a ball of yarn and a remote control

A Survey..

I am stealing this from my buddy KnitXCore...

Your Inner European is Dutch!

Open minded and tolerant. You're up for just about anything.

Who's Your Inner European?

Funny, as I adore Amsterdam.  I used to go over there all the time. 

Sometimes, I wish I was still flying...

Stay tuned...

A Review..

I am not a movie person.

You won't find me at a movie theater or Blockbuster very often. 

The thing I don't like about movies is that they end.  I prefer watching tv shows. 

After all, episodic television goes on for a while instead of being over after an hour or two.

I have been working overnights at the hotel this weekend, so I have been bringing my portable DVD player with me.

I have watched a few episodes of How I Met Your Mother, which is a really fun comedy.  I had never seen an episode of it until last night, but I can see why the show is so popular.  It's fun to watch Neil Patrick Harris play a womanizing guy, especially knowing that he just came out.

For the longest time, I have been hearing great things about a movie called Little Miss Sunshine.

I watched it tonight and it is brilliant. 

Deep down, it is a story about a family.  They take a road trip and something profound happens to each person.  It is well written and very well acted.  I think it's up for Best Picture in all of the awards shows.  It deserves it.

Watch this movie.

Seriously.

Stay tuned...

Friday Feline Flash...

It has been a terribly busy week for me, but here is your FFF. 

I normally post pics of Chris as a very serene kitty.

Not this week...

Here is a portrait of my kitten in hot pursuit of a favorite toy, the cord attached to my camera.  Take note of the extended claws and wide eyes...

Stay tuned...

The Trip (part three)...

(I have been doing this in parts, so that it wouldn't be terribly long.. now, it's just annoying.  The first part is here and the second part is here.  This is the last part, so the agony will be over before long!)

We walked soooo much in Savannah, but it was a really good day.

Slang, who lives in the area, and I had been emailing before our trip.  We were hoping to get together, but my parents and I left a day earlier than planned and the meet-up didn't happen.  I was upset because it would have been fun to meet up with another blogger-friend. 

He had given me a little background on the yarn stores around there.  My parents and I ventured into each of them, but I didn't find anything that I could not live without.

After putzing around the city all day, we went back to the hotel and just relaxed our aching feet. 

We then went to the mall, in search of my father's favorite store: the Bass Pro Shop. 

My mom and I found A.C. Moore in the mall, which was really cool.  I had never been in one before, but fell in love.  It's what would happen if Michael's and Hobby Lobby were to have a lovechild and kept it well stocked.  They had all kinds of good things.  We need one near me.  Seriously. 

On the way back to the hotel, we decided to go ahead and go to Charleston the next day instead of staying around an extra day.

We arrived in Charleston and immediately headed to the Battery, which is a historic area that played into the War of Northern Aggression. 

We drove around and looked at the beautiful houses, as well as shopped in a little area full of local artisans.

The highlight of my Charleston trip was a visit to Knit, which is a wonderful yarn store in the historic district.  They had half of an old (very pink) house just packed with all kinds of fun fibers.  I looked around a lot, but only took away a couple of skeins of Lorna's Laces.  I thought that I had taken a picture of the really cute pink house, but realized later that I never did.  Oh well.  It's a totally cool store!

We headed to my uncle's house after the yarn store.  My uncle was not home, so we gave the gun to my aunt.  My uncle had a bad drug problem and some other problems in the past, so I honestly was not sure what to expect.  I think I was expecting some leather clad hot mama, but she is really down to Earth and really cool.

She had been making bourbon balls before we got there.  She offered some to us.  My father and I took one and gobbled it down.  Oh my gosh.  I think she forgot the ball part and just had put in the bourbon! 

They were incredibly strong!  I was almost embarrassed to be eating one in front of my parents!  I really think I caught a buzz off of it! 

After we left their house, we drove straight home. 

For 8 hours.  In the car.  In the dark.  With no radio.

It was not fun.

We got home around 2 in the morning, so everybody passed out as soon as we walked through the door.

I really did enjoy that trip a lot! 

(Thanks for sticking with me through all the posts about the trip!)

I am in the process of trying to figure out where I want to live after I graduate in a year, so this was Savannah's first test.  She passed with flying colors. 

I could totally see myself living there.

Stay tuned...

30...

..is the age that my best friend Allen turned yesterday.

I had a lot going on and did not get a chance to post yesterday, so I am doing it now.

We took some random pics after we got back from his birthday shindig.

And no, we had not been drinking...

 

Happy Birthday, my friend!

See... 30 is not that bad. 

Stay tuned..

Friday Feline Flash...

As Cristi suggested, Cat Pic Friday has a new name.. Friday Feline Flash.

Here is your Christopher, who is gaining weight like crazy, shot for the week...

Stay tuned...

Back to reality...

School starts tomorrow.

I am not looking forward to it, either.

This is probably going to be my hardest semester by far, so I am dreading it with every fiber of my being.

This is The Accounting Semester (insert scary music here).

Everybody in our major has to take Hospitality Accounting, which is the most dreaded class we have.  People talk of it in hushed voices, much like you would talk about a cancer scare or funeral arrangements.  Not good.

I took (and did not pass) regular accounting during the summer.  It never made sense.  It didn't help that the teacher was awful, but it just never clicked.   I have met the teacher who I will have and he seems patient and willing to teach.  Basically, he is everything that other one was not. 

There is hope. 

Just not much.

In addition to my accounting class, I am taking:

• A class on Microsoft Office
• Bar and Beverage Management (we get to drink!)
• Management of Food and Beverage Operations
• Managing Quality in the Hospitality Industry

Accounting aside, it should not be a terrible semester. 

Still.. start lighting candles and praying now that I will make it through accounting.

Stay tuned...

Mail..

I got the coolest package from my SP9 pal today!

Wanna see what I got?

When I opened the box, I immediately got confetti-ed.  (Chris is still finding and enjoying the confetti!)

..and then found this note..

Inside the box, I found...

There was a box of some yummy smelling tea and a cat toy. 

This toy looks like a hedgehog and is really cool because you can pull the string and it shakes!  I gave it to Christopher today, but I think it scared him a bit when it was moving around.  Baby steps..

I also found some beautiful yarn.

It is Trekking 104, which features a lot of cool blues.  It is a perfect color choice for me!

She also knit a hat for me, which is really really really cool!  I love it when others knit things for me!

She had put it in a really cute bag, which I didn't get on film.  The bag had a card in it that said it is a Shedir Hat made with Rowan Felted Tweed yarn.

It is so soft and really cool.  I am not a big fan of hats on my weirdly shaped head, but I like this one a lot!

See.. not so bad..

How is that for a scary self pic, huh? 

Trying to take a self pic and get your hat in it without looking any more like a dork than normal is hard.  I look like the Blair Witch should have been after me in the other ones I took..

The last thing I found in the box is so clever!

She took a pic that I had posted of Chris and printed it off and put it in this cute frame.

Is that not the coolest?

SP, that package was awesome! 

You have done your research and keep sending me surprises that I adore.

Thanks.

Stay tuned... 

Tonight..

..there is finally a new Brothers & Sisters!  There is also a new Desperate Housewives!

I get out of work at 3, which will give me plenty of time for a nap before the shows start!

Life is good.

Stay tuned...

Cat Pic Friday..

Since I am inadvertently turning this into a blog featuring my new kitty, I am going to start a new thing called Cat Pic Friday. 

Unless Christopher does something incredibly cool, Fridays are the only day that you will see a picture of my little man.

I have a chair that I adore.  It has been in storage since I moved back to Alabama, but it is the most awesome knitting chair in the world.  It is well loved, but amazingly comfortable.  My parents helped me get it out of storage and into my rather bare apartment, so I now have a great place to knit. 

Christopher has also learned to love the foot rest that comes up off the ground.

Since he has fallen in love with my computer desk and keyboard, this one should be called Cat and Mouse.

Stay tuned...