monday

Back from the country.
Got my flu shot. Arm hurts like a mofo.
I woke up to snow today. It has since melted.
The end of the semester is upon us and really...all I want to do is hide under the blankets. Instead, I procrastinate and blog :D

Ok, I'm done with this tiny sentence business. It feels like I'm just typing up Facebook statuses.

While I was in France last year, I spent some time with the ones I call my second parents. They're a French couple who were my parent's best friends and we spent every single holiday, football world cup, birthday and random moment together until I turned 12. That's when they moved back to France. So I went to see them last year not only because it had been a trillion years, but mainly because my second mom was battling cancer. With her husband, we spent 2 days talking about my parents, all the crazy things they did, all the stories I never heard of or thought were just myths and then some. We laughed a lot. Right around Easter, she lost that battle. It was a very hard time for my family and for me. It's part of the reasons I stopped blogging and knitting. I kinda went blank for a bit after.

There was talk of heading to France for the funeral, but it was really too hard. I was the last member of my family to see her. Anyhow, in the time I spent with them, I found out about a tradition they had with my parents and a few other friends starting in the 70's. Every year, for the first snow, everyone would pile into their car and head over to one family's house. Then they'd make crêpes. Tons and tons of crêpes.

So when it started getting cold I boldly announced to my parents that I was reviving the tradition and invited everyone i know to come over for what have now been dubbed "snow crêpes". It's a nice little testament to my aunt I think. To me it's a nice way to remember her (considering she may be the best cook I've ever known) and I know it also means a lot to my parents.

Like I said earlier, this morning I woke up to snow. I also woke up to a phone call from my second dad who's back in Montreal and is staying with my folks. Needless to say that I got a little misty...and hungry!

Anyhow, I guess it was just time that I opened up about what's going on here. Today, I'm on the hunt for a new camera charger so who knows, there might be pics sooner than later!

Enjoy the first snow!

more FO'S, still no pics

Athena socks finished.
Love them.
School is driving me nuts.
Going up north for the weekend to do nothing but drink and read and laugh.

toodles

late night

I came home after work and I was super cold. No fever, just freezing. I'm hoping that it's just me being tired and not anything that would hinder the day to day bullshit that I have going on. (did you like how i plugged that? huh? huh? huh?)

In an effort to make myself feel better I had a homemade brownie, slipped into my PJ's, got on the couch and under the alpaca blanket that my roommate's parents brought back from the Galapagos. I picked up my then-almost-done sock, a mug of mint tea and the remote control to the DVD player. And then I watched a Xmas movie. Oh yeah! Decadence lives strong at my house!!! I finished the sock. So that's another pair for my drawer.

Now it's late and I have class tomorrow morning. I have a sneaking suspicion that I'll need a good strong coffee to get through the am so off to bed I go.

Goodnight!

sunday

This a procrastination post...

I'm supposed to be finishing a paper on The Matrix and religious/art symbolism. BLAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Instead, I finished cleaning my apartment which is soooo nice. Both my roommate and myself have been busy recently but it's so nice when you can go to bed knowing there's no dust anywhere, that the kitchen is immaculate and not a health hazard and that the bathroom can be licked without the possibility of imminent death. I just hope that we can keep it clean. *stern face*

Tomorrow I conquer my bedroom (after handing in the paper that I'm going to finish in a few minutes...). I bought some bamboo blinds but they're off center and it stresses me out. Tomorrow will be a feat of measuring/sticking nails in the window frame/re-hanging the blinds. Once that's done, all will be right with the world and I'll be free to start looking for stuff to hang on my walls and maybe even *gasp* a desk!!!!

I don't know how I managed to finish a degree without a desk but I'm starting to notice that I need one so that I can focus and get in the zone. Maybe it'll be Xmas gift from me to me :D

In knitting news, I'm on the second sock heel. I've also figured out what I'll be doing next. It'll be Ene's Scarf in some royal blue AmiAmi laceweight that I've had forever. Another pair of socks will also start soon :D Mmmmm socks!!

More sock stuff

Yesterday while watching Xmas movies with my roommate, I finished a pair of plain socks. So i was left with a "what do I do now??" feeling. So I cast on for another pair of socks. I dug up my old Robyn's Nest sock club patterns and found the yarn that goes with it. I'm now on the foot of Paddy's Lucky Clover Socks.

I'm starting to appreciate my well stocked sock drawer :D I'm also enjoying the fact that there's less yarn in my stash. There's still enough yarn for me to make socks for about 10 years but still, it's less than last year.

The traveling guy is still in town. It's nice for now, but I know he's going to leave. My mother, my roommate, my best friends and a few other people have suggested that I might have a bit of a commitment issue since I can't get away from travelers. That's a possibility...

:D

On a roll

Well Bella's Mittens are done! And I have to say that they look good! I'm a little sad because my ginormic hands wouldn't fit in them (they'd need an extra horseshoe cable repeat) but I guess that's a good thing since they're going to the other K tomorrow as a belated birthday present. I've actually been thinking about making her a complimentary hat for Xmas... Guess we'll have to see if I can muster something up. If you have any suggestions, send them my way!

What am I knitting next? Well, I don't really know. I could start Ene's Scarf or the Swallowtail shawl. Then again, I could also do with more socks. One can never have too many brightly colored socks!

What to do?!?!?!

Wow

I forgot how satisfying it can be to finish knitting projects! I finished a pair of Fetching with the rest of the Araucania and I thankfully have enough left to make another pair. My mother saw the first pair and well...took them. She said "Hmmm! I like them, they match my hat. Thanks!" Anyhow, just before Halloween was the other K's birthday (recap: she and I have been friends since we were 8, went to Ireland together and she met me in France last summer...Plus we live 8 blocks away from each other :D) and she requested a pair of "Twilight" mittens. So we went to Ariadne and picked up some Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Bulky in Charcoal heather. I CO the first mitt at work last night at 6. By the time we closed up at 10.30, I was all done except for the thumb. I know, shocking! I may eventually have to make another pair for myself.

What else can I tell you? I went on a date recently. It went really well but nomadic men are the bane of my existence. Enough said...

That's it for me!

So...

I took a mental health day today (hee hee!) and spent all day chillaxing with Serge, books and movies. I managed to finish Rivulet scarf and since there was a whole bunch of yarn left over on the barely touched 3rd skein, I CO for a pair of Fetching. It'll make for a nice holiday gift to someone!

post-halloween post

I love Halloween. It's always fun! My lady posse and I hit up a local pub and checked out the fellow freaks. One was a "B-girl", one was a greek goddess and I was Twister. Like the game. It's not super original but considering my personal recession, it was easier to paint on spots on a tank top than to go out and buy a costume. Anyhow, it was a success and this morning I woke up with a sliiiiiiiight hangover and a serious sore throat. I'm laying low with some tea, a blanket and some knitting. Serge is ignoring me today and meowing at the top of his lungs while staring at the closet door.

I eventually have to get my ass in gear since I have to go to work later on, but at least I can knit while there :D

OH yes, for the Montrealers out there, please go vote so that we can shake off the whole "Montreal is the new Palermo"-thing...