Dec 20 2008
I have been having a few problems with this blog… hopefully it should be resolved in the next few day and then we are getting a face lift – until them I am sorry of the appearence.
Also I have recently had a few comments left about The Short Row Rib Scarf I made at the beginning of the year… I don’t have a copy of the pattern but it is available here.
Dec 14 2008
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping Paper - although this year I have some lovely red cotton bags – which I am hoping will be reused as shopping bags.
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial.
3. When do you put up the tree? The Sunday closest to the 10th (it is going up today)
4. When do you take the tree down? Around the 5th.
5. Do you like eggnog? I have not really had it, but I am guessing no.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? I remember getting a TV when I was about 8 – it was a joint present for me and my sister to go in the room we shared, it was black and white and has a knob you turned to change channels.
7. Hardest person to buy for? My sister, she always buys the most amazing presents, and is the girl that has everything! Plus, I can think about what to get her for months and then she ends up buying it for herself in November!
8. Easiest person to buy for? Jason – he normally gives me a few ideas and pick one of them… People always tell me he is the hardest person to buy for.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? No
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail handmade christmas cards (I normally make about 60), the one year I send shop brought ones I got complaints (in my defence I was making wedding stationary and didn’t have time to make both).
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I don’t think I have even got anything really bad – just a top once that really “wasn’t me.”
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Well Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a Bond film – but actually Christmas movie would have to be a Nightmare Before Christmas
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Mid-November, I have a few major birthdays to shop for before hand – so after that.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? MInce Pies!
16. Lights on the tree? No.
17. Favorite Christmas song? The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping and Feliz Navidad which was played in every shop we went to when we went Christmas shopping in Chicago.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? At home, on Christmas day and us and my family go to my in-laws on Boxing Day.
19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer? No.
20. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Morning – but we exchange presents with my in-laws on Boxing Day morning.
21. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? The weather – I wouldn’t mind snow but all we have is ice cold rain!
22. Favorite ornament theme or color? We tend to buy everything in gold and red - although in recent years have been adding some brown ornaments.
23. What do you want for Christmas this year? Flip Video, I would love some Zepillin Speakers but don’t think I have been that good this year.
24. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star.
25. Favorite Christmas dinner? I love Brie and Cranberry Parcels (I am a veggie).
Dec 11 2008
Posted by Dee under General, Stash Enhancement, Swaps
Whilst I should be rushing around at the moment buying gifts for other people I seem to have recently got a few gifts for me. First off as part of the Sosesaswa, I received this wonderful parcel of goodies (and the yarn above), included in the parcel was a knitting mystery novel, a cute sock purse, soap, stitch markers and everything I need to make my own stitch markers. (Jen also included instructions). The yarn is Scarlet Fleece in the most amazing teal colour (I mentioned in my questionnaire this is my favourite colour at the moment), she also included a pattern for Garden Trellis Socks.
I have also been treating myself to some Cashmerino Aran (Why am I only discovering this yarn now) which I should be turning into hats over Christmas.
Dec 04 2008
This is nicked from just about everyone.
1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world (I am trying to visit everyone)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightening at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had my portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (The queue was too long)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican (Although we didn’t do the full tour)
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Rode an elephant
39/100 is pretty bad.. but I doubt I will never complete this list, as I can’t see myself bungee jumping or kill/eating an animal.
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