I almost always think that the latest pair of socks I make is my favorite. And I do, certainly, have favorites. Last year’s Lizzie is definitely a fave, and the Popsicle socks I completed recently.
And these, which I finished maybe three (?) weeks ago but forgot to blog about – Hearts Afire, by a designer on Ravelry. Perhaps I should have chosen a more solid yarn, but I love the yarn, I love the pattern, I have no complaints.
The yarn is Araucania Ranco Multy. I love this yarn, with its rustic feeling and nice colors. I have a couple more skeins (maybe four?) in my stash, which is great! The stitch definition is nice and I just like it in general.
The pattern is well written and very pretty. It is written toe-up and I prefer top-down so I changed the pattern in that way and added two pattern repeats down the heel. If it weren’t for such a well-written pattern I would not have been able to figure it out. So, props!
The weather has been iffy here lately – warm one day, cold the next, and it hailed yesterday! It’s been pretty chilly at night but I heard it’s supposed to get warmer… which I hate. But I have central air now, so this summer should be quite pleasant!
We had Easter at my house this year, and that marked the first social event I have had since I moved in. (I think my friends were over when I first bought the place, but I remember a distinct lack of furniture… so that didn’t count.) Basically I was forced into major cleaning mode, and that kind of boiled down to shoving things in closets and a major clean-up… which ultimately resulted in a clean and fairly organized house!
I don’t know what to think about that!
So, various and assorted things are coming up that I am looking forward to – this weekend a bead show in Oakland, my friend Julie is coming to visit from Biloxi at the end of the month, and the Maker’s Faire is in about a month. I also have some irritating real-life things to take care of, like the broken toilet and taking my car in for scheduled maintenance. I also had to pay taxes this year, and that really pissed me off. Not to mention, I still have dental work to complete! yaargh.
Basically I should be more solvent by the end of the third fiscal quarter 2009. *sigh*
Here is a meme for your reading/stealing pleasure:
1. What is your current obsession? Having/not having money. And turnips on Animal Crossing. (Who has Animal Crossing for the Wii? Let’s be friends! So I can steal your fruit!)
2. What’s a good coffee place? My kitchen. I brew coffee just the way I like it – strong enough to knock your socks off, then doctor it up into delicious honey latte territory. I used to be big into Starbucks, but have totally lost interest; it’s not strong enough for me.
3. Who was the last person that you hugged? My grandma at Easter, I think.
4. Do you nap a lot? I nap whenever I get the chance. I napped yesterday afternoon (knocked out by a combination of a headache, overall tiredness, and a tetnus shot), but as a result was awake until almost 1 a.m. Napping is best done on the weekends.
5. Tonight, what’s for dinner? Some form of macaroni and cheese, and probably chicken. Maybe a vegetable. (maybe.)
6. What was the last thing that you bought? I bought a bunch of books on Tuesday, but today I bought a ham/cheese/egg/english muffin at the downstairs bistro, because I was in need of protein.
7. What is your favorite weather? I hate most weather. I love rainy weather – the type where you stay inside and listen to the rain and are cozy inside. Thunderstorms – love ’em. But I hate being cold, being hot, being neither hot nor cold… I am not easy to please. Probably 74 degrees and no humidity would be perfect weather for me.
8. Tell us something about one blogger who you think will play this week? What?
9. If you were given a free house that was fully furnished, where in the world would you like it to be? Either San Antonio, TX or Boston, Mass.
10. Name three things that you could not live without. My glasses, my (quality of life changing birth control) pills, and comfortable shoes.
11. What would you like in your hands right now? My pillow which means I could be at home and sleeeeeeping.
12. What’s one of your guilty pleasures? I like Mandy Moore.
13. What would you change or eliminate about yourself? I wish I had more (any) patience.
14. As a child, what type of career did you want? I still don’t know. In high school I wanted to be a geologist, but once I started down that path in college I realized I didn’t really like science. I APPRECIATE science, but not enough to do it as a career.
15. What are you missing right now? Money.
16. What are you currently reading? Liberty & Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto by Mark Levin.
17. What do you fear the most? I really kinda worry that our country is headed towards socialism.
18. What’s the best movie that you’ve seen recently? Death Race.
19. What’s your favorite book from the past year? From the past year? I don’t know if I can choose. I really enjoyed the last two Jim Butcher books (the latest from each of his two series), and am currently HIGHLY enjoying Pride and Prejudice and Zombies!
20. Is there a comfort food from your childhood that you still enjoy? Sure, meatloaf or whatever. I like food.
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I finished a pair of socks for my sister last night and I started a pair of socks for me out of the new Cookie A book. So, at least I will have blog fodder later in the week. Or next week. Or whenever.
