knitter's block

So I finished this hoodie scarf for Sandie (doesn't she look great!) and now I'm sort of stuck as what to do next. I really need to cast on some socks before I leave New Mexico or I won't have the Bitches to help me get through them. But I have to get a pattern first. Well, I'm at the point where my stash is getting bigger and I actually have a choice of what I can do next.

What to do next? Well, I really should be getting some work done around the house so let's cut this short:)

oh yeah

and my wedding photos are UP!

go to www.mergeweddings.com and you will see how wonderful Rachel is!!

Pass on the dancing love

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.


I saw this on my friend and wedding photographer Rachel's site and think that everyone should watch it. How much does this make you want to dance with everyone you know?

Bat in the cave

Definition:
Noun. A globule or lump of nasal mucus when visible up a nostril.


Sentence:
Victor, you've got another bat in the cave! No, you can't wipe that on me!


I think I'll be using this one a lot.

You know what?

I love my knitting group. Yes, people have made fun of me in the past for being in a knitting group before I turned 50 but that doesn't bother me. I love them. Maybe it's because they are my first. You know how sometimes when you try something out for the first time and it's so wonderful that anything else it just not good enough? That happened to me with yoga too. I had the best instructor in Berkeley and after that, everyone else just didn't cut it.

Although, it's a good thing boyfriends are not that way because that would not be very healthy.

Arse about /around

Definition:
Verb. To mess around, to waste time.

Sentence:
I need to get some work done instead of arsing around on the computer.

Learning English

Every so often I'm going to have a post about some new English words that I think I should learn before I move to the UK. I found a nice website that has words from A-Z! I'll begin with the A's and post some of the most important ones I can find. I'll post the word, definition and use it in a sentence.

Today's word is: Absobloodylutely : Adv. Absolutely.

I absobloodylutely love football.

Yes, I think I'm ready for the lot!

St. Joseph, with the shovel, in the front yard

St Joe went upside down in the front yard today to satisfy my Catholic half with selling my house. Will it work? I have no idea. Do I believe that it will work? With God all things are possible. St. Anthony usually helps me find the things I've lost so why not try St Joe? I'm all for the Saints!

Videos might be on their way soon!

Victor and I watched some of our wedding videos today and they are pretty hilarious! So hopefully we'll be posting some in the near future.

Other than that life has been pretty tame. I started a new knitting project the other day and realized that I had the totally wrong needles for it and now I have to either buy some new ones or just scrap the whole idea. However, I have a huge scarf-hoodie on the needles now that I definitely need to make a needle purchase for and I'm ready to get that thing done!

We're still sweating out the housing market so if you know anyone who wants to buy/rent a house just let me know...and I don't mean Nichole!

Tagged again...

Meme

1) What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was 19 and just finished my first year at Miami University (that's Ohio). I moved home for the summer and worked at TGIFriday's busing tables. My sister and I started hanging out more and I began to like her more. This was a random summer. I think I also went to see RENT for the first time that summer and now it's closing on Broadway. No, I saw RENT in December...10 years ago. I think I saw it again that summer.

2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today?
Get house ready for potential buyer visit at 1pm, wash truck and get it ready to sell on Craigslist (anyone need a truck?), go to post office, call my dad, and cook dinner:)

3) Snacks I enjoy:
I just finished a few fig newtons! But I also like to snack on cereal and frozen grapes.

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
I would use all my money to help save Camp Luther from erosion damage!

5) Places I have lived:
In order of appearance: Florida, Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, New York, Ohio, Luxembourg, Ohio, Czech Republic, Ohio, Idaho, the entire Eastern Seaboard, California, Washington, California, and now New Mexico! We're moving this August to England and there I will live for two years, that is the longest amount of time I have lived anywhere for over ten years.

Following a popular feeling, I am not going to tag anyone but if you want to let others know a little about yourself that would be GREAT!

We're leaving tomorrow!

It's been a great adventure and tomorrow we're heading home. I'll make sure to post more photos when I get home but I don't have the time or patience right now for uploading photos!

Here are some fun ones:)

This was the best red cake I have ever tasted in my entire life.

Mount Rushmore was really fun!

100th POST!

I wish I could make this post a little more exciting but I'm not. Today I'm sitting in Bozeman Montana at Victor's cousin's apartment. We're staying an extra night here and that's ok with me. This is a beautiful town and I keep telling Victor that we can retire here if he wants to.
We'll be back in Albuquerque next week and I'm really missing my Bitches on Tuesday nights. Hopefully, we'll be back by next Tuesday:) I went to a yarn store in Bozeman today and bought some local yarn and I'm totally stoked about knitting up a scarf and hat combo for my England move. I'm still working on a really cool project for my friend Sandie! And I also met another friend today that I'll see on Ravelry! I LOVE RAVELRY!!

I love family vacation but I'm ready to see my home again....or at least my house!!

I'll make up for the 100th post soon.

Cedar Point- Sandusky, Ohio

We made it to Iowa (finally) and I thought I would do some posting tonight before getting to bed. I don't have too many good wedding photos but I'm sure you'll see them soon enough. So here are some photos of what we've been up to.

Cedar point was fantastic! The lines were short and we rode a ton of rides. At the end of the night Calvin, Nikki and I rode the Mverick about six times in a row right before closing time. It was so fantastic. I think it was one of the best Cedar Point trips I've been on...don't tell my family:)

The in-laws at Cedar Point!! The weather was a bit chilly but we had a fantastic time anyway.
Katie and Victor with Calvin, Julia and Snoopy
Classic Cedar Point Photo!!

It was so fun to go somewhere old with new people! This really is the best amusement park ever.

Hey, I got married yesterday

YEAH!! It was so fun I can hardly stand it.
Now I'll be on the road for about two weeks so I won't have too much time to post photos or video but I will as soon as I can.

Apparently I was tagged to write out my ABC's. The hardest part will be finding others to tag....

A- Attached or single: Attached and getting attached again on May 25th
B- Best Friend: It's a tie: Victor and my mom
C-Cake or Pie: Death...no wait, I mean cake!!
D-Day: Tuesday is for knitting and I miss my bitches.
E- Essential Item: Oxygen
F- Favorite Color: All of them...that may not count but it's my ABC's so I'm going to say whatever I want
G-Gummi Bears or Worms: Bears but only the ones from Germany
H-Home town: Ohio
I- Indulgences: Reading Harry Potter
J- January or July?: July, but only when I'm in a state with humidity
K-Kids: Nothing but trouble...right here in River City
L-Life is incomplete without: Oxygen
M- Marriage Date: I only remember because I have my marriage certificate in front of me...Dec 27th 2007. Oh and there is that other wedding we're having next week...May 25th 2008
N- Number of Siblings: 1 real sister: three step sisters: one sister in law and one brother in law who is married and so that means I have another sister in law. Fun
O- Oranges or Apples: I hate comparing fruit
P- Phobias or Fears: Tornadoes... no wait, dark clouds
Q- Quote: It's all ok in the end. If it's not ok, it's not the end.
R- Reason To Smile: Oxygen
S- Season: Fall: it's the anticipation of death that awakens the life in us all
T- Tag Three: Sarah ( Grace in the Chaos), Kellen (kellenvision) and Abby (Crafty as a Serpent)
U- Unknown fact about me: I can ice skate backwards
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals: As Nancy said: God didn't put me on the top of the food chain to eat vegetables.
W- Worst Habit: Crabbiness
Y-Your favorite food: Red Velvet Cake...I've been dreaming of it as of late.
Z: Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


Well, that's me in an ABC nutshell.

Not Long Now

Time is going by like snails on a chalkboard! Yes, of course, there is much to be done for this wedding but still it seems like forever away. It's detail time and now that I'm in Orrville I feel that things are coming along at an even pace.

But it has been raining for the past week and if it wasn't for the beautiful day we had yesterday I might not have any hope of good weather for the big day. However, I am glad I prepared for it to rain the whole day so as not to get my hopes up.

Remember when I asked if anyone heard the phrase "March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb"? Well what about "April showers brings May flowers"? So...when to the showers stop? We've got the flowers at least:)

I met with the DJ yesterday and rather than wasting my precious gas in the guzzling truck, I decided to ride my mom's bike. It was a fantastic day and so fun to get out on two wheels. I miss riding my bike. That was my only form of transportation for a few years back in seminary. After my meeting I decided to ride over to my grandparents house but on the way I rode past Orr Park and remembered what it was like to swing again. When I was a kid we would go to Orr Park when visiting the family and it was such a wonderful place to be a child. They have so many things to play on with swings, teeter-totters, slides, and the very fun Orr Pool. It made me think of how I want to live in a small town when I grow up. Orr Park is the center of town and when the weather is nice, it's the place where people from the whole city gather to relax. You just don't really get the same feeling in the suburbs.
C'est la vie.

Updates...

Well, we're at the two week point for the big day and I think that things are coming along fine. I'm getting down to the details and making sure everything gets done will be my final task. But I have some fun photos from my trip to Toledo to share so that's what this post is all about. Enjoy!

Neil's Graduation in Bowling Green!!

Hanging out with Melissa in Toledo! We went to a Mudhens game...I would have made Klinger proud:) Toledo is really a nice place to be, no matter what John Denver says!

Dinner with the Zimman Family...proof that what goes around comes around.

Ok, so I only posted three photos!! The rest are on my camera and maybe I'll save them for next time! I'm living on other people's computers for a whole month and it's really weird.

I made it to OHIO!

Well, it was a long drive but I made it to Ohio. It was fun to be on the road for a few days but I'm ready to stay in one place for...oh wait, I'll actually be traveling around Ohio for the next month too. At least I'll be in a few places for days at a time rather than just an evening. Some highlights of the trip were:

• Custard at Culver's
• Dinner at Bob Evans (oh, I miss Bob!)
• The St. Louis Arch (but I didn't get to have a go)
• Getting the honeymoon suite on my first night in OK City
• Getting gas in OK City for $3.35
• The smell of FRESH CUT GRASS!!
• Grass in general
• The sound of a train going by
• Farms
• Trees
• Being in Terre Haute the same night as Hillary Clinton! Ok, that wasn't such a big deal
• Rain
• Singing across the State Lines!
• Seeing my friend Melissa
• Driving along the Maumee River
• Seeing RIVERS:)
• Humidity

I took some videos that I want to share with you but I don't have the energy to post all of them right now. I might be able to give you one as a foretaste of the feast to come. This is by far the longest and most extensive of the videos but it shows just how bored I was.

PS- I almost forgot how much I LOVE humidity. I am so weird. But really, I love breathing in water vapors and feeling like I just stepped out of the shower ALL DAY LONG!

Office parties

I've never really worked in an office but I live vicariously though the TV show on Thursday nights. However, if I ever actually worked in an actual office, I would hope that it wouldn't be as uncomfortable as the one on TV.

It's so fun to have Office parties with my friend Cyndi:) We started the tradition in the fall and then the writers strike hit and we just didn't have the motivation to pick something else to watch. Now it's back and we're having fun on Thursdays again. Of course I did force her to go to the baseball game with me on Monday...I'm such a good friend! HA!

So the girls from Stitch 'n' Bitch (or as Victor likes to call them: the bitches) threw a joint wedding shower for me and Paula last Saturday. It was pretty freakin' fantastic!! Man, I tell you something, I sure am going to miss those girls when I move away from here!
We had a darn good time and I even got to invite friends who are not knitters:) It was like two worlds colliding. Here are some candid shots that aren't so candid.

Me and Paula with our ribbon bouquets. The Bitches

These are my "other" random friends who probably thought the bitches were crazy! Well, actually we are.