blanket progress

It's really late and I should be going to sleep. Sadly I'm still up after spending the evening watching the lovely tv show "Sophie". We watched the french version and laughed a lot! I've been trucking along with the Hemlock Ring Blanket and it's a nice pattern and fairly mindless. The rounds are long as hell though and it'll only get worse but meh, I can handle it.

In other news, it's almost my birthday and I wonder what I'm going to gift myself with. Ideally it'll be a plane ticket but that may have to wait just a little bit.

Anyhow, goodnight!

Done and done but starting again

My CPH is complete. Yaaaaaaay! Today I went to my LYS and found some lovely brassy/bronze-y buttons to complete it. I also picked up some Cascade Eco Wool to make the Hemlock Ring Blanket for my dad. It's very smooshy and I have a feeling it'll make for a lovely and warm blanket.

I also finished a commute sock. I'm feeling so productive these days!

Happy saturday...

strange weather and side seams

So what's up with this weather? Yesterday it was about 10C which was nice and then today...BOOM! It's -15C. I don't like it at all. Is there a union rep I can speak to about this? hehehe.

Yesterday I completed the first side seam on my CPH. It smells like the end of this project. I have one more seam to sew today and buttons to put in and then I'm done. DONE! It's already looking good and I think that I'll be wearing this baby quite a bit. Now what's next? I don't know really...Maybe some socks? Maybe the Hemlock Ring Blanket. I've been wanting to make something for my dad and that would be perfect for him since he always gets cold during dialysis so maybe if I make the blanket in brown...?

Anyhow have a nice friday!

Film awesomeness

I just watched "Away We Go" again. I love this film. Period. It's just perfect. And that soundtrack, it just makes me happy!

Anyhow goodnight!

buttons

I'm almost done with my CPH. I have only 12 rows to knit (i.e the right front band) which will have to include the buttonholes and then, I'm off to seaming land. Yay! Now, this is a casual FUCHSIA cardigan that I'm making here and I'm trying to figure out what kind of buttons I want to use.

For right now, I'm thinking that some nice medium sized toggle buttons could be cool but I don't know...I think that maybe I need to hit up the button and ribbon store to try to find something awesome that will embellish this project to it's just awesome-itude. (sorry, it's almost midnight and this is what happens, I have a 4 word vocabulary that revolves around awesome).

Alright well...I'll mull it over but feel free to let me know what you'd use...

(btw...22 days without smoking...seems like a small number but I think it's marvelous)

TGIF

I love Friday's because they're my day off. It also helps when it's 15C outside. I had fun downtown and spent waaaaaay too much money shopping. I gifted myself with not one but TWO pairs of Converses. One pair of off-white/butter hightops and one pair of white low-cuts. They're so beautiful, I can only hope that they'll stay nice and clean for more than a week! Then, I bought a couple of movies (the entire Ocean's 11 series, Away we Go and a triple-packed musical box set with Hair, De-Lovely and A Chorus Line!!) and a copy of Eat, Pray, Love. All in all it was a nice day!

Oh! To top it all off, I started the hood to my CPH. It's all coming together now and I'm super excited! YAY!

Have a nice weekend

Delayed cheesiness

After watching An Affair to Remember, I started on Up In The Air. All I can say is that my birthday is in 3 weeks and I want George Clooney as a gift. Soooo sexy!

I'm about 3/4 of the way through the first sleeve. I need to find something to block all these pieces on though...maybe some big foam puzzle pieces? Feh, it'll work out.

Feels shockingly like a Monday. But it's not!!! It's also going to be a warm day in Montreal, so if you can, go out and enjoy it!

Happy tuesday

omg cheesiness!!!

I'm watching An Affair to Remember with some soup and the first sleeve for my CPH. This is the best way to cure a hangover. Hands down!

happy monday :D

So...

That didn't work out as well as planned...My fruit and veggie intake remains under 5 to 10 portions a day. Poo! Oh well, at least I'm on the tail end of my 11th day without smoking. Happy dance!!!

I also finished the left front of my CPH. This thing is going to be awesome once it's done. It'll be loud (gotta love fuchsia) and warm and I might just like it as much as George Stromboulopoulos. Mmmmmm....Georgggggggggeee....

Ok. Well here comes a 4 day weekend for me (a very well deserved one if I do say so myself!) which will be full of sleep, beer and st-patties-ness since it's the parade on sunday. My liver is ready and so am I since I don't have to work the following day...Hihihi! There should also be some knitting progress, which would be nice.

Be kind to your neighbours!

1 week and a new challenge

So I haven't smoked in a week. I am very proud and also nervous about the second one starting today. Last night, I was super happy, in an effort to be supportive, my big brother decided not to smoke while I was at his place. It was sweet and made it so much easier not to think about it!

Ok I'll most likely still blab on about how it's going in my non-smoking world but I also wanted to push myself a little. It's spring and it feels like a time for fresh starts. I'm challenging myself to eat 5 to 10 portions of fruits and veggies every day. For now it'll be for the week, but hopefully it can become a habit. I'm pretty good usually and get between 3 and 5 in but come on now...what's the point of trying to be healthy if I can't go all out?

So I'll let you know if I try any awesome recipes and if you have any suggestions, let me know!

toodles

Day 7

It's a full week...BOOOOYAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! Okay, I have to get through today but I'm confident about my awesomeness.

I got to knit up a storm at work last night, I almost finished my CPH's back (it was a 14 hour shift!), I have about an inch to go before I BO the shoulders and move on to the fronts. Woot!

Don't you love that in Montreal, when it's 5 degrees Celsius everyone is out without coats and sitting on terrasses having coffee and beers? I won't lie, my windows are open and Serge is totally digging the change of air. Spring cleaning is coming in a couple of weeks (next week is the St-Patrick's day parade and I plan on being too drunk busy to do it).

Alright happy Sunday to you all!

days 5 and 6

Everything is ging swimmingly here! Today is day 6 and since I have a cold, I have no desire to smoke. I guess a well timed vicious-man-cold can be a good thing!

I've been working like a maniac this past week and I still work this afternoon so I haven't knit much at all. Actually, I haven't done much of anything period. I have a nice pile of laundry waiting to be taken care of and a lovely pile of dishes just waiting for my attention. And yes, instead of doing all this, I'm in bed watching the Littlest Hobo with tea. Maybe I should knit...

Alright have a great weekend, it's ridiculously warm here (guess the season change is behind my cold) so enjoy it!!!

day 4

Ok I need to stop compensating the not putting cigarettes in my mouth with putting tasty mushy carb-y food in there instead. Hehehe! I think that this was a good week to stop smoking. With all the kids out of school, I work over 60 hours this week and 42 of those hours are done between today and saturday (in two 15hr shifts and one 12hr shift). For those of you who think your schedule sucks...want to trade? I'll take anything provinding I don't have to wake up at 5.45 am again for a while...

Day 3

Today will be a long day but that's okay. The scary part is that tonight i'm going out for drinks with a couple of friends (smokers!!) and it'll be a good test...

wish me luck!

Day 2

Thank you so much for the support! It's really appreciated!

Yesterday wasn't as hard as I thought it would be BUT I found myself to be a little short tempered and very hungry. I drank a lot of water and tried to keep a smile on my face and all of a sudden it was 11pm and I was going to bed smoke free! YAY!

Every book and website says that keeping your hands busy helps with quitting smoking. So you see, knitting is not only awesome but it's also healthy. Hehehehe! So I knit like a maniac last night and well I'm coming along pretty fast on my CPH's back. Hopefully by the time Défi Tabac is done (it's 42 days), I'll have a nice cardi to wear!

Have a good one!

Today

Today, I'm scared shitless because I hope this is going to work.
Today, I'm looking at those around me for a little help and support.
Today, I quit smoking.

Day one: so far so...okay. I'm a little edgy but it'll pass...right?