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Monday, January 30, 2006
More updating going down at The Knotty Spot...
Just a FYI...
I did a bit more cleaning up of links on the left. I deleted old links, bloggers who haven't updated in a few months, and added some new ones!
If you stalk me...let me know so I can stalk ya back (and add your link).
Knotty Girl...OUT!
I did a bit more cleaning up of links on the left. I deleted old links, bloggers who haven't updated in a few months, and added some new ones!
If you stalk me...let me know so I can stalk ya back (and add your link).
Knotty Girl...OUT!
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Updates!
Sigh…what a stressful few weeks I’ve had! I tend to shy away from any type of responsibility in life so you can imagine my surprise when I was greeted with tons of it about a month ago at work. Its not bad though…just different.
On a knitting note though…stress=more knitting accomplished!
I made this wonderful scarf
It did have a free pattern that you can download but it appears to have disappeared from the Misti Alpaca website. If you are interested in it, just leave me a message and I will be happy to pass it along! I used the beautiful Chunky Misti Alpaca and it really is a joy to work with because it is so soft. However, it tends to shed quite a bit so I’m hoping that slows down as I wear it a few times.
I promise I took pictures of my actual product but my camera is experiencing technical difficulties. I can promise you that its an I.D.1.0.T problem on my part. ;)
I’m still working on the lovely ruffles scarf. I would probably be completely finished with it if I hadn’t made a big knot out of the few balls of yarn that I bought for it. Seriously…its like a cat just knocked it around the room a few times and then I picked it up and rolled it into a bigger ball. BLAH! The other problem with the yarn that I chose is that it keeps making small balls of extra yarn along the yarn. Any ideas why this happens or how to prevent it?
On to other topics…Korky.
Korky loves me. We have come to a better understanding over the last few weeks about our relationship with each other. No longer is he going to bark like a maniac at every single dog or doorbell that rings on the tv. No longer will I yell at him like a deranged woman when he starts to walk in circles like he has never seen the spot he was just at two seconds previously before. He is also going to continue to let me rub his belly and dress him up in stupid outfits. I promised not to take as many pictures. But I did manage to get one before he realized what was going on (also before camera difficulties).
How cute is he in his bomber jacket?! It was a great Christmas present from my parents to their favorite granddog.
Sigh…life is stressful, but good.
On a knitting note though…stress=more knitting accomplished!
I made this wonderful scarf
It did have a free pattern that you can download but it appears to have disappeared from the Misti Alpaca website. If you are interested in it, just leave me a message and I will be happy to pass it along! I used the beautiful Chunky Misti Alpaca and it really is a joy to work with because it is so soft. However, it tends to shed quite a bit so I’m hoping that slows down as I wear it a few times.
I promise I took pictures of my actual product but my camera is experiencing technical difficulties. I can promise you that its an I.D.1.0.T problem on my part. ;)
I’m still working on the lovely ruffles scarf. I would probably be completely finished with it if I hadn’t made a big knot out of the few balls of yarn that I bought for it. Seriously…its like a cat just knocked it around the room a few times and then I picked it up and rolled it into a bigger ball. BLAH! The other problem with the yarn that I chose is that it keeps making small balls of extra yarn along the yarn. Any ideas why this happens or how to prevent it?
On to other topics…Korky.
Korky loves me. We have come to a better understanding over the last few weeks about our relationship with each other. No longer is he going to bark like a maniac at every single dog or doorbell that rings on the tv. No longer will I yell at him like a deranged woman when he starts to walk in circles like he has never seen the spot he was just at two seconds previously before. He is also going to continue to let me rub his belly and dress him up in stupid outfits. I promised not to take as many pictures. But I did manage to get one before he realized what was going on (also before camera difficulties).
How cute is he in his bomber jacket?! It was a great Christmas present from my parents to their favorite granddog.
Sigh…life is stressful, but good.
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Just a bit of taggin...
The fabulous Carrie over at She Eats Crayons has tagged me. :) Can I just say something totally off topic from this post...I desperately want to meet Carrie in person! I *heart* her. Yes, I said it. I *heart* her. :)
Anyway...Taggin time! This is just another way for all of us to get to know one another a little bit better!
4 jobs you've had in your life
1. Grocery store clerk at the good ol' Winn-Dixie
2. Wendy's. Seriously...stop laughing. :)
3. Florist assistant.
4. Systems Analyst
4 movies you could watch over and over
1. The Nightmare Before Christmas (You already knew this was my favorite, right?)
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
3. Money Pit
4. Pirates of the Caribbean
4 places you've lived
1. Florida
2. London
3. Connecticut
4. Massachusetts
4 TV shows you love to watch
1. How I Met Your Mother
2. Two and Half Men
3.Grey's Anatomy
4. CSI: Miami
4 places you've been on vacation
1. Italy
2. Ireland
3. Amseterdam
4.Pittsburgh
4 websites you visit daily
1. Two Peas In a Bucket (aren't most of us guilty of this!?)
2. Earthlink.net
3. Perezhilton.com
4. E! Online
4 of your favorite foods
1. Beans
2. Guacamole
3. Oranges
4. Green Beans
4 places you would rather be right now.
1. In Florida with my parents
2. Ireland
3. NYC
4. Greece
4 bloggers you are taggging
1. Robyn
2. Katherine
3. Ashley
4. Dawn
Anyway...Taggin time! This is just another way for all of us to get to know one another a little bit better!
4 jobs you've had in your life
1. Grocery store clerk at the good ol' Winn-Dixie
2. Wendy's. Seriously...stop laughing. :)
3. Florist assistant.
4. Systems Analyst
4 movies you could watch over and over
1. The Nightmare Before Christmas (You already knew this was my favorite, right?)
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
3. Money Pit
4. Pirates of the Caribbean
4 places you've lived
1. Florida
2. London
3. Connecticut
4. Massachusetts
4 TV shows you love to watch
1. How I Met Your Mother
2. Two and Half Men
3.Grey's Anatomy
4. CSI: Miami
4 places you've been on vacation
1. Italy
2. Ireland
3. Amseterdam
4.Pittsburgh
4 websites you visit daily
1. Two Peas In a Bucket (aren't most of us guilty of this!?)
2. Earthlink.net
3. Perezhilton.com
4. E! Online
4 of your favorite foods
1. Beans
2. Guacamole
3. Oranges
4. Green Beans
4 places you would rather be right now.
1. In Florida with my parents
2. Ireland
3. NYC
4. Greece
4 bloggers you are taggging
1. Robyn
2. Katherine
3. Ashley
4. Dawn
Friday, January 13, 2006
Riding the bus with my knitting...
Public transportation is the bane of my existence. Every morning I wake up knowing that not only do I have a full day of work in front of me, but also AT LEAST two public transportation “events” to navigate.
Its not that I hate the bus or train, although I do feel that the bus should really work on that constant pee smell they have going on. Its just that its not easy to get to from my house. I have two options:
1. Ride the train. This requires me to take a “path” out to the main road in my neighborhood. When I say path I really mean to say icy patch of dirt. From there I walk down the main road and then cut behind the grocery store. I shop, well used to shop, at this grocery store on a regular basis. But when I started my shortcut route I realized how nasty all the workers were there and what gross things they did behind the grocery store. Mark that one of the shopping list. After my cut through I go over the river and through the woods…well, actually I cross the street and cut through an apartment parking lot. Right across the street is the train station. It never fails that when I hit this part of my trek I see the train pull into the station (I’m still on the wrong side of the street) and then pull quickly away. I feel like they time it just to annoy me.
Now once I’m on the train I have the awkward moment of standing on the train trying to reach the overhead bar to hold on to. Who designed these bars? Seriously? As a 5’3” woman I find this one of the most annoying moments in my day. Well, on top of the fact that I’m sweating like a pig because the heat is blasting on the train but I can’t take off my hat, gloves, and jacket because I’m attempting to not fling myself into the man in front of me that is easily holding onto the freakishly tall bar.
I go three train stops (total time 30-40 minutes) and I finally get to my work area.
By far, this is the most dangerous part of my day. Getting off of the train during the middle of rush hour is almost an Olympic sport. People push, shove, pretend they don’t hear you because of their iPod or for some reason see you either. From there I walk the five blocks to work where I encounter three main intersections, all which make me feel like Frogger from the video game.
And finally…I am there.
Now for option #2.
2. Ride the bus. This option also requires a trip down a path. However, this path consists of 168 stairs. Yes, I said 168. Its not so bad going down, but its horrible going up. Different story though. So I make my way down the steps as quickly as possible. Right to when I get to about #152 I always see the bus pass. Its impossible to go faster down the steps than I already I am without falling. I’ve tried and it was embarrassing. So I get down the the main street where the bus passes and start my wait…and wait…and wait. The bus is the slowest vehicle on the face of the Earth. We can create things to make a woman’s wrinkles go away and her boobs as large as her head, but god forbid we make a public bus that goes over 10 miles an hour. I also think its interesting full capable adults can’t walk to extra two steps in order to combine a few bus stops into one. I kid you not that I can walk to the bus stop next to mine in less than 10 steps. As a 5’3” woman, these steps are by no means gigantic.
While the bus annoys me, there is one good part…I can knit! Sometimes when the bus driver decides to take a nap at the local elementary school instead of sticking to the schedule the bus can get a little crowded, but for the most part I always have a seat, which means that I get knitting done. Plus, if the driver does happen to nap away the day, I just knit on the bench at the bus stop. WHOO HOO! Do you think that judging the preferred method of transportation by whether or not I can knit is ok?
Public transportation sucks. Why can’t I just drive to work like every other slob across the country and pray to God that I don’t run out of gas by the time I get to work. Sigh…
Knotty Girl…OUT (I have to catch the damn bus!)
Its not that I hate the bus or train, although I do feel that the bus should really work on that constant pee smell they have going on. Its just that its not easy to get to from my house. I have two options:
1. Ride the train. This requires me to take a “path” out to the main road in my neighborhood. When I say path I really mean to say icy patch of dirt. From there I walk down the main road and then cut behind the grocery store. I shop, well used to shop, at this grocery store on a regular basis. But when I started my shortcut route I realized how nasty all the workers were there and what gross things they did behind the grocery store. Mark that one of the shopping list. After my cut through I go over the river and through the woods…well, actually I cross the street and cut through an apartment parking lot. Right across the street is the train station. It never fails that when I hit this part of my trek I see the train pull into the station (I’m still on the wrong side of the street) and then pull quickly away. I feel like they time it just to annoy me.
Now once I’m on the train I have the awkward moment of standing on the train trying to reach the overhead bar to hold on to. Who designed these bars? Seriously? As a 5’3” woman I find this one of the most annoying moments in my day. Well, on top of the fact that I’m sweating like a pig because the heat is blasting on the train but I can’t take off my hat, gloves, and jacket because I’m attempting to not fling myself into the man in front of me that is easily holding onto the freakishly tall bar.
I go three train stops (total time 30-40 minutes) and I finally get to my work area.
By far, this is the most dangerous part of my day. Getting off of the train during the middle of rush hour is almost an Olympic sport. People push, shove, pretend they don’t hear you because of their iPod or for some reason see you either. From there I walk the five blocks to work where I encounter three main intersections, all which make me feel like Frogger from the video game.
And finally…I am there.
Now for option #2.
2. Ride the bus. This option also requires a trip down a path. However, this path consists of 168 stairs. Yes, I said 168. Its not so bad going down, but its horrible going up. Different story though. So I make my way down the steps as quickly as possible. Right to when I get to about #152 I always see the bus pass. Its impossible to go faster down the steps than I already I am without falling. I’ve tried and it was embarrassing. So I get down the the main street where the bus passes and start my wait…and wait…and wait. The bus is the slowest vehicle on the face of the Earth. We can create things to make a woman’s wrinkles go away and her boobs as large as her head, but god forbid we make a public bus that goes over 10 miles an hour. I also think its interesting full capable adults can’t walk to extra two steps in order to combine a few bus stops into one. I kid you not that I can walk to the bus stop next to mine in less than 10 steps. As a 5’3” woman, these steps are by no means gigantic.
While the bus annoys me, there is one good part…I can knit! Sometimes when the bus driver decides to take a nap at the local elementary school instead of sticking to the schedule the bus can get a little crowded, but for the most part I always have a seat, which means that I get knitting done. Plus, if the driver does happen to nap away the day, I just knit on the bench at the bus stop. WHOO HOO! Do you think that judging the preferred method of transportation by whether or not I can knit is ok?
Public transportation sucks. Why can’t I just drive to work like every other slob across the country and pray to God that I don’t run out of gas by the time I get to work. Sigh…
Knotty Girl…OUT (I have to catch the damn bus!)
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Are you the ApplePooer?
There are few things in life that totally skeeve me out. Ok, well that is not exactly true, but seriously…there are not many.
One thing that definitely does though…ApplePoo.
You are probably thinking to yourself, “What the heck is ApplePoo?!”
Well, my friends, if you have ever worked in an office of any sorts that has a restroom then you know the ApplePoo that I speak of.
So let me set the stage…
It’s a random Monday morning. People are coming in and saying hello. There are the obligatory “How was your weekend?” with the obligatory response of “Too short!” and that stupid fake laugh that we all do.
Then its time to kind of merge together and attack the coffee pot/water fountain. It never fails that everyone ends up at the same spot at the beginning of the day. We all do the coy, “No, you go ahead first” crap. It finally gets to the point where I want to yell, “For the love of all that is good and right in the world just get the water and lets go!” But I don’t. Instead I chat with my coworkers, that believe it or not I really like, and tell everyone my weekend was just “too short”.
Then it happens…someone has to go to the bathroom. You never really see this person leave their office or their desk to hit up the restroom, but you certainly know when they are done. You are sitting at your desk, minding your own business and then the smell starts to move in on you. Its like the FOG. At first your nose kind of crinkles up because you smell something a bit funky. Then it gets to the point where you are thanking God that you wore a turtleneck today so you can pull it over your nose. Then finally, you have to flail yourself to the ground and pray that you don’t suffocate from the odor that has become what I call, “ApplePoo”.
So now that you have the situation you are probably still wondering what is ApplePoo. Those of you who are a little it quicker might know what it is by now and those of you who have the office stank going on know what it is just by hearing the name.
Ready?!
It’s the smell that you get when someone has done the dirtiest deed in the bathroom and then thinks they can mask the horrific smell with some cheap, lame Glade Apple Room Spray.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! The smell that the person leaves behind could kill small children, yet you think a few spritzs of Glade Apple crap is going to solve the problem!
Now only are you ruining the ozone layer or some crap like that, but you are causing myself and my coworkers to throw up in our mouths a little.
Are you the ApplePooer at your office? If so, please take this one bit of advice from me…
GO ACROSS THE STREET TO THE STARBUCKS! They use orange spray and let me tell you…that is sooo much better!
One thing that definitely does though…ApplePoo.
You are probably thinking to yourself, “What the heck is ApplePoo?!”
Well, my friends, if you have ever worked in an office of any sorts that has a restroom then you know the ApplePoo that I speak of.
So let me set the stage…
It’s a random Monday morning. People are coming in and saying hello. There are the obligatory “How was your weekend?” with the obligatory response of “Too short!” and that stupid fake laugh that we all do.
Then its time to kind of merge together and attack the coffee pot/water fountain. It never fails that everyone ends up at the same spot at the beginning of the day. We all do the coy, “No, you go ahead first” crap. It finally gets to the point where I want to yell, “For the love of all that is good and right in the world just get the water and lets go!” But I don’t. Instead I chat with my coworkers, that believe it or not I really like, and tell everyone my weekend was just “too short”.
Then it happens…someone has to go to the bathroom. You never really see this person leave their office or their desk to hit up the restroom, but you certainly know when they are done. You are sitting at your desk, minding your own business and then the smell starts to move in on you. Its like the FOG. At first your nose kind of crinkles up because you smell something a bit funky. Then it gets to the point where you are thanking God that you wore a turtleneck today so you can pull it over your nose. Then finally, you have to flail yourself to the ground and pray that you don’t suffocate from the odor that has become what I call, “ApplePoo”.
So now that you have the situation you are probably still wondering what is ApplePoo. Those of you who are a little it quicker might know what it is by now and those of you who have the office stank going on know what it is just by hearing the name.
Ready?!
It’s the smell that you get when someone has done the dirtiest deed in the bathroom and then thinks they can mask the horrific smell with some cheap, lame Glade Apple Room Spray.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! The smell that the person leaves behind could kill small children, yet you think a few spritzs of Glade Apple crap is going to solve the problem!
Now only are you ruining the ozone layer or some crap like that, but you are causing myself and my coworkers to throw up in our mouths a little.
Are you the ApplePooer at your office? If so, please take this one bit of advice from me…
GO ACROSS THE STREET TO THE STARBUCKS! They use orange spray and let me tell you…that is sooo much better!
Monday, January 02, 2006
Happy 2006!
Welcome to the New Year Kids! And what a year it promises to be!
So lets recap 2005...The year of the Knotty Girl.
January-Experienced my first blizzard. Ended up almost killing a roommate and her illegal boyfriend. Instead ate doritos until I passed out.
February-Turned 25 and managed to get all my friends, who were sober as hell, to dance on the bar so I could win an ugly tshirt that I would accidentally on purpose use as a dust rag the next month.
March-I dusted. :)
April-My parents came to CT to visit and we made our first visit to Boston together. Little did we know that I would move there later in the year!
May-Went to Orlando and had one of the best visit with my bestfriend...EVAH! I still post those pictures now and try to pass them off like they were from last weekend. I mean, I looked really cute that weekend!
June-I think I slept a lot this month. Hmm?
July-It was too hot to do crap. My roommate dropped the air conditioner out of the window and I decided that I indeed should have killed her in January.
August-I went on vacation to Florida to visit my parents and made the decision that would change my life...I would go on an interview in Boston!
September-I accepted the job in Boston (did you even doubt that I would get the job!?) and moved in the matter of a few weeks. Can we say stress?
October-It was the first Halloween that I didn't dress up since...well since I was born! However, I did go on my first date in Boston and it was horrible. Welcome to the Knotty Girl's dating life!
November-Went down to CT for Thanksgiving and spent it with my good friend and her family (two kids, husband, two cats, and a dog). This was the final straw in my decision not to have kids. I love them, but I don't want to keep them. :)
December-My parents came to visit me in Boston and we had the best time! I also rang in the new year with only two bruises, one broken glass, and almost one cracked rib from laughing so hard!
So, all in all, it was a pretty good year!!!
Happy New Year Kids!
So lets recap 2005...The year of the Knotty Girl.
January-Experienced my first blizzard. Ended up almost killing a roommate and her illegal boyfriend. Instead ate doritos until I passed out.
February-Turned 25 and managed to get all my friends, who were sober as hell, to dance on the bar so I could win an ugly tshirt that I would accidentally on purpose use as a dust rag the next month.
March-I dusted. :)
April-My parents came to CT to visit and we made our first visit to Boston together. Little did we know that I would move there later in the year!
May-Went to Orlando and had one of the best visit with my bestfriend...EVAH! I still post those pictures now and try to pass them off like they were from last weekend. I mean, I looked really cute that weekend!
June-I think I slept a lot this month. Hmm?
July-It was too hot to do crap. My roommate dropped the air conditioner out of the window and I decided that I indeed should have killed her in January.
August-I went on vacation to Florida to visit my parents and made the decision that would change my life...I would go on an interview in Boston!
September-I accepted the job in Boston (did you even doubt that I would get the job!?) and moved in the matter of a few weeks. Can we say stress?
October-It was the first Halloween that I didn't dress up since...well since I was born! However, I did go on my first date in Boston and it was horrible. Welcome to the Knotty Girl's dating life!
November-Went down to CT for Thanksgiving and spent it with my good friend and her family (two kids, husband, two cats, and a dog). This was the final straw in my decision not to have kids. I love them, but I don't want to keep them. :)
December-My parents came to visit me in Boston and we had the best time! I also rang in the new year with only two bruises, one broken glass, and almost one cracked rib from laughing so hard!
So, all in all, it was a pretty good year!!!
Happy New Year Kids!
