Friday, June 29

OFFICIALLY a Georgia resident

juST GOT THE PIC TAKEn FOR MY GA DRIVER'SLICENSE

Wednesday, June 27

hjh

weloCOME TO GA =1925
WELCOME TO TN = 1028
417.7 MILES
STOPPEED FOR GO JUICE
CAR NEEDS GAS TOO
13.069 GAL / $35.80

weLCOME TO GA ...AGAIN

10:46 first atl sign
10:56 - welcome to ga

On the road again

At 3 am I was falling asleep
Stopped 50 miles from chatanooga
Got some sleep
Breakfast @ the hotel is grocery store donuts & tang
Ill look for MCd'S
Not quite 1/4 tank of gas
Traveled 377 miles
I m 3 hours from home

In TN

Only allowed to stay in welcome center 2 hours
Mighty unfriendly
But they do have paper towels
So I got to clean up

WELCOME to Tennessee

Need munchies
And a shower
Feel grungy!
So I left indy at 815
Got to ky about 1000
Now I am almost out of ky at midnite

Drove thru 3 storms
Seen more to the left
Used almost 1/2 tank of gas
Went 230 miles
Cell goes in and out

On the way again

Should get to atlanta in 5 hours

Saturday, June 23

tryin ta get it ALL in there

on WhoDuKnit
we are having a Bottle Swap
we HAVE to use a 2 liter Pop Bottle to mail
i am TRYING to get all the contents into the bottle
thank goodness for mailing tape
missed the post office by 8 minutes
will mail (along with other swaps) mon

Thursday, June 21

knitting needles

so, i have looked for my knitting needles
they are EVERYWHERE but where they
are supposed to be
i gathered them up the Circs go in here
LONG (14") DPS go in here


short DPS go in here



i have had all the organizers for
several years
it's just
over time the needles escape


Born Before 1987?

Born Before 1987? Then You Are...
...old! Every year Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin publishes what it calls "The Mindset List"--fun facts and figures about the incoming crop of freshmen so professors will be able to relate to their new students. Beloit says the list is a reminder that the world view of today's new college students is significantly different from the intellectual framework of those students who entered only a few years earlier. Put another way, it's a reminder that you are getting on in years.
Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2009, most of whom were born in 1987:
1. Andy Warhol, Liberace, Jackie Gleason and Lee Marvin have always been dead.
2. They don't remember when "cut and paste" involved scissors.
3. Heart-lung transplants have always been possible.
4. Wayne Gretzky never played for Edmonton.
5. Boston has been working on "The Big Dig" all their lives.
6. With little need to practice, most of them do not know how to tie a tie.
7. Pay-per-view television has always been an option.
8. They never had the fun of being thrown into the back of
a station wagon with six others.
9. Iran and Iraq have never been at war with each other.
10. They are more familiar with Greg Gumbel than with Bryant Gumbel.
11. Philip Morris has always owned Kraft Foods.
12. Al-Qaeda has always existed with Osama bin Laden at its head.
13. They learned to count with Lotus 1-2-3.
14. Car stereos have always rivaled home component systems.
15. Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker have never preached on television.
16. Voice mail has always been available.
17. "Whatever" is not part of a question but an expression of sullen rebuke.
18. The federal budget has always been more than a trillion dollars.
19. Condoms have always been advertised on television.
20. They may have fallen asleep playing with their Gameboys in the crib.
21. They have always had the right to burn the flag.
22. For daily caffeine emergencies, Starbucks has always been around the corner.
23. Ferdinand Marcos has never been in charge of the Philippines.
24. Money put in their savings account the year they were born
earned almost 7 percent interest.
25. Bill Gates has always been worth at least a billion dollars.
26. Dirty dancing has always been acceptable.
27. Southern fried chicken, prepared with a blend of 11 herbs and spices,
has always been available in China.
28. Michael Jackson has always been bad, and greed has always been good.
29. The Starship Enterprise has always looked dated.
30. Pixar has always existed.
31. There has never been a "fairness doctrine" at the FCC.
32. Judicial appointments routinely have been "Borked."
33. Aretha Franklin has always been in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
34. There have always been zebra mussels in the Great Lakes.
35. Police have always been able to search garbage without a search warrant.
36. It has always been possible to walk from England to
mainland Europe on dry land.
37. They have grown up in a single superpower world.
38. They missed the oat bran diet craze.
39. American Motors has never existed.
40. Scientists have always been able to see supernovas.
41. Les Miserables has always been on stage.
42. Halogen lights have always been available at home, with a warning.
43. "Baby M" may be a classmate, and contracts with surrogate mothers
have always been legal.
44. RU486, the "morning after pill," has always been on the market.
45. There has always been a pyramid in front of the Louvre in Paris.
46. British Airways has always been privately owned.
47. Irradiated food has always been available but controversial.
48. Snowboarding has always been a popular winter pastime.
49. Libraries have always been the best centers for computer technology
and access to good software.
50. Biosphere 2 has always been trying to create a revolution in the life sciences.
51. The Hubble Telescope has always been focused on new frontiers.
52. Researchers have always been looking for stem cells.
53. They do not remember "a kinder and gentler nation."
54. They never saw the shuttle Challenger fly.
55. The TV networks have always had cable partners.
56. Airports have always had upscale shops and restaurants.
57. Black Americans have always been known as African-Americans.
58. They never saw Pat Sajak or Arsenio Hall host a late night television show.
59. Matt Groening has always had a Life in Hell.
60. Salman Rushdie has always been watching over his shoulder.
61. Digital cameras have always existed.
62. Tom Landry never coached the Cowboys.
63. Time Life and Warner Communications have always been joined.
64. CNBC has always been on the air.
65. The Field of Dreams has always been drawing people to Iowa.
66. They never saw a Howard Johnson's with 28 ice cream flavors.
67. Reindeer at Christmas have always distinguished between secular and religious decorations.
68. Entertainment Weekly has always been on the newsstand.69. Lyme disease has always been a ticking concern in the woods.
70. Jimmy Carter has always been an elder statesman.
71. Miss Piggy and Kermit have always dwelt in Disneyland.
72. "America's Funniest Home Videos" has always been on television.
73. Their nervous new parents heard C. Everett Koop proclaim nicotine as addictive as heroin.
74. Lever has always been looking for 2000 parts to clean.
75. They have always been challenged to distinguish between news and entertainment on cable TV.

Thursday, June 14

NO, i am not packed

forgot to do all the laundry before i started felting
one thing i learned
after you felt with Black Alpaca
the washer is fuzzy
got boiled eggs to take
oatmeal
making lemon ade
gonna take sox to knit
better bring a 2nd project JUST in case
the plan is to stay IN all weekend
only place i plan on going
is the treadmill
gotta pack

DONE!!

10 x 4 x 7
32 " strap


8 x 3 x 5
24 " strap
the malabrigo felted faster
and denser than the Sonnet
less stitch definition
i STILL LOVE it

done felting

12 x 6 x 14

9 x 3 x 9

one handle twisted
the strap didn't shrink
the leaves of the flower are too large

will not attach the flower
NOR will i shape the bag
incase the partner prefers a different shape
than the shape the pattern intended

NOT for an exchange

it's assembled
now i get to felt
hope the pockets don't felt
bottom is 13 x 5
it's 8" high in the middle
strap is about 30"

1 cycle = 18 minutes to felt
bottom 9 x 3
sides 5
strap 22"
i LIKE it
MINE, MINE, MINE!!!!!!!
it's gonna take a month of Sundays to dry

Tuesday, June 12

PRESSIES in the mail

today, i went to the Post Office to
see what bills were waiting for me
to my surprise there were TWO boxes
i made the wine dishcloth for her a while back
and my ISE 4 Scarf from Kristin
i opened the boxes in the car
i was too impatient to wait till i got home
so, i hope i didn't get the wrong stuff in the
wrong pic
there was a guy walking by my car as i opened
the box from Bette
he wished me a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!"
guess he figured i wouldn't be gettting pressies
unless it was my birthday
THANK YOU BETTE for the bag
it was one i considered for my partner for
Spring Bag or ITE 4
even considered taking it with me to
knit last thur
THANK YOU Kristin for the Scarf

the Purse

Green, yellow & blue

felted with Fun Fur

the Button reminds me of Abolone

pattern is Pursenalities

SO
what was in with the Purse do you ask??

WWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLL

Apple Cinnamon Chex Mix - my FAV!!!

a paper fan, some Ginger Drink

never seen this before

green tea mix for drinking water - can use it on a plane

either a bar of soap or chunk of White Chocolate

will have to lick it to see

a magnet that says

"Too Much of a Good Thing

is Wonderful"

2 little travel candles

a little bag ( will travel with me) that has

beaded stitch markers that look like little Tea Cups

a windchime

Mary Kay Satin Hands (LOVE this stuff)

and a nail file - can ALWAYS use them

to prevent runs in the pantyhose



and the Scarf
Bobby Blue Malabrigo
LOVE the way it feels
i even considered the pattern when i was
trying to decide for MY partner
also in the box
a hand written note from Kristin
SOAP - smells GREAT
with Shea Butter ... hhhhmmmmm
take it with me when i fly
leave it at home
the remainder of the Malabrigo from the scarf
2 skeins - Nashua handknits
75% wool
25% alpaca
color is mint & will go with the yarn i bought in KC Mo
THANK YOU Bette & Kristin
your knitting was superb, the color & pattern you
chose was something i would have picked to knit
for myself

so, on today's list of things to do ( and then some)

assemble Licorice pocket bag
assemble Sonnet Pocket Bag
assemble ITE 4 bag
FELT all 3
go to JoAnns / Michaels
find hardware & zip for Spring Felted Bag
assemble it
find book & stitchmarker swap i thought i mailed
mail them along with other stitch marker swaps
by 14th
mail tea swap
mail all stitch marker swaps
on the 19th
mail spring bag swap
mail ITE 4
mail WhoDuKnit BOTTLE
mail Whenever Bottle
that resolves all the swaps except the
dishcloth on KnitExchange
and the May WhoDuKnit
then i gotta graph the sox / stock
for whenever
yarn SHOULD arrive on the 19th
then i start knitting them up

done knitting


now to assemble
and FELT

Sunday, June 10

more knitting

finished the body
now to work on the
pockets