Tag Archive for 'knitting'

secret chicken

a weekend of:

sooper seekrit knitting project: More »

a process

soaking:
soaking in Soak

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a rewarding week

Whew, made it!  Out of the parking garage, and through my first week at my new job.  It’s been fun, busy, somewhat boring, and awesome all around.  It was a trial by fire, really, as they threw us into a huge undertaking that while not mentally challenging, was still quite the challenge to get done by the deadline.  In the end we finished in plenty of time, with the recruited help from all over the office (never would have made it without the help) and got treated by the manager of Quality Assurance to lunch yesterday, as a thank you for a job well done. More »

why you gotta be that way?

grace pops her knitch cherry

I was going to post this picture first, no matter what my next post was about. HI GRACE! EXCITED MUCH?? More »

the weekend bus that hit me

Saturday we made yet another pilgrimage to Costco, this time for Kev. The company he works for decided suddenly that they were no longer going to provide free lunches to the phone support guys who worked through lunch. Nice. Some frozen enchiladas from Trader Joe’s got him through last week, but he needed a bit more, as he works weirdo long hours and has to eat twice at work. So we stocked up on plenty of lunchmeat, cheese, bread, yogurt, veggies and whatever else he could stuff into the break room’s fridge and freezer.

Sunday required planning and preparation. The Yarn Harlot was in town again, and this time Grace had decided to…well…grace us with her presence. So cleaned up a bit to make the condo slightly less embarrassing as I waited for her to arrive (hey, did you know we had a coffee table underneath all that junk? amazing!) There was some confusion about the directions I had given, but the nice thing about I285 is that it is a loop - even if you get on way too early, you EVENTUALLY make it to where you’re going. More »