30.7.07
Countdown to car!
So I've convinced Peter it is time to buy a car. Well, not immediately, but by the end of the year. We've (I've) sort of decided on the Honda Fit. It's got four doors, manual transmission, a iPod jack (very important for road trips), tons of leg and headroom, (even though it looks tiny) and best of all, all the seats do crazy things. (Check out the photos. You gotta love the one with the llama hanging out in the back seat.) The front seats go almost all the way back, making rest stop sleeping easier. The bottom of the back seats fold up, allowing you to put tall things in there. And, because of the front seat, back seat folding-combo, you can put things as long as 2.4 meters all the way through. Plus it gets 38 miles to the gallon and is within our price range. (We'd love to have a Prius, but its just a bit too pricy for us.) I'm really excited as not having a vehicle and having to rent all the time is really getting to me, personally and financially. While we rent cars in the winter for $12-18 a day, in the summer that jumps to $25-35. It's ridiculous. Go Fit!
27.7.07
Rania and Booties
Two posts in one day? I'm CRAZY! I just got this picture in my inbox from my friend Eleanor. This is her adorable baby girl Rania wearing the first pair of baby booties I ever knit. I'm so glad they fit, and she looks so adorable in them. Really gets the maternal clock ticking. If I learn how to sew I can completely remove myself from the baby clothing market.
Seattle Skyline from Kerry Park
See that? See that ginormous thing rising in the background of the Seattle skyline? THAT my friends, is what I will be climbing up just a month from now. And so, if your question is "do you need crampons?", the answer is "you bet your bottoms I do."
I'm excited, though a little nervous. We just had our conference call the other day. The good news? The scree (loose rock) at Dissapointment Cleaver is covered in snowpack, which means less chance of having to navigate falling rocks from above, or having to walk on them with crampons. The bad news? At this time of year crevasses open up which require ladders over them. Yes, I will be crossing a crevasse, measuring possibly hundreds of feet deep, on a horizontally-placed aluminum ladder. Luckily they put 2x4s over the rungs so its easier to cross with crampons.
And just by the way, this picture TOTALLY makes me want to move to Seattle.
I'm excited, though a little nervous. We just had our conference call the other day. The good news? The scree (loose rock) at Dissapointment Cleaver is covered in snowpack, which means less chance of having to navigate falling rocks from above, or having to walk on them with crampons. The bad news? At this time of year crevasses open up which require ladders over them. Yes, I will be crossing a crevasse, measuring possibly hundreds of feet deep, on a horizontally-placed aluminum ladder. Luckily they put 2x4s over the rungs so its easier to cross with crampons.
And just by the way, this picture TOTALLY makes me want to move to Seattle.
13.7.07
July 4th Zoo Trip
Peter and I went to the Brookfield Zoo on July 4th and I have to say it was WAY better than the Lincoln Park Zoo. (Obviously the draw to Lincoln Park is that it's free.) We played with stingrays for over an hour and got to feed them as well. One bit my finger, which didn't hurt, and they'll come up and suck on your hands. They're like water cats, rubbing up against your arms. We also saw lots of other animals, all the photos of which can be found on my Flickr page.
Oh, and also, I got spit on by a llama. Don't tell anyone.
Oh, and also, I got spit on by a llama. Don't tell anyone.
10.7.07
More knitting!
"Post more often!" she said. "Less political content!" she said. "More knitting posts!" she said. So, for the one person who reads this blog, I give you, a knitting post.
Ignore the flash bulb, it was the only way to get a good sample of the beautiful color of this angora yarn that I used on these, my very first, baby booties. The set you see before you is going to a very special baby boy born in mid-June, and who is so big, he will not likelly fit into either the booties or the washable wool hat that's softer than his oh-so-soft baby's bottom.
These booties were my first attempt at double knitting, a technique I must say I like more than knitting small things in the round. Both patterns came from Joelle Hoverson's Last -Minute Knitted Gifts. The bootie pattern was a little confusing, but I eliminated one "turn," and it turned out fine.
Ignore the flash bulb, it was the only way to get a good sample of the beautiful color of this angora yarn that I used on these, my very first, baby booties. The set you see before you is going to a very special baby boy born in mid-June, and who is so big, he will not likelly fit into either the booties or the washable wool hat that's softer than his oh-so-soft baby's bottom.
These booties were my first attempt at double knitting, a technique I must say I like more than knitting small things in the round. Both patterns came from Joelle Hoverson's Last -Minute Knitted Gifts. The bootie pattern was a little confusing, but I eliminated one "turn," and it turned out fine.
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