Freak of Knit-ture - travel

Yes, I'm back

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:40:00 -0500

I'm home. I got in at midnight, home by 1 a.m., in bed around 2. I'm bushed people. Yet I did work today. I must be crazy.

The trip was great. Now that I'm home I'm cold, because it was, like, 70 degrees every day there. And on Tuesday, when it rained a bit, it was still warmer than it is here. Alicia, my best friend, looks great, especially only 1 month after having a baby. She's amazing. 4 kids. Not easy. The new baby is so handsome, he's my new boyfriend. And yes, there's pictures, I've just been too tired to download them. And Alicia took a lot too, so I'll post what she sends me when I get them. The kids (from now on refered to as things # 1 through 4) are brilliant, all of them. Thing #2 (her eldest son) was getting over a cold, but he's just the most amazing 3 year old I've ever met. How many of you know a 3 year old who can actually hit a thrown baseball, and we're talking that he can connect, hit it straight, and FAR. He can also throw a football - spiral and everything, and catch one too. And tell you all about dinosaurs, and count, and he can do almost the whole alphabet in sign language. Plus he's just cute. Thing #1 is too smart for her own good. I did start teaching her how to knit. We got her a book/kit at Barnes and Noble on Monday night, and I showed her a few things. By Tuesday morning before school she was casting on, on her own. Thing #3 is jealous of her new baby brother, and tries on a fairly regular basis to "take him out." But she's still a charmer. And is using sign language to tell you what she wants, and she's not even 2 yet. (They hired a lady, who I met and really like, to come in 3 days a week in the mornings to help Alicia get everyone off to school and stuff, and this lady is teaching #3 sign language.) I mean, hell, its only possible to do so much when breast feeding and that kid eats like every 1/2 hour!

I did get quite a bit of knitting done this trip. I'm almost finished with a pair of Bearfoot Mountain Colors socks, I just have to put in the afterthought heels. And I started another pair of toe-up 2 socks on 2 circulars with afterthought heels in Lorna's Laces Jungle Stripe on the plane home. I have decided to name these socks, The Socks that Barney Shat. You'll understand when I post pictures.

I came to the realization that I have seen more movies while travelling than I have at home. So I've decided to start Sarah's Unplanned Travelling Movie Review. I'll use a set of 5 double-points to rate. Never mind what size! Recently seen: Cinderella Man (on the bus-twice to New York) and Walk the Line (to and from Las Vegas). Originally I hadn't planned on seeing either of these movies. I don't like Russel Crowe or Joaquin Phoenix. But I give them both 5 DPs. I haven't stopped singing Johnny Cash songs yet! Needless to say, Walk the Line made me realize EXACTLY what I want for my birthday - the entire Johnny Cash (and Johnny Cash/June Carter) collection on CD, and an I-Pod. I'll go into further filmular detail tomorrow, when I'm not cross-eyed with jetlag.

Must sleep again. Now.

Well, I'm off!

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:36:24 -0500

Well everyone, I'm off to Las Vegas for a few days for a little B & B. Thats best friend and babies. She had baby #4 last month so I'm going out to make sure she gets a nap. This time I'm bringing fresh batteries in my camera and I WILL be coming home with pictures, dammit!

I'll be back late Tuesday night. I'd go longer, but I miss my boys too much. I wish I could take them with me.

Anyhoo, gotta run. Still have to pack my suitcase with yarn!

Are you ready? It's been a while since I posted!

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:50:00 -0400

This one's a no pic-er!

I had to go out of town last weekend. Left on Saturday, came back Tuesday night. Mind you, it was for business, so don't say you're jealous when I tell you it was to go to Las Vegas. There was a trade show, for scrapbooking, that I had to attend. And I had to leave the boys behind. But I did get to stay with my best friend and her husband and 3.3 kids (the .3 is for the baby boy to be - and I saw the ultrasound. Its DEFINITELY a boy! He made sure that they knew...yup, he flashed 'em). Their new house is in Henderson, NV, in this great neighborhood, and they are surrounded by parks and stuff. Very suburban. And they're like 10 minutes from UNLV where her husband teaches. So they're like 10 minutes from The Strip. Which is convenient for not a whole lot. I've discovered that I have no desire to gamble. And believe me, I had plenty of opportunity. I didn't check, but I think there are even slot machines in the bathrooms at the airport.

Anyway, I took a few pictures, the kids were showing me their halloween costumes, and then the batteries in the digital camera died. So I'll have to wait for her to e-mail me theirs. DD#1 is going to be a cowgirl, DS (soon to be DS#1) is going to be a pirate. And DD#2 is too young to care. I had a great time, its nice just to spend time with them. And we went out to eat at some great places.

The big breakthrough that happened while I was away is that Conan and Sydney now spend time with each other, they sleep next to each other or on top of each other and stuff, whereas before they would be in the same room, but wouldn't be closer than 4' apart. I don't know if the dog-sitter, yes the dog-sitter, had anything to do with it.

I was on the plane all day on both Saturday and Tuesday. I didn't bring books, just knitting. I discovered that with 2 naps on the way to LV I can knit 3 baby booties (I'm doing the ones from Last Minute Knitted Gifts, in alpaca - for the soon to be baby and some others). And I can almost finish one Tychus, with 3 naps on the way back.

Of course, now that I'm back I'm trying to get out from under work and knitting. So I'll have to post more later. Maybe by then I'll have some pictures, huh?