Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
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6:05 pm - What's Your Leprechaun Name?
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| Your Leprechaun Name Is: Twindle Cloverhopper |  Top of the mornin' to ya, Patty! |
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Sunday, February 1st, 2009
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2:00 pm - new years resolutions(just a little late)
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So if you know me IRL (which I don't think anyone I really know reads this blog) you know that I do like to make resolutions each year and I do try to keep them in mind though out the year. Last year I did carry though pretty well. My overall goal was to be a better person, namely be being a better mother and employee. I think I did pretty well. I'm cooking more and helping Hailey with her homework more, I'm being more patient and trying to not get into to too much of a routine with my time with her. We've being getting out more to go to the beach, the zoo, the movies, ect - just basically having fun together. And work is going better. I still HATE my job, it is truely a sucky place to work, but hey, at least I have a job. I am better able to appreciate the regular paycheck and that I have things like vacation time and sick time.
Anyway so on to this year. I'm trying to be a more social person. I tend to be quite the hermit crab - I like staying home and don't really make much of an effort to meet new people. I'm trying to comment more on peoples blogs and in the forums in ravelry. I also joined the Sat night virtual knit group (I need a microphone and headset though to really participate) One of my friends from work has been taking me out on Friday nights that I don't have Hailey. I'm also going to start cleaning up my house more and maybe start having people over for dinner or craft night.
Anyway, sorry there's no knitting content today. Still working on the 2 baby blankets. But my next project will be www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/90-chic-cables-and-lace-cowl-neck , I'll be making it short sleeved to make it more Florida friendly - not that I need a bulky cowl necked pullover here, but it's so super cute I have to have it.. I'm also thinking about casting on for the www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bigfoot-shawl. I have some knitpicks pallette yarn that is just sitting in my stash, so that would be a good stash burning pattern for me.
current mood:  contemplative
current music: don't cry out by the shiney toy guys
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
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3:44 pm - I'm really sad
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Steve and I broke up almost 3 weeks ago. I really thought he was the one for me but as it turns out he and I wanted different things for the future. He was contented with just dating and at the very least I want some one to be around full time. But he would never move in with us without him and me being married and he says he never wants to get married. So we're trying to remain friends but it's really hard. He'll call me and be all happy and talk to me like nothing is different between us. It really makes me wonder why guys can always take breakups so easily - why am I always the one who is left sad and empty feeling? I really wish I could just have a switch inside that I could just turn off so I could quit feeling to cruddy for a day.
Anyway now that I have all this free time on my hands I've been knitting and reading. First up I finally read The Other Boleyn Girl , I had wanted to read the book before I saw the movie so now can add that movie to my netfilx queue. I also just finished Lost, it was written by the same guy that wrote Wicked. Before reading this book my favorite book he wrote was Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and maybe it still is my favorite but this was really good, you know when you finish a book and then wish it was longer so you could keep reading it - it was really intense.
And as far as the knitting goes I'll put
( my pics behind a cut )
I guess that's it for now. But hopefully I'll be posting more often now. I've always wanted to use this blog to review different things so maybe I'll start doing that.
current mood:  sad
current music: I will follow you into the Dark
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
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8:20 pm - I've got some FOs to show off
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
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7:38 pm - just another silly quiz
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You Are a Turtleneck Sweater
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You are sophisticated, streetwise, and even a little cynical.
You are quite cultured, and you don't fall for gimmicks or trends easily.
You are naturally chic. You have a urban, cosmopolitan style.
And you know that the secret to looking good is not trying too hard!
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Thursday, December 4th, 2008
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9:05 pm - boring meme (aka wasting time)
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Where is your mobile phone? somewhere - maybe next to my knitting chair
Where is your significant other? out drinking w/ his friends
Your hair colour? brownish blondish
Your mother? just outside gainesville
Your father? still married to my mom
Your favourite thing? my daughter
Your dream last night? what dream? i sleep like the dead
Your dream goal? being a sahm
The room you’re in? the computer room/spare bedroom
Your hobby? knitting
Your fear? losing my job
Where do you want to be in 6 years? anywhere but here
Where were you last night? on the couch
What you’re not? outgoing
One of your wish-list items? another baby
Where you grew up? gainesville fl
The last thing you did? put hailey to bed
What are you wearing? my work clothes with a sweatshirt on top
Your TV? always on
Your pets? cat & dog (booboo and bella)
Your computer? desktop
Your mood? tired
Missing someone? not really
Your car? a versa
Something you’re not wearing? a hat
Favourite shop? the yarn shop
Your summer? not long enough
Love someone? yes
Your favourite colour? pink
When is the last time you laughed? today
When is the last time you cried? about 2 weeks ago
Your turn.
current mood:  tired
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
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6:28 pm - I'm sorry I'm such a slacker
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
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8:01 pm
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
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7:35 pm - wow - i never post anymore
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
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12:33 am - this is how i feel about tomorrow
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
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10:14 am - haha - I'm really tired this time
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Yes I am stupid. I stayed up all night last night. The big storm was coming through and I was nervous about my leaky roof. So what did I do with all that time and nervous energy?
( you'll have to click to see )
Anyway, I guess that's all for today. I'll be taking Hailey's green sweater to knit on while I'm at work today. That's my last Ravelympics project, I hope I can finish it by Sunday.
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
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6:54 pm - I'm tired
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This is such the theme of my life these days. I'm dead ass tired all day long at work then I get to about 10 at night and that's when the energy picks up and I'm bouncing around the house like I don't have to work in the morning until all of the sudden it's 2:30 and crap I have to be up for work in 3 hours. Anyway, maybe someday I'll be able to just grow up and actually go to bed on time.
( I know you want to look )
I've also been working on a couple of presents, very instant gratification kind of things, I'll take and post pics after they've been gifted.
I guess that's it for now. Keep your fingers crossed that I go to bed early tonight.
current mood:  exhausted
current music: she-knits podcast
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
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11:48 pm
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
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7:30 pm - I'm tired
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So this will be a quick post cause I'm tired and I got stuff to do.
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Speaking of the Ravelympics, I've entered 3 events. The Wrestling WIPS, the Baby Dressage, and the Amigurumi-n-Toys Toss. They're all small projects so the challenge will be to get them all done it 17 days. Wish me luck!
current music: Angel by old school Madonna
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
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8:07 pm
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It's done! All knitted up and lined! I love this blanket and would love to drag it all over showing it off to everyone I know. But the baby I knit it for came last week so off in the mail it goes. Anyway it was knit in Knitpicks Swish DK using Knitpicks Harmony needles US5. The pattern is found in Zoe Mellor's Adorable Knits for Tots. It took me about 4 and a half months to knit.
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Thanks for looking!
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7:08 pm - I ♥ my new car
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So I posted awhile ago about my car worries. Well my boyfriend saw how worried I was about breaking down and loaned me some money to help me make a down payment on a new car. I bought a nissan versa and she is so cute. It's sporty and very fuel efficient and so cute and fun to drive. Anyway I just wanted to say that I love her!
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
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10:57 pm - Really?
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
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8:55 pm - Photos of my latest FO
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Presenting ( The Voyager Lace Shrug )
I obviously modified this pattern from a stole to a shrug. Other than that it was a quick and easy knit. I did really enjoy this pattern, I may end up knitting it again in a finer weight yarn
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
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4:32 pm - oh posting again
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I really wanted to post last thursday- I kept saying I just need a little time, it seemed like I had so many thoughts running around in my head. But now sunday rolls around and I do have a little free time while Steve is napping and all I can think about is that I have a headache.
So anyway, what have I been so busy doing? Well, this weekend one of Steve's good friends was getting married so friday night we had to go to the rehearsal dinner, and then sat we had the wedding. Then today we had the big girl's 6th birthday party and we're trying to get my car all cleaned up because hopefully tomorrow I'll be trading it in for a new car. I'm so excited to be getting a new car. The problems that I posted about earlier have continued. We replaced one of my rear tires with the spare because it kept going flat. Then my battery died again - Steve had to jump my car to get it to start. Now my trunk popper-thing isn't working. It will be such a relief to have a new car - I think I'm getting a nissan versa. I'll post pics once I get it.
In knitting news, I finished the voyager lace shrug. It had started out as a stole but I really didn't like to wrong side so I seamed up the 2 ends and turned it into a shrug. I wore it to the wedding last night but didn't get a chance to take any pics of it until we got home. Of course by then I was kind of drunk and it really showed so I just deleted the pics and we'll try again tonight.
I'm also making good progress on my spots and stripes baby blanket. I'm halfway done with the last row of blocks. Then it's a few rows of seed stitch and off to Joann's to find some fabric to line it with. I hope to have it finished and ready to mail out by July 15th. We'll see if I can make it.
Well, I guess I'll finish this up with a photo. These flowers always make me think of fireworks so I'm posting this photo in honor on the 4th of July. I hope everyone was a safe and fun one!
current mood:  stressed
current music: Far Away - Ingrid Michaelson
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
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8:57 pm
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Stolen from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) perclexed
The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see.
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them ;-)
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare - I've read a lot of shakespeare and while I loved reading I'd be lying if I said I was going to go back and read anymore.
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte's Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
Wow - I guess I need to start reading some more.
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