E is for E Flat

Which is the lowest and my favorite note on my bass clarinet! Too bad Bandit doesn't seem to appreciate it.

E-flat key is the lowest key in the picture.

As of Friday, I'm the ecstatic owner of my very own Selmer Paris bass clarinet. Grenadilla body, no fake plastic could compare after playing a wooden one for my college years. New Vandoren mouthpiece because I really dislike the idea of a used mouthpiece. *shudder at germies*

I call her Vera

D is for Diet Pepsi

D is for Diet Pepsi, my sweet elixir of life and go-go juice of choice since high school. I can skip the big frou-frou frozen coffee drinks that I enjoy as long as I have my daily dose of Diet Pepsi to keep me going.

C is for Chumby

My Chumby

Chumby is my wireless internet appliance that acts as an alarm clock, internet radio, electronic picture frame, YouTube browser, white noise generator, and general interwebs awesome-ness viewer. Hubs gave me one for Christmas, and I love it! Allessia the Chumby lives on my nightstand. The photo above shows half of my morning info channel; it also displays current local traffic conditions. The virtual Chumby below shows my news and information channel. I really like the fact that I have a lot of information at my fingertips without the need to turn on a PC or TV in the morning. :)

B is for Bandit

As if you didn't see this one coming for my "B" in the ABC Along. :)

Bandit's patented "pet my belly" paw move

Life's not always been roses for our rather spoiled little guy. He started off his life at ~4 weeks of age abandoned in a cat carrier with his 7 brothers and sisters in the countryside on a hot Labor Day weekend. His luck turned when found by a postman, and he and his littermates were taken to a few local farms - Hub's father's house was one of them. Hubs met Bandit before I did, and he called me to ask if we could get a puppy. How could I say no? He was less than 5 pounds when he came home with us that night. I couldn't find a dog collar or halter small enough for him, so here he is in a kitten halter that was small enough to fit.

Bandit and me in the fall of 2002

Now, he's our ~70 pound lap dog, and we wouldn't want him any other way - spoiled, sock-eating, calzone-thieving, constantly shedding Bandit. :)

A is for Alapaca

I've joined a new Flickr pool/bloggers doing an ABC Along throughout this year. Every two weeks, I'll be posting pictures I've taken that correspond with the current letter of the alphabet for the group. Hoping to improve my photography skillz and blog posting frequency, too. :)

Without further ado, A is for Alpaca. I <3 alpaca yarn, so warm and fuzzy. Add alpaca to sock yarn, and you get a yarn that I just couldn't resist - Alpaca Sox.

Alpaca Sox in the "Garden" colorway.



Just the thing to chase away those dreary day blahs.