tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91059084513489070862011-11-08T19:41:36.895-08:00Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.comBlogger1791100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-26861632940847673472011-11-08T19:36:00.000-08:002011-11-08T19:41:37.084-08:00

Me: I am 1000 words short for the day, and I have lost all interest.Tamara: I assume this is Kat... My new phone is blind to friendship.Me: I do not know this Kat of which you speak. She sounds ravishing. Tell me more.Tamara: Oh yes, quite ravishing. A thousand words behind her goal, though... So good with bad, you know?Me: Touche.

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It's snowing, and it seems to be sticking this time. And earlier I heard "Last Christmas" on the radio for the first time.The holiday season is definitely on the way.

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Twizzlers at my side, it begins.

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One thing I really like about working at a college is that fall still feels like a time of year when things start picking up. Fresh starts and new projects - all that fun stuff I've always loved. And it's certainly been that way this year. I moved into my new apartment (which I'm loving more and more all the time) two weeks before the semester started, and the last two months have felt like one

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I am blogging right now while wearing sunglasses around my apartment. Because I'm so awesome!Just kidding. Actually, I just got my eyes dilated. They look all weird, and it's hard to focus on things up close. I felt very dorky puttering around my apartment in sunglasses while I made myself yet another cup of peppermint hot chocolate. But at least they're my own, and not those weird roll-up ones

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-4686399208622814262011-09-27T19:08:00.000-07:002011-09-27T19:11:20.075-07:00

I made this baked crab macaroni and cheese tonight, with roasted asparagus. And the rest of the mac and cheese is sitting on the stove, and it's still warm and cheesy and gooey, and I can't stop eating it. It's so freaking delicious.Make this stuff, you guys. Just do it.

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-22388600544594219742011-09-23T16:08:00.000-07:002011-09-23T16:15:18.961-07:00

I know, I know. It's been over a month - again - since I posted. Sorry, Mom.Honestly, it's mostly been because there hasn't been much to post about. Things have been pretty low-key lately. But it seems they're picking up.Today I got invited to my third wedding for this year.It'll be the first one I go to, but the third I'm invited to.My friends are getting expensive. Luckily, I was invited to

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-46037818952066037322011-08-11T16:19:00.000-07:002011-08-12T17:01:22.231-07:00

Yes, that's right. There are gnomes on the woodburning stove in my new apartment. I'm probably more excited about this than I should be. I'm going to give them all names (or gnames, if you will- thanks, Humpback) and backstories. Because I'm a dork like that. And I love it.

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-3665934833839697722011-08-05T20:14:00.000-07:002011-08-05T20:41:02.050-07:00

I said I wasn't going to, but then I did.I was going to be patient and wait for October. But then Tamara got in to Pottermore. And then people kept posting links to the site to register on plurk. And then I couldn't resist clicking on it.So I registered this morning.And I have to say, while I am excited about that, the name I picked has been on my mind all day.Unlike other web communities, this

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-63324708232224540462011-07-21T20:41:00.000-07:002011-07-21T20:44:24.559-07:00

My best friend's little sister (which feels funny to say sometimes, because all three of those sisters are basically my sisters) is getting married in December.Today she called me and asked me to be her maid of dishonor.The oldest of them is going to be matron of honor, my best friend will be maid of honor, and I get to be maid of dishonor.I don't know what that means yet, but it's hilarious that

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Let me just start by saying that I’m completely aware that it has (as of today) been two months since I posted. I was aware of that even before my mom called me and subtly pointed it out. I know. Sorry. There’s been some stuff going on. Namely, the Boy Creature is no more. He’s not dead or anything- he still exists. But he’s no longer my Boy Creature, just an untethered one out there in the world

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-7218357531868794492011-05-02T18:55:00.000-07:002011-05-02T19:06:55.640-07:00

I think all the extra-strange dreams I've had in the last week are because of the book I've been reading. I have strange dreams all the time. Pretty much every time I dream. I've decided it's because there's just a lot going on in my head all the time, because I tend to free associate and skip from one thing to another to another, until I have to backtrack just to figure out how I got to the

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-37061341769569445162011-04-25T16:56:00.001-07:002011-04-25T16:58:03.228-07:00

I FINALLY FINISHED THE BILL BRYSON!Spending plenty of time this weekend in airports, waiting to board two planes that were both delayed, meant I zoomed through those last fifty pages. Plus, I had my car worked on, and spent some time in that waiting room, too.It's been a long week.

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-27432909301867430202011-04-11T20:14:00.000-07:002011-04-11T20:27:06.522-07:00

Oy. It has been a crazy couple of weeks. But the good news is that I actually got a good bit of reading done.I finished the Michael Chabon, and it was very good. Plus, I was right about who the main character was. He never says in the book, but there are some pretty clear clues, and I was right! I love being right. But that aside, it was a good book. Which is why I'm looking forward to reading

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-65128845056633710442011-04-09T19:23:00.000-07:002011-04-09T20:05:35.124-07:00

For a bunch of different reasons, I have been doing a lot of baking lately. Sadly, I have not been doing any more exercising than usual, so I expect soon I'll be jiggling right alongside the Pioneer Woman. But everything I've baked has been so good, I feel like I should share it all.So first I had some bananas that were turning awfully brown. The Boy Creature only eats them when they're

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-82231173744393043012011-03-29T04:57:00.000-07:002011-03-29T05:08:53.154-07:00

If I keep up this habit, booklove Sunday is eventually going to move through the whole week and wind up back at Sunday again. But I'm still here, and still reading. I'm just really busy again in the times I'm not reading. There was a weekend trip, which is why Sunday passed by, and then today is the Boy-Creature's birthday, so I was making cupcakes last night. The good news is that the busy

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-18761321711999263742011-03-21T18:44:00.001-07:002011-03-21T19:00:14.805-07:00

The entire last week has been nuts, so sadly there has not been a lot of time for reading.The high point was the Irish car bomb cupcakes I made for Saint Patrick's Day and brought to the office. They were incredibly delicious.The low point is how awful my allergies have been. The only slight consolation is that everyone is suffering through them alongside me, even the Boy Creature, who tried to

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-31736684574375998072011-03-17T18:23:00.000-07:002011-03-17T18:29:39.285-07:00

For the first time in my life, I am working in an office where women are not in the majority by a huge margin. For some reason, I just kept ending up surrounded by women in offices. But now there are guys around. And apparently it's basketball time.March madness started this morning, and every guy on our hall is in on it, and they were talking about it all day. Apparently there was an upset. Or

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-19024050194644201732011-03-14T17:56:00.000-07:002011-03-14T18:11:13.393-07:00

I do realize that I didn't do my booklove post. I pretty much counted the whole day as a loss. It was lost to daylight savings time, and the birthday party the night before, where we suddenly realized that it was two thirty in the morning, and we were still playing cards. Which was actually three thirty in the morning. So when I woke up at ten something, it was actually eleven something. So we

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-74272305052524560492011-03-06T19:33:00.000-08:002011-03-06T19:58:49.438-08:00

There were years and years when I had a really hard time getting interested in non-fiction. Those days are most definitely gone, as I seem to be in yet another stretch where it's all I'm reading. At the moment, I've managed to limit it to just two. Sort of.The two I'm reading fit into my plan for the sorts of things I wanted to read after I finished school. I figured the books I'd read would be

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-57517163752985177122011-03-05T11:33:00.001-08:002011-03-05T11:35:44.926-08:00

I've started a writing project this week, and it's been the main thing on my mind. In lots of different ways.Now I want one of these to use as one of these.I just have to figure out where to put it. I don't think it would fit in very well in our apartment complex.

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-64546171910265606232011-02-27T17:51:00.001-08:002011-02-27T18:24:36.052-08:00

The Borders in my neighborhood is closing. Of course, I say "the Borders" like there isn't another one on the south side of town. It's just that the south side one isn't as big, is in a crowded shopping center, and isn't right next to a World Market.At least I will still have the one Borders. But still, the big one is closing, which means there are lots and lots of discounted books to be had. And

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-24448732358797322242011-02-23T17:17:00.000-08:002011-02-23T17:21:52.894-08:00

I do realize yet another month has gone by without me posting.It's been a busy month.There was a school ski trip that I chaperoned. There was lots of knitting, and reading. There was me going to a dinner party, like a grown up or something. There was a group effort from pretty much all of my friends here to get me to start playing Dungeons and Dragons. And finally, there was me getting sick and

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-55308386152144884382011-01-20T19:44:00.000-08:002011-01-20T19:57:34.480-08:00

I feel the need to share with you all, my mama's reaction to my last post. Here, I present to you an excerpt from her email to me:I WANT TINY SWEATERS!! I WANT TINY SWEATERS IN EVERY COLOR!!!!!! I want tiny sweaters that color coordinate to what they match! yellow for yellow house,,,red for red brick house,,,grey for silver truck,,, white for white van,,,,blue for something blue,,,,green

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-59293290644085090602011-01-18T19:35:00.000-08:002011-01-18T19:52:27.845-08:00

My Mama has expressed displeasure at the fact that it's been over a month since I posted. And even longer since I posted pictures. Of anything other than my little Christmas tree, which she got to see in person anyway.And so it's time for a knitting update! Huzzah!Up first (these are in no particular order) is my Citron shawl:It's knit in incredibly fine, soft yarn that's a blend of silk and

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-64665798066314216752010-12-14T20:00:00.000-08:002010-12-14T20:05:32.823-08:00

It's not much. But it's a step in the right direction. I feel better already.Next I'm going to go buy lights to put up in my office, and White Christmas on DVD. The Boy Creature does not like that movie much, but he will just have to deal with it. It's not Christmas without White Christmas for me.

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-9084002065785549002010-12-02T19:28:00.000-08:002010-12-02T19:33:26.018-08:00

Just now I painted my nails with something besides clear nail polish for the first time in I don't know how long, and suddenly all I want to do is things that involve using my hands a lot. Knitting. Writing in my journal. Etcetera.Of course, these are all things that I thought about doing before I painted my nails.I will never understand the way my brain works.

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-41443076242897622882010-11-30T19:24:00.001-08:002010-11-30T19:25:56.186-08:00

It's not exactly a novel, but it's done.Yay me! I have time to knit again!

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-47679012914980279562010-11-15T21:13:00.001-08:002010-11-15T21:14:23.986-08:00

It's snowing tonight in Santa Fe.It probably won't stick, and there probably won't be enough for even a late start at work tomorrow, but I'm still happy.I'm going to wear my Hermione hat tomorrow.

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-42761243326117197252010-11-14T18:43:00.001-08:002010-11-14T18:46:08.504-08:00

My NaNoWriMo word count for today: 3584 words.I also baked brownies from scratch, and made red beans and rice (which are still stewing on the stove), and watched two and half Harry Potter movies, and The Mummy.It's been a good day.Also, Bagheera is sleeping on my left leg. She's all warm and cozy, and she purrs when I scratch her belly.The Boy Creature went out and bought a vacuum cleaner today.

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-37965670920736490202010-11-13T20:46:00.001-08:002010-11-13T20:55:25.278-08:00

So yesterday I didn't post, which means I'm out of the running for NaBloPoMo, and I barely made any headway on NaNoWriMo. But I don't care, because instead I was out having a life.I went to the Ski Swap at the community center with a coworker and his boyfriend. It was really cool, and I got some great stuff for really cheap. Ski boots, pants, a coat, and some mittens, all for less than a hundred

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-2537736702905338412010-11-11T21:01:00.001-08:002010-11-11T21:09:23.147-08:00

It's been a really nice day.There was minor drama at work today, and everything was a little bit nutty. There's an open house this weekend, so we're preparing for that. We all spent the last hour putting together folders for the guests that are coming, and it turned into an hour of us barely paying attention to the folders while we quoted Arrested Development and Better Off Ted and made plans for

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-51977328212552590122010-11-10T20:33:00.001-08:002010-11-10T20:38:48.633-08:00

I have two blogs, and a novel in progress. There's only so many hours in the day I can spend with my hands duct taped to the keyboard.I did a post on the other blog today. You can go read it, if you like.But I think that's enough for one day. If you don't go read it, I won't be upset. Because I haven't bothered to get one of those blog stat things that tells you where people come from and where

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-70536040322652309642010-11-09T20:33:00.000-08:002010-11-09T20:39:47.587-08:00

Today has been a day of getting things done.It was the busiest day at work for about two months. I got an impressive stack of documents at work, all of which had to be scanned, sorted, cataloged, alphabetized, uploaded and filed, on top of everything else I usually do. Not that I'm complaining. It's nice to actually have work to do at work again. For a change. I get the feeling the slow season is

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-15134032862942574272010-11-08T21:39:00.000-08:002010-11-08T21:45:24.127-08:00

Oh, so very tired.But still making progress. And not giving up.Although I wish I had something other than NaNoWriMo to blog about.I had trapeze class tonight. We learned a few moves that had us rolling over our hips across the bar. I don't think I'm explaining that right, but my brain just wants to go to sleep. Anyway, I'm going to have some odd bruises on my hips tomorrow. But odd bruises are

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-61391582406089890052010-11-07T20:27:00.000-08:002010-11-07T20:44:11.985-08:00

It's been a good weekend. I didn't do much, other than watch movies and type. And type and type.But it's been good. Today I got caught up to where I felt comfortable. Still not quite where I'd like to be, but close enough that I can catch up to it much more easily. And close enough that I was ok with taking a break to go out for gelato and spicy cocoa. And I even allowed myself to knit for a

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-32597885109329129902010-11-06T22:12:00.000-07:002010-11-06T22:16:58.955-07:00

I'm very sleepy. But it's been a good day.I've written over three thousand words. If I can do the same tomorrow, I'll be pretty much totally caught up. Maybe I can even allow myself a little knitting time. Perhaps.I thought of a title, too. And we got some things for the apartment, and had some very good Chinese food, at a restaurant where we eavesdropped on a couple of very interesting

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-56804811099192485322010-11-05T21:15:00.000-07:002010-11-06T12:16:33.616-07:00

It has been a long week. Luckily, it was a nice enough day. It was myday to bring breakfast to work. And even though several people were outtoday, one of the ones that was there said it was the best Fridaybreakfast yet. So that helped.I made homemade pop tarts. They really are pretty awesome.Plus, I got some actual writing done on my NaNoWriMo novel. Even after switching novel ideas on the first

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-34936836401490306602010-11-04T19:18:00.000-07:002010-11-04T19:27:18.793-07:00

I'm not having the best day. I'm having a guilty day.First of all, there was a mixup on a file at work. I feel like it's my fault, although my boss has assured me several times it's not really anyone's fault, just one of the mixups that was bound to happen with us changing our ownership, our procedures, and our computer system all within a few months of each other. So even though she says it's

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-72405346674942990612010-11-03T17:49:00.000-07:002010-11-03T17:54:07.274-07:00

Ok. I can do this.I got up over 2500 words today, which is about halfway to where I should be for today. If I just focus and make some effort (and turn off the wi-fi and go in the other room), I can probably get up over 4000.I can do this.Current word count: 2507

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-61729529485326443372010-11-02T19:22:00.000-07:002010-11-02T19:28:38.907-07:00

I had every intention of posting my word count so far. I'm not at the normal goal (1667 words a day, which means I should be up to 3334 words today). I'm am most definitely not there yet. I think I'm actually somewhere around 1600.Notice I said, "I think."Because I left my flash drive at work, so I have no idea what it is exactly. Or exactly where I left off in the story.So I'm improvising. I'm

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-48243892308014454852010-11-01T05:44:00.000-07:002010-11-01T05:48:56.816-07:00

It's November! NaNoWriMo has begun!Expect much ridiculousness from me this month. From what I remember from the last time I did this, it's a pretty silly ride. I plan to enjoy it.Current word count: 0. That won't last long.

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-66534795234356017272010-10-10T10:17:00.001-07:002010-10-10T10:38:13.606-07:00

I am a bad blogger. It has been an entire month since I last posted here. Shame on me. Shame!Plus, I've been busy doing awesome things, so you'd think I'd want to post about all the awesomeness.My life is getting ridiculous again. I'm loving it.Par example: Last weekend we went to the Taos Sheep and Wool Festival. I got a big bag of yarn and stuff, and a tiny sunburn on just one shoulder. I'm

Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233373150830127937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105908451348907086.post-69959356924420526192010-09-10T17:46:00.001-07:002010-09-10T17:59:45.768-07:00

Happy cat:Happy Kat:It's been an eventful week.On Wednesday we got the kitten. She's about five months old, and we can't figure out what to name her. Her foster mother was calling her Maya, but we don't like that. The names that have come up so far are Eleanor Roosevelt, Queen Elizabeth the First, and Bagheera. I suggested that last one, although I've since learned that I'm remembering my Kipling

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The Boy Creature and I just dropped off a form to adopt a little black kitten named Maya.When we get her, we will change her name to Eleanor Roosevelt. There's a long story behind that name.But I can't wait to get her.

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I don't understand the way my brain works.We're watching "When Harry Met Sally." For no particular reason. It's on, and it was better than "Rush Hour 3."We just got past the part where they're shopping and singing "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" on the karaoke machine in the store, and his ex-wife shows up.And I was doing the dance in my head. The dance from when I played Dream Laurey in Oklahoma

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So it's the end of week one in Santa Fe. Not that this weekend won't be just as busy. I need to look at apartments, and the Boy Creature seems to think he's taking my car to Albuquerque to go to a barbershop. He's weird like that. Also, I desperately want to go for a hike. It's been too long.But so far, I like my new job. It's sort of weird timing for me to be starting, because the school is

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Tonight I am sitting at my kitchen counter with a couple of lamps on, reading blogs and listening to the bugs outside hurling themselves against the glass of our back door. They seem extra desperate to get in. Maybe it's because there's not much of a moon, so they want the light that much more. Or maybe I'm just not used to being up this later, or it being this quiet.Things are happening in my

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Wanna hear something funny? Something so quintessentially ridiculous it could only go on in my brain?You know how I've been going on about how crazy and busy the last two months have been? It's nearing three months now. Every single weekend I've had some sort of plans where I've been out and about, and I don't just mean a quick jaunt to Target. And the one weekend where I didn't have plans, and

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It's Friday night and I'm fiddling around on the interwebs again.I should be reading one of the four books I'm reading right now.There are four again. I can't seem to help myself.

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Have I mentioned that things are nuts lately?Things are still nuts.In actual news, here's one of the few things I managed to get accomplished recently:Those are my strangler fig socks, finished on Sunday morning. I finished them, wove in the ends, put them on to take this picture, and then didn't take them off again. Yay!I mean, I've taken them off since then, but I wore them all day Sunday.

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Whoa. It's turning into another one of those weeks. But I won't let it get me! I'm still blogging! The busy/crazy/exhausted won't stop me now!Not that I have much to blog about.I'm nearing the end of another pair of socks. Finally. I started these at the end of March. That's way too long for fairly simple socks. But they're almost done.I ordered a very nice and hard to get skein of yarn last

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Man, what a week. And there's still one day left. Oy. I'm tired.But it hasn't been all bad. Actually, it hasn't been bad at all, just busy, and I'm tired, and it came at the end of a crazy busy month.This is why my plans for the weekend are as such: Buffy the Vampire Slayer on DVD (thank you, public library!), Chinese food, which I plan to make the Boy Creature go fetch for me, and knitting in my

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Holy lobster thermidor, Batman. This month has tried to eat my soul.It's been so crazy busy, which is why I haven't posted in a freaking month. I kept thinking, "You know, I should really go post something," and then I'd do another load of laundry or clean something, or go to work, and forget. It's been nuts.But luckily, not all bad. It was my best friend's birthday, and then mine (two days ago!

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I almost titled this post "Bicycles Races" solely because I love Queen and it came into my head at the right time, but then it occurred to me that I would probably never ever enter a bicycle race, and certainly not on the cheap, single-speed cruiser I'm currently riding.Anyway.It's been interesting so far, riding my bike. I'm now way more familiar with the degree of incline that I never ever

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It's been a tremendously, stupidly long day, and I'm having a really hard time shaking the mood it's left me in. But I still feel like blogging. So here I am.Allow me to share with you, the high points of my day.I'm reading The Well of Lost Plots, the third in Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series. They're wonderful. Especially for a reader like me, who simply loves books. Jasper Fforde loves

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Boy Creature sometimes asks me what words mean. This is becoming somewhat of a point of contention in our relationship.He asks me a word, I give him a fair, if rough definition (usually. Sometimes I just get it wrong, mostly when I'm mixing it up with a similar-sounding but entirely different word) of what said word means. Then he decides that's not good enough, and looks it up, and admonishes me

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I bought a purty bike today.This one. It's a Schwinn Legacy, and I really like it. It was cheap, and more or less exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. Unfortunately, it's been raining all weekend, and I don't have a helmet yet, so I haven't really ridden it. So tomorrow I'll drive to work one last time, and then go buy the few accessories I'll need. And then I'll be a biker! Yay.I feel

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Look look look!It's my very first completed embroidery project. I'd have finished it sooner if I hadn't been attacked by the lazy. But it's done! It's a handkerchief. I like it. I'm looking forward to trying more things soon.

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Last night I went to sleep to the sound of a nice steady, heavy rain, and this morning I've woken up to a gentle downfall. Are you all aware of how much I love rain? I love it thiiiiiiiiiiiiiis much. (Now is when you picture me with my arms waaaaaay out, as far as I can stretch them.) Add in a pot of caramel crème brûlée tea, and it's a lovely morning in my book.I don't have a ton planned for

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In this new job that I have at the local university (which is going very well, thanks so much for asking!), part of what I'm doing is entering the classes that prospective students have taken into our system. Sometimes (most of the time) it abbreviates the actual class name, and I'm pretty often amused by how it shortens them. My favorite so far is "Foundations of accounting," which became "Found

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The last few days, I've been thinking hard about whether I want to keep doing the regular booklove and knitlove posts. I do love them (as, one would hope, the names imply), but I'm wondering if they still fit in my life, as much as it's changing these days. I did say I do better with structure, and I've got it now, but having new things usually means some old things will have to adapt, or be left

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So I didn't get around to thinking about blogging until late in the day yesterday. And then I was toddling around the house getting myself ready for my first day of work today! Yay! I hope it goes well. So you'll get more of an update later. Everybody have a good day, ok?

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I've been very, very aware of the fast that I haven't posted in a week. I'm bummed that I let a whole week go by without putting anything up. But I did. Sorry, guys. I've said before that I feel like I do a lot better with structure, and I've had very little of that lately. But there is good news on that front.I got a job! And I'm thrilled about it. There's a million things about it that are just

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It's March. I have no words.Luckily, I have books, as I don't plan on going outside anytime soon.It's been an eventful week, book-wise. Especially what with the boring temp job I had. I both started and finished this book called The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor. It was a retelling of the Alice in Wonderland books that was really interesting. It went really fast, though I kind of expected

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May I just say what an exciting week it's been, knitting-wise.And may I also say, I just read that sentence to myself, and realized how insane we knitters must sound to the muggles.Whatever.I finished the knitting part of my sweater!Don't be fooled: those buttons only look like they've been sewn on. I haven't touched it since I bound off the last stitch. I will. Because I really like this sweater

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While you wouldn't necessarily think a roller coaster of a week would be a good thing for reading, it actually turned out that way. That job I was suddenly called to on Wednesday turned out to be a sit-by-the-phone job, so I not only did the crosswords and sudoku from the newspaper in the breakroom on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, but I also got a lot of reading done. Including the comics from

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Holy cow, what a week. And what a day. This week is seriously turning into a roller coaster. Monday and Tuesday crawled by so slowly I couldn't believe it, like that part at the beginning when you're going up the first big hill, which always feels so much longer than it actually is. Then this morning I get a call literally minutes after my alarm went off asking if I could make it to an office as

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I'm completely choosing to blame the Boy-Creature for the late hour of today's post. I had no intention of watching the Oscars tonight, but he came in and turned them on, and that was it for the night. Suddenly it's closing in on eleven. Oh well.Never mind that I spent most of the day doing not much at all. It rained all day, and I acted like it. It was a very lazy day. Not a bad day, just lazy.

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I am still being a monogamous knitter! It's astounding. I can't remember the last time I had only one project on the needles for this long. Thank god I'm nearing the end of this one project.My sweater is nearly done! I finished one sleeve a couple of days ago, and the second sleeve just has a couple of inches to go. And I already have the buttons picked out (I think. I'm mostly sure), so it'll

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Yes, I do realize I let another weekend go by without doing a booklove post. I seem to be in another reading slump. I am still reading (all the same things- Sherlock Holmes and the library books I got), but not so enthusiastically.I think it's because I'm not working regularly. I'm still temping, and getting by ok, but I do better with some semblance of a regular, reliable structure in my life.

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This article, "No Sense in Waiting," has been spinning around in my brain since I first saw it earlier today.This boy has done more with sixty square feet than I've done with anything lately.There is no sense in waiting, and if you don't, then there are no limitations. You just have to figure out what it is you want, and make it happen, no matter how big or small.So now all I have to do is figure

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It has been a long, long day, filled with a little bit of actually getting things done, some tasty cooking, recipe courtesy of the Pioneer Woman, and lots and lots of knitting while watching Doctor Who.It was finally back in at the library yesterday. Which is why I didn't get nearly as much done today as I should have. One day later, I'm down three discs.But I did get a lot of my sweater done.

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I've been thinking about why I skipped doing a booklove post for the last two weeks, and I think I figured it out. I'm blaming sports.I've never liked sports. Any of them. Even the ones like gymnastics and figure skating that are similar in some elements to dancing, the one thing I love most in the world. I can't even explain why ice dancing is weird to me. It just is.But first the Saints are in

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I am aware of the fact that I've let two weekends go by now without doing a booklove post. I'm trying not to feel too guilty about that. They just didn't happen. Sorry. I'm a work in progress.I am still reading. I'm still knitting, too.Still knitting on my sweater.And getting distracted and knitting other stuff instead.And not finishing those things, or taking pictures of them.It's been almost a

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Here's a picture of my backyard yesterday morning:And the front:Now here's the backyard this morning. Notice any differences?And the front:I did not go to work, today or yesterday. I have gotten lots of knitting done, and unpacked four boxes of books.

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I almost forgot! Blog it forward started today. It's really cool. Lots and lots of bloggers (300, I believe) are all blogging together about what inspires them, and the first round is up. It'll go on for the next ten days, skipping over the weekend. Go check it out, and read some amazing blogs. And if you like it, put a badge on your own blog or website. Enjoy!

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And that title works on many levels, let me tell you.Firstly, knitting.'Member that sweater from last week? That I said was actually not that far from being done? 'Member? I tried that sweater on. That sweater was never, ever going to close over my boobs. I even momentarily considered knitting the button band extra wide, in the way that knitters consider these ridiculous notions in order to try

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Image source: this fantastic bakery, makers of some crazy-gorgeous baked goods. I especially love the Chanel-inspired cupcakes.Happy 100th post, everybody! I'm celebrating with a new header photo. Like it?It's a really good day for it, too. There's quite a convergence of knitting-related awesomeness today. Not only is it Knitlove Wednesday, but today just happens to be the day I hit 1000 posts on

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Yesterday was a weird day. Just kind of off, from beginning to end. Which is why I forgot to do a booklove post. I'm not sure why I forgot last week. I think unemployment is getting to me. But no more.I said I wanted to work more on this blog, and I meant it, so I'm here today. Not exactly with a booklove post, but a little-bit-of-everything post.There has been booklove, though. I finished Pride

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It seems like ever since we got back to Texas, I've constantly felt like saying, "It's already ____day already?!" Time goes so much faster when you've actually got things to do, even if they're mostly things around the house. And my mind has been going in so many directions that it's almost always a struggle to keep focused on one thing for long.So I haven't gotten a ton of knitting done this

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Today I'm feeling inspired.I ate leftover potato-leek soup that I made on Wednesday. I've been cooking more lately, because I like cooking, and I've had the time, being unemployed, and it's cheaper than eating out too much. So I've been trying to cook more and more. The soup came out wonderfully. It's good with toast. I'll have to make it again sometime.I'm trying to drink more water. I never

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Today I saw two foxes in my back yard. They just trotted through, and this one hung out for a little bit, until the cats saw him and got all nervous. Then they both moved on. I don't think I've ever seen foxes outside of the zoo, actually.Today I went to dance class, too. Tap and jazz. At the studio I went to from first grade until I graduated high school. I'm going to be all kinds of sore

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Like I said before, it's been a good week for finishing things. I finished the Clandestine socks, but didn't bother to take more pictures of them. I will, but they're done, and I weaved in the ends and everything. I was weaving in ends on all sorts of things. First were the socks. Second was this:I made a tea mitten! The pattern is from Elisabeth Kleven of Knits Vehemently, and I love how it

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It's been a decent week, as far as getting things done go. I finished and sent off the first of my grad school applications, finished three knitting projects- weaving in ends and sewing on buttons and everything, sent out plenty of resumes and job applications (though it won't feel like enough until I've gotten a job), and cooked a lot.But I only finished one book.I got through the last of

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Knitlove! And sadly, even in all this time I've had to knit, there's only three things to update. Because I got lazy and didn't get a picture of the fourth one.That fourth one was Mom's Christmas scarf. The super secret Christmas knitting was Yarn Zombie's Isobel Scarf, done in gorgeous Koigu yarn. It was my first Koigu, and far from my last, I can already tell. But anyway, the scarf was finished

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I had every intention of doing a knitting update today, but then we went to Best Friend's house, and ended up spending the rest of the day there, and didn't leave until after midnight.So I was feeling all guilty that I said I was going to get back into blogging more regularly again.And then I realized today was Tuesday. I am aware it's after midnight, so it's technically Wednesday already, but I

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Booklove! Finally. And there is much to report.So. Since my last post (before Christmas, seriously? It felt like it was just a couple of days ago), there has been a flurry of reading.I finished Lost in a Good Book, which was great. Jasper Fforde has an incredible imagination, and what seems like a pretty deep working knowledge of great literature. I can't help but wonder if he is truly that

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It's that time of year when everyone is making lists. I kind of like lists, but I'm still amazed when I think of how rampant they are right now, with all the best and worst of 2009 lists, the resolutions, the wishes for 2010, and so on. It's hard not to get pulled along with it.I haven't really made any new year's resolutions for several years now. In part, I think, because the last few years

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*Just a disclaimer: I wrote this post a few days ago, when it actually was booklove day. Unfortunately, we still don't have internet at the house, and first the Boy-Creature got a cold, and then he gave it to me, so we haven't been up for heading out to the library or coffeehouse much. So excuse the lateness.Oh, booklove. How I've missed you. And there has been so much to report. It's been a busy

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My mom is a painter. She makes a living painting fancy things in people's houses. Right now, she's doing some work for a woman with a very young son, and she wanted some paintings to hang in his bedroom. I am helping with this, since I minored in art for a few semesters in college (before changing to dance), and I don't think my mom has ever stretched canvas before. I secretly love stretching

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I think this right here may be my favorite blog post of anywhere. Of EVER. I love her. Can I be her when I grow up? Not that she's grown up, either.

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Two days ago, this blog turned one year old. I missed it, which is why I'm guiltily posting about it today. It hasn't been a bad year for the blog, but there are still other things I want done with it. Part of me suspects that me missing it's one-year anniversary is a telling sign. But maybe I'm being overly dramatic about a not-so-monumental day. It is a marvelously blustery day today, though,

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So it's the thirtieth of the month. I have blogged every day this month. And I have come to the conclusion that sometimes I just don't have much to say. Like today.I liked blogging more often, and having to make myself think more about it and put more effort into it, but I sort of think I should probably only post when there's something to actually post about. And today is not one of those days.

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I'm afraid I may have a cold coming on. But I don't seem to have a fever, so I'm going to remain in denial and go see "Fantastic Mr. Fox" with the Boy-Creature and best friend.Denial is more fun than staying home and eating soup. We'll just make sure to sit away from other people, as much as can be done at the seven o'clock showing on the Sunday night of a holiday weekend.Denial! I has it!

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As fun as this week has been, I am so glad it's almost over, and that I don't really have any big plans for Christmas.I am exhausted! Good exhausted, because it's been a good month, but still exhausted. We left Austin, and we're back in Arlington for tonight, and probably tomorrow. And for the moment, we're hanging out with friends playing music and talking. I've got my ukulele and our old friend

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It has been a long, fun day. The whole reason we're in Austin is for the Boy-Creature Thanksgiving tradition, the Tour de Grass. His uncle and his friends started playing back when they were in college about twenty-four years ago, and they all get together again every year.The kids croquet tournament started at about ten this morning, and then the adults started a couple of hours later. We've

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Wanna know what I'm thankful for?Hand-knitted socks.I started decreasing for the toe while we waited for the THREE turkeys to finish cooking (Seriously. They're not kidding when they say everything's bigger in Texas), and I finished and grafted the toe while fending off my second turkey coma of the week.It's been a pretty good week.

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I was thinking that I was too tired to bang out a post, but then I realized that if I put it off until later, that would mean I'd have to go downstairs and be social and whatnot.Nearly everyone has arrived for the Thanksgiving festivities, so the house is crammed full. I'm right at that halfway point of a big trip where I'm tired of people and just want a nap. But I'm trying to squelch that and

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