Okay, I was supposed to fly to Atlanta this weekend to surprise my best friend from grade school for her birthday. What I discovered was that desire does NOT trump panic. I can not say enough about how supportive she and her husband were when I talked to them last night. You see, they gave me the ticket to come. Did I go? No. I planned, worked my ass off, rescheduled a myriad of things, and did a great job keeping my anxiety in check until I heard the words "Please turn off all electronic devices" What followed next was illogical panic of the first degree. In retrospect, I'm glad they didn't think I was a security risk. I did get followed off by a few flight crew and questioned. How they understood my babble between sobs is beyond me. To the guy who was running across the airport in socks, dropping his belt, you are welcome. I do believe my panic got him to the gate in time to board. However, it was not my pleasure!!!!
That being said, I think it's time I address this with the therapist. I do believe it's now effecting my life! Hello.
Part 2. Don't over pack carry ons. Why am I up? Why the party my knots in my back are having is keeping me awake. Ungrateful little mooches! LOL. Tomorrow is a swim meet. So is Sunday. I ought to be in FINE shape to sub Monday morning. I wonder what mobility I'll even have.
So, here I sit in the frozen tundra missing out on time with great friends. At least I have a great family thing to attend. That helps. Now I guess I don't have any good excuse not to work on my homework. *sigh* You know I'd rather learn Prexi than party, right? Hahahahahahahahhahaa!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Um, yeah, whatever, THAT'S IT!
the title should clue you in that this is going to be a "I need to sleep soon, but my mind won't shut off" brain dump.
You have been warned.
Today was my last full day of class, for that I am thankful. Again, I would like to state that I am not wired to sit in a classroom. I love my classmates, I love the social interaction but sitting there , not so much. I even love the topic. I just am not cut out to sit and listen. One on one turn taking sharing, sure. One person talks and Shelly sits and absorbs. hshahahahahhhahahahhahahaaa! You make my sides hurt!
My group gave our presentation today. I'll be interested to see how we were assessed. You know me, Mrs. Aways Bored……paired up with Ms. I Hate Public Speaking. That just screams alternative presentation techniques, you think? I know! Instead of doing the power point and reading the case study with assessment, et. al. We did it bit differently. She pretended she was the case study client. We then reenacted our thinking process about coming up with our diagnosis. Then I stood up and read our 5 axes diagnosis. To present our treatment plan/goals, we pretended I was the therapist and she was the client. I can tell you it was much more fun than standing giving a power point. Now, hopefully the information was clear enough in this format for grading purposes.
Speaking of which. I still haven't gotten any paperwork back from the class I took Nov-Dec. *sigh* I don't think I did overly well, and I'd really like to face the music and MOVE ON!!
On my plate is another presentation. Dee is trying to teach me how to use Prezi. I must have this figured out and submitted by 11:55 Tuesday night. I sure hope there's a few "ah-ha" moments between now and then. The final I thought was Wednesday is two weeks from today, so that is good, as I have over half the readings to go. it's not like I'm not TRYING. But I digress. (from what to what, eh, doesn't really matter)
My fingers are aching for the release of two needles and some yarn. Hopefully soon. I NEED it. (I might need a padded cell, but that's a totally different story)
Time's flying. Some of that is good as it IS January, and we all know how that can drag on for half of forever. But, I feel like I'm missing out on so much. So much of what? I have no clue.
I'm hoping once this class thing settles down a bit I can go used car shopping. I think I'm taking the settlement money from the suv and getting a newer, lower mileage stick shift car. Mine is paid off in August. That gives Jeff time to figure out what he wants. Me? Believe it or not, I'm simple. I want safe, reliable, low mileage, good gas mileage, stick shift car with a port for my ipod. Everything else is optional. I'd prefer it not to be orange, but I might even be convinced to drive that if the price is right! Now, finding said car is going to be a bit more tricky. We'll See.
Babble, babble, babble. Hopefully I spat out enough garbage so my mind can STFU and I can sleep in mental peace.
Peace out! :D
You have been warned.
Today was my last full day of class, for that I am thankful. Again, I would like to state that I am not wired to sit in a classroom. I love my classmates, I love the social interaction but sitting there , not so much. I even love the topic. I just am not cut out to sit and listen. One on one turn taking sharing, sure. One person talks and Shelly sits and absorbs. hshahahahahhhahahahhahahaaa! You make my sides hurt!
My group gave our presentation today. I'll be interested to see how we were assessed. You know me, Mrs. Aways Bored……paired up with Ms. I Hate Public Speaking. That just screams alternative presentation techniques, you think? I know! Instead of doing the power point and reading the case study with assessment, et. al. We did it bit differently. She pretended she was the case study client. We then reenacted our thinking process about coming up with our diagnosis. Then I stood up and read our 5 axes diagnosis. To present our treatment plan/goals, we pretended I was the therapist and she was the client. I can tell you it was much more fun than standing giving a power point. Now, hopefully the information was clear enough in this format for grading purposes.
Speaking of which. I still haven't gotten any paperwork back from the class I took Nov-Dec. *sigh* I don't think I did overly well, and I'd really like to face the music and MOVE ON!!
On my plate is another presentation. Dee is trying to teach me how to use Prezi. I must have this figured out and submitted by 11:55 Tuesday night. I sure hope there's a few "ah-ha" moments between now and then. The final I thought was Wednesday is two weeks from today, so that is good, as I have over half the readings to go. it's not like I'm not TRYING. But I digress. (from what to what, eh, doesn't really matter)
My fingers are aching for the release of two needles and some yarn. Hopefully soon. I NEED it. (I might need a padded cell, but that's a totally different story)
Time's flying. Some of that is good as it IS January, and we all know how that can drag on for half of forever. But, I feel like I'm missing out on so much. So much of what? I have no clue.
I'm hoping once this class thing settles down a bit I can go used car shopping. I think I'm taking the settlement money from the suv and getting a newer, lower mileage stick shift car. Mine is paid off in August. That gives Jeff time to figure out what he wants. Me? Believe it or not, I'm simple. I want safe, reliable, low mileage, good gas mileage, stick shift car with a port for my ipod. Everything else is optional. I'd prefer it not to be orange, but I might even be convinced to drive that if the price is right! Now, finding said car is going to be a bit more tricky. We'll See.
Babble, babble, babble. Hopefully I spat out enough garbage so my mind can STFU and I can sleep in mental peace.
Peace out! :D
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
I miss you already, Jane.
Jane, the founder/creator if Whoduknit knit along/mystery reading group lost her battle with cancer. I found out today. She was a beautiful Northeastern woman who had a heart of gold, an bright mind and quite talented fingers.
So, when you read this, pick up a mystery, knit a stitch and smile in the memory of a wonderful woman.
So, when you read this, pick up a mystery, knit a stitch and smile in the memory of a wonderful woman.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
I don't have *time* for this!
I know you all know how I feel. I woke up at 230 feeling crummy. I blamed A&W grease. That (thankfully) went away and now my throat hurts. I'm hoping that was the result of singing way too long way too loud in the car. However, sleeping isn't happening. I should be outlining another chapter or writing a narrative or ENJOYING myself, but nope. I'm laying across the bed blogging. Smart, huh?
Life is good, but I don't remember ever being this tired other than when the girls tried tag teaming me away 20 hours a day. At least this is a good tired, right? Ummm, yes, I'm trying to convince myself.
Lovely, now I think I'm hungry. Outline chapter 13 anyone?
Life is good, but I don't remember ever being this tired other than when the girls tried tag teaming me away 20 hours a day. At least this is a good tired, right? Ummm, yes, I'm trying to convince myself.
Lovely, now I think I'm hungry. Outline chapter 13 anyone?
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Yay! Another hat done.
Yep, my model is sick of modeling. Well, it's her face on the internet, so I figure she can make any darned face she wants too. The other possible model won't. *sigh* It's so difficult to live with me. Bwhwahhahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaa!
Now, what do I knit for the rest of the game????
Yes, I'm enjoying it, but I wouldn't want to jinx anything by saying anything more at this time.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
How dense can I be?
HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING of course!!!
I just went to log into facebook and I tried 6 times before I read the message that said my account was temporarily unavailable instead of my getting the password wrong. Duh!!
What a fun day, with my water spilling issues excepted. We went up to the U of Mn to watch the Minn/Mizzou swim meet. Fun times. Since the swimmer has been to camp @ both places, she had quite the stories to tell about a nice portion of the line up. I'm still amazed at how fast these kids can swim. Amazing. It was also fun to watch the different techniques used and what was most effective. Her old counselor won her event, and we were shocked by how little she came out of the water at the walls. Always something to learn!!! (especially when one knows as little as I do) She was also amused to see an athlete go off the blocks exactly the way they taught her NOT to go. Another example of "do as I say not as I do?" I only managed to spill most of my bottle of water on the bottom of my coat, there.
Next we went to the mall. That was pretty anticlimatic, other than coming back to the car to discover I spilled my 24 oz glass of water onto my seat. It's 5 degrees outside, and I think I must ice my seat down WHY? Good thing I had on black jeans. It doesn't look so bad that way.
Tomorrow I get to watch the Bears and go to an in home party. Fun times. Somewhere in here I need to start cramming homework. I did get about a half a chapter outlined. Do you think I'll find any libraries open on Monday? Yeah, I didn't think so either. Oh well, I'll go park my butt somewhere so I can get more done. Sometimes the stranger the location, the better I work.
HEY! I didn't tell y'all this last week, but it was cool! The Gopher's did the Ironman 2.4 course in Hawaii with Lance Armstrong. How cool is that?!?!?!?!?!!! I was so excited for them. What a neat opportunity.
Ah, well, back to my anti-star life. Just the way I like it!
I just went to log into facebook and I tried 6 times before I read the message that said my account was temporarily unavailable instead of my getting the password wrong. Duh!!
What a fun day, with my water spilling issues excepted. We went up to the U of Mn to watch the Minn/Mizzou swim meet. Fun times. Since the swimmer has been to camp @ both places, she had quite the stories to tell about a nice portion of the line up. I'm still amazed at how fast these kids can swim. Amazing. It was also fun to watch the different techniques used and what was most effective. Her old counselor won her event, and we were shocked by how little she came out of the water at the walls. Always something to learn!!! (especially when one knows as little as I do) She was also amused to see an athlete go off the blocks exactly the way they taught her NOT to go. Another example of "do as I say not as I do?" I only managed to spill most of my bottle of water on the bottom of my coat, there.
Next we went to the mall. That was pretty anticlimatic, other than coming back to the car to discover I spilled my 24 oz glass of water onto my seat. It's 5 degrees outside, and I think I must ice my seat down WHY? Good thing I had on black jeans. It doesn't look so bad that way.
Tomorrow I get to watch the Bears and go to an in home party. Fun times. Somewhere in here I need to start cramming homework. I did get about a half a chapter outlined. Do you think I'll find any libraries open on Monday? Yeah, I didn't think so either. Oh well, I'll go park my butt somewhere so I can get more done. Sometimes the stranger the location, the better I work.
HEY! I didn't tell y'all this last week, but it was cool! The Gopher's did the Ironman 2.4 course in Hawaii with Lance Armstrong. How cool is that?!?!?!?!?!!! I was so excited for them. What a neat opportunity.
Ah, well, back to my anti-star life. Just the way I like it!
I FLIPPIN WON!!!!!
As I sit here wiping tears of JOY off my face, I have to thank Crystal Palace Yarns and the wonderful contests, friends, knitters, cohortrs in enablement and geeKnitery………Thank you so much.
Go check them out and get yourself joined up. It's a great way for encouragement to finish what you cast on and possibilities to win a fantastic product!
Grand Prize Drawing for 12m/12p/12boy
12 balls of Crystal Palace Yarns, Susan's choice of yarns and colors
i must congratulate all 17 finishers again! as i've said before, you are amazing! i tip my needles to you! so i wonder who won? was it aj? angiek? bevL? calophi? deb?, debi? jardin rouge? jill? jody? julieH? kadezmom? lois? lorraine? peacockmom? or yoyosocksister? i am so totally bad stretching the suspense out like this, huh? hee-hee!
and the paper says........
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kadezmom!!!!!!!
Go check it out. You won't be sorry you did!
Go check them out and get yourself joined up. It's a great way for encouragement to finish what you cast on and possibilities to win a fantastic product!
Grand Prize Drawing for 12m/12p/12boy
12 balls of Crystal Palace Yarns, Susan's choice of yarns and colors
i must congratulate all 17 finishers again! as i've said before, you are amazing! i tip my needles to you! so i wonder who won? was it aj? angiek? bevL? calophi? deb?, debi? jardin rouge? jill? jody? julieH? kadezmom? lois? lorraine? peacockmom? or yoyosocksister? i am so totally bad stretching the suspense out like this, huh? hee-hee!
and the paper says........
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kadezmom!!!!!!!
Go check it out. You won't be sorry you did!
Friday, January 7, 2011
First finished project of 2011
Okay, it's my hat, but my daughter was kind enough to model it for me. It felt great to finish a tangible project. I feel like I'm sprinting from homework deadline to homework deadline (which would be true) I just needed that feeling of accomplishment from finishing something I could see, touch, feel, and enjoy. Besides, a warm head is something wonderful to have in January!
Now, it's time to plant my nose on the grindstone. WHY on earth did I think I could handle two classes. ERROR in judgment or OPTIMISTIC thinking?
Thursday, January 6, 2011
~~~NEED NEW MUSIC~~~
Recommendations anyone? It's time to add some fresh sounds to that ipod. Hit me with your favs, new or old. I'll run it for a few days, and then start adding stuff into the mix.
It's been a crazy few days, but I knew that. Classes are going well and keeping me incredibly busy. You know, no matter WHAT is or isn't going on, I'm always thinking I'm too busy. Defining busy is like defining normal which akin to nailing jello to the wall. Not smart!!! -chuckles at self-
I'm slowly working on the hat. Can you believe I've been too tired to knit? I know. Unbelievable. I wonder what else I'm too tired to do. Not read. I'm reading The Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith at the moment. If I wasn't enjoying it, it wouldn't be listed here.
Stay warm!
It's been a crazy few days, but I knew that. Classes are going well and keeping me incredibly busy. You know, no matter WHAT is or isn't going on, I'm always thinking I'm too busy. Defining busy is like defining normal which akin to nailing jello to the wall. Not smart!!! -chuckles at self-
I'm slowly working on the hat. Can you believe I've been too tired to knit? I know. Unbelievable. I wonder what else I'm too tired to do. Not read. I'm reading The Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith at the moment. If I wasn't enjoying it, it wouldn't be listed here.
Stay warm!
Monday, January 3, 2011
Ufta!
My brain is FRYMATTER. You know, where you could just sit around and play tunes on your lips like Larry? That's what always comes to mind. Check it out. 1:12 and again at 2:57 or so!
Edit/Update/Whatever
I have officially been asked to chaperone a 10ish day school trip. I'm honored by the asking. I love the trip, the educational standards behind it and the whole idea…..BUT do I want to do this? Do I want the responsibility? Am I ready to travel like that with a group of kids I don't really know. You know me, what if the stomach flu or food poisoning goes around. i would lose my mind. Yet……I'm tempted. What to do, what to do, what to do. Can I physically drive that much and stay awake that long? 3+k miles in that time frame is a lot of driving.
I really don't know.
I've made a lot of progress with the stuff I need to turn in Wednesday, but all the self doubt questions are screaming at the top of their lungs. AM I DOING THIS RIGHT? I think I'm going to take one more look at the requirements and my sketched out thoughts and turn it in. This is learning after all, and we do learn by our mistakes. I just am not fond of making said mistakes! LOL. Eh. Live, learn, love. MOVE ON!
Time to go knit for sanity and revisit it all again!
AND THE PLOT THICKENS!!!!!!
I just opened an email with an additional assignment to do because the last class was cancelled. WAAAAAHHHHHHHH! You know, Granny's little juice glass really quoted reality, "The hurrier I go, the hinder I get!"
I'm off to choose which way I'm going to poke my eyes out….um I mean pick which assignment I would enjoy participating in and writing a 1-2 page reactionary paper on.
Toodles!
Edit/Update/Whatever
I have officially been asked to chaperone a 10ish day school trip. I'm honored by the asking. I love the trip, the educational standards behind it and the whole idea…..BUT do I want to do this? Do I want the responsibility? Am I ready to travel like that with a group of kids I don't really know. You know me, what if the stomach flu or food poisoning goes around. i would lose my mind. Yet……I'm tempted. What to do, what to do, what to do. Can I physically drive that much and stay awake that long? 3+k miles in that time frame is a lot of driving.
I really don't know.
I've made a lot of progress with the stuff I need to turn in Wednesday, but all the self doubt questions are screaming at the top of their lungs. AM I DOING THIS RIGHT? I think I'm going to take one more look at the requirements and my sketched out thoughts and turn it in. This is learning after all, and we do learn by our mistakes. I just am not fond of making said mistakes! LOL. Eh. Live, learn, love. MOVE ON!
Time to go knit for sanity and revisit it all again!
AND THE PLOT THICKENS!!!!!!
I just opened an email with an additional assignment to do because the last class was cancelled. WAAAAAHHHHHHHH! You know, Granny's little juice glass really quoted reality, "The hurrier I go, the hinder I get!"
I'm off to choose which way I'm going to poke my eyes out….um I mean pick which assignment I would enjoy participating in and writing a 1-2 page reactionary paper on.
Toodles!
Not much new on the 2nd
but I'm here two days in a row. Okay, so it's officially the 3rd, but I haven't been to sleep yet, so you know how it goes.
No cool pics today. I did start that fair isle hat. Okay, I started a second one. Doing my first fair isle project out of sock yarn seemed a bit….nuts to me. It's still OTN. If I'm happy with how this one turns out, then I'll reconsider. This one is for MY head and I hope to be able to share it soon.
After a startling beginning, I ended up doing more than I realized today. I woke up thinking I turned in my final without answering the last question. Better than that, I didn't turn it in on time. *sigh* I think as long as I get it in by the 10th, I'm okay. I'll just have to wait and see. I was pretty happy to find it still in my possession unfinished than turned in unfinished. Go figure! Anyway, I started plotting out another assignment, picked up what seemed like a zillion things around here, ran to WM because you KNOW I must do that 5 days a week or I'm not happy. Bwahahahahahha. Try we were out of shampoo/conditioner, toothpaste AND cat food. NOT how I'm going to start a Monday…..
And here's the pressing question. WTF am I going to make for dinner Monday night? (or any other night) We're mostly over the last set of colds (again! It's going to be that kind of winter, I'm afraid) and we're all hungry but NOTHING sounds good or settles well. There's only so much frozen pizza and ramen that I can realistically pass off as real food. I'm past that!
In queue tomorrow is starting my online class, trying to knock out a lot of that stuff due the 10th (that I'd love to turn in Wednesday when I'm already there), a bit more picking up/cleaning and hopefully MORE HAT KNITTING!!!! I lost my hat in that tumble we took. Maybe I left that nice policeman a new rainbow hat. I just bet his thrilled!
Sweet dreams world!
Ahhh, I promised myself I'd be asleep before 2….but I got to reading, and the rest is history. I just read a great quote out of the book The Crossroads Cafe by Doborah Smith…..priceless
Life doesn't settle for 'simmer' just because you want to turn down the heat.
Boy, she sure got that right!
No cool pics today. I did start that fair isle hat. Okay, I started a second one. Doing my first fair isle project out of sock yarn seemed a bit….nuts to me. It's still OTN. If I'm happy with how this one turns out, then I'll reconsider. This one is for MY head and I hope to be able to share it soon.
After a startling beginning, I ended up doing more than I realized today. I woke up thinking I turned in my final without answering the last question. Better than that, I didn't turn it in on time. *sigh* I think as long as I get it in by the 10th, I'm okay. I'll just have to wait and see. I was pretty happy to find it still in my possession unfinished than turned in unfinished. Go figure! Anyway, I started plotting out another assignment, picked up what seemed like a zillion things around here, ran to WM because you KNOW I must do that 5 days a week or I'm not happy. Bwahahahahahha. Try we were out of shampoo/conditioner, toothpaste AND cat food. NOT how I'm going to start a Monday…..
And here's the pressing question. WTF am I going to make for dinner Monday night? (or any other night) We're mostly over the last set of colds (again! It's going to be that kind of winter, I'm afraid) and we're all hungry but NOTHING sounds good or settles well. There's only so much frozen pizza and ramen that I can realistically pass off as real food. I'm past that!
In queue tomorrow is starting my online class, trying to knock out a lot of that stuff due the 10th (that I'd love to turn in Wednesday when I'm already there), a bit more picking up/cleaning and hopefully MORE HAT KNITTING!!!! I lost my hat in that tumble we took. Maybe I left that nice policeman a new rainbow hat. I just bet his thrilled!
Sweet dreams world!
Ahhh, I promised myself I'd be asleep before 2….but I got to reading, and the rest is history. I just read a great quote out of the book The Crossroads Cafe by Doborah Smith…..priceless
Life doesn't settle for 'simmer' just because you want to turn down the heat.
Boy, she sure got that right!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Last finished project of 2010
Yeah, yeah yeah. I didn't take the picture until today. Shoot me! That's also the last of my take from Tess' Designer Yarns form Stitches Midwest. :( I guess I'll just have to try to get there again next August and hope she'll let me work the floor again.
So what's everybody up to today? I slept in, napped, knitted and did a bunch of those stupid piddly things that take forever that really don't show. I did update my calendar as I know it through March. Shit. I'm going to be busy! My biggest problem is a conflict in March. I still have to figure out how I'm going to swing it. I haven't given up, yet! What I haven't figured out is how I'm going to do it all. Time to find out what I'm made of, I guess.
Yes, I casted on a new project today. I was going to do a kal with carefree kal by Crystal Palace Yarns, but I was defeated by the cast on row. I decided to try the second row to see if it got any better, and it didn't. Maybe sometime when I'm bored and need a challenge, but that sure isn't NOW. Instead, I took a step down and started a fair isle hat in Mini Mochi. We'll see. I'm starting row three and it hasn't flown across the room yet…..so maybe it'll get finished. I still have a half a sock to finish for Jeff that I started 1/1/10. Yep. I was totally inspired by that project. Bwahahahahhaha. Naturally, today I found a pattern I want to cast on for a pair of socks. Did I mention that I'm *BUSY* for the next 100 days or so? Maybe this year I'll learn how to knit in my sleep. Who knows!
So, for those of you you haven't heard, we had a nice rollover experience on the 27th. We are all fine, but the suv is dead. If anybody has any suggestions for a fantastic, reliable, safe (blah, blah, blah) car for about 8K, I'd appreciate knowing! :D (did I mention low miles?!?) I'm finding we never seem to have a dull moment. (tell me that when I say I'm bored…but odds are if I'm bored, I'm procrastinating something)
This year my goal is to get back on here a bit more often. I've missed you guys! Hope all is well, you're all happy, healthy, wealthy (why not, I can wish anything I want) and are off to a great start in this new year!
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