Back in Business

Slowly but surely, Wine and Needles is back on the scene. I've finally got the internet back at my place, but unfortunately the only time I've spent there in the last week has been in bed or rushing to get out of the house. And there is nothing like signing in to Bloglines to see over 200 unread posts. Oye. Add a small guilt trip that has prevented me from using the work computer as a blogging tool and you've got a situation that needs serious attending to. Anyway, I'm over the personal internet use at work-thing for this week, as made clear by my mid-day post.

Now don't get me wrong, I am not slacking here at the new post (which is AWESOME and I LOVE by the way), but I am literally the only one in the office (yay new employee with no vacation time!), I'm not doing appointments, and I have no projects to work on. One can only read a college catalog for so long before the eyes start to bug out of the head.

So I said I am SLOWLY coming back, which means I haven't uploaded photos to flickr/photobucket in about a month. I've got some good stuff in there: my new apartment, the great yarn haul of 2005, SP 6's AWESOME final giftie (Lornas! I LOVE you!), and the Christmas Brunch 2005 (heh heh, remember last year?). I am one of those people who likes my blog posts to contain photos, so on that note I will stop myself until those photos make there way here.

I will leave you with a bit a bragging because almost all my Holiday gifts are done (1 wristwarmer in superchunky yarn left), a bit of my frustration trying to find a freaking sock pattern for a ball of Sockotta yarn (need a tiny project to work on in the office for the rest of the week), and a holiday photo of my sister and I.



This was obviously an out-take.

Be back sooooooooooooon!

Where the HELL did the week go?

So I have like, a million cool things to blog about this week. For example I could talk about how I ravaged went shopping at the LYS like it was the last time I was ever going to see yarn, or how CJ took the time to come wish me well in person and bring me some adorable stitch markers. I could also bring up how my co-worker is a total knit-a-holic 1 month after learning (she already told her husband "just one more row!!!"). And of course, there are all the lunches and dinners and happy hours that I have crammed into this, my last week in the Bay Area.

But here I sit on Friday night, drinking wine from a paper cup and ordering pizza, 12 hours away from the start of the big day. No pictures were uploaded, very little knitting has been done, and I am going to lose my precious internets for god knows how long. I start my new job on Monday so I will barely have time to get all my stuff into the apartment. Internets, unfortunately, is a little less important than having a matress to sleep on.

So here I must bid adu to blog world for an undisclosed amount of time while I get my act together in Fres-to the-No. Next time you'll hear from me, I will have officially "moved home".

I guess I should go out and update all those frapper maps I've been signing...

Goodnight!

One Year Ago & HELP ME BUY YARN

Don't you love reading back through your blog to see what you were doing one year ago today? Well I do, I think it's one of the major benefits of keeping a blog.

Anyhow, guess what I posted one year ago today? The Irish Hiking Wristwarmers which gets about oh, 75% of the hits on Wine and Needles these days. History in the making, I guess.

Also, [about] one year ago I posted this meme, which I feel like doing again:

15 years ago today, I was…
1. in 4th grade, with the best teacher in the world (I still keep in touch with him today!)
2. picking up a softball for the first time. What a lost cause that was.
3. dancing the role of 'the Dream Matchgirl' in The Little Match Girl ballet.

10 years ago today, I was…
1. driving around with my learners permit
2. thinking I was hot shit because I was on Junior Varsity cheer.
3. obcessed with Mochas

5 years ago today, I was…
1. working the 6am shift at a Juice Bar. In college. What was I thinking...
2. using a fake ID (ssshhhhhh....)
3. taking tumbling for the first time in 3 years. OUCH!

3 years ago today, I was…
1. living in Santa Cruz, CA. Someone please remind me why I left that place!
2. working 2 jobs and studying for my MA
3. at the SPCA rescuing Viva

1 year ago today, I was…
1. nervously waiting to see if I got the Outreach job @ SJSU
2. ready to start a new chapter in my life
3. dating like crazy

So far this year, I have…
1. finally decided to move home (giving in, I would call it)
2. bought a new car
3. gained a best friend

Yesterday, I…
1. received some lovely parting comments from collegues at SJSU
2. got into bed at 9pm (WAY early for me)
3. picked out new furniture at target.com

Today, I…
1. had Tom Yaml Soup for the first time
2. will pack MORE stuff
3. knit at the staff Holiday party

Tomorrow, I…
1. will be GLAD it's Friday
2. will go out to dinner and probably drink too much to celebrate the end of my job
3. will visit my LYS for the last time!

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If you are still here, I have a question based on that last one: If you were visiting your LYS for the last time and were planning to spend a little $$$, what would you buy? I need some guidance so I just don't start grabbing.... HELP?