I like to write A LOT of New Year’s Resolutions.
I think statistically, this gives me a better shot at keeping them. I think I keep more resolutions than an average person; I really do stack the odds in my favor. :)
Be more healthy – cook and exercise and drink more water (Monday I went for a jog and made homemade tomato soup, so I’m on the right track. :) )
No desserts (or candy) til 3/1 – I’m giving myself a mulligan on this b/c I ate 2 handfulls of M&M’s without thinking at M&G’s wedding….but I had been up since 6am and wasn’t thinking straight. :) I have a stretch goal of 7/1.
No FRENCH FRIES (this does not include waffle fries and sweet potato fries) until 7/1…stretch goal of 2011.
I think the other reason I keep some resolutions is that I build in exceptions. :)
Learn to make crepes.
Learn tatting. (Tatt at least one Christmas ornament.)
No yarn purchasing until 7/1 with a stretch goal of 9/1 – I am not sure I can make it through the Christmas season without buying yarn.
This does not count the yarn I picked up for a friend the other day that she reimbursed me for. :)
A few of my favorite Things
Hockey
really enjoyed one of the fights at the hockey game Friday. Opposing team player interrupted a celebration after we scored and got socked. I like justice.
I combined two of my fav. things together. I wore my cream alpaca hat to the hockey game.
good news: TH thought I had purchased myself a cute new hat. :)
bad news: Alpaca itches me! I’m thinking of lining the inside headband part with cream ribbon since my hair protects most of my head from the crazy thing. TH’s suggestion was a blow torch to burn off the fuzzies. true story.
Thank goodness I didn’t make a blanket out of this really soft, surprisingly itchy yarn! – bullet dodged
Syd
Knitting/Crocheting projects
Neopolitan blanket – needs final square and assembling
baseball blanket- needs finishing & detailing
biscuit blanket – see for yourself. :)
WoW blanket (30% done) – time to start the lion
Santa star vintage Christmas ornament (80% done)- it is laughable that I thought I was going to make several of these. :)
projects planned for 2010 (in no particular order)
finish WoW blanket
dodecahedran
knit socks
itty bitty hat for a baby (or 2)
double knit baby blanket
a cable sweater for me. :) or cool gloves?
another biscuit blanket (larger needles – 8)
some kind of Christmas ornament
That’s all for now! Peas out.
(1/21/2010 6:05 pm)
Famous last words.
Maybe running will be my new hobby. :)
Maybe I will knit socks one day. :)
TD (the dog) and I made it to the second cattle guard today. I know the first cattle guard is a mile and I have no idea how far the second one is, but it really felt like some sort of accomplishment. I feel 100 and TD seems none the worse for wear. We jogged for 37 mins. solid (99%). We had to pause a couple of times for things like a couple of passing cars and to deal with Gray Dog. Thanks, BIL, for the running is only 20% physical advice. :)
I was having a nice lil jog with my TD. Gray Dog follows us and gets all up in TD’s grill and trips me. UGH! But after the probably 2.5 miles, I was in NO mood. I was just waiting for the Gray Dog to come out and bother us again and I was going to unleash (verbally), but I guess she/he used their doggy survival instinct and stayed away. I’m amazed at how that dog seems poorly trained, but understands, “go away!” in scarey deep voice really well. I think it confuses TD because she’s on a leash and she kind of looks at me like, “um, where exactly do you expect me to go?”. There doesn’t seem to be a command for disregard what I’m about to say. :)
I’m going to work on the WoW blanket and watch some tv.
I hope everyone has a great Friday!(10/22/2009 8:13 pm)
I started training for a 3 mile jog last Wednesday. The run is for a good cause and I’m excited to try to meet this new challenge since I’ve never come close to jogging/running anything over a mile. Will running turn out to be another new hobby? probably not. :)
I was surfing ravelry.com and ran across a very talented artist. Barbara made this:
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/997567
I’m inspired by her use of colors and textures….gorgeous! I’m amazed by how she captured fire. I plan to make something with similar colors one day…..the idea of freeform knitting and crocheting also interests me. I would love to be able to freeform cables one day.
My friend, Stephanie reinspired me to work on the WoW blanket. She and I talked about using post double and trable crochets to get the look I want without me having to work the whole blanket from the front (a huge pain in the arse)…but the more I thought about this, the lion would have looked like he had dreadlocks….so I kept thinking and Lisa said, “why don’t you knit it?”. Granted, this is her answer to most of my crochet issues, but I was stunned and had to wonder why I hadn’t thought of it myself. But then I knew why….knitting a blanket this size is not for the faint of heart, but I like things to look the way I want them to, so I ordered my addi turbo circulars and I’m off to the races. Thank goodness the girls talked me out of double-knitting it. I only considered that for 5 mins, but I’m sure it would have been the death of me….well, either that or I’d have gotten a lovely padded cell. :)
The World of Warcraft blanket is now about 15% done. A vertical yarn lazy susan would make this go a lot faster. I’d like to be able to untwist the yarns midair after I’ve twisted them for carries. Hopefully, the next color section will have less long carries. There does seem to be a patent for what I want, but no product online that I see. I did find a way online to make a $5 yarn swift online using a plastic lazy susan, wire coat hangers, and duct tape. :)
There is something great about knitting a blanket when it is cold and rainy outside. :)
In other news, Couples Retreat was a good movie. :)
Peas out! (10/11/2009 1:36pm)
