My Shawl Swap Package!

I also received a wonderful package from my partner in the Shawl/Stole Swap on ravelry yesterday!



My partner sent me two very pretty (and soft) skeins of Fiddlesticks Knitting Zephyr Wool-Silk yarn in the colorway Juniper. It is a very pretty blue-green and I can't wait to make my new shawl out of it. The shawl pattern that she chose for me is Juno Regina from Knitty. It is very pretty and I can't wait to start.





She also sent me a copy of the pattern, some nice almond milk hand cream and a pumice stone.



Thank you so much Tasha!!

Yay! Swap Package! (Picture Heavy!)

I received my first package from my secret swap partner yesterday! It was very nicely wrapped in pink and green paper. Unfortunately I don't have pictures of that because my camera didn't have batteries and I was too impatient to wait until I got some more. Inside I found many many wonderful things!


There was two packages of chocolate, Choxie truffle chocolates and a dark chocolate mix from Ghirardelli (Mmmmm.... they have already been sampled my Spenser and myself).


There was also some alba body cream in Kukui nut scent! It smells delicious.


My partner also included some goodies from Race for the Cure. A very pretty head scarf in pink, and some keychains that represent different sizes of tumors found in the breast.




Also, some gummy bears (partially snacked upon by me), a very cute card and a super cool bag for my knitting notions.




The bag is made out of recycled bottles. How cool is that?

And, saving the best for last, a wonderful skein of C*Eye*Ber fiber sock yarn in the Lily Pad colorway. 435 yds of Superwash merino and nylon. It is very soft and very pretty!





Thank you Secret Partner, whoever you may be!! I have to say that you have spoiled me rotten!!

So You Think You Can Dance?

Oh My goodness! Why didn't I fall in love with this show earlier? I have totally loved Tabitha and Napoleon. I love their Katie and Josh routine the first week :http://youtube.com/watch?v=c_GRUm3-0jU&feature=related. This week, I am also totally in love with their routine they did for Chelsea and Mark :http://youtube.com/watch?v=ovjAuBuepVA. So far I have watched it about four times. Shhhhh..... Yes, I am one of those crazy people who can listen to a song an infinite amount of times in a row before I get tired of it (and I LOVED this song!)

DON'T TOUCH MY STOMACH!!

Okay, so yesterday I got an inside look at what it is going to be like when I am pregnant in the future (far future). My boss was telling me what I needed to do to get ready for us opening when all of a sudden, she stops talking, stares at my stomach and then slowly reaches over and pats/rubs it! WTF?? All I could say was "No", as in, "No, I'm not pregnant." The word pregnant never actually was said by either of us, but I knew what she was referring to when she patted my stomach. Who does that??



I have heard many ladies complain about how people would always touch their stomachs when they were pregnant which is something I completely don't understand at all. Why do people suddenly think that since you are growing a child in your stomach, it is okay to go ahead and touch you? They wouldn't think it was okay to come and touch your stomach normally, so why when you have a child in there? But then, for someone to reach out and touch your stomach when they don't even know if you are pregnant, that is even worse. Why would you do that?



Oh yeah, then when I told her "No, I'm not pregnant." She says, "Oh, just relaxing for summer then?" What? Did she just call me fat? I will be glad when I do not have her as a boss any more. But I will be sad to be leaving the beautiful new science building!

Some WIP's

These are my "Socks of Science." I am making them for Senor for father's day.

Now, you may be asking yourself why these are a work in progress and why they are called socks of science. Well, I still have to add "socks of science" on one foot and a microscope on the other. They are called "Socks of Science" because a while back Senor began adding of science to the end of anything. Now his students have taken to it and many gifts he receive have the infamous "of science" on them. So, now he will have some socks to go along with it.

These socks are going to be knee highs. They are made with Knit Picks Felici yarn in the colorway Gelato. So far, they are one of my favorite pairs of socks. My other favorite pair was the monkey socks I made for Kat. Pictures will come for those after I give them to her!

This yarn is SO soft!! I can't wait to wear them.

Hopefully you all have a nice week! Well, are having a nice week!

I Think I may Have Finally Borken the Habit!!

Yay for me. It's been about five weeks at least since I last bit my fingernails. I almost don't want to jinx it by saying that I think I kicked the habit (*cough* addiction *cough*). So far so good. I should make some sort of chip for myself like they give you in Alcoholics Anonymous! Maybe I will...

Our Sunday Trip

Today we left the house at around 11 and headed to Sacramento to see The Phantom of the Opera. It was awesome, I left my camera in the car when we went in because I was afraid they might confiscate it, but I wish I wouldn't have because the stage setup itself was amazing. The special effects were way cool and by far the most spectacular of any play I have seen so far.

Even though I don't have any pictures of what we saw on our way to and from the parking lot (including a church of Scientology with what we think was a security guard standing out front) I do have pictures of our eventful trip there.



First we stopped to check the oil and found that we only had about one-third of a (tank?) container in there. So we filled it up some more.


After that we were on our way.





We encountered some helpful warning signs:




And some nice dairy trucks:






Why what is that on our windshield, you ask? We believe it was either milk or ice cream that was delightfully spewing from the back of the truck. The windsheild was so dirty after this, it gave me a headache just looking through it.

On our way home, I decided that I should find a gas station and clean it off so that while we were driving home, I didn't have to deal with impared vision and a headache. However, my navigator thought differently. He decided that we only had a little bit of time before it got dark and that I wouldn't be driving into the sun anyway so it wouldn't be that bad. Boy was he wrong, on both accounts!! We had a whole half an hour left to drive and the sun wasn't going to set for another hour at least. Then on the way home, we were driving directly into the sun. FUN, FUN, FUN for me!

We finally made it home and I cleaned my windshield, however, my navigator is now fired. That was his third strike. What were his first two? Number one: When asked which way I would be turning onto the road ahead, he said, "Oh, you'll see it. It's at the four way stop up there." That's right, FOUR way stop! Number two: When asked what exit am I looking for up ahead, he says, "15th St." Later on we are talking about how far the exit is and I find out that I am supposed to merge onto a completely different freeway in between where we were and the 15th st. exit.

It's okay though, all mistakes were taken care of before they got us lost, and we made it home in one piece. I still love him and maybe he will get to be navigator again some day. To be honest, I am still shocked he trusted me enouh to drive there!