Ding!
Moment at the Knitflix Movie Night when I laughed so hard I almost cried last night? Loud buzzing noise happens. Everyone looks around to see what it was. (I think it was feedback from an amp or speaker or something – are amps and speakers the same thing?) Out of nowhere, [...]
Don’t Tempt Me…
Julia sent me an e-mail last night about the Knitting Movie night in Austin tonight at Hill Country Weaver’s. She wrote something along the lines of “Don’t you wish you could be here?”
I wrote back and asked if her offer to come to stay in Austin any time still applied.
I’ve wanted to go to [...]
Fair Warning…
I’m really, really feeling the need to make some soap. I haven’t made in any probably a year now because I was still so burned out from back when I made it full time. I just couldn’t do it. I think the trip to Lush and B inspired me though. If [...]
I Didn’t Want To. I Really Didn’t Want To…
I didn’t want to watch “America’s Got Talent.” It looked way too cheesy. All of the commercials made me cringe. I just did not want to watch it.
When we turned on the TV tonight, it was on.
We got sucked in. All three of us are sitting here, just waiting for the [...]
It is Here! It is Here!
We had to go down to the Medical Center (annual-ish follow-up appointment for Jason’s foot, nothing major) and then dropped Mike off at his office while Jason and I went to have lunch. When we got home, we discovered that …
MY BAG IS HERE! MY BAG IS HERE! MY BAG IS HERE!!!
Finally [...]
The Good and the Bad…
I have more energy today then I have had since I returned. So much energy that I have been upstairs moving out boxes, rearranging things, and moving Jason from his old bedroom to the room that was the guest room at his request. The dust bunnies attacked though, so now that most of [...]
Me…
I felt the need to answer this survey. Don’t ask me why. Yarn & Order made me do it. She is being quite the influence today, isn’t she?
1. What time is it in Guam now? (best estimate)
Uh, like I have a clue. Let me see … it is late enough on [...]
London Yarn Shopping…
I have been remiss on posting about my London yarn shopping experiences. As Julia noted, that is is probably a pretty good sign of how lousy I was feeling.
Wednesday morning, Ann and I were both a little slow to start moving. Ok, I slept in late. Traveling to Wales and back in [...]
Isabeau Tote…
If my Mom will help me with the lining portion of the bag, I really want to make the Isabeau Tote. How cute is that? Check out Yarn & Order’s handbag from the same pattern – sweet!
Crash Landing…
When Mike left London for The Hague, he got super sick. He sounded terrible whenever he called on the phone – I could just hear how congested he was. The whole time I was in London, I was congested. I blamed it on allergies and black boogies from the Tube. You [...]
Tea and Crumpets…
When Ann and I visited Liberty yesterday, we finished our trip with a visit to the Art Bar Cafe to sit, knit and enjoy some “tea.” For us, tea involved soda and water and some toasted crumpets. They were simply delicious!
While at Liberty, I picked up some Rowan yarn – 2 skeins for [...]
The One Without Pictures…
I have much to write and photos to share, but I’m not on my laptop right now and that is where all the goodies are at. So here is a brief list of things to look forward to, also known as the list to remind me of what to write about as the sock [...]
The Ups and Downs of Being a Tourist…
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Whenever I travel, I always seem to have a meltdown day about midway through my trip. On my honeymoon, it was the day we went to see the Arc de Triomphe and I flipped out over not wanting to cross the [...]
Change of Plans…
Thanks to the Queen’s birthday celebration at St. Paul’s messing up my original plans of touring there this morning, I found even better things to do today! I went on an Original London Walks Tour of Old Westminster and learned many things that I would have otherwise never known about Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and [...]
Change of Plans…
I was going to go to St. Paul’s Cathedral today and over to Tate Modern. I’m glad I turned on the BBC before I headed out. It seems that the Queen has taken over the Cathedral to have an 80th birthday celebration. There are large crowds outside on the street. I [...]
Photo Opportunity…
Yesterday was spent seeking out the photo opportunities. I had a bit of a problem with the camera on Monday night, which was stressing me out. It decided that it wanted to take bracketed photos for me, and it was overexposing all of them by two stops at least. (That is camera [...]
I’m Here! I’m Here!
What a long, long day it has been. Actually it has been two days, merged into one. Like the never-ending day. My Dad came on Sunday afternoon to pick up Jason and take him to a Flag Day ceremony for Scouts. I finished packing, and then my Mom came to pick [...]
Trekking Around the World…
In Houston, it is just too hot to go hiking. At least you can’t really go hiking outdoors. Instead, Julia came to visit from Austin last weekend, and Katy & I met up with her. We went on a Fiber Crawl, visiting both Yarntopia and Yarns 2 Ewe. Then we went [...]
It Is All Because of TV…
I finally have figured out why I always tend to overpack whenever I go on a trip. It is all because of Gilligan’s Island. I mean, look at them – they thought that they were just going on a 3 hour tour, and look at what happened to them! Good thing some [...]
Fair Warning…
On the left, we have the London Eye. The tall building in the background is Shell Centre, where Mike will have some of his meetings next week. The building on the right is the Westminster County Hall. Where the Marriott we are staying at is located. RIGHT next to the London [...]
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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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