As of right now, I have completed 60 squares for the afghan of awesomeness and I have 12 left to go which I am hoping that I can finish either later tonight or Sunday. It is sunny here this weekend, but the temperature is in the low 50s/upper 40s so it’s like you have to turn the heat on part of the time, which sucks because I have been spoiled living here.
Friday I took the afternoon off. I mainly ran errands and picked up additional colors of Red Heart Eco-Ways so I could start my next afghan. I was able to get Torchwood Season One at my local Borders this week for 40% off which is a huge deal because it is a BBC show, and it retails for like $80 full price. Friday night I went to G’s house for game night. We ate Mexican food (which was good but really didn’t agree with me for some reason) and then we played Scattergories which hilarious. We also went shoe shopping which was initiated by the guys. We went to DSW and I was looking through the clearance racks to see if I could find a pair of work shoes that were comfortable and would last longer than three months. I found a pair of Mary Janes made by Naturalizer that were black and were 50% off of $59 so that was a good deal and they are black and comfy and I can’t wait to wear them to work this week.
This morning, my stupid internal time clock woke me up at 8:30 am even though I didn’t go to bed until 1:30 am and so I decided to drive over to Target and get Twilight on DVD since I didn’t attend any of the release parties Friday night. Note: Robert Pattinson is on the cover of the new GQ (US edition) looking vampy hot with the skinny tie! After Target, I hopped over to Starbucks for a white mocha and the caffeine seemed to help heal the sleep deprivation. Afterwards, I went over to Tiny Library and put in a bunch of holds on books I want to read and I checked out a Michael Pollan book and Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King by Lisa Rogan.
So I’ve mostly spent today crocheting squares for the afghan of awesomeness. G and H2 helped me figure out what color order to put the squares in. I have also been reading a lot too. I finally finished reading Flannery by Brad Gooch (Flannery O’Connor biography) and Stardust by Neil Gaiman. I am also in the process of reading several other books currently but if I list them all in my blog, my loyal readers might fall asleep and then I would also have to confess how much time I spend with a book in my lap and a crochet hook in my hand simultaneously. I am also sad that Flight of the Conchords season 2 is almost over. I really really really really hope that there will be a season 3.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Weekend of Slothdom
Well, my mini-vacation is coming to an end. I drive back home this afternoon, and even though I did actually get a lot of stuff done, the rain-a-thon kind of made me feel sloth-like.
I completed 13 squares for the afghan of awesomeness. It doesn't look like I've barely made a dent in the yarn. I had to put it in my large weekender lesportsac bag to carry it down to my parent's house. I did finish the sushi wallet, although I am not pleased with the way the yarn included in the kit felted. The sweet pea afghan and the Easter Egg blankie are complete as well. I have pictures but I left my camera cord at home so I will have to upload pictures to my Ravelry site later.
I did buy a 250 gb WD Passport hard drive this weekend and a little carrying case. Then I proceeded to spend about $20 downloading shows on itunes to watch when I get home since I was able to move my old episodes on to the hard drive. As much as I would love to have one of the shiny new Macs, my PowerBook is still in great shape and all I have to do now is order a new battery from Apple & it will be brand new again.
I was bad this weekend and ordered some Flight of the Conchords merch from HBO.com and a couple of things from MaryJane's Farm. I really like MaryJane's latest issue which is the "glamour camping" issue. If you can't camp at the Hilton, then I honestly think that "glamour camping" is the way to go.
Right now I am in the midst of reading a ton of books. The Watchmen, Prince of Stories, Stardust and probably a couple of other books that I am forgetting to metnion.
I completed 13 squares for the afghan of awesomeness. It doesn't look like I've barely made a dent in the yarn. I had to put it in my large weekender lesportsac bag to carry it down to my parent's house. I did finish the sushi wallet, although I am not pleased with the way the yarn included in the kit felted. The sweet pea afghan and the Easter Egg blankie are complete as well. I have pictures but I left my camera cord at home so I will have to upload pictures to my Ravelry site later.
I did buy a 250 gb WD Passport hard drive this weekend and a little carrying case. Then I proceeded to spend about $20 downloading shows on itunes to watch when I get home since I was able to move my old episodes on to the hard drive. As much as I would love to have one of the shiny new Macs, my PowerBook is still in great shape and all I have to do now is order a new battery from Apple & it will be brand new again.
I was bad this weekend and ordered some Flight of the Conchords merch from HBO.com and a couple of things from MaryJane's Farm. I really like MaryJane's latest issue which is the "glamour camping" issue. If you can't camp at the Hilton, then I honestly think that "glamour camping" is the way to go.
Right now I am in the midst of reading a ton of books. The Watchmen, Prince of Stories, Stardust and probably a couple of other books that I am forgetting to metnion.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
Of course it only rains on road trip weekends. I took a half day and dropped a co-worker off at the airport on my way to the Queen City. It rained almost the whole way but at least traffic wasn't too bad. Then I made another stop off at the new IKEA. WOW. Talk about sensory overload! It is so big it makes a super wal-mart look like one of those little gas stations on the corner. The whole entire parking lot was practically full, so it was quite the hike up to the store. My only complaint is that I wish people would not stand in the middle in the aisle to gawk. I only spent an hour there because it was just so crowded and I'm not used to that and honestly, that was probably better for my wallet. I think it would help to take a friend with you to navigate the store. I did buy a new bathroom rug, bedroom curtains, an end table, and some misc kitchen stuff. I don't think I have seen so many types of pots and kitchen utensils in one store before. I am proud to say that I only spent $78!! the cool part is that if you use your debit card you get three percent back.
I didn't really do much else once I got to my parent's house. I made three squares in the magenta yarn and discovered the Planet Green channel on my parent's new digital box downstairs. I wish Emeril would come to my Whole Foods.
I think today will probably involve crochet, a Panera Run and a stop at Books A Million.
I didn't really do much else once I got to my parent's house. I made three squares in the magenta yarn and discovered the Planet Green channel on my parent's new digital box downstairs. I wish Emeril would come to my Whole Foods.
I think today will probably involve crochet, a Panera Run and a stop at Books A Million.
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Sparkly Sun
Holy cow. It is sick to have 80 degree weather today considering last Sunday it was pouring rain and turning into snow overnight.
I have been a hermit most of the weekend other than running my usual errands. this has translated into a lot of squares for the afghan of awesomeness. I can't seem to find a magenta color in Red Heart and it has to be Red Heart super saver otherwise the afghan won't have the same texture.
I joined paperbackswap.com after a co-worker had told me about it. I started listing books this morning and I have already had two of my books requested, so yay for that. I thought the idea was pretty cool and it's a low cost weigh of getting rid of books and then getting new books while being earth-friendly at the same time.
I have been a hermit most of the weekend other than running my usual errands. this has translated into a lot of squares for the afghan of awesomeness. I can't seem to find a magenta color in Red Heart and it has to be Red Heart super saver otherwise the afghan won't have the same texture.
I joined paperbackswap.com after a co-worker had told me about it. I started listing books this morning and I have already had two of my books requested, so yay for that. I thought the idea was pretty cool and it's a low cost weigh of getting rid of books and then getting new books while being earth-friendly at the same time.
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Stupid Weather
Why is that when I take a Friday afternoon off work, the weather goes to crap? I started my time off with a trip to have my car’s oil change and the only thing I can say about that really is that they had wi-fi in the lounge area so I was able to surf Ravelry while I waited. Then I headed over to AC Moore to buy the yarn for the Afghan of Awesomeness. I have ten colors plus black for the edging. I am kind of waiting until I make a few more blocks & have a better idea of size before I add in any additional yarn. I have three blocks worked up now and I really like it so far.
After AC Moore, I went over to Target and I ended up buying the handheld pink Dyson vacuum. This little vacuum is beyond amazing. It has all the suction power of the full size Dyson with the size of a regular handheld and it has the coolest attachments. This makes cleaning a lot easier and it will be easier to vacuum out my car now.
Friday night, I ended over to G’s for dinner and game night. They are hardcore Monopoly players and I hadn’t played Monopoly in ages, so I basically had my ass handed to me a plate but it was a lot of fun.
Saturday I woke up really tired, so I decided to head to Starbucks to recharge and it was raining which continued throughout the day and it cooled off more, which sucks. I WANT MY NICE WEATHER BACK!!!!!!! H came by and we headed off to Chapel Hill where I spent a whole lot of money on yarn, Addi hooks and pattern booklets. $108.00 and that is fine by me, because even though I am using my tax refund for grown-up things, I had saved a little chunk of it to splurge. I also ended up getting some things for the Top Chef Ravelry Pool winner in my group so now I just need to go back to Target and get a little box because all I have are these giant boxes. We ended up going to Whole Foods and Trader Joes. I ended up buying a bottle of wine at Trader Joe’s so hopefully it tastes good. Then we headed across the way to Durham where we ate at Chili’s and went to AC Moore. H and I had a lot of fun, I just wished it wouldn’t have been raining the whole time because we wanted to get popsicles but it wasn’t a really good day for that when we were out in the rain.
Saturday evening basically slipped away from me. I ran out of the silver blue yarn on the last row of my big granny square afghan that I was making out of Vanna’s choice so I ended up driving in the cold, pouring rain to Jo-Ann’s and bought the skein I needed and a leaflet at 40% called Cuddles to Crochet for Pets. I was suckered into buying this leaflet because the front cover has these newborn puppies in a basket with a little pink crochet blankie. It has blankie and toy patterns for puppies and kitties. I stopped at Borders on my way home and they were having a 30% off sale on DVDs and CDs. I ended up getting Secret Diary of a call girl season one (love billie piper) and No Reservations Season 3 (love Anthony Bourdain and this has the Russia & South Carolina episodes).
I’m not really sure what my small project should be while I’m working on the Afghan of Awesomeness because hauling around 11+ skeins of RH SuperSaver is not very portable at all. I had this idea where I thought I would be able to take the divider out of my wine box and then just stand them up inside and because they are still full skeins they don’t all fit and had to lay two of them on top but at least they are not just piled on the floor anymore.
After AC Moore, I went over to Target and I ended up buying the handheld pink Dyson vacuum. This little vacuum is beyond amazing. It has all the suction power of the full size Dyson with the size of a regular handheld and it has the coolest attachments. This makes cleaning a lot easier and it will be easier to vacuum out my car now.
Friday night, I ended over to G’s for dinner and game night. They are hardcore Monopoly players and I hadn’t played Monopoly in ages, so I basically had my ass handed to me a plate but it was a lot of fun.
Saturday I woke up really tired, so I decided to head to Starbucks to recharge and it was raining which continued throughout the day and it cooled off more, which sucks. I WANT MY NICE WEATHER BACK!!!!!!! H came by and we headed off to Chapel Hill where I spent a whole lot of money on yarn, Addi hooks and pattern booklets. $108.00 and that is fine by me, because even though I am using my tax refund for grown-up things, I had saved a little chunk of it to splurge. I also ended up getting some things for the Top Chef Ravelry Pool winner in my group so now I just need to go back to Target and get a little box because all I have are these giant boxes. We ended up going to Whole Foods and Trader Joes. I ended up buying a bottle of wine at Trader Joe’s so hopefully it tastes good. Then we headed across the way to Durham where we ate at Chili’s and went to AC Moore. H and I had a lot of fun, I just wished it wouldn’t have been raining the whole time because we wanted to get popsicles but it wasn’t a really good day for that when we were out in the rain.
Saturday evening basically slipped away from me. I ran out of the silver blue yarn on the last row of my big granny square afghan that I was making out of Vanna’s choice so I ended up driving in the cold, pouring rain to Jo-Ann’s and bought the skein I needed and a leaflet at 40% called Cuddles to Crochet for Pets. I was suckered into buying this leaflet because the front cover has these newborn puppies in a basket with a little pink crochet blankie. It has blankie and toy patterns for puppies and kitties. I stopped at Borders on my way home and they were having a 30% off sale on DVDs and CDs. I ended up getting Secret Diary of a call girl season one (love billie piper) and No Reservations Season 3 (love Anthony Bourdain and this has the Russia & South Carolina episodes).
I’m not really sure what my small project should be while I’m working on the Afghan of Awesomeness because hauling around 11+ skeins of RH SuperSaver is not very portable at all. I had this idea where I thought I would be able to take the divider out of my wine box and then just stand them up inside and because they are still full skeins they don’t all fit and had to lay two of them on top but at least they are not just piled on the floor anymore.
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