Easy Sunday... for me.

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I worked on the Basketweave Baby Blues blanket some more today... I would love to get into the basketweave stitches and out of seed stitch... almost there! Although, I do love seed stitch look and feel, I've never done it before. I made Ryn feel the fabric and I said, "Doesn't it feel just so pillowy?" Stu then promptly called her into her room to finish cleaning and called me a "bad mommy" for distracting her, haha. Whoops.



I also got a picture of the finished scarf for The Red Scarf Project!



In other news...

Stu got Spore today!


Stu named him Pinkish, because while he was making him, I said, "He looks kinda pinkish."

In this game for PCs, you make your own "spore" from very few cells and raise and evolve them up through life.

He's been anticipating this game for quite some time. He wanted to get it at midnight last night at Walmart, but he reserved a copy at Game Stop before he knew about the Walmart release. So, we got up this morning, stopped by Janna's Java on the way (I had iced rasberry chai, Stu had mocha frappe with caramel) and headed of to Game Stop.

We got there about 10 minutes to open (11:00 AM). There were even two "dudes" who arrived after us for Rock Band 2, who, by the looks of them, had never been up before noon in their lives. One of them looked at the store hours on the door and said, "Oh, they aren't open yet." While the other started in at us with, "Hey, you guys know what's going on?" (Insert stoned face here.) Before we could answer his buddy said, "They aren't open yet! Didn't you just hear me?" It made me giggle inside.

I also finally got to rent Lego Indiana Jones for Playstation 3 today!!!



I've been hoping to rent this game each time we went to the video store since it came out, but it's always been rented out. When Stu found it, I snatched it from his hand and did a little squeely dance while hopping for the register with enough enthusiasm to make him react with, "Oh my God, you're a freak." while laughing. Heehee.

I played a little today, but it started getting challenging, so I took a break and have been knitting. Besides, it's more fun when I get to play with Stu and he's playing Spore today anyway.

I'm also getting ready to mail Ryn's last haircut hair to Locks of Love, which I should've done months ago...



And lastly, Stu and Ryn have been busting butt to get her room sorted, weeded (getting rid of unnecessary things... not actually weeding... oh my God, could you imagine, ew!) and cleaned. They did awesome, doesn't it look nice? (Yes, she needs a new dresser, don't judge us, we're working on it.)



Well, that's Sunday.

The Utah State Fair 2008

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My favorite baby rabbit! You can see all the State Fair pictures starting here.

Ryn Stu and I went to the Utah State Fair today. It's seemed to have gone downhill quite a bit over the years and one ride, one time? Like, $5.00!!! No thanks!

We went through an entire building dedicated to textile entries and I didn't take one picture of any of them... I know, I can't believe it myself!


When did they start breeding alpacas with chickens?!?!



I'm also working on a baby blanket for an upcoming shower soon.


(Dont' worry Miss Polly, I'm only working on this one day a week. Mwa!)

Another "one day a week" project I've started, I'm calling it "Scrappy Tuesdays"...



I’ll make this with frogged and abandoned project yarn and small leftovers not big enough to make anything with.

I’m using Russian join for the first time ever to join yarns in this project. I think I still need some practice. I should get plenty with this project.

I will probably only work on this one day a week (Tuesdays), since I have higher priority projects going as well.

The Red Scarf Project

In a previous post I talked about my knit and crochet group on Ravelry doing a charity project for the Red Scarf Project. I figured if we had the goal of making just one scarf together, people could participate without much being demaded of them. One could make just one square, twenty or a whole scarf if they chose. Well, it seems to be coming along nicely and I'm doing more than I thought I would...


Here's my cousin, Peachy's first square.


...and her second square, so cute!


...and my second square. The first one was posted in a previous entry and can be seen here.

And, dude! I'm SO close to getting Polly's bedspread done! This thing is a monster, it takes up our whole dining space floor in the apartment!




Laying it out on the floor like this really put things into perspective about how close I really am. Only 2 more rows to go after the loose squares shown are attached. But then I have to close up intersections and do a border... hope that's quite a bit faster!



There's a new addition to our household...


Now we have a decent table to sit down together for dinner instead of watching TV on the couch. Stu picked it up at the Thrift Store for $30, chairs and all. It's in great shape not including the water marks from glasses on the surface. We're all pretty excited about this!

Stu also bought me Batman Begins and The Nightmare Before Christmas on DVD. Then, as if that wasn't enough, he got a new cable service and added a DVR with me in mind. Squee! Now I can watch Knitty Gritty, Ghosthunters and Dharma & Greg, and plenty others. The shows I've mentioned were either on while I'm at work or were on channels we didn't have... but now we do! My fiance... he's the man.

Ryn has also started junior high... AHHHH! Nah, it's cool, she's doing well and having fun so far. =)

Now Playing:
Stu calling out his word search words on Pogo so I can guess the theme...

One Word

[Edited: I answered some questions again after reading over it and realizing that the answers the previous person had influenced my way of thinking.]

Rules:

You must answer the questions using only one word.

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Your significant other? everything
3. Your hair? messy
4. Your mother? strong
5. Your father? funny
6. Your favorite thing? happiness
7. Your dream last night? child
8. Your favorite drink? soda
9. Your dream/goal? security
10. The room you’re in? bright
11. Your hobby? yarn
12. Your fear? crime
13. Where do you want to be now? sleeping
14. What you’re not? ambitious
15. Muffins? Yum!
16. One of your wish list items? yoga
17. Where you grew up? utah
18. The last thing you did? Ravelry
19. What are you wearing? clothes
20. Favorite gadget? computer
21. Your pets? none
22. Your computer? perfect
23. Your mood? eh
24. Missing someone? yes
25. Your car? ugly
26. Something you’re not wearing? shoes
27. Favorite store? Joanns
28. Like someone? love
29. Your favorite color? pink
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? days?

Visitors from outer Utah

So, we're looking for a place in Salt Lake now! Stu will probably have to start working for it to work, which means it would be longer until he graduates. But, I'm sure we'll figure something out. We went looking at houses to rent last weekend and in our driving around came across one that all three of us fell in love with. Unfortunately, it was rented out the week before we saw it and we got the call notifying us of that almost a week later. =( Oh, well, we'll keep looking. =)

We had an out of town guest at our last SLC Stitchers meeting...


Peachy (Raechel) is knitting a square for our group project for the Red Scarf Project. Mine and Peachy's Grandma came to the knit meeting this week. She didn't knit or crochet, but instead was making toy balls out of fleece for charity. It was a really fun visit.

In needlework news...


I'm crocheting a baby blanket to keep in stock for future baby showers. It's going really fast since I'm using a P hook and two strands of yarn throughout. I also plan to do a "boy" blanket and a gender neutral one. The basic idea here is that I have one of each on hand, ready to gift. Then, when I give that one blanket away, I make another similar themed blanket (boy, girl or neutral) to have "in stock".

I also plan to do another square soon for the SLC Stitchers group project of making a scarf for the Red Scarf Project. I did this one last week...



And, as always, I'm still working on Polly's bedspread too! =)

I also did a tiny bit of miscellaneous crafting this week...


I made this for my portable DVD player and discs out of an old tie-dye shirt I had stashed to use for fabric strips for knitting or crocheting. All I did was cut two pieces, cut strips towards the center, around three edges, then tied them together in square knots. The straps is three long pieces braided, knotted at the ends and tied into the top square knots. There are gaps between the knots, but that's okay, my player doesn't fall out and that's the point. =)


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