SNOW!

Snow is very good. Especially when you take a very large hill and cover it in the stuff. Then you slide down said hill on flimsy plastic disks purchased at Target, or in my case stolen back from an ex boyfriend. (I dont care what he says, I bought them, and they are mine. In my possession they shall stay.) Anyway...I went sledding yesterday with three of my friends and we truly had a blast. It was a nice warm up for the ski trip I will be going on next weekend. (Blue Mountain, WOOO!) I got all decked out in my Roxy snow gear, and I truly looked the part of a snow bunny. I feel like if you are going to do something, you might as well do it right. Also, it is very fun to go to starbucks after sledding in boots and bright pink snow pants. (and make fun of the kids who make fun of said snow boots, I mean, CLEARLY I was participating in a rigorous snow activity which called for the use of snow boots.) Oh and there was this creepy kid in starbucks listening in on our conversation and staring at us repeatedly. I wanted to go over to him and dump my tea all over his laptop...but I just gave him a cold stare instead. When in doubt, cold stare always does the trick. Anyway...I got some really good pictures from the day's excursion. And I really have to go print these out, since my very old computer has decided not to get along with my very new digital camera.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrr

It is really cold outside. So cold, that I wish I didn't have to leave my house. Ever again. Ever. A few of my teachers are hoping for a snow day tomorrow. I wouldn't mind! I could get an essay donw that is due on Friday. And I could relax...like I did last week. It is starting to snow now...pretty hard actually, but only small flakes. I really don't want to go again again tonight. My old car doesn't like the cold. It's really old...and the cold bothers the poor thing. Maybe I can take my mom's car to go to som tonight. Which reminds me...Halee likes the scarf!!! I think she was a little confused when I gave it to her but her mom came up to me after rehearsal and thanked me...and asked me what my real name is...since it definatly is not Liesl. She also told me that Halee had been asking for a scarf since her sister had one that matched her coat. I didn't even know that! I think I may have hidden knitter powers...I can guess what knitted object people want the most...and then make it for them. Maybe not. Maybe scarves are just really easy and quick to make.

In other knitting news, the Moebius cat bed is coming along nicely. I now know for sure that I don't have enough yarn...so I'll have to just get some of the same yarn in a contrasting color to finish it up, and say I did that on purpose. Maybe I'll even add stripes.

Lazy Tuesday

I feel like I am on vacation. This is wonderful. The SECOND day that I haven't had to go to the hell which they call high school. I have had plenty of rest time to help get over this cold (the fourth one since august...) and I have been very productive. I have rearranged the furniture AND completly cleaned my room. It is amazing, it really is. I actually like spending time up there now. even though I hate the carpet and it makes me sneeze. But yeah...I have watched 8 movies, yes EIGHT WHOLE MOVIES!!! Haven't done that in a while. I organized my yarn stash, into a very big pretty basket. I even have a separate smaller basket for sock yarn. I cleaned my bookshelf, and have come to the conclusion that I desperatly need a new one. A much bigger one. You know you have too many books when it takes an engineer to figure out how to fit all the books you own onto your bookshelf. And really, the bookshelf isn't a small one either. It is taller than me, and about three feet wide and has four shelves. I really don't know how I found the time to read all those books either. Because I have read all of them, with a few exceptions. Many of them I have read more than once. More than twice even. Maybe even 10 times...but I won't get into that.

In other news, the moebius is...I guess I could say coming along. I guess. I have been working on it almost constantly but I can't see much progress. And I really like to see progress. In fact, I NEED it. It keeps me distracted from trying to start a dozen other projects. The reason I am not seeing much progress is because it is knit in the round, and each round has 400 stitches. I know, I know, it could be alot worse. ALOT worse. I mean, this is simple compared to say, a bohus sweater...but you must understand, I have a very very limited attention span. Before even being a third of the way into this project, I allready have plans for about five others (socks and purses and scarves, oh my!) must...finish...moebius...

Lazy Monday

This is the first lazy Monday I have had since Christmas vacation. I got up at 6:30 this morning only to get a call from my school letting me know that school was canceled. Not because of snow, since we only have a few inches, but because of a problem with the building. I have a new found love for that stupid old building now. Seriously. I used to hate it. It was built back in the 70's, badly, and is not functional at all. And since it is a private school, it gets no government money for anything. Which has led to this glorious problem which has given me the day off. I hope it is a very large problem that will take days to fix.

Because of this day off, I have been able to do some things I haven't had time for. Like sleep in. THAT was nice. To be able to go BACK to bed after getting up in the morning is a dream I have every weekday. I have been able to have time to get over my cold. The FOURTH ONE since August. (I am going to rant about that everyday until I get better!!!) I even got to rearrange my bedroom furniture, getting my bed out from under the stupid window that lets all the cold air in which probably caused part of my cold. I love moving my furniture around. Makes life more interesting. I'm still not finished with that and would like to try putting my chair someplace else. I can also get ahead on psych homework, instead of fall behind, which needless to say is more common. I finished my lace-up fingerless gloves, which turned out fantastic and I have been able to really tackle my first moebius knitting project. It is a cat bed, designed by Cat Bordhi. I just love her designs and I am trying my best to do this project justice. I'm a little worried that I don't have enough yarn (EEK!). And I am also worried about whether or not I am doing this moebius thing right. I know I should have started with something smaller, but I am so impatient. This will also be my first felting attempt. Although, I think before I felt this I might make a felted wallet to test the felting waters. After that I can finish my pumpkin purse and then on to more socks! WOOO!