Our stuff might be arriving on Friday! It's on a truck making its way from Maryland right now. The driver will call to confirm his actual arrival time. It could get delayed to Saturday. But it will be here in a few days! Yay!
Mike is supposed to get home Friday night but he's going to try to come home sooner. So, I may be taking the delivery myself, but that's okay. I'd rather do that than delay the delivery any longer. Besides, it's not too hard to accept the delivery. The movers bring everything up from the truck. Then they unpack all the boxes and put all the furniture together for you, and take all the empty boxes and packing materials with them so you don't have to worry about throwing out all that crap yourself. I just need to find a place to stash the cats for a couple hours while the movers are here. I guess the bathroom will be okay for them.
Now I'll spend the next two days arranging the stuff we currently have, trying to figure out where all the new stuff will go.
09 August 2006
08 August 2006
Mike's in the paper!
The Salt Lake Tribune
His agency frowns on being photographed, but he says someone from ICE called the press to publicize the arrests. They don't mention Mike's agency, only "federal agents wearing black vests and driving unmarked vehicles."
Mike's wearing his cool Israeli military shirt.
The Salt Lake Tribune
His agency frowns on being photographed, but he says someone from ICE called the press to publicize the arrests. They don't mention Mike's agency, only "federal agents wearing black vests and driving unmarked vehicles."
Mike's wearing his cool Israeli military shirt.
07 August 2006
Movies and Whatnot
We had two days, and then Mike was gone again. We spent our time together doing very little. On Friday night we saw Little Miss Sunshine, which was very good. Every good review you've read or heard is right. It's funny and silly without going too far into ridiculousness. It's serious and dramatic without being melodramatic. We loved it.
On Saturday we decided to take a long walk in San Francisco. We first went to a Belgian cafe and filled up on frits and mayo, then started walking along Haight. We didn't go all the way to the famous Haight/Ashbury intersection. We've seen it before and are still disappointed that there's a GAP on the corner. We came across a sign that said Buena Vista Park and walked up this gigantic staircase, that led to more stairs in the park, and eventually we found the buena vista. It was a nice, long walk.
We were exhausted when we got home on Saturday afternoon, and spent the rest of the day lounging around. We turned on the TV, suddenly remembering that we get HBO and some other movie channels. We ended up soaking up all the movie goodness with Animal House, Monster, and The Aristocrats. We hadn't seen Monster before; it was good, but depressing. Animal House and The Aristocrats were, of course, as hilarious as ever.
Mike left Sunday morning. I went to farmers' market. I did some housework. Then I sat around being bored for a while. Eventually I made a super-tasty dinner and went to bed early to read.
On Saturday we decided to take a long walk in San Francisco. We first went to a Belgian cafe and filled up on frits and mayo, then started walking along Haight. We didn't go all the way to the famous Haight/Ashbury intersection. We've seen it before and are still disappointed that there's a GAP on the corner. We came across a sign that said Buena Vista Park and walked up this gigantic staircase, that led to more stairs in the park, and eventually we found the buena vista. It was a nice, long walk.
We were exhausted when we got home on Saturday afternoon, and spent the rest of the day lounging around. We turned on the TV, suddenly remembering that we get HBO and some other movie channels. We ended up soaking up all the movie goodness with Animal House, Monster, and The Aristocrats. We hadn't seen Monster before; it was good, but depressing. Animal House and The Aristocrats were, of course, as hilarious as ever.
Mike left Sunday morning. I went to farmers' market. I did some housework. Then I sat around being bored for a while. Eventually I made a super-tasty dinner and went to bed early to read.
03 August 2006
All Knit Up
I'm having a knitting issue. I don't want to call it a problem, because the fabric looks nice, but I'm not quite sure how I'm achieving it. I'm going to post over in Stitchers' Guild, but I wanted to collect my thoughts here first.
I've been working on a scarf. It's my second knitting project ever. When I first got started, I picked up my warm-up piece to get back into practice and I just did what felt natural. After a few rows I was confident I had my knit back (I haven't knit since Christmas time), so I cast on some pretty yarn and knit away. Three skeins and about 50 inches later, I decided to take an evening off and rest my hands. I picked up Confessions of Knitting Heretic and became intrigued by the combination knitting style. I studied the photos of western knitting, and my stiches didn't quite look like that. I looked at the eastern knitting illustrations, and mine didn't quite look like that either. Wow, I must somehow be doing combination knitting! Nope. My stitches don't look exactly like that. So, what am I doing? My fabric looks (to my untrained eye) like it's been knit into the garter stitch. But my technique doesn't match anything in any of my books--the books I originally used to teach myself. I've taken a couple photos. I really don't know how to explain what I'm doing. I'm hoping a knitter who knows what she's doing can look at them and figure me out.
I'm not too concerned. I'm going to finish the scarf in the same manner I've been doing it. Why change now? It's almost done and I like the way it looks. Then I'll go back to my books and work on my purling for my next project.
I've been working on a scarf. It's my second knitting project ever. When I first got started, I picked up my warm-up piece to get back into practice and I just did what felt natural. After a few rows I was confident I had my knit back (I haven't knit since Christmas time), so I cast on some pretty yarn and knit away. Three skeins and about 50 inches later, I decided to take an evening off and rest my hands. I picked up Confessions of Knitting Heretic and became intrigued by the combination knitting style. I studied the photos of western knitting, and my stiches didn't quite look like that. I looked at the eastern knitting illustrations, and mine didn't quite look like that either. Wow, I must somehow be doing combination knitting! Nope. My stitches don't look exactly like that. So, what am I doing? My fabric looks (to my untrained eye) like it's been knit into the garter stitch. But my technique doesn't match anything in any of my books--the books I originally used to teach myself. I've taken a couple photos. I really don't know how to explain what I'm doing. I'm hoping a knitter who knows what she's doing can look at them and figure me out.
I'm not too concerned. I'm going to finish the scarf in the same manner I've been doing it. Why change now? It's almost done and I like the way it looks. Then I'll go back to my books and work on my purling for my next project.
I just felt an earthquake
We live in a shaky building. Whenever a big truck drives by, or someone moves some furniture, or a kid sneezes, our apartment wiggles a little. After a couple days I stopped my hourly check-ups of the USGS Earthquake Map, assured that the wobbles were not earthquake related. (I'm back in California! Yay earthquake paranoia!)
But just a few minutes ago I was knitting and watching House, and the wind came up. The place started wobbling like crazy. At first I was like, wow, strong breeze, but the moving lasted longer than it should have and was much stronger than the previous wiggles and wobbles. As I was bringing up the USGS Earthquake Map, the local news broke in to House to announce a quake happening in Sonoma County. Go to the map, and look at the big square just under Santa Rosa. That's what I felt. (We live by the dot left of Concord. I guess at least one of the minor wobbles last week was a tiny quake.)
I'm fine. The cats are fine. I think Grendel slept through it. Nothing happened in the house. I've been wondering how sound this building is, though, considering how much it shakes on a regular basis, when there aren't earthquakes happening. At least we're on the top floor, so if the big one does happen to hit while we're home, we won't be crushed.
But just a few minutes ago I was knitting and watching House, and the wind came up. The place started wobbling like crazy. At first I was like, wow, strong breeze, but the moving lasted longer than it should have and was much stronger than the previous wiggles and wobbles. As I was bringing up the USGS Earthquake Map, the local news broke in to House to announce a quake happening in Sonoma County. Go to the map, and look at the big square just under Santa Rosa. That's what I felt. (We live by the dot left of Concord. I guess at least one of the minor wobbles last week was a tiny quake.)
I'm fine. The cats are fine. I think Grendel slept through it. Nothing happened in the house. I've been wondering how sound this building is, though, considering how much it shakes on a regular basis, when there aren't earthquakes happening. At least we're on the top floor, so if the big one does happen to hit while we're home, we won't be crushed.
02 August 2006
Thoughts on the morning news
I think Mel Gibson needs to make a guest appearance on Curb Your Enthusiasm, and then all will be forgiven and forgotten. Not that I even care about him and the poor excuse for news that's currently surrounding him (very little news time spent on Iraq or Israel and the rest of the Middle East this morning, even though a lot went down last night), but he must be looking for ways to reverse his image. Mel, take it under serious consideration. Curb Your Enthusiasm is the way to go.
Steven Colbert. At first I didn't watch his show much, but he's growing on me. I officially considered myself a fan after last week's battle with "real" news, in which The Today Show, Good Morning America, and a few other news outlets ran stories about how he humiliates his guests and why does anyone even go on the show knowing it could be a career killer. Steven made a great point when he intereviewed a Congressman who supports a bill to require the 10 Commandments to be hung in the Senate and the House and Steven asked him to name the 10 Commandments and the Congressman couldn't name them. I think that should be news! Steven shouldn't be chided for that! Why is it wrong to expect our Congresspeople to have understanding and knowledge of the bills they are supporting for us? How come "real" reporters can't ask those questions? I am so sick of the fluff that makes up so much of each news broadcast. There's a difference between human interest and crap and mainstream news continuously blurrs that line.
I don't know what's gotten into me, except I just watched Matt Lauer interview Nicholas Cage, and I am very annoyed.
Steven Colbert. At first I didn't watch his show much, but he's growing on me. I officially considered myself a fan after last week's battle with "real" news, in which The Today Show, Good Morning America, and a few other news outlets ran stories about how he humiliates his guests and why does anyone even go on the show knowing it could be a career killer. Steven made a great point when he intereviewed a Congressman who supports a bill to require the 10 Commandments to be hung in the Senate and the House and Steven asked him to name the 10 Commandments and the Congressman couldn't name them. I think that should be news! Steven shouldn't be chided for that! Why is it wrong to expect our Congresspeople to have understanding and knowledge of the bills they are supporting for us? How come "real" reporters can't ask those questions? I am so sick of the fluff that makes up so much of each news broadcast. There's a difference between human interest and crap and mainstream news continuously blurrs that line.
I don't know what's gotten into me, except I just watched Matt Lauer interview Nicholas Cage, and I am very annoyed.
01 August 2006
Brrr...
Dare I say it? It's chilly here! I know the rest of the country is still gripped in a heatwave, but we have cooled off big time. Just a few days ago we were so happy it was cool enough to open the windows at night. Now we are getting up and closing them in the middle of the night because it's too chilly. It was about 50 when I woke up this morning at 5:00. The days have been clear, sunny, and mild. We are having lovely East Coast-like September weather.
Last night, in Mike's absence, I picked up my knitting needles. My sewing area isn't set up yet, but knitting I can do from the couch. I haven't done any knitting since last winter, around Christmas time. But in March, I think, we went down to Charlottesville to visit Mike's photography professor from college and I admired some sweaters in her studio that she had knit. A couple weeks after our visit, I was surprised by a huge box of yarn, needles, and pattern books in the mail. She had sent me leftovers. Skeins of beautiful yarns that she didn't have enough of for sweaters but knew I could use for my new-knitter hats and scarves. A collection of needles of all different sizes. And some how-to books pattern books with some lovely sweaters and other projects to inspire me to work up to something big some day. Since I received that great box, though, I haven't done anything with any of the yarn. I finally got around to it. I picked up a green slubby wool and some large needles and started on a chunky scarf.
It must be the chill in the air, but I'm ready to think about fall sewing projects. I've been collecting photos of what I'd like to work on. And some fabrics, too. I suppose I could take over the dining room table if I really want to start sewing, but I'll probably wait until I can set up my sewing room(/office/guest room).
Last night, in Mike's absence, I picked up my knitting needles. My sewing area isn't set up yet, but knitting I can do from the couch. I haven't done any knitting since last winter, around Christmas time. But in March, I think, we went down to Charlottesville to visit Mike's photography professor from college and I admired some sweaters in her studio that she had knit. A couple weeks after our visit, I was surprised by a huge box of yarn, needles, and pattern books in the mail. She had sent me leftovers. Skeins of beautiful yarns that she didn't have enough of for sweaters but knew I could use for my new-knitter hats and scarves. A collection of needles of all different sizes. And some how-to books pattern books with some lovely sweaters and other projects to inspire me to work up to something big some day. Since I received that great box, though, I haven't done anything with any of the yarn. I finally got around to it. I picked up a green slubby wool and some large needles and started on a chunky scarf.
It must be the chill in the air, but I'm ready to think about fall sewing projects. I've been collecting photos of what I'd like to work on. And some fabrics, too. I suppose I could take over the dining room table if I really want to start sewing, but I'll probably wait until I can set up my sewing room(/office/guest room).
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