tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165476992011-11-07T21:44:56.183-05:00Adventures of a single mother/hapless LYS ownerVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13138593576424101434noreply@blogger.comBlogger2471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16547699.post-34275961406588318142008-07-08T14:17:00.003-04:002008-07-08T19:36:42.595-04:00

Yeah, I'd like to think I'd start being an every-weeker again, but lets face it....I suck when it comes to consistent blogging these days. But I've been TOLD to blog and I actually have a few things to say, so we'll go with a bit of a random post, eh?First, I have 2 store related things to tell you guys. The most important is that we are having a charity auction starting on Friday to benefit Kiva

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Phew. I've spent the last week and a half either having visitors and visiting NY. Fun, but I'm glad spring break is over.I'm in crunch time for the pattern of the month for the store, but barring any printer disasters, I should be able to get it all set for tomorrow. I don't know how this happens...I really don't procrastinate all month, yet somehow I'm always coming down to the wire.So, a

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That's the name. It tried to drop a little hint yesterday, but didn't tell you it was a hint because well....that would be really obvious, now wouldn't it? So all the winners were chosen randomly by random.org.Turtle wins the kit! And Olga and Chris win the 2 pattern files! Turtle and Olga....can you email me your info at whoringforyarn AT gmail DOT com? Chris....it should already be comin'

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I'm down to 1296 bloglines. Is that progress or what? Of course I'm still a lame commenter, but its hard to decide what to comment on when your reading through the 34 posts you missed. I'm just hoping dooce won't be too hurt that I just clicked on her 96 posts to get them off the list and didn't read them. We're very tight, me and dooce. Hopefully she'll understand.Over Christmas (its been

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To get back to blogging. Dang. The only things I'm more behind in are email and bloglines. I believe I have been a shitty communicator the past couple of months. And now I've got one whole hour to try to catch up. ONE WHOLE HOUR. Wow....that should get one blog post and my bloglines down to about 2300. Doh! It doesn't help that Little A is always trying to get on my computer as much as I am

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So, "Blog" has been on my list of things to do for weeks now. I'm quick aren't I? You can now all judge the state of the kitty litter and other chores based on my stellar blogging performance.As always happens after I attempt to come back after taking a little break, I feel pretty much at a total loss for words. And I'm trying to resist the urge to just a make a laundry list of all the

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I was going to post today. It's been a while and I knew I should come on and tell you all how fun and hectic getting the store going has been. How Little A is supremely good with customers and loves the cash register. How New England sport teams are now so good that they are making me uncomfortalble (I do much better cheering on the underdogs and we now have none of those.) Just stuff....

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Yep. I decided to officially change it since that's basically how I have been lately. I figure it will help me to remember my own name..."Wait...who am I....what am I? I know!"Thank you all for all your supportive and EXCITED! comments! I'm pretty jazzed, so it was so fun to hear everyone else be jazzed too!I just switched the website of the store over to Wordpress. It was on GoDaddy and I just

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You heard it here first!This may be the biggest violation of a yarn diet that I have ever heard of.I bought this. (Though the website still needs to be updated!) Nope, not just some pretty yarn that might be listed over there, the WHOLE DAMN STORE!Wahoooooo! It's insane! I love it!I'm re-opening this weekend, so if you are in the area, come by and see me!

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It is highly possible that I will be posting very shocking news soon. Really! Shocking! Just a little too soon.(No, I'm not getting married and I am not pregnant, just so you know.)

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A while ago I posted about my need for some book recommendations and you all came through with tons of ideas. I took a trip to the library that very day and got what I could...I had about 15 minutes to track stuff down because I was expecting a phone call and the librarians look at you like your mooning the mayor if your phone happens to go off in the library. I got several....some of which are

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Hey! We're back. We've been back for a while actually, but I was busy sleeping off my Disney induced coma. We had fun and it was all pretty amazing, but let me tell yuh...Mickey took that big boat of a shoe of his and kicked my ass. Hot. Tired. More hot. More tired. Blisters. Tired. Hot. You know...Disney. Here's proof that we really were there: Here's proof that it was really hot and sunny:

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Oh, it must be me.Yeah, I've been in a bit of a funk lately. Just sort of bouncing between feeling restless and exhausted and angry and sad and frustrated. Sometimes I feel like I must be at some sort of transitional point and other times I just feel stuck. I listen to people talk to me and feel like I can't trust what most of them say. I feel so lonely sometimes, but also like remaining alone is

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Ages ago I joined Kat's UFO Challenge, and though I have been finishing quite a few things, I've been one sorry lame ass about posting them. But this one is for July...A Kiri Shawl made of 900 yards of raw silk, fingering weight. It is beautiful, no? I'm completely in love with it. The pattern was easy and very clear and I would recommend it to anyone.This shawl should've been finished ages ago,

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Yup, you guessed it. It's my 9th post! Can you believe it? I never thought I would last through nine whole posts as a blogger!Hardy har har. No, that's not the nine I'm talking about....This past week, my dear Little A turned 9. NINE! (By the way, birthday party planning was the reason for the most previous absence....just in case any of you were wondering if I had spent the past too weeks

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"I am pleased to report that the paper passed without further recommendations or changes."I am finally DONE with my Master's Degree. DONE!!!!!!Finally.Done.Did you get that?FINALLY DONE!!!

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The other night, I dreamed that I was at a Paul McCartney concert. Near the beginning, there was a drawing. One person in the audience would be Paul McCartney girlfriend, for the concert, or a day, or some other amount of time. That was a prize. I won. Being Paul McCartney's girlfriend for the concert entailed sitting on the stage to watch the concert. Afterward, he gave me a "Lovely to meet you

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This is my favorite dinner recently. It's partially take from a recipe in Italy in Small Bites by Carol Field and partially take from Madhur Jaffrey's version in World Vegetarian. It's so very yummy. You can substitute anything you want for the mushrooms and feta, or take one out completely. I think roasted red peppers would be fabulous...but I haven't tried them yet.Ingredients:1 cup besan (

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Look, I rhymed! I'll try to stop that, I promise.A while ago, my excellent pal from SP9 (It was 9, right?) asked if I had gotten to play with the long-coveted Koigu that she so generously sent me. Indeed, I had! I cast on some socks, toe-up because I wasn't sure exactly how far Koigu goes, on size ONE needles. A little insane, I should say, but...I wanted them to last forever once they were made,

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Just in case you were all looking for a reason to further question my amazing judgment...there's been mitered love lately. Yup, now that it's summer, I thought it was high time to drape a warm, thick blanket all over me whenever I got the chance! When you last saw it, it looked like this:Now:And hanging off the end of the bed....just where it wants to live....I really should've taken the pictures

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Yuh know, on any given day, its hard to know what I'll be working on. Today, these two are the winners. The top? You guessed it. I took the plunge. It's mystery stole #3, clue #1. I had resisted this mystery stole thing for a good month or so when I first heard a woman talking about it at my LYS. I kinda wanted to, I kinda knew that I had far too many things already languishing, unfinished, in

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I know. It's true. I'm a shitty shitty blogger. Ah well. What can I say? This is the second week in a row that I vowed to myself to have a knitting post everyday (in order to distract you from my other pathetic ramblings, of course) and here it is THURSDAY and I'm just getting around to the first one. I rock.So, here is my belated post about the lovely package that I received from my Knitter's

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Not always what its cracked up to be."Oh no! Not another one of those posts!!" they run screaming.Yeah, what are yuh gonna do?I've found that with Mr. Eyes, the thing that still kills me, day after day, is the hope. I'm sure there were times in the past when I would've written a post singing the virtues of hope. I even heard the Dalai Lama once say that hope was what gave us humanity, set us

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I am officially on a yarn diet. Knit from my stash. Whatever the hell you want to call it. My buddy down at the Island Yarn Company is having a 50% off all yarn and books sale (go fast if you are in the area...great deals as her prices are good anyway and she's getting cleaned out), and last night, well, I spent an obscene amount of money on yarn. And since it was 50% off, actually came home

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Oye. Here I am.I've opened the blogger window several times in the past couple of weeks, and really should've written, but um. Well, you know. There's plenty to write, but many days I just don't have the umph to do it.I'm pretty disappointed with life these days. And by pretty, I mean completely. I'm constantly envious of people who can fake it lately. And of people that can pretend themselves

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*Gasp for air*This post was supposed to be my official "DONE!" post, but alas my advisor seems to see fit to torture me with one more revision. So even though I thought that at 6:30 last night when I finished my Microbiology final, I would feel this insane sense of freedom that I have not felt for years, nope. Not yet. It's a little anti-climatic. Don't' get me wrong, I am insanely happy to

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Hey!I still suck at blogging. Only a few more weeks, I swear!But I thought I'd better get my questionnaire up for the Knitter's Coffee Swap before my partner wants to throttle me. Or send me Folger's Crystals and Red Heart from a yard sale. I'd probably prefer the throttling.So, here is my questionnaire:1. Whole bean or ground?Ground. I have a grinder in a pinch, but I typically use it for spices

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Hello!I think I've forgotten how to blog. Seriously. How do I start this thing up? Maybe somebody can tell me what wires I'm supposed to use to hot wire this puppy? So yeah. Been busy. The good news is that I'm about 5 pages from completing my thesis, which means that I am officially on a graduation list! I'm kicking some microbiology ass (though microbiology is kicking some V-ass as well).

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Hello! Howdy! I'm not dead!I've been stupidly busy lately to the point where I even feel guilty knitting. Sad, sad statement there folks. And I bet you thought I'd have a much better post than this after a couple of weeks of silence, didn't you? Ha! Silly bloggers. But I just wanted to pop in and say...I miss blogville. Hopefully I can get caught up this week and reconnect with all of you.

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Wow, am I behind in blogging. Writing and reading. And even though my one thought as I went to sleep last night was "Don't forget the camera", I forgot it! I've had a great FO sitting un-pictured for two weeks now! ARGH! So instead of FOF, I present you with 10 stupid and/or random things from my week:1. I'm still a little sick. Not crazy sick. Just coughing/congested enough to be constantly

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Did I ever tell you how I don't get sick?Yeah, I'm sick. I've been sick for a few days now and its really pissing me off. I need someone to shoot me with a tranquilizer gun and write some notes to my boss and teachers and daughter so that I can get some rest. Ok?Will try to post the FO later, but it might be Monday.

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I've sort of been mulling this post around for a long time, but its still not so firm. If it sucks as a I try to think it to words, I'm sorry, but it seems to be time. (Obligatory disclaimer...this post is not about Mr. Eyes, though he is present in some of it.)About a week ago, I stumbled out into the laundry room with my pajamas (no, not sexy pajamas, more like your mother's pajamas gone yoga)

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I'm sure that many of you may think that I gave up on the whole mitered square blanket thing, yes? No mention, no picture for months. It's true. Christmas knitting killed it for quite some time. I've only worked on it a little this month, maybe 15 or 20 squares, but here it is:I still haven't even decided how wide to make it. I'm thinking maybe 2 or 3 more squares. I want it to be pretty sizable.

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Suggest, or even better, INSIST that I take Little A to church after I tell you that I am not a christian. Because, yuh know, I guess I should save her from my heathen ways.Hello? Are you listening? I DO NOT BELIEVE IT. And if I'm going to save her from anything, I'd rather save her from organized religion. But thanks for your righteous advice. It was really helpful, really. Maybe next time, we

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So, I have a new recurring dream. Any guesses on what it is?Yep, all night long, running through an airport the size of NYC itself. Trying to catch some plane and never making it. And I rarely even know why I need to catch this plane.Running. All night long. Not good for one's waking mood.Any dream interpreters out there?P.S. Blogger just FORCED my to upgrade (wouldn't let me sign in without

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Holy mother is it cold out there today. If ONLY I could have stayed wrapped in my nice warm bed. Starbucks opened FORTY FIVE MINUTES late. This was NOT good news for the morning, especially since the first thing I thought when I woke up was "This is a venti-day."I started a Microbiology class last night. The teacher was good, but intense. It's a little tough for me to be coherent past 8, so to

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Thank you all for all of your comments, but I think I'm not going to post here about Mr. Eyes anymore. I know you're all trying to be immensely supportive, but I'm just feeling a little too lectured and its just not the kind of help I need right now. I'm feeling really bruised from N and this whole thing is really messing with me on a serious level. And I've got enough internal lecturing to last

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I've been feeling a little lot fucked up lately. (Sorry for the "language", but beware, there is probably plenty more to come in the coming days.)Mr. Eyes is getting to me.Getting right through the walls of fears and morality and jealousy and pain with nothing more than constant and persistent kindness and tenderness. I repeat all the "stay-away", "keep your distance" mantras to myself over and

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This is a post in which my cat attempts to act like Chaos and Mayhem. I can only guess that he must be jealous of their bloggy notoriety because usually, he is completely disinterested in me and everything I do. But when I received my package from by KMKS pal, Jodie, he was all over it. Here are the contents as I pulled them out of the box:Look at that great bag!! Me likey the greens! And pumpkin

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Are very few and far between. I went to three different high school's over the 4 years and was one pissed off teenager for the whole 4 years.There *is* one thing that I miss though. I miss the days of having easy-going male friends. I have one, far away (so I see him like once every five years), but I wouldn't count any of the other men I know or see often as friends. Its probably my own fault

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That would be today. Apparently, even though my job is generally dull and simplistic, today, we need a code. Ok Nancy, whatever. I had to draw the line when he proposed the other part of the code be "I'll meet you at Victoria's Secret." Freak.

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Finally a picture of ONE of the bag's ala Chris that I made:Isn't it cute? It was so quick and easy....I'll definitely be making more of these! I made another, but I forgot to get a picture before I gifted it. Bad, I know. The other was for my friend L's little boy (heehee...I gave a purse to a boy!) but it was more boyish colors and I modified the handle to look a little more boyish (as his dad

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I've noticed this strange, but consistent occurrence lately. When I tell people that I'm a vegetarian, they almost always then regale me of their favorite meaty recipe (think sirloin here) or the six different kinds of meat they had last night. Why? It doesn't bother me, but in all honesty, I've got nothing to add. So, I just sort of look at them with the only thought in my mind, "Really, is THIS

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Until...This is such a ridiculous story, and potentially long, but I'll try to keep it in check so that you don't fall asleep somewhere in the middle.A few months ago...the endless rotation of people in my building brought a new bunch to live in the apartment directly above me. This was REALLY welcome as the last couple included a guy who must've thought he was the next American Idol as I was

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I have a couple more things to post, now that it is past Christmas, but I still don't have pictures of them all. But I do have this (though the picture itself sort of sucks): This was for my sister from Vogue Knitting, Issue number something. It was supposed to have a ruffle on the sleeves as well, but I have seen my sister take the scissors to almost every sleeve ruffle she's ever owned, so I

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Since I don't seem to be back in full swing blogging mode yet, I present you with a day of pretty pictures. One of these things is not like the other....can you tell which?The return of the lunches #1Or breakfast in this case. Egg salad with tiny little toasts, and grape tomatoes. The right side is a fruit salad with clementines, strawberries, and kiwi. I got this nifty little lunch box at a

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So you get the short version.I'm still alive. And I'll post more soon.Holiday highlights:Little A loved her gifts...and I pulled off the Santa thing for one last time.Yarn, yarn, and more yarn...in that order.Holiday lowlights:Little A barfingDrivingBig blow-out with N. Recovery unlikely.BLOGGER. Just because you ate my post.I'm not in a bad mood, but it seems blogger is trying to put me in one

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Oye. You'd think this would be it, eh? The final one. Well, its not. I actually finished 3 other items, but they need one more felting before they are presentable. I STILL have to sew together my sister's sweater and whip up another lace frame. Have I mentioned that piecing together sweaters is about my least favorite knitting related activity EVER. Seriously, I've had the pieces completely

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I'm looking for a felted knit pattern for a hat along this style:I feel like I saw one recently, but now have NO idea where. You'd think it's really hard to click "add to favorites" wouldn't you? Ack! Does anyone have any ideas?

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To my arse.I know you did not need this sort of treatment. I know that you had already grown well passed your uh...."potential" and that you did not need further prodding to increase in size.I know that sugar cookies would've been a better choice as they are not as quick to attack you as the buttery shortbread covered in dark chocolate. I'm sorry that I blindly ignored the ill effects directed

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Even though I did get an attack of Christmas paralysis this week, I did manage to finish up on several things. Several more to go, but hey....this post officially knocks 4 items off my list! Not too shabby....First, you all saw the first....now you can see it with its matey:For my mom. It is a relief to be done with my mom, I'm tellin' yuh.Next, I got this headband earmuff thing at a store for

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Since I typically get pretty consistent search terms related to spells or convertible gloves or other knitted things I've recently posted, I stopped checking them with any regularity. But today I checked and well....maybe you guys can figure this one out for me:crazy knit knitting pattern a poop poo drop cream hatI just don't know. What were they looking for? I'm perplexed...intrigued....And a

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Somebody is sleepy. Somebody has no camera batteries. Somebody didn't get a picture of (most likely) Little A's last believing visit with Santa because of the lack of batteries. Somebody is so over Santa, it really didn't bother her that much, but somebody felt stupid all the same. Somebody wishes her daughter had a better teacher this year. Somebody is grinchy enough that she doesn't want to

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But its something!I should really have more for this finished object Friday, being that I've only got two left before Christmas. But I had a couple of migraines and a wicked emotional week. These two things made me a lame knitter for a day or two. Additionally, I got a little distracted at my lovely LYS, The Island Yarn Co, by some sale Artful Yarns, Cartoon. I had been thinking of trying some

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Yesterday, I had a conversation with my sister that made me very suspicious that my mom is trying to covertly plan on having all my brothers and sisters and I descend upon her house at Christmas. My mother is a lovely person. But about this issue, she is very nuts (or ignorant or something!) There are 5 of us, some with spouses or other appendages, some without. The group, as a whole, should have

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The other night, Little A and I bought the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer DVD. I always seem to miss this one and as it is the height of nostalgia for me, I decided we should have it. The DVD had the obligatory "special features" which we always have to check out.It turns out that a year after it was released, "Why Am I Such a Misfit", was replaced by a song called "Fame & Fortune". I was curious

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Today, is my 200th post, and although you may be used to a slight (heehee) undertone of negativity on this blog, we will have none of that today! Because yuh know what? I am freaking lucky. (No, I did NOT read that in some cheezo affirmation book, in case you were wondering.) I just am actually really lucky. The first thing I am lucky for?How did you guess? This little girl is just about the best

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Linky poo. And the ping.

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A while back, I joined the From the Stacks Reading Challenge since the pile of books I haven't read in my house is starting to outgrow the pile of books that I have read. It seems that we are supposed to try to post reviews of the books after we read them, so here goes...I've never written a book review before, so don't expect this to be any good!I started the challenge with The Darkest Child, by

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Ok, ok, I know I'm not usually a two-a-day poster, but I have something to ask you all.I found out this weekend that my brother has a blog. He told my mom, probably knowing full well that she would never be able to find it even if he sent her a direct link. The news then passed through my sister to me, who knows I read blogs, but doesn't know I have one. I thought she might suspect until she had

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There. That one is done.Holidays make me REALLY tired. And I had a screaming fight with N last night, in my dreams, so waking up this morning was a little challenging.It is now time to begin Christmas delusions. I wrote up my still-need-to-finish knitting list yesterday, and while I think I have a pretty good grasp on things, this is the time for it to all fall apart, what with extra holiday

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I will not be back in blogging territory until Monday, so here's an early finished object for you:I'm sorry about the slightly retarded picture, but it was still drying when I took the picture yesterday morning. I'll definitely get a better picture later or when it's gifted. That's the last pattern in Amazing Crochet Lace, made from chenille that I bought at Webs a million years ago. It is for my

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I have a feeling that I'm going to be playing catch up all week. I cannot even list the ridiculous amount of stuff that I need to accomplish before Wednesday around 2, when the visitors arrive and all order goes out the window.The finished object of the day is based on a series of mistakes made by my last Thursday night. The first mistake was that I went to a yarn store in a weakened state. The

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I do have one today, sort of. I forgot my darning needle to weave in the rest of the ends, so it looks a little stupid. I think it should wait. But as an added bonus, I plan to have a finished object on Monday and Wednesday next week. I won't be in work on Friday, and that pretty much kills my blogging, so this Friday is Monday and next Friday is Wednesday. Got that?If you haven't already, stop

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I finally got my camera act back together. Though Little A had no lunch today, I have a breakfast and a lunch for you.Breakfast is a mini spinach/ricotta pie, a mini mushroom/ricotta pie, a corn muffin, grapes, a ginger candy, a clementine and cashews.Lunch is veggie "beef" stew (the beef is ala Morningstar Farms), a little salad of cucumbers, tomatoes and scallions, a corn muffin and some spicy

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I'm participating in the Knitter's Coffee Swap, so here is my questionnaire:1. Whole bean or ground?Ground. I have a grinder in a pinch, but I typically use it for spices, not beans. Just no weird powder or freeze dried substances.2. Fully-loaded or decaf?As loaded as possible, please. I'm a single mother afterall.3. Regular or flavored?Both. 4. How do you drink your coffee?First I snort it up my

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I almost don't want to say anything. Just stare into the log-cabiny goodness! (Please ignore the mess on the right! That's where I knit, so there's never any order in that area.)This is for me my brother and his family (That means that I knocked THREE people off my Christmas knitting list in one finished object friday. Told you...kicking Christmas ASS!)I love it. It's going to take everything

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I have a questionnaire to catch up on, so today may seem a little dull for you non-knitters, and frankly not that thrilling for you knitters either. But for my swap buddy? It's da bomb. (Right.)I currently have no good batteries in my camera which makes me REALLY sad because, DAMN, did I pack some nummy lunches this week. Little A came to work with my on Tuesday and opted out of Taco Bell and

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I've always wanted to give one of these speeches. One of those "Thank you friends and family, for making me way better than you" sort of speeches. But so far it hasn't been in the cards. I hear my Grammy for most lyrics confused or deleted is still in the works.I do have a big thank you, today though. A BIG THANK YOU.Thank you, dear New Hampshire, for finally getting with the program. Thank you

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I need to stop staying up late knitting. Shitty pictures seem to be the result. Oh, and no thought process for a normal post. More convertible gloves.

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This fall back thing is not doing what it is supposed to be doing to me. I can't get to sleep until late, and so then I get up late. Aren't my post-traumatic-time change symptoms supposed to be the opposite?I meant to post yesterday about how I love my neighborhood on Halloween. But totally forgot. And now I have a whole year to wait until my neighborhood becomes a neighborhood circa "Leave it to

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I meant to be all cutesy-posting this morning and have pictures of Little A drawing the winning name, but we crashed after trick or treating. And so now, the deluxe name draw looks like this:Yup, water cooler cup on dirty work desk instead of knitted hat and this cute kitty drawing the name:By the way, that's Chaos, ready for ballet on Monday night. By Tuesday night, however, the following

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Today marks the official end of whoring for yarn (v1...don't be fooled into thinking there won't be a v2 when I'm not buried in Christmas knitting...suggestions welcome). On Saturday, I received these beautiful 9 bits from Jeanne.Aren't they pretty? I'm not worthy! Thank you!!Then on Monday, I received these nice sock yarn bits from...can you guess?Complete with kitty card from Chris! Thanks

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I haven't been in the best of moods this week. I don't know if its school stress, work blues, or a preview of SAD to come, but I've been a scowling, mopey bitch this week. It got to the point yesterday where I decided, in the course of about 15 minutes, to take Wellbutrin through the winter and to start reading Thich Naht Hahn again. If those things don't make me chipper, well, there will be no

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I'm feeling a bit crabby this morning. A bit = stay the fuck away from me (at least to the boss it should mean that).I got a really unpleasant call yesterday from someone who I hadn't heard from in ages and really didn't ever want to hear from again. It gave me creepy dreams and possessed the cat to run around the apartment waking me up at least 5 times last night (I *CAN* blame this call for the

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I actually finished these socks months ago. For my brother, I guess. Though they might get juggled to someone else because the two of us don't hold up that Christmas gift obligation.The thing I was going to post has now been crowned:"Ugliest knitting project EVER with least amount of forethought and awareness about impending ugliness"I was attempting to make this bag for my Mom, with some yarn

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Nine Numbered Notes about N1. This is not exactly new news. We've been at least over-friendly again for several months.2. I waited until the most recent break-up was off the front page to tell you. (Slick, eh? Oh yeah....it's as if I just met him, and he never existed before this because he is off the front page.)3. That would be break-up #14 (in case some of you needed further prodding for

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When I was little, I rarely got in trouble, especially at school. I was a nerd. I was a preacher's kid. And if that wasn't enough, I was smart enough to perform my snarkiness well behind anyone's back who I disliked. But once, in 6th grade, I got in trouble.My 6th grade math teacher was a twit. She was cheerleader turned over-enthusiastic educator twit and I seriously hated her. She annoyed every

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The funny thing about accelerated classes? Finals week comes REALLY soon after midterm week. I have many things to write, but today, just a Little A lunchy to distract you from my procrastination.The lunch itself was a little dull, so I tried to jazz it up, Buffalo, NY style. Yup, snowflake sandwiches...one already seemed to have a run-in with sandwich amputation. Raspberries and pomegranate (one

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Presenting convertible mittens for Little A:Pop back the mitten flap and you have: These were made with Lorna's Laces yarn. I believe the label said "super sport" but it felt like sock yarn to me. The color is Child's Play. It was really nice yarn to work with and knit up like lightening. I think if you had this yarn with a pair of addi turbos, you could do some serious damage to a project in an

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And now, for your pure enjoyment, I give you this look at The World of Little A and her cronies:Friend: I got Little A in trouble at school today.Me: Really, how?Friend: Well, she kept tapping me on the arm and I didn't look up and she kept tapping and then the teacher saw her and told her "you are disrupting my teaching and her learning".Me: Oh my .Little A: Well, I was trying to tell her that I

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What do you want from me woman?!?!?!I sent my advisor a new, improved, excessively focused abstract to rework my thesis around. And an outline. And this morning, I receive this:"I am not sure how the abstract your sent relates to the MP draft I read. Please explain. You have already done quite a lot of work on a literature review. I asked you to try to make your project more linear,to give it

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But here's the log-cabin as it was: And as it is: Dang! I thought I had done more than that! It's nearly 4 feet by 4 feet now. I think about 2-3 more rounds.

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Fun. It means lots of bones and muscles and very little time for blogging!But I wanted to thank you all for your comments about the Little A-Dad situation. I've been thinking about them a lot, and will post again soon about it all. It's very up and down. Somedays it seems like everything is fine, other days....Whoring for yarn has really slowed down. Please send knitters...you know the ones...

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I don't know why people do Random Wednesday, its Friday when all my thoughts break down into a random mess. But I'll try to stick to a few select topics today.....Yesterday, I stopped at Starbuck before work, which I rarely do. Though I love me some Vanilla Latte, someday I want a house. So, it was a rare morning treat. I was even going to get a muffin or danish or something. So, I went inside

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I came home yesterday to find my Knitflix package from Jennifer had arrived! Woo-hoo! I cannot even begin to tell you how much I love receiving packages (who doesn't...I know!). And this was a great one!Jennifer sent me Benny and Joon, which I've wanted to see for ages, but never got around to it! She also sent that beautiful ball of superwash sock yarn. Could it possible be any prettier?? And

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Was anyone wondering what happened to the building of the spinning wheel? Well, it turned into renovation of a spinning wheel because my sister bought me this at a flea market:It cost her a whoping $45. It needs work, to be sure. But in the end, it seemed pretty awesome that I could start out with the basic structure, right there, and build it back into a wonder-spinning wheel. Any advice would

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My advisor suggested (since I like blogging...though she didn't seem to understand why) that I might use the blog as as outlet to explore some things. If this is insanely boring for any of you readers, I'm sorry! Regular blogging will resume tomorrow. Though there may be more of this nonsense with it. *****************************When I met with my advisor for the first time after sending her

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V is not a happy camper this morning.I had my meeting about my thesis. A piss poor meeting, to be sure.I cannot express the level of burnt-outedness I feel about all things social science, and apparently, that feeling came through in the paper, loud and clear.She thinks that since I've had three weeks "off" (hahahahahahahahaha!) that I should be able to look at it with "fresh eyes" and do some

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I'm not a fan of Monday morning. Especially when Little A wakes me up for no particular reason 15 minutes before my alarm goes off. I *NEED* those 15 minutes damnit!I'm so sleepy that I may have left the wrong comment on someone's blog this morning. I'm not sure, but I left a comment, and it doesn't seem to be in its place, so if you got a totally random, nonsensical comment from me this morning.

Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13138593576424101434noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16547699.post-1158859251722890962006-09-21T12:52:00.000-04:002006-09-22T07:38:10.716-04:00

I did 3 (actually 4, but one proved to be too big) little squares for the blanket last night and found that I only need lengths of 10-12 yards. I changed the original post, but it seemed like it was worth mentioning. I realized last night, just how little of my stash is DK or sport weight. ACK! I REALLY need the knitterly help out there!*************************Next Tuesday morning, I have a

Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13138593576424101434noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16547699.post-1158840314591047102006-09-21T07:29:00.000-04:002006-09-22T07:05:59.343-04:00

It's a worthy cause. I promise you.I hear that some people whore for comments....well....as much as I love comments, they don't keep me warm at night like yarn does.So, a while back, I was quite obsessed with patchwork. I actually have a picture to post for Dawn, just so she'll know we may have been separated at birth, but I'm slow, of course. I still love it, but lately I've preferred sitting on

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This is our cat:This is our cat on drugs: Any questions? *************************************** This is Little A: This is Little A pretending to be a cat on drugs: Any questions?

Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13138593576424101434noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16547699.post-1158681421724225222006-09-19T11:26:00.000-04:002006-09-19T11:57:01.843-04:00

6 uses for yer pointy sticks1. Good fer stratchen. Anywhere, anyway mateys.2. Skeweren your dinner. Mmmm....roast ship rat. A mighty fine supper.3. Uncloggin yer ears when the captain is havin words with ye. You can use the booty to patch yer boat or yer boots.4. I hear these mighty fine sailor shirts i looted from the last stinking pack of boats were made with em. Some laddy must be

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So, I don't think many of you know, but around my house lately, its all Anatomy and Physiology, all the time. I'm taking an accelerated course this semester...well two...basically jamming both A&P 1 and 2 into one measly semester. So, I find that now I can only think about glands and tissues and muscles and hair follicles and well you get the point. The result? I'm VERY boring. I tell you, I'm

Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13138593576424101434noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16547699.post-1157736456303298512006-09-08T13:27:00.000-04:002006-09-08T13:27:36.343-04:00

My history, that is. Tomorrow is my one year blogiversary. Friday, September 9, 2005 was my very first, very brief, quite unsure bloggy post. At that time, I was also broken up with N. I was convinced that I would finish my thesis before the year was done. I was, even then, a serious yarn hoarder and was embarking on knitting every single one of my christmas gifts. It amazing how things stay

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And other ramblings from the house of V.This weekend, on Sunday, at approximately 4:33 and 12 seconds (approximately!) I finished my first fucking draft. It be, currently, 112 pages of pure bullshit insight. And though there are no possible words to express how relieved I am to have finished that part (I felt NO guilt for a whole 10 hours which is remarkable considering I've had thesis guilt,

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This blog has not been abandoned! I swear to you all! I plan on returning on a nice regular basis come September. I'm writing my fingers off and about 1/2 done with the smelly old thesis. It's fun. Really, really fun. But I have to get it done, which means I have to pretend the blogosphere doesn't exist. I really can't wait to catch up with everyone. :( But I must....I must....I must

Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13138593576424101434noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16547699.post-1153415729497174302006-07-20T13:03:00.000-04:002006-07-20T13:15:29.540-04:00

Yes, I still do have my obsession with yarn! Here's a bag I made for my secret pal. I'm about 99% sure that she hasn't tracked me here, so I'm gonna show you guys because I LOVE it and I really want to keep it. I'm on a bag spree lately, but this is the only picture I have right now.And here's the back:It's not wonky....it's just that I'm a horrible photographer. I made it out of a million tiny

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Random people walk into my place of work on occasion. Its unnerving because I'm often here alone and we don't expect people to come here. When they open the door, they walk into a huge, dirty ominous looking garage. On one wall are four doors that indicate just a little more civilization than would be found in the rest of the garage.As people are looking for the office, they begin to try these

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