please get me away from here i'm dying

guh. i wish i had enough energy to hunt for my digital camera so i could post my pictures of the last week or so. knitting pictures (i made two hats, neither of which i kept). i haven't even taken any pictures of me visiting with my mom. it's kind of sad. since she's been here i've been so busy. in a good way. and life too kept getting busy. big presentation with work on wednesday morning and a presentation of my research at unbc on wednesday afternoon too! and i've been working on my thesis so i feel very overwhelmed and ungrounded and then, of course, the combination of cheese, sugar, and alcohol (go oscar party 2009) has made me so sick, and then to top it off someone was spraying glad and i almost had an asthma-like attack and couldn't think and it was just so bad. dear lord. so i've been slugging through my work all day and i feel like i can get it done. i better..... more light soon! promise! our place has been reorganized a bit so it's NICER!! yay moms!!

taking the craziest mother daughter title from judy and liza

today was great !! i slept in uncontrollably and got to go roller derby (barely, my body doesn't like me), eat camelot, see the necessities of life, and eat cheese toast to get my vitamins down. above is the most current photo of my garter yoke cardigan (from the winter knit.1 mag). i love it. i've had to modify the pattern as i go along. notes to date include casting on the # of sts for the xl but then only increased the raglan to the size of the L. split was 47 for both fronts and 60 for each arm. i then picked up 5 sts in the armpit and have since decreased by two (knit to last three, ssk, k1, pass m, k1, k2tog) sts every 2-3 inches to a maximum of 4 times. i've done the body the same as the pattern so far, but i think i've knit the middle "straight" part about 1/2 inch more than the pattern called for (i haven't had a chance to measure it yet) and i'll probably do increases on the bottom past the required to make it bigger to hold my belly. yay for knitting mods! haha

off to finsih gilmore girls, my ginger tea, and dream of sleep. tomorrow is work, recycling day, and the arrival of my mom.

xo

what about free trade? what about NAFTA?

so, i just finished a contract that is still in the works but i've completed the bulk of work from. and submitted an invoice. it feels great! to celebrate i've hauled out my camera in my POORLY lit crafting room (it's night time!!) and taken some pictures of my vintage valentines i bought at the hospital auxiliary thrift store over a year ago. i'm not ready to give them away this year and don't have time to copy them in colour on cardstock and give away the copies. these are keepers for sure!! it's just after 11 but i'm going to knit a few rows of something and head to bed. a big day of training tomorrow for work and then v-day weekend! we don't really do anything for vday weekend ever. it's just not my thing, but we're going to go for dinner and then to the film fest. my knittas'll be there :) xo