I actually have a post that is supposed to go before this one, but I am in Charlotte at my parents house for the weekend and I don't have it with me. The dogs started barking at 7am ET at the neighbors walking their big hunting dogs so I will not be getting any extra sleep this weekend. I am excited though because my Mom was able to get the second skein matches of the Red Heart sock yarn that we had originally bought over 4th of July but you need two balls and they only had one skein in each color at Hobby Lobby because it was a new item.
I finished the seafoam shawl last night. Now all my Mom has to do is add the fringe on and it will be ready to go. I also started a new shawl using the Cobalt blue Homespun that I bought with my 25% off everything coupon at AC Moore on Thursday. My mom has discovered the art of knitting socks now and was very excited when i brought her down a pair of bamboo size 2 DPNs. All she had were metal ones and those tend to slip out and make a big clinky noise on her hardwood floors.
So since my Amazon order FINALLY arrrived, I have been dutifully watching Season 3 episodes of Project Runway. Watching all the Project Runway episodes has given me a boost of creativity and I have found myself sketching outfits in my notebook which is not something I normally do, it's just fun and i make little stories to go with them and it's a good excuse to play with my colored pencils.
Mom and I are going to make the trek later to Kohls (fiestaware on sale, holla!) and Hobby Lobby, since I have every other craft and yarn store available to me in the Triangle except for that one. I think we might also be going to the post office to mail this big ass box of school supplies that we are sending to my sister. My mom bought this box that is like 18 inches tall and on the wide side. I am not really sure how I am going to lug that thing out to the car. It is on the heavy side and I really wish she would have bought two smaller boxes instead because she bought my sister a lot of paper and heavy stuff. Anyways, since my sister's classroom supply budget is $35 for the ENTIRE YEAR and she has students that are major kleptos and deviants, my mom and I scoured the sales for her. Hence the big box. I'm not sure how my sister is going to get it in the townhouse. She is a big wuss so I could totally see her opening it up outside and carrying stuff in by the pile. LOL.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Defying Gravity
I heart Idina forever! I was fortunate enough to see her concert here in town tonight and it was fantastic. It didn’t matter that it was humid and like 200 degrees outside or that I will probably wake up with fifty bug bites tomorrow. It was completely worth it. She has the most amazing vocal range. The concert was just really really special. I got to here a lot of my favorite songs from her latest album and she sang a song from RENT and TWO SONGS FROM WICKED!!!!!! She sang Defying Gravity from Wicked as the encore and I was so excited I seriously am amazed that I didn’t wet my pants. I had lawn seats but I was so close to the stage I could see her mascara! She really knows how to work the crowd and she made this really dirty sausage joke and told all these stories. She even sang a song in Hebrew! She also told us that a true diva can walk down the steps of a stage without having to look down and then she did it and it was so cool. If I would have tried that I would have fell flat on my ass. I also enjoyed her covers of Roxanne and Embraceable You.
It was just a really special experience because this was her first tour and it’s only 20 shows. Did I mention that I saw her hottie husband Taye Diggs in the crowd?!!! He was working the front row before she came on stage so it was like an extra bonus.
The venue was really cool. The amphitheatre is nestled in the trees and you look up into the sky and all you see is the glow from the stage lights and the tiny stars in the sky. It was just magical.
So there wasn’t a ton of merchandise at this event. All the t-shirts were like pink themed and some of on the tiny side. Just when I had given up hope, I saw this black long-sleeved thermal t-shirt with the Idina logo in hot pink. I fell in love with it so it ended up coming home with me even though I won’t be able to wear it outside until like November or something. It’s really comfortable too. I am wearing it as I type (I cranked the air conditioner too) because I wanted to make sure that it fit (surprisingly it actually does) and I am still on this big concert high.
On a side note, I couldn’t resist and started listening to the Kathy Griffin cd before the concert tonight and the Woz jokes (about Steve Wozniak, Apple GENIUS) were so hilarious I thought I was going to fall out of the recliner. I really should be going to bed because I have to work tomorrow but I am so wired there is no way I am going to fall asleep right away.
It was just a really special experience because this was her first tour and it’s only 20 shows. Did I mention that I saw her hottie husband Taye Diggs in the crowd?!!! He was working the front row before she came on stage so it was like an extra bonus.
The venue was really cool. The amphitheatre is nestled in the trees and you look up into the sky and all you see is the glow from the stage lights and the tiny stars in the sky. It was just magical.
So there wasn’t a ton of merchandise at this event. All the t-shirts were like pink themed and some of on the tiny side. Just when I had given up hope, I saw this black long-sleeved thermal t-shirt with the Idina logo in hot pink. I fell in love with it so it ended up coming home with me even though I won’t be able to wear it outside until like November or something. It’s really comfortable too. I am wearing it as I type (I cranked the air conditioner too) because I wanted to make sure that it fit (surprisingly it actually does) and I am still on this big concert high.
On a side note, I couldn’t resist and started listening to the Kathy Griffin cd before the concert tonight and the Woz jokes (about Steve Wozniak, Apple GENIUS) were so hilarious I thought I was going to fall out of the recliner. I really should be going to bed because I have to work tomorrow but I am so wired there is no way I am going to fall asleep right away.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
The Mini Flood
So the water heater at the apartment across the hall from me started to break late Friday night and it semi-flooded the apartment below where the lady with the little dog that smokes outside all the time lives. In fact, I think she was the one who noticed it first and reported it. Anyways, there has been a flurry of golf carts in front of our building Saturday and this morning. I woke up this morning because I could hear this giant vacuuming sound outside and so I peeked out the window and it was one of those carpet restoration vans with giant hoses running through to the smoker’s apartment. Saturday when I came back from the mall, they had a long garden hose running down the stairs draining the water out of the old water heater. The maintenance guy was trying to drag the old one out this morning down the stairs without a dolly and he about dropped it, because I heard a “oh shit” with a southern accent and I about spit out my mountain dew because my recliner is right by my front door and I was reading the ads. It’s one of those situations that isn’t funny but it is.This is one of the reasons why I decided it was actually better to have the top level apartment with no one above me.
I made two and a half more preemie hats last night while I was watching episodes of My So-Called Life. I did end up going to Borders and buying more of the mini-clothespins for my inspiration board and they had Kathy Griffin’s new cd on sale so I bought it because I needed something to listen to on the LONG drive to Charlotte. Three hours isn’t that bad but it seems like it takes longer when you don’t have someone to ride along with you. I’m going down to visit my mom so I can pick up my doll and we are going to mail off all the classroom supplies we bought for my sister. It’s my contribution to society and I absolutely love school supply shopping even if I no longer have a need for them anymore.
Tonight is the Idina Menzel concert and I have been listening to the Wicked soundtrack in my car all weekend in anticipation. Even if she doesn’t sing any of her Broadway songs and just sings her solo material, I will still be happy because she has such an amazing voice and stage presence. Cross young fingers and knock on wood that it doesn’t rain because the concert is at an outdoor amphitheatre and it rained last night for a little bit. Plus I will be wearing my funky new ballet flats and my party shirt so I really don’t want to be sopping wet.
I just walked outside to take the trash out to the dumpster and the maintenance guy drug that old water heater all the way over to the dumpster and set in on the curb next to it. Lovely. I would think there would be restrictions on dumping those but maybe there isn’t or it will just stay there for a couple of weeks until someone else takes it away. Anyways, it complements the old mattress standing up to the old dumpster very well.
I made two and a half more preemie hats last night while I was watching episodes of My So-Called Life. I did end up going to Borders and buying more of the mini-clothespins for my inspiration board and they had Kathy Griffin’s new cd on sale so I bought it because I needed something to listen to on the LONG drive to Charlotte. Three hours isn’t that bad but it seems like it takes longer when you don’t have someone to ride along with you. I’m going down to visit my mom so I can pick up my doll and we are going to mail off all the classroom supplies we bought for my sister. It’s my contribution to society and I absolutely love school supply shopping even if I no longer have a need for them anymore.
Tonight is the Idina Menzel concert and I have been listening to the Wicked soundtrack in my car all weekend in anticipation. Even if she doesn’t sing any of her Broadway songs and just sings her solo material, I will still be happy because she has such an amazing voice and stage presence. Cross young fingers and knock on wood that it doesn’t rain because the concert is at an outdoor amphitheatre and it rained last night for a little bit. Plus I will be wearing my funky new ballet flats and my party shirt so I really don’t want to be sopping wet.
I just walked outside to take the trash out to the dumpster and the maintenance guy drug that old water heater all the way over to the dumpster and set in on the curb next to it. Lovely. I would think there would be restrictions on dumping those but maybe there isn’t or it will just stay there for a couple of weeks until someone else takes it away. Anyways, it complements the old mattress standing up to the old dumpster very well.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
The Big Day
Today was a lot of fun. I went to the mall in Raleigh to meet up with a bunch of local people from Ravelry. It was cool to actually meet people in person since I had only PMed or read their posts previously. I finished the second placement for my sister. I had to rip it out and start over because I had made one placement before I left Oklahoma and when I originally made the second one I had left the first one behind so the second placement wasn’t the same size. So my sister brought them both back with her over 4th of July and so I ripped the 2nd one out last night and then restarted it and finished at the meet-up today. I am happy to say that they are both the same size and length now.
Earlier in the week I finally bought a copy of My So-Called Life on DVD. I loved that show when it first came out and was really mad when they cancelled it because I thought it accurately captured what high school was like (or at least it did for my high school experience). My American Girl doll is slated to arrive on Tuesday so I will pick it up when I go down to my parents house next weekend. My amazon order hasn’t shipped yet but it was a big order and I made the stupid mistake of clicking the “as few shipments as possible.”
I am almost finished reading A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel. She is really funny and will be coming to my new fav indy bookstore in Raleigh at the beginning of August so I might go to that.
I did survive Crate & Barrel without spending too much. I bought this amazing can opener because the one that came with the kitchen starter set my mom bought me at Wal-Mart when I moved out here is one of those crappy silver ones and it is a real pain in the ass to use. Since I eat a lot of stuff from a can, I thought this was worth the plurge. I could have bought other stuff but honestly I was just in total awe how cool their stuff was so I brought a catalog home with me so I could look at things later and not feel so overwhelmed. I also picked up some body butter at the Body Shop. My legs have totally dried out since I moved out here and I don’t know why and I was fresh out of body butter and then I bought some Fekkai shampoo at Bath & Body Works to try out. I am such a shampoo freak. I am always trying out different kinds. I also bought a new hairbrush at the Body Shop and it is amazing and it didn’t get stuck in my hair. I have thick coarse curly hair so, comb/brush shopping is always a crapshoot.
I ended up making a total of five preemie hats this week for the Preemie Project. They are so tiny and cute! It’s a good way to use up scrap yarn because it doesn’t use much of it.
Earlier in the week I finally bought a copy of My So-Called Life on DVD. I loved that show when it first came out and was really mad when they cancelled it because I thought it accurately captured what high school was like (or at least it did for my high school experience). My American Girl doll is slated to arrive on Tuesday so I will pick it up when I go down to my parents house next weekend. My amazon order hasn’t shipped yet but it was a big order and I made the stupid mistake of clicking the “as few shipments as possible.”
I am almost finished reading A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel. She is really funny and will be coming to my new fav indy bookstore in Raleigh at the beginning of August so I might go to that.
I did survive Crate & Barrel without spending too much. I bought this amazing can opener because the one that came with the kitchen starter set my mom bought me at Wal-Mart when I moved out here is one of those crappy silver ones and it is a real pain in the ass to use. Since I eat a lot of stuff from a can, I thought this was worth the plurge. I could have bought other stuff but honestly I was just in total awe how cool their stuff was so I brought a catalog home with me so I could look at things later and not feel so overwhelmed. I also picked up some body butter at the Body Shop. My legs have totally dried out since I moved out here and I don’t know why and I was fresh out of body butter and then I bought some Fekkai shampoo at Bath & Body Works to try out. I am such a shampoo freak. I am always trying out different kinds. I also bought a new hairbrush at the Body Shop and it is amazing and it didn’t get stuck in my hair. I have thick coarse curly hair so, comb/brush shopping is always a crapshoot.
I ended up making a total of five preemie hats this week for the Preemie Project. They are so tiny and cute! It’s a good way to use up scrap yarn because it doesn’t use much of it.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The Finish Line
So I managed to finish the bag for the Going Green Swap 2 late Saturday afternoon but I didn’t finish it in time to mail it at the post office so I ended up mailing it after work at the far away post office that is open until 6pm ET unlike the closer one which is only open to 5pm. On the upside, post office #2 is really close to Whole Foods in Cary. Oh darn, I just had to stop. I’m glad I did because I discovered the most amazing croutons! Oh my god, I could eat just the croutons plain and I have only recently started liking the taste of croutons in general.
I also managed to make three preemie hats for The Preemie Project. They are so tiny. I made three out of them out of one skein of Wendy’s Peter Pan and I still had a little scrap yarn left. I also worked on the seafoam shawl and the shawl that I started knitting at my mom’s house over the 4th. My mom sent me home that weekend with a crapload of yarn which I am totally grateful for but it’s bugging me that I have no place to put it all, so it’s stacked up in my re-usable Whole Foods bags. I’m not sure if I want to buy some cubes to put it in or just leave it be and hope it inspires me to knit like the wind so that I can use it up! The Bud crate, the knitting basket and the big orange tub are all full! I realize that this is a pitiful stash size for many but this is the largest amount of yarn that I have had on hand in almost two years.
I managed to watch Sense and Sensibility this weekend and I also made it through all of Big Love: Season 2 on dvd while I was working on projects. This weekend is going to be busier. Saturday is knitting group and Sunday is the Idina Menzel concert (YAY!!—I’m so glad I decided to go). Knitting group on Saturday is at the big mall in the city and it should be interesting. I have never knitted or crocheted in a food court before. After is group is done then I am going to go shopping which could be bad. They have a Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware, an Apple store and a Crate and Barrel and plus they have a MAC cosmetics store and Sephora. I really should leave my debit card at home. LOL. Honestly though, most of that will just be window shopping. I just bought an itouch, so I have my Apple fix for now. I’m not really sure which project I am going to take with me either. Probably a smaller one, because I don’t want to haul a big project around the mall with me.
I also managed to make three preemie hats for The Preemie Project. They are so tiny. I made three out of them out of one skein of Wendy’s Peter Pan and I still had a little scrap yarn left. I also worked on the seafoam shawl and the shawl that I started knitting at my mom’s house over the 4th. My mom sent me home that weekend with a crapload of yarn which I am totally grateful for but it’s bugging me that I have no place to put it all, so it’s stacked up in my re-usable Whole Foods bags. I’m not sure if I want to buy some cubes to put it in or just leave it be and hope it inspires me to knit like the wind so that I can use it up! The Bud crate, the knitting basket and the big orange tub are all full! I realize that this is a pitiful stash size for many but this is the largest amount of yarn that I have had on hand in almost two years.
I managed to watch Sense and Sensibility this weekend and I also made it through all of Big Love: Season 2 on dvd while I was working on projects. This weekend is going to be busier. Saturday is knitting group and Sunday is the Idina Menzel concert (YAY!!—I’m so glad I decided to go). Knitting group on Saturday is at the big mall in the city and it should be interesting. I have never knitted or crocheted in a food court before. After is group is done then I am going to go shopping which could be bad. They have a Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware, an Apple store and a Crate and Barrel and plus they have a MAC cosmetics store and Sephora. I really should leave my debit card at home. LOL. Honestly though, most of that will just be window shopping. I just bought an itouch, so I have my Apple fix for now. I’m not really sure which project I am going to take with me either. Probably a smaller one, because I don’t want to haul a big project around the mall with me.
Stuff
What a busy day. Everyone is severely cranky at work right now for a multitude of reasons, so I am really glad that I am going to be attending a Sales and Use Tax Seminar tomorrow. In order to inspire me to stay awake, I bought a new pink Hello Kitty pen with scented ink!, and I finally bought the special insulated Starbucks cup that looks exactly like the clear cups that your iced drinks come in. I am currently hooked on their blended lemonades. It is the perfect thing for when it is hot and really humid out. Since it was pay day, I ended up running a bunch of errands after work. I bought A’s birthday present and I had coupons to AC Moore and Michaels but there wasn’t any big ticket items that I had to have (and neither place carries Sock-Ease) so I ended up using it to buy baby yarn for my preemie hats that I am making.
I did order the American Girl Ruthie doll. I had it shipped to mom’s for safe keeping. American Girl dolls are nice and if the box doesn’t require a signature they just leave it on your doorstep so I just have important stuff sent to my Mom’s house and then I pick it up when I come visit. I did place my Amazon order too, I am getting the Mary Jane Farmgirl Lifebook by Mary Jane Butters, Project Runway Season three, the Raising Sand cd, and Margaret Cho’s movie Bam Bam and Celeste. I already know that I am going to watch Project Runway Season Three over and over again because that is what I have been doing with the first two seasons. Anything with Margaret Cho is a winner. Even my sister likes watching her dvds. I really like to watch dvds or crap reality shows while I am working on craft projects.
I am making progress on the seafoam shawl. I have used up the two smaller balls already and now I am starting the gigantic skein. It came in the pound of mill end yarn that I bought at AC Moore, so sometimes the yarn is skeined nicely and other times it is just a hot mess. I think it will go faster now since I have now crocheted farther on it then what I had to rip out the first time.
I also bought Penelope on DVD. I had seen the previews for it on other DVDs for the longest time and it finally came out and it has a preview for the Twilight movie (based on the Stephenie Meyer novel) so I am stoked about that too. I would have watched it tonight but by the time I came home from errands and Starbucks all these people called and I didn’t want to start the movie at 10 pm because I knew I had this seminar the next day and I have major problems paying attention at those things.
I did order the American Girl Ruthie doll. I had it shipped to mom’s for safe keeping. American Girl dolls are nice and if the box doesn’t require a signature they just leave it on your doorstep so I just have important stuff sent to my Mom’s house and then I pick it up when I come visit. I did place my Amazon order too, I am getting the Mary Jane Farmgirl Lifebook by Mary Jane Butters, Project Runway Season three, the Raising Sand cd, and Margaret Cho’s movie Bam Bam and Celeste. I already know that I am going to watch Project Runway Season Three over and over again because that is what I have been doing with the first two seasons. Anything with Margaret Cho is a winner. Even my sister likes watching her dvds. I really like to watch dvds or crap reality shows while I am working on craft projects.
I am making progress on the seafoam shawl. I have used up the two smaller balls already and now I am starting the gigantic skein. It came in the pound of mill end yarn that I bought at AC Moore, so sometimes the yarn is skeined nicely and other times it is just a hot mess. I think it will go faster now since I have now crocheted farther on it then what I had to rip out the first time.
I also bought Penelope on DVD. I had seen the previews for it on other DVDs for the longest time and it finally came out and it has a preview for the Twilight movie (based on the Stephenie Meyer novel) so I am stoked about that too. I would have watched it tonight but by the time I came home from errands and Starbucks all these people called and I didn’t want to start the movie at 10 pm because I knew I had this seminar the next day and I have major problems paying attention at those things.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Raising Sand
I just literally came home from the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss concert in Raleigh. IT WAS SOOOOO AWESOME!!! I am wired all night, I can tell you that already. Robert Plant has always been one of my music icons. I have been a huge fan of his since my angsty teen years. He came onto the stage and with a dirty wink he said “have you been behaving?” and I was lost in his world. Alison Krauss is awesome. I wasn’t sure what she would be like without Union Station but she is awesome and I wish I could walk in boots that are taller than my knees and play the fiddle. They sang really well together and played their new songs, and some older songs from their perspective careers with new twists. I can’t even begin to describe how alive I felt inside. I was standing there, on my own, doing something I love dearly and I just felt completely free. Their opening act Sharon Little was really awesome too. I really liked her voice and I will have to see if her music is out on itunes because she is a new artist.
I am really proud of myself for making it to the arena and back without getting lost or having a nervous breakdown in the parking lot. PEOPLE WERE DRIVING OVER MEDIANS IN THEIR AUDIS!!! What the hell!!! They didn’t have a whole lot of merch, so I ended up buying the $40 souvenir program but it was hardcover and told about their creative process and the songs on their album and the photography and styling in it was great. I am going to keep it next to the Wicked book that Sunshine bought me when he went to see Wicked. I was so jealous that he has seen Wicked twice and I haven’t seen it all but then I found out Idina Menzel who was the original Elphaba is coming to town and I was able to get a ticket and it’s next weekend so now I think we are even. I am guessing she will mostly sing from her latest solo album but I am hoping for a song from Wicked or Rent. I just feel so fortunate that I am living in an area where I can see performances like these and not have to drive five hours or worry about having to stay in a hotel overnight.
The funny thing is that the one time I go to a concert without Sunshine and my sister, I have a completely normal concert experience. No smoke, no pot being passed around, it was indoors, air conditioned, you could hear clearly and there wasn’t any obnoxious people sitting next to me. I was in the lower balcony so I had a great view and I liked not being crammed down with the mess of people on the floor. I am really glad that I convinced myself to go because this was honestly the best concert I have attended. You never know what a musician is going to sound like live in concert but Robert Plant and Alison Krauss exceeded my expectations.
In some non-musical news, I received my Red Heart Swap package this week. She sent me some really pretty colors of TLC Essentials which I don’t have so I am looking forward to trying them out. Yay! It is like Christmas whenever I get a swap box in the mail. I am almost done making the bag for the Going Green 2 Swap and I would have finished it tonight but I had a date with Robert Plant and his tight jeans instead. LOL. So I am going to finish it tomorrow morning. I came home from work and my 64 peg extra-fine gauge sock loom from Décor Accents was waiting for me by my doorstep. Mom and I have been wanting to try one out so I went ahead and ordered one. I was so excited that I rushed in the door and called Mom to tell her about it. She is one of the few people in my life that can appreciate the joy of receiving a sock loom in the mail. I am going to try it out once I finish the Going Green bag.
I can’t believe that it is after midnight and I am still wound up like a corkscrew. Anyways, I highly suggest cranking up the music and dancing like nobody’s watching after you finish reading this post. It’s okay, really. I can’t dance or carry a tune either.
By the way, Sunshine, if you're reading this can you send up a flare or something so that I know you're still around and locked in the band closet or something?
I am really proud of myself for making it to the arena and back without getting lost or having a nervous breakdown in the parking lot. PEOPLE WERE DRIVING OVER MEDIANS IN THEIR AUDIS!!! What the hell!!! They didn’t have a whole lot of merch, so I ended up buying the $40 souvenir program but it was hardcover and told about their creative process and the songs on their album and the photography and styling in it was great. I am going to keep it next to the Wicked book that Sunshine bought me when he went to see Wicked. I was so jealous that he has seen Wicked twice and I haven’t seen it all but then I found out Idina Menzel who was the original Elphaba is coming to town and I was able to get a ticket and it’s next weekend so now I think we are even. I am guessing she will mostly sing from her latest solo album but I am hoping for a song from Wicked or Rent. I just feel so fortunate that I am living in an area where I can see performances like these and not have to drive five hours or worry about having to stay in a hotel overnight.
The funny thing is that the one time I go to a concert without Sunshine and my sister, I have a completely normal concert experience. No smoke, no pot being passed around, it was indoors, air conditioned, you could hear clearly and there wasn’t any obnoxious people sitting next to me. I was in the lower balcony so I had a great view and I liked not being crammed down with the mess of people on the floor. I am really glad that I convinced myself to go because this was honestly the best concert I have attended. You never know what a musician is going to sound like live in concert but Robert Plant and Alison Krauss exceeded my expectations.
In some non-musical news, I received my Red Heart Swap package this week. She sent me some really pretty colors of TLC Essentials which I don’t have so I am looking forward to trying them out. Yay! It is like Christmas whenever I get a swap box in the mail. I am almost done making the bag for the Going Green 2 Swap and I would have finished it tonight but I had a date with Robert Plant and his tight jeans instead. LOL. So I am going to finish it tomorrow morning. I came home from work and my 64 peg extra-fine gauge sock loom from Décor Accents was waiting for me by my doorstep. Mom and I have been wanting to try one out so I went ahead and ordered one. I was so excited that I rushed in the door and called Mom to tell her about it. She is one of the few people in my life that can appreciate the joy of receiving a sock loom in the mail. I am going to try it out once I finish the Going Green bag.
I can’t believe that it is after midnight and I am still wound up like a corkscrew. Anyways, I highly suggest cranking up the music and dancing like nobody’s watching after you finish reading this post. It’s okay, really. I can’t dance or carry a tune either.
By the way, Sunshine, if you're reading this can you send up a flare or something so that I know you're still around and locked in the band closet or something?
Sunday, July 06, 2008
The Big Rain
I’m kind of tired. I feel like I need a day to recover from the weekend. I had a really good weekend but I had the big drive and we did a lot of things over the weekend. Thursday after work, I made the Big Drive down to SC to see the folks. It’s about a three hour drive because of two bottlenecks – 1. Leaving the Triangle and 2. Concord/Kannapolis (NASCAR country and home of the big outlet mall. Leaving the Triangle wasn’t as bad as it could have been. It helped that I was heading West and not East towards the beaches. Concord is always bad and it doesn’t matter when I drive through there. There always seems to be some sort of traffic hold-up. I don’t recall doing much Thursday night. It was mostly show and tell time since my little sis had flown in on Tuesday. Friday, my sister and I ran some errands and that night we went to the Charlotte Knights/Durham Bulls baseball game. We had lawn seats which reminded us of the lawn seats we had at the DMB concert in 07. There were some interesting people sitting in front of us- the parents, the two sons and the girlfriends and they were all inappropriately dressed and groping each other periodically and throwing popcorn at each other. It was like having our own episode of The Real World only live and right in front of us. The coolest part of the whole thing was the fireworks show after the game. Those were some serious fireworks. Smiley faces, hearts, noisy ones, sparkly ones. It was really impressive and since we had lawn seats we had the best view in the stadium. The downside was that we didn’t make it out of the parking lot until 12:30 am, so I was really tired Saturday morning.
Saturday was mostly tv watching and a little more shopping. Since I don’t have a Hobby Lobby in my area (the closest one is like 1 ½ away) and Mom has one down the road from her house, we decided to go there for fun. It was a usual trip until we rounded the corner and saw a few balls of the new Lion Brand Sock-Ease and Red Heart’s Heart and Sole sock yarns! Holy Cow! This was the first time either one of us had seen it in stores and I let out the little joy squeal. It was kind of picked over and they only had one ball left of the colors but I bought one skein of Sock-Ease and three skeins of the Red Heart. I have decided that I am fired from shopping. I didn’t realize how much yarn I had accumulated since I arrived here until I came home this evening and had to start storing yarn in my vintage wood Budweiser crate. Oops! So I think I need to go on a spending diet because I still have plenty of money, but I did realize that I am shopping way more than I need to. So no more yarn buying until I use some of it up. When I was at Michael’s I did find these really cute Amy Butler fabric tags that I am going to use to decorate my Inspiration Board. It is really blank because I took it all off before I moved so I wouldn’t lose anything and I like to change the items out every few months or so. I also have mini clothespins and little binder clips with faux typewriter keys on them that I am going to use to hang stuff up on the Inspiration Board. I am going to try and work on it this coming weekend because the only event I have this weekend is the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss concert Friday night and that’s in the Triangle so I will have plenty of free time. I had a lot of quality crafty time with my mom and I got to see my little doggies so that was a good thing.
This morning (Sunday) I went to church with my Mom and then we went to the movie Kit Kitteredge: An American Girl. Yes, I am an American Girl doll fan. I still have my dolls and even though I don’t have them out on display now I still take them out every once in awhile to brush their hair and change their outfits. The movie was really good. Kit is the doll from the Great Depression era and a lot of the themes and situations in the movie parallel what our country is currently experiencing it. The kid actors were great and Julia Ormond (hello—Legends of the Fall) and Chris O’Donnell (uber hottie) played the parents and Stanley Tucci and Joan Cusack played the villain types and they were hilarious! Every once in awhile, I do break my rules, going to a kid’s movie is not my usual fare but I will always make an exception for an American Girl movie or movies like Nancy Drew last summer.
After the movie, it was time to load up the car. It was a torrential rain storm the entire way home and it is still raining hard as I type this. It took me an additional 30 minutes to get home because there were some parts where you could only see a car length ahead of you and people were going like 45 miles an hour on a major highway, that is how hard it was raining. There were several people that had pulled off the side of the road to wait it out and motorcyclists taking shelter under overpasses. It was no fun driving in that storm but I carried on because it looked like the rain wasn’t going to stop anytime soon and I wanted to make it home before it was night.
The temperature has cooled off because of the storms. It is sad when 70 feels cold. I think I am going to read for awhile before I go to bed because that is one of my favorite activities when it is storming. I have also decided that having my itouch on road trips is one of the coolest things ever. I was constantly using it to look things up and adding stuff to my calendar. So tiny, yet so much fun!
Anyways, I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend. I know I won’t be the only one hitting the snooze button tomorrow morning.
Saturday was mostly tv watching and a little more shopping. Since I don’t have a Hobby Lobby in my area (the closest one is like 1 ½ away) and Mom has one down the road from her house, we decided to go there for fun. It was a usual trip until we rounded the corner and saw a few balls of the new Lion Brand Sock-Ease and Red Heart’s Heart and Sole sock yarns! Holy Cow! This was the first time either one of us had seen it in stores and I let out the little joy squeal. It was kind of picked over and they only had one ball left of the colors but I bought one skein of Sock-Ease and three skeins of the Red Heart. I have decided that I am fired from shopping. I didn’t realize how much yarn I had accumulated since I arrived here until I came home this evening and had to start storing yarn in my vintage wood Budweiser crate. Oops! So I think I need to go on a spending diet because I still have plenty of money, but I did realize that I am shopping way more than I need to. So no more yarn buying until I use some of it up. When I was at Michael’s I did find these really cute Amy Butler fabric tags that I am going to use to decorate my Inspiration Board. It is really blank because I took it all off before I moved so I wouldn’t lose anything and I like to change the items out every few months or so. I also have mini clothespins and little binder clips with faux typewriter keys on them that I am going to use to hang stuff up on the Inspiration Board. I am going to try and work on it this coming weekend because the only event I have this weekend is the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss concert Friday night and that’s in the Triangle so I will have plenty of free time. I had a lot of quality crafty time with my mom and I got to see my little doggies so that was a good thing.
This morning (Sunday) I went to church with my Mom and then we went to the movie Kit Kitteredge: An American Girl. Yes, I am an American Girl doll fan. I still have my dolls and even though I don’t have them out on display now I still take them out every once in awhile to brush their hair and change their outfits. The movie was really good. Kit is the doll from the Great Depression era and a lot of the themes and situations in the movie parallel what our country is currently experiencing it. The kid actors were great and Julia Ormond (hello—Legends of the Fall) and Chris O’Donnell (uber hottie) played the parents and Stanley Tucci and Joan Cusack played the villain types and they were hilarious! Every once in awhile, I do break my rules, going to a kid’s movie is not my usual fare but I will always make an exception for an American Girl movie or movies like Nancy Drew last summer.
After the movie, it was time to load up the car. It was a torrential rain storm the entire way home and it is still raining hard as I type this. It took me an additional 30 minutes to get home because there were some parts where you could only see a car length ahead of you and people were going like 45 miles an hour on a major highway, that is how hard it was raining. There were several people that had pulled off the side of the road to wait it out and motorcyclists taking shelter under overpasses. It was no fun driving in that storm but I carried on because it looked like the rain wasn’t going to stop anytime soon and I wanted to make it home before it was night.
The temperature has cooled off because of the storms. It is sad when 70 feels cold. I think I am going to read for awhile before I go to bed because that is one of my favorite activities when it is storming. I have also decided that having my itouch on road trips is one of the coolest things ever. I was constantly using it to look things up and adding stuff to my calendar. So tiny, yet so much fun!
Anyways, I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend. I know I won’t be the only one hitting the snooze button tomorrow morning.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Touch Me
So this morning I decided to buy an itouch to replace my desktop computer that was stolen. I paid the extra money and got the 16gb because I like to watch tv shows and movies on my ipod when I travel and the itouch has a bigger screen then the ipod. I bought this hard plastic clear case for it and now I can’t get it back off so that will be kind of interesting. Anyways, I turned it on and this girly gasp came out of my mouth. Now I understood why Sunshine bought his. It is just amazing. I was able to sink my calendar and my contacts with Mackie to the touch, which I have named Saffron. I am totally going to have to crochet a cozy for her.
I just drank a venti iced vanilla latte so I am sure I am going to be up late tonight. Lol. More time to crochet and play with my itouch! I blame my love of gadgets on my father. he always made me set up the computers and vcrs when I was younger and half the time he didn't give me a manual (typical engineer!).
Last night was more of a reading night. I read my new books while watching episodes of Ballykissangel Season 1 on dvd. Did i mention how much I love the BBC?
OMG! So I am sitting at my table in the corner at Starbucks and this family of little hellions comes in to sit down. One of the little boys flung his nasty flip flop in the air and it almost hit Mackie and I!!! I gave them the stink-eye because that little brat was not apologetic at all. Rolls her eyes. i am so NOT a kid person.
Anyways, I will probably post more after the holiday weekend when I am sure I will have more interesting stories to tell.
I just drank a venti iced vanilla latte so I am sure I am going to be up late tonight. Lol. More time to crochet and play with my itouch! I blame my love of gadgets on my father. he always made me set up the computers and vcrs when I was younger and half the time he didn't give me a manual (typical engineer!).
Last night was more of a reading night. I read my new books while watching episodes of Ballykissangel Season 1 on dvd. Did i mention how much I love the BBC?
OMG! So I am sitting at my table in the corner at Starbucks and this family of little hellions comes in to sit down. One of the little boys flung his nasty flip flop in the air and it almost hit Mackie and I!!! I gave them the stink-eye because that little brat was not apologetic at all. Rolls her eyes. i am so NOT a kid person.
Anyways, I will probably post more after the holiday weekend when I am sure I will have more interesting stories to tell.
Happy July!
This summer is just flying by so fast. Last night after I came home from Starbucks and the mall, I ended up working on the seafoam shawl a little bit but my elbow was bothering me a little so I didn’t work on it for that long. Instead I ended up reading Candy Everybody Wants by Josh Kilmer-Purcell. This was a really easy read. It’s hilarious and I found it the indy bookstore this weekend. I was walking down the fiction aisle and saw the shiny metallic silver color and picked it up off the shelf. I liked it so much that I think I am going to look for a copy of his memoir to read. I’m not sure what I’m going to read next. I have six left that I have bought this summer so I really need to read them before I go and buy more but any serious reader knows that it doesn’t work like that. Especially, now that I live within 20 minutes of three huge bookstores.
I do think I am going to have to place another order from Amazon.com. I want to buy Season Three of Project Runway on dvd and all the places I shop at around here just have Seasons 1 and 2. I also hope that they release Season 4 on DVD soon because Christian is on that season and he is one of my favorites. I’m such a big fan that I ended up joining the pool on Ravelry for Season 5. Season 5 is the last season on Bravo and then it moves to Lifetime. Lifetime is better for me because it’s not a specialty channel but I hope they don’t tame the show for Lifetime otherwise it won’t be as funny.
I do think I am going to have to place another order from Amazon.com. I want to buy Season Three of Project Runway on dvd and all the places I shop at around here just have Seasons 1 and 2. I also hope that they release Season 4 on DVD soon because Christian is on that season and he is one of my favorites. I’m such a big fan that I ended up joining the pool on Ravelry for Season 5. Season 5 is the last season on Bravo and then it moves to Lifetime. Lifetime is better for me because it’s not a specialty channel but I hope they don’t tame the show for Lifetime otherwise it won’t be as funny.
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