Meme Me!
I’m somewhat fried after having to watch the State of the Union address tonight with Jason for extra credit for school. Man, I avoid that at all costs normally. Now I remember why. So a meme is about all I’m up for tonight.
It has been ages since I have been tagged for [...]
Kids These Days…
Jason informed Mike tonight on the way home from the Scout meeting that he needs 10 magazines that he can cut up to take to school on Wednesday for English class. Then he added that they have to be age appropriate.
Mike told him, “Darn, then I’m not sending you with Playboy.”
Jason asked, “Huh? [...]
Voting is Still Open!
Just a reminder – it isn’t too late to vote for Mike’s wonderful Lapsang Souchong-smoked Stuffed Cornish Game Hen recipe at TeaChef.com! Pretty please?
I frogged my sock back to where I should have been doing the decreases at, carefully picked up 78 stitches, decreased down to 72 stitches, and have moved on past the [...]
Arrested for Jaywalking…
*Sigh* I turned the heel on my Jaywalkers the other day, and wrapped up the decreases this afternoon, moving on to the main body of the foot. I decreased the sole of the foot down to 38 stitches – half of the total stitches – just like I normally do.
It would have been [...]
On the Menu This Week…
As I mentioned before, I took a LOT of photos in Paris. Tons. I am still wrapping up posting day 1 on Flickr – and that was just a half day! The above statue is St. Denis. The angel comforting him adds a certain touch. Cracks me up every time [...]
Don’t Put All of Your Eggs in One Biscuit…
The Bushesque State of the Union 2006. Our children must be literized! [via Jay.]
Now I’m Curious…
How on earth does Katie Holmes go from looking rather pregnant on January 14th, to having a flat stomach on January 15th? [Via And Knitting.]
Seriously? That just doesn’t make sense at all. (Maybe this post should go under my “Abducted by Aliens” category too? *snark*)
Photoshopping is Fun!
I am finally adding photos from our first evening in Paris on our honeymoon back in June, 2004 to Flickr. I still have to post the photos I took of the doors of Notre Dame, but I’ll do those tomorrow. They may be boring to everyone else, but the door on the far [...]
Feel the Burn… (Er, the FeedBurner.)
I’m trying to convert all of my RSS feed readers over to using my FeedBurner feed. If you are reading this in Bloglines, NewsGatorOnline (my personal favorite), Google, My Yahoo! or your RSS feed reader of choice, would you mind converting? Just click here to subscribe. (I’ve included handy-dandy links on my [...]
To Knit or Not to Knit…
I cast on last Thursday for the Jaywalker socks, then took them with me for my glucose test on Friday, with me when I went to see Deb on Saturday, and I’ve picked them up and worked on them here and there since then. Today while waiting for another doctor’s appointment, I reached the [...]
Good Day.
The above photograph from our honeymoon; it is the view we had of the Pantheon every time we walked up the street in Paris to our hotel. This was from our first night in Paris, and the sun seemed to take forever to set, giving the sky the most amazing glow. It isn’t [...]
LA Face with an Oakland Bootie…
I’ve talked about him before, but he is worthy of a mention again. If you like music, especially cover songs, or just good amusing stuff in general, you MUST check out Jonathan Coulton. I highly recommend his version of Baby Got Back. I know, some people hate that song. You may [...]
A Warning.
If you ever have a 3-hour fasting glucose tolerance test and you feel all “woo woo” as you’re driving home because your blood sugar is crashing, do NOT be an idiot and run around the house doing other stuff for at least 30 minutes before you bother to eat. When you suddenly realize you’re [...]
What Should I Knit?
I just discovered the Yarn Harlot’s Olympic knitting challenge. Hmmm… I’m game. I’ll do it. But what should I knit?
I have to consider this carefully, because I will have to study during the Olympics. I will be TiVo’ing a lot of figure skating though – I can’t miss that. No [...]
Whew.
I am really glad that the semester has started. I’m enjoying all of my classes so far. I had a moment of panic yesterday at the beginning of my Chem II class, as she talked about how it will be harder than Chem I was – I started to wonder what on earth [...]
Give Some Blood, Share the Love…
This past year has been full of requests for giving. So many people around the globe need help, from the tsunami a year ago, to hurricane victims, to volcano victims, you name it.
This time, it is much, much closer to home for me. You can easily help, and it doesn’t cost [...]
I Made It!
Whew! I survived the first day. After being out of school for 5 weeks, it was rough to start off with a 6.5 hour day (not counting drive time), especially after not getting much sleep last night. I’m so exhausted tonight, and I already have homework waiting for me! Fortunately, my [...]
Back to School!
I should be asleep by now, but I’m wired. That is what always happens when I have something “big” going on the next day. If I am going on a trip, I worry that I don’t have everything packed. I end up staying up all night, worrying about the things I am [...]
The Sock-A-Month Knitalong!
I finally finished these socks back in December, but thanks to the hand issues, I didn’t get a chance to photograph them until now. (Click the photo to see it larger.) I wrote about them before because they were the socks that made me bitter. I knit the first sock, and right [...]
For Now, This is It…
Like the colors of the design here? I do. I’m all about the pink/black/white combination. I always have been, if you have noticed in any of my past designs. So for now, this one is going to stay. Hopefully the colors are easy for everyone to read. I’ll continue [...]
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Hi! I'm Christine. I've been blogging here since 2000. I am married to Mike. I have a son, Jason. We have a cat, Mona. We live in Houston, Texas.
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In addition to photography and geek things, I sometimes knit. I even used to have a knitting podcast, PointySticks.
