Day 30, We Meet Again

Okay, not really, as I’ve never actually finished NaBloPoMo successfully until this year but who’s paying attention? I may blog more often in December than usual but don’t count on a continuation of this daily blogging thing. I will be, instead, focusing my efforts on December Daily. But I’ll tell you all about that (or not) tomorrow.

Right now, I’m going to crawl into bed and read some Agatha Christie. But, look, I did some actual knitting. Knitting I may even continue to work on after today. (A first since I finished that sweater, oh, a week ago. Heh.) Eventually I’ll share what it is.

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Two more days..

This whole blogging daily thing became a drag about a week ago but, alas, I want to actually finish this year out with having blogged every day. At first, I was so good about blogging first thing or about having posts mostly written in advance. But now. Well. I’ve not got much to show. Just a picture of some of Matt’s Christmas gifts (still in their packaging, of course).

Now what?

On Saturday, I picked up two sweater quantities of Vintage DK and ever since, I’ve been trying to find a pattern to make with it. Too bad there are so very few patterns for adults in DK weight. I started the Trellis and Vine Pullover and remembered why it drove me nuts the last time I tried it: something about switching between cables and lace. Hopefully I’ll find another pattern soon. I’m really itching to knit *something* but nothing can keep my attention, WIP or new.

Crazy stuff from Pinterest

While Pinterest can inspire, start a shopping frenzy, or get you thinking there are just some things you see that make you go “huh?” Here’s a few I’ve come across the last few days.

1. Pig Mug – Apparently you paint the buttom of a mug then make someone you don’t like drink from it.

2. There was no explanation on tihs just “bag head.”

3. Little Audry Hepburn

4. A cup that tells you how much you’ve measured and, I guess, what it is?

5. Elf on the Shelf, all tied up – looks frightening to me!

6. Iceburg salad – not so healthy

7. “For when your jean shorts don’t fit anymore – just add lace!”

Errand day

Today was, simply put, errand day. Farmer’s market, Fibre Space (got 2 sweater quantities of Vintage DK – orange and light blue), La Cucina (Matt got a French rolling pin and a quarter sheet pan), Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Wegman’s. In between, Mexican food for lunch and some relaxing at home. We finally picked up foam to help keep some of the heat out of the attic / crawl spaces and splurged and picked up a leaf blower that also can suck up leaves and compost them (for far less than I intended). I did some scrapbook stuff but nothing amazing to show off so this will be a photo-less post.

‘Night, all

Europe Pages, Round 4

Likely to be followed tomorrow or the next day but Round 5.

Unlike many of you, I had to work today. Despite having to relocate twice and getting kicked out early, I still had a super productive day. When I came home, I made several more pages. I broke down and downloaded the trial of PhotoShop Elements (here’s to hoping I can just enter the code for the real version on Christmas when the trail lapses).

Here’s today’s pages. Nice and simple, as always. I used blog posts for most of the journaling. Really happy that I wrote those posts right when we got back. Despite my extensive notes, I never would have remembered all those other things off the top of my head.

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Europe Scrapbooking and a Knit WIP

I promise there will soon be more interesting things in these blog posts but between a busy work schedule and the holidays, I’ve not got a ton of time to blog. The two pages are from the France portion of the trip and the WIP is a pair of fingerless gloves. Again, more excitement tomorrow.

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More Europe Scrapbook Pages

I made a few of these last night and a few today. I feel like I’ve hit my groove with it. Having those blog entries I wrote right after I got back were really helpful. All of the papers, etc are from the Design House Digital Blog Hop.

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Look, a Scrapbook Page from Europe

…and nothing else because it’s my bedtime and I forgot to write today’s post until now.

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