hello, lovely

Gah… weekend, you know what that means.

Saturday

• * See Pirates of the Caribbean
• * Go to Woolie Ewe & get needles for Mystery Stole
• * Go to Hobby Lobby or JoAnn’s … but I don’t remember why, so I might skip this.
• * Go grocery shopping.

Sunday

• * LAUNDRY. GAH.

Saturday OR Sunday

• * Knitknitknitknitknit. Hopefully finish Chart 1 of the Mystery Stole KAL & finish the cuff of Jaywalker #1.
• * Do dishes/clean kitchen.
• * Upload the rest of TC’s house pics.
• * Watch QAF, Final Season, Disc 4, Brokeback Mountain, Failure to Launch, and The Blue Collar Comedy Tour (whatever the 3rd one’s called).

Yay. A to-do list!

Things I want to Accomplish Today, that May or May Not Happen

• Finish Cuff on Sock #1 of my Crusoe pair of socks (I’m halfway through the heel flap!
• Cast on for Co-Worker Baby Blanket
• Laundry, since I didn’t do any yesterday or Friday
• Unpack (want to finish, but I’d be happy to get a couple more boxes unpacked & the table cleaned off) *in progress*
• Vacuum
• Watch my Netflix movies (Shopgirl, QAF, Final Season, Disc 2)
• Work on site for Damian. I’m so uninspired.
• Upgrade WP. Maybe find a new layout thingy.
• Make dinner. I’m cooking today! I’m cooking today!
• Look for recipes (online or in my cookbooks), so I don’t have to have plain, boring food.

Yeah, we’ll leave it at that. Now let’s see how much of this I’ll actually do.

Want a good diet?
Spend 3-4 hrs a night cleaning & packing and having not much else but water. lol. Well, I”m imagining it works like a charm, but I haven’t weighed myself as the scale has already been packed.

I think it’s weird that I can sit up all night on Friday nights, but other nights it’s like my body KNOWS it’s a work night, and I have to go to sleep early.

Here’s what I have left to do, by tomorrow:
- Finish packing up kitchen (dishes, really. I’m almost done)
- Get crap out of closet (most everything left in the closet is just stuff I’m throwing away, so I just need to put it in bags, or take bags out)
- Get loose stuff off computer desk & throw it out or pack it. (not that much. most of it’s throw-away)
- Pack up electronics (dvd/vcr… printer… I think that’s it)
- Make a list of stuff to get at the store
- Notify PO of change of address (yes, i’m slow. I need to get ‘em to hold my mail while I’m gone, too. haha)
- Make a list of places I need to get my address changed on (work, bank, credit cards, Netflix, magazines, etc.)
- Get phone changed over (Can prolly wait until I get back from CA. Have the cell phone anyway)
- Find out if DSL will switch over. If not, figure out what to do for internet. (Can probably wait until I get back from CA, since I’m only going to be in the new place a week, anyway.)
- Get AddyChange cards to send to ppl? or just email everyone (if you want in on it & aren’t normal friends/family, but I know you and you want me to have your info anyway, comment or email me your address)
- add more to this list as I think of it.

Ok, that was a long enough break.

ABBA rules!

Okay, I kind of have a full weekend to-do list, but yeah.. I didn’t decide I need to do all of this until like, last night. lol… so we’ll see how much I actually accomplish.

- Laundry (at least 1 load, preferrably two)
- Clean out fridge
- Dishes
- clean out freezer
- make tacos! (dinner)
- eat Carrabba’s leftovers (lunch! chicken parmesan & chocolate dream)
- work on knitting projects (Current obsessions: April’s baby blanket, Lady Eleanor)
- Post TC’s pics.
- Upload & post -my- pics
- get ink for printer (out of magenta)
- clean up computer area
- watch Walk the Line (EEE! I love this movie.)
- Figure out how to pick up the gusset stitches while working w/ 2 circs.

yeah.. i’m so not getting any of this done. *lol*

Well, the lady finally, FINALLY called me back. Apparently the original person we were dealing with had held the place for us anyway with the understanding that I’d go back that evening. It didn’t work out that way thanks to transportation issues & my cube like, exploding with work while I was gone to lunch.

I took in my application & the hold check after work yesterday, thanks to TC dropping me off on her way (sort of-ish) to get Alex. Now we’re just waiting on Joe, who’s been super busy w/ work meetings and interviews and all kinds of other crap, to get his application faxed in to them.

I SOOOOOOOOO want this freaking apartment. SOOOOO so so so so so SOOOOOOOOO bad.

I haven’t had a weekend To-Do list in a while, so let’s post one.

To-Do List for 3/25-3/26
+ Laundry. MUST!!
+ Grocery shopping (MUST!!)
+ Possibly go to JoAnn’s, or do an online order for some Secret Pal goodies (in-store better, I have my 40% off coupon to use)
+ Search for PodSafe Music
+ Record & post Episode 2 of my Podcast. (It’s about Knitting. I say “Um” a lot, and I yawn in the first episode. I think I know how to edit it now, but I’ll leave it there for posterity.)
+ Driving Lessons (Probably on Sunday)
+ Clean out the Fridge
+ Start going through all my JUNK and tossing or packing, or at least organizing.
+ Go through other bins of Yarn Stash for things to sell or knit.
+ Finish at least 1 Knitting Project this weekend
+ Watch Netflix movies (1 more to go - Domino).
+ Sleep
+ Go to bank & have them switch to the new free checking stuff.

I usually don’t make NY resolutions, but I have a lot of things I want to work on this year. Below is my list of resolutions.

+ to lose weight (Goal: 20lbs by 3/17/06)
+ To take more pictures.
+ to knit a sweater for myself, along with all of my other knitting goals
+ To keep my apartment clean
+ To Stick to a budget.
+ Start a weightloss blog
+ Redo KP.
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I leave for my trip today, so this place will be pretty quiet for the next week and a half. I hope you all have a safe & Happy New Year!

Dude. I am so boring. All I ever do lately is post memes and to-do lists. lol. I apologize. Maybe my life’ll be more interesting some other day.

TO DO LIST
+ Watch all my Netflix/Blockbuster movies (Freaks & Geeks, D3; Newlyweds S2D1; Skeleton Key; Slap Her–She’s French)
+ Eye Doc Appt at 10:30 on Saturday (this will definitely get crossed off. lol)
+ Buy/Order new glasses.
+ Look for new “winter” coat; possibly scarf/hat/gloves; new socks; and pj pants (Got the socks & pj pants; scarf came with a sweater I bought; didn’t find a coat I liked/wanted to spend $60-$80 on)
+ Grocery Shopping
+ FINISH DIAMOND FANTASY SHAWL
+ Finish Gabby’s Sweater **in progress**
+ Knit On Joe’s Present [goal: get to next color change] **in progress**
+ Laundry
+ study driver’s handbook thingy

There you go - I know the movies will get watched. I know I’ll knit, but will I accomplish the knitting goals? We’ll see. I also know that I’m going to the eye doc.

It’s the Weekend, so you know what that means…
it’s time for another to-do list!

.::. Finish at least one more Christmas Present
.::. Get into another color section on Joe’s present (maybe TWO color sections, if I’m feeling like a machine)
.::. Watch Party of Five, Season 1, Disc 1, Can’t Buy Me Love (if I receive the replacement copy. the first one I got had a wedge broken out of it), Freaks & Geeks, Season 1, Disc 3, Overnight Delivery, After the Sunset and Gay Purr-ee (the feline side of 101 Dalmations, I guess).
.::. Do a load of laundry
.::. Maybe (very doubtful maybe, but I”ll put it on here anyway) clean out the closet.
.::. Online Grocery Shop
.::. Baking? Maybe. I need to look through my new Martha Stewart baking handbook thingy that I got.
.::. Finish Two for the Dough (Yes! I’ve knitted on so many things I actually have time to READ now!! I finished 2nd Chance by James Patterson & someone else last night!)
.::. Organize my bookshelf
.::. List already read books on ebay or amazon or half.com or put in a pile to take to halfprice books. If anybody’s interested, maybe I’ll post the list here & you can shop my bookshelf. Maybe I’ll BookCross ‘em. Who knows.
.::. KNIIIIT!
.::. Just Generally Be Lazy (which is not really evidenced by this list, but it’s a pretty low-stress list for the most part, and a lot of it doesn’t really need to happen. lol)

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I just bought my mom’s Christmas Present… so she’s taken care of. I received Joe’s Christmas present this morning (it’s so nice, too!! i’m a good [insert item here] picker! i hope he likes it). I should receive Charles’ present no later than next Thursday, and mom’s should be here around then too. Now I just need to wait for what to get Megan. She was instructed to email me a bunch of clothes links and things that she might want so I have an idea of waht to get her that isn’t a gift card, so I’ll get to buy her present & then I will be all set for Christmas, with the exception of the knitted items that I’m making my way through.

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Christmas cards! I already sent out a bunch (basically, if you were in my address book, you should have received a card or will be receiving it soon!), but if you want one, leave a comment with a valid email address so I can reply or email me (hello DOT lovely AT gmail DOT com) w/ the subject “SEND ME A CHRISTMAS CARD!!” and your address, and I will send you a Christmas card. I have leftover cards from last year still & some leftovers from the ones I got this year, so I have a few to send if you’re interested.

Things I Want to Accomplish Today:

+ Grocery Shopping
+ Laundry
+ Lots of Knitting Progress
+ Upload Katy’s Party Pics & Knitting Pics
+ Watch Assault on Precinct 13, Freaks & Geeks, S1D2, and The Forgotten
+ Import some more cds into iTunes/my iPod.

For once? I don’t have to CLEAN THE APARTMENT. Can you BELIEVE that?!
Also - I did finally receive the correct Alias disc, but?? IT WAS CRACKED. I am so not meant to see those episodes. I reported it damaged, so hopefully I’ll have it soon.

You know it’s the weekend when I have a list of things to do. Here’s this weekend’s version.

KNITTING
+ Work on Joe’s present.
+ Finish handles for two bags.
+ Felt the bags that need to be felted
+ Work on any other projects I have time for.

OTHER
+ Vacuum apartment
+ Clean up apartment (kind of. still sorta cleanish from when Joe was here)
+ Clean out fridge
+ Take trash out
+ Deposit birthday & other check.
+ Do laundry
+ Go grocery shopping (must-gets: lunch food, see if Walmart has my shampoo, buttons for Katy’s and Gabby’s present.)
+ Watch Sahara, Roman Holiday, Sin City, Alias: Season 1, disc 3, Alias: Season 1, disc 4, and Crash. Wow, I have very unfunny movies to watch this weekend. :/

Will add more as I think of it, but I think that’s it.