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-(01-07) I'm into this stuff- 
Housewifery, Beyonce, Ohio, NYC, Grey's Anatomy, Letterpress, Yeats, Paper cuttings, Blueprint Magazine, Nose Piercings, birds, scripty fonts, photography, flickr pigs, Prison Break, Christmas, mizna wada, Loobylu, Nintendo DS, illustrating, print blocks, water, blue + brown, being awesome, Colbert Report, The Wurst Gallery, textiles, tattoos, Jill Bliss, knitting socks (again), Ray LaMontagne, mav's thoughts and work, CMYK, 24, little Italy, Holga Photography, Go Fug Yourself











don't steal this.



-what I'm knittin'-

Everyday Cardigan


Men's Zip-up Raglan


..also
Perfect Pie Shawl
Pooling Scarf #2
Several Pairs of socks



-knit-alongs-









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6.24.2003

I forgot to take a few pills, so now I get the pleasure of having my period twice in 2 weeks. WONDERFUL!

i am wearing a pair of red and white striped shorts that I forgot I had. they're like pajama bottoms or something, i don't know.. all I know is that I'm hotter than hell and I feel like vomitting up my lunch. Lucky Devan gets to lay around in her underpants.with her hair in a bun. she looks so coooool.

6.04.2003

this is my life:

Laundry, Lonely, Laundry, Laundry, Lonely, ....Money, Laundry, Lonely...

I'm washing clothes (surprise!) and I'm baking chicken/salsa/sourcream.. Apparently, per serving, it's 6 pts. 10 pts if you add a cup of rice. 12-13 pts if you melt some mexican cheese on top. I don't care. I'm just using up the chicken I thawed out.

I'm gaining water weight and it's making me paranoid. I have to just chill out with the scale because I KNOW I'M MAKING PROGRESS.

I made this diet coke chicken the other day. I like the chicken but I don't like the rice with it. There's two servings in the fridge. There's also taco soup in the freezer. Today this house is full of temptation. There's birthday cake, brownies, cupcakes, doritos, chips, pepsi, ice cream, penne vodka from last night, etc etc and so on and so fourth. When I'm facing my TOM, I tend to gravitate towards foods. I've already taken a few bites of jon's penne. i ate a cupcake for breakfast. Devan gave me 2 doritos. I haven't had any water. I haven't done any exercises or weights today. I should. I should go to the mall and walk around since it's so crappy outside. I probably won't though. I probably won't do anything but sit here biting my nails and thinking about the food. At least I didn't go out and buy chocolate covered almonds. That's a real problem for me with my period. I love those things.

6.02.2003

getting lost within myself

nothing matters, no one else

my arms hurt. They just kinda dangle at my sides when i walk around. I bought these two 8 lb dumbbells. Then I even went and used them. I also bought these straps that strap to your ankles and are connected by a stretchy cord. You know when you lay on your side and do leg lifts to firm up your thigh muscles - well these make them more effective. and much harder. if my legs were my arms, they'd be dangling at my sides too. Well it's paying off though - I finally lost those 5 lbs I gained back.

I did some laundry this morning. I washed devan's bedding and she was thrilled to take her nap with all of her fluffy, fragrant blankets. I put her knit baby blankets along the sides of her crib to block out some of the light and she said "that washed too?!" and I said no, so she put her blanket over her head and said night night. Whoops. What kind of mother am I?

I am thinking about taking a nap. Do I even want to take a nap? Or do I just want to lay down? My back is tired from doing flies. Do you know what flies are? It's when you extend your arms all the way out so they are straight with your shoulders, and you lift barbells up in the air and your arms meet up in the air in the middle of your chest.

I am listening to that song by Norah Jones "seven years"and it makes me sad. It reminds me of being little and lonely. Why was I always so lonely when I was little? I certainly wasn't alone. I talked to my dad yesterday. *sigh* Why am I even writing this here? I told him that I got my grades, which I am very excited and proud about, and do you know what he said? He didn't say anything. He just went on with his story about his girlfriend or something. Oh well, It's important to me because it was a real struggle this semester. What is it that the twin brother in Adaptation kept saying? "You're who you love, not who loves you" or something like that.

Don't mind me. I'm feeling sappy and it's just PMS.

 

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(Nov 19) I've been asked to make a Christmas wish list, so here it is. Click on Santa to view it!



(Dec 11) I am unable to sleep, so I took time to make the blog archives work. of course, images that were on old yahoo server do not work anymore (read: anything before April 2005) so you'll have to use your imagination. Check the sidebar for a link if you're interested.
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Christmas Wishlist!

(Nov 22) There. I finally did it. Now go buy me stuff:)
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(Nov 7)Take note of the changes along the right sidebar. I've been reading blogs, and that, of course, means joining knitalongs! However my next task (which will be my next announcement) is to create a holiday wishlist, as there have been several people asking for one.
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(Aug 6) Hi guys, How cute is this: I have a new little niece!! Bryan and Mandie's little girl was born last Sunday (I think)

and in the spirit of utter ridiculousness, I give you, Madelyn dancing.
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(June 1) Here is a little picture. Obviously, these are BF5 lyrics.

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(May 23) Sup dudes? I was kinda bored last night, so I made a picture.

again. only tell me if you like it. I have a fragile ego.
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(May 14) Going through a wave of depression. Don't feel like doing anything except artwork. Here are a couple pictures I made. You may have seen them, since they're meant for my websites. If you've seen them as background images, excuse the tiling, I'm fixing it when I feel like it.



if you like them, let me know. if you don't, keep it to yourself.
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(April 28) Ok... I've been on hiatus. Bear with me and my broken links and pictures while I move all my junk around.
Life is good and I'm glad my site is working again.
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(Jan 11) Due to real life pals/family complaining about how little real life content there is in this journal, I'm going to make a real effort to include that stuff, and not just knitting stuff. I hope this pleases you guys.
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(Jan 10) Today is the anniversary of my Grampa's death. We still miss you so much.
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(Jan 4) Congratulations Michael & Tiffany!!
Welcome to the family, Tif!
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(Dec 30) Just two quick notes today:
1. We've got another completed Casey's Coat. click to see Vito!
2. I'll be out of town for about 3 weeks. My brother, Mike, is getting married! After that I'm going to be house sitting for my mom while she is out of town. This will not have an affect on you or my blogging, I just felt like sharing.
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(Dec 2) My brother has been making me some pretty cool knitting charts. I think they're mighty awesome and I'm trying to figure out a project I can use them for. They're pdf files, except the first one (which is actually not his design, it's the work of someone on myspace.com) so go ahead and have at them. If he makes many more charts, I'll disable the links and offer the chart patterns for a small fee via paypal, because, after all, it is his art work and he deserves compensation!

click the images to view full sized charts:


2nd & 3rd images ?2004 R. Wuebker

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(Nov 28)My little sister is a knittin' fool. We shopped all over for some good needles for her. She's been using these kids plastic-y needles that I find to be really uncomfortable and annoying. We tried some aluminum needles but they were too slick and long. We finally settled on some Clover Bamboo needles and from what I have heard, she likes them the best. She's working on a lavender scarf. I'll have my mom take a pic so I can post it here.
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(Nov 28) I'm back! Christmas Knitting and yarn stash enhancement is in full effect in this house. There's a new(?) Knitting/Fabric store in the town my mom lives in.  It's called Sew Krazy.

image is property of sew-krazy.com

They are currently squeezed in a tiny location just chock full of amazing stuff! They have a whole shelf of Kaffe Fasset fabrics, which you know I loved.  They had lots of yarn by Rowan and Brown Sheep. They didn't have any Debbie Bliss. The shop is working on expanding in a new location, equipped with a beautiful fireplace (My mom and I peeked through a hole in the door) and it's HUGE. This place was great and there's a cafe called Muddy Waters next door. So this place will be perfect to sit down, relax, drink coffee, and knit by the fireplace when I go out to visit for 3 weeks in January. The building is also really beautiful and contains many other interesting shops. Check it out if you're ever nearby.
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(Nov 20)Someone's used my pattern! Yesss! As you may know, Casey's Coat was published in Debbie Stoller's follow-up to Stitch n' Bitch, Stitch n' Bitch Nation. Today I was looking at the livejournal.com knitting
community and saw that someone actually used my pattern! Sweet, right?
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  (Nov 18)Last year for Christmas, Mr. Handsome gave me an EZ Stir. If you haven't got a clue what an easy-stir is, (consider yourself lucky) it's a device that attaches to your pots and pans and stirs your sauces for you! Ingenious! I have still not taken the EZ Stir out of its package. This year, I thought I'd make it easy on my husband and anyone else who wishes to shower me with gifts.
ho, ho, ho!
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 (Nov 17)Looking for unique cards to send out this Holiday season?
Check out Loobylu and Darling Studio for some fabulous and unique holiday cards.