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neadodsBeen a busy day. To wit: It's taken me until 9:30 to get online, and I won't be reading the f-list until 10 or so. Probably going to be skip=500 or something.
Still, it has been very productive. I discovered that getting my old boots reheeled would cost as much as a new pair. I also discovered that Ikea has the directions for putting their furniture together online. Which is good, because I bought a chair but not the second box with its cover, figuring I could save myself the $100 with a slipcover I already had. Guess which box held the directions for putting it together!
I've discovered that the brewpub across from the yarn store does fabulous meals (pork chop with dried fruit compote and maple-whipped sweet potatoes with a side of broccoli). When I do a multiple-person knitting retreat - and yes, I'm thinking "when" - I'm going to strongly suggest a field trip with lunch at Franklin's followed by shopping at Tangled Skein.
The knitting and yoga class wasn't what I expected. Nothing on the meditative qualities of knitting, and not just yoga from the waist up - instead, we alternated between knitting on our own followed by sessions of full-body yoga.
However, the teacher had an interesting project that I liked - a simple garter square with a buttonhole in the middle. Sew two opposite sides together to make a tube, and you've got simple fingerless mitts. It has me thinking of doing a full winter set - a scarf (this cabled one), fingerless mitts with the same cable, and if I can find that hat on Knitty that had a cabled brim, I'll do that too to match.
1. Odd Job(s): I have built reading/knitting nooks in my bedroom and the library. (I'm an ottoman short of perfection, but I can get a footrest at Target on Monday.)
2. Decluttered: Entire bedroom, new closet, basket on the way to the basement.
3. Knitalong: 38 of 55 blocks done.
4. Indulgence: Tomorrow is the in-home knitting retreat.
Items Dealt With:
5 - M suggested using the old cardboard shoe organizer from my closet by the door for our shoes. It's working nicely.
6 - Moved chair from bedroom into library for second reading nook.
7 - Moved small table up from basement for second reading nook.
It has taken a lot of work to be able to not have to do anything tomorrow, but I think I'm set for the in-home knitting retreat, or I will be when the last couple loads of laundry are done, the bed's remade, and LJ has been caught up on. I've got everything I think I'll need.
The food: a spinach/mushroom/feta omlette & home fries from Silver Diner; a "Chicken Chopstick" salad from Atlanta Bread Bakery (I have sesame semolina bread from Giant to go with); a mixed portobello/steak fajita & refried beans from Chevy's. And half a chocolate cake.
The audios: Big Finish, Doctor Who and the Pirates; Torchwood, Everyone Says Hello; BBC Radio, Sayers' Unnatural Death; and Pratchett, Maskerade (the abridged version with Tony Robinson).
The education: Knitting Tips and Trade Secrets, Expanded
The project: The remaining 16 blocks of the afghan
And if I get tired of knitting, I've got the movies "Becoming Jane" and "One Night at the Museum", John Barrowman's autobiography, and a review book I'm enjoying.
Still, it has been very productive. I discovered that getting my old boots reheeled would cost as much as a new pair. I also discovered that Ikea has the directions for putting their furniture together online. Which is good, because I bought a chair but not the second box with its cover, figuring I could save myself the $100 with a slipcover I already had. Guess which box held the directions for putting it together!
I've discovered that the brewpub across from the yarn store does fabulous meals (pork chop with dried fruit compote and maple-whipped sweet potatoes with a side of broccoli). When I do a multiple-person knitting retreat - and yes, I'm thinking "when" - I'm going to strongly suggest a field trip with lunch at Franklin's followed by shopping at Tangled Skein.
The knitting and yoga class wasn't what I expected. Nothing on the meditative qualities of knitting, and not just yoga from the waist up - instead, we alternated between knitting on our own followed by sessions of full-body yoga.
However, the teacher had an interesting project that I liked - a simple garter square with a buttonhole in the middle. Sew two opposite sides together to make a tube, and you've got simple fingerless mitts. It has me thinking of doing a full winter set - a scarf (this cabled one), fingerless mitts with the same cable, and if I can find that hat on Knitty that had a cabled brim, I'll do that too to match.
1. Odd Job(s): I have built reading/knitting nooks in my bedroom and the library. (I'm an ottoman short of perfection, but I can get a footrest at Target on Monday.)
2. Decluttered: Entire bedroom, new closet, basket on the way to the basement.
3. Knitalong: 38 of 55 blocks done.
4. Indulgence: Tomorrow is the in-home knitting retreat.
Items Dealt With:
5 - M suggested using the old cardboard shoe organizer from my closet by the door for our shoes. It's working nicely.
6 - Moved chair from bedroom into library for second reading nook.
7 - Moved small table up from basement for second reading nook.
It has taken a lot of work to be able to not have to do anything tomorrow, but I think I'm set for the in-home knitting retreat, or I will be when the last couple loads of laundry are done, the bed's remade, and LJ has been caught up on. I've got everything I think I'll need.
The food: a spinach/mushroom/feta omlette & home fries from Silver Diner; a "Chicken Chopstick" salad from Atlanta Bread Bakery (I have sesame semolina bread from Giant to go with); a mixed portobello/steak fajita & refried beans from Chevy's. And half a chocolate cake.
The audios: Big Finish, Doctor Who and the Pirates; Torchwood, Everyone Says Hello; BBC Radio, Sayers' Unnatural Death; and Pratchett, Maskerade (the abridged version with Tony Robinson).
The education: Knitting Tips and Trade Secrets, Expanded
The project: The remaining 16 blocks of the afghan
And if I get tired of knitting, I've got the movies "Becoming Jane" and "One Night at the Museum", John Barrowman's autobiography, and a review book I'm enjoying.
