pretty cool, huh?
Monday, February 11, 2008
knitting...
thanks to a little songbird I have become hooked on a web-site called riverly.com. It's a knit and crochet community. it's a lot of fun. You can post project you're working on, projects you've completed. You can see what other people are working on, you can look up patterns, see recommendations. I even typed in a yarn i'm working with , Paton's Pooch, to see other's reactions to the yarn. Most people agreed with me, hard to work with but fun final results. (I'm still working on the final results.) This has also inspired me to post a few more pictures of my knitting on my blog.
It's hard to believe this is going to be a sweater. I have two pieces like this and i'm getting ready to work on the sleeves.
This is the yarn I'm using, with the lighted needle. it's a lot of fun. I can knit while watching tv without turning on an extra light.
Last is a picture of some booties i made in blue. I recently made them in pink for Linnea but i forgot to take a picture of them.
It's hard to believe this is going to be a sweater. I have two pieces like this and i'm getting ready to work on the sleeves.
This is the yarn I'm using, with the lighted needle. it's a lot of fun. I can knit while watching tv without turning on an extra light.
Last is a picture of some booties i made in blue. I recently made them in pink for Linnea but i forgot to take a picture of them.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
weekend
What a busy weekend. Saturday was the coffee house at church. Always lots of fun and full of surprises. It was really long, more than two hours but the time flew by. Some old favorites and some new friends performing.
Sunday was part one of the church's annual meeting. (great Sunday for that) It went rather well and we got out earlier than I expected. It was mostly talk about the budget and hearing in previous meetings what was going to be discussed, I was expecting a long meeting. Nice to be surprised with a short meeting. Was able to get to the super bowl party on time. Went to a place called Take Five on Southport. Nice location. Right next to the Music Box theater. We had a nice table, hard chairs but good views of the various TVs hanging around the place. Nice big drinks, good food, good time. I wasn't sure who i wanted to win when the game started. Do i root for New England? go for the perfect season? Do I root for the Giants? the team that beat my packers? at least i could say they lost to the team that won the super bowl. So i watched mostly commercials for the first half. Not bad. a few good chuckles and a few wasted millions of dollars. You can tell which ones blew the budget on the air time rather than the actual commercial. After the half time show (yawn!) things got interesting. It was a close game in the first half but there's still another half to go. The second half is definitely more exciting. Coming down to the last second, literally. now that's the way to play the game. Now i can officially say my packers lost to the team who won the super bowl. It started snowing sometime during the game, when we left there was another two inches of fresh fluffy snow. It was very beautiful outside with the fresh snow. Won't mention the weather on Monday, so not worth it. Another super bowl down in the record books. This one was for the records. The Pats were expected to win it all, be perfect. The Giants defense just didn't want it to happen and they won... again literally.
Sunday was part one of the church's annual meeting. (great Sunday for that) It went rather well and we got out earlier than I expected. It was mostly talk about the budget and hearing in previous meetings what was going to be discussed, I was expecting a long meeting. Nice to be surprised with a short meeting. Was able to get to the super bowl party on time. Went to a place called Take Five on Southport. Nice location. Right next to the Music Box theater. We had a nice table, hard chairs but good views of the various TVs hanging around the place. Nice big drinks, good food, good time. I wasn't sure who i wanted to win when the game started. Do i root for New England? go for the perfect season? Do I root for the Giants? the team that beat my packers? at least i could say they lost to the team that won the super bowl. So i watched mostly commercials for the first half. Not bad. a few good chuckles and a few wasted millions of dollars. You can tell which ones blew the budget on the air time rather than the actual commercial. After the half time show (yawn!) things got interesting. It was a close game in the first half but there's still another half to go. The second half is definitely more exciting. Coming down to the last second, literally. now that's the way to play the game. Now i can officially say my packers lost to the team who won the super bowl. It started snowing sometime during the game, when we left there was another two inches of fresh fluffy snow. It was very beautiful outside with the fresh snow. Won't mention the weather on Monday, so not worth it. Another super bowl down in the record books. This one was for the records. The Pats were expected to win it all, be perfect. The Giants defense just didn't want it to happen and they won... again literally.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
say good-bye...
Every three or four years I get tired of my long hair. I spend about three or four month thinking about cutting it before i actually do. In order to make a real difference I have to chop a lot off, otherwise it's just a trim and doesn't look different. so I have to go back and forth about enjoying a new hairstyle to missing my long hair and wishing i could have it back. I'm not super picky about my hair. I've never gone home and cried because of a bad cut. although i must admit i was rather disappointed when i went to a very nice salon, spent a lot of money to have my hair dyed the exact same color it was and cut to make my face look like a round ball. two months after that I paid a co-worker, who was going through school for hair cutting, $10 to fix it. She did a great job. it no longer curled under and i stopped looking like I had a brown round ball for a head. She no longer lives in Chicago. I have e-mailed, asking when she was going to return to cut my hair again. Much to my disappointment, she has no plans to visit Chicago this year. :(
So i will try to go to the guy who trimmed my hair just before the holidays. He was nice and seemed to know what he was talking about with hair. (when you go to supercuts, you never know what you're going to get.)
Good-bye long hair! I will miss you... for at least the next nine to twelve months, by that time it will have grown enough to make a difference. :)
So i will try to go to the guy who trimmed my hair just before the holidays. He was nice and seemed to know what he was talking about with hair. (when you go to supercuts, you never know what you're going to get.)
Good-bye long hair! I will miss you... for at least the next nine to twelve months, by that time it will have grown enough to make a difference. :)
Monday, January 28, 2008
Christmas present
Friday, January 25, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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