Not Dead After All...

Hello, followers! (All 2 of you - haha!) It turns out, I'm not dead after all! For some reason, I decided that Halloween morning was the perfect time to tell you this. For quite some time, I put off updating my Blogger blog and fiddling with my Ravelry page and somehow, along the way, I forgot my log ins and passwords! Alas! When I finally DID want to long in again, however did I manage? Well, I accidentally entered the right password, that's how! Huzzah! (that's a direct quote, by the way).

So now, here I am at 1:35 in the morning on Halloween, merrily typing my first blog in probably 2 years. How about that? And "Why" you may wonder, "did you stop frequenting these pages?" That's a somewhat lengthy explanation, but, in a nutshell; I was sick and had to come stay at my parents' house for a while to try to get well --- I'm still waiting. I'm obviously not so ill that I can't sit up, but I'm also not running any marathons in the foreseeable future. Rather, (for the time being, at least) I'm spending my time relying on my poor parents, who thought they'd gotten rid of me. Ahhh, poor Mom and Dad. Especially Dad since the light by which I'm typing this seems to be having an adverse affect on his sleep. And with that in mind, I must go now to bed. (or at least to my bedroom).

Happy Halloween!!!

Starting Fresh

Well, I signed up for the Discovery Health National Body Challenge, but apparently part of the challenge is getting the personalized Challenge Program that's promised. For some reason the page/program isn't loading correctly for me.

So, I decided to go perusing and see what I could find elsewhere on the site. I found some interesting (though occasionally contradictory) information there and after I'd read all I could find to read, I decided to check my e-mail. Nothing new there, but I did see some interesting weight loss motivation tools on my Yahoo! home page and spent another hour or so checking those out. (Yeah, I never got around to that whole 'sleep' thing LOL)

Anyway, long story short: I'm feeling inspired to take proactive measures. Steps towards improving my health to be specific. I don't have any grandiose ideas about exercising 2 hours a day, but I do have a few ideas that I'd like to start with and build off. Just in case you're interested, here are a few of them:

1. Cutting back/cutting out sodas and sweet tea (yes, I shall mourn their loss)
2. Cutting back/out other things high in sugar content (i.e. bread, potatos and rice) this will probably be the most difficult.
3. Changing up my beauty routine (i.e. actually bothering with one)

I'm hopeful that taking a few small(ish) steps will encourage me to make more dramatic changes in the future such as *GASP* exercising! LOL Wish me luck!

Check Out This Video/Info

I usually make a point of avoiding political topics, but I feel that with the Presidential election coming up quick, fast and in a hurry - it's my duty to research the candidates and make as informed a decision as I possibly can when it comes time to vote. So far, my favorite candidate by far has been Ron Paul and it appears that I'm not alone. If you haven't kept up with him, he did a fundraiser (I believe entirely online) on November 5th (Remember, remember, the 5th of November, etc) and raised millions and today he's doing another fundraiser in honor of the Boston Tea Party. Last I checked he had raise about $15 million!

If you're interested in learning more about Ron Paul and his ideas, click the graphic below:



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R.I.P.

My aunt Cathy called me this afternoon while I was out eating with my dad. The reason she called me was to tell me that my other aunt's cat, Bailey passed away today. Being the idiotic freak I am I started bawling in the restaraunt...niiiiice.

It's gonna be so weird the next time I walk into their house, not tripping over him as he weaves between my feet, meowing for attention. I honestly can't remember a time when he wasn't there. *le sigh*

I'll miss you, you adorable, fluffy little attention whore.

R.I.P.

Yay Me!!!

You know how I was complaining about not being able to find a video on how to do corrugated ribbing FLAT? Well, I thought about it and it occured to me that if, when knitting in the round you had to keep the strands in the back, it went to reason that when knitting flat you'd keep the strands in BACK on the knit side and then keep them in FRONT while purling and guess what...

IT WORKED!!! Holy mackerel, I was RIGHT!!! So, I sorta kinda (with the help of a knitting video and some forum answers on KnittingHelp.com) taught myself corrugated ribbing! Hooray! My common sense actually worked for once...sweetness!

*Is excessively, annyoingly proud of herself - in case you couldn't tell*

Just thought you might be interested in knowing that. Love y'all!

Where Do I Sign?!?!?!

Is it just me or should she maybe change the name of this place to "HEAVEN"???

Progress!! New Stuffs!! Hooray!!

Okay well, since it's been roughly forever since I've actually blogged about knitting (the primary intended purpose of this thing anyway) I thought - just for shits and giggles - I'd give it a shot today (tonight, this morning, whatever)

First of all, I am DONE knitting on my first complete project!!! It's the modified Irish Hiking Scarf that I made for Sara and all that's left to do now is wash, block and add the fringe. I was going to avoid posting it on here since Sara also has the address for this, but I'm considering giving it to her now and making/getting her something else for Giftmas. Anyway, as you well know, it started off a bit shakily, but thanks to Cassi's brilliant advice (using the Yahoo Doodle IMVironment LMAO) I discovered a new, prettier, and more effective way to join yarn! Thanks Cassi!! So, instead of a whole bunch of messy, ugly color changes, Sara will be receiving a scarf with smooth joins instead. Hoorayness! Here's the *almost* finished result. (*Click on the pictures for larger, more detailed views*)

I also started a cool hat (the same pattern I was looking at making for my aunt) and decided to make one for myself in this really gorgeous color of the same yarn I did Sara's scarf in. This is what I have so far...The color isn't showing up EXACTLY right on my monitor...it's actually a more turquoise-y blue green color than just a pretty green. Right now it looks as though I'm starting another scarf, but it's actually the matching hat. It will *hopefully* end up looking like this:

Except WAY prettier cause my color is so much more awesome. Cool hat though, right? I'm planning to make one for my aunt too, but I'm going to use some Lion Brand Thick and Quick so I probably have to modify the pattern a bit to account for the yarn's massivosity. (Isn't making up words fun?!)

I believe that's all for now...I would've just put all this on Ravelry, but my Ravelry>Flickr coordination seems to be not so coordinated. Hopefully I can get them posted up there soon though! I'm just ecstatic that I finally got my invitation!!! SQUEEEEEE