more pictures! FOs: socks and copy cat hat

so finally charged my camera battery so i could take some better pictures than my lame ass phone ones. here's socks i knit from the yarn in portland. i have enough yarn left to probably make most of a sweater for a tiny person. kind of excited. it's dark so the colours don't really stick out as well, but i love the heathery-tweedy look! it's a mix of tweed, cotton, and nylon. good sock yarn, thick and hearty, a little scratchy, but definitely nice.

i also knit another copy cat hat as part of a trade i owed on for some reiki treatments. it will get in the mail this weekend. i have so many things to mail out that tomorrow night when i get home i'm going to label all the envelopes and just start stuffing shit in the envelopes without haste so i can get them out into the world! sorry if you're expecting something from me. it's all been late.

this friday night i'm coming to victoria. i'll be in town until sometime saturday, probably after lunch. maybe i'll see you? xo

photos as of late

this week has been busy. well, no busier than normal. i'm just tired, i guess.... lots of knitting done too! i'm finished my portland socks, almost done a little arrowhead shawl, made one hat for a trade i owe'd on, and started mittens for mishelleorama. at work this week i found out that i'll be going straight back into training on PDA and will do 9 weeks of training to troubleshoot devices and handsets like blackberries and iphones. kind of sweet! i'm pretty happy about being paid to just sit in a training environment and knit and learn about tech support. yippeeeee!! as for "real jobs" still no luck.

last week we finally moved into the basement and have spent the weekend just getting our bedroom oriented. we still have a tv in here, but have moved our dresser down and i have a chair and ottoman for knitting times. i've also been able to set up a cat-friendly sleeping space (pickle!) as i'm oddly still allergic to pickle and can't cuddle into her gutt anymore.

and on saturday stewart and i got to hang out all afternoon together, which meant we had breakfast out (!!) at miller's place a family restaurant (with the patriarch visiting tables) and had the best breakfast ever and it was cheap too! very impressed. will definitely be back any time i have spare change. the hash browns were the best i've ever had. oi.

well off to bed, maybe a bit more reading, and sorting out my knitting to take to work tomorrow. xo

so hungry i could eat a horse!

lately i've been dying to cook, all the time. and cooking whenever possible. on new year's stewart and i made a yummy pizza from scratch (wish i had taken a picture) and for xmas i made 3 loaves of garlic ciabatta, and then tonight i made a batch of smitten kitchen's lemon cranberry scones. while cooking often costs some change and I don't have my hands on much $$ yet here's the list of dishes I'm going to try and fit in over the next few weeks! yum!

Tomato and Corn Biscuit Pie from Everybody Likes Sandwiches
Mushroom Marsala with Artichokes from Smitten Kitchen

Kasia's Parmesan Polenta with Eggs & Roasted Mushrooms

Soba with Spinach and Shitake from the NY Times

and this martha stewart recipe from living...it's baked white beans with tomatoes and sage but i can't find it online anywhere. yummers overall though! excited!!