Hello, Tuesday!
Star Trek DVD and Fall Out Boy album on the same day? You better believe I just went and got both... and how lucky am I that my grocery store has an entertainment section? I scored their last copy of Believers Never Die at around 2pm, so it seems to be selling well. I'm about to go pop the DVD in the Tivo and knit a headscarf and watch the videos (most of which I've never seen, because somehow my stalking never includes YouTube stalking). Spoiler-free comment: I love what each of the band focused on for their liner notes... it's all very them, I think.
Tomorrow I'm taking a class in stitch pattern design from Cat Bordhi, a knitter famed for thinking outside the box and inventing wild and yet perfectly sensible constructions. Am very excited and hope to learn lots. And I finally did finish my first pair of socks from her new book (detailed here, but beware the tl;dr for non-knitters), so naturally I'll be wearing her socks to class. Fall weather has arrived in Austin, with highs in the 60s (18C) so socks are justified.
Thursday is my usual knitting group, so I'll be able to burble to friends about what I learned, and finally start a pair of house slippers out of this yarn that I got at a fiber fair last weekend.
Friday the roofers come to put on a new roof, and the drywall guy comes to repair my ceiling and prep the kitchen so the electrician can get rid of the godawful flourescents and put some nice can lights in.
Saturday I'm getting together with a friend to test out new holiday baking recipes while her husband cooks us dinner. Doh! I better have my list ready by Thursday afternoon so I can shop for ingredients. And my Sunday knitting group can expect to be beneficiaries of at least a few baked goods, since by the time I'm done baking I've usually reached my sugar tolerance and can't stand to actually eat what I made.
Busy week! I hope everyone else is having fun in the ramp-up to the holidays, and not getting stressed out about things. Remember, we have shirtless Robert Downey Jr to look forward to on Christmas Day, and shirtless Taylor Lautner even sooner.
Tomorrow I'm taking a class in stitch pattern design from Cat Bordhi, a knitter famed for thinking outside the box and inventing wild and yet perfectly sensible constructions. Am very excited and hope to learn lots. And I finally did finish my first pair of socks from her new book (detailed here, but beware the tl;dr for non-knitters), so naturally I'll be wearing her socks to class. Fall weather has arrived in Austin, with highs in the 60s (18C) so socks are justified.
Thursday is my usual knitting group, so I'll be able to burble to friends about what I learned, and finally start a pair of house slippers out of this yarn that I got at a fiber fair last weekend.
Friday the roofers come to put on a new roof, and the drywall guy comes to repair my ceiling and prep the kitchen so the electrician can get rid of the godawful flourescents and put some nice can lights in.
Saturday I'm getting together with a friend to test out new holiday baking recipes while her husband cooks us dinner. Doh! I better have my list ready by Thursday afternoon so I can shop for ingredients. And my Sunday knitting group can expect to be beneficiaries of at least a few baked goods, since by the time I'm done baking I've usually reached my sugar tolerance and can't stand to actually eat what I made.
Busy week! I hope everyone else is having fun in the ramp-up to the holidays, and not getting stressed out about things. Remember, we have shirtless Robert Downey Jr to look forward to on Christmas Day, and shirtless Taylor Lautner even sooner.