Home's best.
Well, that was a good summer. There's really too much to write about in detail, so I'll sum up.
Visitors: 5
Little boys who started school: 1
Little girls who started crawling: 1
Computers that bricked: 1
New computers: 1
Old ladies that got a year older: 1
Little boys that got a year older: 1
Husbands that stopped smoking: 1
Husbands that bought a big screen plasma & a PS3 to reward themselves: 1
Trips to Toronto for Dad's 65th birthday: 1
Trips to New York City for a surprise wedding: 1
Buckets of ice cream devoured during the summer: at least 5, but who's counting
Days at the beach: 20 or so
FOs: 2
As for the wedding - my big brother called two weeks ago and announced that he was getting married to his fiancee, pronto. So, last Friday, our little family got up at 4 am and got on a place to NYC (which was the smallest airplane that I've ever flown in, apart from a Cessna that I toured the Grand Canyon in) - it was a beautiful day. Civil ceremony at City Hall, and then pictures in Central Park. Dinner was at the swankiest hotel in town, and we were lucky enough to stay there as well (freebie!). The next day was spent shopping at Toys R Us at Times Square (three separate Star Wars sections, people), and eating lunch at White Castle (the food is quite possibly an abomination inflicted on the American people by terrorists...it's AWFUL.) Back home on early Sunday morning. Phew!
And the knitting? Dismal output. Two FOs - a pair of Uzume socks in Colinette Jitterbug (Fire colourway), and a Cupcake Hat for a sweet little girl that I know (not mine). I don't have permission to post the pic of the behatted wee one, so no go on that one, and I've been too lazy to take pics of the socks - it'll get done eventually.
I've also been sucked back into World of Warcraft, which probably directly correlates to the suck-ass knitting productivity. With the expansion coming out in a month, I kinda doubt that it'll get better, but who knows? Maybe I'll find a Time Warp and be able to knit all sorts of wintery things like mittens, scarves, etc. But one thing's for sure - no Christmas knitting this year. After the lukewarm reception of handknit socks for everyone last year, I have avowed to only knit for those who appreciate the effort, or who are too small to protest being clad in knitwear.
I'm hoping for a Time Warp like this one, personally.
Monday, October 6, 2008
East, West...
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4 comments:
Let's do the time warp agaaaaaain!
You can do the time warp at my house any time. In fact, I'm doing it right now - but that's because it's cold in here!
Congrats to your bro and his wife!
"It's just a jump to the left."
How ya doin'? I love the way you run the numbers on your summary. Hooray for NYC! Down with sliders! Ha. They love them here in Chicago. Personally, never saw the appeal.
Crawling already? No stopping her now.
Hey, good to see you back! Congrats to you hubby on the no smoking. It's truly one of the hardest things to do.
Oh haiiiii!
Yeah, I'm a bad blogger too. Sometimes real life gets in the way - and that's not a bad thing :)
Cool wedding!
To Steph: It's freezing at my house too. I'm sitting in front of a space heater so I don't start shivering.
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