BFF Totally!!

My best friend that i've known since preschool in Iowa called me tonight and left a message on my cellphone because I am deaf to my cellphone (maybe cause people don't usually call me). Anyways, big happy dance!!!!! I'm going to call her tomorrow night after I get off work cause I didn't know if she would be up tonight or not. Last I knew she was in law school back in Iowa. Plus, this gives me a good chance to ask my boss what my schedule is for the holidays so I can figure out when I can see her. She's one of those people that you are friends for life, no matter how much you get to talk to her, you can pick up right where you left off and it's like you're still on the same page. This is going to sound really cheesy, but I feel like I got an early Christmas present. I like listened to the message twice just to make sure I wasn't smoking crack or something. Insert high pitched girly screech right here.
Not that it matters right now, but I got my winter wear accessories from Old Navy today and the hat actually fits on my big ass head. I also got my book today from Amazon and blew $20 bucks at hobby lobby because my favorite yarn was 40% so i bought the two skeins that they had left and another knitting book that was 50% off and x-mas colored crochet needles.
Anyways, I'm going to go give thanks to the big guy upstairs and patiently wait until I can call my pacific coast best friend during "free call time." I know she will definitely be up cause she is a total night owl.

Much Better Day

Even though i worked an extra two hours today, today i think turned out better. The whole paycheck taxation thing is fixed after some hurried faxing back and forth. I really really like the song "Come a little closer" by Dierks Bentley. My sister wants me to make her a hat because and I quote "i'm freezing my ass off at recess." LOL...Surprisingly there was actually yarn in my stash that she liked. I should flash my stash on flickr, but it would take like ten pictures to get it all in. My charity knitting is not making much of a dent in it yet. It's starting to get cooler outside which is nice. I don't like summer clothes at all.

Things I don't Understand

1. why a certain person in Wichita answers the phone when her and her man are "watching a movie." If it wasn't obvious enough by the tone of her voice?? I would rather talk to her answering machine. For the record, I don't even answer the phone during really bad sex.
2. why new job took SS and Medicare out of my paycheck but not federal or state taxes? I filled out the form same as always and there's even a BIG STAMP on the envelope that says double checked by Erik. What did he check for?
3. why itunes figured out 2 mos later that the exp. date on my debit card expired and prompted me to change it? I know the account number is still the same, but i've downloaded NUMEROUS times since I my "date expired."
4. It's 32 degrees outside and I got bitten by the only mosquito left in Kansas.

Other than the above bitchfest, I did actually have a pretty good normal day. It just went to shit after I got home from work.

Did you know that the extremely sexy cologne Polo Black has iced mango and patchouli in it? I can smell that from a mile away and due to nasty allergies I have very little smell capacity at all. Ralph Lauren's Polo was born in 1978, two years before me! No wonder why I like all the versions so well. It's meant-to-be. It also falls into the Woody olfactory group. Okay, that is plenty of science talk for you, brought to you by the letter F and the folks at Esquire magazine.

The Knitty Gritty of it all.

So this holiday weekend I have completed 8 hats and started the 9th. Yay for me. I wasn't that focused either otherwise I could've cranked out more. I have made close to 30 for The Mitten Tree , I had counted them but then I made a bunch, so I need to recount.
The sis and I have still not seen HP4 because the cheap shows keep selling out and our theater is showing it on 2 screens. I am also coming to terms with the fact that the chances of them showing Rent or Brokeback Mountain are very slim.
My scarf/mitten/hat set from Old Navy is on its way. I didn't want to root around for the matching pieces in the midst of mad holiday shoppers so i ordered from the online store cause they have a $5 flat rate. The book that I ordered from Amazon.com is also on it's way. It's called Holiday Knits and I forgot the author's name (my bad). It's the one with the peppermints and the red yarn on the front cover, not to be confused with Handknit Holidays, which also sounds pretty cool too.
I can't wait to wear my new dress pants from Tar-jay to work tomorrow. I am actually one of the dressiest people at work, isn't that a hoot? Some of my co-workers have a broad defintion of what business casual means in a Fortune 500 company. That's okay though, cause it makes me feel not so guilty for not wearing skirts or make-up. Yay for me, this week is my first paycheck from the new job. Unforunately, it is going to gas and my cellphone bill.
On the book front, I did finish reading The perks of being a wallflower, which was totally awesome. I think anyone could honestly relate to Charlie and his friends. I plan on reading Pippi Longstocking next. Hey, it's a classic too and it teaches people creativity and imagination. Plus, I am a total fan of the movies and my sis even has a stuffed Pippi doll.

Upsidedown Christmas trees???

Apparently, upside down Christmas trees that you hang from the ceiling are in vogue this year. I think it makes sense, especially for people with little apartments or tiny doggies that like to bat Christmas ornaments off the bottom of the tree.

While I've been lounging around eating too much good food, I've been making more hats for the Mitten Tree at church on my Knifty Knitter. It is so fast to do once you get the hang of it and it's a great way of using scrap yarn that doesn't involve making a bazillion granny squares. I just started my 25th hat today. I wrote all of my sister's students' names on mini x-mas stockings in glitter paint today as well. Writing with glitter paint is a talent that takes a ton of patience and a steady hand.

S. picked me up so we could go eat dinner at Chili's and I about died because he was wearing white knit shorts. OMG--to all the men out there that might read this, don't wear white knit shorts--they show way too much in a non-flattering way. Once I recovered from this horrific fashion faux paux we did chow down on some good food that was actually cooked properly and I snagged some new holiday coasters for my collection. Sounds nerdy, but they are handy and I only snag the ones from Chilli's. Then we went to Wal-Mart so that S. could buy Golden Girls season 3. I went to Hastings to look for a book for my sister, but they were out of it but they did have the new holiday issue of Bust with Rose McGowan on it (dang i wish i looked that hot) and there was a feature on male knitting and several of the guys with knitting blogs that I lurk on were featured or name dropped, so I thought that was cool.

Somewhere in the Sun

So I saw the Kenny Chesney special tonight on tv. Add him to my list of things that I am gratetful for. He is one of the few men that can get away with wearing tight jeans and not have it look stupid. he sang my fave songs too like Old Blue Chair and Anything but Mine. Work was okay today, just trying to get things wrapped up before the holiday. My aunt and cousin will be leaving at 4:30 am Friday to go to the big sales. I think it's hilarious, but I kinda wish I could go with so I could witness the hilarity of it all. Plus I am a shopaholic. I am also grateful for Mrs. Smith's pie, and my grandma k's homemade chocolate chip cookies that are so damn good we go through a gallon bucket in like three days.

Rockin out with Spanky, my ipod

So I was thinking since I can actually go to Iowa this year for xmas, maybe I should increase the songs on my ipod. Did I mention that I seriously named my ipod, Spanky? I think it's fitting since it logs a lot of time next to my butt. LOL...I also have a battery pack for it this time, which I bought so my sister could take Spanky to Ireland, but she couldn't wasn't allowed to listen to it on the international flight, but it wasn't a waste, cause now I don't have to decide between Spanky and my nameless cell phone when it comes to car charging. The funny thing is that since my computer speakers beyond suck and my stereo is so crappy i should throw it away, but I use it as a display for picture frames, the ipod is the only thing that i can listen to music on besides my killer system in my car. So now, I get to rock out while I am typing this rambling post.

I finally caught up on my pile of paper at work. Then some people skipping out early for the holidays dropped some crap and ran, but it won't take me too long to do in the morning. My grandparents from St. Louis are coming tomorrow. I love them to death, but I'm not one of those people that gets excited about relatives visiting and family visits. Plus, it's Thanksgiving, and i'm not big on food. I only eat like ten things. Plus, I have to clean my room and hide all of my stuff like my porn, my anatomy pillows, feminist books, etc. because out-of-town relatives always want to see your room and mine are like TOTALLY CONSERVATIVE and I am not in the mood to answer those kind of questions so it's just easier to temporarily store myself.

Anyways, I must go now and finish cleaning my room since they will probably make it here before Dad and I get home from work tomorrow.

Fun times

So my purple thing no. 2 that i am making on my knitting machine is really big. I think i will name it Purple Mountain Majesties, because that sounds better than purple thing no. 2 and it is darker than purple thing no. 1. PMM is currently 94 stitches wide and 160 rows long. It touches the floor. It is pretty good even though there's a couple of minor things i need to fix (or have mom the knitting doctor fix).

Today was day one of carpooling to work with my dad. There was lots of NPR involved and my poor brain hurts having to use it after two years of not really.

ooooohh!!! I almost forgot! I was watching Related on the WB (really really awesome show) and i literally shrieked with delight because the actor who plays Emmett on QAF guest starred as Renee's son that she gave up for adoption a long time ago. Even though he was wearing this ugly cordoroy poop brown blazer I could still tell who he was. It was the same joy that I had when I saw Hal Sparks in Spidey 2 only I think I might have squealed with a more higher pitch for Hal. Yes, I know that I am a total freak.

What a Good Tv night!!

Desperate Housewives just keeps getting better and better. I actually liked tonight's episode of Grey's Anatomy as well. I started knitting a panel on my knitting machine and it's 94 stitches wide and 134 rows long and then the stupid thing jammed and i dropped some stitches. I am also making progress on this scarf i am making for myself on my Kniffty Knitter. However, it's made with yarn I bought at Michaels in Tulsa and I need two more balls to finish it so I am going to have to bribe my sister to pick some up for me on her way to class down there.
This week is going to be a short week at work because I have thursday and friday off for turkey day. I don't have to work retail or answer stupid phones like i have on previous holidays, so I guess that's what i'm grateful for this year.
So my sister and I forgot to go see HP4 tonight. We got sucked in by the good tv. We will probably go see it sometime this weekend when we are not busy watching my grandparents sleep. We went with Dad to see Walk the Line last night and it was even better than expected. My big toe was still tapping when I left the theater. Rent comes out this week and I'm stoked for that as well.
It looks like since I will have a week of vacation over christmas, mom and the sis and i are going to go to Iowa while my dad stays home and dog sits. Daisy is way too wild to even think of sneaking her into a hotel. I'm already thinking of songs to put on my ipod and deciding how much yarn i should take with me. lol...

Let the Holiday Madness Begin

I bought my mom's x-mas present today. I bought all my x-mas cards too, including the special ones. I'm starting to make a dent in it. There's nothing like a good shopping spree after a long week of work. New job is great, but my brain is full of information. My sister and I are going to see HP 4 and Walk the Line this weekend. My parents went to Tulsa to go shopping for a new Serger machine for my mom. Hers recently bit the dust after 20 hard years of use. It is very missed. I would ramble on further, but it's off to craft land.

Playing Hooky

So Today was my second day of work at my new office job which I am loving it. I feel like I am actually using part of my brain for a real purpose. Plus I have a big-ass cubicle that I don't have to share (i have my own nameplate) and I can spin around in it with no problems.

I played hooky from the warehouse job. Working there Monday night was a bitch--everybody was going home sick, and not helping stack boxes, so the most tired person there (me) got stuck doing way more than her share of line loading, which is why when I got off work at new job, i said fuck it. i want some sleep, so i called in with a migraine. Which my head did hurt some from ear problems and major sleep shortage, so it wasn't really stretching the truth. I'm going to try and work the rest of the week there so that I can pick up some extra money. I need dress shirts for work and Christmas is looming.

I did finish my "rainbow brite" scarf that I was making on my knifty knitter. I just need to weave in the ends. Gilmore Girls was awesome tonight. Things are really building up and this is only the beginning half of the season--holy cow.

Late Saturday Night or Early Sunday Morning?

Well, since it's very early morning, it's technically Sunshine's birthday, so happy happy birthday darling!!!

As for the other stuff, I will be leaving my current job and starting my new job this week at a major company that my dad also works at. Not too long ago, I was wanting to get one job that I didn't hate and while i like my warehouse job, my new job is an opportunity for a career, so I'm jumping off the diving board and taking a chance on it. I'll have insurance, major holidays and a slightly bigger paycheck, what more could a girl want? Oh, a cubicle and a computer too. Scary shit!!!

This last week has been so insane with all the paperwork for the new job and still working at my soon to be old job that i didn't really do much today. I attempted to go to the mall and look for career wear, but it was all metallic or velvet or dopey flowers and I can't wear that crap and smile at this company. I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and drive to Owasso next weekend so I can look at the clothes at the new SuperTarget there without having to endure Tulsa again. I had to make a quick trip down there earlier this past week cause that's where the drug testing place I was assigned to was. Mom and I managed a mad dash through Michaels, Joann's and BN. I got two skeins of the prettiest looking yarn I've seen in awhile--Paton's Glittallic in Blue Flash. I think it's the true color of snow.

I finally bought season 1 of Everwood on dvd. I get totally sucked into watching that show, so I am getting an F in Craft Projects Progress and Completion this weekend. I did read The Christmas Quilt today and it was just as good as the other books in the series. We are also totally out of pop and I was so tired that I didn't remember to pick up some Mountain Dew that I am in desperate need of. I will definitely be making a trip when the sun comes up. Ohh--and the new Kenny Chesney cd is perfect, in a cheesy way, it's like it was written to be the soundtrack to my life right now.

Christmas in November (sort of)

So I didn't end up going to the sale at Kmart because they don't have out all of the Martha Stewart Holiday stuff yet and 10% off wasn't going to be like jaw-dropping savings. I did go to Waldenbooks to pick up some preschool books for my sister since she wasn't going to make it back from Stilly before the mall closed to use our 25% off coupons. I also ended up buying The Christmas Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini, which is the latest in her Elm Creek Quilts series. I like her books, and I can't resist a good Christmas themed story. My dad decided he wanted to go to Home Depot in Tulsa and he took my mom with him and they went to crafty stores, while I was dog-sitting! I would be more miffed but my mom brought me back two little skeins of Christmas yarn and two knitting books so I was surprised and happy. We had mega coupons for crafty stores this week--that's why she brought home stuff for me.

Desperate Housewives was pretty exciting but it looks like the next episode is going to be the real shocker. While the family was away, I managed to make it through three episodes of QAF Season 1. I'm trying to watch the whole series in order. It's funny, I get sucked into watching it and so I don't get much crafting done while watching it.

Live from Oklahoma, it's Saturday Night!

Gas Report: 1.97
Works in Progress: Princess Sweater from Knitting for Dogs, felt activity book
Favorite Song of the Day: Forever by Vertical Horizon

What have I done today? Not much. Cashed check, ate pizza, went to Hastings with lil sis and didn't buy anything, went to Hobby Lobby and bought two skeins of yarn, a zipper for my mom and a machine knitting magazine and a knitting book due to the 50% of knitting and crochet books and accessories sale, went to Wal-Mart and bought a lot of felt for this preschool project I will be helping lil sis with. I started making the above mentioned sweater. I finished the back of Daisy's sweater. Daisy got spayed on Thursday and this morning (saturday) my mom had to take her to the vet because she ate one of her stitches. So the vet had to put stitch glue on her incision. That is my gross-out fact for the day--it is now safe to continue reading my blog. Tomorrow is friends and family day at Kmart, so i will be making a visit so I can stock up on Martha Stewart stuff on sale!!! I have already bought two of her ornaments from this year's collection.

My grand idea of listening to audiobooks on my commute has taken a dive into a cement pool with no water. The only one i finished was Cold Mountain. I have major ADD in regards to audiobooks. I guess I will just have to go back to singing along with my Kenny Chesney cds. I like actually holding the books and turning the pages. It's more fun that way. Right now I am reading Margaret Cho's latest book I have chosen to stay and fight. The amazing part was that my library right in the bible belt actually has her books (there's 2 of them total). I think it would be freaking awesome to see one of her stand-up acts.

Top Ten for Today

1. Gas dropped to 1.99!!
2. My sister got Nicholas Sparks' autograph!
3. She also picked up a copy of Knitting for Dogs by Kristi Porter for me. Now I can make matching cute coats for my doggies..
4. I shelved some Chinese gay soft core porn tonight--v.interesting
5. I am better at machine knitting than my mom and it bugs the piss out of her
6. I got Martha Stewart's Holiday cookies issue so i might actually make some non slice n dice cookies this year.
7. Leftover Halloween candy is damn good.
8. Kenny Chesney's new cd is almost here (nov.8th)
9. Sunshine's birthday is nov. 13th so i have to think of something perfect and witty to write in his birthday card.
10. It's bedtime. I need sleep so I won't be a total bitch tomorrow afternoon/evening...

Can't Stop the Knitting

I can't help it. I would spend all day playing with my knitting machine if I could. I might actually start a real project. I'm thinking either Skully sweater from SNB or an afghan. HMMMM...On the book front, I finished the audiobook for Cold Mountain. Not bad. I started listening to The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks. I don't think I will ever be "into audiobooks" but I had to do something to break up the boring ass drive to Kansas every day. I smell like cardboard cause i just got off work and tearing open boxes of books for 8 hours in a row will do that to you. I wish I had some RL Polo Black to sniff instead. In honor of the movie version coming out, I found a "book" version of Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx--it's actually a short story so it's a quick read. I became a fan of hers when I read The Shipping News. However, Brokeback Mountain totally awed me and I don't care if I have to drive all the way down to freaking Tulsa to see the movie version, I am bound and determined to. It is just that good of a story--it stays with you long after you finish reading it. Also, for the record if I have to open one more box of freaking Dummies Guide to whatever, I am going to Freaking Go Insane. Other than that, work was great.