I’m absolutely in love with this one – a scarf I’m making for Stephanie in two different varigated yarns, alternating rows, in a rib pattern that I got from Stephanie Pearl-McPhee’s site. I finally got settled down with all the indecision about what new project I was going to try, and all the thought I put into it has paid off. This is going to be one of my favorite new projects, and I can see how polished it will be already.
In the lobby of my doctor’s office at the One America tower downtown. “Don’t look now, but there’s a giant flag behind you.” (I think I’d find that intimidating if I worked in the building every day.)
I dithered back and forth about what new yarn to use and what new stitch pattern to try, until I drove myself nuts. Stephanie’s not feeling well, and I don’t feel great either, so I opted for comfort, and grabbed scrap yarn and the Roku remote. I’ve been watching Season 2 of MI:5 and knitting away on a easy project rather than stressing about creating some fantastic new thing.
We seem to be on a Mediterranean theme this weekend. We visited the Egyptian Cafe for our friend Carla’s birthday celebration.
I need to work on my snow photos, because this isn’t all that stellar. But it is a slice of life; we had several inches today.
I also finished up this hat today, which I’m quite proud of.
It goes with the scarf I made earlier.
In all, I need to stop taking photos in the kitchen, because the lighting isn’t great, and I hate our countertops as a backdrop. I need to get my makeshift studio up to speed.
It never ends well when he does.
Today, we’re going to test out this monkey present I got from Stephanie’s niece for Christmas.
He supposedly grows to 600% his current size
Here’s all the terms of service and such. It takes 10 whole days for him to grow, so we’ll have to come back to see what he looks like.
He sure is happy.
Just under 2 inches tall.
This handy Hot Box Pizza cup will be our monkey pool.
Have fun in there, little dude.
The view from my window at work. BRRRRRR. I hate leaving the house in cold weather. When does spring roll around? Oh, wait, we have a lot to do before then. Like prepping for our trip to England. We’re taking my mom to see my sister and her kids. Should be fun. Dunno how I’d do the photo a day project there; I’ll have to work something out.
D’oh! I forgot to take a photo.
But this is why it’s about setting a goal, not making a resolution — I’m not going to make it a habit if I stop now that I’ve blown the perfect record. (And so early in the game, too!)
I spend a good chunk of the day getting stuff done around the house this January 3rd, and in the process, I forgot to grab the camera. On cold days, I tend to do the nesting thing where I stay indoors and putter around the house doing laundry and watching HGTV, and that doesn’t lend itself to getting pictures taken.
Indoors = low light = not always the prettiest pictures.
Well, upward and onward – I’ll nail it tomorrow.
