Why I love the Oldest January 10, 2005 ~ 11:06 pm
Posted by Julie in : Daily Grind , comments closedBecause she just sent me an email with the following in it:
“guess what???? this weekend is a three day weekend, becauseof Martin Luther King Day!!!!! So I’ll have extra time for knitting!”
Not only did she remind me that the College is closed on Monday, so I don’t have to work that day either, but she’s excited about knitting and hanging out this weekend. I love that kid.
How’d they come up with that? January 10, 2005 ~ 8:11 pm
Posted by Julie in : Daily Grind , comments closedFound this on Rhonda’s blog…I never thought of myself as a pundit. Damn. I’m deep.
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Ah-so! January 10, 2005 ~ 11:13 am
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Rick and the scarf - what he calls the “beefcake” photo
So that’s the scarf. And not to take away from the hot guy above, but here are close-ups of the scarf:
I think I looked at it like three times the night I gave it to Rick and thought: “Damn, that’s a nice scarf.” I probably said it out loud, too. That happens to me sometimes - I’ll be thinking something and it just pops up. But in this case, I was right. Damn, that’s a nice scarf. Simple wide-ribbing pattern, and the variegated coloring came from doubling up the yarn (in this case, I knitted a strand of blue and a strand of grey together as one). Glad Jordana and I picked that blue, it really does bring out his eyes, which I love (both the eyes and the fact that the scarf brings them out).
Okay, enough about the scarf. We saw Meet the Fockers Friday night (thanks for the movie gift certificates, Mom!) and loved it. Rick hadn’t seen Meet the Parents, so he missed out on a couple of the jokes, but he got a big kick out of it, too. Especially Little Jack’s first word: “Ah-so!” (Say it. “Asshole!”) We had a great dinner at our favorite Mexican place pre-movie, and I got part of a kiwi margarita spilled on me by the busgirl. Now my coat smells like alcohol, and not in a good way. Worse than that, the margarita got into the pocket that my two-week old cell was in and baptized it. After several good cleanings, it’s back to normal - for a while, I thought the stickiness would be around forever. For all of you with cell phones, I recommend Body Glove covers. They’re rubber and will absorb shock if you drop the phone, and also repel margaritas!
In between rehearsals this weekend, I also got to hang out with the Oldest and the Youngest. I’ve been teaching the Youngest how to knit, and she’s basically got it, although we still have talks about “You can’t watch the TV and knit at the same time. Pick one.” and “No, it’s not okay to have a hole in the middle of it. What if you were making that for someone? Would you want a hole in a present?” The Oldest has decided that she wants to learn how to knit, too, so we took a trip to a yarn store near City Hall, picked out some chunky yarn and bigger needles (much easier for young knitters to knit with than the size 6’s and baby weight yarn we had on hand), and knitting lessons will commence next weekend when Rick has them again. He’s going to have them the next four weekends (I think the Ex is out of the country), so there will be plenty of time to do scarves and move beyond that if they want to. And it’s fun to have our own little knitting circle.
Now back to work. The kind I’m actually getting paid to do. But damn, that scarf is nice.
