Not Another Knitwit tag:www.theresaives.com,2008-11-06://1 2009-05-27T02:59:06Z Movable Type Pro 4.21-en It's like remembering to ride a bike... right? tag:www.theresaives.com,2009://1.105 2009-05-27T02:46:44Z 2009-05-27T02:59:06Z Tessie
]]> Cheese Nerd tag:www.theresaives.com,2009://1.104 2009-05-07T03:22:24Z 2009-05-09T16:00:21Z Tessie zingcheesegirl on twitter to get all the latest and greatest from the Zingerman's cheese counter and deli too!  If this is just way too nerdy for you... well... tough!  Or just leave me a comment to tell me that, because I know there are lurkers! 

]]> Domesticity tag:www.theresaives.com,2009://1.103 2009-04-22T02:58:57Z 2009-04-22T03:30:03Z Tessie
P.S. - It's my Dad's birthday tomorrow!!!  Wish him a great birthday and another year of fun times!
]]> Moving and.. snowing?? tag:www.theresaives.com,2009://1.102 2009-04-06T14:19:03Z 2009-04-06T14:37:55Z Tessie
We got everything moved to the new house except for a few stragglers that I'm headed to take care of shortly.  Other then doing a once over and vacuuming at the apartment we are all moved, including a slightly unhappy kitty.  The cat is actually doing pretty well all things considered.  She stayed in the bedroom the first day, but last night as I was doing things in the kitchen and living room she started to venture out and explore her new world.  Once we get a chance to start getting boxes unpacked and furniture moved and such I think she'll settle in even more.

As for settling in, I got to sleep in my house two nights and even take a shower this morning!  After two days of fiddling and prodding the hot water heater obligingly gave up hot water for our consumption.  I'm cleaning at the apartment and then I'm going into work for a bit and then back to the house to start getting the kitchen unpacked...  With any luck I'll have enough unpacked and out of the way that there will be room for the appliances that are being delivered tomorrow.  DW and I went out and picked out a washer, dryer, stove, and dishwasher at ABC Warehouse yesterday so by the end of the week I should be able to cook and clean :) 

Off to go and muck the last of my stuff from the apartment.  Wish me luck!  
]]> Packing Boxes tag:www.theresaives.com,2009://1.101 2009-03-31T14:32:40Z 2009-03-31T14:41:17Z Tessie
]]> Closing Date!!!!! tag:www.theresaives.com,2009://1.100 2009-03-26T14:51:17Z 2009-03-26T14:59:04Z Tessie
]]> Spinning my Wheels tag:www.theresaives.com,2009://1.99 2009-03-16T20:39:07Z 2009-03-16T20:56:28Z Tessie
I went to Ikea today and it just made me more sad that we haven't closed on the house yet.  Because now I have a whole bunch of ideas and nothing to apply them too *frown*.  It was good hanging out with the girl though and I did end up getting a new toilet brush because I broke my old one cleaning too strenuously ;).  Other then that there isn't much going on in my life.  Work, sleep, and packing boxes are my only real priorities at the moment.  I need to take my bike down the street to get everything cleaned up now that it is getting warmer out and I feel the need to be out and about in the sunshine.  On that note though, I'm off to go get some laundry together and think about dinner so that when the boy gets home I can be ready.

]]> Yet another March tag:www.theresaives.com,2009://1.98 2009-03-06T05:40:34Z 2009-03-06T05:57:24Z Tessie Knitter's Almanac.  When I first got this book I was super excited but only gave it a read through before it got relegated to the bookshelf.  Upon hearing that a friend is having a baby I was looking through my stash trying to see if I had anything of appropiate baby-ness and I found a great skein of hand dyed sock yarn from Crafty Woman on Etsy.  It's full of yellows and oranges and just about the best dose of sunshine ever.  So I had this georgeus yarn and I went looking on Ravelry to see what I could find.  I saw this sweater and it just clicked.  Depending on how much yarn this eats I may have enough to make a hat to match.  I also have a pair of socks on the needles right now that were originally destined for me, but I cast on too many stitches and it is a color that isn't totally girly so these ones are going to DW who is very excited to have socks.  Hopefully I get a chance to enjoy some of the sun that we are supposed to be getting tomorrow and snap a couple of pictures of all of the things that have been coming off of the needles recently.  But, it's getting late right now and the eight o'clock bus and I have a date.  So pictures and other fun stuff will just have to wait until tomorow. 

]]> Damn.... it's winter again tag:www.theresaives.com,2009://1.97 2009-02-14T06:40:24Z 2009-02-14T07:02:11Z Tessie gahsnow


Well... Happy Valentines Day all... there is currently a light dusting on the ground and it looks like more headed behind it... I am just thankful that I don't really have to drive in it at all tomorrow.  I finished the sweater, just need to block it out now.  I'm going to try to convince DW to put on one of the kilts and model outside for me tomorrow if it isn't bucketing snow.  The new issue of Spindlicity is out and it is making my fingers itch for my spinning..  My dad still has my bobbin so there is currently no spinning going on, which is probably just as well since I have no time right now what with work and house buying and such.  But that really just makes me want it more because it is very calming for me and all the stuff going on right now are things that generally raise my stress level, not calm it down.  Oh well....
]]> A Glimpse of Spring tag:www.theresaives.com,2009://1.96 2009-02-12T18:50:23Z 2009-02-12T19:00:49Z Tessie really have to pay attention to.  But I am hopeful because Tuesday I have the day off and not much on my plate except for yoga that night, so I am hoping that it will be nice and quiet and the cat and I can have a finished sweater for DW by the time its time to go to yoga.  I am a little nervous about setting in the sleeves, but I am going to try to have the same attitude that I did when I started to knit.  I am just going to jump in with both feet, and use the resources that I have if I need them.  Other then that though, I have a hat that just needs a button and another hat that just needs the crown of the hat to be knit...  and I have the Fetching that I am working up for Ash that only need to be bound off at the top and have a thumb knit.  I was supposed to have these done months ago but they just kind of fell off of my radar.  I am hoping that as I am packing things into boxes I can finish a couple of these projects that are sooo close so that they can go to their recipients and be off my needles and out of my worry...   I hope that everyone had a chance to enjoy the warm weather as it passed through the country, it's back to cold and windy winter as usual.. boo!
]]> Stuck tag:www.theresaives.com,2009://1.95 2009-02-08T04:28:01Z 2009-02-08T06:05:55Z Tessie
We are still waiting on some things in the process of buying the house..  I've been driving by everytime I have to go do something on that side of town, just to pinch myself and make sure that it's still there...  As I am doing laundry and finding yarn I am starting the process of packing up a household.  I am also de-stashing my life, both yarn related and not.  There is a box with table service for 4 that I am taking to my parent's house tomorrow and passing along to my brother.  And there are 10 or so (read, half of what I own) that I just don't have a use for, I don't have any use here, which means I really won't have a use for them at the new house...  The eventual goal is to not take anything that is not dear or essential into the new house.  I have lived for the last 5 years collecting things for "when I have a real house" and now that day is here and I'm realizing that I have 5 years worth of mostly useless things... it's kind of depressing but also very liberating at the same time...

Ok... I have definalty babbled tonight and I'm headed for my bed... updates and pictures of finished things to come.  
]]> House! tag:www.theresaives.com,2009://1.94 2009-01-26T17:02:46Z 2009-01-26T17:08:16Z Tessie

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]]> Simple Request tag:www.theresaives.com,2009://1.93 2009-01-23T05:05:46Z 2009-01-23T05:08:42Z Dear Universe, Please make my phone ring because I just can't stand the waiting.. You dropped the perfect house in my lap and even got the seller to accept my offer, and now you are holding it hostage because I... Tessie
Please make my phone ring because I just can't stand the waiting.. You dropped the perfect house in my lap and even got the seller to accept my offer, and now you are holding it hostage because I don't know if the mortgage is a go. This is just unacceptable. Continue this crazy week with the good news that we have started it with and stop yanking my chain, I'm just not built to deal with this suspense. Thanks for your cooperation,

TIW
]]> Please turn up the heat Mother Nature! tag:www.theresaives.com,2009://1.92 2009-01-15T05:49:20Z 2009-01-15T05:59:06Z Tessie Saint Brenda ;)  "If you're cold, put on a sweater.  It's what they're for!"

]]> Ahhh Vacation tag:www.theresaives.com,2009://1.91 2009-01-12T16:35:00Z 2009-01-12T16:49:52Z In a rare twist of fate I had three days off in a row (understanding that the last time that this happened I had to request it off and it was for my honeymoon) and so DW and I decided... Tessie
Speaking of out of my bag, the one bad thing that has been nagging at me the entire time I was gone was that I did not have my wallet with me.  In fact I hadn't seen my wallet since last Monday night when I got off the bus.  I was pretty convinced that it had fallen out of my purse without my notice somewhere on the bus that night, but the bus company didn't have it for the next couple of days as I checked back with them every day until I left.  Apparently on Friday someone finally turned it in to their lost and found center so I get to leave a bit early to go to work today and go pick that up.  Yay!  I had mostly resigned myself to the fact that I was going to have to start the process of replacing the things that were in there (luckily not much in the way of monetary value) which wasn't a big deal but annoying.  Speaking of leaving early it looks like it's that time to get off my couch and do a few things before I have to leave.  

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