I'm Outta Here

I got my new car. Check it out!! So cute. My favorite thing about my new car is that the "Check Engine" light is not on. My 2nd favorite things is the new car smell. And my 3rd favorite thing is the hook up for my iPod.


Ben and I are off to Ohio for Christmas. It's supposed to warm up so all the snow will melt - so much for a white Christmas. But the weathermen in Ohio never really know what they are talking about so who knows - anything is possible. I can't wait to see my sisters!!

Lots of reruns on tv. Sooo boring. Survivor is over, Apprentice is over, Lost reruns til mid-Jan. The people I like never seem to win. I was rooting for Steph and the gal on crutches. I've been watching lots of PBS and Netflix. My new guilty pleasure is a show called Joan of Arcadia that got cancelled last year. And I watched Crash last night. Definitely not a feel-good flick, but one of the best movies I've ever seen. During my vacation I want to see Rent and Syriana and maybe the Family Stone. And I need to get crackin' on reading our bookclub book Middlesex.

Knitting update - Baby booties with that pretty pink yarn were a disaster. The first one turned out big enough for a baby dinosaur. The second one would fit a kitten. The third one??? Just right. I must learn how to gauge better!! I'm so excited for Christmas to give the gifts I've been working on for months.

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you all get to see family and that Santa is generous!!

Shop til you drop

I'm done Christmas shopping and as usual I bought too much. It's just so fun to pick out that perfect gift. Now I can't wait to give them all away!!

Busy finishing up knitting projects for gifts - slippers, scarves, hats.... Now I bought fuzzy soft pink yarn to do some baby booties for my niece-to-be due in March. I think after the holiday knitting is done I might tackle my first sweater. I found these super cool circular knitting tags. Check them out: http://www.nancysknitknacks.com/id_tags.htm

Did any of you knitters out there get a mysterious magazine in the mail called Knit Simple? It is a new magazine and I got their premier issue. Not sure if it was a promotion or an early christmas gift from a stranger. Thought maybe it was from a mailing list from Fiber Factory or something.... Anyways they had great articles and patterns. http://www.knitsimplemag.com/

Work decided to shut down between Christmas and New Years so I have more time off than anticipated. But it sucks to have to take 3 forced vacation days - I'd rather save them up to visit family or lay on the beach somewhere. Ben and I are looking forward to going to Ohio for Christmas. Seems like there will be snow.

I got an email to this link yesterday and it is hillarious and a little scarey that it might come true. It's about the future of the internet and our "connected" society. A guy orders a meat pizza and his health insurance rates automatically go up. I guess there are consequences to each decision we make. http://www.adcritic.com/interactive/view.php?id=5927

We are going to Rocky Pointe for New Year's weekend. Lucky us have friends who bought a beach front condo there and they invited us to spend the weekend with them! Check this place out - it's amazing. http://www.lpsgc.com/

Merry Christmas everyone!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

We put up our Christmas tree last night. I love the fake tree with lights on it - so efficient. Such a great investment. I've started some holiday shopping online, but still need a day to hit the mall to finish up. It seems easy this year.

Our Thanksgiving weekend trip to Flagstaff was lots of fun. We got to see Mars through a telescope which was amazing in theory, but really not impressive, just a red dot. We had a fantastic dinner at San Felipes and did some shopping and museums. The highlight was getting to wear my favorite pink scarf and getting a compliment on how cute it was and I could respond: Thanks I made it myself!! Always nice to get back to Phoenix and more sunshine.

THEY CANCELLED ALIAS...... What will I do?? I guess withough Vaughn there was no point. But I blame that darn Ben Affleck for this. It's all his fault. Or maybe it is somehow J-Lo's fault?? Thank goodness for Lost and Veronica Mars or I'd really be writing some "strongly worded letters" with Julie to the executives at ABC.

Kelly and I took a fun magic mobius scarf class and I've been knitting lots of Christmas presents. Can't post photos or you'd all know what you are getting for gifts. Hehehehe.... My knitting story for the month is: I was working on some felted slippers for one of my sisters and I got a work phone call. So I stepped aside to do some phone testing. Next thing I know Gus is eating the yarn connected to the slippers. I was sooo pissed. Anyways so I managed to salvage the project and Ben said, don't worry at least it will be felted. I was sooo impressed that my guy knows what felting is and why that is so wonderful because it erases all the mistakes!!!

Still reading Harry Potter - noone is dead yet. Light at end of tunnel only about 100 pages to go... Need to get started on Middlesex because that is our next bookclub selection.

What do you think of my new car? You can vote on the color you think I should purchase - I have it narrowed down to red, silver, or white. It even has a connection for my iPod. I told Ben to put a ribbon on it for Christmas!! http://direct.automobiles.honda.com/models/model_overview.asp?ModelName=Civic+Sedan&bhcp=1&BrowserDetected=True

This is an article describing the video gaiming sub-culture that Ben lives in. His MMORPG is World of WarCraft. Read this and you'll understand what he means by "power leveling" or "farming for gold". Enjoy.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5032947