Next Project

Here is a picture of my next project. It is a cardigan for one of my roommates. So far I have the front and back and just a couple of inches on the right sleeve. The body is a k3p1 rib pattern and the sleeves are all stockinette. The yarn is my old standby, Caron Simply Soft. Nice and easy. Once it is done, it should be one of those "go to " sweaters.


I didn't realize how long my loose ends were until I took this picture. It's a little embarrassing, kinda like walking around with your zipper half unzipped. I'll worry about them later.

Day 2

Another day down. Yippee! (I know, I say that a lot). I have discovered, well no, confirmed what I already knew: I really hate getting up early. Especially during the work week. It just sucks. But, hey, I managed it this morning. Only 5 more to go.

Day 1

Well, I managed to get up for day 1. It helped that I had the day off for President's Day. I did set my alarm for 7a, however. Yippee for me!

Exercise, it's not a dirty word.

Exercise, it's not a dirty word. At least that is what I have been telling myself. So far it really has not been working. Soooo, in an effort to "better" myself", I have made a promise to myself that I will get up each day next week a half hour early and do some type of exercise. It doesn't matter to much what I do (anything will be an improvement). I just have to get up and do something. It will probably be something like easy yoga positions and other stretching. If you can't guess, "out of shape" does not really do justice to my physical condition. Right now, I am only looking as far as the end of this week. I can make it through 7 days! I promise, however, no pictures.

If you haven't guessed, you all are gonna get day by day updates. Isn't that exciting?

Finished!

I finally finished the sweater for the Marquise's birthday (which was last week). It would have gone much quicker if I worked on one project at a time. Oh well. I am really, really happy with this sweater. The color is great and it looks good on her. The fit is almost perfect (just a tad long in the sleeve) Yippee!

Wow, where did the week go?

I just looked at my last post and it was all of a week ago. It seems like almost yesterday!

Well, Let me get you caught up on my life here. Last Friday I decided to head on out to Tir Na Nog for some after work music and drinks. The band, Barrowburn was there from 7 - 9p. I have heard them a couple of times and they are really good. They are all superb musicians. They was a new guy that played th guitar and sang while Barrowburn was on break. His first name was TJ, but I can't remember his last name. He was very good. Evidently he is new in town and Annie has been giving him a lot of opportunity to show his stuff. I am not normally a fan of "a man and his guitar" act. The music usually begins to sound all the same after about 4 or 5 songs. This was not the case with TJ. I was really impressed with his music. I was so impressed, that I decided to return on Saturday night when he had a chance to perform a full set. However, before I made it out to Tir Na Nog on Saturday night, I went over to Carborro and met up with Zoe. She took me out to lunch for my birthday. We were going to go to Milltown, but decided at the last minute to go to Tyler's Tavern instead. The beer selection at Tyler's is not as extensive as at Milltown, but the have a much wider variety. Milltown is really known for its selection of Belgian beer. They have some others, but it is mostly Belgian beer.

All in all, a busy weekend during which I spent way to much money at Tir Na Nog. But, it was all worth it.

Mr. Beer,

Well, since it was snowing here and I had the day off already, I decided to pull out the Mr. Beer "keg" that my roomie got for Christmas and see what it can do. It was pretty much the same as the regular beer mixes I have been using from American Brewmasters, just on a smaller scale (about 1/3). The kit came with a can of mix and pouch of "booster". I thought the booster would be malt extract. No, it was just corn sugar. I have an idea how this batch will turn out; relatively weak tasting, with a distinct "apple" taste. It will probably have pretty good alcohol content, though. I'll know in about 2 weeks.