CR Best Buy

Summer 2005: The summer everything broke. The end of the year better hurry up and get here so I can quit replacing things. First it was the sprinkler stuff in May, the mower in June, then the dryer in July, and then my car died in August. I think we were spared September, probably only because we were out of the country for 1/2 the month. This week? The dishwasher. It was dying a noisy death since we moved in 4 years ago, but finally croaked. Our replacement can’t get here fast enough (though it might be early next week…break out the paper plates!).

I have been sneaking in a little knitting, but really must get to doing some quilting this weekend. I have to sew many little squares together for my cowboy quilt. I have been in a little quilting lull lately, so I’ve got to get back on it soon. I am also debating going to the Houston International Quilt Festival next weekend, though I am not sure I can talk Tim into going…so it might be a solo trip.

Also speaking of soon, I must get pumpkins this weekend! I love to carve pumpkins, always have. Hmmm…I can’t seem to find my usual website with templates…off to google.

Time’s 100 Best Books

Time recently released a list of their 100 Best English Language Novels from 1923-present. Ashley, the other Snotty Girl first alerted me to the list, and not 10 minutes later my mom sent me a link to the list because yes, we are all somewhat dorky librarians. I have only read 22 out of the list of 100, some of them read (and mostly enjoyed) as an assignment for Humanities in high school. While I love contemporary literature, I have put a few older titles on my “to read” list from this list. I guess though I shouldn’t take the list too seriously, I mean The Corrections made the list…and we all know how I felt about that.

2 Years

I can’t believe its been two years. On October 18th, 2003 I married my best friend, my soulmate, my grad-school sweetheart. Shortly there after I had to learn to stop refering to him as my boyfriend, and start calling him my husband. Two years seems so long, yet so short. We have had a lot of adventures together in the past two years, not all of it easy. But it has been fun, interesting, entertaining, and fulfilling and I wouldn’t want to do it with anyone else.

Last year we went to Sea World for our 1st anniversary. This year we went to the Saints game Sunday at the Alamodome with friends, watched them lose, but had a great day. Tonight I will make one of Tim’s favorite recipes, Hungarian Goulash and I will get to spend the evening at home with my boyfriend…husband.

Happy Anniversary Tim!

Cold Front

It finally happened! As I write this at almost 5 pm on Friday, October 7th, it is 55 DEGREES!! I am loving it. So loving it. I can feel cool weather and it is GLORIOUS. I even have on a big sweater and socks. Socks for the first time in FOREVER! It may get back up to the 90s sometime next week, but for now I will stop complaining how hot it is here.

I recently posted some old photos, some forgotten ones from the Modern Quilt Along taken during the actual quilting process. And a few from the San Antonio Quilt Show that I went to a few weeks back. I probably went at a bad time, late on the first day. The vendors were tired and there weren’t very many other attendees there, so many vendors and guild members were busy talking amongst themselves. But some of the quilts were pretty cool, some sort of odd and I was surprised to see some with some pencil or marker lines still on them (with ribbons even!) You can see all the ribbon winners at the gallery.

Up for this weekend…knitting, sewing little tiny squares together, maybe seeing Serenity, some red wine, framing some pictures, getting out the Grim Reaper and trying my hand at bread. Must try to make the bread.

Alamodome Yo

First of all, I just want to say to anybody who was watching the New Orleans Saint’s first “home” game at the Alamodome in San Antonio…that is just what the offices look like at the Alamodome. After waxing lyrical about how great a reception the Saints organization got in San Antonio, they showed the temporary offices at the Alamodome on national tv. They looked sad…small…shafty…but that is what they look like for real. I have to go to defensive driving at the Alamodome, and the offices area just looks like that with all the cinder blocks. So please don’t think that the Saints got the short end of the stick with the office space (hee…um…yeah, I’m gonna need you to come in on um Saturday) they got what was there, ugly cinder blocks and all.

In all 126 blog posts, I don’t think I’ve ever talked about work. Isn’t that odd. I do try to leave work at work…though I’ve been known to type up a quick blog entry at work, so I guess I bring my home to work sometimes. Anyway, just so you know there are only 10 MORE DAYS UNITL STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY!!! AAAHHHHHahahahahaaaaahhhhhh. Hahaha. My boss, who is planning the whole event, actually hasn’t freaked out yet inspite of a)co-workers who can’t read emails and then have to ask 50 questions and b)did I mention it is ONLY 10 DAYS..oh? I did? Ok then.

I am starting to actually work on holiday knits and quilts. I can’t believe it is October already. The cowboy fabric did come in and is soooo funny. I just have to link to it…but if you are known by your last name and work for Target, don’t click here! I had to rework an original design because the print is so large, but I think I solved it, and still kept it simple and fun. How couldn’t it be fun?? With that fabric?? Really.