Things...

are really working out well at the moment!

Thursday last week: Horseback riding. Went well. The pain afterwards was just as bad as I'd anticipated but for my back it was a relief.

Saturday: Gym. Went as expected. Very unfit. Pain on Sunday was horrible (legs and breast muscles...back feeling better).

Monday: Inline skating. Didn't fall. Experienced Windmill of Death only three times. No pain any more.

Today: Gym. I expect to hurt afterwards.

Next Thursday: Riding lesson in the morning and inline skating in the evening.

I feel healthy and fit and I've lost three pounds. So something is happening!

Sadly, no knitting whilst at home but I've downloaded knitcompanion and already transferred some patterns. Now I just need to work out how to actually use the app properly.

Change of heart

A while back I decided I needed to do something about my back and yes, I'm working on that (and general flabbiness of body and mind)

A colleague of mine and me, we decided to join forces and found a great place for grown-up riders in need of a fresh-up, once or twice a week I'm now back to riding.

Tomorrow, a different colleague of mine and I are going to go to a different and smaller fitness studio.

And I have decided to stop and not buy myself a big loom, instead, I spent some of that money on a device which is being launched in stores today (hopefully mine will be with me by Tuesday) and some bucks on inline skates, protective gear and a helmet. A lot of people are already busy on the streets and after much trial and error I might be one of them!

So, yay to health and fitness...yayyyy...

To Spend or Not to...

Should I buy myself a treat and indulge in my weaving fancy? Should I spend LOTS and get a "real" loom like the Schacht Baby Wolf (and deplete my funds completely) or should I do the sensible thing and get a Flip? Sheesh, I haz easy life if these decisions are troubling me...

Early Spring Cleaning

Bought boxes from IKEA and started sorting through fabric and yarn stash. Three medium sized boxes are now filled with yarn, two big boxes harbour my fabric. All are crammed underneath my project table.

BF's snarky comment: Doesn't look any different from when you started trashing this place.

Thanks so much.

Then again, looking at it from a distance...he sadly is right.

Need to do a lot more knitting and sewing, methinks. Haven't bought fabric or yarn in five months. Yours truly, a proud destasher.

Hellooooo!

2012, can't believe how fast the days are passing by. *whooosh*

As is usual, I do have a few resolutions and yes, I'm not above it all and will tell you about the most important one:

Tomorrow I will go and get myself a health checkup and the incredibly fit person doing it will certainly tell me I need to shape up. And I am going to do just that.

My back is killing me but test results show it's nothing to do with intervertebral discs (at least not yet) but is due to a lack of tummy muscles. So I need more tummy muscles and that's the reason I've booked into a fitness center. They do offer Zumba and there's an adjoining spa so...

And then there's stash reduction and the likes *patati patata*.

End of resolutionary post.

Work, Life and So Much More...

I've been drowned in work and life and people.

Work: Success! TQM rulez!

Life: The Big Day is approaching. Rapidly. Details are already set but what to place on the menu??? And a Kindle e-reader has moved in with us. I've finally broken down and invested. Makes me happy. Makes bf a lot happier (no more books crowding "his" living-space and no more lights getting on his nerves at night...living with a guy who doesn't like to read can be slightly trying).

People: Family can be alarmingly obtrusive, be it mine or the prospective in-laws. Especially mine. And the prospectives. Can't decide.

And fluffy-puffy heffapuffles are invading all free time left...you know what I mean, I'm sure!

Ahemm...

Life has been quite meddlesome these past weeks and months.

There have been massive changes on the big scale of things but yeah! I'm alive and kicking and reallyreally pleased my career is finally taking off in a direction which is both personally and financially rewarding!

Three cheers for me sticking through!

Knitting has been sidelined, sadly, I got a few things done, but right now I can't even find the time to knit those plain socks for a good friend *lesigh*

Hiatus!

With a costuming deadline creeping up, I need to take a knitting hiatus!

See y'all in a few weeks!

Just in case...

anybody is wondering where I have gone off to...I am not at home :o)

And won't be till the beginning of March! *yay*

I took along two knitting projects, one is already finished, the second one just as good as and so I went out and bought some green yarn I hope I will not find hideous too soon and started knitting an afghan which will take AGES!

This is all.

Well...

I have been doing some knitting.

Pictures as soon as the thing is finished! (Hopefully tomorrow!)

Then I spent some money on a yarn winder and a swift and I do wish for the swift to arrive tomorrow so I can begin to wind my lovely, lovely Evilla and Wollmeise lace yarns into workable cakes!

I also started to sew my costume project (supposed to be finished by April).

Life goes swimmingly!

And when she was good...

Today, I got up early and... really cleaned the flat. All is done now except the windows.
That I will leave for my boyfriend who managed to have an appointment today. Why am I not surprised?

Still kickin'

I am still alive and now I will have time to do a little living!

Meee...

OMG, I am just SO susceptible to trends...!

I SO want an Asus Eee PC!

Deadline creeping up...

me feeling dead.

No knitting, no sewing.

No nothing but learning dreadful boring stuff...*lesigh*

Feeling weak...

First, let me wish everybody a belated Happy New Year!

Ahumm, with two major tests coming up, my knitting is rapidly dwindling to ZERO!

And I am feeling a bit drained and weak (I hope there is not an illness creeping up...)

I did knit something, a pair of socks for my sister and she loved them but I haven't got a picture.

There you are.

And now I will go to bed and think long and hard why I did not study something more fun and relaxing. *grrrr*

I should be learning...

but right now I simply cannot.

There are matters pressing such as:

A list of UFOS!!!

And without rummaging and bursting through closets and drawers and yanking out all the UFOS I can find, I will try and list all the things which I want to finish THIS year! (Yeah, I know, I know...but never relinquish hope!)

1. Grey dress (back is finished, front 1/3 finished)

2. Stripey Green Pullover (ah, 1/3 of back finished)

3. Hoodie (just sleeves and seams and I forgot to add the pocket...*lesigh*)

4. Red Deep-v (will probably change to a more moderate v-neck)

5. Deep-v Argyle Vest (I am REALLY afraid of steeking!)


And the first projects for 2008:

1. Blue Jacket (like, cast on and then cast aside...)

2. Laura Pullover (mhm,also cast on and never knit one more row)

3. Lace Shawl (haven't decided on a pattern yet but probably YH's Snowdrop)

4. Fair-Isle yoke Sweater (And if I have enough money, that means Guld!)

And More to Come...and Socks, of course, since I have SUCH A HUGE sock yarn stash...

See? Nothing that cannot keep me from cramming...*hehe*

Oh, yummy...

I love oatcakes!

They look very plain and grey and a bit suspicious...but after I heartened myself, I took a bite and, yeah glory, what a wonderful thing!!

I am ill...

and I am sick of yellow (my skin is a natural olive...well, my boyfriend who btw is pink, calls it yellow).

This much said, I have to tell you that I sometimes am prone to buying yarn/clothes whatever in colors that definitely do not suit me. And mustard-yellow on yellow skin is, well, not good.

So my plans of a mustard paralello are probably done with.

Not the pattern, that is, but the colorway.

But since I just spent a lot of money on yarn (yummy yarn, that is), I will not start discussing further purchases in the near future (this month, I think).

Upcoming projects:

1. All things Blythe (waiting for more supplies)

2. Gray dress (did I tell you, I am sometimes prone to chosing designs which are unflattering to my slightly pear-shaped body???)

3. Eunny's argyle vest which I pested her so much about (the woll arrived...one of the purchases which make further purchases a no-no...in the near future, that is)

4. Dark blue jacket (more purchased yarn...yeah, db had a major fit about all that yarn arriving at a constant stream and it took me a lot of cookies to make him feel comfortable among all the bags and boxes)

5. Ah...don't remember...university? Studies? Whuzzat?

Mission accomplished

What does that mean?

It means I bugged the hell out of poor Eunny (sorry again for that) who was busy and travelling...

I am still feeling bad (well, I did not become unfriendly, but it scares the hell out of me if things like that seemingly go wrong)because she is such a nice person and sent me a new link right away after she had proper internet working.

So here is what will become part of my daily mantra: Don´t bug people busier than thou (that is, if they are nice and not the rip-you-off-kind).

So now I have the lovely deep-v argyle vest pattern all ready and wool coming along (I do admit, I stole the idea for the colourway off ravelry...but don´t we all sometimes???)

Accomplishements of the day so far...

1. Removed the eye chips out of the sockets with the help of puchicollective's double-sided sticky tape tutorial.

2. Washed Linnéas hair (again).

3. Started the pullover's sleeves (both at the same time on one circular...will probably cure my finishitis).

4. Ate a load full of baked potatoes topped heavy with chicken-chilli sauce and will munch some kimchi my mom sent me.

5. Will smell badly of garlic for at least seven weeks.

6. Tried to buy (succesful) this and also tried to download it...unsuccessfully!

7. Immediately contacted eunnyjang.

8. Am waiting for a response...