WELCOME BABY BIANCA!!!

My new baby niece!!

Almost Ready

I finally bought my annual pass for Disney and the confirmation was printed with a cute little border! Don't you just love everything that Disney makes and does? I am going shopping this weekend for new clothes and anything else I need because I might not have time the weekend before....plus my sister might have her baby before then and I wanna spend time with her before I leave. Almost there! Only 1 week and 3 days til Disney!

Trying not to be a Copy Cat

I am trying very hard not to be a copy cat on the blog. My last post was about a scarf that Crazy Aunt Purl is knitting that I would like to try and I find myself copying her yet again today! I can't help it, she had a good idea on her blog today and it made me smile and I don't have a hell of alot to smile about these days so I am going to do it to......so there.

It is not anything major but she was saying how she and her friend email each other 3 good things each day and I thought I would give it a shot. I have no one to email so I am going to just post it here.

1.) I got to eat my lunch with Robert Gerard today, no matter what happens seeing him makes me happy

2.) My friend Christina and I are planning a knit along on the same project. We are going to try to get together as much as we can and see how our progress goes on it. I have never done a knit along so I was pretty excited about it.

3.) Crazy Aunt Purl is working on her first baby sweater and so am I! What are the odds? It actually looks like the same pattern, but it probably isn't haha.

There...those are my 3 happy things for the day. To be honest I couldn't think of anything else if I tried......everything is so stressful these days...knitting and Robert are my favorites stress relievers! Haha have a happy Monday!!

P.s 2 weeks til Disney!

Entrelac Scarf

I have had a new obesession on my brain the last couple of days, something besides finances if you can believe it! It is something that my favorite blog writer, Crazy Aunt Purl is working on and man I want to make it so bad! It is called the Entrelac Scarf and it is beautiful. The pattern calls for Noro Silk Garden yarn which is something I have never worked with before so I am excited to try it. She also said the pattern can be a little tricky so I am hoping it keeps me interested. The colors she has are really pretty too, but I think I want more earthy tones in mine. The thing is is that Noro yarn is kind of pricey, so I consulted my knitting guru (aka my friend Christina) and asked her if she thought I should take a stab at it and buy some.

Of course she had to be all logical and told me to look at all the other projects that I started and was excited about but never finished or picked up again. Then she asked me if I still wanted to do the scarf. She is right of course....I do have alot of projects that I have gotten bored with and have left forgotten....but in my defense I have never used very expensive yarn on these projects! I think that would motivate me to finish....plus I told her that I am going to go through them all this weekend and rip back all the ones I know I won't pick up again to lessen my WIPs. She laughed at me....personally I thought it was a good argument =P

3 Weeks

My trip to Disney is 3 weeks away and I am utterly unprepared. I still haven't purchased my park pass ( Paying $500 makes my head hurt to much....not to mention my stomach....and wallet), I have no nice summer clothes to bring or the money to buy some, work has been the most stressful it has ever been and leaving for a week and a half is certainly not going to make things better (though it will be nice to get away from it), my sisters due date for her baby is very close to when I am leaving so I might not be here when she is born, and Robert can't really afford this trip because he doesn't get paid vacation so that makes me anxious for him. I am neither mentally nor financially prepared for this trip and it is so unlike me!

I usually have seperate savings for everything I need months in advance! I buy all my travel stuff and new clothes with it and I have my spending money too. I dont believe in being unprepared when it comes to money and I always have a back up plan. This time however, I have NOTHING! No plans at all, I am flying my the seat of my pants here people! I have no solutions to any problems and it is starting to piss me off royally.

The events of the past year of course have something to do with that. I had to buy a new car that decimated my savings ( not my apartment fund though, I touch that for no one!)....not to mention I had to pay another grand for my sisters baby shower, so this trip is not at a very convienient time since I have not really had a chance to recover at all. I am just so stressed about everything, I hate my job and want to leave but there is nothing out there right now.

Oh well....I am going to have to suck it up and deal. I know there are alot of people who are unhappy in there current situations and I should not be complaining. Sometimes it hard not to! The only good thing about going on this trip is that fact that it is Disney and even with all the problems I am having with going there.....at least I get to go.

Love is in the Air

Love was in the air this weekend! We went to a co-workers wedding at the Seaport Trade Center in Boston and we had a great time! I have never been to such an expensive wedding before but it was very well put together. There was also a first for me....I wore a PINK dress! can you believe it? My co-worker made me buy it, this is a color I would never normally buy myself but it looked pretty good.

After the church they had a cocktail hour with free drinks for a hour.....FREE DRINKS PEOPLE! So me and Robert Gerard had as many as we could before we went into the reception. Then there was free wine all night, haha needless to say I got pretty hammered and had a blast! the food was good, the company was good and all in all it was a great night.

Me and Robert Gerard

The Bride and Groom

Me and the crazy co-worker who made me buy the pink dress (aka Tina)

P.s 8 weeks and I will be in Disney!

Tour De Fleece

There has been alot of chatter on the spinning blogs and Ravelry lately about the Tour de Fleece this summer! It starts July 4th and runs until the end of the Tour de France. I have read about it on a few different websites and never thought I would ever want to do it but something lit a fire under my butt! I have been under so much stress lately because of money, cars and my sister's poor choice in men that I need something to get me through the next couple months and keep me sane. Enter spinning and knitting.

I have decided to join this rather large spin a long because there is no pressure, no real deadlines and it is something that relaxes me and makes me happy. I am not sure what my goal will be for myself, probably something small and manageable. In other words I am not going to be spinning for a sweater because that it way too much, but I would like a small challenge. Something I have never done before. This weekend was the first time I had ever knit with my handspun yarn and I must say that I love the feeling of accomplishment! I have never knit a sock so fast in my life and I am dying to start the second one! I spun up some yarn a few months ago in hopes of making wool socks for one Robert Gerard and they knit up beautifully in the corriedale I spun! I think I smiled the whole way through it and never once was bored. I LOVE knitting with my handspun....so I need to make more....Enter Tour de Fleece.

So tonight I am going to dig through my stash and start making my goals in my head and maybe even post on the forums instead of lurking around them like I always do. Maybe make a few spinning friends over the internet...wish I wasn't so shy. Maybe this will make feel happier....make life a little less complicated. And just think of all the handspun I will have to knit with! I want hats and socks for the winter.....maybe a scarf but we dont want to get ahead of ourselves...ahem.

P.S. 9 weeks and I will be in Disney!......the happiest place on earth!...we will see about that this year.