insert catchy title here

2011-05-13T22:59:00.004-04:00

In preparation for the TDF, I plied my first hand spun yarn last night. I have a lot more training to complete before I am ready for the main event.

I have not picked up knitting at all this week. Hopefully this next week I can

balance the knitting/spinning a little bit better.

I was hoping to work on my fisherman's sweater. I am just a few inches to the arms. I haven't even started on the arms yet.

Tour de Fleece 2011

2011-05-12T14:26:00.000-04:00

I have officially signed up for Le Tour de Fleece. Before the Tour begins I need to:

determine what I will spin
clear off a spindle
organize my "craft cubby" a little bit better so I don't get to overwhelmed

I haven't decided which spindle (of my two) I will use. I am not in to much of a hurry for this since I have approximately a month and a half to prepare.

My heaven has rocks

2011-01-25T21:00:00.002-05:00

http://tithenai.tumblr.com/post/3215186237/two-churches-located-across-the-street-from-each-other

Random Fact #42

2010-11-07T13:31:00.005-05:00

I own a small animal trap and I know how to use it.

Here is the "white beast" of Tampa......Teh Opossum. I set out my trap last night after looking all over the house for the Mage Cat. After no luck finding her I set the trap just in case she slipped out the door. She is a sneaky one.

Some time between 3-7 am this little fella got trapped.

I have not trapped anything today.....but I did find the Mage Cat safe and sound sleeping in one of my desk drawers.

Pre Halloween Adventure!

2010-11-06T13:58:00.003-04:00

So I am a little bit late in posting these photos.....

Kelly and I went on a ghost investigation before Halloween. Here are a few photos that were taken!

Bay News 9 - 2010 Election Results

2010-11-03T08:30:00.000-04:00

I was quite excited when I looked the news results.

Bay News 9 - 2010 Election Results

Jeff Brandes took District 52..... Veteran, Businessman, Scuba Diver!!

The Ghillie Suit

2010-11-02T22:34:00.005-04:00

The Josh wanted to go as a sniper for Halloween. Sadly, the costume did not get started until October.....two weeks before Halloween. Yeah Yeah Yeah I know. Craziness. After much research I came up with a plan on how to construct the ghillie suit. Much burlap was purchased and dyed. I am a little worried about what our neighbors think of us now seeing the burlap was drying on the front porch. The burlap was dyed browns, greens, black, tan, and grays. Each The Sunday before Halloween is when the actual ghillie suit started to take form.

This is after the two days of connecting the burlap.

Here it is in the dark.

Here is the ghillie suit on the ground.

Here is the finished object.

All that is left to do is make the hat.

It took over 95 hours to attach the burlap. I think I will be waiting a little while before I start on that.

Happy NaBloPoMo!

2010-11-01T20:34:00.003-04:00

Happy November! It has been ages since I have blogged at all. Lets see if I can make it for the entire month of November. This week I want to download the pictures on my camera. Once that occurs I will throw them up for all to see. This weekend was very interesting.

Tonight will be a short post due to having a really long week last week. I think I just need to decompress a bit. So tonight that will mean some puppy love and learning my way around my new work lappy. Windows 7 seems to be interesting....

Here is a quick photo of the puppy love I am looking forward to!

Not a huge surprise

2010-02-25T09:36:00.002-05:00

You're 80% Irish

Congratulations, you're a shining example of an Irish lass (or lad).

There's hardly anyone more Irish than you!

How Irish Are You?

The First Rule of Blogthings Is: You Don't Talk About Blogthings

Anyone need a hug?

2010-02-10T08:58:00.001-05:00

Just in time for V-Day. It is also great for people who do not liked to be touched (kelly....)

http://hugegram.com/

The newest way to read

2010-01-11T12:53:00.001-05:00

Check out the next generation of e-readers. WOW

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/08/ces.ereader/index.html#cnnSTCText

check out this $125 dress

2009-09-28T15:10:00.002-04:00

I know I do not have the best fashion sense but this dress just doesn't sit right with me

http://consumerist.com/5366855/top-shop-debuts-125-vagina-dentata-dress

Elvis lives in Jacksonville!

2009-07-22T07:56:00.002-04:00

Upon my many hours working in Jacksonville I have come across Elvis. Yes Elvis is alive and living in one of Jacksonville's low income areas. He often approaches my coworkers and me to talk, invite us to dinner with his family, and over for beers after work. Yesterday, I received a very interesting offer. While collecting GPS coordinates, he approached me and stated, "I have a bed in my bedroom." The only way I could respond to him was with a dumbfounded look. I am pretty sure that my jaw was hanging open. He then added, "You can rent it for 75 dollars a week." For the remainder of the day when ever I would be working around him he would resume talking about this "room for rent" .....

Needless to say, I have not taken him up on that offer.

It could be true.....

2009-07-13T23:08:00.001-04:00

Maybe this is why they are still haveing the Great Fork Rebellion....

House Numerology

2009-04-25T17:05:00.000-04:00

House Number 9
Humanitarian and Pet lovers live in nine houses. It will attract those who live to save the little guy. Medical people, visionaries and social workers love to live in a nine house. When living in a nine house, one may find that their psychic awareness develops a lot quicker.

Keep it tidy and safe, for this house activates the tendencies to become accident-prone.

Positive Colour Suggestions: Yellow, Pink, Violet and Indigo.

Try it out: http://www.think-aboutit.com/Spiritual/TheNumerologyofHouseNumbers.htm

Hilarious food-related superstitions!

2009-02-13T11:16:00.001-05:00

On the Chinese New Year, lettuce is said to bring good fortune.

If you see bubbles in your coffee cup, spoon them into your mouth before they burst, and you'll get money from somewhere unexpected. (Like the lawsuit against the coffeehouse that served you the soapy coffee, perhaps?)

Everyone knows the superstition of throwing salt over your left shoulder to keep evil spirits away. Well according to Greek folklore, salt can also be used to get rid of unwanted guests. BTW, Greeks also believe that Tuesday the 13th is unlucky, not Friday the 13th.

To cure baldness, pour rum on a hairless head. (Note: Do not do this to a baldy without warning.)

In some Asian cultures, long noodles represent a long life -- cutting your noodles before eating them is like cutting your life short.

Photo of the day!

2009-02-12T12:25:00.002-05:00

Strawberry's from plant city

Behold the glory of the Lepidocyclina!

2009-01-27T22:22:00.003-05:00

I have had this rock for two years.

I picked it up while drilling in the Leesburg area. The depth of the rock was approximately 80 feet. The fossils in the rock have always been known to me as potato chips. As of today they have a real identification! . The fossil is a Lepidocyclina. It is from the Ocala Limestone from the Late Eocene.

Life is pain!

2009-01-25T21:55:00.000-05:00

Your result for The Personality Defect Test...

Emo Kid

You are 29% Rational, 43% Extroverted, 43% Brutal, and 0% Arrogant.

You are the Emo Kid, best described as a quiet pussy! You tend to be an intuitive rather than a logical thinker, meaning you rely more on your feelings than your thoughts. Not only that, but you are introverted, gentle, and rather humble. You embody all the traits of the perfect emo kid. You are a push-over, an emotional thinker, gentle to the extent of absurdity, and so humble that it even makes Jesus puke. (And Jesus almost never pukes, being immortal and not requiring an act of puke to dispell toxins from his corporeal manifestation.) If you write poetry, you no doubt write angsty, syrupy lines about depression, sadness, and other such redundant states of emo-being that go something like this:

life is a spike / upon which i have impaled mysefl / fuck you dad

So, your personality is defective because you are too gentle, rather underconfident in yourself, decidely lacking in any rational thought, and also a bit too inhibited. Plus, your poetry really upsets your father.

I probably made you cry, didn't I? Fucking Emo Kid.

To put it less negatively:

1. You are more INTUITIVE than rational.

2. You are more INTROVERTED than extroverted.

3. You are more GENTLE than brutal.

4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant.

Compatibility:

Your exact opposite is the Smartass.

Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Hippie, the Televangelist, and the Starving Artist.

If you scored near fifty percent for a certain trait (42%-58%), you could very well go either way. For example, someone with 42% Extroversion is slightly leaning towards being an introvert, but is close enough to being an extrovert to be classified that way as well. Below is a list of the other personality types so that you can determine which other possible categories you may fill if you scored near fifty percent for certain traits.

The other personality types:

The Emo Kid: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Humble.

The Starving Artist: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant.

The Bitch-Slap: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Humble.

The Brute: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant.

The Hippie: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble.

The Televangelist: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant.

The Schoolyard Bully: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble.

The Class Clown: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant.

The Robot: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Humble.

The Haughty Intellectual: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant.

The Spiteful Loner: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Humble.

The Sociopath: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant.

The Hand-Raiser: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble.

The Braggart: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant.

The Capitalist Pig: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble.

The Smartass: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant.

Be sure to take my Sublime Philosophical Crap Test if you are interested in taking a slightly more intellectual test that has just as many insane ramblings as this one does!

About Saint_Gasoline

I am a self-proclaimed pseudo-intellectual who loves dashes. I enjoy science, philosophy, and fart jokes and water balloons, not necessarily in that order. I spend 95% of my time online, and the other 5% of my time in the bathroom, longing to get back on the computer. If, God forbid, you somehow find me amusing instead of crass and annoying, be sure to check out my blog and my webcomic at SaintGasoline.com.

Take The Personality Defect Test at HelloQuizzy

SCATTERGORIES

2009-01-17T23:00:00.002-05:00

Rules:? USE THE 1ST LETTER OF YOUR NAME TO ANSWER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. THEY HAVE TO BE REAL PLACES, NAMES,THINGS.NOTHING MADE UP! TRY TO USE DIFFERENT ANSWERS. YOU CAN'T USE YOUR NAME FOR THE BOY/GIRL NAME QUESTION. IF YOUR NAME IS THE SAME LETTER AS MINE, YOUHAVE TO FIND DIFFERENT WORDS.

1. What is your name: Sandy
2. A 4 Letter Word: Snog
3. A Boys Name: Samuel
4. A Girls Name: Salena
5. An Occupation: Sedimentologist
6. A Color: Silver
7. Something you wear: Shawl
8. A Beverage: Stoli and Sprite
9. A Food: Soup
10. Something found in the bathroom: Soap
11. A place: Siberia
12. A Reason for being late: Slept in
13. Something you shout : "Sh*t!"

What I have done with my life

2008-12-06T12:11:00.002-05:00

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo - in elementary school
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon -maybe in march
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language - in progress I am learning spanish to a better extent
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelos David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted - it wasn't very good sad to say it was a new art student
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud - everyday and I get paid for it!!
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving - no that is Josh
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter - I have sat in one
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial - I have seen the "lincoln memorial" in wyoming
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades - I have driven by it
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone - It wasn't really broken just squished
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury -my first jury duty is this monday
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake -I walked in it
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee - only a wasp
100. Read an entire book in one day

Somebody has a case of the mondays

2008-11-03T23:07:00.001-05:00

So night after a ling day consists of this:

This is me after a few.

My coworker and me.

My coworker and me when the bartender takes the picker for us!!

Lets just say it has been a long day and I couldn't find a liquor store. If you need more details let me know and i will dispense them as need. *hiccup* (yes I was really hiccuping throughout this entore post.........

Bed timee

Good night

(yarn spinning on how it is made.....WOW!!!)

Halloween Fun

2008-11-02T10:16:00.002-05:00

At work we had a pumpkin carving contest. The pumpkin I carved received the third place trophy.

On Halloween I put Rangers sweater on him that I knitted and we handed out candy. I had to use our backup sweater from last year (the shark sweater) because I was unable to find the one I made him this year. Later I found out Josh had it in the washer.....*sigh*

I Voted!

2008-11-01T14:36:00.001-04:00

Kelly John and I went to vote today.

We were suppose to be there around 7 am....however, I woke up late so we did not get there until 8am. The line was already oh so long. Luckily, Kelly and I brought knitting to work on. I worked on two of my Christmas gifts for this year. I would have finished the cowl but i ran out of yarn :( So I got to work on the AWESOME Irish Hiking scarf take 2 (this one is for my dad). Kelly casted on sock in the car and got to about the heel turn before we got into vote. While waiting in line we must have heard the same line at least 20 times. "You are going to be finished with that before you get to the front of the line." Yeah funny the first 10 times....after that we just laughed and agreed. All in all it was a good morning. I know after voting I came home and took a much needed nap.

Ahoy!

2008-09-19T22:00:00.000-04:00

My pirate name is:

Black Mary Flint

Like anyone confronted with the harshness of robbery on the high seas, you can be pessimistic at times. Like the rock flint, you're hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you're easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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What if's.....

2008-09-01T12:49:00.003-04:00

So I took a career match by color test and well this is what I got...

INTRODUCTION

The Dewey Color System® is the world's first and only validated, color-based personality career testing instrument. Based on our experience and your interests, your best suited occupations are listed below.

Best Occupational Category
You're a CREATOR
Key Words:
Nonconforming, Impulsive, Expressive, Romantic, Intuitive, Sensitive, and Emotional
These original types place a high value on aesthetic qualities and have a great need for self-expression. They enjoy working independently, being creative, using their imagination, and constantly learning something new. Fields of interest are art, drama, music, and writing or places where they can express, assemble, or implement creative ideas.

CREATOR OCCUPATIONS
Suggested careers are Advertising Executive, Architect, Web Designer, Creative Director, Public Relations, Fine or Commercial Artist, Interior Decorator, Lawyer, Librarian, Musician, Reporter, Art Teacher, Broadcaster, Technical Writer, English Teacher, Architect, Photographer, Medical Illustrator, Corporate Trainer, Author, Editor, Landscape Architect, Exhibit Builder, and Package Designer.

CREATOR WORKPLACES
Consider workplaces where you can create and improve beauty and aesthetic qualities. Unstructured, flexible organizations that allow self-expression work best with your free-spirited nature.

Suggested Creator workplaces are advertising, public relations, and interior decorating firms; artistic studios, theaters and concert halls; institutions that teach crafts, universities, music, and dance schools. Other workplaces to consider are art institutes, museums, libraries, and galleries.

2nd Best Occupational Category
You're a PERSUADER
Key Words:
Witty, Competitive, Sociable, Talkative, Ambitious, Argumentative, and Aggressive
These enterprising types sell, persuade, and lead others. Positions of leadership, power, and status are usually their ultimate goal. Persuasive people like to take financial and interpersonal risks and to participate in competitive activities. They enjoy working with others inside organizations to accomplish goals and achieve economic success.

So yeah for those of you that know me I almost went to art school. I was accepted and everything. During the summer I decided that I probably would be better off if I went to a regular college first to see if there was another career path I would like to follow.

http://www.careerpath.com/?lr=cbmsn&siteid=cbmsnmtctest

Watch out for lions

2008-08-30T16:46:00.000-04:00

Your result for The Let's Parler French Test...

33% LikelyToSurvive!

You scored 33% Likely To Survive in a French-speaking country.

Obviously, you get some negative points if you say 'shit' instead of thank you, or 'fuck off' instead of sorry!

Take The Let's Parler French Test at

so umm yeah....

2008-08-25T23:20:00.003-04:00

Lets just leave it at this....I have worked a lot (A LOT!) over the last 2 months. And I am getting tired of cleaning up after stupid people. I don't care if you think you are smart. Despite what you think you freakin do not know everything!

*sigh* long day.....

Update

2008-07-19T16:16:00.003-04:00

My trip to kansas went by very well. I was able to give everyone their last 2 years of christmas present!

Little Don loved his fuzzy feet

We had some pies from the Pie Lady. The blueberry was to DIE for.

I found a local yarn store close to my dad's house and went there the monday before I flew out.

Sheep in the window!

This week I have been working in St. Petersburg again. We went out one night and saw Elvis! Let me assure you that it was pretty awesome.

hmmm...

2008-07-19T15:52:00.001-04:00

You paid attention during 97% of high school!

85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don't get scores that high! Good show, old chap!

Do you deserve your high school diploma?
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Procrastination is my middle name

2008-06-22T09:51:00.004-04:00

I should be:

Doing laundry
Cleaning the kitchen (few glasses hanging out and floor needs to be cleaned)
Packing for my trip

Instead I am:

Checking people's blogs
playing around on ravelry
Not being productive

I did let the cats into their cat aquarium. They are enjoying the nice post rain weather.
I think i am going to get started with the laundry seeing all of the clean towels are sitting in the dryer just begging to be put away!

Last night I did get a bunch of sock yarn wound into cakes at Kelly's house while watching a movie. There were only a few mishaps with not paying enough attention to the yarn. All was saved though. I also brought over my massive bag o' death. Kelly and John got to see the last two years of Christmas present that I will be handing out next week. I also got my dad's kitchen towel knitted up last night. I just need to find a button that is white, blue, or light brown to sew on it!! (Pictures have not been taken of the towel yet. That is also on the to do list) I also noticed that Casey's (FYI: my sisters youngest daughter) scarf would not work for her anymore. So I searched and found Kelly's Paton Decor yarn from the stash box and casted on the mistake rib scarf. I am a few inches into it and so far it is turning out nicely.

Well back to work *sigh*

Update: I found a button for the towel. Will sew it on at knitting tonight (Kelly make sure you bring a needle in case I can not find mine.)

WOW....

2008-06-21T09:55:00.001-04:00

As a 1930s wife, I am
Superior

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Searching Meme

2008-06-05T20:15:00.001-04:00

1. sandy beach - ore is it?, 2. Tour Eiffel Snack Bento, 3. 1994 BHS Marquee, 4. Boat, 5. 1 March 2007, 6. Tropical smoothie & breakfast cookie, 7. Burg Eltz, Germany, 8. volcano cake, 9. LOVE, PICS & GEOLOGY, 10. Watching the fireworks, 11. Step by step… steadily ♫♫, 12. 100_1701

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

The Questions:

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

smothered to death

2008-05-30T17:45:00.003-04:00

So I just started on the second color repeat of the ripple blanket.

I have taken yesterday and today off (sick days). For some reason ALL of the animals have felt the need to be right next to/on me at all times. But they don't care that I am not feeling good.

And here is a quick picture from work on Wednesday. We cam across three of these little guys. Each encounter they seem to be bigger. This was the last one we cam across.

feesh

2008-05-27T22:37:00.003-04:00

Let me start off by saying I love short work weeks. It is already like half over! That is something that I need right about now. My knee started acting up on me again last friday. Every now and then it will bug me but not like that. I couldn't walk on it at all. In fact it is still bothering me today. I did not let it affect the fishing trip. It was awesome! I ended up getting 5 fish and a whole lotta sun!!

Josh got to drive the boat!

Until then...

2008-05-13T23:37:00.002-04:00

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am still around. Things have been OH SO busy the last few weeks. I have a big post that should (hopefully) with lots of pictures.

made it to seattle!

2008-04-12T21:45:00.002-04:00

I am 1200 miles into the "race" Surprisingly, I have been able to keep up with this whole thing. Work has been long as usual. My charlie cat got out during the week. I put out the cat trap and successfully caught two other people's cats. Charlie decided he did not want the food in the trap. I was able to recover him today. He decided to take a nap outside the screened in porch. Now that he is back in the house it feels like a huge weight has been lifted from me.

Hopefully this next week will go a little smoother for me!

Onward to the Netherlands!

2008-03-31T18:02:00.002-04:00

Today I have taken up the impossible. I will be walking* to the Netherlands from Denver, CO. This begins tomorrow, April 1, I am only allowed to get 100 miles a day in as well.

*NOTE: I am not actually walking the Netherlands. I am virtually walking to the Netherlands. My work is sponsoring a wellness challenge. We have to "walk" via working out. Each minute of working out gives us points. The points we get in the day will be transfered into miles. We are also doing this in groups of up to 6 people. so far my group has 4 members. Somehow I became the team captain....I have NO idea how that happened.

If anyone would like to join me on my trip to the Netherlands let me know. I can't officially sign you up but I will give you the ins and outs ;)

In other news I finished my Easter sock the day before Easter (pics to come). I have joined the Yarn Pirate Booty Club. My first shipment will be in April (sqee!) I have been on the news with my job (in the distance). If you are interested in the clips please let me know and I will show them to you.

Completely Speechless

2008-03-15T07:08:00.002-04:00

I am sick....I have managed to pull myself through the work week without dying or telling my coworkers that I outta there. It was a tough decision to make. If I left I could go home and sleep and prob still feel like crap. Our project would be further delayed (obtaining permits this time around was a NIGHTMARE!) I managed to get my crew out of there early on friday with hopes of leaving at the same time. Well that didnt happen exactly. When I did get out of there I went home and called my doc's office. Come to find out they get out of there early on fridays! ARG Luckily, I was able to make an appointment with one of there other offices. Once I got there I think I was in the waiting room for less than 5 minutes before they called me back. I think my consent coughing was freaking everyone out. One lady gave me a box of tissues (because the 10 in my hand I guess was not enough) and others were coming over asking if I was alright.....If I was alright I wouldn't be in a doctors office. Since I have lost my voice I didn't really say anything....just smiled. I should be well enough to go back to work on monday but I was told not to expect my voice to be back by then.

I did get to see this awesome sunset from my hotel last week!

Also, this morning (at 630) while I was up coughing in the kitchen I heard this noise from outside. I stood by my window and oh snap that is a barred owl!!! Then he took flight over to my house....If I wasn't coughing I probably would have hunted him down and got some pics.

2008-03-07T10:17:00.000-05:00

I used to be a girl scout and remember the trying times of going door to door to try to sell my cookies. However things are getting CRAZY now. In my office we have 2 girl scout cookie "vendors" within 10 feet of me. Come on that just isn't fair!

Yarn!

2008-03-04T21:26:00.001-05:00

What kind of yarn are you?

You are Shetland Wool. You are a traditional sort who can sometimes be a little on the harsh side. Though you look delicate you are tough as nails and prone to intricacies. Despite your acerbic ways you are widely respected and even revered.
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Piles O Cats

2008-03-02T10:33:00.003-05:00

This weekend I have been somewhat productive (with things that distract me from what I REALLY should be doing) Yesterday busted out my sewing machine and attempted a box bag. Overall it turned out ok...I think my bobbin tension is out of whack.

This morning I released the kittens into general population...and took lots o pictures (check out my flickr account). I placed the kittens, Mage, Charlie, and Athena all out in the screened in porch and they pretty much just sat there. Right now I have them all running around in the front room. There were a lot of hisses and growls but no fights broke out.

Happy Valentines Day!

2008-02-14T20:57:00.000-05:00

What done is done

2008-02-14T20:12:00.003-05:00

This will be a quick little post just getting everyone up to speed. I spent last friday with Kelly (and John). We got a quick bite to eat and then went back to her place for a movie. It was quite an amusing night!

This week has gone by pretty fast. I have been working hard in the office! There have been a few close field events I have been on but mainly office work.

All in all it has been a very crazy (and stressful at times) week. Hopefully next week will be a little better and certain people will be dealt with. I believe strongly that people will get what is coming to them. Unfortunately, it might happen later rather than sooner.

2008-02-07T14:53:00.000-05:00

My yarn shipment is in Tampa. USPS says it is DC/EVS atm. Just thought I would share that!

Yesterday I started Hint 2 on the secret of the stole II !!

update

2008-01-30T21:34:00.000-05:00

Just wanted to give everyone an update. I have bought the yarn for my cat sweater! I also bought some lace wt yarn for the secret of the stole II KAL. It should be here in 3-5 bus days. I'm quite excited. I am on the leg of the toe up striped sock and about 2 repeats in the feather and fan sock. I know I am prob biting off more than I can chew but when it rains it pours!

Spiny

2008-01-24T10:19:00.000-05:00

Before I got sick I was quite busy. I finished my Jaywalkers! I was able to work on them while waiting for Josh to skydive (which didn't happen due to the weather....) I will attempt to take pics of them today.

I went to the doctor but I am still not really sure what I am sick with. From the meds I was given it is either the common cold or flu or not. hmph! I figured I would take two day s off from work..first one to go to the doc and the second one to get used to codeine dosage. I called in to my boss yesterday to check in and she told me I was not allowed to come in today. I honestly am feeling a lot better (even though I have not eaten anything that will not upset me since sunday). To keep myself from going insane I made two potholders with some of my many balls o cotton.

Whats my name....

2008-01-12T09:10:00.000-05:00

HowManyOfMe.com

There is
1
person with my name
in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?

Crazyness

2008-01-09T11:29:00.000-05:00

The last few weeks have been uber crazy! We are now officially moved! We still need to unpack and organize. Knowing me it might be another year before it is completely done (hopefully not...I have been getting better) I still need to go through the stuff in the storage unit and throw more crap away as well as re pack the other crap in to rubber maid plastic totes.

Monday night was a last minute grab and move and vacuum before the cleaning service started on Tuesday. The cleaning crew (one guy....the one who owns the business) was a nice guy cut us a deal I believe and, according to Josh, did an awesome job. After our frantic moving, we went out to mexican food...mmmmmm It was a nice dinner and on the way home we ran into excitement! We spotted a car smoking and stopped to see if they needed help. There was two girls and a guy just standing there..... They did call 911. I noticed fire falling from under the car and Josh and I decided that we needed to get a fire extinguisher. He noted the CVS across the street and the other guy noted the cop in the parking lot (if he saw the cop why didn't he already get him!!!!) So we ran over there got his extinguisher and ran back as the cop followed in his car. Josh started controlling the fire (which was visible now) and another cop pulled up he ran over there got the other extinguisher. By the time the second extinguisher was empty the fire department rolled in and put it out.

I have repicked up my Jaywalkers and I have just started the foot on them! I didn't bring another project with me this week so I will work on those. I also noted there is a knitting grouping meeting tonight across the street from my work site. I think I might stop in there and see what is up.

Here is my proof!

2007-12-15T09:18:00.001-05:00

Your Score: Juniper Berries

You scored 75% intoxication, 50% hotness, 100% complexity, and 75% craziness!

You are Juniper Berries!

You're a drunk. No, really. Cool it with the hooch.

Just kidding. You're really good at adding flavour to boring old life. You can be astringent at times, but once the harshness passes, you're quite relaxing. And you smell good, too.

Link: The Which Spice Are You Test written by jodiesattva on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Trying Week

2007-12-14T18:19:00.000-05:00

Work was rough this week....lets just leave it at that.
We now have four kittens....one of them did not make it *sigh*
This weekend I will be moving more items over to the new house and hopefully cleaning the other one.
Tomorrow the Cable/Internet/Phone guy is going to show up to hook up everything.
Tonight I must go get the tv/internet thing/phone so the guy can hook it up tomorrow.
Tonight I need to go to the laundry mat and wash some clothes and bring them back here to dry.

And we're off!

EEEE

2007-12-08T19:01:00.001-05:00

We just rented a new apartment today. We only went to look and we ended up signing up for it.

The X is showing where I will be. There are ducks in that pond that I will be feeding! DUCKS!

I forgot the camera when we went to go see it so no pictures have been taken yet. Hopefully, I will remember it before we move everything in.

The List

2007-12-05T13:18:00.000-05:00

Finished:
2 pairs of felted clogs
1.5 beer cozies

Left to do:
2 pairs of felted clogs
2.5 beer cozies
1 pair of fuzzy feet

hmm I might run out of colors for my cozies (the only thing I brought with me to st petersburg) I might have to stop off at the joanns!

Pictures

2007-12-02T23:10:00.000-05:00

BTW there were 5 kittens. No one guessed the correct amount of kittens :( So no one won a kitten *sigh* If anyone knows a good home for these cute kittens let me know. We have a bit over a month before we can give them out.

Two kittens

Me and my new haircut. Right before the work christmas party.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

2007-12-02T11:54:00.000-05:00

Well I am a grands (of cats....btw) officially now. Mage as given birth to her kittens. It happened today early in the morning.

2007-11-29T15:14:00.000-05:00

Last night I was at work and started to think that something can not be right about the cat. Can you tell she has been on my mind. Upon further inspection of my emails and work calendar I noticed that my job (which occured the week she got out and was my reference point) was pushed back. So in fact, her nine week mark is this week!!! So she is still going to pop any time now. Those of you who have placed in dates and kitten amounts will have the same weekday this week (unless otherwise informed)

My SP Package

2007-11-27T21:58:00.001-05:00

Clock
Originally uploaded by knitsnbits.

This is the awesome clock that my secret pal sent me. I was able to snag a picture of it before I head off to work (Josh did have the camera!!)

my reveal package......

2007-11-27T14:18:00.000-05:00

I just now like not even 5 minutes ago received my secret pal package. Luckily I was up and dressed for work (they put me on night shift for the beginning of this week and I opted to drive back to my house at night) when I heard a knock at the door. I hurried over there but the UPS guy had already put the package under the rug and was off. So I opened it and I got a wonderful clock. After much time of searching for my camera (which I am assuming Josh has stolen it for the day...) I decided to post about it and hang it up. It has a white background and green letters that say : See Sandy Knit.

EEEE! Thank you very much my not so secret pal anymore!!

fyi if things are misspelled or not capitalized I am sorry I have a very crappy keyboard and will be getting a new one this weekend. Have the time the shift buttons wont work.....

Prego Mage update: No kittens yet.....sheesh what is taking so long. I have been thinking maybe she isnt prego just fat.....yeah fat

Dreams Do Come True

2007-11-26T23:19:00.000-05:00

I mentioned on Sunday to my knitting group about a dream I had last week. It was about clear shoes and how some of the knitting group was going to buy some. Well my dreams have come true......Clear shoes

If you like Pina Coladas

2007-11-23T19:24:00.000-05:00

Thanks giving went pretty good. Nothing burnt. The turkey was good. Athena, the youngest kitten, stole a piece of Turkey!!!! Arg.

I did go shopping today. However, I did not get up at 6 am. I went out around 9 and walked around the mall and target and a few other stores. Nothing caught my eye so I did not spend anything. I then called Kelly to get some yarn, went over to her house, got scared by her, and went off to Fiber Art. I got the Fiber Trends Clog pattern I have been wanting, and then went to Joann's, evil Superstore Joann's, to pick up yarn for the slippers, and a quick stop to bed bath and beyond.

I started the fuzzy feet for my sister but put that on the side and I gave in and started the clog pattern! So far so good. Pics to come!

sweater weather?

2007-11-21T07:31:00.000-05:00

Eileen you have inspired me. I am thinking about knitting my first(!!!) sweater. I was thinking about Colette Pullover from the new interweave knits. As many of you might know, when I try something new I don't go for the simple no possibe screwing it up. So this has TWO colors AND steeking. Josh looked at the picture last night and liked it a lot. And then said you should make it. I think I might wait until after xmas when I put away all the gifts I have not finished.

Any Guesses?

2007-11-19T23:16:00.001-05:00

I am thinking that Mage will have 3 kittens by Thanksgiving. Anyone want to take a guess about how many kittens or when she will be having them? There might be something in for you. I have yet to decide *evil grin*

NOOO

2007-11-18T13:16:00.000-05:00

So I am having camera problems. I have a Canon Powershot S1 IS and I think it is having CDD image problems. *sigh* Well at least I was able to DL the pics on it

Mage of the Mange

2007-11-17T22:41:00.000-05:00

(Title just for you Kelly)
Well Mage has yet to give birth to the kittens. Tuesday will be the start date of 9 weeks (I know that she was out 9 weeks ago Tuesday...earliest possible day) Monday (maybe Tuesday) I will be out of town. We will see how things progress. I have felt the kittens move today. I am guessing at least three.

sheesh

2007-11-16T11:10:00.000-05:00

well this has been one long month. I am currently at work (day shift instead of night shift). The word around the block is that I might be doing this part of next week. We will have to see how it plays out. I am a little further on the irish hiking scarf for my bro in law. The goal is to get that done before xmas for him. I had to buy an extra ball of the bernat satin for it. If/When I get it done I will post a picture of it.

This weekend I will attempt to post a bunch of pictures that I have been neglecting on my camera for sometime now. Now I must attempt to stay awake for a few more hours until I can get this done and get back to MY house with MY cats and MY stupid shark dog. (I considered calling him sharkie there but I did not want to get him confused with sharkie the sharkfish that has passed on)

whew!

2007-11-11T03:53:00.000-05:00

One week of working on the night shift left. I am surprised that I made it through this last week. From what I am thinking this next week will be a little bit easier. They cut my scope of work back due to the fact it is slightly difficult to keep something air tight when you are hammering it down.

On another note, Mage should be having her kittens the week of Thanksgiving (the real American Thanksgiving).

Josh bought me my birthday present this weekend and gave it to me seeing I will be working the night shift on my birthday. He finished buying the items necessary to build me a desktop.

Happy November!

2007-11-01T20:37:00.000-04:00

New month means I need to make up for my lack of blogging. October has been extremely busy at work. Ohio was nice to work in. Cooler weather, changing leaves, and no allergies!!

This was the sunset at the site.

This is one of the dirt roads we had to drive on (when it was nice)

This is our rental truck. It was a new truck. It still had the new car smell. The outside is clean compared to the inside.

Work extended my stay by a day so I had to fly in on Saturday, find a costume, and get ready to go to the Halloween party.

While I was away I received my secret pal package! I got the stitch n' bitch nation book and the Friday Night Knit Club. (pictures to come they need uploading) Woot. I had to put the books away so I won't read them before my looong week. I have been told I am working from 6pm to 6 am for the next two weeks!!

Halloween Day was nice seeing I got to stay in the office. I made Kelly's pumpkin bars. MMMMmmmm I also carved a pumpkin for the pumpkin carving contest....and I won...First Place!!

I ran home and got the dog, Ranger, into his costume outfit. As you can see he was a shark. A man eating shark!

Later on the night I light the pumpkin (a pan full of lighter fluid and a match)

I put in for vacation today! YAY I am taking the entire Christmas week off. My boss came over to me to make sure that my vacation balance remaining was correct. That just shows you that I have been working WAY to much.

On that note I think I am going to go to bed early.

Out of the water!

2007-10-14T10:08:00.000-04:00

I have finished the back to basics socks! I have started knitting Ranger's (the dog) Halloween costume. He is going to be a shark! All I have left to do is a little bit of ribbing on the legs and the fin!! Oh pictures will be taken. I have started jaywalkers in my jitterbug.

I am currently sitting in the airport waiting for my flight to Ohio to work out there until next Friday. Woot it will be fun and many of pictures will be taken there.

2007-10-09T10:53:00.000-04:00

It is official. I am going to start studying for the GRE this coming week. I also am going to schedule a tour of the department at USF. I have NO idea when I will take the GRE or even start the classes. But at least the ball is rolling. Hopefully my work schedule will lighten up so I can have more time to study.

Smokey

2007-10-07T13:21:00.000-04:00

Friday night we decided to go camping....that night. Soo we packed up and met coworker at Ginnie Springs. Lets just say the drive up there was horrible. It was a downpour until 30 miles before our exit. Fire was started, alcohol was drank, water was played in. Josh got in 3 diving trips on saturday. I went on a tube trip down the river with everyone else. Josh and I left late last night. There is nothing better than sleeping in your own bed! Lots of pictures will soon be updated from this trip.

This morning I finally stuffed the pumpkin I made last year. yay! something done!

My car needs to be detailed now. There is probably 50 lbs of sand in it right now and it smells like smoke. Cleaning will be done!

Nerdology

2007-10-05T17:38:00.001-04:00

Back to Basics....

2007-10-01T19:46:00.000-04:00

So I am almost done with the heel on my first Back to Basics sock. I was a little skeptical about the fit of the heel and gusset. I am pleasently surprised that it fits nicely.

2007-09-30T10:57:00.001-04:00

Go sign up to win a Dyson!

Operation cat in the trap

2007-09-30T09:16:00.000-04:00

Last night it was a success! I was laying in bed at about 130 AM and I thought I heard the trap go off. I just laid there to see if I could hear anything else. I was ohh soo comfy. Shortly after that Josh had to run to his friends house. So I got up and looked. The trap had gone off, some of the food had been eaten, but there was no animal. *sigh* So I went to bed and Josh went to his friends house. When he got back I was dead to the world but I shot up when he said you caught something! It was like Christmas morning for me. I go outside and there was my little black kitten. As soon as I opened the door she started her pitiful meowing. So I bring her inside, took a picture or two :-D, and let her out. My older cat, Charlie, is still smelling on her....all night long. But I went to bed with ALL of the animals. Mage slept right on top of me all night long purring. I don't remember the last time she purred so much.

My To Do List for Sunday:

~~Start the laundry (for my field clothes..ewww)~~
~~Finish up the dishes~~
~~Give Mage a bath~~
Tell the neighbors we found Mage (33%)
Find my BIG tent in the back bedroom
Setup my big tent (this might wait until the middle of the week)
Vacuum

Aren't you just full of attitude

2007-09-28T21:38:00.000-04:00

This has been one very very long week. Somehow I have gotten a bunch of ant and/or mosquito bites. There has been lots of problems with the drillers (and their families). My cat, Mage, got out of the house Monday night/Tuesday morning. She climbed a tree and at around 3 the neighbor guy came out and saw me sitting out there watching her. He climbed the tree got her and dropped her to me. Now if you know me I have NO hand eye coordination. I told him this. To make it worse it is a black cat at night..... Well needless to say I missed her and she ran off. *sigh* We have heard her outside one night. Plus my older cat has been going crazy. I have been having to take him out on walks because he is soo upset that Mage is gone. I bought an animal trap today and set it up with some food. Hopefully we can catch her now.
To brighten up my week I got a present in the mail from my secret pal. It is awesome.

the bouquet has bamboo dpn size 1 needles and zen yarn garden in the juicy fruit colorway. I have been good and have not ripped it open completely yet. Have to take it to the knitting group on sunday to show it off.

The yarn that I stole from Kelly has been put to good use. I am making the back to basics socks from the knitty fall 07.

So far I am on the gusset. Hopefully I will get it done before knitting tomorrow. As for now I think I might get to bed. Maybe check my cat trap before I do.

Monkeys....

2007-09-23T23:08:00.000-04:00

Well I re-knit the HUGE monkey sock with a tighter gauge. Sadly, I tried them on and they still don't match. Like noticeably. I am going to rip out the first monkey and start on that one. One good thing is I have the pattern memorized now :-D

*sigh* I think it is bed time

eek

2007-09-22T21:32:00.000-04:00

On my way home on Friday I had some car problems in the work truck. I was driving southbound on I-75 and was doing 70-ish when my front passenger tire blew. Funny thing I wasn't scared or worried. I slowed down (slowly..I didn't slam on the brakes :-D) got my flashers on and made sure I stayed in my lane (I didn't want to slam into the 18-wheeler besides me). Once I was able to, I pulled over to the shoulder. Luckliy, no one was hurt and there is only minor damage to the vehicle. We decided that the truck should be towed to the nearest Chevy dealership since the wheel well was broken and the ABS light was on. Once there they took a quick look at the truck and said that we needed a new rim (duuh...I drove on it for over 200 feet), the wheel well was broken, the ABS wires were probly broken, and the bumper was slightly bent. We got a rental car and FINALLY arrived at the office to fill out a bunch of paperwork.

So today I am just chilling. I have almost finished my Everlasting Bagstopper. Woot!!

Kitten Update!

2007-09-18T21:24:00.000-04:00

So we have opened the bedroom door an d let the little kitten roam around with the other cats. My older cat, Charlie, seems to be ok with it. He hissed a few times but they are just sniffing each other. Mage, the middle cat, is oh so not happy. She is hissing and will swat still. But they aren't going after each other. All is well so far!!

Terrible Tuesdays

2007-09-18T14:49:00.000-04:00

Well I have not been able to finish my list as of yet....
This morning I noticed that the bathroom sink was leaking. So I called that in and have been waiting for them to show up. At about 1245 I noticed I forgot my doctors appointment. I tried to call them but there was no ringing. I ran up there and they were able to umm squeeze me in.
I was able to get some knitting done and hopefully more to come

Yay for vacation?

2007-09-17T08:35:00.000-04:00

I took today off of work because I needed it. I have pretty much hit the ceiling with my vacation hours. I have a to do list for today and tomorrow

So the laundry (65%)
Pack my luggage (50%)
~~Vaccuum the bedroom~~
~~Clean the bathroom~~
~~Clean the kitchen~~
Organize my yarn/other crafting (25%)
~~Separte meat into smaller freezable sections~~ (100%...HA it was already frozen!!)
Socalize new kitten with other cats (errrr.....5%)
~~Take a shower~~
~~Go to the yarn store!~~

If I get done with everything

Re organize the back bedroom
~~Knit~~

I think that is most of my to do list. I also have work related items todo today too but that was because I was bad and didn't do them this weekend.

I will leave you with this mission. Help name my new kitten. It is a girl and she looks like this

Saving the world one trash bag at a time

2007-09-15T13:06:00.000-04:00

I just got back from Coastal Cleanup. We had a great turn out...about 25 people from my work. From what we saw we have been making an impact on the beach. The amount of trash had decreased dramatically over the last few years. I have taken the monday and tuesday off of next week (knitting time!!!)

My career

2007-09-15T12:57:00.000-04:00

The career meme...
1. Go to Career Cruising, www.careercruising.com.
2. Put in Username: nycareers and Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" quiz.
4. Post the top twenty results.
5. Put the careers you have seriously considered in bold.
6. Italicize any that are part of your current job/career.

1. Planner

2. Environmental Consultant

3. Drafter

4. Model Maker

5. Cartographer

6. Arborist

7. Forestry Technician

8. Fisher

9. Ecologist

10. Gardener

11. Roofer

12. Concrete Mason

13. Building Inspector

14. Aquaculturist

15. Coast Guard

16. GIS Specialist

17. Conservation Officer

18. Beekeeper

19. Air Traffic Controller

20. Road Construction and Maintenance Worker

26. Paleontologist (That would be fun!!)

Finished!

2007-09-11T22:56:00.000-04:00

I FINALLY finished the baby blanket for my coworker.

I think it turned out pretty well. I got up early this morning to get a gift bag from walmart to put it in.

This evening Josh and I went to his friends house. His friend's cat recently had kittens. They are slightly older than a month. He cant keep them all and will have to send some to the animal shelter. I dont like that idea. Animals get sick and for dead there. So I gave in to him. Josh has been talking about the kittens since they were born. Oh the kittens this and ohh the kittens that. So we went there and I checked out the kittens and let him pic one out. We got this cute little gray tabby. Her and cats aren't getting along yet so she is chilln in the backroom all curled up and sleeping. Well I am oh so tired so I will be going to bed now. Oh crap I almost forgot I should have gone to bed early tonight.....*sigh*

Almost there

2007-09-09T11:31:00.000-04:00

Yesterday I spent most of the day working on my yellow baby squares. I am almost done with the blanket. All I have left to do it the white border on *sigh* all the squares and then join them together. I am hoping to get it done today so it is off of my plate. I will post a picture of the finishing process! back to work

I <3 Holidays

2007-09-07T21:18:00.000-04:00

For a short week it sure felt really long. I am going to enjoy this weekend by attemping to not do anything. I know I say that now but I will have to do stuff...like house work....and laundry (deconing my clothes blah) Well more baby blanket tonight seeing I didnt work on it this week.

I'm Back!!

2007-08-31T21:35:00.000-04:00

And barely alive....

it is getting late so this will be a really really quick post and I PROMISE to post more this weekend.......if i have the time and energy

Good news:

I am FINALLY on Raverly! my screen name is knitsnbits add me

so far I have one friend.....guess who? Kelly of course...

I am on the verge of searching for Stephanie

I don't think I will be playing with it much today...maybe more tomorrow morning

Cat sock update!

2007-08-27T20:02:00.000-04:00

Ok so Charlie's Cat Sock lasted on him for about a half hour before he flung it off. I think it lasted that long because he was sleeping. ha ha ha

Picture Post!

2007-08-27T18:42:00.000-04:00

Here is this first picture of the cat sock!

Close up of the cat sock!

Here is the first Cozy I am making for Josh's mom.

Here is the Everlasting Bagstopper from kitty.

Sick Day!

2007-08-27T13:57:00.000-04:00

I wish it was that exciting. I got up today and saw Josh off to his first day of work and hopped in my car to go to work to. Lots of stuff to do today! So I got there doing good. Around 10 - 1030 I started to not feel so hot. So I started over to see if I can do my work from home. On the way I got a comment "Are you feeling ok?" That is it I am going home for sure. So Im here at home feeling like crap. Might take a nap.

A little bit more....

2007-08-25T21:45:00.000-04:00

ME: cat socks!
KELLY: Cat socks?
ME: cat socks.
KELLY: What are cat socks? Socks for your cat?
ME: I thought it was obvious.....

So I finished one cat sock. I want to try it on the cat before I make a second. (long story on why i am making them I will get into it later)

So today Josh and I went out to pick up a few outfits for his work. It wasn't too bad. We found a lot of cute polos and some pants (he couldn't wait for work to wear one of them so he threw it on and went to the bowling alley to show off his new threads (he even tucked it in...tee hee)

Oh yeaaaaaah....

2007-08-23T20:06:00.000-04:00

So I have been bad. I have been home all week (working out of the office) and I haven't been blogging. I am currently working on another baby blanket for a guy at my work. It is blue and white. I think the pattern is called blue sky. only a jillion more squares to crochet!

Other than that I have been focused at work. I am present some ideas to the big boss at work tomorrow. The presentation is about making corrections on figures on the computer with out printing out the figure. This will help save a lot of paper and time running back and forth to the CAD guy.

eek crocheting and preping wish me luck!

Oh BIG BIG NEWS:

Josh got the job! He will be doing tech support. His classes start on Monday! eeek! We have to go to the store and get him some busniess casual outfits this weekend!

Kinda creepy

2007-08-18T14:32:00.000-04:00

I guess I was born in the correct month.....

Your True Birth Month Is November

Patient
Secretive
Romantic
Inquisitive
Trustworthy
Determined
Hardworking
High-spirited
High abilities
Unpredictable
Never give up
Sharp thinking
Thinks forward
Always thinking
Motivates oneself
Loves to be alone
Has a lot of ideas
Difficult to fathom
Extraordinary ideas
Unique and brilliant
Brave and generous
Well-built and tough
Careful and cautious
Dynamic in personality
Deep love and emotions
Uncertain in relationships
Honest and keeps secrets
Can become good doctors
Less talkative but amiable
Stubborn and hard-hearted
Fine and strong clairvoyance
Not able to control emotions
Does not appreciates praises
Thinks differently from others
If there is a will, there is a way
Hardly become angry unless provoked
Knows how to get secrets out of others

What's Your True Birth Month?

I have survived!

2007-08-18T08:59:00.000-04:00

This week was very hot. We only had one break from the heat and the sun and that was when a thunderstorm rolled in and lasted about an hour. Needless to say, my farmers tan is coming along nicely. One of these day I am going to have to even it out on the rest of my body. This week of field work was shortened by a day when the drillers called us saying the rig is broken. So Monday was a prep day. We left Monday evening to arrive at the hotel so we could have an early start time to make up for the loss of the day. The week was filled with lots of soil boring, some smelly and some not. The first day I ruined my seim field pants with an affected boring. Well those jeans are all field work now. Thursday night I found out that the next day, Friday, I was being moved from the boring part of the job to another job in the same area. Excavation!! Let me just say it kinda felt like Christmas but not as good. We were digging to see what the GPR survey had shown hits on. Well, First hole it was a dryer and car parts. the next three holes had a washer, a futon, rugs cushions, household garbage, and lots of scraps. The last hole had a fridge in it! Oh my was that surprising.

In the meantime of digging all of this crap up, I managed to get ants in my pants, grasshoppers in my pants, catapillers in my pants, and something else. Not sure what it was but my knees were stinging the entire day, and drive home. I also had to pee really bad so I went to the otherside of the truck, dropped my pants, and peed. When I was done I looked up and oh look I pick the area where the house across from the site had a FULL VIEW. I jumped up and pulled on my pants and my phone started to ring,, so I answer it. It is my boss... Only thing I can think of is I just peed in front of a house...... The backhoe operator thought it was hillarous..... So much that he told his boss and his bosses son that was working in another field. ha ha ha oh so funny.

I still have a morning full of work (unloading the truck and deconing my clothing)

I will end this post with a questionaire the my Secret Pal host has asked us to do (temping us to do with yarn..sock yarn shall I say)

1. What is the one knitting accessory you could not live without?
Well honestly if I did not have a knitting accessory with me I would just ask Kelly like I normally do. But since this is to get to know ME better I guess I will give it a try. A bag. I can not really borrow that from Kelly although I do know she has plenty. I love bags...bags with pockets to organize....a bag with zippers. I have stuffed small projects, like socks, in my purse in the past but I really am not a fan of that. I do have the knit picks purse set that I stole from Kelly...thanks BTW I also have a few other bags that I use that my mom made for me a while back.

2. If you're heading on vacation, do you take knitting with you? If
so, how much and what type of project?
I do take knitting with me. Pretty much where ever I go. I would take what ever I am working on unless it is scary huge. Since my work makes me travel I take knitting with me so I will use this last one as an example. I took a sock that I am working on, the boy blanket for my sweetie (which I didnt work on), and a ball of yarn in case I wanted to play. I didn't get much knitting done this last week.....tooo tired

3. Where have you travelled to that you'd consider your favorite spot?
Oh so many places, I love out West, like arches area. Also Andros Island was wonderful. Lots of prettiness. But I don't think that I would do much knitting there....

4. What is your favorite knitting book at the moment? Do you own it?
Umm I dont know if there are any *favorites* they are all special in their own way! If nyou see my amazon wish list you can see the ones that have caught my eye. The only knitting books I have are Big Book of Knitting (some of the patterns in there are well umm EEEK but it has taught me a lot) and The Cool Girls Guide To Knitting ....yes I did buy it at a reduced price. Pretty much the only reason is for the dog sweater that looks like a shark! It is going to be awesome. and no my dog doesn't normally wear sweaters but made he wants to be a shark for halloween. Eeek gotta get knitting on that!

5. Do you listen to podcasts? Which is your favorite(s)?
I do listen to pod cast. I just need to get up to date with them. There is Yarn Thing, SSK, and ummm some others tooo. I cant get into itunes ATM though.

So Easy a Caveman Could Do It

2007-08-07T08:27:00.000-04:00

Everyone LOVE my Clapotis at work. Every time my boss would see it she would chuckle. It has been killing her that I knit and that I knitted the "Clap"

Yesterday I wanted to have my hair curly today. I thought ooh I can do some quick pin curls. When Josh got back he saw my hair and said "What the hell are you doing?!" I was sooo excited I think I might of had a dream about how they could come out (a really really good one). I drag my butt out of bed this morning and start playing with my hair. By the time I get the pin curls down my hair is a FULL fro. Well that isn't going to blow over to well. I started to wet it down......a little better. I got the straight iron out.....a little better. It isn't that frizzy anymore. I hope it can last all day. My straightened hair is already starting to recurl.

SP 11

2007-08-05T23:21:00.000-04:00

1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
I am not a big fan of acrylic(despite the fact I have so much of it)...I like natural fibers.

2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in?
Right now they are all over the place. I have been trying to keep them in a box by my BIG tote of yarn but the kitten likes to drag them out.

3. How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced?
I have been knitting for over a year now. I am a self taught knitter. I would say intermediate because there is always room to learn.

4. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?
I have many many wish lists but my Amazon is here

5. What's your favorite scent?
I like flowers and umm pretty stuff. Oh and honeysuckle!

6. Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy?
Matter of fact I do. I like pretty much anything sweet. I love dark chocolate (it is good for the heart ;) )

7. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? Do you spin?
I do not spin (maybe one day), however, I do crochet. I also like photography and art.

8. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
I like all kinda of music....rock, alternative, country (when I am in the trucks at work I normally have on some country), and bootie music if I am out shaking my butt. I have an mp3 player, my puter that playes anything, and multiple CD players.

9. What's your favorite color(s)? Any colors you just can't stand?
I like pink and green. I can not stand mustard yellow or ugly browns.

10. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?
I am living with guy. We currently have one dog (Ranger), two cats (Charlie and Mage), a sucker fish (Teh Sucks), and a little yellow fish (fesh) some one gave us cuz we keep killing our fish...long story he he he

11. Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos?
When I am chilly I will wear scarves, hats, and mittens. I do not wear ponchos.

12. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
I am working on socks. I just finished the Clapotis! I like fun patterns that will keep my attention.

13. What are you knitting right now?
I am working on some socks, the mitered square blanket for my guy, a scarf for my bro in law, and a few other items I am sure.

14. Do you like to receive handmade gifts?
Yes

15. Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
I like circulars either bamboo or aluminum, depending on the yarn.

16. Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift?
NO *sniffle* I have made hints to Josh to have him make me a swift for my birthday. I just need to work on getting the yarn winder

17. How old is your oldest UFO?
Are you sure you want to know....about 5-6 years but it is crochet! The knitting UFO would be about a year.

18. What is your favorite holiday?
I like them all!! but if I had to choose it would be Halloween and Christmas.

19. Is there anything that you collect?
I like candles. I normally have a bunch since we go through them fast.

20. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?
I like knitting books. I don't have any magazine subscriptions. Every now and then I will pick one up at the store.

21. Are there any new techniques you'd like to learn?
I would like to learn how to knit two socks at one time

22. Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot measurements?
Yes I am. My foot is about 9 inches long (if I remember correctly)

23. When is your birthday?
November 13

24. Are you on Ravelry? If so, what's your ID?
Not yet *Sob* I am on the waiting list!
2408 people are ahead of you in line!!

DONE!

2007-08-04T17:39:00.000-04:00

I finally finished my Clapotis!!! Will have pictures of it up soon.

2007-08-03T12:42:00.000-04:00

As much as i might get overworked at work I have to say I still like it. It is great to walked into the kitchen to have your coworkers making s'mores for everyone. Let me just say I have a new respect for toaster ovens!

And yet another one..

2007-07-26T20:13:00.000-04:00

Guess what! Kelly and I are STILL the same!

You scored as Kitty pryde, Kitty Pryde is a mutant with the ability to “phase” through solid matter by shifting her atoms through the spaces between the atoms of the object through which she is moving.Kitty is also a genius in the computer sciences, and is highly skilled in the design and use of computer hardware. Kitty also undertook ballet and modern dance training, speaks fluent Japanese, Russian, and the royal and standard languages

Kitty pryde

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Emma Frost

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Storm

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Mystique

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Jean Grey

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Rogue

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2007-07-24T08:41:00.000-04:00

Let me start off by saying that this weekend has been somewhat eventful, With the Harry Potter book coming out. I did finish it this weekend. I will get on later and post about the fun time we had at the B and N "party"

There are 3935 people are ahead of you in line for ravelry.....

Arg

Party like a rock star!

2007-07-13T18:22:00.000-04:00

So this last week was a hot one! I was in St Petersburg and had a hotel....ok it was a beach resort...on the beach!!!

I have been working on the clap but so far no pictures. If I can say so myself it is looking pretty good. I am on the middle section. BUT I just started it.

TOMORROW I am going to go see HARRY POTTER!!! EEEEEE I am finishing up reading book 5 before it. Since I worked all last week I didn't think it was to much of a rush to finish.

Off to knit and read!

*insert catchy title here*

Tour de Fleece 2011

My heaven has rocks

Random Fact #42

Pre Halloween Adventure!

Bay News 9 - 2010 Election Results

The Ghillie Suit

Happy NaBloPoMo!

Not a huge surprise

Anyone need a hug?

The newest way to read

check out this $125 dress

Elvis lives in Jacksonville!

It could be true.....

House Numerology

Hilarious food-related superstitions!

Photo of the day!

Behold the glory of the Lepidocyclina!

Life is pain!

Emo Kid

SCATTERGORIES

What I have done with my life

Somebody has a case of the mondays

Halloween Fun

I Voted!

Ahoy!

What if's.....

Watch out for lions

33% LikelyToSurvive!

so umm yeah....

Update

hmmm...

Procrastination is my middle name

WOW....

Searching Meme

smothered to death

feesh

Until then...

made it to seattle!

Onward to the Netherlands!

Completely Speechless

Yarn!

Piles O Cats

Happy Valentines Day!

What done is done

update

Spiny

Whats my name....

Crazyness

Here is my proof!

Your Score: Juniper Berries

You scored 75% intoxication, 50% hotness, 100% complexity, and 75% craziness!

Trying Week

EEEE

The List

Pictures

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

My SP Package

my reveal package......

Dreams Do Come True

If you like Pina Coladas

sweater weather?

Any Guesses?

NOOO

Mage of the Mange

sheesh

whew!

Happy November!

Out of the water!

Smokey

Nerdology

Back to Basics....

Operation cat in the trap

Aren't you just full of attitude

Monkeys....

eek

Kitten Update!

Terrible Tuesdays

Yay for vacation?

Saving the world one trash bag at a time

insert catchy title here