I'm updating this from in my bathroom, where (no I'm not going to the bathroom) I'm sitting here waiting for the water to turn HOT. For some reason I am not allowed to take a HOT shower tonight. I need one.
Today I came home from Ohio and towards the end of PA, about 10 miles outside of Stroudsburg, traffic came to a stand-still, and we ended up going about 10 miles in 2 hours. It was ridiculous. Jon was sick the whole time, with a fever, migraine, and nausea. I was driving, and Devan was a little whiny.
We had a good time in Ohio and I was really depressed when it came time to leave.
Thursday night we left here at about 9pm, because I was finishing typing up that snb2 pattern to submit before I left. Once in the car, I realized that I forgot to type up a vital part of the pattern so basically it was all for nothing. At about 3 am, visibility was TERRIBLE so we had to stop for the night. Plus we were both exhausted. We went to a Holiday Inn and slept until 9:30am, and then drove to my mom's.
Once at my mom's I had to hurry and get in the shower, change, and drive to Medina to make it on time to my friends wedding rehearsal. I was 5 minutes late. Once that was over, we went out to to dinner and then Sarah and I went to get my hair cut, so I'd look presentable at the wedding.
I got back to my mom's at around 9pm, and we went tanning together. I lost my necklace there and I'm pretty annoyed about it. After tanning, we went back to her house and I started knitting, while watching American Chopper with Rick. I had to wake up really early on Saturday to go tanning, and to get to Sarah's parents house for my hair appointment at 9:45 (I was 3 minutes late).
The girl who did my hair, Jessica (Sarah's sister in law) did a great job. She did everyone's hair and we all looked really nice. I think my hair, while really pretty, didn't really go well with my face. I have a fat face and small features (or maybe my fat face makes them look small, i don't know..) and my hair was all pulled back from my face. I think I should have had some whispies or something to soften it, but oh well. What can I do now?
The wedding was great, I hated my dress. It looked nice but was damned uncomfortable. PLUS I was busting out of the thing. Looking back, a size larger would probably have been the best thing to do, but that size fit me when I went in to buy it, so I didn't think I'd need a size bigger. It was really uncomfortable all night and my boobs were out of control.
Sunday my mom had a 'surprise' reception for Jon and I (you know, we got married). I say 'surprise' because she told me about it on Friday when I got to her house. So it was a surprise until then. It was really nice and I was so happy. Everyone went out of their way to show us they care and we appreciated it so much. My aunt Denise slaved away at this awesome cake that tastes as great as it looks. We brought about half of it home with us, even though there are only 3 of us here. It was so nice. I will post pictures when I get a chance.
My brother Bryan brought his wife and both of their kids - I finally met Benjamin and he's adorable. Holding him made me really want to have another baby. I've been kind of bummed about the problems I've been having lately - but I'm really happy about this weekend so I won't think about it now.
I took a whole roll of film of Devan and Zachary and Ben playing in the yard yesterday. They are all so cute and so sweet to each other. At one point I discovered that Devan had a diaper rash and was trying to put ointment on her, and she was crying and whining. Zachary was so concerned and he kept saying "It's okay Devan" it was so cute. I'm getting really sad that they're going to be moving to Florida this summer. I hope they stay in touch because I'm going to miss even the tiny little bit that I see them.
After the party, Katie, Rick, Jon, and I went to applebees and had half price appetizers. It was pretty fun. Rick knew every song that came on the radio, and most of the history behind the songs. Jon is fascinated by how much he knows about music. My friend Katie is also a human map/ trivial pursuit game. She knows useless facts and directions to places that would make your head spin. I have no sense of direction whatsoever so I'm pretty much in awe of that.
Well now that I've updated you on my weekend and my water has still not turned hot, I guess I'll be going to bed, sans shower : (
Somewhere along the way, I became a procrastinator.
I was happily finishing up my snb2 knitting and I realized that *shit* Too few decreases, not enough stitches. I had to rip back awhile, and that will take me the better part of tomorrow to finish now. I still have to finish my other sample, so basically it will be a miracle if I'm done by Thurs. afternoon, when I vowed to have it finished by. I'm also still waiting on Jon to get all of my information off my hard drive of my old laptop, and onto my new laptop so I can do my bio and find a decent picture of myself to submit. Lately, (since we got married) Jon's been a complete tool and doesn't do anything but eat, sleep, and play video games... and i have to practically scream at him to do anything around here to help out. It's annoying.
I'm going to Ohio on Thursday night with Jon and Devan. Sarah's wedding is on Saturday and I'm freaking out because MY SHOES ARE NOT HERE YET. Also I haven't gone to get my hair cut. My skin is looking great and I finally did NOT burn in the tanning bed.
Devan's birthday was yesterday. She's 3 and now she gets really mad at me if I call her baby. (she's not a baby she's a Devan...) We had a lot of fun at her party, and I spent way too much money preparing for it. I always do that and I never use half the stuff I bought. SUch as the deck... decorating the deck never actually happened. We put the strings of lights up, but no one really went out.
I need to keep my mouth shut I guess. First of all I can't stop eating. Secondly, I constantly say the wrong thing.
I seriously need a therapist because I write stuff in here and then I'm like, you know what, this is too personal and then I delete it. I'm having some issues right now.
Friday I worked on piecing my quilt together. I haven't quite finished sewing it, because I've had other things to do. I had to work on my snb2 project - almost finished. it's tedious. this is the 3rd time I've knit it. I also watched a damned good movie Friday night. In America. So good. I believe I'm repeating myself? Oh well.
Saturday I went tanning at 1:30 and for once I didn't burn. Then Jon, Jason, Devan and I went over to the Willowbrook Mall, which I HATE. I bought 5 bottles of anti-bacterial hand soap and some lip balm. I went into 9 West and now I want many many pairs of pink shoes and pink handbags. I had a gyro and some DQ. I can't remember what else I did at the mall, so it's probably not worth talking about. We also watched Paycheck which was horrible, and then at about 2 am Jon was watching some movie called 'Ginger Snaps' and it was so bad that I was actually getting angry.
I woke up this morning too early, since I didn't get to sleep til about 4. I went into the family room and fell asleep next to Devan and Jon. Then I went to tanning and damnit if I didn't burn my damned self again. When I got home I found that I hadn't been missed. Jon said "I thought you were leaving.." Real nice. So then we went out for awhile, bought some presents for little Devan, and I got some nice paper lanterns and things to put out on the deck for tomorrow night's party. But knowing my luck, and the extraordinary effort I put into these events - no one will go OUTSIDE.
I got a new laptop today, and that's pretty cool. I still need all my things off my other laptop. I'm lost without them.
We just watched sopranos and Deadwood - I must say that the exchange between Al and Woo on Deadwood tonight was simply the most hilarious thing I've ever seen on television.
Why do seasons have to end? I'm talking about television. With as much as these folks get paid, you'd think they could could have 52 shows per year, and we'd never have to deal with season finales..
I've got to go to bed. I've got a whole day of cupcaking, floor scrubbing, present hiding, cake ordering, window washing, balloon blowing, grocery shopping, pizza ordering, last minute run arounding...
If you haven't - don't start. Whenever I click on them, I am immediately sorry. They are so depressing because they uncover True America. Racist, sexist, biggots, that thrive on holding certain people back simply because they don't share the same values. It's truly sad. I was reading about the gay couple who recently married in mass. and then as a couple filed a lawsuit against a clinic that failed to diagnose breast cancer in one of the women. Now she's got about 10 years to live. What you'll find on the yahoo message boards are people who say 'good, this is God's answer to her homosexuality' or 'oh my god they only got married so they could file this lawsuit.' Straight, white, middle class americans have no idea how good they have it, and it really infuriates me. (i'm straight, white, and nearly middle class and I have a very small grasp on how 'good' i have it.)
In lighter news, I just went tanning and the top of my butt hurts. It's burned again. The rest of me is fine, and i'm starting to get a tan. It looks nice and artificial, yay!
I finally ordered that tee-shirt from Bust magazine - you know, sewing circle/terrorist society. It should be here by wednesday, I hope.
Jon's mom is doing better - still feeling sore and sickly, but much better than yesterday, in case you were wondering. I'm taking a movie over to her to watch.
Last night we watched the movie: In America. It was so nice. I loved it. The little girl, Ariel (younger) reminded both of us so much of Devan - same coloring, same hair, same hopping around all over the place, same kind of personality. So cute. The movie was great and I highly recommend it.
Today I've been working on a red quilt. It's a whole bunch of different fabrics that I've picked up all over the place - remnants, quilt squares, drapery, and even some ticking fabric. I think the overall effect will be quite lovely. I don't really have any plans for this quilt. I am really drawn to red - and had at one point wanted my bedroom to be red, with this quilt in mind, but now for some reason I'm seeing my room BLUE! like an aqua blue because my room is so sunny. I still have a thing about toile so who knows. I don't know where i'd find that in that color.
Today Jon IM'd me and told me his mother was having emergency surgery! Kidney stone or something - I don't know many details. I hope she's doing well.
If I want to lose weight, why do I keep eating? I'm not even hungry. It's horrible. I have tanning tonight. Seriously if anything makes me want to throw up all of my food and become a bulemic it's going tanning. Everyone, young and old, is athletic and thin and I feel so old and frumpy and I'm only 22.
I'm on a quest to find good fitting jeans. I just bought some from the gap, along with a denim skirt, but my hopes are not high. The last pair of jeans I bought from the gap were too baggy through the hip. What I am looking for has to be narrow through the hip and thigh, and relaxed possibly slightly flared down from the knee. Every pair of pants I have bought since the demise of my favorite jeans has been an utter disaster. I don't want any jeans with the prefaded fronts and butts, and NO STRETCH. Why is everythign STRETCH?!
If this doesn't work - and I'm stuck with no jeans - I am going to become a skirt and dress person.
The vast majority of the day was spent horozontal, whining about my sunburn (back, butt, stomache.) At 6:30 I went to the grocery store with Devan, who announced which 'town' we were in every time I changed isles. ("Now we're in soda town and chip town") She is such a polite little thing. I bought her a Reese's cup at the check out and as we were walking out to our car she said to me 'thank you mommy for buying me this' without being told to say thanks. She does that a lot. Sometimes it's hours after the fact, but it seems like she always appreciates everything we do for her.
Jon's watching an HBO documentary about a woman who adopted a dozen disabled kids. I'm not watching it. He keeps saying ' what a generous person' and it's kind of cute.
Tonight, Jon watched the nets game (They lost) and I tried to catch up on snb2 pattern. Blah. I wish I was a mathematical person who could figure out the numbers for upsizing patterns from small to large, instead of actually having to work through the pattern. It takes a long time.
I'm kinda bored. Not sure what I want to do right now... Going to bed doesn't seem like fun because I am too sore.Maybe I'll pretend to sit on the couch, and fall asleep there.
OHH today I finally realized that the clerk at my town's post office was on Queer Eye! He was the really outdoorsy man who used to be a male model and when they were done with him he ended up looking quite a bit like David Bowie. (ep. 113, look it up) So anyways, I recognized him and then I looked him up and sure enough it was the same guy. I'm probably going to start stalking him and taking pictures so that I can monitor whether or not he keeps his new style. I must admit he is pretty smokin' for an older man.
I want a new laptop. Mine has been broken since the beginning of the year and all of my precious photographs and recipes and love letters are stored on there. Plus I hate coming downstairs to the dungeon everytime I want to look at websites.
I went to the tanning salon last night. I arrived home with my stomach, upper back, and my butt burned to a crisp. i almost had to make jon sleep on the couch last night so i could lay flat. It hurts so bad. I had to cancel my appointment for tonight - which is good because I don't know what possessed me to make it for 6:30 when I know I can't go at 6:30. So I'm going tomorrow at 9pm. I should be more healed by then.
I have til May 31 to finish my snb2 patterns and get them mailed in. I am going so slowwwww because it's one thing after another lately. I have the basic pattern written out, I just have to edit some mistakes, type it up, draw up a schematic,and I think that's it. I also have to write a biography and send in a picture and a little thing about what inspired me to create this pattern.
All the sudden I'm tired again. I came downstairs because I kept eating upstairs. I'm not hungry but I'm bored as hell. I drank the last of the soda in the house - the last Homer Cola from Canada. I feel a little guilty about that, since jon had hidden it in devan's closet but whatever. I needed it.
I should go to the grocery store and pick up some stuff. Devan's birthday is Monday and she wants either a pink cake or pink cupcakes. I think I'll order her a cake - she said she wants pink flowers on it. And then I'll make pink cupcakes just as a snack. I'm trying to think of what we could do that night for the party. Maybe I'll do snacks and then order pizza? Or maybe I'll order sandwiches?
Who knows... OOOh I could do mikey's. I don't know right now what I want to do. I always bite off more than I can chew with parties, so I should just keep it simple since I'm going out of town next week for the wedding.
I just told Jon I drank the homer cola. I think he's p.o'd...
This will be short because I don't feel like typing.
As I believe I told you all before, I have been tanning (2x)for my friend's wedding at the end of the month. Basically, I guess I have pretty sensitive skin- My stomache and my back are both burned and hurt terribly. Tonight when I go, I'll be wearing a tank top, without the straps up, of course, because i am afraid of how bad i'll be burned in those areas tomorrow if I don't. The rest of me is a little tan, and that's nice, but I want to stick with this. I've never done this tanning business before.
Because of being burned, I am freezing. I was upstairs trying to read for a little while and my fingers got so cold I couldn't concentrate on the book. So now I'm downstairs, on a hot summery day, wearing a heavy hooded sweatshirt and sweatpants. and socks. with flying pigs on them.
Also I feel as though I might be getting sick again. this is ridiculous. I was starting to feel better except for my cough, but i'm getting all sniffly again. My other problem is going away temporarily but I still have to see a dr. about it if I ever want to have any more children. I've been going back and forth on that subject because most of me does want to have another baby - preferrably before devan gets much older - and a small part of me is afraid to have another, and doesn't want another.
STill working kind of diligently on my snb 2 pattern. I 'm outta lye so I'm not making anymore soap right now. I salvaged 3 bars of grass soap that I made the other day. The rest is in a baggie, waiting to be remelted. the grass soap looks weird because it was getting lumpy as I poured it into the molds, but it smells good and is nice and hard. so that's cool. we'll see in a couple weeks how it turned out.
For now, I have to get under some warm blankets, stat! (before my fingers fall off.)
Feeling inspired, I tried to rekindle my relationship with soapmaking this afternoon. My first attempt was a simple 'grass' soap. Something, I'm not sure what, since I'm a little rusty, happened to this batch of soap. If I'd left it alone, I'd have to scrape off a little once it set but since I'm an idiot, I tried to remelt it and it just went nuts. After this, I attempted a larger batch of soap containing different purple pigments and lavender essential oil. What happened to this batch is a mystery - maybe it overheated - but it was certainly fascinating to watch. It just erupted and wouldn't stop. It was like rising bread and when pieces fell off, new pieces rose in their place. It was nuts. I've never had this kind of bad luck with soap and it's got me pretty discouraged and I don't feel like making it anymore.
I'm totally bored and I don't know what to do with myself right now. This stinks.
Today is the first day of the first week of summer break. It feels great. Today I got up with Devan and we woke up Uncle Wick, and I drove in front of his car to Newton so he could find his way back to rte 80. Then I dropped Devan off with Gockey and Dee, so I could go tanning. Yes. I went tanning. I'm trying to get a little bit of a 'healthy' glow for the wedding. My dress is sleeveless and strapless so I wanted to look nicer.
I went to Shoprite to get some olive oil and some canola oil for soapmaking, because the olive oil was supposedly 5.00 for these huge tins of it. I got to the checkout with 2 of them and they rang up at 16.99 apiece! I have to call later about that.
Our downstairs bathroom is like a sauna. A really wet sauna. We've got a hot water leak, and the room has been closed (now open and airing out) so it's all steamy and drippy in there. Totally gross. I'm trying to get Jon to come home and fix it.
My new wooden soap molds came today. They're pretty heavy duty and I hope to get psyched about soap again. Since it's summer break now, I actually have time I can devote to my recipes and getting good at this again. Who knows, maybe I'll even sell some through my website.
I don't really have much to say, Knitwise, I'm working on my stitch n' bitch 2 pattern and I should be done by weeks end if I don't get to wrapped up in soapmaking.
ok, just for the record I hate the new blogger setup.
I haven't updated in awhile so I'll do this quickly.
My brother came over last thursday. We watched ER which was a disappointment (wanted Kem to die, not the baby..) Friday Jon's mom brought over dinner and we discussed politics and religion til the wee hours of the morning. Saturday it was breakfast at the Sussex Queen with Joe, and then we went to Chinatown. I got this awesome bag
...and basically it's made my whole life worthwhile. Does the word "complete" come to mind when you gaze upon this bag? Oh it's just me?
No, seriously. I do realize how hideous it is.
Ok, after going to chinatown we walked down to the wtc viewing platform and that was loads of fun. We walked through the Romanian street fair and I wanted to buy stuff but i couldn't. Anyways, it was freezing and not much fun for me because i wanted to stop and look. I was the minority vote so I lost.
After leaving the city we went to IHOP where my illness began. I can't believe I haven't mentioned my illness yet. Well I'm sick. I was doign a little chart of what my illness could be. So far I've got Lyme disease (for unrelated reasons), pnemonia, bronchitis, pulmonary edema (i'm told this is an emergency), congestive heart failure, worms, or possibly a cold. I think it's worms.
So we ate at Ihop. I went to AC Moore and bought some patons classic wool. Sunday was mother's day and I got flowers and a card. We watched Queer eye pretty much all day and then went out for coffee and bought groceries for dinner. Then we watched sopranos and went to bed.
Monday is blurry. I was sick most of the day and did some work finishing my portfolio for tuesday. Then I went to bed. Tuesday SUCKED and I thought I was going to keel over (from the worms, teehee) all day long. Wednesday was ok. I turned in my portfolio and we went to Parsippany and ate at applebee's with Devan. Then we went home. It's been one excitement filled minute after another. I actually wish I were doing more but I've been feeling like crap.
There's not a whole lot going on right now except a drama-rama over at my brother's blog. I'm about to sit down and watch the ER episode that I tivo'd earlier tonight and it will probably be awesome.
Last night was SO weird. Devan laid down for a nap when she got home, because she was exhausted. It was about 4:30 then. I got sidetracked with the idea of lighting candles and opening all the doors and windows and reading during the thunderstorm. Jon came home at 8:30 with a pizza and that's when I realized how late it was and went in to wake Devan up. She decided to stay up until after midnight.
Today the dogs started barking and I looked out of the deck and saw a bear in the yard. The dog's barking caught it's attention and it stopped and turned it's head to look at them. Now that the bears are out I'm going to be a little more paranoid to be outside. Don't get me wrong, it's amazing to see them, and if anyone's encroaching on anyones space - it's us, not them, so I don't MIND them being around. I am just a little scared of them because they're massive and powerful and I don't want to be horribly disfigured or eaten.
I had so much fun in class yesterday, I basically just talked to the Dhew the whole time and she was cracking me up because she says very british things like, 'crikey' and at one point she was talking about her experience with a male model and a group of feminist lesbians in her class who would tell him how to pose, and most times would yell at him to get down on his knees like a dog, or in other ridiculous poses to humiliate him. She said the guy was 'dead perverted' and enjoyed taking off his 'smoking coat' slowly like he was doing a striptease. It made me glad that my only negative experiences have been with the Toad - (her nickname, not mine). I should scan or take pictures of some of my drawings of him. It's unreal how ODD his body is.
I wrote a pattern last night for a sweater vest for Devan. I'd like to use wool, but I have all of this Lion Brand Jiffy that I bought simply because it was on sale and I'd like to use it up.
Devan was 3 months old in this picture and I LOVED this little woolen sweater vest from the Baby Gap. I don't want to make one JUST like that, but I want to make a fairly simple one with ribbing along the collar and sleeves and then embroidery on the front to make it more girly.
I have 7 million projects to do so i'm off to get busy.
Will never understand 'private livejournals' or anything private on the internet
Will never understand racism, classism, or sexism
Today is my last official day of class (group critique of paintings)
I painted so much last night, it's not even funny
I had to stare at a disgusting man's balls and butt crack and gnarly crusty feet (in the same pose) for 3 hours yesterday.
Therefore, I left my glasses OFF.
I can't afford nice yarn. My weekend purchases were such a tease.
Applesauce is delicious
Because my figure drawing professor is a hippie, I no longer feel the weight of the world on my shoulders (I no longer have to produce 16 weeks of still lives and sketching by tuesday)
Why aren't crimes against women considered hate crimes and a violation of civil rights? Really...
I refer to going to today's color theory class as 'doing the Dhew,' because my professors last name is Dhew.
The above note is really stupid, but cracks me up.
I'm going to walmart today to buy a pattern for a little summer dress for devan
Is it gross that I never take a shower before 'doing the dhew'??????
My yarn from Debbie Stoller has still not arrived 2 weeks and 1 day later..
So I went shopping today. First I went to Dunkin Donuts with my beloved Jonathan, and then I went to Borders at the Willowbrook mall. Then I went to the Knitting Basket in Denville. How did I make out, you ask?
I don't actually have any projects in mind for any of the yarns, except the sock yarns are for socks, of course. I just wanted to buy them and fool around with them. I really really love the Debbie Bliss chocolate cashmerino aran. It's really soft. I want to knit myself a comfy pullover with slightly flared sleeves... rolled hems...rolled neck... I'm making it up as I go along. I felt up the Rowan calmer and I think I'm in love. It reminds me of something else, but I can't think of what.
I finished the first magic stripes sock tonight, while watching sopranos, and started the ribbing on the front right panel of my unspun sweater. There are a few mistakes on the magic stripes sock. I'm pretty sure I won't be knitting a match to that one. I don't like the colors at all. I 've got tons of sock yarn to use, so finishing these ugly things is not a priority.
I still haven't done my homework, aside from finishing edward scissorhands painting #1. I'm really doing myself in. I have to write a paper tomorrow, and I also forgot to have my artwork framed for the exhibition. I'm going to go to Michael's or maybe the Rag Shop and beg someone tomorrow morning to help me mat it in time. It's due tomorrow by 6pm. I'm not worried about finding a frame for either piece. I'm worried about getting mats, and even though the school has a mat cutter, I'm lost on how that benefits me in any way right now.
Oh. PS. The only reason I bought that sock book was because at the end there's a pair of socks with pigs all over them. I just couldn't NOT buy it..
As you might have noticed (or might not have -refresh the page) I spruced up my journal, which is slowly but surely being transformed into a knitting blog. I'm not done yet. The whole site needs to be demolished and rebuilt.
(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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(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 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.
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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.
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