No Room... My Life is Full

Christmas Cards

I have been taking a little knitting hiatus this week because my neck has been incredibly sore.  Plus, I've been so busy at both work and home, I haven't had time to even start anything new.  I do want to make some little mini-stockings...but I'm not sure how to read the patterns.  I really need to take a little class at the local craft store or something to understand some of the code.  Or I guess I could just work thru a pattern blindly and hope to hell it comes out looking right.  Either way, I guess.......

This week has been insane at work.  I've been labeling, stamping, stuffing and sealing almost 800 christmas cards.  Finally, yesterday afternoon I finished them and dropped them off at the post office.  Ugh!  Plus, I did my own personal cards.   I usually put a lot more time and effort into our card, but this year I just haven't been in the mood or spirit for it. 

I would love it if I could fall asleep about now and not wake up until late March.  Hibernation...yeah......

Well, time to get to work.....I'm stopping for Starbuxx this morning...Tall Skinny Vanilla Latte!!! 

The Boy & Santa

Last Friday evening we went over to the mall to take Camden to see Santa.  Great photo!!!

Cute Little Blue Hat

I finished another hat!!!  Yippeeee!!!!!!!!!!! 

Friday Finally

I feel so blah today.  Maybe I am coming down with something.   I just feel so run down and tired.   I haven't had the energy or desire to even write out my Christmas cards.  This morning I forced myself to sit down and work on it.  I did about 1/2.  

Then it was time to meet an old friend for lunch.  We met at a yummy restaurant at the mall and I got chicken torilla soup and a salad.  After lunch I came home and have been working a little bit on knitting another hat.  This time I'm trying to go by the pattern instead of winging it.  It's turning out cute...but still not perfect.  I guess it'll take practice. 

Tonight we are taking Camden to see Santa at the mall....yep, I gotta go back to the same mall I was at this afternoon.

I wish I could stop feeling so blah.  Anybody have any suggestions on what might help?  Lots of sunlight, funny movies, what else????

Concert Fun!

 
Me and one of my hoochie friends :-) went to see Colbie Callait in concert last night.  We had a great time!!!!  We got there early for dinner and then on to the show.  It was quite different than most of the types of shows we go to.  We are used to a more bluezy older crowd, mostly guys....but this crowd was much younger, teenagers and lots of girls.  It was fun, even still!!! 

Her voice is just as lovely live as it is on her albums.  Her band is awesome!!!  All of them were multi talented and some sang.  Even her stage manager dude sang a Bob Marley song (No Woman No Cry). 

 

Sorry the photos are so blurry...we were way back and my little camera had a hard time focusing.  Colbie and one of her guitarists, Justin Young, each had ukuleles they were playing.  That was really fun, too!  They had a good time with that. 

We had a really fun time!  

Well, I found out the gym that is over near my old office where I used to work has an indoor track.  Starting next week I'm going to be stopping off there after work on Tuesdays and Thursdays to run.  It'll be nice and inside, yeah!!!!  No more worries of it getting dark or being too cold or being hit by a car.  Yay!!!!!

Look, it's a hat!

HOLY CRAP!!  I actually knitted a hat!   It doesn't look all that shabby either!  I am just tickled pink!!!!!!

It's definately not perfect and it's not exactly like the pattern I used, but what the heck, it turned out!!!!!  Haaa!!!!!!!

This is a trip!  I never in a million years thought I'd ever be able to do something like this.  This is hilarious!!  Love it!!!!!  :-)
 
 

Good Xmas Shopping!

I did this blue striped scarf for my niece, Tami, for Christmas.  I tried doing tassles....isn't it just yummy????

I am now working on a hat and it is hideous!  At least I figured out how to do it...now if I can just make it look better.  Don't know what I'll do with this mess when I'm done, but at least I''m trying it!!!!

Today I got up and went shopping all day by myself.  It was a ton of fun!  I bought lots of Christmas gifts, then came home and wrapped them all.  Found some bargains, too!  I really feel like I made progress today.  This is a good thing.

I am freezing, so I am going to take a hot shower and get into my jammies.  Ahhh.....
 
 

Is It the Weekend Yet?

I cannot believe another week is almost over.  Tomorrow Ron and Camden are going to DC for an overnight trip to meet up with his parents, who will be in town.  Yay!  That gives me a night alone to do whatever I want!  Looking forward to it, too!

Saturday I am actually driving up to DC myself to visit a friend and have lunch and shop.  So, I guess we'll both be up in the DC area, but not together.  I can't wait to see my friend! 

I still need to finish decorating the house for Christmas.  We did some of it, but not all.  It's a slow going process.  I hope it's done by Christams.  Heh!  The shopping is out of control, too.....I am no where near close to being done.  I'm dragging my heels big time.  Maybe I can get some done this Saturday when I'm shopping with my friend.

Oooh, I'm getting ready to start a hat project....this should be interesting.  If I surprise myself by making a hat that would be really really cool!!!  Yeah, little things excite me.

Run Baby Run!

I came home this afternoon all ready to go running and I was disappointed.  I usually get home at 4:35 pm, and because the days are growing shorter and shorter, it was really starting to get dark.  I didn't want to go running and 45 minutes into it, be in the dark...that is dangerous, especially with all the traffic coming home from work.  So, I skipped running this afternoon.  I feel so yucky....whenever I miss an exercise day I feel like this. 

I'm not sure what to do.  Wish my gym had an indoor track.  I may call the other location across town and see if they have an indoor track.  They are a brand new facility and it is huge, so they just may have one.  Plus, they are on my way home from work, so on Tuesdays & Thursdays instead of going home I could just go to that gym and run and then go home afterwards.  It would work at least thru February.  Then in March time will be longer again and I can run at home.   I could always run on a treadmill, but I DESPISE running on a treadmill.

In the meantime, I feel blah....I have always exercised as long as I can remember.  Even when I was a teenager I belonged to a gym and did old school aerobics classes.  I've never not exercised.  Heck, even when I was 9 months pregnant I still walked.

Well, it is time for me to take my lazy ass to bed.  Sweet Dreams!!  ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ......

Mmmm....Pork & Peanuts!

I knitted this Dish Rag over the past two days and it was a total pain in the ass.  I used cotton yarn, which I guess is what is recommended for dish clothes, towels, etc.  It was a total bitch....It doesn't look all that great either, but at least it gave me the opportunity to try a new stitch and practice doing two types of stitches in one project.  It has holes in it too...good thing I am using it for the kitchen.  Haa haa!!

 

 

I bought stuff to do scrapbooking this weekend, but I haven't touched it....I need to work on it tomorrow.

 

Today we drove down to Surry County, which is about an hour south of where I live.  That's where all the country ham stores are.  Yummy!!!  We drove down to order my inlaws a gift box for Christmas.  It had country ham, sausage, bacon and then we added peanuts, spicy peanuts, Budweiser BBQ Sauce and some Virginia Gentleman Bourbon BBQ Sauce and a kit to make peanut soup.  I hope they like it!!!!!

 

I rented a movie for tonight..."Four Christmases", with Reese Withespoon and Vince Vaughan.  He's so funny.  Hope it makes me laugh!