hello, lovely

I haven’t posted a to-do list in a while, so here are a few things I want to accomplish tomorrow.

• Wind up KP Gloss yarn.
• Swatch KP Gloss yarn for Sample Knitting
• Wind up some more of the O-Wool Balance
• Finish the dishes
• Take the trash out
• Decide what to make for dinner [Cheesy Enchilada Hamburger helper]
• Take & post pics of the new, nameless car
• Try to remember Jenny’s now super-late bday present

Let’s see if I actually accomplish some of this stuff.

OMG. I’m never going to get a break, it seems. I have SO MUCH to do. I know I’ll never finish it all, but here’s a to-do list…

FRIDAY
* Wish Charles a Happy Birthday!
* Get Charles’ birthday present
* Possibly get TC’s bday present
* Attend DFW Fiber Fest Fashion Show Thingy

SATURDAY
* Go to the house to give Charles belated birthday present? *lol*
* Try to find an outfit, or at least a new top or something that will work with my existing clothes, that falls under the “Sunday Best” category for next weekend, so I don’t look like a tool at the thing I don’t really know anything about.
* Get TC’s bday present, if I didn’t get it Friday
* Clean&Pack
* Take pics of the few things I can ebay & list?
* Get stuff together to donate to Goodwill or something
* Take books & cds to Half-Price Books

SUNDAY
* Do any of the stuff that didn’t get done Saturday
* Wish I didn’t have so much crap to do. lol.
* Try to relax, at least a little bit.

- Wrap presents
- Finish Stepdad’s Slippers
- Finish Megan’s Socks
- Cleeeeeean.
- Try not to go insane.
- Cleeeeeeeean.
- Do Laundry
- Actually hang laundry up.
- Fall into a sobbing mass of tears because I’ll never finish
- Stop blogging so I can finish.
- Try not to go insane.
- Cleeeeeean.
- Did I mention Cleeeeeeaning and trying not to go insane?
- Because I really need to work on those.
- Figure out what JOe & I are taking for dessert Sara Lee Deep Dish Cinnamon French Apple Pie & Vanilla Ice cream. Yum!
- Practice going to sleep early and waking up early so I don’t sleep through my alarm when I go pick up Joe. lol. That would suck.

My shows are all reruns tonight, so I’m not in the normal tv-night frenzy that I usually am. Tonight, I have many things that I can/should do, but only one that I really WANT to do. Here’s my “to do” list… let’s see how much of it I can get done tonight.

+ Wrap White Elephant giftie for tomorrow’s Christmas Party
+ Wrap/package Katy’s Christmas present
+ Wrap all the other Christmas presents {Joe’s, mom’s, Charles’, Megan’s}
+ Finish stamping Christmas cards
+ Address & stick postage stamps on Christmas cards
+ Mail out Christmas Cards [These can be mailed out Monday, at the latest, but I'm shooting for sooner than that!]
+ Get the trash ready to take out tomorrow [ie: Clean up all the boxes and bags from my Christmas shopping}
+ Watch Running Scared, Boston Legal S2D1, Boston Legal S2D2, or whatever the other 2 movies I have from my last shipment of Blockbuster online.... oh, I remember... National Treasure and Saving Grace
+ Do some laundry [can also be done over the weekend, but the more I do now, the less I have to do ... ON THE WEEKEND!]
+ Go through my yarn and find stuff to destash.
+ Wrap & get Secret Pal presents ready to mail
+ Wrap & get Sockret Pal presents ready to mail
+ Make some stitch markers to sell [sold 2 sets last night at the coffee shop where I meet my knitterly friends!].
+ KNIIIIIIIIT!

I so need to keep track of how I’m doing on Christmas presents.

Joe: already received one present, just ordered the next, hoping to have knitted gift done, but HAHAHA yeah right. [Sorry, babe. lol]
Mom: received one present the other day, already bought other present, knitted gift: complete. DONE!
C: received one present the other day; currently working on knitted gift; have a few ideas for another gift.
Megan: received one present the other day, currently working on knitted gift; have a few ideas for another gift.
G-ma: ALMOST DONE! WHEE!
G-pa: I have ideas, but nothing in my hands yet. Need to get these two finished quickly so I can mail them out!
Friends gifts: I’ve decided, as much as it pains me, to stick to the White Elephant party present. Either that, or just give really late presents. I just don’t have the cash this year!!

I also need to get my Christmas Cards done this weekend, and hopefully out next week. I need to go get some stamps, too. Maybe I’ll order the stamps online. We’ll see.

I cannot tell you how freaking happy I am that today is Friday.  It’s the weekend. It’s a Joe-less weekend (as will be all the weekends this month. *cry*), so that means I have crap to do. When I have crap to do, I post a list. Guess what this post is going to be?

- Clean kitchen

- Clean living room

- Wash dirty laundry

- Hang up clean laundry

- Clean the bathroom

- Clean the bedroom

- Break out the broom and the mop (yes, this should fall under “clean”, but I don’t like to sweep or mop, so it gets its own list entry)

- Take back the extra pillowcases I bought to go w/ the sheet set I bought a couple weeks ago

- Organize Yarn Stash; destash anything I think I can live without

- Knit on Joe’s afghan, the Everyday Tweed sweater, mom’s socks, WorkJoe’s hat, and whatever else I decide I can pick up. (Whatever Else ended up being starting a new pattern)

- Watch my Netflix DVDs (Nip/Tuck S1D3, Charmed S5D1, RV)

- Post the NaBloPoMo button on this and the knitblog sidebars.

- Vacuum

- Organize Book Shelf

- Get Stacy a birthday present

- Go to Stacy’s Birthday Dinner (Sunday @ 7pm)

- (try to) Relax. [This is where the Knitting and Netflixing come in]

- Remember to post for NaBloPoMo.

I have a bunch of crap to do the next couple of days… can’t get it done if I keep forgettign what it is I need to do..

• Laundry.
• Dishes.
• Update blogs
• Take pictures of knitting progress.
• Grocery shop
• happy dance, since Joe’s coming this weekend & he wasn’t supposed to.
• Coordinate schedule for this weekend w/ Megan

For those of you in the DFW area, MISER is playing on Saturday at Rockhouse Live. According to the website (will update later w/ links), they are going on at 11:30. I’m not sure if they’re playing with anyone.   If you’re one of my email-list friends, check your email, because I sent out a notice for anyone who wants to go.   Let me know. If you need a ride, let me know. I currently have room for 1-2 more people (1 will fit comfortably, 2 a bit more uncomfortably).

 xo.

I love my blog now, so that means I’m going to post more. The quality of posts may not be that great, but I’m posting, dammit.

I notice when I’m tired of looking at my site, I don’t want to post to it… so I don’t. Then I put up a new layout or something, and I”m all over it again. I’ve been spending the day fixing up my knitting blog… I had more stuff over there to put back, and I’m really in love with it now. It’s pink and pretty.

I’m so tired.. I should go to sleep. I did a little cleaning, but nowhere near what I need to get done. My computer desk area is less cluttered, so I guess that’s pretty good.

I’m probably going to go hit the hay now… if I go to sleep now, I can wake up earlier and maybe actually do something about this apt tomorrow today. I also need to go grocery shopping, and I almost changed out of my pjs into “leave the apartment” clothes a couple of hours ago, but why ruin the streaK? Why get out of my pjs after I’d been in ‘em all day anyway. *lol* Hmm.. I’ll post a to-do list, so maybe I’ll actually get stuff done tomorrow.

TO DO LIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006

• Write up shopping list
• Go grocery shopping
• Gather up laundry
• Do laundry
• Finish cleaning apt. (almost done!)
• Write up Knitting to-do list
• Watch Lost Souls
• Get trash ready to take out Monday morning.

Hell YEAH! I can’t wait until tomorrow. I haven’t been this excited in a long time!!!!!!!! I have lots of things to get ready today before we leave, so here’s a to-do list I can cross off and get stuff done.

- Pick Megan up.
- Drop off gumball machine & already-watched DVDs
- Shopping and dinner w/ Megan
- Charge Nikon battery
- Charge Canon batteries
- Buy a roll or two of B&W film.
- Make sure Nikon#2 has batteries
- Pack cameras (Nikon Digital, Nikon 35mm, Canon P&S) [Aside: Not sure if I’m bringing the 35mm, but if I do, I know I’ll get decent pics and will be able to get some B&W pics w/o falling in love with the color pics and having to change ‘em b&W since my dSLR doesn’t do b&W.)
- Pack phone charger
- Pack Laptop & charger (going to rip Damian’s cd so I can put it on my iPod for the drive back. hee)
- Charge iPod and update w/ new songs.
- Pack ipod charger. (dude. enough chargers? I know we’re only there a DAY, but I don’t want anything dying.. especially my phone and our entertainment)
- Listen to Damian’s new songs on his myspace (http://www.myspace.com/damiangiglio)
- Pack pjs & show outfit (that’s what we’re shopping for)
- Pack toothbrush, deodorant, makeup
- Remember Tickets.
- Find a suitable show purse, since I’ll have all those effing cameras
- Rethink taking ALL of the cameras.
- Get gas.
- *SQUEE!!!!! I’M GOING TO GO SEE DAMIAN!!!!!!!!! :)
- Print Directions.
- Add POC numbers to phone.
- Plan: Wake up at 7. Out the door by 7:30 (preferred) but no later than 8.
- *SQUEE!!!!* I’M GOIGN TO SEE DAMIAN!!!!!!!!!!! AND MY SISTER’S COMING WITH ME!!!!!!!! AND IT’S GOING TO BE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Get ready for work & go to work since, like, I have to go to work. ANd I have a meeting w/ Bossman. And I need to work, despite the fact that it’s Friday and tomorrow I get to go see DAMIAN!!!! PLAY!!!
- *HAPPY DANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!*

It’s the weekend, which means a to do list. It’s a Joe Weekend, though, and that means most of what I want to get done I have to get done in the morning or tonight when I go home.

- Clean Kitchen (I want to sweep and mop the floors, as well as get teh clean dishes out of the dishwasher and put away)
- Do Laundry (I have a load in the washer from this morning to put in the dryer, and I need to fold the load of laundry I need to take out of the dryer)
- Clean off dining table so we can eat there, if we end up eating at home. lol
- Upload pictures
- Knit!!

I desperately want to go to the yarn store sales this weekend. It’s so unfair that I’m kinda broke & don’t really need anymore yarn.