Clue 1 is tomorrow!

The colors came out awful.  The top right is a bit purplier (without being purple) The bottom right is a deep dark blackberry purple.  The center bottom is more of a golden/camel tan, the top center is a dark chocolate.  The bottom is more of a darker sage, and the top left is a much lighter shade of the same green.  Hopefully as the project progresses I will get some daytime pictures.  I still need to make sure I have the right needles (don't know why I didn't check that before... aw geez, may have to hit an LYS... geez...)  

This is another she-knits KAL  for Kimmy, a slip stitch color work messenger shaped bag.  I love Sharon Dreiffus's bags ( I usually don't do mystery KAL because it can turn out to be a lot of work for a disappointing finished object.  But Sharon hasn't let me down yet!)  It is supposed to be all bulky weight yarn, which will be felted when done.  I didn't want to spend the $65 on Sharon's kit this time ( all the dorm shopping has made a dent in my wallet) so I went with knit picks instead.  I couldn't get the light green or purple I want in their bulky, but I have in previous felted projects, mixed 2 strands of their worsted with their bulky and it felted to an even fabric, so I went that route.

She has another simultaneous KAL going on for Sammy, a bag with I think it sounds like organizer pockets.  I bought both patterns together (cheaper that way)  but, haven't bought yarn for Sammy yet.  I want a variegated dark blue yarn.  It uses 3 skeins variegated/heathered/nonsolid bulky yarn, 2 of a solid mathcing bulky and 1 of another solid.  I want a REALLY deep blue bag.  I am leaning toward Aruncania, but that seems like a waste to felt! I MAY  do a swatch with some leftover Aruncania and some leftover knit picks bulky. and felt it.  If it felts together well, I may get 3 skeins of A from Webs, and the other 3 from Knit picks.

Until tomorrow - Happy Knitting! 

Project Me (2)

A week has gone by, and I'm not sure exactly how much I've accomplished.  

I was going to weigh myself this afternoon, tough to lie to a scale.  But I have discovered, after locating the scale in the linen closet, that it needs a new battery.  So, later in the week then.  And don't even kid yourself that I'm going to tell you how much I weigh.  I'm not going there.  But I will let you know if it goes up or down and by how much.  There may be a widget I can put on the side, I'll look into it.


It did cool down considerably last week, and there is a large pond/ small lake on the border of my town and another called Park's Lake.  And there is a park around it, complete with walking/running trail.  I believe it's a half mile (if I remember correctly).  On three afternoons last week, I walked from 2 to 3 laps. I was going to walk 3 laps this weekend with Curt, but he was busy on Saturday, and it poured yesterday.  But three afternoons is better than none, right?  I did not go today as I had a considerable number of errands to deal with, but weather permitting I should be able to go every day (maybe only 1 lap on Thur) this week.  I think I just need to make it a habit. 

Another thing I did, was drink a bottle of water every day.  i know that doesn't sound like a lot, but I rarely drink water.  My main beverage in life is coffee, with the occasional tea thrown in.  I really don't like water, unless I am extremely thirsty, or on a road trip (don't ask how that make sense, I blame my relatives).  The way I made sure I had a bottle of water, was that I brought my lunch 4 out of 5 days last week.  My "lunch" was basically half a breakfast.  I leave for work at 330 am.  I do not wake up early enough to eat.  ( I set the coffee pot on timer, so I do have time to fill 2 travel mugs on my way out)   By 1030, I'm usually hungry.  So when I go out for another cup of coffee, I end up getting oh a Sonic's breakfast burritto, or a DD grilled cheese flat bread, or  a spicy chicken snack wrap from Wendy's.  So I made a bagel thin sandwich, cut it in half , made myself eat half with my first cup of coffee, and put the second half in a cooler with a frozen water bottle.  So I didn't buy any crap food last week, and by the time I got off work between 1 -230, I had an ice cold, but not very frozen water bottle.  This week my big goal is to watch my portion size at dinner.  

I finished my biography ( all 533 pages of it) and have started Alice.  I have managed to read anywhere from 20 min to an hour, almost every day.  I joined goodreads to keep tabs on my reading, and may eventually put a widget on my sidebar.  Currently it wouldn't  do any good, because I spent a lot of time this weekend, while trying not to overreact, and remind myself that sports isn't life or death (not very successfully most of the time I might add) going through various lists on Goodreads and checking off the books that I have read already ( much better for my self-esteem than the 1001 list)  So the widget would show weird books I read 10 years ago.  And just to show that I really am not out to retake English Lit from hell,  I did check out a nora Roberts book when I returned my biography this afternoon.

Hopefully I haven't bored you all to tears with this post!  Another post in a week!

Knitting/ Crochet Update

I finally got around to weaving the ends in, and blocking my cotton robin.  It's been a rainy day and my favorite model is in Philly, so forgive the bad pictures.







I'm up to the heel on my lunch time sock project - this pair using Knit Picks "bells" pattern.



I've made 2 more squares for my charity afghan.  I really want to finish before the 23rd, so I can give it to Min - she "collates" them and delivers them to Victory Junction Camp.

 

Relaxation Feels Like Home to You

You believe that your home should be your sanctuary. Life is stressful enough in the outside world. You take it easy when you're at home. It's the place where you feel like you can truly be yourself. You are the type of person who has deep hobbies and interests. You treasure your alone time. You could spend all day at home if you had to. You always can find plenty to do around the house.

What Feels Like Home to You?

Blogthings: Free Quizzes for Everyone

       

REMEMBER

You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail

Welcome to the September 9th edition of Thursday Thunks!

(which we always seem to post on Wednesday)
Where we make you think a little bit before you blog!
We pick a subject, and your job is to interpret it anyway you want.
Write about it on your blog... simple as that.
Maybe you can interpret it as a picture - we don't care!
Please only leave a link if you have written a Thursday Thunks post.
Don't forget to go visit the other participants' blogs.
Read and comment about all their Thursday Thunks responses!
That's what all this is about after all, isn't it?
We'll have so much fun and become lifelong friends....

Thursday Thunks: You've Got Mail
  

The TT questions are brought to you by Bud, the color of Meg Ryan's Blouse and the number 33.

1. From whom did you get your last e-mail? Curt sent me a funny picture.

2. What is the most recent movie that you have seen in a theater?the sad truth is I really don't remember.

3. Have you ever seen a ghost?Just once.  My great-grandfather woke me up to tell me he had to leave, but he would always love me.  I went and woke up my uncle and my parents to tell them "gray-gramps" died about 5 minutes before the hospital called the house.

4. Ever loved someone so much it made you cry? I really don't do crying. 

5. What are you most afraid of? Spiders, alligators.... being "normal". Yes, being "normal" scares the crap out of me!

6. What do you do when you are bored? I usually crack jokes, heckle, pass doodles around... ok the only time I'm ever bored is in meetings at work, or clothes shopping with Angie ( ok with anyone, but I only go with Angie)

7. Other than the author of this mess of a meme, who blog are you most curious to see their answers? Thom

8. Name three thing from your bucket list.  My child has had a bucket list that grows and has stuff checked off since she was 6.  Me I'm not that goal oriented.  So the handful of stuff I do have include - learning to weld, going to Ireland, learning Italian.

9. Who was the last person who complimented you on how you looked, that actually was a surprise? Last week, I wore half my hair up in  a bun, the other half was down.  A trucker (whose truck I never unload or care about) Was waiting for my carpet truck (luv Brauns) to leave the dock so he could back in.  As I was doing the key-rec paper work on MY truck the guy walks up to me and says I look real "purdy" (yup serious accent) with my hair like that and I look like a proper girl, and I should "purdy myself up" more often.  ( I think I pulled a muscle laughing after)

10. Do you remember Berleen? Hmmm, in light of the fact that I actually never met her, vaguely...

11. What was the last concert that you attended where the band was much better than you imagined? I saw Charlie Daniels in a tiny olde time theatre.  (mind you I learned to play the violin because of Charlie Daniels - much to my parents chagrin) He was amazing and had way way more energy than I do!

12. What’s the next band you’re either planning to see or want to? Dierks Bentley is coming to NYC next month....

13. What were the last things do you imagine that Kimber threw off the roof? Her emily post handbook, her decorum...

Sensational Haiku Wednesday

Sensational Haiku Wednesday

Welcome to “Sensational Haiku Wednesday!”

Click here for info and background on this weekly event!

The basics:
Haiku is simple! It is 3 non-rhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively (a great way to use your fingers!)

This week’s theme is: Belong(-ing)

 

Home from a long day,

A kiss, arms wrap around me,

The world disappears.