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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Monday, April 09, 2007
Sunday, April 08, 2007
I am so excited about this one!!!!!
I just joined this swap and I am so super excited I can't stand it! For my secret Hogwarts pal, here is my questionaire:
Hogwarts Sock Swap Questionnaire
What Hogwarts house have you been sorted into?
Gryffindor! Go scarlet and gold!
Shoe size?
8.5 women’s US
Foot Length?
10 inches (that seems so looooonnng!)
Foot Circumference?
9 inches (really? REALLY?)
List your three favorite double-point needle brands, including size and length.
a. Lantern Moon - 5" size 1 - rosewood
b. Lantern Moon - 5" size 2 - rosewood
c. Brittney - 5" size 1
Would you like to try a new brand needle? If so, which brand? Size? Length?
I really prefer knitting socks with wooden needles (less slippery) and I like to use the shorter needles (easier to manage). I have gotten used to size 1 or 2 needles for socks as well.
If you are a RAVENCLAW, do you prefer the colors in the film or the book? Do you have a strong preference?
N/A to me (but I prefer the movie colors just for the record)
Are you willing to have an international Hogwarts Sock Pal?
Sure.
So, anyhow, this is such a cool, cool swap b/c
a) who doesn't love a swap
b) who doesn't love a sock swap
c) you get not only socks but a new set of needles and a matching set of stitch markers
d) Harry Potter rules!
e) even if we have to say good-bye (sob, sob) to the series, we get a cool pair of handknit socks to comfort us for our loss (boo hoo hoo!)
So, what are all you sock knitters waiting for? Go join! Even if you aren't an HP fan, what's not to love about getting/sharing socks?
Right?!?
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
How funny is this?
So, my Mom is up from Miami visiting for the week. We took her to DC this past weekend. If you all remember, my visit to DC last year to see the Cherry Blossom wasn't a complete bust, but most of the blooms had been blown off the night before by a huge storm. This year, we were there for the first weekend of the Cherry Blossom Festival and it did not dissapoint. Post and pictures on that later but I had to share this with you right away.
Tee hee. The great thing about this was that my hubby didn't even bat an eye when I shoved the camera at him and ran across the street to pose.
Yeah!
Tee hee. The great thing about this was that my hubby didn't even bat an eye when I shoved the camera at him and ran across the street to pose.
Yeah!
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
No knitting but some excellent reading
DANG IT! My carpal tunnel is acting up and although I REALLY, REALLY want and need to knit, I can't. . . it really, really hurts right now. :-O
Sigh.
BUT, have no fear, I have found something to occupy my time. . . .has anyone else read this. Man, it's good. Ok, Ok, so I am not lil' miss politics and I do not know anyone who suffered a personal loss on 9/11. . . BUT. . . .
I do know what it is like to have friends who are your lifeline during hard times. I do know that it is very important to tell the people who matter to you that, well, that they matter to you.
This book? FAB! Yes, it's the story of 4 Sept. 11 widows and yes, they do talk about losing their husbands but it is NOT a book about Sept. 11th. It's a love story about 4 women who form a bond that is beyond a "normal" friendship. It is about how they come to understand that life is meant to be shared with people who you love: romantic love, familial love, parent/child love, and just as important, friendship love.
I've always been one to tell people when I love them. Yep, PEOPLE. Not just boys, not just men, not just my family, PEOPLE. I love people all around me in my life. . . and I tell them. I tell them whenever I feel it and whenever I am saying goodbye. I don't want to ever have something happen and have them not know that I loved them. It's important to me. I've seen so many people die with the regret of unspoken words or feelings. I don't want that for me or for those around me. So, if I love you, I'm gonna tell you. Live with it.
A few years ago I met the wife of one of DHs (back then) coworkers - (did that make sense?). Anywho, we met at a baseball game when DS and I got to go to the firm's suite at The Jake. We hit it off right away. Our lives where such parallels of each others. We both grew up in Florida. We both married our college sweethearts. We both wanted lots of kids. We both had just one son. (We both had very similar feelings about that but that's a different story). We both supported our families in New Orleans while our husbands both attended Tulane Law School (different class years - we were a year a head of them). We both are under appreciated (and under paid) professionals - teacher and nurse. (Again, different story). You get the picture, right?
I remember the first time I told her that I loved her as we were hanging up from a phone call. She was taken aback and just said "uh, Thanks". I persisted with subsequent conversations and meetings to tell her that I loved her when saying goodbye b/c I had come to love her. She mattered to me. I wanted her to know it.
I also remember her and I having a conversation where she told me how much me telling her that I loved her meant to her. She started looking at her life different and realizing that she, like many, just assumed that the people who mattered to her just knew that they mattered to her. Of course they know, right? Uh, not necessarily and even if they do, who doesn't like to hear that they matter, that they are loved? She thanked me for teaching her to tell people how she feels. She told me how she had started to say I love you more and how much closer it drew her to those that mattered. She told me that it changed her to hear that she was loved not just by those who were supposed to love her, but by other who chose to love her. So now, each time we write each other or talk, we say "LYLAS" (we pronounce it 'lilas') - love you like a sister.
So, this book, it's a good book. It's written by each of the 4 widows plus another author. Pick it up if you can. It's really a good read.
Oh, and by the way,
when was the last time you told your friends that you loved them???
Sigh.
BUT, have no fear, I have found something to occupy my time. . . .has anyone else read this. Man, it's good. Ok, Ok, so I am not lil' miss politics and I do not know anyone who suffered a personal loss on 9/11. . . BUT. . . .
I do know what it is like to have friends who are your lifeline during hard times. I do know that it is very important to tell the people who matter to you that, well, that they matter to you.
This book? FAB! Yes, it's the story of 4 Sept. 11 widows and yes, they do talk about losing their husbands but it is NOT a book about Sept. 11th. It's a love story about 4 women who form a bond that is beyond a "normal" friendship. It is about how they come to understand that life is meant to be shared with people who you love: romantic love, familial love, parent/child love, and just as important, friendship love.
I've always been one to tell people when I love them. Yep, PEOPLE. Not just boys, not just men, not just my family, PEOPLE. I love people all around me in my life. . . and I tell them. I tell them whenever I feel it and whenever I am saying goodbye. I don't want to ever have something happen and have them not know that I loved them. It's important to me. I've seen so many people die with the regret of unspoken words or feelings. I don't want that for me or for those around me. So, if I love you, I'm gonna tell you. Live with it.
A few years ago I met the wife of one of DHs (back then) coworkers - (did that make sense?). Anywho, we met at a baseball game when DS and I got to go to the firm's suite at The Jake. We hit it off right away. Our lives where such parallels of each others. We both grew up in Florida. We both married our college sweethearts. We both wanted lots of kids. We both had just one son. (We both had very similar feelings about that but that's a different story). We both supported our families in New Orleans while our husbands both attended Tulane Law School (different class years - we were a year a head of them). We both are under appreciated (and under paid) professionals - teacher and nurse. (Again, different story). You get the picture, right?
I remember the first time I told her that I loved her as we were hanging up from a phone call. She was taken aback and just said "uh, Thanks". I persisted with subsequent conversations and meetings to tell her that I loved her when saying goodbye b/c I had come to love her. She mattered to me. I wanted her to know it.
I also remember her and I having a conversation where she told me how much me telling her that I loved her meant to her. She started looking at her life different and realizing that she, like many, just assumed that the people who mattered to her just knew that they mattered to her. Of course they know, right? Uh, not necessarily and even if they do, who doesn't like to hear that they matter, that they are loved? She thanked me for teaching her to tell people how she feels. She told me how she had started to say I love you more and how much closer it drew her to those that mattered. She told me that it changed her to hear that she was loved not just by those who were supposed to love her, but by other who chose to love her. So now, each time we write each other or talk, we say "LYLAS" (we pronounce it 'lilas') - love you like a sister.
So, this book, it's a good book. It's written by each of the 4 widows plus another author. Pick it up if you can. It's really a good read.
Oh, and by the way,
when was the last time you told your friends that you loved them???
Thursday, March 15, 2007
I wish I could be there
I want so much to be here but unfortunately, DH has more business stuff to attend to than ever imagined and so I must be home to play stay at home mom. UGH! I so wanted to be a part of Represent (read the whole post please) because I don't think muggles truly understand how many of us, knitters/crocheters that is, there really are. I don't think they understand WHO we are either (all ages, all types, both sexes, etc.) and therefore underestimate the power of us as a whole.
Sigh. I'm passing on the info in case any of you don't know about this but can make it. If so, take a pix with the traveling sock for me, kay?
BTW, speaking of knitting, (lest you all think I am a complete liar) I have been knitting on the hood of Arwen. I THOUGHT I would have, no scratch that. I SHOULD have a picture of some progress.
Why isn't it here? Well, that would be because I misread my place on the cable chart and therefore crossed cables incorrectly which lead to frogging of MANY, MANY rows of knitting (sob, sob). I truly did almost cry, tears welled up but didn't spill. Sigh.
So I had to frog back to a point where the cables were correct AND where I knew where I was on the chart. This meant frogging much more than beyond the error. (AACK!)
I had to put it down. I couldn't photograph the failure and ensuing disasterous frogging. I might pick it up tonight for Grey's. Believe it or not, I haven't screwed it up while watching that show, just while watching American Idol (must be all the angst over Sanjaya still being there). Course, I just totally jinked myself didn't I?
RATS!
Sigh. I'm passing on the info in case any of you don't know about this but can make it. If so, take a pix with the traveling sock for me, kay?
BTW, speaking of knitting, (lest you all think I am a complete liar) I have been knitting on the hood of Arwen. I THOUGHT I would have, no scratch that. I SHOULD have a picture of some progress.
Why isn't it here? Well, that would be because I misread my place on the cable chart and therefore crossed cables incorrectly which lead to frogging of MANY, MANY rows of knitting (sob, sob). I truly did almost cry, tears welled up but didn't spill. Sigh.
So I had to frog back to a point where the cables were correct AND where I knew where I was on the chart. This meant frogging much more than beyond the error. (AACK!)
I had to put it down. I couldn't photograph the failure and ensuing disasterous frogging. I might pick it up tonight for Grey's. Believe it or not, I haven't screwed it up while watching that show, just while watching American Idol (must be all the angst over Sanjaya still being there). Course, I just totally jinked myself didn't I?
RATS!
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
I love Starbucks!
I do anyway but tomorrow, March 15th from 1000 am to noon, they will be giving away free coffee!
So, how many different Starbuck branches do you guys think I can hit for a free cup of joe?
tee hee
So, how many different Starbuck branches do you guys think I can hit for a free cup of joe?
tee hee
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Ugh,
OK, so my shows have all sucked lately. Why you ask? Well first there's the debacle that is American Idol. AACK! Sabrina is gone but Hayley stayed on? WTF???? Sundance is gone but Sanjaya lives? DOUBLE WTF?!?!?!? I guess there is no accounting for America's taste. After tonight's performances I don't see how Sanjaya would be able to look himself in the mirror if someone else got eliminated. Seriously. He's made the top 12. He's going on the AI tour after the show. Enough already. I want to hear people sing and not just see what else he can do with his hair. Seriously. He did the Farrah flip, the grunge scrunched look, the flat ironed style, the ponytail at the nape and now the permed look. ENOUGH! All that's left for him to do is freak and pull a Britney Spears! America, open your ears and LET HIM GO AWAY ALREADY!
Then, THEN Rob and Amber got ousted on The Amazing Race. OMG! The worst part of that whole deal was that he KNEW the path Magellan took but he misspelled Phillipines. AND, he even said "this better not be a spelling thing". I was screaming at the TV. Honestly, I almost cried when they got eliminated. What a bunch of CRAP! They were the best team the first time they raced and they were again this time. They were just so OFF this last leg. . . . .sigh. . . .I really, really, really wanted them to win. Worse yet, we have to watch the crazy cousins (aka Charla and Myrna) for at least 1 more week. Blech!
We haven't had a Grey's in a couple of weeks and I am so GLAD that there will finally be a new one this week. Btw, have any of you done this? No? Well, I did and the results were:
You are Addison!
You are strong and independent and oh so capable, but sometimes you wish you had a shoulder to cry on. When it all gets to be too much, you might find one where you least expect it. You've been unlucky in love before, but maybe it's finally time for you to find lasting happiness. But no matter what is going on with you personally, you can take pride that you make a difference, every day.
Hmmmmm, not sure how I feel about that. I took the dang thing THREE times and each time was the same (y'know, there were a couple of questions where I could have gone between 2 answers - so I tried again).
Knitting newsflash! Arwen has a grafted sleeve cuff and the beginnings of a hoody! Pictures tomorrow (promise)
Then, THEN Rob and Amber got ousted on The Amazing Race. OMG! The worst part of that whole deal was that he KNEW the path Magellan took but he misspelled Phillipines. AND, he even said "this better not be a spelling thing". I was screaming at the TV. Honestly, I almost cried when they got eliminated. What a bunch of CRAP! They were the best team the first time they raced and they were again this time. They were just so OFF this last leg. . . . .sigh. . . .I really, really, really wanted them to win. Worse yet, we have to watch the crazy cousins (aka Charla and Myrna) for at least 1 more week. Blech!
We haven't had a Grey's in a couple of weeks and I am so GLAD that there will finally be a new one this week. Btw, have any of you done this? No? Well, I did and the results were:
You are Addison!
You are strong and independent and oh so capable, but sometimes you wish you had a shoulder to cry on. When it all gets to be too much, you might find one where you least expect it. You've been unlucky in love before, but maybe it's finally time for you to find lasting happiness. But no matter what is going on with you personally, you can take pride that you make a difference, every day.
Hmmmmm, not sure how I feel about that. I took the dang thing THREE times and each time was the same (y'know, there were a couple of questions where I could have gone between 2 answers - so I tried again).
Knitting newsflash! Arwen has a grafted sleeve cuff and the beginnings of a hoody! Pictures tomorrow (promise)
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
I'm not sure I understand why but I'll take it.
I've been posting a lot more regularly (and frequently) over the last few weeks. It's been kind of fun getting back into the swing of blogging and sharing stuff with all my knit/blog sibs (thanks Brenda for the term). I've especially enjoyed it since the move. You have all been such a support and joy for me since coming to NC. I lost all my "in person" friends but I got to keep all of you so, things have been a bit easier than they would have been without you. During the months since the move, whenever I've felt a 'black day' coming on, I've sat down and read my blogs (I really need to update my list, sorry guys) and written here. It's kept me much less lonelier than had you all not been here for me. Thank you so much for all that you give me.
That being said, let me explain the title of this post. Although I don't get a ton of comments (lurkers, I know you are out there - tee hee), I do get enough that I feel 'connected' with you all. I'm grateful for each comment I get. I have recently gotten a few wonderful comments where I have been complimented on my blog and have been told that this delightful blog (I still can't get over that - tee hee hee) is being added to their blog reading.
Me. Little old me is keeping you all entertained AND getting wonderful comments like that. I am humbled (and honestly dumbfounded). I mean, this is just me rambling on and on. I read other blogs and I totally "get" why they are so popular and why I have them on my bloglists but ME? Seriously? No, I mean, SERIOUSLY?????
So, I don't quite get why you all keep coming back but I wanted to say that I thank GOD every day that you do and that you all are so kind to me in your comments, encouragement and support. You have all been so much more to me than you can all imagine and I thought I should take a moment (and a post) to thank you.
SERIOUSLY.
(btw, March 15th can't come soon enough) - Hey, did I mention that I scored some of these? I am SO excited with them. They are AMAZING! Thanks again Amy, they are amazing.
Lest you think this is no longer a blog about knitting, I have completed 3 washcloths, a set of wrist warmer (Noro Silk Garden - yummy!) and have finished the first sleeve of Arwen. Slow but steady wins the race, right?
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OK, so American Idol this week. Here are my calls.
Boys first as usual. What the heck is up with them? I agree with Paula, Randy and Simon. There are really only a few guys worth the competition at this time. But, only two have to go so I think that although SANJAYA is the first that needs to go, with the way things have been going (who is voting for him? - I heard that in the votes last week he was 4th among the guys - huh?) I think that PHIL (Leann Rimes song? WTF?) and SUNDANCE (only Eddie Vedder should sing Pearl Jam songs - especially Jeremy) are going to go this week.
Girls next: Please, please, please I don't think she will go but ANTONELLA should go. That being said, I think that HALEY (again please, please, please - if I want to see someone like her, I'll go on a cruise, ok?) and GINA (damn, I LIKE her) are going to go.
Who do I want to see go? I want it to be Sanjaya and Phil (though his story is fab) and Antonella and Haley. I'm afraid for Sundance and Gina though. . . . .
That being said, let me explain the title of this post. Although I don't get a ton of comments (lurkers, I know you are out there - tee hee), I do get enough that I feel 'connected' with you all. I'm grateful for each comment I get. I have recently gotten a few wonderful comments where I have been complimented on my blog and have been told that this delightful blog (I still can't get over that - tee hee hee) is being added to their blog reading.
Me. Little old me is keeping you all entertained AND getting wonderful comments like that. I am humbled (and honestly dumbfounded). I mean, this is just me rambling on and on. I read other blogs and I totally "get" why they are so popular and why I have them on my bloglists but ME? Seriously? No, I mean, SERIOUSLY?????
So, I don't quite get why you all keep coming back but I wanted to say that I thank GOD every day that you do and that you all are so kind to me in your comments, encouragement and support. You have all been so much more to me than you can all imagine and I thought I should take a moment (and a post) to thank you.
SERIOUSLY.
(btw, March 15th can't come soon enough) - Hey, did I mention that I scored some of these? I am SO excited with them. They are AMAZING! Thanks again Amy, they are amazing.
Lest you think this is no longer a blog about knitting, I have completed 3 washcloths, a set of wrist warmer (Noro Silk Garden - yummy!) and have finished the first sleeve of Arwen. Slow but steady wins the race, right?
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OK, so American Idol this week. Here are my calls.
Boys first as usual. What the heck is up with them? I agree with Paula, Randy and Simon. There are really only a few guys worth the competition at this time. But, only two have to go so I think that although SANJAYA is the first that needs to go, with the way things have been going (who is voting for him? - I heard that in the votes last week he was 4th among the guys - huh?) I think that PHIL (Leann Rimes song? WTF?) and SUNDANCE (only Eddie Vedder should sing Pearl Jam songs - especially Jeremy) are going to go this week.
Girls next: Please, please, please I don't think she will go but ANTONELLA should go. That being said, I think that HALEY (again please, please, please - if I want to see someone like her, I'll go on a cruise, ok?) and GINA (damn, I LIKE her) are going to go.
Who do I want to see go? I want it to be Sanjaya and Phil (though his story is fab) and Antonella and Haley. I'm afraid for Sundance and Gina though. . . . .
Sunday, March 04, 2007
A funny thing happened while on my way to . . . .
walk around in New Bern, NC yesterday.
Let me explain. Yesterday afternoon, DH decided that we should take a little day trip. We enjoy getting in the car and just going somewhere to see what's there, enjoy the car drive and each other's company. So, finally at 12:30 (after quite a while of trying to find a place to go) we set off to New Bern. Nothing planned, just a drive. We were having a nice drive but along the way I got hungry so we stopped to have lunch at a Diner along State Route 70. Nothing planned, just lunch and then back on the road. We finally arrived at New Bern around 4:30 in the afternoon, knowing full well that most of the shops would be closed but figuring that we would walk around, see the town, eat dinner and go home. Again, nothing planned, just a nice day together.
As I got out of the car and started walking down the street, I heard some rapidly approaching footsteps and some laughter. I turned around and found myself face to face with Lolly! How weird is that?
Especially considering that a) we got off to a much later start than DH had anticipated, b) we happened to pick New Bern to visit c) lunch took longer than we expected, d) that we happened to park on the very street that she happened to be on at the same time that she was on it, e) that she happened to look out of the window from the shop that she was in across the street from where we parked at the very moment that I got out of our car. and f) that Lolly just happened to be visiting her sisters on this particular weekend.
Freaky neat, huh?
It was one of those synchronicity moments in life where things just all fall in to place to put you at a particular place at a particular time for a particular reason. Sorta spooky but cool at the same time.
I was glad to see my friend again. I hadn't seen her since last year and it was nice to see her again, especially so completely unexpectedly! Even funnier was the fact that while discussing where to go yesterday, we talked about going to see the Cherry Blossoms again this year and how I would have to write Lolly before we went there this year.
And people say that there is no such thing as fate. . . .
Let me explain. Yesterday afternoon, DH decided that we should take a little day trip. We enjoy getting in the car and just going somewhere to see what's there, enjoy the car drive and each other's company. So, finally at 12:30 (after quite a while of trying to find a place to go) we set off to New Bern. Nothing planned, just a drive. We were having a nice drive but along the way I got hungry so we stopped to have lunch at a Diner along State Route 70. Nothing planned, just lunch and then back on the road. We finally arrived at New Bern around 4:30 in the afternoon, knowing full well that most of the shops would be closed but figuring that we would walk around, see the town, eat dinner and go home. Again, nothing planned, just a nice day together.
As I got out of the car and started walking down the street, I heard some rapidly approaching footsteps and some laughter. I turned around and found myself face to face with Lolly! How weird is that?
Especially considering that a) we got off to a much later start than DH had anticipated, b) we happened to pick New Bern to visit c) lunch took longer than we expected, d) that we happened to park on the very street that she happened to be on at the same time that she was on it, e) that she happened to look out of the window from the shop that she was in across the street from where we parked at the very moment that I got out of our car. and f) that Lolly just happened to be visiting her sisters on this particular weekend.
Freaky neat, huh?
It was one of those synchronicity moments in life where things just all fall in to place to put you at a particular place at a particular time for a particular reason. Sorta spooky but cool at the same time.
I was glad to see my friend again. I hadn't seen her since last year and it was nice to see her again, especially so completely unexpectedly! Even funnier was the fact that while discussing where to go yesterday, we talked about going to see the Cherry Blossoms again this year and how I would have to write Lolly before we went there this year.
And people say that there is no such thing as fate. . . .
Thursday, March 01, 2007
What happened??
OK, so I got the girls right. Despite a poor performance, Antonella is good looking AND "edgy" right now (what with the pix and all) so I didn't think she would go. . . . quite yet. She better pick it up BIG time though. It's coming. . . . (no pun intended).
Now, WHAT HAPPENED with the guys???? Ok, Ok, AJ was next on my list (saved by a better performance than Brandon for my pick this week) so I can 'understand' him being gone. Nick was smooth though. Simon was right about the outfit and charisma but COME ON, Sanjaya did much worse in BOTH categories PLUS his performance was mediocre at best.
I agree whole heartedly with Paula and Simon. This may be a singing competition but the voting did not reflect that tonight. Of course this IS American Idol. . . . . .
Now, WHAT HAPPENED with the guys???? Ok, Ok, AJ was next on my list (saved by a better performance than Brandon for my pick this week) so I can 'understand' him being gone. Nick was smooth though. Simon was right about the outfit and charisma but COME ON, Sanjaya did much worse in BOTH categories PLUS his performance was mediocre at best.
I agree whole heartedly with Paula and Simon. This may be a singing competition but the voting did not reflect that tonight. Of course this IS American Idol. . . . . .
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
I said I would call it. . . . .
although I am not as sure this week as I was last week.
Alright so starting with the guys:
Great hair or not, Sanjaya is out. I would be shocked if he stayed. What WAS that performance??
Ugh! I am having such a hard time with picking the second one but I unfortunately think that Brandon didn't make a good song choice and for that alone he is going to be out. I normally would have said that AJ would be out next but his performance got the audience much more involved than Brandon's. Sorry B loved your voice but your song didn't showcase it at all.
I like Jared's voice and he is definitely some of the better eye candy but, ugh, he KNOWS it. Blech. Simon is right about Phil. Between being in the Military, his dedication on Tuesday to the troops, his story with the birth of his daughter and his personality, he ain't going nowhere anytime soon. He truly is adorable. If I could snatch up his smile and sell it I would be rich quick. But his voice won't carry him beyond the final . . . . . uh, 10?
Now the girls:
First, I have to say that the boys stepped it up a notch and the girls came back a notch so they are on equal playing fields. Other than Melinda who had an amazing rendition of "My Funny Valentine", everyone elses nerves were showing or they just aren't as good. Despite their improvements from last week, I am going to say that Alaina and Leslie will be leaving. If either one of them stays it will be because of their looks. It's a shame because I think that Alaina is much more talented than she is coming off on the show and Leslie is a great jazz vocalist but that doesn't win American Idol. Y'know?
Stephanie and Sabrina really let me down this week with weak songs and performances. I don't know, I guess I just don't like those genres (although I love Beyonce but that song not so much).
I'm gong to go out on a limb and say that although it's a hard choice between her, Jordin and Lakisha, I think that Melinda is going to ultimately win it all.
I really wish that Chris Sligh could win though. Gotta love him. What a sweetie and hilarious too!
BTW, I thought you all might get a kick out of this, despite not really "watching" the show (he sits through it because of DS and I) DH is amazingly on the same train of thought as Simon. It's kinda funny to watch actually. He'll make comments after a performance and then Simon says the same thing (sometimes verbatim). When did I marry a Brit?
Alright so starting with the guys:
Great hair or not, Sanjaya is out. I would be shocked if he stayed. What WAS that performance??
Ugh! I am having such a hard time with picking the second one but I unfortunately think that Brandon didn't make a good song choice and for that alone he is going to be out. I normally would have said that AJ would be out next but his performance got the audience much more involved than Brandon's. Sorry B loved your voice but your song didn't showcase it at all.
I like Jared's voice and he is definitely some of the better eye candy but, ugh, he KNOWS it. Blech. Simon is right about Phil. Between being in the Military, his dedication on Tuesday to the troops, his story with the birth of his daughter and his personality, he ain't going nowhere anytime soon. He truly is adorable. If I could snatch up his smile and sell it I would be rich quick. But his voice won't carry him beyond the final . . . . . uh, 10?
Now the girls:
First, I have to say that the boys stepped it up a notch and the girls came back a notch so they are on equal playing fields. Other than Melinda who had an amazing rendition of "My Funny Valentine", everyone elses nerves were showing or they just aren't as good. Despite their improvements from last week, I am going to say that Alaina and Leslie will be leaving. If either one of them stays it will be because of their looks. It's a shame because I think that Alaina is much more talented than she is coming off on the show and Leslie is a great jazz vocalist but that doesn't win American Idol. Y'know?
Stephanie and Sabrina really let me down this week with weak songs and performances. I don't know, I guess I just don't like those genres (although I love Beyonce but that song not so much).
I'm gong to go out on a limb and say that although it's a hard choice between her, Jordin and Lakisha, I think that Melinda is going to ultimately win it all.
I really wish that Chris Sligh could win though. Gotta love him. What a sweetie and hilarious too!
BTW, I thought you all might get a kick out of this, despite not really "watching" the show (he sits through it because of DS and I) DH is amazingly on the same train of thought as Simon. It's kinda funny to watch actually. He'll make comments after a performance and then Simon says the same thing (sometimes verbatim). When did I marry a Brit?
I'm so dead
Remember yesterday?
Remember this?
Well, she got a big sister today:
Sigh. I love her. Here are a few close-ups of some details:
I love the hammered silver rings. You can't tell in the picture but they have some character in them with the impressions left from the hammering. Too cool. I love the way the links of the chain mimic the look of the stones. Yeah for good "karma" when crafting.
Here they are together:
See? THIS is why hubby should NEVER leave me alone. It's a bad, bad thing. In my defense though, I had one lonely solitary bead left after making the bracelet yesterday and I didn't have a coordinating necklace and I just COULDN'T let that one bead go to waste. I probably would have lost it somewhere along the way. . . . .
That's what I'm going with anyway.
Will post my call for AI after the show tonight. Got some straight K1 P1 to keep me occupied without needing to concentrate on what I am doing.
Remember this?
Well, she got a big sister today:
Sigh. I love her. Here are a few close-ups of some details:
I love the hammered silver rings. You can't tell in the picture but they have some character in them with the impressions left from the hammering. Too cool. I love the way the links of the chain mimic the look of the stones. Yeah for good "karma" when crafting.
Here they are together:
See? THIS is why hubby should NEVER leave me alone. It's a bad, bad thing. In my defense though, I had one lonely solitary bead left after making the bracelet yesterday and I didn't have a coordinating necklace and I just COULDN'T let that one bead go to waste. I probably would have lost it somewhere along the way. . . . .
That's what I'm going with anyway.
Will post my call for AI after the show tonight. Got some straight K1 P1 to keep me occupied without needing to concentrate on what I am doing.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Lookie what I did today!
It all started innocently enough. Really. DH is out of town and I was running a few errands he left for me to do for him. Good wife, right? OK, so I went to the usual coffee and bagel place and sat there for about an hour drinking my coffee and knitting. Great and relaxing time. I made good progress on Arwen so I was really happy. All is good so far for the day. So, then I went on my way to run the errands and while I was doing that I drove by a store that I've been meaning to check out.
Love the store. Very ecclectic with lots of cool items. So, I found a very pretty set of earrings (dangling gold tone hoopy earrings) on the clearance table (woo hoo). I then found a cool long necklace, double chain with amber colored beads & hoops with gold-tone chains. Score! Cost of the two? $22 (including tax) - Gotta love them clearance tables.
So, then I was thinking of what I was going to wear with them. . . . and the OCD kicked in when I realized that I had absolutely no bracelet that would match. Dang!
What's a girl to do? I went to the bead shop that I have been meaning to check out and made this:
Love it and it looks GREAT with the earrings and necklace. While I was there I saw the coolest big chunky glass beads and I HAD to have them. So, I made this:
I tried to get the spacers in between the beads with the close-up but I don't think it showed up well. Anyway, they are just silver balls but they make the chunky glass really 'pop'.
Total for the two? $30. Man oh man I LOVE being crafty. . . . . .
until tonight when I totally screwed up the shoulder short rows of Arwen and had to rip out about 8-10 rows of work. That's what I get for knitting and watching AI at the same time. Good thing is that I just ended up back where I was when I left the coffee shop. Sigh. It's worth it though. This is my first major sweater (well, first sweater period), my first cabling and my first piecing together of a project/garment so I want it to be right. BTW, I am holding off on calling my elimination predictions on the AI contestants until after I watch the girls perform.
Gotta go review my short row tutorials now.
Love the store. Very ecclectic with lots of cool items. So, I found a very pretty set of earrings (dangling gold tone hoopy earrings) on the clearance table (woo hoo). I then found a cool long necklace, double chain with amber colored beads & hoops with gold-tone chains. Score! Cost of the two? $22 (including tax) - Gotta love them clearance tables.
So, then I was thinking of what I was going to wear with them. . . . and the OCD kicked in when I realized that I had absolutely no bracelet that would match. Dang!
What's a girl to do? I went to the bead shop that I have been meaning to check out and made this:
Love it and it looks GREAT with the earrings and necklace. While I was there I saw the coolest big chunky glass beads and I HAD to have them. So, I made this:
I tried to get the spacers in between the beads with the close-up but I don't think it showed up well. Anyway, they are just silver balls but they make the chunky glass really 'pop'.
Total for the two? $30. Man oh man I LOVE being crafty. . . . . .
until tonight when I totally screwed up the shoulder short rows of Arwen and had to rip out about 8-10 rows of work. That's what I get for knitting and watching AI at the same time. Good thing is that I just ended up back where I was when I left the coffee shop. Sigh. It's worth it though. This is my first major sweater (well, first sweater period), my first cabling and my first piecing together of a project/garment so I want it to be right. BTW, I am holding off on calling my elimination predictions on the AI contestants until after I watch the girls perform.
Gotta go review my short row tutorials now.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Cold and CHAI!
So, it got up to almost 70 here on Wednesday. It was NICE! Then last night and today the temps have plummeted and we are back down in the 30's at night and low 50's during the day. Now, I am not saying that it couldn't be worse (Cleveland is 24 degrees right NOW! - brrrrrr) but a 20+ change in temp in 24 - 28 hours is a bit much, no?
So, I woke up this morning really cold and decided I needed some Chai. Chai warms me to my bones better than anything else I can think of or drink. I think it's all in the spices. The combination gets everything warm from the inside out. AAAHH! ;-)
I was mixing up my chai mix when I realized that I don't think I have shared that here on the blog. So, here it is:
Instant Chai Mix
1 tsp ground Ginger
1 tsp ground Cardamom (you can get it at most grocery stores or World Market)
1/2 tsp ground Cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground Nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground Cloves
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk (I use the Fat-free kind)
Mix all the dry ingredients together. Place the sweetened cond. milk in a container and slowly add the dry ingredients mixing in well and thoroughly. Keep mixture refrigerated in an air-tight sealed container (I use gladware or tupperware).
OK, so now that you have this sugary concoction, how do you use it? Simple, simple.
1. Brew some strong tea (I like to use strong Black tea but any tea is good. I have even used your basic Lipton tea. I also think you probably want to stay away from 'flavored' teas as the flavors may compete with each other.
2. Add mixture to your tea to taste (I use about 1 1/2 tablespoon per a big mug of tea).
3. Mix thoroughly and ENJOY!
YUM-O!
So, I woke up this morning really cold and decided I needed some Chai. Chai warms me to my bones better than anything else I can think of or drink. I think it's all in the spices. The combination gets everything warm from the inside out. AAAHH! ;-)
I was mixing up my chai mix when I realized that I don't think I have shared that here on the blog. So, here it is:
Instant Chai Mix
1 tsp ground Ginger
1 tsp ground Cardamom (you can get it at most grocery stores or World Market)
1/2 tsp ground Cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground Nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground Cloves
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk (I use the Fat-free kind)
Mix all the dry ingredients together. Place the sweetened cond. milk in a container and slowly add the dry ingredients mixing in well and thoroughly. Keep mixture refrigerated in an air-tight sealed container (I use gladware or tupperware).
OK, so now that you have this sugary concoction, how do you use it? Simple, simple.
1. Brew some strong tea (I like to use strong Black tea but any tea is good. I have even used your basic Lipton tea. I also think you probably want to stay away from 'flavored' teas as the flavors may compete with each other.
2. Add mixture to your tea to taste (I use about 1 1/2 tablespoon per a big mug of tea).
3. Mix thoroughly and ENJOY!
YUM-O!
Thursday, February 22, 2007
What to do, what to do
Aye, aye, AYE! What is a girl to do? Tonight is going to be a tough juggling act. Let's see @ 8 pm there's American Idol vs. Survivor and then at 9 pm there's Grey's and CSI. Well, 9 pm is really easy. I need to see how Meredith relays all the near-death experiences to the other characters. What IS Izzie going to say or do about Mer getting the chance to see and speak with Denny again? CSI is on the DVR and hubby and I will watch either after or another night.
Now, 8 pm is a whole different ballgame. Sigh. I think the deciding factor is going to be whether or not the hubby is home by 8 pm. He's not into Idol although he watches with DS and I. We are ALL into Survivor so, if he's here we'll watch that. Otherwise, DS and I will be intently watching Idol and guessing who's gone (I say it should be Nicole and Amy for the girls and for the guys I say Rudy and Sanjaya although Paul is in trouble as well).
All of these are of course on the DVR recording list so it's not like I won't see any of them. It's just WHICH one will I see live (uh, besides Grey's - tee hee)
BTW, does ANYONE know where I can get this dress???
I LOVE that dress. Did she look HOT or what? Ugh, how do I google that?????
Now, 8 pm is a whole different ballgame. Sigh. I think the deciding factor is going to be whether or not the hubby is home by 8 pm. He's not into Idol although he watches with DS and I. We are ALL into Survivor so, if he's here we'll watch that. Otherwise, DS and I will be intently watching Idol and guessing who's gone (I say it should be Nicole and Amy for the girls and for the guys I say Rudy and Sanjaya although Paul is in trouble as well).
All of these are of course on the DVR recording list so it's not like I won't see any of them. It's just WHICH one will I see live (uh, besides Grey's - tee hee)
BTW, does ANYONE know where I can get this dress???
I LOVE that dress. Did she look HOT or what? Ugh, how do I google that?????
Friday, February 16, 2007
Some pictures finally!
So I finally got around to getting some pictures of the "spoiling" that my Mom did on her last day here with me during her visit. My kitchen (which you all know that I LOVE) had a significant amount of space between the top of the cabinets and the ceiling that was just screaming for "something". So, my Mom wanted to fill that space for me. Off to Homegoods we went for "the hunt". Who would have thunk it? We found just the "right" stuff. Take a looksy:
Ok, Ok, so that picture is hard to see the jars/plates. It was the best I could do to show you the entire area. I am trying to go with a rustic feel (I say Italian Tuscany'ish' but DH thinks it all looks much more French Provincial - either way, I LIKE IT!) So, here are the "close-ups"
We got 2 of these 'squarish' plates because there were only 2 types of plates but I needed a total of 3 plates.
Aren't they all just so pretty? It really made the kitchen seem more "finished" to have those on the tops of the cabinets and they brought out the color of the walls beautifully.
I also took a few more "progress" pictures of Arwen since I hadn't taken any in a while. Progress has slowed but I haven't given up. I am almost exclusively knitting on her, I just haven't had much knitting time period.
I like the way it's coming along. It's working up well. . . . .
Ok, Ok, so that picture is hard to see the jars/plates. It was the best I could do to show you the entire area. I am trying to go with a rustic feel (I say Italian Tuscany'ish' but DH thinks it all looks much more French Provincial - either way, I LIKE IT!) So, here are the "close-ups"
We got 2 of these 'squarish' plates because there were only 2 types of plates but I needed a total of 3 plates.
Aren't they all just so pretty? It really made the kitchen seem more "finished" to have those on the tops of the cabinets and they brought out the color of the walls beautifully.
I also took a few more "progress" pictures of Arwen since I hadn't taken any in a while. Progress has slowed but I haven't given up. I am almost exclusively knitting on her, I just haven't had much knitting time period.
I like the way it's coming along. It's working up well. . . . .
HOLY. . . . . . . .
OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG. Can any of you BELIEVE last night's Grey's???? Crap, crap, crap - 7 days is way too long to wait for the conclusion of this whole thing.
I don't have another word to say on it. There's too much to say except to quote Meredith "Holy. . . . . !"
I don't have another word to say on it. There's too much to say except to quote Meredith "Holy. . . . . !"
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Happy Valentine's Day!
I know, I know, it's a super sappy, over-commercialized excuse of a holiday where flower, candy, card and jewelry companies all take us on a ride and often times leave us stranded. . . . . BUT. . . .it is a day to show and tell the people you love the most how much they mean to you.
To my dearest hubby. I LOVE you. I love you in more ways than I thought I would every be able to love. You drive me to the edge of insanity on some days but always manage to make sure I never fall off the precipice! (tee hee) Thank you for all the laughter, love, joy and abundance you have gifted me with in all of our years together. I am blessed.
To my most precious son. You are an absolutely awe inspiring miracle that I cherish more and more with each passing day. How did I ever make such a thing of true perfection? Your wit, warmth and smile make my heart burst with pride and joy whenever I think of you. There isn't a day that I don't thank God for having allowed me the privilege and honor to be your mom. I don't know what I did to deserve you but I will forever be amazed by you.
As you all may have read earlier here, I spent the weekend before last with my Mom who came up for a visit (finally). We had a grand time. I had not seen her in over 8 or 9 months (with the packing, moving and settling in and all) and I had missed her terribly. It was a good visit. It was busy but not crazy and I spent every moment she was here with her. She calms me and centers me and I love her with a depth I was unable to comprehend when I was younger. The visit could not have come at any better time.
I was awakened early on the Monday morning of February 5th by a call from my dear friend Candi. Her mother was dying. . . . .that day. (She too is a nurse). She had taken a very bad turn the night before and now it was just a matter of a few hours. . . . . . .
I woke up and my Mom and I prepared a good breakfast for ourselves and DS. We dropped him off at school and had the entire day, just the 2 of us, together. We talked and shopped and just spent the day 'being' together. My Mom spoiled me. I let her. I took her to lunch. She let me. She was supposed to leave at a time where I would have to drop her off at the airport without her seeing DS again. Her flight was delayed. We went to pick him up and we were all thrilled that the two of them got to see eachother again and slip in some more hugs and kisses.
I had to explain to my DS that I would be leaving to go spend time with Ms. Candi because her Mom had passed. He looked at me with a comprehension beyond his age and told me simply that he "loved me" and how very very sorry he was for Ms. Candi. I booked my flights, DH came home, I quickly packed and I was off.
I arrived around midnight and spent Tuesday - Thursday with my friend. We stayed up late, we watched mindless TV, we ate, we drove around her city, we cleaned out her Mom's room in the long-term facility, we took shoes to the funeral home, we had dinner with the rest of her family, we laughed and we cried. I stood with her throughout the services and we were the only two standing there as they interred (sp?) her Mom's casket in the Mausoleum (sp?). It was as it's always been for us in our friendship. Just the 2 of us standing in a quiet understanding that is only shared and comfortable by the closest of friends.
On the flights home, I thought about how absolutely precious and short our time here is. I heard of the untimely (although not too surprising to me) death of such a young american personality in the airport and was again struck with the thought of life and death. I spent every moment possible with my boys this weekend. I helped my son as he prepared dinner for DH and I (THAT's a post in and of itself - too sweet) and was amazed at his maturity and abilities in the kitchen. I enjoyed every moment with each of them.
I worked both Monday and Tuesday and I took care of some VERY young patients (21, 23 and 26). Two VERY VERY sick (brain tumors - one definitely malignant and the other awaiting results) and one unexpected but in the end lesser illness (acute appendicitis requiring urgent appendectomy). The brain tumor patient with the diagnosis has a very BAD form and an extremely poor prognosis. So young. So sad.
Anyhow, enough with all that. My point here is that I've been getting many, many reminders about the preciousness of life and those around us and I am NOT going to ignore it all. I am going to celebrate my loves today. Despite the 'sappyness' and obvious commercialization - show the ones you love how much you love them today (and every day after that!)
Now, I am going to go and spend some time on loving myself (absolutely necessary - I am going to knit!) since my boys are at school and work (respectively) before I have to go run errands!
To my dearest hubby. I LOVE you. I love you in more ways than I thought I would every be able to love. You drive me to the edge of insanity on some days but always manage to make sure I never fall off the precipice! (tee hee) Thank you for all the laughter, love, joy and abundance you have gifted me with in all of our years together. I am blessed.To my most precious son. You are an absolutely awe inspiring miracle that I cherish more and more with each passing day. How did I ever make such a thing of true perfection? Your wit, warmth and smile make my heart burst with pride and joy whenever I think of you. There isn't a day that I don't thank God for having allowed me the privilege and honor to be your mom. I don't know what I did to deserve you but I will forever be amazed by you.
As you all may have read earlier here, I spent the weekend before last with my Mom who came up for a visit (finally). We had a grand time. I had not seen her in over 8 or 9 months (with the packing, moving and settling in and all) and I had missed her terribly. It was a good visit. It was busy but not crazy and I spent every moment she was here with her. She calms me and centers me and I love her with a depth I was unable to comprehend when I was younger. The visit could not have come at any better time.
I was awakened early on the Monday morning of February 5th by a call from my dear friend Candi. Her mother was dying. . . . .that day. (She too is a nurse). She had taken a very bad turn the night before and now it was just a matter of a few hours. . . . . . .
I woke up and my Mom and I prepared a good breakfast for ourselves and DS. We dropped him off at school and had the entire day, just the 2 of us, together. We talked and shopped and just spent the day 'being' together. My Mom spoiled me. I let her. I took her to lunch. She let me. She was supposed to leave at a time where I would have to drop her off at the airport without her seeing DS again. Her flight was delayed. We went to pick him up and we were all thrilled that the two of them got to see eachother again and slip in some more hugs and kisses.
I had to explain to my DS that I would be leaving to go spend time with Ms. Candi because her Mom had passed. He looked at me with a comprehension beyond his age and told me simply that he "loved me" and how very very sorry he was for Ms. Candi. I booked my flights, DH came home, I quickly packed and I was off.
I arrived around midnight and spent Tuesday - Thursday with my friend. We stayed up late, we watched mindless TV, we ate, we drove around her city, we cleaned out her Mom's room in the long-term facility, we took shoes to the funeral home, we had dinner with the rest of her family, we laughed and we cried. I stood with her throughout the services and we were the only two standing there as they interred (sp?) her Mom's casket in the Mausoleum (sp?). It was as it's always been for us in our friendship. Just the 2 of us standing in a quiet understanding that is only shared and comfortable by the closest of friends.
On the flights home, I thought about how absolutely precious and short our time here is. I heard of the untimely (although not too surprising to me) death of such a young american personality in the airport and was again struck with the thought of life and death. I spent every moment possible with my boys this weekend. I helped my son as he prepared dinner for DH and I (THAT's a post in and of itself - too sweet) and was amazed at his maturity and abilities in the kitchen. I enjoyed every moment with each of them.
I worked both Monday and Tuesday and I took care of some VERY young patients (21, 23 and 26). Two VERY VERY sick (brain tumors - one definitely malignant and the other awaiting results) and one unexpected but in the end lesser illness (acute appendicitis requiring urgent appendectomy). The brain tumor patient with the diagnosis has a very BAD form and an extremely poor prognosis. So young. So sad.
Anyhow, enough with all that. My point here is that I've been getting many, many reminders about the preciousness of life and those around us and I am NOT going to ignore it all. I am going to celebrate my loves today. Despite the 'sappyness' and obvious commercialization - show the ones you love how much you love them today (and every day after that!)
Now, I am going to go and spend some time on loving myself (absolutely necessary - I am going to knit!) since my boys are at school and work (respectively) before I have to go run errands!
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Seven link Sunday
Ok, thanks to Kate for this idea. Here goes:
Tipsy Knitter Bags
Chub Creek Podcast
Cast-On Podcast
Delightful Blogs
Knitting RN
Go Red for Women
And the last one which is really, really funny:
Pachelbel Rant
Well, there ya go!
BTW, Yeah the Colts one!
Tipsy Knitter Bags
Chub Creek Podcast
Cast-On Podcast
Delightful Blogs
Knitting RN
Go Red for Women
And the last one which is really, really funny:
Pachelbel Rant
Well, there ya go!
BTW, Yeah the Colts one!
Friday, February 02, 2007
Permission to vent
OK, so this isn't going to be knitting related. I just really need to vent here. Thanks for listening.
So, let me start by saying that work since the move has been good. I am doing agency work (rent a nurse) but doing it all at UNC hospitals (no hospital hopping) AND I am working all the hours that I make myself available. Everyone I have worked with at the hospital has been very nice and welcoming. No problems with coworkers.
Yesterday however I had an "issue" with a physician (of course a physician) at work. First of all, why is it that all Cardiothoracic surgeons are A$$es???? Where in their training do they pick this trait up? Or is it the nature of that specialty that only A$$es would go into it? Maybe all the current A$$es drive all the HUMAN docs out of that specialty. Maybe they all just learn to be A$$es during their work. I don't know what it is but I must say that after 18 (almost 19) years of CT nursing, I have only met ONE CT surgeon who was a decent human being. SERIOUSLY.
So, anyhow, yesterday. Yesterday I got to work and upon receiving report I quickly realized that 1 of my 3 patients was in seriously bad shape. SERIOUSLY bad. Now, problem here being that I was working on the CT stepdown unit and not in the actual CTICU. So, I knew that I had to do some work to a) get this patient better quick or b) get this patient to the unit quick. I went into his room first.
Without getting into all the specifics of the case let's just say that this patient was post-op Thoracic surgery and was now in a state where his respiratory rate had been deteriorating throughout the night and was now coming to a head. Respiratory rate rapid and labored, oxygen status low, obvious pulmonary congestion, decreased urine output, increased heart rate with borderline blood pressure.
As I was finishing getting report, the resident and interns on the case asked me how long he had been this way. I relayed the info I got from the night nurse and the resident was obviously not happy that she had not been fully kept up with the patient's status throughout the night. But she was not inappropriate with me. She told me what her plans where and what she needed from me. The intern assigned to the case and I got to work. (Remember, I have 2 other patients as well).
I suctioned the patient's lungs out, repositioned him upright in bed, removed his nasal feeding tube, inserted a nasally inserted GI drainage tube (to empty his stomach in preparation for his being put on a breathing machine in the ICU), drew stat lab work, had his oxygen changed from a venti-mask to a CPAP mask (gives increased pressure while delivering oxygen to 'force' oxygen into his lungs), did an ECG, gave a stat dose of diuretic and a stat dose of a beta-blocker (for his increased / irregular heart rate), got an xray to verify the placement of his nasal drainage tube AND assessed him completely. After assessing the patient, I informed the intern and resident that the patient was now febrile. I received orders for blood cultures and stat antibiotics (for possible pneumonia). All this while I was waiting for a bed to be available in the ICU.
I had not gotten a bed so I was doing all these things to help this man and keep him stable until we could get him to the unit. I was drawing his first set of antibiotics when the secretary called out to me that the unit nurse was on the phone for report. I called out "tell her that I am drawing her first set of blood cultures and I will call her right back". Reasonable enough I thought since I physically had the needle in this man's arm and was in the midst of drawing the blood when they called.
So, not a minute passes when the secretary calls out to say that my intern was holding on the phone. Now, I am STILL actively drawing blood here so by the time I get done and get to the phone, she's gone. (BTW, this was all in a matter of 2 minutes TOPS - drawing blood isn't a long procedure but 2 mins. is about right). Next thing I know, the secretary tells me (as I am about to call the unit nurse) that my intern had called back to say that my priority should be to get the patient to the unit instead of drawing a blood culture.
Uh, DUH! I didn't have the bed when I started to draw the blood and then I had a needle in the man's vein as the unit called for report. I was NOT going to stop drawing blood and have this man stuck again (for the 5th time). I thought this was strange as the resident and intern I was working with seemed to be very cool and worked well with me in the room. I was pissed.
I called the unit nurse and the first thing I did was explain the above. She said she was cool and that it wasn't me. I started to give report. As I was telling her the events of the previous night the team of MDs came onto the unit. I looked up to see the intern I had been working with mouth the words "I'm sorry" to me and realized that among the group were the resident, a couple of interns and the CT surgery attending (the A$$ of the story).
So, as I am giving report I say something to the effect of "so, obviously he's been going downhill. . ." and the attending interrupts me to yell at me "he needs to be going downstairs (the ICU) instead of downhill!"
I stopped my report, pulled the phone from my ear and said to Dr. A$$ "and I am GIVING report right now" motioning to the phone in my hand and continued to give the report to the nurse. I then hear him complain to our charge nurse that the transfer was taking too long and we needed to be more "expeditious" in cases like these. Didn't we know how sick this man was? AUGH!
Mind you, all the above occurred between 0745 and 0945. 2 hours but a LOT of stuff done in that time. When you are doing all that, 2 hours goes by in the blink of any eye AND my two other patients where on pseudo-auto pilot (thank God for my coworkers).
I was glad to hear the charge nurse say that we had JUST gotten the bed not 10 minutes prior to "Sir A$$'s" arrival on our unit. He went on to say "well then this place needs to figure out how to expedite the availability of beds for these patients" - uh, hello, dipshit - it was YOU who needed to move someone OUT of the ICU to get this patient INTO the ICU since the ICU was full. A$$hole.
Needless to say, both the resident and the intern apologized for the incident and both told me "it wasn't you" and we all know where all the hell came from.
My point is, WHY of WHY do these types of doctors (CT surgeons) always have to be such A$$holes?? I know that nurses don't make all the final decisions with patient care but I can not tell you how many times it's been ME or another nurse who has picked up on some sort of subtle change in a patient's condition which then lead to a change in the patient's treatment.
As PROFESSIONALS, nurses are well educated and trained in patient assessment and care. I get so SICK AND TIRED of all the "holier than thou", God-complexed, egocentric F***ers who think that we sit on our asses and eat bon-bons instead of taking care of our patients.
Who the F*** do they think they are??????
Thank you for your understanding.
p.s. Grey's rocked last night. I knit on Arwen and my Mom will be here in less than 2 hours. Woo hoo!
So, let me start by saying that work since the move has been good. I am doing agency work (rent a nurse) but doing it all at UNC hospitals (no hospital hopping) AND I am working all the hours that I make myself available. Everyone I have worked with at the hospital has been very nice and welcoming. No problems with coworkers.
Yesterday however I had an "issue" with a physician (of course a physician) at work. First of all, why is it that all Cardiothoracic surgeons are A$$es???? Where in their training do they pick this trait up? Or is it the nature of that specialty that only A$$es would go into it? Maybe all the current A$$es drive all the HUMAN docs out of that specialty. Maybe they all just learn to be A$$es during their work. I don't know what it is but I must say that after 18 (almost 19) years of CT nursing, I have only met ONE CT surgeon who was a decent human being. SERIOUSLY.
So, anyhow, yesterday. Yesterday I got to work and upon receiving report I quickly realized that 1 of my 3 patients was in seriously bad shape. SERIOUSLY bad. Now, problem here being that I was working on the CT stepdown unit and not in the actual CTICU. So, I knew that I had to do some work to a) get this patient better quick or b) get this patient to the unit quick. I went into his room first.
Without getting into all the specifics of the case let's just say that this patient was post-op Thoracic surgery and was now in a state where his respiratory rate had been deteriorating throughout the night and was now coming to a head. Respiratory rate rapid and labored, oxygen status low, obvious pulmonary congestion, decreased urine output, increased heart rate with borderline blood pressure.
As I was finishing getting report, the resident and interns on the case asked me how long he had been this way. I relayed the info I got from the night nurse and the resident was obviously not happy that she had not been fully kept up with the patient's status throughout the night. But she was not inappropriate with me. She told me what her plans where and what she needed from me. The intern assigned to the case and I got to work. (Remember, I have 2 other patients as well).
I suctioned the patient's lungs out, repositioned him upright in bed, removed his nasal feeding tube, inserted a nasally inserted GI drainage tube (to empty his stomach in preparation for his being put on a breathing machine in the ICU), drew stat lab work, had his oxygen changed from a venti-mask to a CPAP mask (gives increased pressure while delivering oxygen to 'force' oxygen into his lungs), did an ECG, gave a stat dose of diuretic and a stat dose of a beta-blocker (for his increased / irregular heart rate), got an xray to verify the placement of his nasal drainage tube AND assessed him completely. After assessing the patient, I informed the intern and resident that the patient was now febrile. I received orders for blood cultures and stat antibiotics (for possible pneumonia). All this while I was waiting for a bed to be available in the ICU.
I had not gotten a bed so I was doing all these things to help this man and keep him stable until we could get him to the unit. I was drawing his first set of antibiotics when the secretary called out to me that the unit nurse was on the phone for report. I called out "tell her that I am drawing her first set of blood cultures and I will call her right back". Reasonable enough I thought since I physically had the needle in this man's arm and was in the midst of drawing the blood when they called.
So, not a minute passes when the secretary calls out to say that my intern was holding on the phone. Now, I am STILL actively drawing blood here so by the time I get done and get to the phone, she's gone. (BTW, this was all in a matter of 2 minutes TOPS - drawing blood isn't a long procedure but 2 mins. is about right). Next thing I know, the secretary tells me (as I am about to call the unit nurse) that my intern had called back to say that my priority should be to get the patient to the unit instead of drawing a blood culture.
Uh, DUH! I didn't have the bed when I started to draw the blood and then I had a needle in the man's vein as the unit called for report. I was NOT going to stop drawing blood and have this man stuck again (for the 5th time). I thought this was strange as the resident and intern I was working with seemed to be very cool and worked well with me in the room. I was pissed.
I called the unit nurse and the first thing I did was explain the above. She said she was cool and that it wasn't me. I started to give report. As I was telling her the events of the previous night the team of MDs came onto the unit. I looked up to see the intern I had been working with mouth the words "I'm sorry" to me and realized that among the group were the resident, a couple of interns and the CT surgery attending (the A$$ of the story).
So, as I am giving report I say something to the effect of "so, obviously he's been going downhill. . ." and the attending interrupts me to yell at me "he needs to be going downstairs (the ICU) instead of downhill!"
I stopped my report, pulled the phone from my ear and said to Dr. A$$ "and I am GIVING report right now" motioning to the phone in my hand and continued to give the report to the nurse. I then hear him complain to our charge nurse that the transfer was taking too long and we needed to be more "expeditious" in cases like these. Didn't we know how sick this man was? AUGH!
Mind you, all the above occurred between 0745 and 0945. 2 hours but a LOT of stuff done in that time. When you are doing all that, 2 hours goes by in the blink of any eye AND my two other patients where on pseudo-auto pilot (thank God for my coworkers).
I was glad to hear the charge nurse say that we had JUST gotten the bed not 10 minutes prior to "Sir A$$'s" arrival on our unit. He went on to say "well then this place needs to figure out how to expedite the availability of beds for these patients" - uh, hello, dipshit - it was YOU who needed to move someone OUT of the ICU to get this patient INTO the ICU since the ICU was full. A$$hole.
Needless to say, both the resident and the intern apologized for the incident and both told me "it wasn't you" and we all know where all the hell came from.
My point is, WHY of WHY do these types of doctors (CT surgeons) always have to be such A$$holes?? I know that nurses don't make all the final decisions with patient care but I can not tell you how many times it's been ME or another nurse who has picked up on some sort of subtle change in a patient's condition which then lead to a change in the patient's treatment.
As PROFESSIONALS, nurses are well educated and trained in patient assessment and care. I get so SICK AND TIRED of all the "holier than thou", God-complexed, egocentric F***ers who think that we sit on our asses and eat bon-bons instead of taking care of our patients.
Who the F*** do they think they are??????
Thank you for your understanding.
p.s. Grey's rocked last night. I knit on Arwen and my Mom will be here in less than 2 hours. Woo hoo!
Sunday, January 28, 2007
I need to be stopped.
Oooh, Ooooh, new bags over at Tipsy Knitter. Yeah!
Does the "knit from your stash" yarn diet count for accessories??? I say, uh, NO!
tee hee.
Does the "knit from your stash" yarn diet count for accessories??? I say, uh, NO!
tee hee.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
I am a Thief. . . . .but it's OK
I stole this meme from my friend Tina because although she didn't tag me, I thought this was a cute one.
The Alphabet Meme:
A - Available or Taken: Taken (Hopefully I will be taken out to dinner tonight as well! Whatcha think honey? Sushi?)
B - Best Friend: This one requires multiple answers: Candi & Denise I don't know what I would do without either of them!
C -Cake or Pie: Chocolate Cake - yumm-o!
D - Drink of Choice: Non-alcoholic - Coca cola; Alcoholic - mojitos
E - Essential item you use everyday: Undereye concealer (I am so sad)
F - Favorite Color: All-time fave is PINK with Red as a close second
G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Bears baby!
H - Hometown: Miami, FL
I - Indulgence: Chocolate, raspberries and knitting!
J - January or February: February - it's that much closer to springtime!
K - Kids & ages: 1 son 10 years old; 1 pomeranian 4 years old
L - Life is incomplete without: hugs and kisses!
M - Marriage Date or Most Memorable Date ( and why): I'll do both: August 5, 1989 (marriage) / December 1, 1996 (birth of DS)
N - Number of Siblings: 2 big brothers
O - Oranges or Apples: Oranges (you can't take FL out of me I guess)
P - Phobias or Fears: being alone
Q - Fave Quote: "Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart." Anne Frank
R - Reason to Smile: Anything! Truly, I try to smile as much as I can. I think smiles are infectious!
S - Season: Spring and Fall - I love the bursts of colors these two seasons have.
T - Tag 3 or 4 People: Jeanne, Jennifer and Cathi
U - Unknown fact about me: I HATE, HATE, HATE putting away laundry. I'll wash and fold but YUCK-O when it comes to putting them away. Bleck!
V - Vegetable you don't like: Peas
W - Worst Habit: I get distracted easily and leave piles of stuff along the way.
X - X-rays: Ribs (broke 4) and Head (migraines)
Y - Your Fave Food: BREAD! Any kind. Anyway - toasted, with butter, plain, with cream cheese, with olive oil and garlic, with cheese, etc., etc.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
The Alphabet Meme:
A - Available or Taken: Taken (Hopefully I will be taken out to dinner tonight as well! Whatcha think honey? Sushi?)
B - Best Friend: This one requires multiple answers: Candi & Denise I don't know what I would do without either of them!
C -Cake or Pie: Chocolate Cake - yumm-o!
D - Drink of Choice: Non-alcoholic - Coca cola; Alcoholic - mojitos
E - Essential item you use everyday: Undereye concealer (I am so sad)
F - Favorite Color: All-time fave is PINK with Red as a close second
G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Bears baby!
H - Hometown: Miami, FL
I - Indulgence: Chocolate, raspberries and knitting!
J - January or February: February - it's that much closer to springtime!
K - Kids & ages: 1 son 10 years old; 1 pomeranian 4 years old
L - Life is incomplete without: hugs and kisses!
M - Marriage Date or Most Memorable Date ( and why): I'll do both: August 5, 1989 (marriage) / December 1, 1996 (birth of DS)
N - Number of Siblings: 2 big brothers
O - Oranges or Apples: Oranges (you can't take FL out of me I guess)
P - Phobias or Fears: being alone
Q - Fave Quote: "Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart." Anne Frank
R - Reason to Smile: Anything! Truly, I try to smile as much as I can. I think smiles are infectious!
S - Season: Spring and Fall - I love the bursts of colors these two seasons have.
T - Tag 3 or 4 People: Jeanne, Jennifer and Cathi
U - Unknown fact about me: I HATE, HATE, HATE putting away laundry. I'll wash and fold but YUCK-O when it comes to putting them away. Bleck!
V - Vegetable you don't like: Peas
W - Worst Habit: I get distracted easily and leave piles of stuff along the way.
X - X-rays: Ribs (broke 4) and Head (migraines)
Y - Your Fave Food: BREAD! Any kind. Anyway - toasted, with butter, plain, with cream cheese, with olive oil and garlic, with cheese, etc., etc.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Friday, January 19, 2007
So much to go over, part Deux
So, my last post I used those two dirty little words. . . . . .stash acquisition! Yikes! I know, I know, I already have way too much stash and I am supposed to be knitting from it without further increasing it however. . . .
This is where my DH gets the big time credit.
Remember how I said that we stayed an extra night after my husband's suggesting it? Well, turns out that he made the suggestion because he had done his homework and found out that there are 4-5 yarn shops in Asheville! Can you believe that? Who would have thunk it? First, who would have thunk that Asheville was such a hotspot for yarn shops and second, that my hubby would stay an extra day just to take me yarn shopping???
Well, ladies, Asheville is a happenin' town when it comes to yarn. There aren't just multiple yarn shops there. Nope, there are multiple GOOD fine quality yarn shops there. It was like a knitter's nirvana. We ended up shopping at 4 different shops and there was another one that we didn't get too in Asheville proper AND an additional one in the small town of Black Mountain. Anyone counting? Yep, SIX shops!
The shops were all great in their own way and I of course bought something at each one (how could I not? I had to make it worthwhile for my husband y'know. You all understand I am sure.)
First we visited The Earth Guild where they are very laid back and offer anything from soap making supplies to fine yarns to roving to fleece, spinning wheels (many, many different spinning wheels - Ashford and Lindrum and Louet, Oh my!) AND weaving looms, patterns, needles and books. It just went on and on.
This is the loot I got while I was there. There is a full 10 oz cone of the cotton yarn in the blue green colorway. There is an 6 oz cone along with a small ball of the same mauve, purple colorway yarn, also cotton. I am going to use those to make 2 of the simple shawl pattern that I purchased there as well. The yarns are "Dragon Tale" yarns and are locally dyed. Very pretty colorways and I saw some of it knit up and it was very nice with a soft drape to it. I also picked up (finally) some 5" Brittany DPN in US 2 for socks. Yeah for little DPNS! The store was very basic but laid out well according to "craft". Weaving corner, spinning section, knitting area, yarn area, book area, basket weaving section and class area. I think that covers it. Well, there might have been more but I had to go across the street to our next stop.
Purls is more of what you think of when you think of a "hip" yarn shop. The walls are lined with honeycombed style bins with yarns of all types stuffed generously into each of them. I liked the fact that they laid out the shop in colors vs. by yarn types. All the reds together followed by oranges to pinks then greens to aquas to blues going into the purple with gold, and yellows then browns following. The middle of the store had a large 4 sided display with boxed units holding all the whites, creams, greys and blacks. There was a generous sized entry area with a table and some arm chairs. The table held a myriad of magazines of the non-knitting as well as knitting nature (the husband's area). In the back of the store was a huge daybed with a coffee table and a couple of deep armchairs. This is where they hold their sit 'n knits. Very, very comfy and eclectic. I purchased a skein of Cascade "nina" in cream, pinks and browns. I'm thinking of a project for it but I am still considering options. . . (blogger isn't playing nice anymore - picture will follow). The lady working there was knitting a pair of fingerless mittens with a yarn that I couldn't easily identify. Upon questioning her she informed me that she was making the mittens for man from yarn spun using his pet cat's hair! She had a picture of a very LARGE orange and white tabby cat. Interesting huh? Well, remember that tidbit for later.
Next we went to Asheville Arts 'n Crafts. Smaller than Purls and arranged in the traditional "by yarn weight" style, they offer hand made items (knits, quilts, crochet, pottery, jewelry) as well as yarn. Their yarn choices include an entire wall of locally spun, locally dyed yarns many from local animals (both sheep and alpacas). The owner has her wheel set up in a corner along with her drum carder giving it a cozy feel. She also offers a service where she will spin pet hair (you know what's coming don't you?) for customers into yarn that can then be knit into whatever the owner may like. She had spun memorial yarns as well as yarn from living pets and had just finished spinning the hair of a BIG orange and white tabby cat for a local. She still had a picture of the cat in the shop (YEP, the SAME large tabby cat). How freaky was THAT???? I got a skein of Austermann sock yarn that has the micro-embedded aloe and jojoba stuff to soften your feet. Do y'know what I am talking about? If not, I'll have to research that for you and post pix later.
We did shop at a couple of local art galleries as they are plentiful in the area. Asheville has a very strong art and craft community with emphasis on the folk crafts of the Appalachians. There were many beautiful items to see and admire and I couldn't even begin to describe then all in a single post. Maybe another time? Now, back to yarn!
The last shop we went to was called Yarn Paradise and it certainly lived up to it's name. Based in an old Vanderbilt servant's home, this 2 story shops overflows with an incredible amount of yarns in all types and colors. Best thing? Their inventory was deep, very deep with PLENTY of skeins of any given yarn to complete even the largest of projects. They also had store made "kits" for many popular patterns in a variety of color options. This makes shopping very convenient, you like a pattern and there is all the yarn you need in a single plastic zippered pouch just ready to go. They've kitted felted bags to sweaters to afghans. They also carry Nona bag kits as well as Hanne Falkenberg kits (3 different colors of Mermaid along with other kits). Here is where I did the most damage. They had baskets and baskets and baskets overflowing with Koigu. Solids and KPPM! Yeah!!!!! I got 7 skeins. AND, I was only in the shop for 20 minutes, tops. SEVEN! 2 in a semisolid navy (socks for DH) 2 in a lavendars colorway along with a coordinating semisolid lavendar (socks for me) and 2 in a pinks colorways (socks?) as well.
All in all I was amazed at how much yarn and the variety of yarns that are available in this little city. I can't wait to go back and explore the remaining shops as well as the rest of this very fab and quaint city.
This is where my DH gets the big time credit.
Remember how I said that we stayed an extra night after my husband's suggesting it? Well, turns out that he made the suggestion because he had done his homework and found out that there are 4-5 yarn shops in Asheville! Can you believe that? Who would have thunk it? First, who would have thunk that Asheville was such a hotspot for yarn shops and second, that my hubby would stay an extra day just to take me yarn shopping???
Well, ladies, Asheville is a happenin' town when it comes to yarn. There aren't just multiple yarn shops there. Nope, there are multiple GOOD fine quality yarn shops there. It was like a knitter's nirvana. We ended up shopping at 4 different shops and there was another one that we didn't get too in Asheville proper AND an additional one in the small town of Black Mountain. Anyone counting? Yep, SIX shops!
The shops were all great in their own way and I of course bought something at each one (how could I not? I had to make it worthwhile for my husband y'know. You all understand I am sure.)
First we visited The Earth Guild where they are very laid back and offer anything from soap making supplies to fine yarns to roving to fleece, spinning wheels (many, many different spinning wheels - Ashford and Lindrum and Louet, Oh my!) AND weaving looms, patterns, needles and books. It just went on and on.
This is the loot I got while I was there. There is a full 10 oz cone of the cotton yarn in the blue green colorway. There is an 6 oz cone along with a small ball of the same mauve, purple colorway yarn, also cotton. I am going to use those to make 2 of the simple shawl pattern that I purchased there as well. The yarns are "Dragon Tale" yarns and are locally dyed. Very pretty colorways and I saw some of it knit up and it was very nice with a soft drape to it. I also picked up (finally) some 5" Brittany DPN in US 2 for socks. Yeah for little DPNS! The store was very basic but laid out well according to "craft". Weaving corner, spinning section, knitting area, yarn area, book area, basket weaving section and class area. I think that covers it. Well, there might have been more but I had to go across the street to our next stop.
Purls is more of what you think of when you think of a "hip" yarn shop. The walls are lined with honeycombed style bins with yarns of all types stuffed generously into each of them. I liked the fact that they laid out the shop in colors vs. by yarn types. All the reds together followed by oranges to pinks then greens to aquas to blues going into the purple with gold, and yellows then browns following. The middle of the store had a large 4 sided display with boxed units holding all the whites, creams, greys and blacks. There was a generous sized entry area with a table and some arm chairs. The table held a myriad of magazines of the non-knitting as well as knitting nature (the husband's area). In the back of the store was a huge daybed with a coffee table and a couple of deep armchairs. This is where they hold their sit 'n knits. Very, very comfy and eclectic. I purchased a skein of Cascade "nina" in cream, pinks and browns. I'm thinking of a project for it but I am still considering options. . . (blogger isn't playing nice anymore - picture will follow). The lady working there was knitting a pair of fingerless mittens with a yarn that I couldn't easily identify. Upon questioning her she informed me that she was making the mittens for man from yarn spun using his pet cat's hair! She had a picture of a very LARGE orange and white tabby cat. Interesting huh? Well, remember that tidbit for later.
Next we went to Asheville Arts 'n Crafts. Smaller than Purls and arranged in the traditional "by yarn weight" style, they offer hand made items (knits, quilts, crochet, pottery, jewelry) as well as yarn. Their yarn choices include an entire wall of locally spun, locally dyed yarns many from local animals (both sheep and alpacas). The owner has her wheel set up in a corner along with her drum carder giving it a cozy feel. She also offers a service where she will spin pet hair (you know what's coming don't you?) for customers into yarn that can then be knit into whatever the owner may like. She had spun memorial yarns as well as yarn from living pets and had just finished spinning the hair of a BIG orange and white tabby cat for a local. She still had a picture of the cat in the shop (YEP, the SAME large tabby cat). How freaky was THAT???? I got a skein of Austermann sock yarn that has the micro-embedded aloe and jojoba stuff to soften your feet. Do y'know what I am talking about? If not, I'll have to research that for you and post pix later.
We did shop at a couple of local art galleries as they are plentiful in the area. Asheville has a very strong art and craft community with emphasis on the folk crafts of the Appalachians. There were many beautiful items to see and admire and I couldn't even begin to describe then all in a single post. Maybe another time? Now, back to yarn!
The last shop we went to was called Yarn Paradise and it certainly lived up to it's name. Based in an old Vanderbilt servant's home, this 2 story shops overflows with an incredible amount of yarns in all types and colors. Best thing? Their inventory was deep, very deep with PLENTY of skeins of any given yarn to complete even the largest of projects. They also had store made "kits" for many popular patterns in a variety of color options. This makes shopping very convenient, you like a pattern and there is all the yarn you need in a single plastic zippered pouch just ready to go. They've kitted felted bags to sweaters to afghans. They also carry Nona bag kits as well as Hanne Falkenberg kits (3 different colors of Mermaid along with other kits). Here is where I did the most damage. They had baskets and baskets and baskets overflowing with Koigu. Solids and KPPM! Yeah!!!!! I got 7 skeins. AND, I was only in the shop for 20 minutes, tops. SEVEN! 2 in a semisolid navy (socks for DH) 2 in a lavendars colorway along with a coordinating semisolid lavendar (socks for me) and 2 in a pinks colorways (socks?) as well.
All in all I was amazed at how much yarn and the variety of yarns that are available in this little city. I can't wait to go back and explore the remaining shops as well as the rest of this very fab and quaint city.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
So much to go over, where should I start?
***Frustrated preface - I am not able to ONCE AGAIN load pictures via blogger! I will add later if I can. Or maybe try going here to see the pix. AARGH! - end of preface*****
Geez, I don't believe how busy I seem to be here. What's THAT all about??? I used to work 40 hours a week, now I work 36 (five 8 hour days vs. three 12 hour days) so I should have 4 more hours a week right? WRONG! Or at least it doesn't feel like that. Not quite sure when I will get my act together here but I hope it is soon.
So, as I stated on my last post (I think I did anyway) we were going off for a little weekend jaunt to Asheville to visit the house and I was planning on knitting on Arwen during the trip.
We did indeed go on our little getaway. It was just the thing that we needed as a family. . . .some time away. DH got us up on Saturday morning at an UNGODLY time and we left the house by 6 am (LEFT by 6 am - yikes!). I was planning on knitting on the drive out but: 1)it was too freakin' dark to see and 2) it was 6 am and I was too freakin' sleepy to knit! So, no knitting on the drive out. DAMN! Saturday was spent at the house and many pix were taken. We toured the house, the (empty) gardens and bass pond (pond? it was a small lake people - seriously how did people live like this??) and of course the Winery. It was a very full day and we were very tired (and hungry) after all that walking. Dinner was had at a local asian food buffet restaurant (I say Asian b/c they had EVERYTHING - sushi, stir fry, szechuan (sp?), cantonese, thai, etc., etc.) We were a bit amazed at how much good food there was.
Sunday was spent enjoying one of the great American traditions. . . . the long, quiet Sunday drive. Our road of choice for the day? The Blue Ridge Parkway. We love to go on drives. It's very relaxing and soothing to us to sit in the car and "see what we can see". The drives make for wonderful conversations and great quality time together. We stop when we want and drive where we want and it's just good. We got to drive up the highest peak east of the Mississippi although DS was bummed b/c the observation deck at the very top is being renovated and thus not open. All in all the day was full of beautiful scenery and relaxing times. I DID knit on Arwen but, for obvious reasons as mentioned above, it was only very little knitting at all. But, hey, any knitting is better than no knitting right?
Despite originally planning on driving back on Sunday, my DH surprised me on the drive out of the Parkway by saying "We don't have to get Sunny until tomorrow. Why don't we spend another night here?". I didn't see any objection and so we did. Why the suggestion to spend the night?
THAT my friend is what makes my DH the BEST! I am leaving you for a moment (this post is long enough) but will just say that it has to do with stash and further acquisition of such. . . . .
Stay tuned! tee hee
Geez, I don't believe how busy I seem to be here. What's THAT all about??? I used to work 40 hours a week, now I work 36 (five 8 hour days vs. three 12 hour days) so I should have 4 more hours a week right? WRONG! Or at least it doesn't feel like that. Not quite sure when I will get my act together here but I hope it is soon.
So, as I stated on my last post (I think I did anyway) we were going off for a little weekend jaunt to Asheville to visit the house and I was planning on knitting on Arwen during the trip.
We did indeed go on our little getaway. It was just the thing that we needed as a family. . . .some time away. DH got us up on Saturday morning at an UNGODLY time and we left the house by 6 am (LEFT by 6 am - yikes!). I was planning on knitting on the drive out but: 1)it was too freakin' dark to see and 2) it was 6 am and I was too freakin' sleepy to knit! So, no knitting on the drive out. DAMN! Saturday was spent at the house and many pix were taken. We toured the house, the (empty) gardens and bass pond (pond? it was a small lake people - seriously how did people live like this??) and of course the Winery. It was a very full day and we were very tired (and hungry) after all that walking. Dinner was had at a local asian food buffet restaurant (I say Asian b/c they had EVERYTHING - sushi, stir fry, szechuan (sp?), cantonese, thai, etc., etc.) We were a bit amazed at how much good food there was.
Sunday was spent enjoying one of the great American traditions. . . . the long, quiet Sunday drive. Our road of choice for the day? The Blue Ridge Parkway. We love to go on drives. It's very relaxing and soothing to us to sit in the car and "see what we can see". The drives make for wonderful conversations and great quality time together. We stop when we want and drive where we want and it's just good. We got to drive up the highest peak east of the Mississippi although DS was bummed b/c the observation deck at the very top is being renovated and thus not open. All in all the day was full of beautiful scenery and relaxing times. I DID knit on Arwen but, for obvious reasons as mentioned above, it was only very little knitting at all. But, hey, any knitting is better than no knitting right?
Despite originally planning on driving back on Sunday, my DH surprised me on the drive out of the Parkway by saying "We don't have to get Sunny until tomorrow. Why don't we spend another night here?". I didn't see any objection and so we did. Why the suggestion to spend the night?
THAT my friend is what makes my DH the BEST! I am leaving you for a moment (this post is long enough) but will just say that it has to do with stash and further acquisition of such. . . . .
Stay tuned! tee hee
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Woo Hoo!
Yeah, guess what???? Knittingnurse has been deemed a "delightful" blog.
How funny is that? Actually, I'm kind of tickled although I don't know how that happened. Lynda from Delightful Blogs says that after "spending time checking out knittingnurse" she has added it to the directory. Wow, I thought it would be a long shot especially considering some of the company that I am with. This little ol' blog with them?? seriously? Seriously? SERIOUSLY!?! Tee hee!
OK, so, I have worked very little on Arwen although I have done more of the left front panel than in the last picture. It's been busy around here and I got new stainless steel pots/pans for Christmas and I have been cooking up a storm thanks to my new Goddess. Love, love, love her recipes. They are generally fast, easy, call for few ingredients and the ingredients are REASONABLE to have on hand or to obtain (don't you hate it when you see a recipe in a cookbook and there are like 20 ingredients and you can't find or pronounce at least half of them?). Anyhow, back to Arwen, we are going to go on a small weekend trip this weekend (Asheville to see Biltmore estates) so I will have plenty of driving time to do some knitting on Arwen. Yeah, for road trips with hubbies who MUST drive!
Want an example of all my cooking? I cooked up this stuff a couple of nights ago:
That would be chicken satay stir fry with orange infused jasmine rice. YUM - O!! Quick, easy and soooooooooo good. I got it from this book. It is a great book b/c it has recipes for all sorts of "get togethers" making it a very versatile little companion. Another nice thing is that she pairs up full meals WITH desserts so that it all "goes" well together, y'know? LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it all!
I hope to have some better progress pix of Arwen when we come back on Sunday along with pix of the Estate. I'll post for all to see, kay? That's cuz' I'm a "delightful blog"ger don'tcha know. hahahahahahaha
Oh and by the way, I am totally obsessed with this song and Grey's Anatomy totally ROCKED tonight!
How funny is that? Actually, I'm kind of tickled although I don't know how that happened. Lynda from Delightful Blogs says that after "spending time checking out knittingnurse" she has added it to the directory. Wow, I thought it would be a long shot especially considering some of the company that I am with. This little ol' blog with them?? seriously? Seriously? SERIOUSLY!?! Tee hee!
OK, so, I have worked very little on Arwen although I have done more of the left front panel than in the last picture. It's been busy around here and I got new stainless steel pots/pans for Christmas and I have been cooking up a storm thanks to my new Goddess. Love, love, love her recipes. They are generally fast, easy, call for few ingredients and the ingredients are REASONABLE to have on hand or to obtain (don't you hate it when you see a recipe in a cookbook and there are like 20 ingredients and you can't find or pronounce at least half of them?). Anyhow, back to Arwen, we are going to go on a small weekend trip this weekend (Asheville to see Biltmore estates) so I will have plenty of driving time to do some knitting on Arwen. Yeah, for road trips with hubbies who MUST drive!
Want an example of all my cooking? I cooked up this stuff a couple of nights ago:
That would be chicken satay stir fry with orange infused jasmine rice. YUM - O!! Quick, easy and soooooooooo good. I got it from this book. It is a great book b/c it has recipes for all sorts of "get togethers" making it a very versatile little companion. Another nice thing is that she pairs up full meals WITH desserts so that it all "goes" well together, y'know? LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it all!
I hope to have some better progress pix of Arwen when we come back on Sunday along with pix of the Estate. I'll post for all to see, kay? That's cuz' I'm a "delightful blog"ger don'tcha know. hahahahahahaha
Oh and by the way, I am totally obsessed with this song and Grey's Anatomy totally ROCKED tonight!
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Now, I'm trilingual (well sort of)
So, if you read my prior post you will have learned that I finally "clicked" with charts (at least cable charts). I kept working at it yesterday and got a good 3-4 inches done on the front (good for me). Midway through that process I totally "got" the language of charts. I realized that the symbols for the cabling actually can be "read" . . . . . e.g. dark shading = purl stitches, white shading = knit stitches and the direction of the "X" on the symbol lets you know whether or not you hold the stitches to the front or the back. It was like, no pun intended here, an epiphany and I no longer had to keep referring to the key from then on out.
Very, very cool. Now, I think that I will take a look at some lace charts and decide if they are just a different dialect of the same language or a completely different language all together.
However, that will have to wait until Arwen is done.
I hope to finish by spring. I really want to be able to wear it this year. Keep your fingers crossed for me, kay?
Very, very cool. Now, I think that I will take a look at some lace charts and decide if they are just a different dialect of the same language or a completely different language all together.
However, that will have to wait until Arwen is done.
I hope to finish by spring. I really want to be able to wear it this year. Keep your fingers crossed for me, kay?
Monday, January 01, 2007
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
I hope that everyone's New Year's Eve celebrations were all they hoped they would be. As for us, we chose a quiet evening at home, just the 3 of us. That seemed to be the theme for us this year for the holidays, what with the move and all. However, it was a FABULOUS holiday season. We have never had the holidays to ourselves as a family and I think that it was a nice change of pace. Being able to just sit back, relax and enjoy without all the hustle and bustle of traveling, getting "dressed up" (although I do loves me some dressing up) and visiting here and there. It was great to lounge in our pjs all Xmas day (Yep, ALL DAY until about 2:00 in the afternoon), hang out and shop on my birthday (shop for DS - xmas money HAD to be spent) and just relax, play games make home-made pizzas (Yummy) and watch TV for New Year's Eve. Aaah. Today we have a day of watching parades and cleaning out the garage (YUCK) planned. Oh well, I guess we need to come back to reality.
Lest you all think that I no longer knit, here is some proof:
THAT would be a completed back and the beginning of the front of Arwen
Here are close-ups of the color variations from the back (isn't that just beautiful?) and of the cabling (sp?). LOVE IT!
Let me tell you all something about that cabling. . . . I've never worked off a chart before. Every thing I have ever knit I have had written out pattern repeats. So, I would just read the stitches and do them. Here, no writton out pattern repeats, just a chart. I ripped that piece out 3 times before I finally understood how to read and complete the chart. Yeah for me! Something new learned. Woo hoo!
I guess that this is a small accomplishment I know, but, now I don't have to be afraid of all those beautiful lace patterns that are solely based off a chart. Yeah!
Oh boy, that opens up a whole new world now. . . . . YIKES!
Lest you all think that I no longer knit, here is some proof:
THAT would be a completed back and the beginning of the front of Arwen
Here are close-ups of the color variations from the back (isn't that just beautiful?) and of the cabling (sp?). LOVE IT!
Let me tell you all something about that cabling. . . . I've never worked off a chart before. Every thing I have ever knit I have had written out pattern repeats. So, I would just read the stitches and do them. Here, no writton out pattern repeats, just a chart. I ripped that piece out 3 times before I finally understood how to read and complete the chart. Yeah for me! Something new learned. Woo hoo!
I guess that this is a small accomplishment I know, but, now I don't have to be afraid of all those beautiful lace patterns that are solely based off a chart. Yeah!
Oh boy, that opens up a whole new world now. . . . . YIKES!
Friday, December 29, 2006
Yeah! Pictures!
He said "Mom, you have to make a wish before you blow." So, I did.
Yeah for me! I got all the candles in a single shot! Woo hoo!
Here is the FABULOUS shirt I got for my birthday! Isn't it the coolest ever???
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Folks, we have a winner!
Well, I gave you all an extra day to participate in the contest (I thought we could all celebrate my birthday that way). So, I am just now finished with the drawing and will post the winner and answers.
Annie was the name drawn from the basket by my DS. He was playing on his new Nintendo DS and just stuck his hand out to draw a winner so you KNOW that there was no favoritism involved! >wink<
For those who may be interested here come the answers
1. "Bleached Yule" = White Christmas
2. "Only yearning for the double anterior incisors" - All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth
3. "Righteous Darkness" - O Holy Night
4. "Arrival time 24 hundred hours - Weather cloudless" - It came upon a midnight clear
5. "Loyal followers advance" = O come all ye faithful
6. "Far off in a feeder" - Away in a manger
7. "Array the corridor" - Deck the halls
8. "Small male percussionist" - Little Drummer Boy
9. "Monarchial Triad" - We three Kings
10. "Nocturnal Noiselessness" - Silent Night
11. "Red Man en route to city" - Santa Claus is coming to town
12. "Frozen precipitation begin" - Let it snow
13. "Proceed and enlighten on the pinnacle" - Go tell it on the mountain
14. "The four-legged animal with the vermilion proboscis" - Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
15. "Question regarding the identity of an infant" - What child is this?
16. "Delight for the planet" - Joy to the world
17. "Give attention to the melodious celestial beings" Hark the Herald Angels sing
18. "The dozen festive 24 hour intervals" - The 12 days of Christmas
and of course
19. "Icy the frozen rain guy" - Frosty the Snowman
I thought that was kind of fun. I hope you all enjoyed it as well.
Off to get dressed and ready for my Birthday dinner. Oooh, Oooh, I got a $100 gift certificate to a local yarn store from my boys! Yeah! I hadn't been to that particular one yet so we drove to it today. They had koigu and Debbie Bliss and Rowan and sock yarns and Manos del Uruguay and all sorts of merinos, alpacas and wools. As Rachael Ray would say "Yum - O". I didn't end up spending any of it because: A) I wanted to come back with a pattern in mind and get enough yarn for that project and B) I thought that I could do that when I was absolutely crazed with not buying yarn and need a "fix" in the coming year.
That MAY help me keep on track with the KFYS group (maybe. . . . .)
UPDATE AS OF 10:51 PM
Got back from dinner a little bit ago. FABULOUS restaurant (Vin located in Raleigh). Had a great time and meal with the boys. I had to update because looky at what else I got (this is besides the gift certificate AND the outfit I wore to dinner tonight). . . . .
AACK - blogger won't upload AGAIN!!!!! UGH! Ok so what I got was a baseball style long sleeved t-shirt (white body with pink sleeves). Across the front there is a ball of yarn with 2 knitting needles stuck in it and underneath it reads. . . . .
The princess is knitting
LOVE IT!
Annie was the name drawn from the basket by my DS. He was playing on his new Nintendo DS and just stuck his hand out to draw a winner so you KNOW that there was no favoritism involved! >wink<
For those who may be interested here come the answers
1. "Bleached Yule" = White Christmas
2. "Only yearning for the double anterior incisors" - All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth
3. "Righteous Darkness" - O Holy Night
4. "Arrival time 24 hundred hours - Weather cloudless" - It came upon a midnight clear
5. "Loyal followers advance" = O come all ye faithful
6. "Far off in a feeder" - Away in a manger
7. "Array the corridor" - Deck the halls
8. "Small male percussionist" - Little Drummer Boy
9. "Monarchial Triad" - We three Kings
10. "Nocturnal Noiselessness" - Silent Night
11. "Red Man en route to city" - Santa Claus is coming to town
12. "Frozen precipitation begin" - Let it snow
13. "Proceed and enlighten on the pinnacle" - Go tell it on the mountain
14. "The four-legged animal with the vermilion proboscis" - Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
15. "Question regarding the identity of an infant" - What child is this?
16. "Delight for the planet" - Joy to the world
17. "Give attention to the melodious celestial beings" Hark the Herald Angels sing
18. "The dozen festive 24 hour intervals" - The 12 days of Christmas
and of course
19. "Icy the frozen rain guy" - Frosty the Snowman
I thought that was kind of fun. I hope you all enjoyed it as well.
Off to get dressed and ready for my Birthday dinner. Oooh, Oooh, I got a $100 gift certificate to a local yarn store from my boys! Yeah! I hadn't been to that particular one yet so we drove to it today. They had koigu and Debbie Bliss and Rowan and sock yarns and Manos del Uruguay and all sorts of merinos, alpacas and wools. As Rachael Ray would say "Yum - O". I didn't end up spending any of it because: A) I wanted to come back with a pattern in mind and get enough yarn for that project and B) I thought that I could do that when I was absolutely crazed with not buying yarn and need a "fix" in the coming year.
That MAY help me keep on track with the KFYS group (maybe. . . . .)
UPDATE AS OF 10:51 PM
Got back from dinner a little bit ago. FABULOUS restaurant (Vin located in Raleigh). Had a great time and meal with the boys. I had to update because looky at what else I got (this is besides the gift certificate AND the outfit I wore to dinner tonight). . . . .
AACK - blogger won't upload AGAIN!!!!! UGH! Ok so what I got was a baseball style long sleeved t-shirt (white body with pink sleeves). Across the front there is a ball of yarn with 2 knitting needles stuck in it and underneath it reads. . . . .
The princess is knitting
LOVE IT!
Oh yeah, it's my birthday, it's my birthday . . . . .
(hmmmm, somehow that title doesn't evoke the whole rap song birthday tune, oh well. . . )
Woo hoo! I'm 41 (how DID that happen?)
I hope everyone had a joyous Christmas. Our Christmas was great. I think both Christmas eve and Christmas day dinners went well (I'll tell more later) and I hope that I have a nice relaxing day today. DS is staying home with me so hopefully we will have some great fun together (if I can get him off his Nintendo DS lite long enough . . . .)
So, onto the important stuff. . . .
As you can all see I did NOT post the christmas carol answers yesterday. I got so busy and I thought it would be better to have it as a birthday celebration. . . .
SO. . . .
you can still enter until I post the answers and do the actual drawing later today. I currently have just 4 entries (all with a complete set of correct song titles).
Don't know what I'm talking about? Check it out on the earlier posts. . . . .
Your Birthdate: December 26 |
 You lucked out the the skills to succeed in almost any arena. Put you in almost any business or classroom, and you'll rise to the top. You're driven and intense, but you also know when to kick back and cooperate. Your ability to adapt to almost any situation is part of what's going to make you a success. Your strength: Your attention to detail Your weakness: You can be a little too proud of your successes Your power color: Turquoise Your power symbol: Arrow pointing up Your power month: August |
Woo hoo! I'm 41 (how DID that happen?)
I hope everyone had a joyous Christmas. Our Christmas was great. I think both Christmas eve and Christmas day dinners went well (I'll tell more later) and I hope that I have a nice relaxing day today. DS is staying home with me so hopefully we will have some great fun together (if I can get him off his Nintendo DS lite long enough . . . .)
So, onto the important stuff. . . .
As you can all see I did NOT post the christmas carol answers yesterday. I got so busy and I thought it would be better to have it as a birthday celebration. . . .
SO. . . .
you can still enter until I post the answers and do the actual drawing later today. I currently have just 4 entries (all with a complete set of correct song titles).
Don't know what I'm talking about? Check it out on the earlier posts. . . . .
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Isn't this a cool idea?
So, I am intrigued by the project "knitnowar: 1000" especially since:
a) I found this thing as a complete fluke (result of random surfing of the 'net)
b) DS read/analyzed the book for his class this year and was obsessed with the whole idea
c) I got my very first RAOK which was a paper crane in the mail this year.
All in all, I guess I should felt some cranes. It's a cool project don't you all think?
BTW, I've only gotten 2 entries for the contest . . . . . and just 1 with ALL the correct answers. . . . .
Just sayin'
a) I found this thing as a complete fluke (result of random surfing of the 'net)
b) DS read/analyzed the book for his class this year and was obsessed with the whole idea
c) I got my very first RAOK which was a paper crane in the mail this year.
All in all, I guess I should felt some cranes. It's a cool project don't you all think?
BTW, I've only gotten 2 entries for the contest . . . . . and just 1 with ALL the correct answers. . . . .
Just sayin'
Friday, December 22, 2006
I guess it was bound to happen. . . .
Jennifer tagged me for the "Weirdness Meme". So, here I am, fulfilling my tag responsibilities:
"How Weird Are You?"!
"The Rules: Each player of this game starts with the "6 weird things about you." People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "you have been tagged" in their comments and tell them to read your blog."
Six weird things about me:
1 - I will not drink milk unless I have thoroughly shaken the container. Period. I know, I know, milk is now pasteurized and, even then, I drink Skim milk. Doesn't matter people. I MUST shake milk prior to drinking. It tastes better to me. I have NO IDEA where this came from but, it is a must and I will not drink milk otherwise. This dismays my DH to no end.
2 - I like to put cut up bananas in my tomato soup. Ok, Ok, I do NOT do this when outside of the house and, yes, I can drink tomato soup without the bananas but . . . . if I am home and there are some 'nanas around. . .YUUUUUMMMMMMY!
3 - I am obsessed with new crayons. I have probably about 4-6 boxes of crayons throughout the house. And not just 16 or 24 count. Nope. I go for 64 and up BABY! I love the smell, look and feel of new crayons. There is nothing like opening up a brand new box of crayons. . . . .tee hee.
4 - I love to go to the grocery store. I am sure that there are others out there that feel the same way BUT. . . . I will spend up to 3 hours in a grocery store and not think twice about it. I go and look up and down every single aisle whether or not there is something in that aisle on my list. Doesn't matter. I get lost while I am there and before I know it. . . it's been 3 hours. It's so bad that I can NOT put any refrigerated or such items in the cart until the end because of it.
5 - I have to have a can of coca cola in bed every night just before going to sleep. I have a hard time falling asleep without it. Not caffeine-free either. Nope. Regular, caffeinated coke. I can be totally not sleepy and wide-awake and as soon as I near the end of the can I start to nod off. Not sure why, where or when that started either.
6 - If I come into to watch a sports event after it's begun, whether live or on TV, and the team I am rooting for goes from winning to losing. . .I will stop watching b/c I am convinced that I am a jinx and that my presence has changed their luck and they will turn it around once I am gone. This doesn't apply if I have been there from the beginning of the game (b/c I was there while they were winning and clearly was not the cause for the change in their luck) BUT if I come in later. Forget it. It's me and I stop watching (this of course drives DH absolutely INSANE!)
OK, so now I will Tag: Esther from Knitting RN, Amy from Nuttin' but knittin', Cathi from In the Pink, Jen from Tales from a Knitting NICU nurse, Shar from Nurse Shar Knits and last but not least Stacy from Empty Nest Knitter.
Ladies???????
"How Weird Are You?"!
"The Rules: Each player of this game starts with the "6 weird things about you." People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "you have been tagged" in their comments and tell them to read your blog."
Six weird things about me:
1 - I will not drink milk unless I have thoroughly shaken the container. Period. I know, I know, milk is now pasteurized and, even then, I drink Skim milk. Doesn't matter people. I MUST shake milk prior to drinking. It tastes better to me. I have NO IDEA where this came from but, it is a must and I will not drink milk otherwise. This dismays my DH to no end.
2 - I like to put cut up bananas in my tomato soup. Ok, Ok, I do NOT do this when outside of the house and, yes, I can drink tomato soup without the bananas but . . . . if I am home and there are some 'nanas around. . .YUUUUUMMMMMMY!
3 - I am obsessed with new crayons. I have probably about 4-6 boxes of crayons throughout the house. And not just 16 or 24 count. Nope. I go for 64 and up BABY! I love the smell, look and feel of new crayons. There is nothing like opening up a brand new box of crayons. . . . .tee hee.
4 - I love to go to the grocery store. I am sure that there are others out there that feel the same way BUT. . . . I will spend up to 3 hours in a grocery store and not think twice about it. I go and look up and down every single aisle whether or not there is something in that aisle on my list. Doesn't matter. I get lost while I am there and before I know it. . . it's been 3 hours. It's so bad that I can NOT put any refrigerated or such items in the cart until the end because of it.
5 - I have to have a can of coca cola in bed every night just before going to sleep. I have a hard time falling asleep without it. Not caffeine-free either. Nope. Regular, caffeinated coke. I can be totally not sleepy and wide-awake and as soon as I near the end of the can I start to nod off. Not sure why, where or when that started either.
6 - If I come into to watch a sports event after it's begun, whether live or on TV, and the team I am rooting for goes from winning to losing. . .I will stop watching b/c I am convinced that I am a jinx and that my presence has changed their luck and they will turn it around once I am gone. This doesn't apply if I have been there from the beginning of the game (b/c I was there while they were winning and clearly was not the cause for the change in their luck) BUT if I come in later. Forget it. It's me and I stop watching (this of course drives DH absolutely INSANE!)
OK, so now I will Tag: Esther from Knitting RN, Amy from Nuttin' but knittin', Cathi from In the Pink, Jen from Tales from a Knitting NICU nurse, Shar from Nurse Shar Knits and last but not least Stacy from Empty Nest Knitter.
Ladies???????
Here is a little Holiday fun!
OK, so my DS got this at school and it was so fun to do that I thought I would share. The following is a list of "alternate" wordings for the titles of very common Christmas songs/carols. See if you can figure out what their "true" titles are. Hey,how about if any of you get all the answers (or whoever gets the most) before I post the answers on the 25th will get a prize! (prize yet to be determined. . if there is a tie, I will enter all those names into a drawing. .)
To make it fair, do NOT post any answers in the comments. Send your answers to me at jdammons AT yahoo DOT com. Feel free to comment otherwise here as you see fit. I am trusting that any other parents who did this exercise and already KNOW the answers will quietly exempt themselves from the contest (I trust you all. . .) Here goes:
1. "Bleached Yule"
2. "Only yearning for the double anterior incisors"
3. "Righteous Darkness"
4. "Arrival time 24 hundred hours - Weather cloudless"
5. "Loyal followers advance"
6. "Far off in a feeder"
7. "Array the corridor"
8. "Small male percussionist"
9. "Monarchial Triad"
10. "Nocturnal Noiselessness"
11. "Red Man en route to city"
12. "Frozen precipitation begin"
13. "Proceed and enlighten on the pinnacle"
14. "The four-legged animal with the vermilion proboscis"
15. "Question regarding the identity of an infant"
16. "Delight for the planet"
17. "Give attention to the melodious celestial beings"
18. "The dozen festive 24 hour intervals"
and last but not least
19. "Icy the frozen rain guy"
Have fun, Merry Christmas and Good luck!
To make it fair, do NOT post any answers in the comments. Send your answers to me at jdammons AT yahoo DOT com. Feel free to comment otherwise here as you see fit. I am trusting that any other parents who did this exercise and already KNOW the answers will quietly exempt themselves from the contest (I trust you all. . .) Here goes:
1. "Bleached Yule"
2. "Only yearning for the double anterior incisors"
3. "Righteous Darkness"
4. "Arrival time 24 hundred hours - Weather cloudless"
5. "Loyal followers advance"
6. "Far off in a feeder"
7. "Array the corridor"
8. "Small male percussionist"
9. "Monarchial Triad"
10. "Nocturnal Noiselessness"
11. "Red Man en route to city"
12. "Frozen precipitation begin"
13. "Proceed and enlighten on the pinnacle"
14. "The four-legged animal with the vermilion proboscis"
15. "Question regarding the identity of an infant"
16. "Delight for the planet"
17. "Give attention to the melodious celestial beings"
18. "The dozen festive 24 hour intervals"
and last but not least
19. "Icy the frozen rain guy"
Have fun, Merry Christmas and Good luck!
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Have a Very Elfy Christmas!
Monday, December 11, 2006
Here's wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!
You all need to check this out.
Hope you all have a bright and Merry Christmas!
Oh and, btw, I think that EVERYONE should have a party and make some of these b/c they are too damned adorable.
I am going out tomorrow to buy paper and the metal thingys to make, like, a TON!
Oooh, speaking of making stuff, looky what I made this past weekend:
Aren't they all so pretty? I made them all with my own two little hands. I made 5 of each type of card. What is that I hear from you? Why am I making cards instead of working on Arwen??? Well, as a matter of fact, I HAVE started on Arwen:
The color is beautiful and malabrigo is just a dream to work with. One thing I always wonder when working with this yarn though is, why did they name it Malabrigo. Literally translated, malabrigo means "bad coat". I can't imagine how anyone could every get that from this fiber. . . . .
Hope you all have a bright and Merry Christmas!
Oh and, btw, I think that EVERYONE should have a party and make some of these b/c they are too damned adorable.
I am going out tomorrow to buy paper and the metal thingys to make, like, a TON!
Oooh, speaking of making stuff, looky what I made this past weekend:
Aren't they all so pretty? I made them all with my own two little hands. I made 5 of each type of card. What is that I hear from you? Why am I making cards instead of working on Arwen??? Well, as a matter of fact, I HAVE started on Arwen:
The color is beautiful and malabrigo is just a dream to work with. One thing I always wonder when working with this yarn though is, why did they name it Malabrigo. Literally translated, malabrigo means "bad coat". I can't imagine how anyone could every get that from this fiber. . . . .
Thursday, December 07, 2006
So now we'll see
Well, I have the yarn:
Malabrigo Kettle Dyed Pure Merino Wool Worsted in "Glazed Carrot". The color is a mix of the colors shown here. The centered is slightly too brownish and the home pix of the yarn are a little too bright. You'll have to trust me on the color, kay?
And I have chosen the pattern:
I even got gauge on a swatch (although I had to switch from size 8 to size 9) - (I need to learn to loosen up)
Now I need to find the TIME!!!!!!!
Should I just join in on this???
Malabrigo Kettle Dyed Pure Merino Wool Worsted in "Glazed Carrot". The color is a mix of the colors shown here. The centered is slightly too brownish and the home pix of the yarn are a little too bright. You'll have to trust me on the color, kay?
And I have chosen the pattern:
I even got gauge on a swatch (although I had to switch from size 8 to size 9) - (I need to learn to loosen up)
Now I need to find the TIME!!!!!!!
Should I just join in on this???
Monday, December 04, 2006
So, the birthday celebration was a success. He's old and tall enough to drive a go kart (real gas powered, no tethered track go kart) all on his own. It was pretty cool to watch him go although DH and I had to slow down our go karts and egg him on to "floor it" - wait a few years and we will be reversing that I am SURE! ;->
We played a game of putt putt. The waterfalls, ships, and other sculptures, etc were very cool and it was a well kept course.
DS got to play a few arcade games - here's he's trying to skateboard on a virtual skateboarding game. Very complicated!
We took him to eat at his favorite restaurant for Dinner - Carrabas! Here we are waiting to place our order.
And here we are at home with his cake. I baked the cake. I never bake cakes on birthdays. It's kind of pitiful looking but tasted damn good!
Oh, and, why yes, that IS the top that I knit on vacation this year. Thank you so much for noticing!
;-}
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