#165 // 02.04.10

Good evening! No knitting has been had by me yet- I must continue to wait patiently until next Tuesday so the doc can say I can start knitting again. I have still been productive though. The embroidered book cover was finished a day or two ago:


There is kanji in the sun and cloud. Taiyo = sun, and kumo = cloud. "Fukurou" is written below the owl, "hon" is written on the spine (hon = book), and "Owari" is written on the back (owari = the end). I am very happy with how it all turned out. I wrote Japanese on it to help me practice my Japanese skillz.
Hehe, Aaron and I are listening to music while I'm writing this post, and we're talking about our favorite Led Zeppelin album. My first instinct is to say "IV". Let's face it, "Stairway To Heaven" (while it maybe overplayed, it's still pretty much perfect) is probably one of the best songs ever. "The Battle of Evermore", "Going to California", "Misty Mountain Top"- these are all awesome songs! But then Aaron said his fave album was "Houses of the Holy" and I knew he was right. "The Rain Song" "Over the Hills and Far Away" and mostly "D'yer Maker". Don't get me started on how "D'yer Maker" excites me.

One thing that is not so exciting is this sinus headache I've had all day. Blah! What's worse is that it's only 9:35 but I am ready to go to bed. Lame. Maybe I should go make a cup of tea... that will also help settle my stomac... yeah I'm falling apart can't you tell? ;P

On that note, I am going to make myself some tea. Nitenite!

Mood: Headache-y, tired, and full. (I are a full platefull of homemade nachos!) Some tea should definitely help.
Listening: Aaron has music on random so... Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, of Montreal, E.L.O., St. vincent, The Strokes. etc.
Reading: National Geographic
Thinking: As much as I want one, I really should NOT have the yummy delicious looking cinnamon roll that I bought earlier. I'm way to full, and oh, it's after 9:00pm so I'm cutoff anyways. (Did I ever mention I don't eat after 9:00pm? Yeah I do that because I end up falling asleep anywhere between 10pm - 1am and I don't want to fall asleep with a full tummy. It's just about the worst thing you can do! Icky! Mostly, I just dont' like the feeling of going to bed full. It's wierd I know. xD)

#164 // 02.01.10

One week down and one more to go until I might be able to knit again! Yay! In the mean time, I have started embroidering. I've never done it before but I found a cute pattern for a book cover in my Handmade Zakka book so I thought it would be a fun way to pass the time. The doctor said as long as I don't do anything for an extended period of time, he didn't mind me doing it. The pattern is really simple: I just cut a piece of felt slightly larger than my book, then I sew on two strips of ribbon on the backside (one about 1/4th the way from the left side and one 1/4th the way from the right), then embroider away. I freehanded an owl, two clouds, and a sun. Tomorrow I am going to add Japanese kanji to it. "taiyou" inside the sun, "kumo" in side a cloud, and "fukurou" below the owl. On the spine I'm going to add "hon" which means book, and "owari" on the back which means "the end". It should be finished in the next day or so (I'm trying to take it super easy) and I will post pictures of it. :D

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Tonight Aaron and I started playing Final Fantasy XI tonight and we got married in game! That may sound silly, but we think it's wonderful!! We have wanted to do it ever since we started playing, but it was always a very expensive venture. In one of the last game updates, they tweaked it so it was more affordable. It was cute and romantic. We're both super happy about it. Here's a picture of us in our wedding attire:



Lovely, huh?

*yawn* It's so late and Aaron put on a new Fleet Foxes song and it's lulling me to sleep hehe. So with that, I'm off!

Mood: Sleepy and trying to will this charlie horse that's creeping up in my calf to go away.
Drinking: Water/mizu/de l'eau/glorious liquid of perfection - mmm~!
Thinking: OH! So I found out that baby shampoo is an awesome way to get off eye makeup! The fancy Avon stuff I have leaves black rings around my eyes, but for whatever reason baby shampoo gets it all off and makes my eyes feel refreshed in the morning. Sounds crazy, but it really does work. Best beauty advice I've read in a long long time.
Listening: Well, we were listening to Fleet Foxes, but now it we're listening to Sufjan Stevens new album "The BQE". It's all instrumental, and it is by far his best work! It's beautiful. Yeah, it's putting me to sleep too. Nitenite!

#163 // 01.26.10

Since I haven't been able to knit, I've had more room on my lap when I'm lounging on the couch so Rinoa, my cat, has been enjoying it:


Doesn't she look so happy?

Today I went to the doctor because my wrist is getting worse. He put my wrist in a brace which I have to wear for 2 weeks, and he gave me an anti-inflamatory to make me feel better. This means absolutely no knitting in the near future. I'll be going back to see him in two weeks, so in the meantime I am going to take it SUPER easy on my wrist so I can get better. I want to knit!

On a super happy note, I picked up some new shoes tonight:


Aren't they super cute? They were $13 each!

Aaron and I are going to listen to a podcast and my DS's now! Bye!

Mood: Great
Listening: 4 Guys 1 Up podcast
Eating: waffles w/butter and honey
Drinking: Milk

#162 // 01.25.10

Good morning!! It's Monday! Is everyone prepared?! Haha, I sure wasn't. I got up early this morning so I could go feed & take care of my Sister's dog, but I ended up leaving around the same time I normally do for work. Oops! Surprisingly, even with a quick trip through the Starbucks drive thru, I got to work on time.

The reason I took so long this morning, was I recorded my first video for my Youtube account. Aaron bought me a super nice laptop for Christmas and it has a camera in it. Last year I found Michelle Phan and Bubbi on Youtube (they do makeup and hair tutorials), I have wanted to do my own. That sounds really silly and all, but I have fun with makeup and thought I would enjoy doing my own tutorials. When I get home tonight, I'll go over the video and then maybe I'll post it. I get embarrassed really easily, so I might chicken out. Haha!

This morning I found a surprising message in my inbox. It was from a gal who, a few weeks ago, asked if she could use one of my pictures for an article she was writing. She was letting me know that the articles were posted last week! Both articles were about knitting cowls- one was on Ehow.com and the other was on Examiner.com. The picture is me wearing Christabel Seneque's Thursday Cowl:



This doesn't count towards my goal for 2010, as far as getting published in a knitting publication. The Thursday cowl isn't my pattern. My goal is to get one of my own patterns published. Nonetheless, I am flattered to be asked to be included in the articles. Knittingfox.net was even linked in the second article! Yay!

Oh! Side note! Last night, my friend Eve added items to her Etsy shop: Malice Alice. Check her out!

Okee dokee, I'm off! Later!

Mood: Great, wishing it wasn't raining and wanting lunch sooner.
Listening: Nana Mizuki
Reading: Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind
Drinking: Blueberry/Raspberry juice. Mmm~!

#161 // 01.22.10

Hey everyone! Today I am going to continue working on the site, so please bare with me. Hopefully I won't run into too many problems!

#160 // 01.21.10

Can you believe it's already January 22nd?! It is incredible just how fast this first month of 2010 has flown by! I really wanted to already have posted a bunch on here... They say everything happens for a reason, and my sore wrist (due to an unhealthy overabundance of knitting ) has made it so I can't knit for a bit, and now I have time to play around with the site. While I am still no closer to finding out why/how I am using up so much bandwidth, I did cut about 1/3rd of my webspace down by resizing a ton of pictures.

Boring site stuff aside, yesterday I went through and organized all the knitting and crochet patterns I have printed out. I have been a little printing fiend at work, and because of that I had to go buy two more binders for all the new patterns. Lol! It makes me really sad to be going through all the amazing patterns and not be able to knit anything right now. Hole punching and stapling for a few hours straight wasn't a fun task for my wrist. I have had a sore wrist before, but this time it's really bad... I have a feeling I won't be able to touch my needles for a week! What am I going to do with myself? xD Guess this means more reading and video game playing will get done. Yay!

Last night we picked up Muscle March for the Wii. It's 500 Wii spacebucks, and totally worth it! You play one of four or five flamboyant body builders and you chase after a theif who has stolen your protein powder. The theif is running through walls and you use the Wiimote and nunchuck to mimic the hole so you can fit through it. Um... It is kinda hard to explain- lol! Aaron took a video of me playing it, maybe that will help. Check it out here.

Then we snapped a few "family" portraits:



Doesn't Rinoa look thrilled to be taking pictures? Lol! Any my bangs have grown out horribly and I haven't been able to get to the stylist so I'm swooping them. Not bad, I don't think.

Lately, I have been spending a lot of time blog hopping like crazy and I have come across some amazing blogs! Makes me wish I had more interesting things to say here. Compared to those blogs, mine feels mundane and uninteresting. Sure, I sort of treat this like a diary, but I would like other people to be interested. Guess this will just be something I'll work on. Watashi wa ganbarimasu!!!!

Gah! Almost time to close the store!

Mood: Ready for some company, beer, and video games. Maybe some food in there somewhere.
Listening: Yuna Ito "Let It Go"
Watching: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (surprising amazing! worth checking out if you enjoy Star Trek of any kind!)
Reading: The Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind
Wishing: My wrist wasn't sore. All I need to do is knit 3 or 4 inches of a sleeve and my cardigan is complete! *sobs* Must take it easy so my wrist gets better soon.


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