Happy Holidays!

Matt and I went to a holiday party on Saturday. We had such a great time. We sat with one of his coworkers and her husband - she is the one that I play soccer with on the weekends. We had a lot of fun.

I was planning on posting a bunch of pictures for you, but appears that something weird is going on with my computer. As soon as it stop misbehaving, I will post some pictures.

In knitting news, I have completed my dad's sweater! I know it is going to be too short, but it is my first sweater, I did the best that I could! I must say that I am proud of the finishing job that I did!

I'm working on my second sweater now... one for me! I am looking forward to finishing it! I've almost got the entire back done.

I promise I'll post pictures as soon as things start working normally!

Any special holiday plans? DH and I are leaving for NJ soon. I"m excited!

Check out the Woolwinders website! I'm famous!!!

You know, it is really a turn off when it takes 10 mintues for my "edit post" page to open. I guess I can really take the time to think about what I am going to post. Or I can do what i've been doing and just not post :( I'm seriously considering changing my site from blogger. What do you all use? Do you love it? let me know. I'm even considering paying *gasp*

Well, Its been a long time since I've blogged. I'm sorry. I'm finally done with school, and it feels great! I havent been very productive, but I've also been feeling sicky, so i think its ok.

This weekend was great. DH and I spent Saturday afternoon with my gram at a XMas party at her home. She sang "Grandma got run over by a reigndeer" with the other old ladies and gents at the home. it was hysterical. We then spent the evening with my cousin Mike and his girl who is a friend, Dana. We really had a great time.

Sunday was spent with Megan and Lauren. We all gathered with our hubbies at Megan's for some wonderful food and socializing. It was so much fun. Megan is an amazing cook. She made this great spinich and artichoke dip that ive been dreaming about for the past 3 days. She also made a fantastic veggie soup and an zuchini parmasean thing. SOOOO GOOD. and she made chocolate mint things mmmmmmmmm.

You can check out lauren's blog for pictures. The megans were too lazy to take pictures!

Today, I'm going to dye some yarn with koolaid. Ive decided to skip out on my knitting class tonight so Ill hopefully have time to post pictures of progress.

Check out THIS site by the way. I got it off of Megan's blog. It is so much fun. I had done it before and was searching for the site, so I'm super excited that she posted the link :)

Have a great afternoon!
Meg

I dont know about you, but I get a lot of satisfaction out of the holiday season. Here is a quick list of the things that help me get this great feeling:

1) I get to make lists. I also get to cross things OFF the list once I accomplish the task. To me, this is VERY rewarding.
2) A lot of FINISHING goes on:
1) The semester comes to an end. This means final tests, final papers, final
projects, final classes. I love it. Friday is the end for me - then one
test on Monday and it will be over and done.
2) I get to start and finish my Christmas shopping. I find this very rewarding.
I like stores a lot, I like the lighting and the colors, the smells and the
music. Sometimes I could do without the people, but hey, its just as much a
part of it as the traffic!
3) I get to WRAP presents. I LOVE wrapping. I'm a wrapper. I was born a wrapper
and I will die a wrapper. I wrap well and I'm not afraid to say it. Crisp,
clean edges and folds gives me an overwhelming feeling of pride. This year,
we're bringing or wrapping to a new level. Instead of wrapping paper from
the store, we're using paper grocery bags. We have been drawing motiffs on
each present - trees, snowflakes, snowmen, etc. We've also attached a
hershey kiss to each present (the holiday assortment, of course). I LOVE
WRAPPING!
4) This also means a lot of hand knit gifts, ie FO! By the end of this week I
plan on having... no, not one. Not two, not three, but FOUR FO! I have
finished the fringe on my mom's scarft, Charlotte is being blocked and ready
for fringe as we speak. I also finished up a cape/shawl/vest thing for my
mom (Pattern here in this newsletter).
I will also finish my dad's sweater (yay for pressing, seaming, blocking!)
Wow, what a week.
4) During this season, I also get to send out holiday cards. OOOOH i love it!

So, Right now I have no pictures. Instead I have 2 projects, 2 tests and 2 objects that are screaming "FINISH ME YOU SLACKER!" I have a doctor's appointment, internship resonsiblities to take care of, 2 papers, 2 journal entries, 2 group/peer evaluations and a website to do.

It will get done, I will cross more off my list, and I will enjoy 2.5 weeks of knitting before Christmas. I will buy the rest of the presents, I will wish you all a happy holidays, and I will have one myself!

Have a lovely, stress free week, friends!

Since ya'll asked for it...

1. My middle name is Grace
2. If I was a boy, my parents would have named me Andrew
3. Before I was born, they were unable to tell if I was a boy or a girl, so my family called me "shim"
4. I played soccer very aggressively for a very long time.
5. I injured both my knees because of it.
6. I don't drink
7. I left highschool a year early.
8. I've been to 5 different colleges/universities since I left highschool
9. I've been in college for 5 years!
10. At one point, I was enrolled at 4 schools at once.
11. When I was little, I wanted to be a teacher.
12. When I was in highschool, I wanted to be an artist
13. After 3.5 years of art school, I decided I wanted to be a teacher
14. I'm a vegetarian
15. I used to be vegan, but I starting eating dairy and fish again because of health issues.
16. No, I don't miss it
17. I've been to 6 different countries
18. I've been to about 25 different states
19. There are about 500 places I still wan to visit
20. I'm 22
21. I used to be left handed
22. When I was in 2nd grade, I switched to my right hand
23. I favor my right hand, but still do a lot of things with my left hand
24. I knit continental
25. I miss art school, a lot...
26. I dated a drummer once
27. After that, I would never date another drummer
28. I've now been married for a little over 4 months
29. I met my husband at a "root beer" party
30. My husband doesnt drink
31. None of my closest friends drink
32. I have 3 cats
33. I have dreams about angora bunnies
34. I'm afraid of ghosts
35. I have a gaurdian angel
36. It's my sister
37. I HATE SPIDERS
38. My husband has to monitor my sugar intake. No, I'm not diabetic... I'm hyper.
39. I bought my first car when I was 16 with my own money
40. I like chocolate
41. I used to love sour patch kids
42. Now I just like chocolate
43. I have been knitting for a little over a year
44. My dream would be to design my own yarns and clothes
45. I want to get an old old home and restore it with my husband
46. When we buy a home, I want to have a pottery studio and a room for all my yarn and sewing
47. I'd love to have some alpacas
48. I used to ski, now I snowboard
49. I was born and raised in New Jersey
50. I'm proud of it
51. I like to read
52. I love to write poetry
53. I wish there were more hours in a day
54. I like music even though I can't play an instrument for the life of me
55. Matt plays guitar
56. After I met my husband the second time, I tracked him down and talked to him online for eight straight hours.
57. I still remember the first time I talked to him on the phone. I was blown away by the sound of his voice - it made me tingle :)
58. I've had pnemonia
59. I get scared really easily
60. When I was little, I used to have parakeets. I named them all Parri
61. I love Survivor
62. Spelling is not one of my strong points
63. I love movies
64. I used to be OBSESSED with the beatles
65. I found 3 grey hairs on my head a few days ago!
66. I love to cook
67. My brother is a chef and a father
68. My other brother is a marathon runner and a scientist
69. So is my cousin
70. What am I? Crafty?
71. I get overwhelmed easily
72. Sometimes I'm over sensative
73. If I won the lottery, the first thing I'd do is take a vacation
74. Then I'd buy some yarn
75. I love taking pictures
76. I love sleeping :)
77. I like white lights more than colored christmas lights
78. I want to get a hybrid
79. i think smoking is uber gross
80. I don't have a lot of really close friends
81. The friends I do have i love and miss
82. I was born in 1982!
83. I am ready to graduate
84. I go to Curves
85. I wish I had long hair
86. I know a lot of random information
87. Polar bears have black skin and hallow hair
88. My husband and i were engaged after a year and a half
89. we were married a year and a half after that
90. I'm not much of a dog person
91. I really live the show "24"
92. I hate asparagus
93. And eggplant
94. and onions
95. I won a science award in high school
96. I find joy in humor
97. I love laughing and I love making my husband laugh
98. My favorite movies include: Shuan of the Dead, Neverland and Bridget Jones (the first one)
99. I read books before I see the movie
100. I used to be a blonde, but now i'm a brunette (as i should be!)

As promised...


The Fam!

Cousin Mike is holding my niece, Maddie. My Gram is the old lady sitting in the chair :) She's 90. Next to her is my brother, Nathan and his wife, Amanda (Maddie is their little girl). Then, next to them is me and Matt :) Behind me, Justin, Pat and Bil (Matts Brother, Mom and Dad) and then next to them, between them and Mike/Maddie are my mom and dad!

This picture was taken on the camera's timer. Sometimes you can get some pretty silly pictures, but this shot was pretty good!

Enjoy!
PS I love how you guys have been doing the 100 things. Ive read them all! I think I'll do one too soon!