I don’t care if you call it a Scutigera Coleoptrata or a House Centipede – it has too many legs for me!

There it was scurrying across the floor!

Bet you didn’t know that sheep can hang from the ceiling when given enough incentive.

What’s that Fred?

I’m being a big sissy sheep? Well, I don’t care if they are handy guys to have around or that they are voracious predators of small pests like roaches.

If you like it that much, bring it over to your place – it can be your pet!

Just take care of it Fred.  It's crawling up the wall and I need to get down off the ceiling, the blood is rushing to my head.

Pardon the disruption folks. Please take a look at the Tahki Jackson. It’s a light and lofty 100% wool tweed – no creepy legs for sure!

Che bella cosa na jurnata 'e sole,
n'aria serena doppo na tempesta!
Pe' ll'aria fresca pare già na festa...
Che bella cosa na jurnata 'e sole.

Ma n'atu sole
cchiù bello, oje ne'.
O sole mio
sta 'nfronte a te!
O sole
O sole mio
sta 'nfronte a te!
sta 'nfronte a te!

What?  Don't you sing Neapolitan Italian songs while in the shower?

And I didn't mean that football player - Dan Merino is an old friend from high school.  Made it big in the mutton industry - sort of an outcast now.

Quanno fa notte e 'o sole se ne scenne,
me vene quase 'na malincunia;
sotto 'a fenesta toia restarria
quanno fa notte e 'o sole se ne scenne.

Ma n'atu sole
cchiù bello, oje ne'.
O sole mio
sta 'nfronte a te!
O sole
O sole mio
sta 'nfronte a te!
sta 'nfronte a te!

This is a very lucky day for making plans or decisions.

OK!

I am making plans!  And I do have to make decisions!

Wait...

I do that every day.  Hmmm... I wonder why today should be different?

The stars?  The planets?  Fred?

We'll see what I attract today - I'm ready!

And of course it will be a lucky day - I get to play with yarn!

[A Fred Classic from 9/21/2010 - always blame it on the dog!]

Yeah so I had some great things to talk about today, but... the dog ate my story homework.

I know you think it's a joke or some lame excuse, but I'm serious! He pretty much eats, sleeps, and "Yeaaarfff's" at people all day long.

Since the refrigerator is looking a little empty, I think he decided my stack of papers would have to do for a snack. Who knows why, it doesn't really make any sense. I can't imagine paper tastes all that good.

You know, I seem to recall Dizzy eating papers on more than one occasion...

You don't believe me?

Why would your buddy Fred make something like this up?

I'm telling you, that puppy is trouble!

Today's Deal Is Brought to You by the Letter "L"

L is laundry - that is piling high in the basement
L is for llama - with fiber light and warm
L is for loafers - for those that can't tie shoes
L is for loud - like Dizzy when I hide in the store room
L is for Leaellynasaura - Leaellynasaura? look it up
L is for lamb - hard to believe that Dizzy was that cute
L is for licorice - I really like black licorice
L is for last - yep! this is the last one

Actually today's deal is brought to you by Linsey, a cool, comfortable linen blend yarn.

But you already knew that!

Fred here and no that's not me in the picture.  That's my nephew Orland - a chip off the old family granite block!

He's showing off his beaded knitted Butin Collar by Nelkin Designs.  He made it as sample for an upcoming class at the Village Yarn & Fiber Shop.

What's that Dizzy?

Of course I know it's Mother's Day - even I have a mother!

You want me to offer a discount code?

OK!

Folks, Dizzy has authorized me to offer the following discount to anyone who is a mother, has a mother, or knows a mother:

GARGOYLEMOM
10% off any one deal
May 13, 2012

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, MOM!

[A Bizzy Classic from 9/5/2009]

Isn’t it beautiful? It’s made from the finest Merino Wool and Kid Mohair, and it’s my own design that just came to me while I was working on it.

Yes, it’s quite amazing... it’s almost as if it were glowing!

I can’t wait to see everyone’s jaw drop when I come out during the talent show wearing it! Everybody will want one. Surely some designer will take notice and sign me on for a high profile magazine or book.

I just need to finish tucking in a few ends here and there and it’s all done!

[A trip down memory lane - my wondeful visit to NYC in 2010]

Filmed on location with the men and women of law enforcement:

Police cruiser pulls up, lights on ...

Cop into radio: “10-10, looks like a bad trouble maker"

Cop exits car, gun drawn ...

Cop: “Down on the ground!”  “Down on the ground!” “NOW!”
Dizzy: Startled - “I am on the ground – all four hooves!!!”
Cop: “Hands behind your back!” “NOW!”
Dizzy: “Officer, I don't have hands!!!”
Cop: “If you do not comply, I will TAZE you!”
Cop into radio: “10-13 and hurry”

Scuffle ensues.

Sound of two sets of handcuffs being locked.

Cop into radio: “10-12”
Cop to witness: “So what’s going on here?”
Witness: “Well today is Tuesday.” “I always go to the market on Tuesday.”  “You know that’s when you get the best deals.”
Cop to witness: “Just the facts ma’am.”
Witness: “Well, I saw this sheep grazing in this garden here.”
Cop to Dizzy: “So what were you doing in this garden?”
Dizzy: “Just looking for clover, sir.”
Cop to Dizzy: “Well, you are going to jail for violation of penal code 756 section 3 paragraph 5: eating clover without a permit.”  
Cop: "Book 'em, Danno."

"Well, I did tell him to stay out of trouble in NYC."  Marshmallow.

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10-10: Possible Crime (prowler, suspicious person/vehicle, shots fired, etc.)
10-12: Police Officer Holding Suspect
10-13: Assist Police Officer

¡Hola! ¿cómo estás?

¡Me llamo Dizzy y yo tengo un trato fantástico!  Hoy tenemos Plymouth Trabajos Del Peru - un hilado muy blando y bueno.

¡Y también, queremos desearlo un cumpleaños feliz para Abraham Lincoln!

Lo siento, español no es el primero idioma de mi.  ¡esto es probable incorrecto!

¡Espero que eres bien!  ¡Buenos dias!

And there you have it - Dizzy proved me wrong and does remember some Spanish from school!  Granted it's about a "C" level, maybe a "C+" at best.   Perhaps we'll send Dizzy to Peru to work on that...

Got a cold? Sniffles? Run down?

Well here is Dr. Dizzy’s standard advice.

Chicken soup – moms have been prescribing it for years and moms know best!

Blackberry brandy – now before you start laughing, which will start a coughing fit, I have it on good authority that there are medicinal benefits – a bartender told me and he should know!

Besides, even if it doesn’t do anything for the cold - after a few doses you won’t care!

(Not recommended for minors, if you are driving or operating heavy machinery, pregnant or want to stay un-pregnant, have a medical condition, or are knitting intarsia in the round! My lawyers, Dewey, Cheatem & Howe, require me to add these disclaimers.)

Of course I’m not a real doctor. I don’t even play one on TV!

But I am a dizzy sheep that has a Daily Dizzy Deal™ on yarn!

You know a lot of medicines come from the rainforests.