we are officially moved out of the apartment and into the house, although we are still surrounded by boxes. my kitchen should undergo construction mid next week, and I can't wait!
chris took me to the north dayton garden center last week and I bought some petunias to put in my window boxes (how domestic of me!) two of the window boxes seem to be succeeding, but the last just looks pathetic. I thought that the plants in it were deader than dead, but yesterday I noticed some little green buds at the ends, so I still have hope!
then ryan and I did a bunch of, well, "pruning" I suppose over the 3 day weekend, and-- for the most part-- the plants look better. I have been fighting an ongoing battle with something that may or may not be thistle; whatever it is, it is annoying and everywhere.
things settled down enough that I put my taylored socks up for some test knitting, which is quite exciting! it seems so unreal that someone I've never met might walk past me on the street some day wearing my socks! (okay, so this is unlikely, because I am betting that even grumperina doesn't see jaywalkers on the street)
7.07.2009
6.10.2009
moving
I'm great at packing things into various spaces, a trait I get from my mom's entire side of the family (which my sister definitively did NOT inherit). unfortunately, I have a hard time deciding what should go into those spaces. it's a challenge to not make boxes too heavy, or waste too much space or put breakable things in a spot where something heavy might shift onto them.
I know everyone hates moving, but I tend to find myself sitting in the midst of all of my belongings not knowing exactly where to start because I never know what I won't need before I unpack, and then I start thinking about the unpacking process, and I just get completely overwhelmed.
I know everyone hates moving, but I tend to find myself sitting in the midst of all of my belongings not knowing exactly where to start because I never know what I won't need before I unpack, and then I start thinking about the unpacking process, and I just get completely overwhelmed.
4.24.2009
ongoing
so many things are going on... we have the wedding, of course, but beyond that. [that is the only mention of that word in this post, I promise!]
- I have ten days left at work, which is quite a relief, but also something I will greatly miss. my coworkers are wonderful people, and it is always nice to have a couple people who you can speak to solely in sarcasm and have them (a) not take offense- EVER, (b) give it right back.
- I am trying not to jinx anything, so this will get its own post when we know for sure, but we most likely have the house. it will be quite a change, moving to the suburbs. I always told kara that we felt like we were "revitalizing" dayton. we have been able to walk to our very favorite restaurants, festivals (including celtic festival), bars, and more. yes, it is dayton, home of Just About Nothing, and yet there is always something going on down here should we decide to partake. the house is set back into a quiet little neighborhood that means we will have to drive to go anywhere. and the Birds. I imagine the trees in the yard will have Birds. Birds like to chirp.
but the suburbs have their perks too... closer to groceries, a basement, a yard for henry. it just will be quite a change.
- life plans. I feel that I am always just on the brink of a career crisis. the problem, I think, rests on a line from keeping the faith. the old (read: wise) priest says, "the truth is, you can never tell yourself that there is only one thing you could be... you cannot make a real commitment unless you accept that it’s a choice that you keep making again and again and again,". I am always happy in whatever job I am doing. but am I happiest? I hate to feel that I have thrown things away-- time, money, plans.
knitting! yes, knitting... I am currently trying to block my chuppah, which involves stringing fishing line through each edge... which is a lot of fishing line. wish me luck!!!
I am also working on a top down raglan tunic that I designed myself... I am using one of my adrienne yarns, martina, and it is absolutely fabuous! the stitch definition is great, and it feel great because it's 30% silk. I don't know why ms. vittadini decided to go out of the yarn biz (probably because she offers like one pattern per yarn and they don't seem to be very good from the reviews), but I love her yarns, and webs currently has them for cheap (this one is currently $5.99, marked down from $12.79!)
- I have ten days left at work, which is quite a relief, but also something I will greatly miss. my coworkers are wonderful people, and it is always nice to have a couple people who you can speak to solely in sarcasm and have them (a) not take offense- EVER, (b) give it right back.
- I am trying not to jinx anything, so this will get its own post when we know for sure, but we most likely have the house. it will be quite a change, moving to the suburbs. I always told kara that we felt like we were "revitalizing" dayton. we have been able to walk to our very favorite restaurants, festivals (including celtic festival), bars, and more. yes, it is dayton, home of Just About Nothing, and yet there is always something going on down here should we decide to partake. the house is set back into a quiet little neighborhood that means we will have to drive to go anywhere. and the Birds. I imagine the trees in the yard will have Birds. Birds like to chirp.
but the suburbs have their perks too... closer to groceries, a basement, a yard for henry. it just will be quite a change.
- life plans. I feel that I am always just on the brink of a career crisis. the problem, I think, rests on a line from keeping the faith. the old (read: wise) priest says, "the truth is, you can never tell yourself that there is only one thing you could be... you cannot make a real commitment unless you accept that it’s a choice that you keep making again and again and again,". I am always happy in whatever job I am doing. but am I happiest? I hate to feel that I have thrown things away-- time, money, plans.
knitting! yes, knitting... I am currently trying to block my chuppah, which involves stringing fishing line through each edge... which is a lot of fishing line. wish me luck!!!
I am also working on a top down raglan tunic that I designed myself... I am using one of my adrienne yarns, martina, and it is absolutely fabuous! the stitch definition is great, and it feel great because it's 30% silk. I don't know why ms. vittadini decided to go out of the yarn biz (probably because she offers like one pattern per yarn and they don't seem to be very good from the reviews), but I love her yarns, and webs currently has them for cheap (this one is currently $5.99, marked down from $12.79!)
4.10.2009
2.25.2009
shun
oh, man! we registered for shun knives for the wedding, despite the fact that no one buys knives for a wedding. because we registered for a certain amount though, we got a vegetable knife for free... it showed up today. oh, man!
this knife is the most amazing knife ever.
this knife is the most amazing knife ever.
2.06.2009
dearest bo,
you had the kindest soul I have ever met. I like to imagine that your soul is now wrapped around me to take everywhere in one of your best dog-hugs. my world is completely upside down right now without you, and I will miss you forever.
I love you.
I love you.
1.27.2009
honeymoon planning!
I thought it would be different with a new blog, but I don't really know why... I'm still procrastinating about posting things. and then of course I feel guilty for not having posted... but I'm going to try.
we started booking our honeymoon to sonoma!
we're going to be gone for 10 days and 9 nights. we are going to stay in 2 bed & breakfasts ( McClelland Priest and Ramekins), as well as one hotel with a fantastic looking restaurant ( El Dorado, and two hotels with spas ( Meritage and Sonoma Mission Inn) each one of these places looked better than the last, and then we would flip back, and realized that each one looked 100% fabulous!
the food... well, we couldn't justify the price of going to French Laundry, but fortunately the chef at El Dorado trained under French Laundry's chef, so we will at least get an idea of what we're missing. we have a few ideas about other restaurants to visit, but any ideas would be quite welcome!
as for activities, you may have noticed that Ramekins holds cooking classes... well, we are most certainly going to take one or two! I am quite excited about that part. we are also going to do an olive oil tasting, although we haven't decided where completely yet. of course we'll get some spa treatments, because the whole point of a honeymoon is to destress after spending so much time with family and getting married and all! and naturally we'll do some wine tasting, but again, haven't figured out where yet. we were disappointed to discover that Charles Shaw of two (now three) buck chuck infamy is not a real winery, so we can't go there! we didn't really want to since we don't like the wine, but it woulda been cool to tell everyone that we had been.
any great ideas for us, let me know!
we started booking our honeymoon to sonoma!
we're going to be gone for 10 days and 9 nights. we are going to stay in 2 bed & breakfasts ( McClelland Priest and Ramekins), as well as one hotel with a fantastic looking restaurant ( El Dorado, and two hotels with spas ( Meritage and Sonoma Mission Inn) each one of these places looked better than the last, and then we would flip back, and realized that each one looked 100% fabulous!
the food... well, we couldn't justify the price of going to French Laundry, but fortunately the chef at El Dorado trained under French Laundry's chef, so we will at least get an idea of what we're missing. we have a few ideas about other restaurants to visit, but any ideas would be quite welcome!
as for activities, you may have noticed that Ramekins holds cooking classes... well, we are most certainly going to take one or two! I am quite excited about that part. we are also going to do an olive oil tasting, although we haven't decided where completely yet. of course we'll get some spa treatments, because the whole point of a honeymoon is to destress after spending so much time with family and getting married and all! and naturally we'll do some wine tasting, but again, haven't figured out where yet. we were disappointed to discover that Charles Shaw of two (now three) buck chuck infamy is not a real winery, so we can't go there! we didn't really want to since we don't like the wine, but it woulda been cool to tell everyone that we had been.
any great ideas for us, let me know!
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