I think winter is upon us!

It is almost 2009 and I cannot believe that the year is almost over. Although it has shaped up to be better! I am hoping 2009 stays that way too. I should so be getting ready for work or wait be at work, but I am delaying it a little because it just seems like today should be a snow day. I don't know why adults can't have official snow days from work but it's likely to have something to do with the fact that its WORK :). I finished another class on my journey through grad school. Thanks goodness! Now I just need to figure out what I am going to do for my thesis...hmmm that's tricky. I would like to get it done in '09 so I need to find something that would interest me but also not take too much time to do. I am sure I will figure it out but I am taking a few weeks off for the holidays and will think about in January.

Zelda is hanging out on the desk with me as I type. I think she secretly wishes she could write something about the conspiracy between wet cat food and dry cat food and why can't she just eat a whole can of wet food at once! As for knitting, I have just not had a lot of time to do it. I think this year I finished a hat for the husband and a baby sweater for my friend and that's it. I did get the back done on a sweater for me. So, maybe with my time off from school I can finish that! I have so much yarn for so many projects that I do need to start something new.

As for the shoulder it is much better. Still not 100% of what it was but better and manageable. Well as much as I would like to stay home and do nothing all day I should start to get ready for work :(.

Ravelympics

Well,
Okay so like all resolutions, I have not been keeping up the blog. But, hey at least I am still knitting. I am just finishing up the Elizabeth Zimmerman's Surprise Baby Jacket for my friend who had a baby in May. I do hope that it fits when I am done, but I think it will. Not that a jacket is of any use in Chicago in the summer but its the thought that counts right? Anyway, the start of Ravelympics is upon us, yay! I am doing the To Dye for Sweater in Debbie Stoller's Stitch 'n Bitch. I am excited to get it done. Three of my friends and myself are supposed to have done the sweater a while ago (2 are done with it). So, I figured this was a perfect opportunity to do this sweater. I hope I can get it completed by the end of the offical Olympics but we shall see. My knitting has been a bit slow lately due to many things including my shoulder. But, I am hopeful. Well that is about all. I'll check back in with updates!!!

Daylight Savings

Well,
I have obviously not been keeping up with my blog, oops :). I have been very busy though. I am midway through my semester, yay! After this class, I only have 4 left! Cannot wait to be done. It will be nice to have some part of my life back. My shoulder has been doing better. I have been exercising it and that seems to be helping. Still have not finished that darn hat! Oh well, I have until March 25th to finish for it so I can give it away as a birthday present. Today I have a big cooking day ahead of me. I thought I would cook most of my dinners for the week today. I just have so much to do when I get home from work that having dinner already done would be a great help. My husband and I are still trying to figure out if we are going to reschedule our trip to Antigua or just eat the money. We shall see. We wouldn't go until Jan 08. The problem we have is that he may start grad school as well and classes start when we would like to go. So, I do not know. I am so looking forward to spring!!!!! It has been a very long winter here and a little warmth and sunshine is in order. Well that is all for now. :)

Its almost February

I cannot believe that January is almost over and February is here. That is good for us in the north where the short days and cold nights make for good knitting but some mild depression. It was so nice today (40 degrees and sunny) that my hubby and I took Kandi (our dog) for a walk. We went to the lake and walked around in lots of snow. Kandi had so much fun. I wish I could let her off leash but she is so bad about coming back when called so we have to keep her on leash. On the knitting front, I did do one round the other day. My shoulder is starting to feel better although I feel like I will jinx that at any minute. So, we'll see. I did start another semester of grad school this week it should be an interesting course. I have four more days of work and then I have a three day weekend, yay! I have currently worked 8 days in a row and am feeling a little tired. Oh, we discovered a new pizza place today! It was super good. Since moving to our condo we have not found a place we really like. No, not all pizza in Chicago is good pizza. But, today we found a place and loved it! So, that is my excited new of the day. Kind of boring but its my life :). Well, that's it for this week. Hope this week is a good one!

It can't get any worse

Ah how my January is turing out to be one of the worst months. On a positive note I did do one round of knitting today. Just taking it slow. My grandfather passed away the weekend before this one. I really didn't think this month could get much worse but it has. He had been ill for a while and at 85 had lived a good life, but it is very weird to not have this person in my life anymore. I cannot come to terms with deleting his phone number from my cell phone so it is going to stay there just a little bit longer. At least I have very good memories that make me laugh and cry at the same time. I think the strangest part of everything was going back to work on Monday after it happened. I was explaining to a friend (who recently lost her father to cancer) how it is so strange that while your life has been altered everything else around you is the same. People at work, work related problems, traffic, television shows, mail, etc... It is difficult to explain but you feel sort of in a "twilight zone." My cold is sort of improving now and my shoulder has been feeling better. So, I think health-wise I may be on the mend. I just hope that Feb is a better month!

In like a lion...

Well,

I thought I would keep true with my resolution and update my blog. Its been about a week and what a week it has been! I am currently on a knitting sabbatical. My mild knitting injury turned into a flare-up of my arthritis in my shoulder and I had to go to the hospital for 36 hours. Not much fun really. Starting to get back into the swing of things, still some pain in my shoulder but infinitely better, and now I have a cold. It has been a rough start to 2008 and I am hoping that this will only mean that the year will get better! My husband and I traded in our car yesterday and purchased a new one so that is pretty exciting! We also celebrated our 2 year anniversary on Monday. Not in Antigua as we would have wanted but at home. Although, there has been some unseasonably warm weather and we did get to enjoy it. So that is my weekly post. I hope that next week will bring one with more cheer! Stay warm.

A New Year

In keeping with the tradition of resolutions, I have made a few knitting resolutions for myself.

1. Keep up with my blog. Maybe a weekly post would be good vs every few months.
2. Finish up some of my projects. I do not have many UFOs (unfinished objects) but I have lots of yarn for new projects.
3. Clean up my yarn supply and donate yarns I am not going to use.
4. Learn a new knitting techinique (I have not done much with color work and I would like to learn how to knit in the Continental style).
5. Clean up and inventory my supplies. This is huge. I have so many various places to store needles that I need to keep better track of everything.

That is it. It is a lot but some of these things can be done in a weekend or two. Plus it will help me clean up my closets :).

Right now I am working on a lovely black ribbed hat for my hubby. I did too much knitting yesterday that I need to take a few days rest. Have a very sore shoulder and elbow. I was hoping to have the hat finished before Thursday, but it looks like the hat will be traveling to Antigua with me. Not too bad for a winter hat to have a a beach vacation. I will likely need to bring another project too in case I finish the hat.

Other things I am doing now include getting a much needed break from grad school and getting used to my new job. I am slowly getting myself setttled in. It is definately not my dream job but will do for the time being. I am also celebrating my 2 year wedding anniversary in 6 days. Time does fly by. Well, that is all for now. My next entry will be after my little vacation, hope we have a great time!