Knitting Under Pressure

Let me start by saying that I was NEVER into basketball before Matt. Ever. Well, maybe the NCAA Final Four. But the Lakers? Used to hate them like 90% of the basketball world. Not to mention that supporting ANY L.A. team makes me feel like I am cheating on my San Francisco loyalties.

Alas, I found myself deeply engaged in the last quarter of the Lakers-Nuggets game last night, right along side Matt all the while you guessed it, rooting for the Lakers. Yelling at the TV. My heart rate might have even gone up.

In fact, I found myself knitting just a wee bit tighter on the piece of Laurent that I was working on and had to RIIIIIP that part out at the end of the game. No kidding - I wasn't about to make the same mistake I did when I got my tattoo.



Even the untrained eye can spot the four rows on the back of my A-Line Jacket I knitting while this was going on. At least it kept me from puking, so i'd say it's an even trade off.

5.19.09

The roses in our front yard are all blooming this week:



You have no idea how excited this makes me. Those of you who have been reading for awhile already know that I tend to kill almost everything I plant. Seriously. Roses are some of the most resilient plants out there, but I've still been holding my breath.

Speaking of pretty things, I've fallen in love Heidi Kirrmaier's (username PiPiBird) designs over on Ravelry. Buttercup went straight to the top, which I am planning to knit with these mods in Knit Picks CotLin from the stash. Since after the great yarn cleanup of 2009, I am testing the very limit of my self-control by vowing to knit from what I have until I'm down to only one giant Tupperware full (I'm currently at two and a half - yikes!)

Instead, all my yarn yearnings are hitting my Wish List over at yarn.com (hint hint for the holidays dad, since I now know you read this!).

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Before closing, I feel a need to vent that I am totally pissed that I can't make it to the Giant's game on Monday, July 27th. Unfortunately, I just don't have the time off, but they are giving away these:



via Craft Magazine

He'd have such a nice home with the other boys in my office.

How to Waste a Sunday

Have you ever had one of those Sundays where you bounce out of bed, cook yourself a great breakfast than happily tackle a giant list of to-do items and end the day feeling all productive and stuff?

Yesterday was not one of those days.

After a fantastic dinner of Stuffed Mushrooms, Chicken Cordon Blue, and good wine on Saturday night:



M & I feel asleep early and got a great night's sleep. He was up bright and early to head down to LA Lakers game, and with the house to myself all day I had all sorts of big plans: Clean out the pantry, sew some napkins, plant some herbs, knit for a bit.

Instead, at 8:30am I sat down with my cup of coffee & the back of my dad's vest, flipped on the TV, and got caught up in a marathon of Dr. G: Medical Examiner. The only time I got up was to pour more coffee, and to swap my knitting to the Pintuck-T when I finished the vest. The next thing I knew, it was 1pm and I was still in my PJ's and starving for something to eat.

After some leftover Cordon Blue, I was back on the couch with another marathon of Life After People. Before I knew it, it was 5pm and I FINALLY changed out of my nightgown to head over to my sister's house for dinner.



Not bad, considering this was only about 2 inches in when I started. I'm fairly certain that knitting 200 yards of linen yarn in one sitting did a number on my wrists, but thus is life.

So yes, it was a day of sloth. But it was just what I needed to get on track for this week.