I wore green today in honor of St. Patrick. I read in a history book that St. Patrick introduced Christianity to Ireland . I always thought he was remembered for driving the snakes out of Ireland. Either way, I'm not quite sure how it evolved into an excuse to get drunk on green beer while wearing a shirt/button/hat that says "Kiss me, I'm Irish" after eating corned beef and cabbage for dinner. How did that happen? Corned beef and cabbage - I'm craving it now. And since I can't cook it and have a meeting at 5:15 I'm going to have to get on the phone and see if I can find a restaurant where I can get some to go.
Tonight is an American Idol night - the remaining 11 will be singing country songs. YeeHaw! I'm not a big country fan, but the evening does promise to be entertaining nonetheless. And by that, I mean entertaining because someone (or two, or three, or more) has a great chance of having a total trainwreck of a performance on national television. I know it sounds mean, but come on, do you honestly remember the good performances for more than about 10 minutes?? Not usually. No, we remember the truly awful ones. The ones that make you watch in horror and think "OMG, is this for real?" and as much as you want to look away, you just can't. The ones that make you squirm in embarassment for the singer. The ones that you discuss with your fellow AI followers, usually opening with the question "Can you believe (singer's name) totally sucked?" So prepare to be entertained - one way or another.
Having said that, I must mention that I do remember a few good performances: Chris Dautry "I Walk the Line", Jason Castro "Hallelujah", and Blake Lewis "You Give Love a Bad Name" come to mind.
Knitting: The "guy" blanket is coming along great! It's probably about three-fourths finished, and I have enough of the yarn I've been using to get the job done. I guess I should start thinking about which guy in my life to give it to. Hmmmmm. I was good today - I resisted the urge to buy some yarn from an online store even though it looked totally yummy and was on sale. I did write down the items I want, just in case I discover a project that absolutely can't be made with anything else. :o) Yarnaholic - that's me.
Have a fun evening - however you decide to celebrate the day!
Sarah
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
James Madison's 258th Birthday
Happy Birthday, Mr. (4th) President!
I don't really know much about James - following after George and Thomas was probably really hard. Too bad there's no record of the opinion polls from back then. But, he was President for 8 years so he must have done something right. And he was married to Dolly, the awesome baker. She must have been, right? Her cakes are still around today - I rest my case.
When I got home from work, I tossed in some laundry, loaded dishes into the dishwasher (note to the guys in my house: those dishes don't voluntarily jump in that square box next to the sink!), and immediately got online and checked about four different sites for American Idol updates/gossip. I'm beginning to think I need an AI support group. A friend emailed me today and asked when Idol is on this week because "you always know'. You're probably wondering what I do during the 7 months that Idol isn't on TV. Well, I'll tell you. My year is divided into three seasons: Summer (no school, trip to Mexico, getting projects done, stuff like that), Football (preseason begins about the time I go back to my school job) and American Idol (starts the week after the Super Bowl, ends our last week of school). That's how the year flows for me. Right now, we're smack-dab in the middle of Idol season and moving towards Summer. My friend who's going to Mexico with me and I again had the "I can't wait to get there" discussion at lunch. We've both had some pretty frustrating days with students lately, so we're definitely ready for some palm trees, ocean breezes, and tropical drinks delivered by cute guys who's mission in life is to make sure we have a good vacation.
As far as this blogging thing goes, I don't think I've developed much of a readership yet. I've told some friends. It would be nice if those friends told their friends who told their friends...you get the picture. I'm still not completely sure why I started this, but now that I have I feel the need to try and be good at it. A teacher friend came by my room this morning and said she'd read my blog and enjoyed it and is going to start one, too. That's good - she can follow mine, I can follow hers and at least somebody will be reading my stuff on a regular basis. When I've asked friends to read my blog, I also ask for their comments, which so far have been positive. Of course, these people are my friends so maybe they're not going to be able to say "Hey, you suck, give it up already". So I need non-friend comments, but nobody but my friends reads me yet. Catch 22!!!
My knitting is fine - still adding to the "guy" blanket. I swore I wouldn't start another scarf until the room-switching and yarn organizing was done, but I'm soooo wanting to begin something new. I think I have hobby ADD. Which would explain why I have scrapbooking paper but no scrapbooks, photo boxes but no organized photos, coordinating fabrics but no quilts. I also have some cross-stitching stuff, but I did do that for years until I had to get bifocals and couldn't find a spot where I could see the pattern and the cloth at the same time plus look up at the TV. One or two were always blurry. So you can't really give me any grief about that one. OMG - in talking about this I just realized that some of the yarn in my stash is from like 20 years ago when I learned how to crochet and was going to make stuff for me and all my friends. When I also consider the fact that I kept that yarn all this time - well, maybe I need therapy. No, I don't - knitting is my therapy! :o)
Enjoy the evening!
Sarah
I don't really know much about James - following after George and Thomas was probably really hard. Too bad there's no record of the opinion polls from back then. But, he was President for 8 years so he must have done something right. And he was married to Dolly, the awesome baker. She must have been, right? Her cakes are still around today - I rest my case.
When I got home from work, I tossed in some laundry, loaded dishes into the dishwasher (note to the guys in my house: those dishes don't voluntarily jump in that square box next to the sink!), and immediately got online and checked about four different sites for American Idol updates/gossip. I'm beginning to think I need an AI support group. A friend emailed me today and asked when Idol is on this week because "you always know'. You're probably wondering what I do during the 7 months that Idol isn't on TV. Well, I'll tell you. My year is divided into three seasons: Summer (no school, trip to Mexico, getting projects done, stuff like that), Football (preseason begins about the time I go back to my school job) and American Idol (starts the week after the Super Bowl, ends our last week of school). That's how the year flows for me. Right now, we're smack-dab in the middle of Idol season and moving towards Summer. My friend who's going to Mexico with me and I again had the "I can't wait to get there" discussion at lunch. We've both had some pretty frustrating days with students lately, so we're definitely ready for some palm trees, ocean breezes, and tropical drinks delivered by cute guys who's mission in life is to make sure we have a good vacation.
As far as this blogging thing goes, I don't think I've developed much of a readership yet. I've told some friends. It would be nice if those friends told their friends who told their friends...you get the picture. I'm still not completely sure why I started this, but now that I have I feel the need to try and be good at it. A teacher friend came by my room this morning and said she'd read my blog and enjoyed it and is going to start one, too. That's good - she can follow mine, I can follow hers and at least somebody will be reading my stuff on a regular basis. When I've asked friends to read my blog, I also ask for their comments, which so far have been positive. Of course, these people are my friends so maybe they're not going to be able to say "Hey, you suck, give it up already". So I need non-friend comments, but nobody but my friends reads me yet. Catch 22!!!
My knitting is fine - still adding to the "guy" blanket. I swore I wouldn't start another scarf until the room-switching and yarn organizing was done, but I'm soooo wanting to begin something new. I think I have hobby ADD. Which would explain why I have scrapbooking paper but no scrapbooks, photo boxes but no organized photos, coordinating fabrics but no quilts. I also have some cross-stitching stuff, but I did do that for years until I had to get bifocals and couldn't find a spot where I could see the pattern and the cloth at the same time plus look up at the TV. One or two were always blurry. So you can't really give me any grief about that one. OMG - in talking about this I just realized that some of the yarn in my stash is from like 20 years ago when I learned how to crochet and was going to make stuff for me and all my friends. When I also consider the fact that I kept that yarn all this time - well, maybe I need therapy. No, I don't - knitting is my therapy! :o)
Enjoy the evening!
Sarah
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Happy Pi Day!
Today is March 14th, also known as Pi Day after the number Pi - which starts out 3.1415....... and literally goes on forever. I have a hard time wrapping my mind around things that go on forever: space, time, whatever. And a number that never ends - that's just mind-boggling. But that's OK because I believe we should all have our minds boggled on a regular basis. Who knows - thinking about something so outrageous that our brains have a hard time taking it in is probably good for us on some level.
We celebrate Pi Day at school, but we had to do it yesterday since there's no school today. It was fun! Our 8th grade math teacher, JoAnn (who taught my kids and is one of the best teachers ever) made us all Pi buttons to wear. She has a program that finds your birthday in Pi and that number was on the back of the button. My birthday (month, day, year) shows up after 70,351,812 numbers. WOW! How cool is that! 6th, 7th, & 8th grade students all got a little individual pie and at the end of the day they had a pie-eating contest. There was also a contest to see who could recite the most numbers of Pi - a boy named Jonas won when he recited 120 numbers correctly. I think he got an extra pie for his pi. Sorry, I just couldn't resist.
Weather-wise today is much better - warm enough to go outside without a coat and the small amout of snow we had yesterday is gone. Here's my idea of the perfect amount of snowfall for the year: it snows on Christmas Eve (after we're home from church, visiting friends, whatever), snows through the night so that we have an absolutely gorgeous white Christmas morning, and then then sun comes out, the temperature goes up, the snow melts and doesn't come back until the next Christmas Eve. Yes, I live in Colorado - home to some of the best ski areas in the world, and those ski areas (and the entire state) depend on good snow to bring in visitors. I understand that snow is necessary to the Colorado economy. But I don't live in a ski town and we don't rely on the snow so it doesn't need to come here.
On the knitting front: In my email this morning was an offer from a company I recently ordered some yarn from (arrived last week - nice yarn). They asked me to sign up for a monthly knitting (or crochet, they send two sets of instructions) kit. These kits have the yarn and instructions for a different project each month. So, sucker that I am - I signed up. Since I only knit scarves and blankets, you're probably wondering why. Me, too, actually. But here's my justification: it's only $14/month and I can probably use the yarn for one of my own projects. If not, I have knitting friends I can give it to. Plus, I do occasionally still crochet, so I might find a crochet project that interests me. The first month's kit is half-price and I can cancel at any time. So what have I got to lose? I'll keep you posted.
Have a great Pi Day - bake a pie, eat some pie, do some math problems with pi - just enjoy the day!
Sarah
We celebrate Pi Day at school, but we had to do it yesterday since there's no school today. It was fun! Our 8th grade math teacher, JoAnn (who taught my kids and is one of the best teachers ever) made us all Pi buttons to wear. She has a program that finds your birthday in Pi and that number was on the back of the button. My birthday (month, day, year) shows up after 70,351,812 numbers. WOW! How cool is that! 6th, 7th, & 8th grade students all got a little individual pie and at the end of the day they had a pie-eating contest. There was also a contest to see who could recite the most numbers of Pi - a boy named Jonas won when he recited 120 numbers correctly. I think he got an extra pie for his pi. Sorry, I just couldn't resist.
Weather-wise today is much better - warm enough to go outside without a coat and the small amout of snow we had yesterday is gone. Here's my idea of the perfect amount of snowfall for the year: it snows on Christmas Eve (after we're home from church, visiting friends, whatever), snows through the night so that we have an absolutely gorgeous white Christmas morning, and then then sun comes out, the temperature goes up, the snow melts and doesn't come back until the next Christmas Eve. Yes, I live in Colorado - home to some of the best ski areas in the world, and those ski areas (and the entire state) depend on good snow to bring in visitors. I understand that snow is necessary to the Colorado economy. But I don't live in a ski town and we don't rely on the snow so it doesn't need to come here.
On the knitting front: In my email this morning was an offer from a company I recently ordered some yarn from (arrived last week - nice yarn). They asked me to sign up for a monthly knitting (or crochet, they send two sets of instructions) kit. These kits have the yarn and instructions for a different project each month. So, sucker that I am - I signed up. Since I only knit scarves and blankets, you're probably wondering why. Me, too, actually. But here's my justification: it's only $14/month and I can probably use the yarn for one of my own projects. If not, I have knitting friends I can give it to. Plus, I do occasionally still crochet, so I might find a crochet project that interests me. The first month's kit is half-price and I can cancel at any time. So what have I got to lose? I'll keep you posted.
Have a great Pi Day - bake a pie, eat some pie, do some math problems with pi - just enjoy the day!
Sarah
Friday, March 13, 2009
I'm Ready for Summer!
I drove to work this morning through a dusting of snow and the temperature was down close to single digits. The last couple of weeks we've been spoiled - it's been in the 60's and one day a record-high 80. So you can't really blame me for thinking winter was over. Reality check - winter doesn't officially end for another week and experience tells me we will probably have a big spring snowstorm (or two). But I want it to be summer. For a number of reasons: hot weather, end of the school year, annual girls' trip to Mexico. I'm just not a cold-weather person. I know that our area is relatively mild compared to some (I could never in a million years live in Minnesota), but the older I get the less I like anything below 60. Sunshine, at least, is not a problem - we average something like 325 days of sun a year (take that, Seattle!) but I definitely prefer the sun/heat vs. the sun/it's *&%^ cold. At heart, I'm a beach & ocean person. So of course I live in a land-locked state. :o) My dream retirement would be a small house on a beach somewhere. Whenever I mention this (in passing, retirement isn't really anywhere on the horizon), my husband just gives me the "look". The one that says "dream on, babe". Unfortunately, not only do I live in a land-locked state, I'm married to a man with a sun allergy. The first time we went to Mexico together, he broke out in horrible blisters after two hours of beach time. So he spent the rest of the week wearing a T-shirt even in the pool and sitting in the shade. Bummer. It's probably safe to say that I'm not going to get that beach house. But, hey, a girl can dream, right? This problem of his prompted the start of the aforementioned annual girls' trip. Anyway, I have about 13 weeks left until this year's trip. I could probably tell you exactly how many days it is, but I don't want to seem obsessive.
Another week of school done. One more week and Spring Break will be here. The kids are getting antsy and so is the staff. We finished our state-mandated testing this week and there was a collective sigh of relief that it's over. It's too bad the break can't start the day after testing - we'd all be happy then. No big plans for the weekend. It's my week of after-hours call for the local domestice violence center, so can't go out of town. That's OK - I'm in a "put on sweatpants and stay at home" mood anyway.
Knitting update: Still working on the "guy" blanket. Since it's been cold, it's kind of nice to be working on a blanket - it keeps me warm as I work on it. I'm itching to do another scarf, but I made a promise to myself that I wouldn't do another one until I got my bedroom project done. This project involves moving me and hubby into a different bedroom, turning another bedroom into a real guest room (as opposed to the storage room it is now!), and making my current bedroom into an office/hobby room. Why do all the moving? Right now, our bedroom is what used to be the garage - we converted it shortly after we got married and realized the two adults, four boys, and one girl just weren't going to fit in what we had. It's OK as a bedroom, but now that only one child is left at home and two "real" bedrooms are available, I want to move back into one. Plus the garage-bedroom is bigger and will be a better place for me to keep all my stuff. My hope is that I'll organize it better and be able to find things when I want them. That's my plan anyway. This is all going to happen when Spring Break gets here. Jordan owes me money so I told him he could work it off by helping me move everything around. We'll see. :o)
Enjoy the weekend!
Another week of school done. One more week and Spring Break will be here. The kids are getting antsy and so is the staff. We finished our state-mandated testing this week and there was a collective sigh of relief that it's over. It's too bad the break can't start the day after testing - we'd all be happy then. No big plans for the weekend. It's my week of after-hours call for the local domestice violence center, so can't go out of town. That's OK - I'm in a "put on sweatpants and stay at home" mood anyway.
Knitting update: Still working on the "guy" blanket. Since it's been cold, it's kind of nice to be working on a blanket - it keeps me warm as I work on it. I'm itching to do another scarf, but I made a promise to myself that I wouldn't do another one until I got my bedroom project done. This project involves moving me and hubby into a different bedroom, turning another bedroom into a real guest room (as opposed to the storage room it is now!), and making my current bedroom into an office/hobby room. Why do all the moving? Right now, our bedroom is what used to be the garage - we converted it shortly after we got married and realized the two adults, four boys, and one girl just weren't going to fit in what we had. It's OK as a bedroom, but now that only one child is left at home and two "real" bedrooms are available, I want to move back into one. Plus the garage-bedroom is bigger and will be a better place for me to keep all my stuff. My hope is that I'll organize it better and be able to find things when I want them. That's my plan anyway. This is all going to happen when Spring Break gets here. Jordan owes me money so I told him he could work it off by helping me move everything around. We'll see. :o)
Enjoy the weekend!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
TGIAF - Thank God It's Almost Frday
This week seems to have been going on for at least a month. I don't know if it's the time change, the return of my inability to sleep through the night, or what, but I am soooo glad tomorrow's Friday!
I love my children dearly, but sometimes they do things that make me think: "Is this really my child?" For instance, this morning I was drying my hair and my youngest son (and the only one left at home), Jordan, barges into the bathroom and says "I have track team dinner tonight." Since my husband had just told me "I'll be late tonight - I'm going to Business After Hours" (which also means "After we spend two hours b-s ing and eating free food, we'll probably go down to the brewery for awhile"), I smiled because I thought the two statements combined meant "We're eating somewhere else, don't bother cooking anything." Not a chance. Jordan repeated, "I have track team dinner tonight." Which, it turns out, meant he had volunteered to bring spaghetti. Of course, Jordan couldn't tell me exactly how much spaghetti I should cook or when it needed to be finished because this is his first track team dinner and he didn't get any details. (Sigh) So, the spaghetti is cooking as I write this and I suppose I should be grateful he only asked for spaghetti. My oldest son, Austin, once came to me at 9:30 at night and announced "I have to make the solar system inside a shoe box tonight." He didn't really understand why I was so upset because he thought I'd have everything he needed hanging around somewhere. I will admit, I'm a packrat so I did have a shoebox. I did not, however, have 9 styrofoam balls and planet-colored paint. Anyway, I hope Jordan gets home soon to pick up this spaghetti, otherwise it will be limp and cold and then his entire track team will think I can't cook. Oh, wait - maybe that's not a bad thing. :o)
I watched American Idol last night and felt smug when the two I felt should get kicked off actually did get kicked off. I do have a few comments about the show This new rule about being able to "save" a contestant just one time and only until they get down to five left is OK. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. The group sing and dance was OK. Can something be considered a medley of songs if it's only two? Because I only heard two different songs, "ABC" and "I Want You Back". This year has the added benefit of watching to see if Scott, the blind guy, falls off the stage. Last night, the others did a pretty good job of pushing/pulling him around, but as the number of singers decreases there's going to be more empty stage for Scott to wander around in. Please don't think I want him to fall off the stage; it's just one more reason to watch. And speaking of watching, I noticed that when Michael learned he was safe and Allison gave him a big hug, the camera went to the audience and showed Michael's wife looking like "Hey, get your hands off him!" And when Allison learned she was safe and Michael hugged her, they didn't even show his wife. I bet she wants him to move out of that mansion and into a Motel 6 until he gets kicked off. How about that mansion?? It's like American Idol meets Big Brother. I hope they show us what really goes on in there each week! Could be fun. Also, did anyone else notice Megan's face when she and Jasmine were standing together and found out that Jasmine was going home? For a split-second, she looked like she was going to scream and jump for joy, but then she remembered "Oh, crap, I'm on national TV and I need to look sad because Jasmine is leaving." Sure, we believe that. If it were me, I'd be thinking, "Hey, better you than me, sister." But that's just me. Now, let's be honest: Lil, Danny, Adam, Allison, and probably Alexis didn't really need to show up. We all knew they'd be safe and they could have stayed back at the cool mansion and played beer pong and then jumped in the pool. Finally at the end, there's Jorge and Anoop - who's done? I don't think Anoop will last much longer, but since I had picked Jorge to go I was really happy to find out I was right. So I could be smug, as I explained earlier. Now, next week will be country songs, which is good for Michael and probably Scott, but I can't wait to see and hear Adam do a song from the Grand Ole Opry. Don't get me wrong, I still love Adam, but it promises to be extra-entertaining. We'll see.
Knitting update: I'm still working on the "guy" blanket, but I've been eyeing my yarn stash and imagining different combinations, so I'll probably start a scarf pretty soon. And I did want to add something to what I said about using leftover yarn for these other things: yes, most of what I use is from my own stuff but my dear friend Judy, who's partly responsible for this knitting addiction of mine, also gives me her leftovers and sometimes more because she doesn't like having a bunch of yarn hanging around. Unlike me, I have lots - but that's a conversation we can have later. :o)
Sarah
I love my children dearly, but sometimes they do things that make me think: "Is this really my child?" For instance, this morning I was drying my hair and my youngest son (and the only one left at home), Jordan, barges into the bathroom and says "I have track team dinner tonight." Since my husband had just told me "I'll be late tonight - I'm going to Business After Hours" (which also means "After we spend two hours b-s ing and eating free food, we'll probably go down to the brewery for awhile"), I smiled because I thought the two statements combined meant "We're eating somewhere else, don't bother cooking anything." Not a chance. Jordan repeated, "I have track team dinner tonight." Which, it turns out, meant he had volunteered to bring spaghetti. Of course, Jordan couldn't tell me exactly how much spaghetti I should cook or when it needed to be finished because this is his first track team dinner and he didn't get any details. (Sigh) So, the spaghetti is cooking as I write this and I suppose I should be grateful he only asked for spaghetti. My oldest son, Austin, once came to me at 9:30 at night and announced "I have to make the solar system inside a shoe box tonight." He didn't really understand why I was so upset because he thought I'd have everything he needed hanging around somewhere. I will admit, I'm a packrat so I did have a shoebox. I did not, however, have 9 styrofoam balls and planet-colored paint. Anyway, I hope Jordan gets home soon to pick up this spaghetti, otherwise it will be limp and cold and then his entire track team will think I can't cook. Oh, wait - maybe that's not a bad thing. :o)
I watched American Idol last night and felt smug when the two I felt should get kicked off actually did get kicked off. I do have a few comments about the show This new rule about being able to "save" a contestant just one time and only until they get down to five left is OK. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. The group sing and dance was OK. Can something be considered a medley of songs if it's only two? Because I only heard two different songs, "ABC" and "I Want You Back". This year has the added benefit of watching to see if Scott, the blind guy, falls off the stage. Last night, the others did a pretty good job of pushing/pulling him around, but as the number of singers decreases there's going to be more empty stage for Scott to wander around in. Please don't think I want him to fall off the stage; it's just one more reason to watch. And speaking of watching, I noticed that when Michael learned he was safe and Allison gave him a big hug, the camera went to the audience and showed Michael's wife looking like "Hey, get your hands off him!" And when Allison learned she was safe and Michael hugged her, they didn't even show his wife. I bet she wants him to move out of that mansion and into a Motel 6 until he gets kicked off. How about that mansion?? It's like American Idol meets Big Brother. I hope they show us what really goes on in there each week! Could be fun. Also, did anyone else notice Megan's face when she and Jasmine were standing together and found out that Jasmine was going home? For a split-second, she looked like she was going to scream and jump for joy, but then she remembered "Oh, crap, I'm on national TV and I need to look sad because Jasmine is leaving." Sure, we believe that. If it were me, I'd be thinking, "Hey, better you than me, sister." But that's just me. Now, let's be honest: Lil, Danny, Adam, Allison, and probably Alexis didn't really need to show up. We all knew they'd be safe and they could have stayed back at the cool mansion and played beer pong and then jumped in the pool. Finally at the end, there's Jorge and Anoop - who's done? I don't think Anoop will last much longer, but since I had picked Jorge to go I was really happy to find out I was right. So I could be smug, as I explained earlier. Now, next week will be country songs, which is good for Michael and probably Scott, but I can't wait to see and hear Adam do a song from the Grand Ole Opry. Don't get me wrong, I still love Adam, but it promises to be extra-entertaining. We'll see.
Knitting update: I'm still working on the "guy" blanket, but I've been eyeing my yarn stash and imagining different combinations, so I'll probably start a scarf pretty soon. And I did want to add something to what I said about using leftover yarn for these other things: yes, most of what I use is from my own stuff but my dear friend Judy, who's partly responsible for this knitting addiction of mine, also gives me her leftovers and sometimes more because she doesn't like having a bunch of yarn hanging around. Unlike me, I have lots - but that's a conversation we can have later. :o)
Sarah
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
What Dreams Get Shattered Soon?
So far so good. I'm here for the third day in a row. (I'll try not to break my arm patting myself on the back!) I read on one of the blog advice postings that when you start a blog you need to post often. I think once a day should count as often, don't you?
I watched the 2-hour plus a few minutes extra of American Idol - here's what I think:
Lil, Kris, Matt, Michael, and Megan were OK. Note to Megan: do not dance again, ever.
Allison was awesome! She may be only 16 but her voice is about 35. She's kind of goofy before and after she takes the stage, but of course she is a teenager. When she gets out in the spotlight she's in her element. She may not win, but I bet somebody gives her a contract. I still don't really like the fake red hair, but the shorter style is better.
Alexis was good, I thought. Better than the judges gave her credit for anyway.
Danny was great. He can't dance either (see note to Megan) but he managed to pull it off. I can't figure out why, but it worked for him. He was good enough that I actually forgot about his dead wife.
Scott is blind, so he'll probably be around for awhile. Nobody wants to pick on a blind guy, but last night wasn't one of his better efforts. Michael Jackson songs and Scott just don't go together.
Anoop. What can I say? Other than don't ever try to be like Mike again. In his defense, I have to say that if the judges thought "Beat It" was untouchable and iconically Michael Jackson (I think those were a couple of the comments.) they never should have included it in the song choices. Thank God nobody took on "Thriller" or someone would have stroked out right there on live TV.
Jasmine and Jorge: It's time to go! The more I see of Jasmine the less I like her and Jorge just creeps me out.
And finally, Adam. I know rumors have abounded lately about his man-kissing photos and his gayness and blah, blah, blah. Here's the deal - I just don't care! He's hot and he's definitely got presence and a voice to die for. Do I like his hair and nail polish? Not particularly. I must admit I kind of like the "guyliner" around his eyes. (Don't tell my sons or I'll get way too much grief about that! ) Anyway, his was the best performance of the night and we all know he'll be around for awhile.
I'm anxiously awaiting tonight's results so I can either congratulate myself for being right, or yell at the TV because the voters are stupid. Speaking of voting - I did my part and spent 37 minutes hitting redial until I got through to Adam's number.
My plan to work on my novelty-yarn blanket didn't work out - not enough leftover yarn to do anymore just yet! Which means sometime soon I'll have to take a break from these blankets and make some more scarves so I can have leftover yarn for that blanket (this process is one of those never-ending loops). In the meantime, I have my blues, browns, greens, darker colors blanket to work on. It's made with leftovers, too, with 4 rows of a beige fiesta (light brown w/blue, green, and burgundy flecks) between the color changes. It could be for one of my boys - they'll accept knitting from me if it's not girly-looking (their phrase, not mine). This one will look great in a guy's place, so when it's done I'll find a guy for it to live with.
I guess I should explain about my knitting. I mentioned the first time that I'm no expert. I'm not even ambitious. I just like to knit. (Or purl. Or a combination of both.) But I only do scarves and blankets. Why? Because I don't want to have to follow a pattern and get frustrated when I screw whatever it is up. And I would screw it up, trust me. So I make up my own patterns for scarves and I never have to write anything down because they all consist of casting on as many stitches as I think I need for the yarn I have and then kniting until I think it's done. It works well for me. I do like to combine different types of yarn and see what happens, and sometimes I add buttons, fabric, jewelry, whatever, to them when I'm done knitting. I give them all names, too. Not names like Joe and Marsha, but names like Mountain Amethyst or Monet's River. The names seem to come into my head as I'm knitting. Don't laugh - the voices in my head could say much meaner things than scarf names. :o)
That's it for this time. I should get off the computer and find something to cook for dinner.
Enjoy the evening!
Sarah
I watched the 2-hour plus a few minutes extra of American Idol - here's what I think:
Lil, Kris, Matt, Michael, and Megan were OK. Note to Megan: do not dance again, ever.
Allison was awesome! She may be only 16 but her voice is about 35. She's kind of goofy before and after she takes the stage, but of course she is a teenager. When she gets out in the spotlight she's in her element. She may not win, but I bet somebody gives her a contract. I still don't really like the fake red hair, but the shorter style is better.
Alexis was good, I thought. Better than the judges gave her credit for anyway.
Danny was great. He can't dance either (see note to Megan) but he managed to pull it off. I can't figure out why, but it worked for him. He was good enough that I actually forgot about his dead wife.
Scott is blind, so he'll probably be around for awhile. Nobody wants to pick on a blind guy, but last night wasn't one of his better efforts. Michael Jackson songs and Scott just don't go together.
Anoop. What can I say? Other than don't ever try to be like Mike again. In his defense, I have to say that if the judges thought "Beat It" was untouchable and iconically Michael Jackson (I think those were a couple of the comments.) they never should have included it in the song choices. Thank God nobody took on "Thriller" or someone would have stroked out right there on live TV.
Jasmine and Jorge: It's time to go! The more I see of Jasmine the less I like her and Jorge just creeps me out.
And finally, Adam. I know rumors have abounded lately about his man-kissing photos and his gayness and blah, blah, blah. Here's the deal - I just don't care! He's hot and he's definitely got presence and a voice to die for. Do I like his hair and nail polish? Not particularly. I must admit I kind of like the "guyliner" around his eyes. (Don't tell my sons or I'll get way too much grief about that! ) Anyway, his was the best performance of the night and we all know he'll be around for awhile.
I'm anxiously awaiting tonight's results so I can either congratulate myself for being right, or yell at the TV because the voters are stupid. Speaking of voting - I did my part and spent 37 minutes hitting redial until I got through to Adam's number.
My plan to work on my novelty-yarn blanket didn't work out - not enough leftover yarn to do anymore just yet! Which means sometime soon I'll have to take a break from these blankets and make some more scarves so I can have leftover yarn for that blanket (this process is one of those never-ending loops). In the meantime, I have my blues, browns, greens, darker colors blanket to work on. It's made with leftovers, too, with 4 rows of a beige fiesta (light brown w/blue, green, and burgundy flecks) between the color changes. It could be for one of my boys - they'll accept knitting from me if it's not girly-looking (their phrase, not mine). This one will look great in a guy's place, so when it's done I'll find a guy for it to live with.
I guess I should explain about my knitting. I mentioned the first time that I'm no expert. I'm not even ambitious. I just like to knit. (Or purl. Or a combination of both.) But I only do scarves and blankets. Why? Because I don't want to have to follow a pattern and get frustrated when I screw whatever it is up. And I would screw it up, trust me. So I make up my own patterns for scarves and I never have to write anything down because they all consist of casting on as many stitches as I think I need for the yarn I have and then kniting until I think it's done. It works well for me. I do like to combine different types of yarn and see what happens, and sometimes I add buttons, fabric, jewelry, whatever, to them when I'm done knitting. I give them all names, too. Not names like Joe and Marsha, but names like Mountain Amethyst or Monet's River. The names seem to come into my head as I'm knitting. Don't laugh - the voices in my head could say much meaner things than scarf names. :o)
That's it for this time. I should get off the computer and find something to cook for dinner.
Enjoy the evening!
Sarah
Monday, March 9, 2009
A New Adventure
OK - here goes!
This is my very first posting to my own blog. I did some reading about blogging, starting a blog, etc., and was advised to think about my blogging goals. Hmmm, kind of hard to set goals for something totally new. I guess I just want to be able to write in small increments about all kinds of things and see what happens. The blogosphere is a whole new venue and I want to be a part of it.
I suppose I should act like I'm talking with a friend, sharing my life and thoughts. Hopefully someone will be interested! One "starting a blog" article said don't worry about what you say when you first start posting because nobody will read it anyway. This must be one of those "good news/bad news" things: The good news is that if nobody's reading I don't have to worry about sounding like a total idiot, the bad news being that I'm writing to share with others but there are no others. I guess I'll just write and hope for the best.
In this first effort, let me tell you about my family. When I talk about them later you'll know who they are. My husband is Glen: we've been married ten years, ups and downs, but we're still together so obviously there were more ups than downs. He has a degree in accounting but works as a real estate agent. Not the best field to be in these days, but we're hoping things improve soon. The accounting degree comes in handy to find out exactly how much money we're not making, I guess.
Glen and I have five children between us: two are his (boy, girl) and three are mine (all boys), but we are beyond the "yours/mine" "his/hers" labels and now just consider them "the kids".
I think I'll wait for later entries to talk about each child individually - it will give me something to talk about. :o)
Since this is called Sarah's Heartstrings and is supposed to be somewhat about knitting, let me close for today with a word about my current project. First, though, I have to be honest and tell you that I'm in no way an expert -I just like to knit. A lot. And shop for yarn - that's fun, too. I actually have about four things going, but the one I'm working on right now is a baby blanket. I'm using leftover yarn from other projects, different weights but all pastel colors. There are no shades of blue, but plenty of pink so somebody needs to get pregnant and have a girl so I can give it away when it's finished. I'm knitting on size 10 circular needles and between each color I use four rows of white yarn to separate the stripes of different colors. Some stripes are solid colors, some are varigated. It looks pretty good if I do say so myself. It's probably about halfway finished.
So that's it for my first entry - I hope someone reads and enjoys it!
This is my very first posting to my own blog. I did some reading about blogging, starting a blog, etc., and was advised to think about my blogging goals. Hmmm, kind of hard to set goals for something totally new. I guess I just want to be able to write in small increments about all kinds of things and see what happens. The blogosphere is a whole new venue and I want to be a part of it.
I suppose I should act like I'm talking with a friend, sharing my life and thoughts. Hopefully someone will be interested! One "starting a blog" article said don't worry about what you say when you first start posting because nobody will read it anyway. This must be one of those "good news/bad news" things: The good news is that if nobody's reading I don't have to worry about sounding like a total idiot, the bad news being that I'm writing to share with others but there are no others. I guess I'll just write and hope for the best.
In this first effort, let me tell you about my family. When I talk about them later you'll know who they are. My husband is Glen: we've been married ten years, ups and downs, but we're still together so obviously there were more ups than downs. He has a degree in accounting but works as a real estate agent. Not the best field to be in these days, but we're hoping things improve soon. The accounting degree comes in handy to find out exactly how much money we're not making, I guess.
Glen and I have five children between us: two are his (boy, girl) and three are mine (all boys), but we are beyond the "yours/mine" "his/hers" labels and now just consider them "the kids".
I think I'll wait for later entries to talk about each child individually - it will give me something to talk about. :o)
Since this is called Sarah's Heartstrings and is supposed to be somewhat about knitting, let me close for today with a word about my current project. First, though, I have to be honest and tell you that I'm in no way an expert -I just like to knit. A lot. And shop for yarn - that's fun, too. I actually have about four things going, but the one I'm working on right now is a baby blanket. I'm using leftover yarn from other projects, different weights but all pastel colors. There are no shades of blue, but plenty of pink so somebody needs to get pregnant and have a girl so I can give it away when it's finished. I'm knitting on size 10 circular needles and between each color I use four rows of white yarn to separate the stripes of different colors. Some stripes are solid colors, some are varigated. It looks pretty good if I do say so myself. It's probably about halfway finished.
So that's it for my first entry - I hope someone reads and enjoys it!
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