Get your kicks on I-44

So from Friday until Sunday, i was in three different states, and the subaru consumed 1.5 ish tanks of gas. It was all worth it though cause I got to hang out with work buddies and see Sunshine and his lovely Chateau. I finished crocheting another dishcloth and my mom deciphered the purse pattern for me, so if i had free time during the week, i could actually start crocheting the purse. more than likely, i won't make any actual progress on it until this coming weekend, since it is month-end at work. It is really stinking hot here, it's been like 100 + degrees for the last few weeks. Too bad there isn't any accounting schools in the South Pole, cause that polar air would feel really nice right about now. i had breakfast this morning at the world's largest mc donalds on my way home this morning. I love driving underneath it. that is just so much fun. Stop laughing, Sunshine, that place makes me happy.

There's not a whole lot to report about this weekend. Well, that i would write on the internets anyways. even though i don't give a lot of specifics, things could still be googled. Lol. i did buy the new Peaches cd at best buy this weekend. It is so much fun to listen to even though the lyrics are quite raunchy. this would not be a carpool cd, more like a driving by myself down the interstate cd.

Stay cool ya'll.

Yarn Love

So, yesterday, to make a long story short, i finally got to go to a REAL yarn shop. Not like cross stitching and then some yarn. I was in Tulsa with my lil sis helping her find new teacher clothes and I remembered that there was this shop called Loops in Utica Square, that is really only a year old. However, I hadn't been there yet, because i don't like to go to Tulsa by myself and usually we just go to Owasso which is closer to us to shop at places like Old Navy and Tar-jay. I wasn't sure what to expect, cause I never been to a shop that was just for like yarn and knitting and crochet too. Right when I walked in, I fell in love. You would think the first thing my eyes would fall for would've been some pricey yarn, nope...I saw the big flat screen Mac monitor at the cash register. It was probably a 19", 17" at the smallest. I knew I belonged there, even though I was experiencing massive yarn awe. they have projects made up from current knitting and crochet books and magazines. The funny thing is that I recognized a lot of them from the books and magazines. They had a Lucy bag made up in this really pretty shade of blue, which I was excited to see since I had recently received the pattern for it. They make their own patterns at the store, and I fell in love with the "Ocean Waves Purse" pattern by Billie Anne Grigg. I ended up buying 3 hanks of Rowan Summer Tweed to make this purse, plus the purse handles, cause i knew I would be able to find something like them at home. it's a crochet pattern and it will be sooo awesome when it's done. A really cool summery purse. i allowed myself this little spurge because i have really probably cut my spending in half at least, and it's special yarn, it's ROWAN yarn, and I love it....i will definitely have to go back to this place, hopefully carrying around my Ocean Waves purse, cause they had loads and loads and loads of cool stuff, there. Did I mention that they will wind your yarn into little yarn cakes for you? The answer to my prayers.

In other news, just counting down the days until I start school again. This time it shouldn't be too bad though, cause I'm just taking two night classes and they are taught by the same teacher. I did finally wash all the mud off my car. This weeked kicked off RAGBRAI XXXIV, featuring a cameo appearance by Lance Armstrong later on in the ride. I have been following it via the web since I am far away from all the action. Other than that, not much else is going on.

Lucky Me!

So after one long ass Monday I finally arrived home and found a totally awesome package from my RAOK pal on Iowa Chicks Knitting...I love the stitch markers, I have always admire people that have the patience to make beaded stitch markers. When ever i try to make contact with beads, I end up flinging them all over the 70s shag carpet, never to be seen again. Then there was a cute card that had pink and a sheep on it and a piece of paper with the same design (which i am debating what to make with it). I just love sheep. Unfortunately my littlest Yorkie has discovered how to hit the button on my sheep tape measure and she drags it around the yard by the tape. She had to have a time-out after I caught her in the act. Thou shalt not mess with my knitting/crochet notions. It's like the 12th commandment, right after thou shalt not covet another's yarn stash..LOL...As if that wasn't enough to make my day, there was a pattern for The Lucy Bag and Heart Socks, soooo cool, I must learn how to make these this fall ( i am taking real knitting classes so that i can hand knit something bigger then a coaster). And then there was the yarn, in my colors! Two little skeins of Knit Picks 'Dancing' and one skein of Cascade Pastaza, which feels so good even when it is 103 outside, it's like 70 in my little bat cave, electric bill be damned, i am from Iowa and I will melt in extreme heat...

Thank you so much, Calamknitty! You did a five star job, I just love everything. I must go now and do a happy yarn dance...

Funny Quizes

Normally I am against these type of quizes but all you do is type in your name and birthday. I saw this on a another girl's blog and I thought it was so hliarious that I would give it a try. Here is the very morbid response I got:

'What will your obituary say?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Thank-you One Skein Secret Pal

So while i was in Iowa, I received my package from my One Skein Secret Pal. I can't thank you enough!!!! I received a skein of Rowan chunky print in lovely shades of pinks and purples, blues and greens and yellows. I love that weight of yarn too! It's my first skein of Rowan so my wool deprived soul is very excited. She also sent me a really pretty hand-made beaded stitch marker that is soo cool. I just love everything that my pal sent. Now, I just have to decide what i will make with it....

4th of July fun

So I am back from the great homeland and I REALLY DIDN'T want to leave....I got to spend lots of time with my little goddaughter A-Dolly. We read books and smashed play-doh and colored outside the lines. I spoiled her rotten, she is a girl after my own heart. Seriously, when a two year old girl with ringlets of girls runs towards you and gives you a big hug and smiles at you and says "i love you, " it melts your heart, even mine that has a dim view on love right now.

I shopped til I dropped at the outlet mall, ate loads of pork and beef and Amish noodles and pastries. I drove all over Iowa City and hung out with my cousins and visited schools. I went to the 4th of July parade and saw lots of really awesome John Deere tractors. I watched the fireworks and didn't get a single bug bite, which was a miracle. We also stuffed a flat rate box full of snacks and football reading material for my cousin in the Army in Iraq.

So what did I haul home?

1. two tone pink Jansport sling backpack (hello I will be going back to school in Jan and the outlet mall price = $18)
2. one skein of Jiffy thick and quick (which i am knitting right now and i swear it is like knitting with rope!)
3. two mini cross stitch kits ( 75 cents!!)
4. two metallic gel pens
5. 3 skeins of sugar and cream in very bright colors
6. a set of the new long Knifty knitter looms
7. one white polo
8. 3 pairs of old navy flip flops
9. purple hello kitty flip flops
10. Lion Brand's Just Bags book
11. british cross stitch magazine
12. messenger bag pattern
13. some odds and ends that I haven't unpacked yet.

Hmm, maybe it would have been better to list what I didn't buy. There really was stuff that i didn't buy and all most everything was seriously on sale. This also was my last allotted shopping trip of the summer since i am making myself save money for school and The Big Move. How boring is that?