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you'll get no "best of" list from me, or any promises of resolute statements (except, i'm going to try to lose 20lbs. i had a work-stress dream which also involved not being able to find the perfect salad last night).
i'm also going to knit more (i've done four pairs of bittens in the last week), and maybe get up a little earlier to take the dogs for a longer walk mornings.
see? i just did it.
here's to a great 2008!
our new loveseat:
i now have somewhere to sit when kurt and the dogs are taking up the couch.
some favorites:
54. Bekee Gibson was born with the right to party. Unlike the rest of us, who have to fight for it.
67. When Bekee Gibson enters a room, she doesn't turn the lights on, she turns the dark off.
86. Bekee Gibson puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".
sam and jones tolerating each other:
nora noodlebutt on the couch, pretending to be a cat:
proof that i've been knitting:
that last shot will be a sock when i'm through with it.
my day so far: dog park, huevos rancheros, clean off the dining room table, caulk the windows where the wood has contracted because of the cold.
now to knit a pair of bittens.
there's an unwritten rule in pet-ownership where it's ill-advised to have more of them than there are of you. for the next 4 days, we will break that rule. sam is staying with us until the 26th while the people owned by him are in florida.
try to picture me walking three black dogs on leash in the blizzard that we're about to get.
though, they're the picture of perfect right now because we were just at the dog park for an hour and they're all zonked out.
a little bit ago i invited you to visit coopertown... well enough people have visited that my industry is available. so, visit coopertown again and help my city grow.
so, the everlasting fun ball has always been a highlight of the dogs' day... but the last 40lb. bag of food brought with it a free bag of dog treats which fit perfectly in the ball without having to be broken into smaller bits. i think they could be completely occupied for at least 2 hours. which is awesome if you have a dog.
that emoticon means "i don't know! lol!"
i found an adorable pattern for teeny tiny mittens.
if i were getting me something for the holidays, i'd get me bubble wrap.
i've mentioned my year hiatus from knitting, and also the resurgence of my desire to craft. this vocalization has resulted in a handful of requests for bittens. by christmas.
i have to politely suggest that they give these as new year's gifts.
i finished sewing the lining on the tie, and somehow got the whole thing turned right-side out. now i just need to press it flat and let it sit still overnight. just in time for tieing one on tomorrow.
also, i don't hate hand sewing yet, but i did ask mom to keep her eyes out for a sewing machine at auctions and estate sales.
i just accidentally spent an hour clicking around googlemaps' streetview in chicago.
it's not as much like simcity as i had hoped, but it's harmless and cute.
visit coopertown, my mini city. each visit to the page (per person, per day) increases the population.
i need to find a kit which allows me to make my own pull-string doll.
surprising to me, i actually enjoyed harold and kumar go to whitecastle. i was worried that it would be on par with supertroopers (which i can't stand), but it was shorter, and not as stupid.
and neil patrick harris was hilarious.
and my cousin's husband looks just like kal penn.
uh oh.. i think i found a reason to start sewing: tie pattern.
i'm seasonally affected. i could barely get out of bed this morning. to be honest, the only reason i did is because i called in sick on friday and it wouldn't have been a good choice to elect to stay home again.
i don't recall being made to feel this way last year, at least not to this extent. i could be wrong though.
so, i'll trudge along until the solstice, when daylight starts bathing the earth for more minutes per day.
during our first month of homeownership, we bought five varieties of caulk. it would appear that used the wrong one in the bathroom. i thought we had more seal-n-peel, but it seems we used it all up at the rutledge apartment, and used all-purpose, paintable on the bathtub surround. we still have concrete, heat-resistant, and tub/shower caulk unopened in the basement.
the concrete caulk was for an attempt at closing up a hole where the cold air return was open to the world (great stuff worked instead), and the heat-resistant caulk is for where the water heater vents into the chimney, which we haven't yet taken care of.
we also need to replace the smoke detector that i threw away because i couldn't get it to stop alarming us of a fire that didn't exist.
none of these things entered my brain when we were at menards yesterday getting a rug for the entrance to the house.
it's been a while since i rapped at ya. things have been pretty humdrum lately. i think it's the lack of daylight.
on a happier note, i have been knitting! i finished a tie yesterday, well the knit part, now i need to get some blocking tools and fabric for the back of the tie, so it may be a while before i finish it for tie one on tuesday.
i've also determined that we really need a loveseat. i have nowhere to sit when kurt decides to take a nap on the couch, which is usually when i'm home and he's got to get some z's before he goes to work.
also, the windows in our house appear to have shifted since we painted. or at least the house has shifted. so i have to locate our seal-n-peel caulk. it's somewhere in the basement along with everything else.
i bought some peppermint and cotton balls in an attempt to rid our house of the little furry thing that poops behind the garbage can.
back in august i told you about our neighbor at the end of the street. mostly about how he takes care of the snow before the city gets around to it. well, he did. this morning, he was already almost done with the whole street by 9, and had started working on everyone's driveways. he even plowed the little bit that was left where kurt's car was parked on the street after kurt left at 9:30.
it gives me a cheesy, warm feeling to know that people are still that generous. i think we're gunna get him a gas card as a thank-you. or maybe we can all allot our tax dollars that go to the streets division to him.