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recently completed projects

pictures coming soon!
  • Klutz capsters
  • a simple stripe-y hat in Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Bulky (leftovers from the buttonhole bag)
  • buttonhole bag from Mason-Dixon Knitting
  • a pair of toe-up modified Priscilla's Dream Socks (from Interweave Knits, Fall 2000 issue)
  • paper strip star ornaments (my own version of a wood-strip ornament I saw at a craft show)
  • crochet ruffle scarf (ball band pattern on Caron Bliss yarn)
  • crochet rose pin from Moda Dea
  • sans-pom pom squad socks from MagKnits

currently on the needles

active:
  • a Wonderful Wallaby in Wool-Ease for Adler
  • scarf for Bill
on indefinite hiatus:
  • a sleeveless top in Patons Fresco, semi-improvised pattern
  • Kitty Hat from Stitch n' Bitch in grey Wool-Ease
  • gigantic Wool-Ease T&Q sweater for the DH
  • skull & crossbones Christmas stocking

how many more days?

  • days 'til Christmas break!
  • more days until Christmas
  • days 'til the DH's birthday
  • more days until our 2nd wedding anniversary
  • more shopping days until my b-day
  • more days until W's out of the white house
I stole the idea for this cute little countdown feature straight from the far-superior blog bag 'n' trash, a fellow member of the mini knits webring; I got the code here. Wanna buy me something for one of these upcoming events? Well, I do have a Froogle wishlist and an Amazon.com wishlist. Hee.

recent music purchases

  • Old 97's, Alive & Wired
  • Veruca Salt, American Thighs
  • Suzanne Vega, Solitude Standing

what I'm reading offline

  • Organic Chemistry, Sixth Edition by Francis A. Carey
  • Yookoso! An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese by Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku
  • Genetics: Analysis & Principles, Second Edition by Robert J. Brooker
  • Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments by K. L. Williamson
  • Classics of Moral and Political Theory, Third Edition ed. by Michael L. Morgan

recent DVD purchases

products and stores I endorse

other things I love

Syracuse links

Monday, October 17, 2005

a touch of deja vu...

In case you couldn't tell, I've been having blog issues all weekend. For some reason, Blogger couldn't keep its connection to my ISP long enough to upload all my files. So I kept trying to post... and they all went through on the Blogger side, but didn't quite make it to my ISP's server.

Tech support told me to try again today, and it finally worked! But now I've got a post in triplicate. So I'm editing these so I don't seem redundant. So I'm editing these so I don't seem redundant. So I'm editing these so I don't seem redundant. (Heh.)

At least it's working again. *whew* I thought I was going to have to start migrating files over to blogspot... which I really don't have time to mess with right now.

posted by Liz @ 10/17/2005 05:36:00 PM