Posted on 05/29/2008 by Andrea
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Memes
PrincessPea tagged us for the "Peeps I Want to Know More About" meme. A while ago. But hey, better late than never, right? Mom, you have to do this too.
The rules: Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.
1) What was I doing ten years ago?
Ten years ago I was in college at the University of Minnesota, still trying to figure out what on earth I wanted to major in. I had been toying with biology at that point but was wrestling with the ethics of it and becoming a vegetarian (I ultimately got a degree in studio art, instead). I guess it must have been my second year living in the dorms and I was getting ready to move into my first-ever apartment, a run-down place near campus with five roommates, treacherous stairs up to the third floor, and a wooden fire escape (good idea, no?) with an old abandoned toilet down at the bottom of it. It was such a dump, but I have such fond memories of those times.
2) What are five (non-work) things on my to-do list for today:
Is it bad that I really can't think of five things on my to-do list that have nothing to do with work?
- Have dinner with a good friend.
- Remember to eat good foods (I'm on a nutrition kick right now).
- Um, empty the dishwasher?
- Go to bed early (had a bad night of sleep last night)
3) Snacks I enjoy:
Chocolate (especially dark chocolate), fruit of almost any kind, nuts. But I don't always eat healthy. My favorite movie snack: Sour Patch Kids. Yum.
4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
Besides the obvious paying off of my and my family's debt and financing future generations' college educations? Travel the world. Give money to a cause that isn't getting enough money. Maybe for Pancreatic Cancer research. I wouldn't get a massive house, but would instead buy small apartments in a few favorite places (New York, maybe somewhere international once I'd traveled the world and figured out which places I liked the best).
5) Places I have lived:
I've never lived outside of Minnesota (other than being born in Illinois and living there for, what, a year?), but I've moved around the Twin Cities a bit since leaving the nest. The longest I've lived anywhere since moving out of my parents' house has been at my current house, in which I've been living for three years (and am getting quite antsy to move on, honestly).
6) Jobs I have had:
Babysitter, software company intern, newsletter writer, typist, web developer, graphic designer.
7) Peeps I want to know more about:
I don't really feel like tagging anyone for the meme. Maybe I'm too shy.
Mom, your turn.
Posted on 05/23/2008 by Andrea
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Knitting
Apologies for the lack of posting around here. Mom is out visiting family in South Dakota, and I have very little knitting-related to talk about right now. I'm still plugging away on the Show-Off Ruffle Skirt. I've gotten to the point where I should be decreasing for the waist, but I've discovered that my stitch count is off. I don't quite know how or when that happened, but it's not a big deal. I just need to recalculate the decreases.
Oooh, exciting, huh? Not really.
So my coworker is pregnant and has now found out she's having a boy. That means I can probably start figuring out what to knit for him. When my other coworker had a baby, I made this:
(pattern: Mary Lou Egan's "Lace Baby Sweater No. 33")
I love the pattern for many reasons (probably the biggest is there are NO SEAMS) and I wanted to make it again, but it's not particularly boy-friendly. So I'm on the lookout for a knitting project for a baby boy. Any ideas? My only real requirement is that it's not garter stitch.
Hope you all have a fun Memorial Day weekend! I'm gearing up for some contractors to invade my house next week (nothing exciting; just some water-damage repairs from a storm we had last summer) so I have some work to do at home, but I hope to get out for a bike ride and at least one barbecue. And maybe I'll finish my skirt so I can wear it next week?
Posted on 05/05/2008 by Andrea
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Random Thoughts
You could say I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed lately. Since my vacation, I've only had time to go through one day's worth of the 900 photos. Rather than waiting until they're all done, I thought I'd show the photos I have ready so far.
They're from our half-day in Dublin, when we first arrived in Ireland. We wandered around the city, saw the Book of Kells
(very impressive), strolled through St. Stephen's Green (sort of Dublin's equivalent to Central Park), window-shopped Grafton Street, and got a peek at the Dublin Spire, which was near our B&B.
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
We were quite jetlagged so we didn't really do much that day. The next day, we left Dublin behind (until the last part of our trip), and we took a bus across Ireland to Galway, on the West coast. I was enchanted with Galway. Maybe when I have time to go through some more of my photos and post them here, you will see why.
In the meantime, instead of finishing with my photos I'm trying to finish staining and sealing our bedroom closet door before I go out of town on Wednesday. I didn't realize I'd chosen an oil-based stain and that it would require far more time to dry than a water-based stain. So once you factor in drying times, I will just barely have enough days to get this done before I leave on my work trip to California. Nothing like trying to get ready for a business trip and having to finish up a home improvement project at the same time.
Still, it's spring and it feels good to be busy beautifying my house and getting things done. I have big plans for fixing up our house this summer. Probably nothing dramatic, as far as most people are concerned, but neither Brad nor I are very handy, so every little bit seems like a major accomplishment.
And if you're still reading this far, I guess I'd better throw in a knitting update. I have actually had a little time to work on the Show-Off Ruffle Skirt. Once I finished the bobble section and dropped all the stitches, the project has gone from agonizingly slow to lighting fast. At this rate, I'll be done in no time!
