Favor For a Friend

A friend of mine requests:

 I need your help with my dissertation research. If you are in the military and have contact with active duty personnel with high school age kids, and are willing to be a point of contact, please send me a message ASAP.

 

If you can help, please leave a note in the comments and I will pass it on.

Thanks!

This Made Me Happy

So I'm sharing it with you.

Got it!

After much searching on Ravelry I found a shawl pattern to use for that yarn.

It's super easy and knitting up really fast.

The yarn is nice and soft.

I might have to curl up in it and take a nap!

Seriously, I'm going to take it on the plane when we go to Texas in October to keep me warm. Airplanes are so cold!

Stumped

Last May, at the Maryland Sheep and Wool festival, I bought this yarn.

To be exact, I bought this yarn. 

I had a project all planned out for it.

In the past two days, I've cast on and frogged that project about four times. So I'm giving up on it and looking for something new to knit.

My problem is, I only bought two skeins (which was enough for the original project.) I'm having a hard time finding a substitute project.

The yarn is so soft and warm, I'd like to make something I can wrap around me: a wrap or a shrug or something like that. I'd love to do a sweater, but two skeins isn't nearly enough.

All else fails, I suppose I can do some mittens with it.

So I'm staying up way too late tonight (having gotten very little sleep last night) to find a pattern to knit.

My life is exciting, isn't it.

Finding a Routine

Now that the show has closed, I'm trying to figure out some sort of routine with my days.

The semester has started for The Boy™, so he's trying to find some sort of routine as well.

My day (should) consist of either going into the office or the box (or both,) some sort of workout (which I have been neglecting since Dolly rehearsals started,) quick cleaning around the apartment, dinner and relaxing time with The Boy™.

Not necessarily in that order.

I was going to try to start that today. But my truck is in the shop until sometime this afternoon. So that's throwing a kink in things.

I know some people like the idea of just showing up to work when they feel like it and doing whatever they need to do around that.

I can't do that, though. I thrive on routine. If I don't have my routine, I get stressed and nothing gets done.

Which is, I think, worse than doing the same thing every day.

What sort of routine do you have set up for yourself?

Want! (To Make)

The Boy™ and I started reading the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels a few months ago. 

The movie has recently come out.

I want to see it.

And to make the hoodie that Ramona Flowers wears.

Off to find the pattern!

Days Off!

While Dolly performances are going spectacularly (three sold out shows last week!), it's good to have a few days off.  

I spent all of yesterday lounging in my favorite chair with Knitting and Netflix. I'm almost done with Season One of The Riches.  It took me a couple of episodes to get into this show (the pilot was a little more violent than I was expecting,) but I'm really beginning to enjoy it now. It wasn't a very long run series, so there isn't much to watch.

Since yesterday was SO unproductive, I decided to be moderately productive today and do some things around the house that I won't have the time or energy to do once I'm back to the grind tomorrow. I've gone for a run, cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom and now going to go fold some laundry.  

Then I'll probably be done for the day and relax some more. Hurray for days off!

Hello, Dolly!

We open tonight!

Check out the trailer. This cast isn't half bad.

Click here to watch trailer.

The New Apartment (Finally!)

At long last, here are the shots of my favorite places in our new apartment.  

There are a lot of empty spaces still. Things not unpacked. Furniture not yet bought.  I'm not complaining about the open spaces, though. It is very relaxing.

I don't know why this shot came out so green. This is (as you can see) the bedroom. The light used to hang above my desk in the old apartment, but I really like it above the bed here. Gives the bedroom a little bit of flair.

This is where I spend my small amount of free time. I am sitting in that chair right now as I type this.  The art on the wall is some of the art we bought in Hawaii when we were there for our wedding and my brother's wedding. There are seven pieces total.

This is where I spend the rest of my free time (and some work time as well.) My desk is in the far corner of the bedroom.  Betty and Wilma are up on the shelf with the plant. The window overlooks our tiny bit of front lawn and the parking lot. The tree out front keeps the room in shadow all day, so we haven't felt a rush to put up curtains. That will happen eventually.

Again, not a great picture, but I wanted to show off the eating area. Erinn and Dave have lent us that small table for the year (since it doesn't fit in their new townhouse and would only sit in storage.) It is perfect for our little dining area.  Not much room for company, but we rarely have people over to eat anyway.  I can't even remember when I got that tablecloth (I know I got in when we lived in NH) and I'm happy to have a table that it fits.

So that's it. That's the new place.  It's nice. I'll keep it for the year. 

Don't expect to hear much from me for the rest of the week. Dolly opens on Tuesday, and I have a big project at work to finish by midweek.  Busy, busy.

Gahhh!

Sorry for the lack of posts lately.

Dolly is eating my soul.

Will post pics of new apartment soon.