Tagged

Karyn tagged me with a fun little meme. So, here goes!!

4 jobs you have had in your life
cashier at Stop & Shop
secretary for a lawyer
co-ordinator for campus activities office
advertising traffic supervisor

4 movies you could watch over and over
Gone With The Wind
The Godfather
Sleepless in Seattle
Sense and Sensibility

4 places you have lived
my parents house
college dorm
my house
at work (at least, it felt like I lived there)

4 TV shows you love to watch
Lost
Dancing with the Stars
ER
30 Minute Meals

4 places you have been on vacation
Las Vegas
New Orleans
Puerto Rico
Caribbean cruise

4 websites you visit daily
bloglines
AOL web-mail
Yahoo web-mail
weatherchannel.com

4 of your favorite foods
Lobster Bisque (really, anything Lobster)
Lobster Club from Michael Jordans (see, I told you)
Canolli
Greek Salad

4 places you would rather be right now
anyplace WARM!!!!
Mohegan Sun
a yarn store
on a cruise

4 bloggers you are tagging
This is always the hardest part!! How about Jessalu, Ragan, Olga, and Sonya. Have fun, girls!

I won, I won!!!!

Kathy had a contest which involved identifying the title of a song by some lyrics. Well, it seems my freakish ability to remember song lyrics has finally come in handy! I won, I won. Maybe Friday the 13th isn't such a bad day for me!!

Goody Two Shoes

Take a trip with me . . . back to the '80's. Good old Adam Ant. In his immortal words:

Don't drink, don't smoke - what do you do?

I never meant to be a Goody Two Shoes, but somehow I always have been. Followed the rules. Never got detention. Never got searched by security when going into concerts. They would pat everyone down, but when I got to the head of the line, they would just say "You're okay, go ahead". I could have had ANYTHING hidden in my '80's oversized sweater! I never did though. I guess they could just tell. Heck, I'm convinced I'm the only person in the world who graduated college never having, uh, tried a puff of a certain recreational product.

I guess my subconscious must feel like it's missed out on something. I found myself totally intrigued and obsessed with a certain yarn. I hope the neighbors weren't around yesterday, when I danced with joy on my front porch because a little brown box arrived containing this!!

I hadn't even opened the box yet, and I was already feeling a contact high!! I picked it out to knit this little cutie. I'm dying to start it RIGHT AWAY, but I'm trying to hold out and finish my Socktoberfest socks first (yes, I am aware it is January!!). And I should probably knit my legwarmers and Hourglass soon, so I can actually wear them before it gets warm. It is this "responsible nature" that prevents me from losing my Good Two Shoes status.

But after those projects are finished, watch out!! Rebel knitter!!! Hemp here I come. Kind of gives a whole new meaning to the words "STASH YARN".

Jolly Green Giants

Over the weekend I managed to complete another project. I was going to do my FO post yesterday, but I got side-tracked by the memory meme. (By the way, you guys are awesome!! Your "memories" had me laughing out loud.)

So, here in all their LARGE glory, I present to you, The Jolly Green Giants.

Details here

These started out as slippers for my 6'2" brother for Christmas. I inadvertently bought worsted yarn instead of chunky, and they are quite thin, but I'll wear them in the spring. After I knit the first one and decided it wouldn't be warm enough, I put them aside until last week. I used this pattern, which is supposed to be one size fits all, but they are very big on me. Next time I will eliminate a few rows (or maybe try the pattern featured today on my Knitting Pattern A Day calendar).

My real goal was to make slippers like my Grandmother used to knit for us. I think this pattern is pretty close. Here is the last pair she made me (they have holes in the bottom, but I still can't throw them out), next to the Green Giants.

I always though she used variegated yarn, but upon close inspection I can see she knitted them with two strands held together. See, I am actually learning something - a few months ago I don't think I would have realized that!!! I like to think she would be proud.

On a completely unrelated subject (which also has nothing to do with knitting), here is what Pea brought home from work yesterday!!

Not our anniversary . . . not my birthday . . . . he just loves me! And he knows Gerbera Daisies are my favorite. Isn't he sweet?

Remember that time . . . .

I was over at Jessalu's blog today and found what could possibly be my all time favorite meme!! So I had to join in, of course. Here's how it works:

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL MEMORY OF YOU AND ME. It can be anything you want--good or bad--BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE. When you're finished, post this on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people DON'T ACTUALLY remember about you.

So come on, what's your favorite "memory" about the two of us??