Hi Guys!

I just want to write a quick note, thanking you all again for your fabulous comments. My self - esteem has been tripled this week! I think that last post had an all time high number of comments!

I've also noticed some new bloggers who have stopped by and left little comments. Welcome! It is so nice to hear from you!

Since a few folks have asked, here is the link to the irish hiking scarf pattern (the cabled scarf i'm working on). And again, I want to recommend using Noro Kochoran for it, or something with a similar fuzzy angora feel. I seriously get tingly looking at the scarf and its fuzziness.

Oh, and btw, I've decided to be TinkerBell for halloween (because its cute, and the only costume I could find hahaha). Also, I missed the eclipse too, lol I fell asleep

Have a great night, happy knitting! And thanks again for your posts - looks like there are a few more blogs i've been checking regularly that I have to add to my links!

WAIT! Don't go yet! I remembered something else - I found my folding scissors! They were in a book! Mental Note to Self: don't use folding scissors as a book mark again!

First things first, there will be a full lunar eclipse tonight! I love this stuff. Matt and I have plans to go out at 9:30 to take a peak, and then again at 10:30 to see it during the full eclipse.

Next, I want to thank you all for your kind posts! Its so nice to hear from all of you! All of you who asked me questions - I answered most of them in comments on your blogs! Let me know if you missed them :) (Lauren, we should totally take Amie up on her offer!!!)

So, it has been a busy week! Busy for everyone else? I dont know what it is, it just seems like everything is going on now! Yesterday was a great day. I finally got my registration and title taken care of, so I have MD plates (yay!). Also, after class I decided to take a small trip to a LYS near campus. One of my teachers told me about it. I was a little scepticle to go, but then I checked out their website. Learn about The Yarn Basket Here. Their website looks a little outdated, but take a look at their selection! Oh - and their sale yarn!!!

(A side note before I post pictures - do any of you feel incredibly guilty after buying yarn? I felt this way yesterday after I left the store. All I could think about is all the projects I have planned and all the projects I'm working on, and how I shouldn't have bought the yarn. It was an aweful feeling. I felt like I was being selfish and spoiled buying it. I dont know where the feelings came from. I'm glad I bought it now. I know those feelings were rediculous because I knit EVERY day for an average of 2 hours a day I bet... some more some less. Anyway...)

Here is the progress on my scarf, and some stash enhancements...


Noro Kochoran - lushious!


Progress of my Irish Hiking Scarf


Rowan Cork - same stuff I'm making my dad and DH's sweaters out of. 12 balls at 1/2 price! Holy Sale! I couldn't resist. The color looks grey here, but it is actually a beautiful lilac color. There is a swatch here it is #32 - Chilly


When I was in the store, I picked up a Noro book - Noro Knits by Jane Ellison. I opened up to this page and KNEW I had to make it for my mom. I thought it would be perfect for her to carry some snacks and a good book on car trips, or when she and my dad go to car shows!


Noro Iro - 75% wool, 25% Silk - softer and lighter than their other wools. Its perfect for the bag!

And now, in closing - I will leave you with a photo of what we had for dinner. This is out of one of my vegetarian sandwich cook books. Basically it is a mixture of 3 bell peppers (i like using red, orange and yellow for the color and nutrients!), beans, garlic, onion cooked with a bit of oil. then add tomato, oregano, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper. spread it on cheese and sprink the top with more cheese and top with another tortilla. I baked it for about 5 minutes and served with sour cream!


Mmmm Quesadillas for dinner! (and my cute little fishie spoon holder)

I hope you all have a great night. Enjoy the eclipse!

And if you get the chance, dont forget to wish Megan a happy 24th birthday (a day late!)!

Matt and I had such a great weekend. Yesterday we did a lot of driving around, thinking about our Halloween Costumes, rented movies, went to the snowboard shop... but best of all, we went to a yarn shop! I love Woolwinders (see link below, I'm too lazy to paste it)!

Here is a picture of the Koigu KPPPM or whatever it is. OMG I LOVE IT. My gram is going to love charolette and love the colors. I wouldnt have picked the colors for myself, but I think they are beautiful. All the ladies at the home will be jealous, and she will eat it up.




I also got some needles (you dont need to see them sillies!) and I got some Noro Silk Garden in #37. My mom saw the picture of the Irish Hiking Scarf (again, link below because I'm lazy) and LOVED it, so I will be making her one as well. She deserves it! (She buys a lot of my yarn, so she TOTALLY deserves it!)




I hope you all enjoy the pictures!

In Other News
-Moms United won their game tonight 5 - 2. Knittens had a great game, scoring once and having a great header for an assist!
-We're having homemade pizza for dinner, and it smells GREAT!
-Birds finally found my feeders outside. I was so excited that I bought Suet at the store today to fatten those guys up and keep 'em here through the winter. I love birds as much as flowers!
-I have been having dreams about knitting and spinning every night. I'm addicted. Last night was bad though... big knot. I dont want to go into it.
-The leaves in PA were spectacular. I am happy that Matt now knows where I drive every day :)
-We're going to have another fire in the fireplace tonight!

I hope you all had a great weekend. Another busy week coming up (semester is half way over - lots more work) so I will try to update as much as I can.

Happy Knitting!
Meg

Where will I be this morning? WHERE!??!? WHERE!??!

I will be at WoolWinders picking up Koigu for Charlotte!

I am so excited that it finally came in, and I am so excited to be going to get it! Thank you DH for agreeing to go so last minute!! Though, that could be in part to me promising to go to the snowboard shop downtown.

We'll also be driving up to PA to look at the pretty trees and to check out a ski place up there. We need to decide if we want to buy a pass or not.

Have a great weekend! Yay Koigu!!!!!!!!!

Ok, before I get to the pictures...

I'm a member of Curves, and I LOVE it. I've been a member for about a year now. I'm not usually one to tell this to the world, but from last November until before the wedding, I lost 10 pounds and went down 3 pant sizes. I easily adopted the workout as a part of my daily life, it helped my mood, my energy level, and it made me feel so good about myself! I have never been overweight, however when I moved from Boston to Penn State, I started gaining weight very quickly because at Penn State I was able to drive everywhere... NOT something I was able to do at Boston. In MA, I probably walked about 2 miles a day, easily. Since then... I'm lucky if I walk 1/2 a mile I bet.

So anyway. After the wedding, obviously my Curves routine was hurtin. After the honeymoon, we moved, and after the move I unpacked, and after I unpacked, I started commuting. I have tried to go at least 2 times a week, but I'm having a hard time with it. Honestly, I havent been in two weeks as of now. The facility is about 15 minutes away from my house, which makes that an hour a day to work out. I can do that, however to get there I have to travel on a busy road that frequently has accidents and backups. Therefore, I can't get there before my class (they dont open early enough) and by the time I get home, Matt is home and I would rather spend time with him. At least I'm still working out on Sundays with soccer!

So anyway, the point of this long story - I was flipping through a coupon thing I got in the mail today, and there was a flier for Curves in there - one is moving right down the street from where I live!!!! So, 3-5 mintues there and back, 30 mintue workout! THIS IS TOOOOO COOOL! I am so excited. They open a week from Monday. Between this and me only having to commute to school three days a week next semester, I feel like I have so much to look forward to!

On to the good stuff, pictures!

irish hiking scarf - omg, i love cables!!!!


bucket hat for maddie. sooooo cute, she is going to love it

have a great weekend guys... any big weekend plans out there? :)

Hi everyone!

Wow, this week has been hectic! Thanks for being so patient with my on the posting front - any time that I have had, I've been knitting and cuddling with DH. You guys are so great, thank you all for your comments :) I love reading your blogs so much, and I'm glad you enjoy visiting mine!

So yah, I've been knitting like crazy. So much so, I've been having dreams about it. Yesterday, I searched Lauren's blog and found the link to the Irish Hiking Scarf Pattern. I frogged a Noro Kochoran scarf to use the yarn for this pattern (it was just a big and super long garter stitch scarf. No biggie!). The yarn is perfect, fuzzy, has some body and is SOOO soft because of the angora. It is the first time I've knit cables, but its coming out great. However, I had a nightmare last night that I kept forgetting that I was knitting cables so I had to keep unknitting and reknitting the damn pattern. Just a dream though :)

I have also started my niece's Bucket Hat. I am doing the whole thing on 10.5 24" circ, so I'm concerned that it won't come our right - the brime calls for 9 24" circ and then to change to 10 16" circ. I'm sure it wont make that big of a difference, and the only reason you switch to the 16" circ is because of the decreases - lets just hope for the best.

Have any of you felted Ironstone "New Wool"? Maybe Megan? Does it shrink a lot? I'm kinda guesstamating about my 4 yr old nieces head, but I def. dont want to felt it if its too small!!!

I finished my booga at the conference yesterday, it is sitting on my couch waiting to be felted. I also worked a little on the Berroco Medley Scarf that I was making, but I got bored with it - probably why I cast on the hat and the hiking scarf.

Man, I sure do make a lot of scarves. But where are they all? I have one and matt has one that i've made - where are the rest? It seems like I'm always knitting them! Maybe i've given them away? Who knows.

Ok, i have to go blow dry my hair (wearin it straight today! oooh la la!) and head to class. Have a great day guys! When I get home today, I'll be sure to post some pics of scarf, hat and booga!

Today is going to be a busy day. I have a test first thing this morning and then a big group presentation/role play that I am very nervous about. I really can't wait until its over!

In other news, Matt and I decided to go to NJ for Halloween, to a friends Halloween party. We're really excited, but have to figure out what to wear! I was thinking Marilyn Monroe. I'd love to be able to something *with* Matt though. Any ideas?

I hope you all have a great day. Tomorrow is going to be busy too. I am going to Messiah College in PA for a conference. This has been a loooooong week. I'll update again on Friday, with pictures of knitting progress of course!

Have a great day!

Dear Lauren and Megan,

I want to thank you both for such a lovely time today. I had a great time visiting with you, chatting and munching at Folk Arts Studio Cafe. I feel so lucky to have been able to spend this time with you, and I am so glad that you two are a part of my life!

I can't wait to meet up with you again soon! It would be great to have you come up to Frederick or even Rockville (or heck, even Bethesda).

Anyway guys, thanks for a wonderful afternoon! (To see pictures from our trip, check out Lauren's Blog)

Now, on to some stash enhancements! I was planning on getting all the yarn for the stockings I'm making, but I felt a little overwhelmed, so I only got enough for 2-3 presents, and enough needles to knit everything at the same time :) Here are some pics of my enhancements:


Purple and Pink Ironstone for my neice's bucket hat


Araucania Nature Wool for a green, red and gray argyle stocking


Forest Green and Faded Red Fuchsia Rio De La Plata - SOOO SOFT! Chloe LOVES this stuff


An action shot of Chloe on the Rio De La Plata. The only other time she acts like this is when cat nip is involved.

Like I said, I had a wonderful time chatting and knitting. I made a lot of progress on my new Booga, and I really loved seeing a cardi that Lauren was making. Megan also knit up a storm on some socks for her DH, and showed us her amazing work on some Latvian Mittens!

Now, before I go, please click here. You won't regret it! LLAMAS!

Have a great evening everyone! As for me, I will be balling yarn and knitting some more booga!

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Well, we didn't win the lottery, again. If we win on Tuesday, I promise that I'll buy all you regulars $200 in yarn! Not that I'll win though, but its fun to dream.

My brother, SIL and niece were all up in NJ (where I grew up) this past week. A friend of the family passed on, and they drove up from SC to be there for the funeral. Now, they are heading back to SC and stopping in Bethesda at my cousin's for the night. I tried to get in touch with my cousin to invite DH and I over for dinner (hahah I'm so sneaky) but haven't been able to get in touch with him yet :( I'll keep trying. So the plan for today is the orchard and then Bethesda if all works out.

Tomorrow, I hope to go yarn shopping. Keep your fingers crossed!

Today my kitties and I are taking it easy. I did a little cleaning this morning and am concentrating on getting all the wash done and put away. I've took a trip to the food store and got some lottery tickets and a few ingriedients I was missing. I want to try to make the recipe that Michelle posted for us back in September. Looks delicious, I can't wait to try it! I'm going to multitask and make some brownies while I'm at it too. I just feel like DH will flip coming home on a friday to the smell of dinner and warm brownies!

I'm also thinking of sneaking him off to see Team America World Police tonight. He really wants to see it, and today is payday, so why the heck not!

Oh, in KRSPII news, I got a great e-card from my secret pal the other night. Its wonderful having a secret pal, and to get things that let me know that someone out there is thinking of me!

I hope you all enjoy your weekend. Lauren, I'll write you an email as soon as I talk to DH about Sunday. It should be a go!

I've been having a lot of these lately. Once I get over the hump it'll be all good, I know it. However, first I had to deal with this:

MVA: My insurance wasn't exactly ok with MD. I say wasn't exactly because the name on my insurance card didn't match the name on their insurance list exactly. Name on my card: Chubb. Name on the list: Chubb National. Gimme a break. So Matt gets his plates and title and registration no problem (of course). Not me though. And, from the looks of it I'm going to be charged 5% tax on the book value of my car, which is almost $9,000 right now. Yea, like I have that money.

Doctor: The lab didn't accept my insurance (its the theme of the week), so I didn't have any work done. This means more hassel for me in the next few weeks, which happen to be busy weeks.

The Good News: You remember how I broke my TV? Well right next to the TV place there was an insurance place. We just popped in to get an estimate on car insurance. The lady there was *SO* nice. Basically she gave us free advice to put my name on my DH plan and that would be the cheapest. When we stood up to leave, I hear here cry "ooooooooh, you made a booga!" I couldnt believe my ears. DH couldn't believe his ears. Another fiber lover, right here, right now, where i live, and she recognized a yarn and a pattern! The conversation went as follows:

Me: "Oh my yes, I love knitting. I think I've made one for every female relative in my family"
Her: "Oh dear yes. I have one with very similar colors as yours. Two different colors in that one, yah?"
Me: "Yup, thats right. I use this thing everywhere!"
Her: "Hun, you should join our knitting group"
Me: *So excited at this point I'm squirming and can't forumalte any words. I keep looking from DH to her in joy*
Her: "oh yes, you would love it. We meet every second Tuesday at the Roy Rogers in Frederick"
Me: *giggling* Oh I would love to! *beaming*
Her: Here, take my card. Call me this weekend. I'll give you directions and more information. Have you been to the yarn shop?
Me: "YARN SHOP!?!?! IN FREDERICK?"
Her: "Oh yes, brand new, diffecult to get to." - proceeds to give me excellent directions.
Me: "Oh I am so excited, thank you so much, I will call you."
DH: "Wheres the Roy Rogers?" Obviously impressed by her directions to the yarn shop.
Her: Begins to explain how to get to a Roy Rogers RIGHT BY MY HOUSE!

This is toooooo cool. I am going to call her this weekend and find out more about the time and the place. I wonder if they eat there. I'll have to bring my own food, I'm not really a fan of the fast food thing (only fast food I do is Chilis or Cheesecake Factory. Is that even considered fast food?)

So, I am going to go to the yarn shop by me tomorrow on my day off. She also recommended going to The Mannings which she described as heaven. i have heard others say the same. its only about 1/2 an hour away from Frederick. Shes interested in spinning as well! Oh I just loved her. I can't wait to see her and her friends.

Anyway, Matt and I are also going to Butler's Orchard this weekend to do some pumpkin picking and apple picking (it may be too early for the later here though). I am also crossing my fingers that LollyLauren will be up for a trip to a shop this weekend. If not this weekend, no biggie, a weekend soon! I'm making you promise :)

Happy Knitting... have a good evening!

meg

PS. Wahoo Survivor and Apprentice on tonight! I'm such a chump for these shows...

I went to the doctor today. Basically, to sum things up, she thinks that half of my symptoms are from allergies and the other half are something else. So, she gave me some perscrptions to help these allergies and I am going into the lab tomorrow for bloodwork.

I was kinda turned off that she was pushing the allergy thing so hard. I've had a history with allergies before, and it has never made me feel like this. However, she said that where I am going to school now is very bad allergy wise, and she also said that my alleriges have become a little more advanced than the runny nose watery eye feeling. She said that it is not even dripping, just stuffed up my sinuses.

Well, I hope the lab work explains the rest.

Oh, and I have VERY EXCITING NEWS! Matthew told me what he is going to do for me for my birthday this year (November 23! Mark your calendars!). He is going to give me money to spend on yarn! He is going to make it into a fun trip. We'll go to the shop, i can pick out my yarn, then a special dinner afterwards! I am beside myself! We are on a limited budget right now, so I am so grateful for what he is doing! The reason why he told me in advance is because he said that the project the yarn is for HAS to be for me. That is so sweet! He said all the knitting I do is for other people so he wants to treat me to something special.

I love him so much :)

So, how ya'll doin? Thats some southern twang in case you didn't catch it.

I wanted to share something with you all before I headed to class. Last night I was in a snowboard shop, looking at all of Burton's new Sweaters to see if I could figure out some patterns/yarn combos. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted some scarves and headed over there - this was starting to feel like a knitting gallery (on my way, I found some handknit fleece lined wool hats. smart smart smart!). I got to the scarves, and they were definitely made by a local crafts person. $69 a scarf! There were a couple of different types. There were a few striping ones that she knit width-wise, not lengthwise. She probably used a total of one ball of each color for 4 - 5 of the scarves! She then had two other types, one of just a novelty yarn knit up in garter stitch, and another with two strands of novelty yarn held together. I have the same estimate on those scarves - one ball of each type made at least 3 of her scarves.

And, they were SO simple and fast. I bet she sat down and knit them all in one afternoon. Thats IT. I've decided to do this myself, find some local shops and try to sell my stuff to the shops. I bet she got close to $35 a scarf selling it to the shop. She had about 30 scarves there, probably all knit in one afternoon from about 15 - 20 balls of yarn. So, we're saying what? Like $7 a ball? tops that it $140 worth of yarn. If she sells all of her scarves (which I am sure she will, they were very clever), she will make $1050. Minus the $140 is $910. I think thats a pretty good deal. And, of course she will have these scarves in more than one shop! Oh, I am so proud of her! All of those people who hate scarf knitters - some scarf knitters are smarter than you think!

Well, just some food for thought.

Quick knitting news: I am waiting on the two more balls of yarn to finish my dad's sweater. Yesterday, I took a trip to State College, PA for a family symposium. I brought my knitting! I was able to get a big chunk of the bucket hat for my niece finished. Next project? Sweater for Matt. I want that to be done by the end of the month. Then, I will tackle stocking until thanksgiving, where my mom will be bringing me two things. A poncho that fits her perfectly so that I can get the measurements to make her one, and also a sweater of my dad's so that I can compare measurements and tweak the sweater as needed.

I will then knit my mom's poncho, finish my dads sweater, finish any extra stockings, and end with a quick knit lace scarf for my gram. Oh, and I'm taking a class in there at some point to do Charlottes Web. Maybe I'll give that to my gram, it would make her feel so elegant!

Have a great day guys! Can't wait until my first class is over so I can surf some blogs!

How am I still awake right now? I'm so tired. I feel like I could pass out and not wake up. It took me SO long to get out of bed this morning (and I'll tell you what didn't help... Chloe looking all cute and climbing under the blankets with me, purring and cuddling and kneeding... THATS WHAT!) And then, after the long-time-to-get-out-of-bed fiasco, all I wanted to do was stand in the hot hot shower. Then, after that... I took way to long "doing my hair" - the end result being a poneytail.

Then, I drove way to fast and got to school early. The sky was beautiful and I listened to some great music. It really cheered me up! Then I went to class and I was exhausted again. Then I did some work, went to a group meeting, did some more work, ate, and now I'm here - pretending to do work when I'm really doing ZzzzZZzZZzz

I really like the sweater for dad. Once I get more balls of yarn and finish it, it will be great. I also am about 1/4 of the way done with a bucket hat for my niece. Poor DH stabbed himself on the needles last night in bed. Sorry DH, I won't leave them laying around again!

Everyone is wearing sweaters today. The first real day I think. Lots of cables, cuddles and fuzz. I don't think I have seen one hand made though. Oh well.

I also put a little hole in the knee of my favorite jeans :(

Im still feeling crappy. I made an appointment on Wed with health services (only $15! less than our copay!). hopefully theyll give me a diagnosis.

Well anyway. i gotta get some work done. have a great afternoon!

So, yesterday (after Matt and my lunch date!) I was watching Suprise by Design. Normally, I can just *watch* it, but yesterday was different. Yesterday, for what ever reason, I took it as a sign that I needed to rearrange some furniture in my apartment to suprise DH when he comes home.

Everything looks great! Both of us love the new layout - and boy was he surpised. However, I don't know if the surpise was from the change, or from when I gave him the news that I broke our TV.

Thats right. I was moving the "entertainment unit" and the TV went crashing to the floor. Big ass TV! I tried to stop it, but even having my whole body behind it barely even cushioned the fall.

Good News: the screen is undamaged and still "works". We tested out the DVD player and tape player on it - no problem!

Bad News: the cable jack was ripped out of the back of it, leaving a big gapping hole. Matt says that he can try to fix it, but I think we're going to have to bring it to a repair shop. Hopefully, repairs will be less than it would be to buy a new TV.

He wasnt angry with me at all, which was nice. He actually thought it was pretty funny that I was so upset. So, we stuck to our original plan and went to see Shaun of the Dead.

It was pretty funny in a stupid spoof movie type of way. I admit it, there were parts that I laughed out loud - hard. Which probably says a lot since I busted our TV earlier.

We also saw previews for I *heart* Huckabees(can't WAIT to see this!!) and Team America World Police(which I was not planning on seeing until I saw the full preview last night. Goodness me, was I laughing!)

So, that is all for now. I have some pictures to post later this weekend, but thats about it. DH and I plan to do nothing, and enjoy it. I would say watch TV all weekend, but thats out :(

Enjoy yourselves, happy knitting!

You all are too much! Thank you so much for your kind words and thoughts! I am sure you are all right, it is just stress, but it will be much better to have tests and stuff done to make sure. There are just so many things that it could be, this will make me feel better!

So, want to hear about my day so far today? Well I'm going to tell you regardless.

I woke up this morning at 6:30 in a very pleasant mood. I found out that DH was sick last night (HA maybe I am sick and I gave it to him!!! HA HA!) - poor DH. He thinks that it has passed and went to work with positive thoughts.

I took a nice shower... mmm I love hot showers on cold mornings! I got dressed, had some cheerios with Eden soy (my fav soy milk!) and headed off to class. The drive was amazing. I drive on Rt. 15N to rt 550N - basically you drive through peoples farms the entire way. Well, the fog was insane this morning! Now that the sun is changing, the sun was just waking up, and there was very dense fog in some areas (ground level) but in other areas, the fog was hovering about 10ft above the ground, creating this translucent, dark smokey look. It was amazing because you could see the sun and it was casting light on the dew soaked ground (mmm sparkles!) and then this shadowy fog was lingering... Amazing.

So, I think today is Maryland State Yard/Garage Sale day. Come one, come all! Unload you crap on some unsuspecting soul! Not even kidding, I saw about 15 yard sales on my way to class this morning (7:30 am! Get out early, get them while they are just waking up! They wont know any better!!)

Class flew by *thankfully* and now I have my time on the computer until I meet DH for lunch. I have about an hour left of browsing blogs, yarn sites, yarn patterns, etc. I *LOVE* Fridays.

So tonight, Matt and I are going to go to Gaithersburg to see Shaun of the Dead. It is some English spoof on zombie movies. I guess it got great reviews by critics and viewers alike. Just what I need, a zombie movie making fun of zombie movies!

I plan on finishing the front of the sweater tonight (well, I'm afraid I don't have enough yarn, so finishing meaning: knitting until I'm out of yarn and then buying some more online after this fear is confirmed) then, hopefully this weekend (if I do have enough yarn) I will do the finishing work. If I don't have enough yarn, I'll start Matts sweater. Man, I'm like a little knitting machine lately!

Anyone have a favorite sock pattern that they can email me? All I can say is that it involves something for my KRSecret Pal, but I don't want to give any more details in case "they" are reading this!

Have a lovely weekend!
Happy Knitting!
Meg

thursday post part 2.

I dont know what has been wrong with me. It started after the wedding. I've been going through dizzy spells, bouts of nasau, soreness, stiffness and lathargia. What is wrong with me? No, I'm not pregnant.

I don't know what it could be. After Curves today, I became really dizzy and tired. I called my teacher and skipped my classes today - no big deal. I'm just tire of not being 100%

I never used to get sick, now all of a sudden (in the past 3 years) I get sick frequently. Why? I don't know. I eat right, I take my vitamins, I excersise and I get PLEANTY of sleep (that certainly will never be a problem).

So, I tried to make a doctor's apartment. Next avaialbe appointment: October 20th.

Ugh, gimme a break.

So what am I going to do today? Homework, hang out with the kitties, and KNIT until my hubby comes home.

Something has to be wrong with me. Im almost 22 - I'm supposed to be energetic, stable and feeling great.

Maybe all the stress from the wedding just took a big toll on me and I'm still recovering? it has been a very tough year, academically I've takin very heavy loads the past 3 semesters. Socially, I got married! Planned my own wedding, etc. Maybe its all catching up with me? Maybe I'm not working out hard enough? I try to go to Curves 2 - 3 times a week, and I play soccer on sundays.

I dunno.

I want to thank you all for the support! The interview went well, but the center is not quite what I am looking for. Also, there are all sorts of certifications that you need to go through, and seeing my educational background, I feel that I'm a little over qualified for working in the position that would be open, so I'm going to look into private schools.

I did a lot of work on my dad's sweater yesterday. I now have the back and both sleeves done, and I am working on the front. I'm a litle nervous though because I just started the second to last ball of yarn and I'm only like 15 rows in. Something is telling me that I'm going to have to order some more yarn. oh well. Maybe if I worked hard to get a perfect gauge it wouldnt be a problem. but, i didnt, so i'm running out of yarn. Oh well. IMO the sweater looks great anyway so who cares!? Not me. Yes, I'm anal about my stitches and doing things right, but gauge hasnt really taken a hold on me yet. Do you think I should take it more seirously?

Since i want to start designing my own things, perhaps I should take it a bit more seriously.

well, Im off to work out now, and then off to a loooooooong day of classes, wrapped up with a night of left over tacos and reality TV.

Have a great day!

As you all know, I am currently wrapping up my time as a Penn State Student. I am studying Human Development and Family, with my real focus in Children, Youth and Families. I start an internship in May, and I am currently taking a class that is preparing me for that. We do it all, resumes, cover letters, thank you letters to liability, background checks... the whole shabang.

One requirement is that we make appointments with four "agencies" (they call them agencies in the human service professions - but I dont like calling them that) and conduct an interview with someone there to find out more about the facility. I'm interested in working in a child development center, so basically i am interviewing daycare centers. (to make a long story even longer, before I moved, I was in children youth and families, but at Mont Alto, they only have human service professions as an option, so everyone else in my class are actually going to agencies. Im the weirdo in the class who likes kids).

So anyway, today is an interview with a center right down the street from me. I'm going to dress all nice, carry in my (DH's) portfolio with my resume (just in case they ask!!) and my questions. I feel like my questions are lame and generic, but i dont think it would be in good taste to ask "do you offer paid internships, and will you offer me one? Im going to be desperate in a few months and you are in walking distance to my home. please please please?"

I'm excited and anxious at the same time. I wish that these were actual interviews where i was going in looking for a job, not just me going in to find out more. I mean yah, there are some differences between centers... but a daycare is a daycare is a daycare.

Anyway, wish me luck. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they are looking for extra help, but who knows.

Have a good one!

We had a great time in VA! The weather was good, the views were great, and it was nice to just relax. I got some knitting done, but unfortunately, I only remembered one out of the two pairs of needles that I needed, so I only got one sleeve finished.

View from our window


Another view from our window

It was so beautiful! I was hoping that the leaves would have started changing, but I guess they still have a few weeks yet. It was nice overlooking the golf course, and having the little pond with the fountain.

On our trip, we spent some time looking around the town, went for a hike, went horseback riding, watched football, played minigolf and played pool. Here are some shots from our hike and horseback riding...

DH at the overlook!


Me at the overlook! I would have posted the picture of both of us, but it came out fuzzy


getting ready to ride horsies! Mine was the little one on the right - his name was Holiday (probably because he would stop and take a holiday in the middle of the trail!)

And finally, here is the progress on the sweater:

this is the back, one finished sleeve, the start of the next sleeve and Roxie. I would have had both finished if i didn't forget a pair of needles that I needed!

Man, Did I have to rip and rerip that sleeve over and over and over. Finally, its about right. I messed up one row at the beginning, but it doesnt really make a difference on the count or the increases, so i made sure I did the same thing on the other sleeve just to keep the two consistent.

Hope you all had a great weekend, enjoy the rest of the day!

In about 2 hours, we're leaving for VA! Im very excited. It looks like it is going to rain all weekend, but I'm not too upset, we're going to have an incredible time!

As far as knitting goes, I'm going to bring my dad's sweater. My goal is to finish the arms and at least cast on the front. I'm a little more than halfway done with the first sleeve, but i realized that i increased to late at one point, so i'm going to have to rip out a bit. I'll still be about halfway I think.

So, I'm off to pack. I hope you have an incredible weekend!

Meg :)

PS -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY
ELISA!!!!!