powell's blog also has this post from the other day, vbeutifuly written from an employee. it really moved me how well she captured the event and what it means for reading, books and literacy, and also that of a layperson seeing somthing magical in an experience they are outside of. Pretty cool a little book can cause so much frevor. It outsold the movie's opening weekend!

See you in a few days....

Furminated Max and other things...

So I was reading someone's knitting blog and they have a dog and they got this grooming tool called a FURminator. I looked at the website and read about what some others have said and it has quite the buzz going on. So I found a PetCo, they sell them, and got one. It's like 40$. Or 30, I forget. Anyways for a comb, it's expensive, but it is so much MORE than a comb. Check out Max here, a shorthair, and the ghostly pile of formerMax behind him...



Pretty stellar, and this was only a minute or two of brushing. Pixie and MAx BOTH got real calm and sedate and happy while being FURminated. It's like they KNEW that all the hair they want to get rid of in this 98 degree heat was being magically removed for them and with no messy hairballs to deal with. They love it. and man, I do recommend wearing clothes you don't mind pet hair on and a non-carpeted surface as this si rather messy. If you have (or think you have) pet allergies, you will know for sure after this. (oh yes, you will....)
Pretty awesome though.

And on a side note, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is amazing and the best HP movie yet I think. AMAZING!!! I HAVE TO SEE IT AGAINANDAGAINANDAGAIN!!!
that's all I shall say.

Craftyness

Tank top, finally, a pic, here:















The Harry Potter shawl, looks more like a sparkly bat ray right now:












And cupcake and card making for volunteer apprication week at my work. We made 90 cupcakes and two kinds of buttercream and about the same amount of cards. Here are some I did today( We didn't get em all done last night.)












freezer full o' cupcakes:

Why I need a ball winder

550 yards of yarn wound by hand. =P

But this yarn will hopefully, magically, turn into this shawl.
It's the Wing o' the Moth shawl from Knitspot and a rather dramatic departure from my usual projects. but the tank top(still blocking) has convinced me "I can knit anything now".
And it might not happen, but since it's the Harry Potter yarn, I am hoping for some conjuring magic to aide me.

Harry Potter and the Magic Yarn

The new, and last Harry Potter book is out in June...I plan on being at Powell's City of Books for the midnight book release block party. Which is utterly amazing and this year will no doubt be an all out party for us muggles to remember for ever.
Anyway, this lovely lovely lovely yarn appeared in one of our LYSs, Yarn Garden and if it isn't meant to be a magical scarf or cloak or something I don't know what is. I now need to find a pattern worthy of the yarn, I also got a dark blue mohair to complement it and make it fuzzywonderful.
Since the new movie is also out in June, and no doubt we will be attending the midnight release of that as well, the magical scarf or something will get lots of use!
and then I will cry when three days later I finish the last book in JKR's amazing series, and know that there will be no more.