Monthly Archives: February 2004

Grow Old With Me

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Three years ago today, I wed love of my life and my best friend. There were many times I didn’t think we’d last past a few months, but somehow we kept it going. He swears we met at a party outside of town, but I don’t remember him being there. Of course I don’t remember much of that party. LOL! Those were the college days. The day we officially hooked up, we had gone to a party in a group but I had a date. We spent the majority of the night together talking and flirting. When the party started to break up, we were sitting on the couch together and my roommate asked me where my date was. Someone said they thought he was outside and just when the music stopped, I said, “Oops!” Everyone in the room laughed. We weren’t really dating, and several other parties came and went. One in particular stays in my mind, because at the end of the night my mind had been made up. The next morning, I told my roommate that he was the one guy I wanted to be with. I just knew he was the one. Shortly thereafter, we officially started dating. I still remember when he first told me he loved me. He was very shy about it and we were standing out by my car, because I was heading back to my own dorm. A year and a half later, the day after Christmas, he proposed. I was down in Florida spending the holidays with his family. His sister was also getting married. We told no one since this was her special time and we didn’t want to take away from it. When we finally made the announcement, I think my sister was more excited than I was. :D

Our engagement was a long one, 5 1/2 years. We did the right thing. We graduated and got jobs first. But finally the day arrived. We had orginally planned to wed on May 5th, the day we officially started dating. But after 5 years I was tired of waiting, so I pushed it forward. Our wedding was perfect. You always hear all these horror stories about something going wrong. Everything went perfect. No glitches. Our honeymoon was everything I could have asked for. The weather, the plane ride, the rental, everything went as planned and we had a fabulous time. I still can’t believe how smoothly it all went. I guess it was the right time for us. Everyone claimed they’d never seen a happier bride. I was happy that day. I only wish it had lasted longer. It was over in a flash.

So here we are in the present. Three years and he is still my best friend and the love of my life. I couldn’t imagine my life without him in it.

Eric – Happy Anniversary. I love you.

DPN

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Since I’ve finished my hats, I’m taking a break from them. I had thought about doing another hat, but I’m going to wait. I’ve started working on my legwarmers. Unfortunately, it’s too small to fit on a circular needle, so I’m forced to use double-pointed needles. Oh my gosh! Those things are hard to get used to. All those needles going in all directions. Agh! It’s a new challenge for me. Long-tail cast on is working very well, so I’m using it now instead of the regular knit on. But I’m having a time with those dpn. I feel so clumsy. This is the first time I attempt it so my legwarmers may not come out so pretty. :) I will probably be ripping them out and starting over a few times till I get the hang of it.

This morning I stopped by the store and picked up yarn for a new blanket I’m going to start on. It is pretty simple and will give me practice with changing colors. I haven’t done that yet, but I look forward to working on this new blanket. I’m doing well on my crochet afghan. I’ve got 7 squares done, which is about 20% complete, not including piecing all the squares together. My goal was to get three complete squares done over the weekend but I didn’t quite get there. I just finished one square this morning, which I had started on Friday during a break at work. But I can’t wait to finish it.

So that’s the crochet afghan I’m still working on, and the legwarmers, then the new blanket and I want to try working on Sonnet since it is knit side to side, rather than a back and front. My seaming is still not quite up to what I’d like it to be, so the less seaming right now the better. Of course you’d argue that I need more seaming so I can get practice, but I’m trying not to jump to deep too soon. And this is much less work than the best-friend jacket in The Knit Stitch, which is also knit side to side.

Valentine's Day

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I hadn’t expected to get anything for Valentine’s Day. I even told my parents that I didn’t get anything when they called. Since our 3rd anniversary is tomorrow and we will be going out of town this weekend, I wasn’t thinking about a gift. But we meandered to Lowe’s and I got a present. Now you think, a present from Lowe’s just isn’t appropriate for Valentine’s Day, but I feel it is. My dear hubby installed track lighting in the kitchen. It is so great. I can now see what I’m doing. Before I had to turn on about 3 different lights in the kitchen and dining area, just so I could get enough light to see what I’m cooking. Now all I need is the kitchen lights. It is so wonderful. And we have a pretty hanging light directly above the sink.

I have today off, for President’s Day, so I guess I need to go shopping after lunch for an anniversary gift for the hubby. Even though we are going to Florida to see Cirque du Soleil’s Allegria this weekend.

What else did we do this weekend? We watched a bunch of Stargate episodes on DVD. And we’re only half way through Season 2. Good thing there are 5 seasons. I’m so addicted to that show. It’s worse than Charmed. And I’m horribly addicted to it. Ok, maybe it isn’t that bad. I’m not watching the current season of Stargate that comes on Friday nights. But holy, moly. The guy that plays Daniel is such a hottie!! It’s no wonder that at almost every planet they visit some woman falls for him. :D

H2O Hat

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H2O Hat

My H2O hat from ChicKnits. I used #17 needles on Lion Brand’s Wool-Ease Thick and Quick. Color is charcoal because at the time I didn’t see any other color I liked. I love this hat. It fits me and it was so easy to make. I took me more than 2 hours, but I’m a beginner and I kept stopping to cook and clean up the kitchen. I made my hubby chocolate chip cookies for Valentine’s Day. :)

On this hat I used a long-tail cast on. If you read any of my earlier posts, I mentioned that my first row was sloppy and loose. After searching for help, I came across the forums at About.com, I was able to get some help and they suggested it might be my cast on. So I tried the long-tail and it worked. My first row blends into the rest of the hat. No more sloppy, ugly first row. :D I have a feeling I will be making one of these again.

Making Squares…

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I’m working steady on my afghan squares. So far I’ve kept to my plan of getting at least half of my squares done before starting a new knitting project. I made this plan, because I know that if I start a knitting project the afghan will be pushed aside. And I’m really enjoying making the afghan. It doesn’t take much time to complete a square. I did one yesterday while on lunch break and I made one last night while watching television. So far I’ve got 5 squares done out of 35, so I’m at about 13%. It doesn’t sound like much, but at least I’m making progress.

I bought the yarn for the 2Hour Hat. I got Lion Brand’s  Wool-Ease Thick and Quick. It has enough to make 2 hats. I also got yarn for another hat, the Mostly Knit-Round Hat in The Knit Stitch. Looking at the final measurements for it, I think it will fit better than the first hat I made. Once I make those hats and my legwarmers, :) I want to try my hand at a sweater. I’m thinking I might try the 3x Chic Sweater from knitty.com. Or I found a great cardigan that I really want.

New Office

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I’ve mentioned before that my husband drives an hour to and from work everyday. Well, no more. Starting this week or next he will be working from an office here in town. The campus here in town works different hours since they are a branch of the main campus. They only work till noon on Fridays. So if my husband gets those hours as well, he will have 1/2 days every Friday. Plus he is downtown, as am I. I look forward to going to lunch with my hubby. And having him so close will be wonderful. He might actually be getting home before me. In addition to all that he’s getting a small raise. Needless to say we are very happy.

In other news, I sold my old laptop to my parents. My sister needs a new one for her trip to Spain this summer. She is taking one semester abroad. With the money I got for the laptop I hope to get a new stove. The one we have works ok but it’s really old and I really don’t like the burners. It isn’t a ceramic top with flat burners, but the burners are solid. It gets extremely hot and takes forever to cool down…more so than a standard stovetop. I hope to get a new stove with flat burners. I’m looking for one that has a double burner (can be set for large or small). I prefer that to a warming center. Sometimes you just need another large burner. We’re going to look around and see what we can find.