1 Win, I’m not gonna complain. Now I need to get to work on this year.

Today wasn’t bad. I did have to crawl out of bed well before I wanted to at 7:30am. Off to yet another dental appointment. Only about 3 more to go before the worse part is over. YAY. I can’t wait til it’s over, honestly. He’s so miserable

After that we had a couple errands to run, including a stop to see if my glasses could be fixed. And they were! I have my glasses back, yay. She didn’t even charge me to fix them, which really shocked me, since she had to replace the whole frame. I was really lucky she had the exact same ones in the back still.

We decided, rather than try to do a bunch of small loads of laundry, we’d take it all and go to the laundromat and do it all. That was copious amounts of non-fun. At least it was a nice day for it.

The remainder of the day was spent napping, plurking, napping, plurking more and that’s about the extent of it. *laugh*

Hope ya’ll had a pleasant Monday.

So a few weeks ago, I got this wild hare brain idea to teach myself to knit. I went and got a set of standard needles, got a book (Knitting for Dummies) and sat down and gave it a shot. Much to my chagrin, I failed miserably. I tried and tried and just couldn’t grasp it, not even the basics. I grasped crochet super easily, so I figured I’d be able to grasp knit just as easily.

I got frustrated and put it aside and said the hell with it. Tonight, I grabbed my skein of yarn, figuring I’d give it one more shot. Lo and behold, I actually figured out what the hell I was doing! I managed to cast on and knit the first row. At that point, I decided not to try to push my luck and put it away for the night. I think I finally grasped the basics of knitting.

I won’t be making any big projects any time soon, but I will work at it more. For now, it’s eggs and dragons.

Do I want to do NaNoWriMo this year? I sort of do, but I have NO idea what to write. I’ve been saying I’m going to sit this year out, but the closer it gets, the more I consider doing it. What am I thinking? I really have no idea.

I love my camera, I really do. Sometimes, however, I keep thinking that I should buy a Nikon D90 or something similar. I love to take pictures and hate the lack of ability to take professional looking photos when I go to events, like the football game Friday night.

Most of the shots that I took that I *REALLY* wanted to turn out well ended up being blurry or too dark. I’m not a great photographer by any means, but they say that if you have a really good camera, you can be a shitty photographer. Oh well. I can keep dreaming, since I can’t afford that camera. I wish, though.

Good:
* We won the football game Friday night! We actually won homecoming for a change. It was a cold game, but it was a great night. Youth cheerleaders were cute but slightly obnoxious. They’ll be better as they grow up more and learn to cheer and not just *scream* the cheers. The Pep Band was quiet for the most part. They played, but the fans in the other set of home bleachers could not hear them. The crowd was fairly sedate for the most part, until the refs started making absolutely horrible calls. They need to have some better organization to the events. People left before the fireworks, and they were worth staying for. The human tunnel was awesome. It went from the 10 yard line across the 50 and ended around the 45 yard line on the other side. It was really nice that they honored the senior parents as well. It was a great night overall, even if it took me until well after bedtime to finally get warm. Next Friday is the first playoff game. It’s an away game, but close enough that we could drive to it if we want. I don’t know yet if we will. It will all depend on just how cold it is.

* I got a new bread maker earlier this week. Yes, I know my other one was only 10 months old. However, no matter what I tried in it, I made ONE loaf of edible bread and when I tried the recipe a second time, it turned out like crap. Plus, the new one makes long loaves that look like what homemade bread SHOULD look like. Ya know, like Mom used to make in the oven and you could smell throughout the house. I made my first batch of bread the day it came and it turned out MUCH better. I did have a problem with not using the proper flour. Must use bread machine flour. The bread did, however, come out edible, which is more than I can say for the last attempt at homemade bread. I gave the old maker to a woman who uses one just to make her dough and had recently lost everything in a fire.

* Speaking of losing everything, one of Rob’s co-workers lost everything this summer in a fire, no insurance either because they didn’t know about renters insurance. They finally got into a new place after living in a hotel for over a month. We gave them a ton of kitchen stuff. Stuff that we had two or three of or that we just didn’t use any more. It was nice to be able to help a family out who was starting over. It made me feel good, especially since I know they’re using everything that we gave them and it gave them a major head start on being able to cook and eat the way they need to. She’s diabetic and they were living on fast food and hotel food, which isn’t always conducive to diabetic control.

* I made a cake today. It turned out absolutely fantastic. I made the root beer float cake. So yummy. I doubled the whip topping and probably shouldn’t have, it was too rich that way. I’m glad it turned out so well and will be making it in the future with the sugar free root beer like the recipe calls for. I have the fixings for cheesecake, muffins, bread, jams, and all kinds of other baked goods. Yay! I like the chilly weather for that, since it doesn’t make it too hot in my house to bake.

* I’m finally getting a stand mixer. I hate the hand mixer, it’s a pain in my ass and I can never get everything incorporated properly with it and always have to hand stir all batters. So we broke down and ordered a Sunbeam mixer tonight so that it’ll be easier to make the aforementioned goodies.

* DirecTV will be here between Noon and 5pm tomorrow to upgrade our dish system for the HD television in the living room. Knowing my luck, they’ll come during the news or while we’re watching something. Oh well, at least they’re finally coming. I ordered the upgrade nearly a month ago.

Bad:
* Rob has to go to the dentist tomorrow morning, early. I actually have to be awake with the sun. Ew. That’s okay, though. Hopefully the next appointment won’t be in a month. Two weeks between them would be perfect so we can get them the hell done with quicker. We know they’ll take a while, since he’s got a lot of work being done, but this month between means it’ll be well over a year before they’re done with the initial work.

* I think I might be getting sick, or my allergies are all screwed up. I feel icky and my throat is all scratchy. I’ll take a pill soon and knock out for the night and hope it goes away.

Meh:
* I am not particularly happy about something that I learned tonight. It really bugs me quite a bit, to be honest, but I don’t really want to talk about it either because that gives it more life and I don’t want to do that. So just meh.

* I have a ton of tv shows I want to catch up on and they’re all sitting on my computer waiting for me. I dunno when or if I’ll ever get to them.

* I completely gave up on the JH Tax class. I just could not get it to sink into my brain with the time that I had. I missed the exam and completely overslept that day. I’ll try again in the future, when I can dedicate more time to it.

* There’s something else stirring in my brain that I want to post about, but it’s not really something I normally talk about. Meh.

Have a happy Monday, folks

Made by defiant_angel

There will be much squee-age! Tonight is another football night. I know it seems odd that I’ve been going to a lot of football games, but really it’s not. I used to go every chance I got when I was still in school. When I graduated, however, I walked away from that school and really didn’t want to look back. I hated the place my senior year. There was so much nonsense and drama that I just could not wait to get the hell out of there.

Now it’s been 15 years, I finally let go of all the hatred and realized that it wasn’t really the school that I hated, it was the circumstances and the people. I let go of it all last year and started getting more involved. It feels good to get involved, it feels good to go to events again. It’s amazing how easy it is to slip back into the pattern of going to football games on Friday nights, or to the concerts or even just read the Friday newsletter.

Football was absolutely AWESOME. Seriously, I couldn’t have chosen a better game to go to. The Local paper has a pretty decent write-up. I have a couple pictures, but they suck fairly badly. I don’t know why, but almost everything turns out blurry lately.

Anyway, I’m off to dig up some lunch. I’m hungry and skipped breakfast. Oops. Hope everyone has a lovely weekend, I know I’m going to. I’ll likely be on the couch with a book for most of it. I have “The Host” to read before it’s due next Friday, plus I need to finish the ARC that I started.

made by blizzardskies

Sure, we’ll write an update today! Okay, what have I been up to? Doctor’s appointments, grocery shopping, running errands, and that’s about it. Oh wait, working and trying to study tax stuff. The last of which has gone by the wayside. I missed the first exam because I wasn’t done with the reading or assessments. I’m really okay with that, though. I’ll just try again when I can put the time into it and do it right.

Tonight, I want to go to the HS football game. Hopefully, Rob will get off on time so we can go. Even if he’s a little late, we should be able to go. It’s supposed to be a good game. It’s an away game, but we’re not that far from the school we’re playing against. Next Friday I plan on going to the game as well. There was never a question about that one since it’s the homecoming game, and last home game on the schedule.

I’ve been baking up a storm lately, and have plans on continuing the trend. I’ve got the stuff to make Pumpkin cheesecake, a Root beer Float Cake and several other yummy things. The Applesauce cookies are going over quite well, which makes me quite happy. I’m getting better at baking. I just need to try to make fudge soon to see if I can manage to make it. So yeah.

I managed to twist my ankle Saturday while shopping. Go figure. This is what happens when I get in a hurry. It’s better than it was, in fact it doesn’t even really hurt today. Hopefully, going out tonight won’t bother it. It shouldn’t.

Anyway, I’m off to shower and chill for the day. Have a great Friday.

Fire and Ice - Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Ingredients
* 3/4 c. butter
* 1 c. brown sugar
* 1 egg
* 1/2 c. applesauce
* 2 1/4 c. flour
* 1/2 tsp. soda
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* 3/4 tsp. cinnamon
* 1/4 tsp. cloves
* 1 c. raisins
* 1/2 c. nuts

Directions

1. Mix together shortening and brown sugar and egg.
2. Stir in applesauce.
3. Sift together flour, soda, salt, spices and stir in raisins and nuts.
4. Drop by teaspoon onto cookie sheet.
5. Cook at 350 about 12 minutes.
6. Makes ~3 dozen.

Notes: I left out the clove, raisin and dates and they still turned out fantastic. They didn’t spread much when they baked, so be aware of that when you drop them on the pan.

Simple things can make me happy from time to time.
Today, it was buying groceries.
And I hate grocery shopping with a passion

Yeah…
Real post later.

It’s cold enough for the furnace to run today. What? It’s only October 2! This is not right. I mean, last night, I went out with just a hoodie over a tank, but it was too chilly to wear sandals. Blah, guess it’s time to buckle down the windows for winter, which SUCKS. I also need to buy a decently priced humidifier. I kind of want this one. It’s cute and it will fit on my desk without me having to make a ton of room. The problem? It ain’t payday yet.

I know I’ve been remiss at posting lately, there’s just a bunch going on and often the only thing that gets posted are my twitter posts. I know they bother some people, but I think that I’d rather see those, than nothing at all. At least people get some idea that I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth, no matter how long it is between posts. Plus, I have them for a reference for things I need to post about.

I’m currently watching “Most Unique McDonald’s” on the Travel Channel. It’s kind of fascinating. Why is it on? Because I fell asleep watching Pizza Paradise last night and I didn’t bother changing the channel when I turned the TV on this morning. There’s some damn cool McDonald’s out there. Now I have “The View” on. I don’t know why, since it’s turned all political and then some.

Speaking of politics, I told someone yesterday that I can not wait until the election is over. I’m so sick of all the Palin haters, all the Obama haters, all the bullshit that goes along with the political season. It seems like every other post on my friends list lately has some sort of political commentary in it and it’s made me not want to read lately. Honestly, what we think about Obama and McCain and their VP choices don’t really matter. When it’s all said and done, they’re just figureheads. Any real change, comes from Congress. We should be more concerned about what Congress is doing, rather than who the Face of the Nation is going to be. Just give that some thought before you go on with your political rants.

With that, I’m out.

I’m not up to posting a whole lot tonight, so I will say that today was fabulous. Seriously. We went to cash his check and came home after a brief stop at the bread store and taco bell. Came home and caught up on email, lj and plurk.

Headed off to get pizza for dinner, then wen to the football game. Yes, that’s high school football. It was misty, but that’s alright, it wasn’t bad. It wasn’t even horribly cold. We lost by 2 points, but it was one helluva game.

Anyway, that’s all for now, I’m tired, I need sleep and have plans tomorrow. Eventually I’ll give you a better post.

That was one helluva Yankees game. The pre-game celebrations and post-game celebrations were very well done. I’m glad they one, that’s for sure. It would have been wrong had they lost. Watching them walk the outfield and salute the fans is awesome. Well done, Yankees. Amazing game, really. You would have thought it was a world series game from the crowd.

Since I plurked about it, I should post about it…
The other day, I got an advance reader copy of Lori Handeland’s upcoming book.
Advance. Reader. Copy.

So far? It’s excellent!

I’m so not happy with myself atm.. I had a soda accident.
I spilled half a can of soda on my crochet bag…
*sigh*

The princess blanket is destroyed. There is no way the stain will come out of that and it was around half done.
The purple striped blanket got wet, but I got it quickly enough that it didn’t stain. Hopefully when it dries it’ll be fine.
The pink lapghan I had started (Only had 3 rows done, thankfully) was destroyed.

One skein of pink yarn was destroyed.
One skein of malibu blue was slightly damp, but not harmed
Crochet pattern book, soaked. Possibly destroyed.
Bag soaked, not destroyed

The only thing untouched in the bag was the Pink/Blue Granny Square blanket I had started.

Not all Mine.. some are egg sitting..