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A Break

christmas has  come and gone and this year unlike previous years, i'm a little disappointed that the christmas carols are over.  i know!  they've been on since halloween and yet it feels like i barely got a chance to get sick of them!  we never even put up a tree.  although i did have the inflatable snow globe up.  i love that thing. (although clearly not enough to actually have a close-up of it).

i partly blame that on being back in school.  it was only one class but between lab and lecture, i barely had a week without an exam or project due.   kind of sucks any joy out of the holiday season.

my birthday and christmas were relaxing.  j surprised me with a fancy schmancy wide-angle lens for my birthday.   we're still getting acquainted. (me and the lens.  not me and j.) and the girls pitched in a got me a gift card to lush.  i have high hopes for the beautification.

for christmas, j got us a network storage type device thing.  overkill of course, as all i wanted was an external hard drive to back up my laptop.  but that's j for you. you send him out for  a shovel, he comes home with a backhoe.

what's been great is that i've had the past week off from work.  there was time for last minute shopping and meeting up with stitchy.  and thursday, i introduced caro to WEBS.  despite the weather i think we both enjoyed ourselves.  it's possible that i may have bought some noro sock yarn and some kidsilk haze.  and a namaste needle binder. 

there was some knitting too, but i'll save that for tomorrow.

 

Merry Christmas!

i want to thank you all for the wonderful birthday greetings.  it was very sweet of you all to wish me a happy birthday.   i'm still freaking out but just a little on the inside.

now it's my turn to wish you all a merry christmas.

nothing says christmas more than a disembodied doll head ornament.

 

Zero More Days!

hey, guess what?  it's my birthday!! 

have some cake!

and here's number 20.


20.  i'm 45 years old today and i have to admit, i'm a little freaked out.  i'll try not to think about it.

One More Day

i've got nothing today other than to say that I JUST FINISHED MY EXAM!!!!

19.  AND STARTING TOMORROW AT 4PM I'M OFFICIALLY ON VACATION UNTIL JANUARY 3RD!!!!

Two More Days

ok, i'm done for the season with the funfur trees.  i want to knit something else. 

here i've got 3 different sized trees knit up with 3 different types of funfur/novelty crap.  the red one kind of reminds me of my legs when i haven't shaved in awhile. heh heh.

and adrian says they kind of look boobly with the little balls on top.  heh heh boobly.

and that takes me to number 18 on the hit parade of things about me.

18.  no matter how old i get, there's a part of me that's still in the 3rd grade. sometimes i struggle with that feeling.  i want to be more mature.  i think.  but most of the time i'm ok with it.   if you can't laugh at at any word with boob in it, then life isn't worth living.

boobies.

Three More Days

so whatever happened to my little yarn cake friend? 

yeah, it's been awhile since i first introduced you to my imperiled pal. i'm afraid that his story didn't end well.  but i can't blame the cat. 

it's all my fault.  and The Knitter's Book of Yarn. 

the maine morning mitts, by clara parkes.

i followed the pattern as written except that i added an inch in length to the wrist area.  the yarn used was some nameless natural wool that i kool-aid dyed.   

by the way, unless you've been hoarding the stuff, it looks like kool-aid as a dyeing agent may be a thing of the past.  they've come up with "invisible" kool-aid!  i know, what gives?!  better for the kids who drink the stuff, i guess, but not so good for wool dyeing.  (although i'm not sure kids will get excited about drinking something that doesn't turn their lips blue.)

anyway, i've since created a Knitter's Book of Yarn group on flickr, so if you've made something from the book please feel free to join the group and post your photos.

and now number 17:

17.  i have only two UFO's.  both are crochet projects and one is a bag that's waiting for a fabric lining.   i usually have more than one project on the needles/hooks at any one time, but very rarely do i leave a project unfinished.  if i'm enjoying a knit, i'll finish it.  if i'm not, i'll frog.  there's very rarely any middle ground for me.  i am, after all, an all or nothing kind of gal.  and yes,  mafia,  if you want to take it that way, you can. 

Four More Days

yesterday the sun was out and the snow was still deep and white and crunchy. 

today, we got snow and sleet, so i spent the day inside studying and knitting and watching football.  it's quite possible that i never got out of my pajamas and fuzzy feet.

by the way, we're only 4 days away from the birthday, so here's number 16 in my list of things about me:

16.  i'm a doodler.  i doodle during meetings and in class when i'm not taking notes.  and most of my doodles look like this:

whenever my mind starts to wander and i need to concentrate on what is being discussed i start with the swirlies.  if i'm on conference calls alone in my office though, i knit.

Five More Days

teresa commented on yesterday's post that i still owe you all numbers 12, 13, and 14.  so here's what i put together for her last night:

12.  i'm a very safe driver leaving 2 to 3 car lengths between me and the driver in front of me.

13.  i've been known to study recombinant DNA

14.  i kiss my car

and now for number

15.  i do not have a tattoo and nor do i ever want one.  i had a henna tattoo on my arm once and by day 3 i was scrubbing it off so i think i'm too fickle to commit to ink.  but on july 4, 2000 i did get my navel pierced.  it was my way of celebrating our nation's birthday.  heh heh. 

for sandy  a little bit of sky.

Eight, Seven, Six More Days

yeah so i kind of dropped the ball.  the last couple of days were a bit challenging time-wise and it's only today that i've found a moment to write.  wednesday night i had a big ass final lab exam and then one more lecture so i didn't get home until late .  while ms. mafia was drinking chocolatinis after her econ final, i was sitting in class learning about recombinant DNA.  yes, everyone else and their mother is done with classes but i have one more final next week. i have  never had so many tests for one class in my life.   it's been crazy.

yesterday, while caro was getting all excited i was stuck in snowy traffic for 4 hours like these two and when i finally made it home, i passed out in a crumpled heap.   talk about nerve-wracking.  people were pretty well-behaved though.  except for the asshat who rode my ass for at least an hour (about 2 miles) along the mass pike.  that is until he finally passed me and then had the nerve to give me the hairy eyeball because i thought it might be smart to have at least 2 car lengths between me and the guy in front of me.  CRAZY i know.   and can i just say how proud i am of my little mini?  she even managed to climb the hill to my house with nary a complaint!  i may have kissed her snow-covered roof when i made it safely home. 

so that's what i've been up to for the past two days. 

good times.

Nine More Days

I'm really tired tonight.  My shoulder hurts.  My cat's being a pain and won't let me type.  I'm not even posting a picture.   I'm going to bed.

11.  Sometimes I can be a big baby.