Swoon
Trying not to hyperventilate here people. They posted more hooks! I don't think I can handle this. I want
this one too. And now I don't know how I'm going to keep myself from paying more money than I want to pay. So...in case you lost count there are now 3 on my want list, and 2 on my considering list. And...someone bid on the
nutmeg one, but I checked her feedback and didn't see any hook at all, and nothing was very expensive, so I'm pretty sure I have her beat, the
teal and rosewood may be a problem and now I want the
amazon one. Plus...the
mossy brook is pretty and the
black pearl and ruby isn't bad either. Whatever shall I do?
Ack!
I've been lamenting this evening because for the last days they hadn't posted any new hooks and who wants hair sticks? But tonight, a little later than normal they posted 4. 4!!! And they are gorgeous. The only problem is that they are not the exact sizes I would choose. But I'm going to bid on 2 I think.
this one. And
this one. I have a plan. I'm not going to bid right away this time. I'm going to wait until semi-last minute and then bid high and hope that they can't outbid me before time it up. Sneaky, I know. The first one it actually a great size for me because it's only 1 size smaller than they one I'm working with now and the 2nd is the same color that I've been coveting. So we'll see.
this one is also really nice and I would normally bid on it too, but I think I shouldn't get too crazy since I've never used one and I may not like them. You never know.
This is the one I'm working on now. If you can't tell it is green and purple (lilac?) squares. It will be 4x4 squares. The one I finished took much longer to complete because it was done completely in slip stitch and is a baby color multi with a white border and is much bigger because I must have been crazy when I did the first row; it's also not square because the last part is a tighter stich than the first part...opps. I can't show it to you now because I left it at home and I'll be here for the next few weeks.
I'm back in Jax tonight. And not too excited since this is the beginning of what is going to be a few killer weeks. I just hope I can stay motivated and get things done so that passing is not a problem.
I'm still in the midst of my crochet-fest. I can't crochet fast enough to make everything I want to try and I don't know enough to make some of the things I want to try. I'm half way done with a baby blanket and just tonight realized that I bought an extra skein of green homespun baby. I'm not sure what I'll do with that. Maybe a hat, it's too thick for booties though. I want to try socks, but I'm afraid they might not work up well. I think I'm capable of a scarf, and it being winter you'd think it would be the ultimate project for a newby, but well...people in Florida don't really need a scarf, and look a little funny if they do wear them. We'll see. I'm still trying to get one of those hooks, but refusing to pay the insane prices, and they just aren't making any that I REALLY like, and now there are only 2, both of which are ugly purple.
Okay, I've got some lectures to watch tonight. Hope everyone had a good thanksgiving.
I read several blogs on a regular basis, but I rarely ever comment on them. I'm not sure why this is. I've had this blog for a LONG time, so it's not like I have nothing to say. Maybe it's just that I am anti-social. I always know that there would be something really good to say, but can never come up with it. Or maybe I'm just a voyeur.
So...Tonight I bought some yarn, but I think I may buy more tomorrow at a different store because it is supposed to be on sale and it was a lot less than what was at the store i went to today. I bought yarn for a baby blanket and some more becacuse it was soft and I liked the color, I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do with it but I think I might make a hat. We'll see. I'm just excited to have a little time to do it. And...I bid on
this, I haven't decided if I really want to win it because it is a K, and I already have a K, in fact that's the only one I have, but the blue is pretty so I thought I'd see. I am going up to $30.00, so we'll see if the lady who is bidding on all the new ones will rebid against me. But I'm pretty sure I'll win it just because I'm not SURE it's the one I want to get first. But the good side to it is that I am used to that size, so it might be easier to work with. We'll see.
I've pulled out all the stiches I've done so far in the blanket, but when I get a good start I might post a picture. It will become a regular crochet blog. Boring, I know, but it's not like many people read this thing anyway.
I talked to Lori today. She called while I was watching a lecture, but I figured it had been a long time since we talked so I took a break. she is doing good. She had a date last night and stayed out really late and is very happy and as predicted is no longer planning on moving to Ohio. It bothers me that she is changing her life plans on the basis of one night almost as much as the reasons she was planning on moving bothered me. I wish she would live just for her for a while. She said Brook is good. I got an e-mail saying that the wedding was off, and so I finnally talked to Lori about it. She said Brook is okay with it now, and that she is okay with things staying the way they are because she doesn't want him to get married if he doesn't want to. And I totally agree that he shouldn't get married if it's not what he wants, but he needs to stop doing this, and she needs to stop letting him walk all over her like that. It makes me mad that she's so willing to just bend to whatever he wants, she's such a strong person and she takes his crap over and over. But, it's her life, and if she chooses to live it in that state of limbo forever it is her choice. Why do I know so many people who insist on being involved in dysfunctional relationships?
While I was talking to Lori we made plans to go shopping in Tampa at a mall that I don't know. I probably shouldn't have because it's been so long since I've had a break and I'm probably going to be tired and I have a ton of work to do, and being with Lori when she's up (or down) like this can be tiring, but I haven't seen her in a while and I think she needs someone to talk to. So I'm going shopping with her Saturday. I almost agreed to go on Friday, but caught myself when I realized that it was the day after thanksgiving and that's just not a good idea.
I never made it to buy yarn today, so I guess I will do that Tuesday. I have a couple projects in mind and I can't decide which one I really want to do.
I want to make a
hat, and try some
socks, and I have an idea for a baby blanket, and I'd really love to make a sweater like
this, but that's a knit sweater and I can't knit, and even if it was crochet, I'm not sure I could do it anyway. I think I need a LOT more experience. But if anyone happens to come across a crochet pattern for something similar, let me know.
Time for bed, exam tomorrow.
So I think it's probably pretty obvious by now that I don't exactly have what you might call a work ethic, not anymore at least. And as this is totally boring my mind keeps wandering and I am suddenly reminded that I slept in for the cure, and they were supposed to send me a shirt...but since I don't live at home I have no idea what kind of mail I have waiting for me from the past month or so. So...did they send me a shirt or what?
So...Can you believe someone bid against me? Me either. Anyway, it was fun, but I wish it had lasted a little longer. They haven't posted any new auctions yet, so I'm thinking maybe it's because it's the weekend? So I guess I'll wait until next week, which is probably better anyway.
Tonight Harriet made dinner and it was very good. It was interesting, one of those recipes you probably wouldn't like if someone just gave you a recipe card but it worked very well. It was like a chicken casserole over rice. Chicken with a gravy type sauce and then broken ritz crackers on top, then severed over white rice, that she cooked in a pan on the stove and didn't even burn to the bottom of the pan. And I have to say that it was both nice to not worry about what I was going to make for dinner and nice to know that my dinner didn't come out of a box from the freezer. And it was good. We should probably do that more often, but we just don't have any time. School is crazy.
I still have lots of lectures to watch. And I have another baby blanket idea, but I'm not getting yarn until after I finish lectures, but at the rate I'm going I might not ever get any. No my plan for now is to watch some tonight and the rest tomorrow and then go buy yarn so that I can take some home and practice more over thanksgiving, even though I NEED to watch more lecture over thanksgiving, but you know, I'm going to try to do both...because this is my latest obsession and there are like SOOO many craft stores around here, it's hard to keep myself focused. Why can't I get obsessed about...I don't know...Lectures? School? Is it just me, or am I'm completely wierd.
Okay more organic structures to draw...
Attention
Under
no circumstances is anyone allowed to bid against
me.
Today I should have gotten a lot of work done but I didn't. I'm losing motivation, the worse I do in class, the less I want to do. A viscous cycle.
I decided this evening that I needed to go to the store and I decided I wanted to make fajitas, and when I was leaving I think Harriet felt like she needed a break to so we went together. Then I came back and made fajitas. They were okay. I think I was just happy to eat something that wasn't microwaved or in a bag. But they weren't my best. She seemed to like them though, hopefully she wasn't just being nice.
I have 14 lectures to watch for an exam monday night. Luckily they aren't all full lectures, but it is organic chemistry and not only is that EXTREMELY boring but I have a hard time understanding a lot of it. I end up just memorizing things when it would be much easier to just understand it, that is...If I could understand it. I keep asking why we have to know all these structures. Especially when the professor says we have to memorize and be able to reproduce them for the exam but, we should look them up in the future if we ever need them, don't rely on your memory, but I'm like, when am I ever going to have to know the structure for furosemide again? The answer to that is um...for the final? If I take the final. Sometimes I think the majority of the stuff they have us doing is just so they can watch us have a hard time. Like for practicum we have to do a poster presentation but no one cares what it is about or what our conclusion is. The first day at the pharmacy our pharmacist told us she had no idea why we even had to do it. It's just more work and stuff to worry about. And that's on top of the classes that are actually hard and require a lot of work and attention and energy AND a professor who is clearly without something that is necessary for human interaction.
I'm not reading over this so, if it doesn't make sense I don't care.
If I were to say
"HOLY GOD!!!" do you think that'd be blasphemous?
I simply MUST have one of
these for this summer. Of course, I won't fit in the girly ones, but the boys ones are fine with me. And...$10, could it get any better?
On my ever expanding list
Not that I didn't like the other one, but I am changing them size. I like them both but now I'm leaning toward the larger size.
So...I know I'm behind on the news and all, but that's only because I have more exams this month than should be allowed by law. But...what is going on in France? I think I must be missing some key information. From what I get apparently two teenagers were hiding from police because they thought they were being chased, but it seems as if they weren't really. But they thought they were being chased and so they hid somewhere in a power substation and were accidentally electrocuted. And for whatever reason this accident of fate has caused massive riots throughout the housing projects in Suburban Paris, where they are burning hundreds of cars each night and generally being unruly.
So my question is, don't you think that even if those police HAD been chasing those boys and had directly CAUSED there deaths that this still wouldn't have happened? Crap like that happens all the time, and there is just a public flogging (not literally) of those involved without ever correcting the bigger problem. It just seems like that is such a small incident to start so much. And...on a somewhat different note why is it necessary in every article to identify that the majority involved are Muslims or of African decent. Are they trying to say that this has something to do with religion too? Is anyone else totally confused about this. Talk about spotty coverage, the media really needs to work on information gathering and distribution here.
