SPT: 070308

I know it's been awhile, but i decided to do it on the way home from work.



I walk to and from work a lot.
I live right across the street and it takes about ten minutes.
It's like a lil' adventure everyday.
I have to crawl through some bushes and climb through a hole in a fence.


(this is the lil' secret passage)

---JoniMiTChELLNeverLies---

Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi - Isle of Wight 1970

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SPT: 052208 Inspiration board.

i think it's time to shake things up.
it's been the same for quite a while.

---SmiTTeN!---

The Smittens - My Favorite Dream



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SPT: 041008

Out damned spot, I say!
It's cleaning day.

---GooDClEAn FUN---

Eisley - Come Clean (live @ sundance)



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SPT: 040308 hightea.

Drinking tea with an octopus is quite an intrigue.
Just don't raise your pinky, if your company is missing said digits it is considered quite rude.

---TeaPartYMuSiC---

Au Revoir Simone - Fallen Snow




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SPT: 032708

Thursdays are for:

-listening to records
-eating bean soup
-forgetting to take ur self-portrait until 7PM
-planting tom thumb pea plants
-folding laundry
-eating more bean soup
-petting kitty cats
-catching up on blogs

---IfeELJustLikeAChild---

most of time, anyway.

Devendra Banhart - Feel just like a child

SPT: 031308 abandoned

i walk past this lil' playground almost everyday.
it's right across from my house.
there's never anyone in it.
it makes me sad.

---Sad Song---

Sad Song - Au Revoir Simone (it's not really that sad)



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SPT: 030608 Personal Party

Sometimes, I dance around the house when I'm alone.
Is that weird?

I swear I'll tell you all about that striped scarf on Friday (it's not as exciting as you think).

I'm working on those same socks still, but thinking of starting something else to break up the monotony of a stockinette sock. Maybe just a quick hat? I have a few balls of malabrigo left from the salad sweater.

---Have a Dance Party of Ur own---

Vampire Weekend - A-Punk (this is what i danced around to!)

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SPT: 022808 swapcore

i made a ganomy hat for an awesome girl i never met.
she made me this super rad shirt.
we found each other on stylemob.
pretty awesome, eh?


(this is what she got.)

---current obsession---

Has anyone heard of Kate Nash?
probably the cutest video ever, and @ 33 seconds in she's knitting a scarf!!!!!!!



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SPT: 022108 Snow Day!

I love precipitation!
It snowed most of the day today.
I walked home from work in it, and it took every ounce of self control I had not to flop on the ground and make snow angels.

---SnowDaySong---
this video stars an amazing director/writer/artist by the name of miranda july. i'm pretty much obsessed with her.

Blonde Redhead - Top Ranking




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SPT: 021408

i finished my first toe up sock.
i gave up on shaving.
these pants have a hole in the crotch.

SPT 020708: Knitting.

i look kinda crappy today. i didn't sleep well. it was raining and super windy all night. i thought we were going to die.
i got sorta half ready for work and decided i just wanted to knit.
i really should eat some breakfast.

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SPT 013108: Coffee Time

sitting down with the to-do list and some yukon blend.
i have so much to do today, but martha stewart is about to come on. will someone come fold my laundry?

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SPT 012408: Shaving

I took 17 pictures. lol.
I hate shaving more than choclate and peanut butter together.
that's a lot.

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SPT: 011708

today, i had to walk home in the rain.
turns out my new shoes are waterproof.
i'm gonna dry off and start another loaf of no knead bread.

---Today's Video---

Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me

SelfPortraitThursday

Apparently, once you stop taking antibiotics, you get sick. FUNTIMES!

I'm a Rabid Anti-Dentite!!!

If you can't figure out what the crazy apparatus behind me is, or figure out why I'm wearing a bib and there's no lobster in the picture, it's because I've been hangin out at my *awesome* dentist's office.

The story begins:

The Friday before X-mas, I went to work like any normal day. By about 5 o'clock, I felt like death. My face was throbbing and the was a big purple bubble on my gums. Turns out big purple bubble means, "Remember that broken tooth? Well, now you have an abcess!". Gross! The pain was unbearable, and I was deathly afraid it was going to break, so Dave took me straight from work to the emergency room. They pretty much confirmed it was an abscess, gave me antibiotics and pain medicine, and told me that I couldn't go to the dentist until it went away.

So, I was basically doped up through Christmas.

Anyway, the abcess is gone. Yesterday, I finally had my dentist appointment. He poked around for a few minutes, left for about 20 minutes, and came back with a game plan. As it turns out, I need a root canal, filling, and a crown... ON THE SAME TOOTH! I'm pretty excited :-( My appointment was supposed to be tomarrow, they called today and re-scheduled for the 18th. Fun TiMeS!

FIN.

So that's why I haven't blogged in a few weeks. But I haven't let it put a damper on my crafty-style. I've inherited a lifetimes worth of plastic canvas and yarn (I'm not 60, I swear!), so expect some cool stuff. I've started a Fidget with my Chumky Misti Alpaca from Loop, I'm awful at paying attention, but I refuse to use a row counter for a 4-row stitch pattern. Maybe I'm a knitting sadist? Santa brought me not one, but two cast iron dutch ovens that I can't seem to stop playing with and a blooming tea set (a la Marie Atoinette)that I'm waiting to use until we can have a proper tea :-)

Seinfeld-Jerry is a rabid anti-dentite.

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spt+fo.

I've decided to combine Self Portrait Thursday with my most recent FO, Foliage from Knitty.com.
I finished this hat sorta late (late in my house means after 11pm, lol) last night, and didn't have the energy to take any "good" FO pics, sorry. This lil guy is going to be wrapped up and put with the X-mas pile, eventually.



Pattern Particulars

Pattern Source:Foliage From Knitty.com
Needles: Susan Bates Size 9 16" pink metal circular, Addi Natura Size 8 16" circular
Materials: Rio De Plata Wool Multi
Time: About 5 hours
loved: the pattern!!! i had a bad experience once with a top-down hat and swore i'd never do one again. Foliage has renewed my faith. hated: knitting lace, I have the attention span of a walnut.
mods: The Rio was a weird weight, so the worsted pattern wouldn't cut it. I used Size 9 needles and did 2 and 1/2 lace pattern repeats with 6 rows of ribbing before the BO. It fits kinda slouchy, exactly how i wanted.

I'm super duper excited right now! I have possibly the coolest cake ever, in the oven. I was going to wait to show you my finished cake but you need to go buy this pan, NOW! (while it's on sale for $14.99) Martha Stewart is a genius!!!

Martha Stewart Igloo Cake Mold - Macys.com



I'll take pictures of mine when it's finished, and give you all the gritty details.

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Self-Portrait Thursday.

All the cool kids are doing it.





For those of you who don't know, it's been snowing in New Jersey. Today, I had to walk in the wet, mushy leftovers to get home from work. I'm already down three pairs of shoes this week. As soon as I walked in the door, I put on some tea(Tazo Joy) and my coziest PJ pants.
lifeisgood.




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