| Goals for the 26th year |
- Quit Smoking.
- Write to Someone I Admire (Can be anyone from friend to celebrity).
- Send 27 Post Cards (I miss connecting with people outside of the internet).
Leave the State for vacation.
- Pay off my credit cards.
- Give handmade gifts for special occasions. (Due to my schedule, I will give as many as I can)
- Publish writing.
- Sky dive or bungee jump.
- Start a work out routine.
- Debate with someone and try to see their side.
- Walk for a cause.
- Take a dance class.
- Read a book a month (at least).
- Give a gift to a stranger.
- Hang out with my brother more often.
- Seek Grammar/Writing Education Opportunities.
- Volunteer my time outside of school.
- Stop to reflect on the good things. (May decide to blog it, may decide to write it down in a journal).
- Maintain a sick time balance at work.
- Save up for a cushion/emergency fund.
- Slumber Party/Diva Evening. (I miss sleep-overs!)
- Learn to walk in heels!
- Bring lunch to work (at least 3x a week).
- Take a financial workshop.
- Learn to cook/cook more often.
- Go Camping!
- Stop spending all my money on coffee!
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| Progress and Boredom. |
| Saturday, July 21, 2007 |
I have only been up for an hour and man, I am already starting to fidget. I hate mornings when I just wake up and need to do something. This means I'll probably end up cleaning my entire apartment in an hour. -=giggle=-
Anyways, I have finally started making progress on the poncho hood! -=does a dance=- After some trial and error I figured out how to continue. I am telling everyone know that the collar look totally amateur. The ribbing is all off and all that. Mainly because instead of picking up 62 stitches I picked up like 70-something ( I do not see how one can reasonably get all the way around while only picking up 60 stitches) and had to knit some of them together. So yea I really hope the hood comes out better than the collar did or else I might cry.
That's pretty much it for right now. I think I am going to go watch a movie and work on it some more or read more Dante.Labels: Bored, Dante, Poncho Goodness, Progress, Weekend |
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| Lining up the projects. |
| Thursday, July 19, 2007 |
So I have been flipping through magazines and books looking for new patterns I can try. The result is that I have found a bunch of things that I want to make soon. Here's the list that will probably only get bigger.
- Naughty Needles Bathing Suit
- Zeeby's Bag from Stitch'n'Bitch
- Boogie Time - A wristband watch pattern
- Still on the hunt for a simple knee-high sock pattern.
- An Enterlac Washcloth (I will make one dammit!)
I have also pulled out the poncho again as I believe I mentioned in my last post. I am still a little confused but I am going to work on it this weekend and see what happens. It's my first real wearable item so if it's botched -=shrugs=- I'll cry. -=giggle=- The library has a copy of "Fitted Knits" waiting for me so I am sure I'll find cute patterns in there as well. I have just been dying to try new things, broaden my horizons a bit.
Oh and by the way. Does anyone know how to successful make a ball out of a skein of yarn ?!?! I spent nearly 2 hours untangling the yarn Emily sent me. I know I did it wrong and knotted the hell out of it. Unfortunately that mean that 1 skein, turned into 4 balls because I couldn't get the damn thing to unravel correctly. Mishaps of a knitter, I suppose. In other news I have updated my reading blog again if you want to take a look.
I think that is about it really. Still waiting on the Ravelry invite (in the words of Hedwig) then again, aren't we all ?
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| posted by Valerie @ 10:13 PM |
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| Poncho Update! |
| Wednesday, February 28, 2007 |
Yeah 120 stitches!!! Finally, I didn't think I was ever going to get there. Now it's 10 rows of garter before I start the decreases all the way back down. -=does a dance=-
That was really all I had to say for now. I had a dramatic day yesterday that I will post about when I am more awake. Knitting Group, as always, was wonderful. It's interesting the different topics that come up when you get a bunch of people together.
Anyways,
Night For Now.
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| posted by Valerie @ 10:31 PM |
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| The Start of My Poncho |
| Wednesday, January 24, 2007 |
 It's coming along nicely and knitting up really quickly. I am hoping to get this done before the first of February so that I can start on my Green Hat. The day was uneventful really. I skipped out on Spanish class because I went to the dentist today. I ended up needing to get a tooth filled. Blegh. Novacaine always makes me feel sick and I just in an all around bad mood.
I have a presentation due tomorrow. I am going to write it up tommorrow and get the ingredients. I was originally going to make plaster cast masks. I don't know why it is easier for me to find the plaster in a place like Ohio but it was. I have called dozens of stores, went to countless pharmacies. I got lucky when I went to my former podiatrist but he didn't have enough to give me the full amount that I needed. So plan B. I was thinking about demonstrating how to knit. That however is really not condusive to an actual demostration, besides I amalot better just doing something than I am teaching someone else step by step.
I finally decided on making Muddy Buddies. They have a microwave downstairs for me to melt the ingredients and it doesn't take much. Besides everyone likes eating demostrations. Here's the recipe.
| 9 | cups Chex® cereal (any variety) | | 1 | cup semisweet chocolate chips | | 1/2 | cup peanut butter | | 1/4 | cup butter or margarine | | 1 | teaspoon vanilla | | 1 1/2 | cups powdered sugar |
| 1. | Into large bowl, measure cereal; set aside. | | 2. | In 1-quart microwavable bowl, stir together chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter. Microwave uncovered on High 1 minute; stir. Microwave about 30 seconds longer or until mixture can be stirred smooth. Stir in vanilla. Pour mixture over cereal, stirring until evenly coated. Pour into 2-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag. | | 3. | Add powdered sugar. Seal bag; shake until well coated. Spread on waxed paper to cool. Store in airtight container in refrigerator. |
Stove-Top Directions: Into large bowl, measure cereal; set aside. In 1-quart saucepan, heat chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter over low heat, stirring frequently, until melted. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Pour mixture over cereal, stirring until evenly coated. Pour into 2-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag. Add powdered sugar. Seal bag; shake until well coated. Spread on waxed paper to cool. Store in airtight container in refrigerator.
Enjoy! More to come when I get the time for more knitting, or something else note worthy comes up.
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| posted by Valerie @ 8:45 PM |
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| About Me |
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Name: Valerie
Home: Troy, New York, United States
About Me: I am 26 years old. I work, go to school, participate in roller derby and knit every chance I get. Oh, I also love hanging out with my boyfriend (Grim) and two cats (Kiya and Sigh).
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