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I'll Take Fries With That

another long day so i'm going to make this quick.  in december, i signed up for a photography course and tonight was the first class.  at first i was a little nervous since this is an advanced digital class but i feel a little bit better about it now.  anyway, the syllabus looks interesting.  there are a couple of photo geeks in the class that could possibly suck all of the joy out of the process for me, but the instructor seems more focused on composition so i'm hoping that she will set the tone and the photo geeks will settle down, shut up, and just take pictures.

so that's all for now.  i'm writing this while watching the news so i apologize if it doesn't make any sense.

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day 265 --tomorrow's friday!

10 on Tuesday ... OK Maybe Just One

these week's 10 on Tuesday is "10 things you'd like to do in 2009."  hmmm that sounds a little bit like resolutions, doesn't it.  and I didn't make any.  Well, it's almost midnight, and this will be the third night in a row that i go to bed after midnight and that makes getting up when the alarm goes off at 5ish kind of difficult.  so i'll just start with one for now.

1.  I'd like to finally take those teaching exams.  yeah i've been talking about them for a long time and i keep postponing taking them.  but yes, i'd really like to take them.  this spring.

2.  i'd like to go back to france.  i haven't been home in a couple of years.  and my parents aren't all that young anymore, so i need to go back to see them while i still can.  this is kind of depressing me.  i need to stop thinking like that.  anyway, when i do, i want to take j to the villages/regions where my parents grew up and where i used to go to visit my grandparents when i was a kid.  now that he's traveled to japan, he thinks he's rick steves now.  sheesh.

3.  i'd like to continue working on my photography so i can improve.

4.  i'd like to learn how to sew.  i have a sewing machine.  (getting too close to a resolution here ...)

5.  i'd like to be more fit.  no, not a resolution.

6.  i'd like to this post a day blogging project to be over ... 

there, there's six.  it's midnight.  i'm going to bed.

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day 263 -- whatever.

OK I Survived

No thanks to the crazy coating of ice on everything this morning though.  Gah!  At least i got a bit of a laugh when the cat went sliding off the front step.  for those of you not in the area, last night it rained and then got cold, so everything was covered in a thin coating of ice.  it was delightful.

and work was the same.  not really.

that's all i have for today.  see, the job has even taken away my photo mojo, so for the second day in a row (i think) i don't have a photo for you. 

blah. 

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day 262 -- 3 more days 'til friday!

So Depressing

i go back to work tomorrow.  usually, i get a little antsy after a few days of being at home.  but not this time around.  i could totally stand to stay home another week or two.  you know, without the coughing.

oh well.  all good things come to an end i guess.

drove j to the airport again.  this time at a more reasonable hour.  he's in pittsburgh for the week.  just me and the cats.  like old times.  heh.

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day 261 -- have a mentioned how depressed i am?  blech.

Hello 2009!

j and i were rather lame-assed last night.  we kind of had an excuse as it did snow all day yesterday.  but then i went to bed at 10 and since i pretty much fall asleep whenever in the prone position regardless of where i am, i didn't make it to midnight.  but this morning i made cinnamon rolls (don't get too excited -- they were poppin' fresh dough rolls) and cooked j some bacon.  and i did a little spinning all before heading out to spend the afternoon with some knitters.  not a bad way to start the new year.

with regards to the spinning, what i noticed when i put together the mosaic below, was that i did virtually no spinning in 2008.  which of course means that i still suck at it.  but hey, i knit 11 pairs of socks! 

and six hats, a pair of mittens, some scarves and a blanket (ok, some of those things i crocheted, but you know what i mean).   i certainly seem to favor bright colors, don't i.   and i do like my accessories.  some of you i know like to make knitting/crafting resolutions.  yeah, there will be none of that here. 

so what did you make this year?

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day 258 -- and 2009, you had better not suck.  that's all i'm sayin'.  i have my eyes on you.

Whatever I Want Wednesday

it's the end of another year. usually at this time of year i'm thinking about resolutions and doing a mental breakdown (or having one) of my accomplishments.  but not this year.  nope.  mostly because 2008 was a bust.  i don't think i accomplished anything that i had planned to in the past year.  (i'm not going to check either).  i'm fatter than ever.  still in the same job i hate (thanks craptastic economy).  still have no siding on the walls of my house, etc.  and if i think too hard about everything i didn't do, i'll just get maudlin and eat chocolate and get even fatter.  so i'm just not going to do it.  i can only do my best.  and maybe that will be my resolution for 2009 ... try to be the best that i can be.

ha!  that was easy.

and on that note, i present my final FO of the year. a stocking cap for me.   after making this hat for my father-in-law and not wanting to part with it, i decided to make one for me too.

i used 5 different colors of patons classic merino for this one too, but instead of changing colors every 3 rows, i changed them every 15.  the wider stripes are much more slimming i think.  ha!

and at adrian's suggestion, i made three pompoms for the tip instead of just one.  a girl can never have too many pompoms.   as always, any details have been raveled.

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day 257 -- happy new year kids!

A Break Through

i made it through the day without cold medication.  but i will be taking a shot of nyquil tonight.  tomorrow, i'm leaving the house for the whole day!  i can hardly stand it!

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day 255 -- i'm sure to have something new to write about tomorrow.

I've Got Nothing

i could whine about how sick i still feel but you really don't want to read about that again.  i swear i'm not normally this big a baby. 

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day 254 -- the upper abdominals are getting a workout with all of the coughing

Christmas Vacation

so it's official.  i'm on vacation until the 5th of january.  yay!  today i went into work for a few hours to tie up some loose ends before the holiday, then i did some christmas shopping (i've got one last present to buy) and then met the gang at knit night.  i got home about 30 minutes ago and i can hear j snoring.  good times i'm telling you.

anyway, it's past my bedtime.  gotta go before i turn into a pumpkin.

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day 248 -- i received the most wonderful surprise in the mail today.  i can't wait to show you!

Ta-DAAAA

my favorite kind of cake.  beautiful and calorie free.

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day 246 -- i'm 46 today.  look!  46 on day 246!