This just explains it..

Soulmate - Natasha Bedingfield
Incompatible, it don't matter though
'cos someone's bound to hear my cry
Speak out if you do
You're not easy to find
Is it possible Mr. Loveable
Is already in my life?
Right in front of me
Or maybe you're in disguise
Who doesn't long for someone to hold
Who knows how to love you without being told
Somebody tell me why I'm on my own
If there's a soulmate for everyone
Here we are again, circles never end
How do I find the perfect fit
There's enough for everyone
But I'm still waiting in line
Who doesn't long for someone to hold
Who knows how to love you without being told
Somebody tell me why I'm on my own
If there's a soulmate for everyone
If there's a soulmate for everyone
Most relationships seem so transitory
They're all good but not the permanent one
Who doesn't long for someone to hold
Who knows how to love you without being told
Somebody tell me why I'm on my own
If there's a soulmate for everyone
Who doesn't long for someone to hold
Who knows how to love you without being told
Somebody tell me why I'm on my own
If there's a soulmate for everyone
If there's a soulmate for everyone

Ooh

So I really wanted to buy a new bag, but the lexie barnes superstar messenger bag didn't have a zipper on top to keep everything from falling out when I stuff it under the seat when I fly.. so I appeased myself by buying a couple of needle cases. I thought since they were on sale and I was tired of the rubber bands keeping my dp needles together, hey why not? Santa didn't bring me that shiny bike I wanted for Christmas, so I will buy some needle cases. Now if they would just hurry up and come. WEBS emailed me and let me know one was on backorder but I think they are still sending the other ones? I hope so...

Christmas is Over

Christmas is over, and well, it was nice, but being away from family is hard. So goodbye 2008, it was a rough ride, hoping for a smoother 2009. I promptly took down the Christmas decorations on Saturday. My roommate got home and was like whoa, Christmas is over huh?? Haha, like the Grinch came in and stole all the holiday trimmings.. Well if I had a disco ball and a DJ table to put up for New Year's, I would be all over that. Hmmm.. the roommate did get one of those fancy margarita machines, maybe I should make snacks and declare it blended drink night....

So New Year's is fast approaching, but unfortunately I have to work on Friday... ugh.. which is hard since my friends want me to come up to my old town, SLO town... I really want to go but the old fuddy duddy in me says stay home and make drinks. Hmm...might get a wild hair and go anyways.. we will see if I get out of the office early on Wed, my guess is not so much... One can wish though, right?
I am looking forward to seeing my girlfriends though, I have not seen a lot of them in months and I miss everyone so much. Since moving here I don't really work with people my age and its been a challenge to make friends, since lets face it, Camarillo isn't the hot area for activities and nightlife.

Anyone live here? Cool chicks... like to knit, dance, take in a movie, martini???

Snuggly

So I am suffering from its not 80 degrees and I am not in Hawaii syndrome, haha.... So its finally raining down here in Ventura County. (Which seems to only happen a couple times a year). I actually love the rain.. I like the sound it makes on the roof, it makes getting out of my snuggly bed fricken hard. Like hit the snooze button 3 times and think about just not getting out hard.
I have been having sort of knitters block lately, I think its because I tend to over-think my knitting sometimes. I have been making these handwarmers and they use the increase M1, but there are two ways to do a M1, a right slanting and a left slanting. So I am wondering if I need to use both when making handwarmers or not? Since I am increasing for the thumb part, I hate it when my knitting looks wonky and I was doing the M1 left then the M1 right and I either missed something somewhere or it just didn't look right to me, so I guess I just need to get over it and try a swatch piece or something. Anyone have any ideas? I think the last time I made these I just used the kfb increase method, because again I think I got annyoed that M1 never specifies which M1, left or right... grrr...

Casa Pacifica & Giving

So I went on a tour of Casa Pacifica, a non-profit agency here in Camarillo which serves the needs of neglected, abused and severly emotionally disturbed children and adolesescents from the Tri-County areas of Southern California. They offer residential treatment, emergency shelter & various other programs to help children and families. The kids had written out wishes for Christmas (they each get one gift). So my co-workers and I took the wishes and started a drive at work to fulfill some of the kids wishes. Now I need to find a Britney Spears poster and a Jonas Brothers poster, anyone know where I can find one??

Just reminded me how lucky I am to have such a wonderful family. (Which I miss very much since they are in Hawaii). Makes you re-evaluate what is important in your life...

Squishy

So squishy would be the word I would say about my figure right now. No, I am not fat or overweight but I feel like my muscle tone has been evaporating into thin air. Must be something about leaving the good old twenties behind and diving more into my thirties. Wah! is all I can say about that. I did go to the gym last night and take a weightlifting class from my local 24 hour fitness.. all I can say now is ouch! In a good way, but ouch...

It's Funny

Sometimes I like being alone, surrounding myself with my knitting or jewlery making or whatever endeavor I am currently focusing on at the moment. Sometimes alone is good.. Although I must say, I can't fall asleep before midnight when I am alone, which causes sleepy me in the morning.

Meanie?

I am sooo mean sometimes....well more like grouchy I would say. Maybe I am ready for it to be Friday at 5pm...yeah...that's it.. then the weekend begins :)

Just couldn't

My computer just couldn't do it today...turn on... but hey at least it was my work computer and not my home computer. If it was my home computer, well I might have a break down. I did have a home computer that refused to turn on, I did coax it into turning on one last time to get some files off but then never again. Makes me think that for Christmas I should buy that laptop that I have been wanting to switch to for a while. Now the question is do I go mac or do I stay with pc when I make the move?? I just know that I don't want to lose my music or pictures... maybe I should invest in an alternative hard drive. I wonder if anyone knows anything about this??
So I still need to buy myself my lexie barnes needle cases... I think that I am going to buy one for my circulars and one for my dpn.. decisions, decisions...

Sarcastic Wednesdays...

So I swear I have been knitting, it does keep me sane. I do need to go to the gym and be a little more sane, but one step at a time... I did try and find the hand weights that my roommate had but only came up with one. Hmm... where did the other one go?? So I needed a quick break from the revisons upon revisions to the big report I have been working on so I decided to search for funny cartoons. I found this Hoops and YoYo cartoon, well its an e-card at Hallmark. How funny is that?? Leave it to me to find something free and amusing... haha..

So on the knitting front, I have been working on about three projects at the same time. My dream in color shrug, I have all of the main part done and am now picking up the stitches for the ribbing around. I swear it took me forever to seam up the 7 in on each side and one side I am still not completely happy with, but I think it might be as good as I can get it. I am working on the Le Slouch from Wendy from knit and tonic, but mine probably isn't as slouchy (not really sure if I have the "look" to pull super slouch off. Last is my first pair of socks, well sock #2, plain sock, Wendy toe up socks with Claudia's handpainted in Hawaii and teal. Since they are my first socks, well they don't match identically, but hey there is always room for improvement. I have knit socks, done lace.. I am on a roll (Or at least I keep telling myself that).

A case of the Tuesdays....

One thing working in the financial industry, we have Columbus Day off... Gotta love Columbus day. Now I wish every Monday was Columbus Day, although waking up this morning seemed a little harder than most Mondays. This was the last Monday holiday off of the year as well, sniff, sniff..
I am looking forward to visiting my parents over Thanksgiving this year, although I anticipate a lot of self pity going on around Christmas. This will be the first year I can remember not spending Christmas with my parents. Yes, yes, I know I am not a kid anymore, but still... This weekend I bought myself a Rodney & Rhonda doll from Hallmark, remember these??

For me...

So I splurged and might have bought myself a few things today....after the week of hard work here at the office... I bought these shoes...I did end up buying them in black at endless.com (I couldn't find my size in blue):( Endless had a special promotion, and if they don't fit there is free return shipping, so I thought after drooling for a week or so that I would give them a try. I am also thinking about ordering one of these for my double pointed needles.

I Like:

St. Etienne
by Pour La Victoire

Just put me out of my misery....

Sometimes I feel like Dilbert, working away in my cubicle, typing endless reports about the same stuff over and over.... Sometimes there are days/weeks when I feel like this...although if I knew how to use photoshop I could add in a bottle of wine, some advil and an empty glass..
I need to give myself a pep talk, I will finish this week, then I will go out to dinner instead of cooking....something to look forward to. Good thing I have a vacay planned to visit the rents in Aloha town :P

Time for Decorating!!

So it's October 2nd, time for decorating for Haloween. I do have to prove to my roommate that I swear there are decorations in all of those boxes I have stacked in the garage in what would be my parking space. So.... here is some new Vesper yarn colorways that I saw that went up today and were all sold out in a jiffy. Hopefully there will be more soon!! Here is the website just in case anyone doesn't have it http://www.knitterlythings.com/shop/

Must find out..

Who makes these fablous shoes?? I want them!!!!!!!!!!!! Hmm, well I have a feeling that they are expensive, expensive like Christian Louboutian probably. The jewelry she is wearing is beautiful as well. A girl can wish!! I am so having a don't want to work day today. I am pretty much sporting the bare minimum flare today. I would much rather be shoe shopping :)

On the knitting front, I am still working on my dream in color shrug, I am done with the lace part and am down to knitting the other cuff. Then comes the task of picking up about a zillion stitches to knit the border around the thing and block it. I am hoping that it comes together once I pick up the stitches. I wonder if I should block the lace part before I pick up the stitches?? Decisions, decisions...

John Mayer Rocks

Ah....I got to see John Mayer in concert and I just thought I would say he rocks! This is one artist that I can honestly say was better in person!!

Yea Friday!

So its Friday, what could be better, well if it was Friday at say, 5:00... Or I know, if it were some kind of holiday, yeah a friday holiday...one can only wish...

Tonight I have plans to drink wine and attempt to make potstickers (blame this Alton Brown episode that I saw on Food Network where he made them) They look so good and i thought it might be neat. Then again I do already have a package of potstickers in my freezer from trader joes...hmmm...

I wanted it!!

http://www.knitterlythings.com/shop/ updated her shop yesterday and I so wanted to buy yarn, but then I think about all of the neglected yarn under my bed in that plastic container and I feel guilty. Guilty because I don't have the money to spend on more yarn and guilty because I really don't need to get more either. So I refrained... I didn't want to, but I did....I want to see someone knit up this beautiful colourway!!

Post Office

Don't you just hate it when the dang post office never puts out those boxes you need. So then you wait in line til someone says oh does anyone just need to pick up mail, yada, so I pipe up yeah I just need a box. I figured that I would go to the self print kiosk and print out my label there. Which takes like seconds right? You would think so UNLESS, you were the annoying lady in front of me at the kiosk, who obviously sees I am all dressed up for work, with ONE box, credit card out and ready to swip. Is she nice and let me go first, NO....does she take forever printing, adhering and swiping her card slowly for all five boxes she has which are all going to the same place, all the while stopping to ask the post man if she can put her box into his bin that he is emptying, one box at a time....OF COURSE...Okay, I am getting like five boxes next time and printing postage from home.

Knitting Group Love

So last night I was feeling a bit lonely and trying to motivate to do something other than stay at home and mope. So I packed up the knitting bag and drove to Ventura to go to the Anacapa Fine Yarns knitting group that meets on Thursday nights. Its always been a little awkward for me to make girlfriends, I think partly because I was so close with my dad growing up and the other part was because I had some prior bad experiences. So I took a breath and just walked in and sat down. Let me tell you these women are hilarious!! I laughed so much and everyone was so nice and welcoming. It was nice to be around other women that share the same passion for the craft as I do. I told them that I had sort of been made fun of for my knitting and you know give the old, are you a grandma comment. These ladies were disgusted for me, which just justified how I felt when I get "put down" about it. Overall it was a great night, I stayed until the shop closed at 9 and am looking forward to going back next week :) Thank you everyone that was there last night, those I talked to and asked me questions especially!! It has been hard making friends in a town where you don't really know anyone and for the first time in a long time I felt comfortable and welcome. Just re-affirmed my thought that knitting rocks! So what if I am a knitting nerd??