YAY!!!

i went to meps on wed. and FINALLY enlisted! i'm so happy! i guess i worried over nothing! i'm very excited now...i leave for basic on march 22nd. i'm so ready for this!!!

nerves will kill...

tommarrow i'm heading down to chicago to enlist....i'm so nervous! my measurements and weight are RIGHT on the line, so if i'm not careful about what i eat from now until then it could go either way.....i'm having doubts...AHHHHHH!!!! please tell me that i'm just increadibly nervous and that everything is going to be ok......

bikini top update..

i've finished the second cup and am about to start on the straps...and yes, wondra, i will post a pic of my modeling the finished product (if it works out the way i'm hoping) just for you!!

bikini top

so, i got to work on that bikini top, and, much to my dismay, i only had enough yarn to do one cup..(i've probably got enough to do some of the straps too, but i want to wait until both cups are done)...so, i went to meijer to buy another skien....almost had a heart attack to because at first, i didn't see my yarn! but, they DID have it.....the color is slightly off, but not enough to really notice...the only reason i noticed is because that's what i was looking for....anyway....i have one cup done and am about to start on the other cup and the straps....i can't wait! it's going to be so sexy!!


and no, those aren't straps, just unfinished ends....i think next one i'll knit the straps right into it without binding off...i love the blue of the piece...it'll really bring out my eyes...(not that this top will allow anyones attention to be anywhere but my tatas.....)

i'm so bad...

ok, so i said i wouldn't be starting another project until ALL of the ones i started were finished...well, i lied.....the temptation of a new project is just to much for me to resist! this particular project has been in my head for AGES!!! it's a bikini top made from fun fur and knit tightly so my parts don't peek through...i've only got the basic outline of the pattern done so far (it's my first i've designed....all the patterns for knit bikini tops i've found wouldn't support my knockers), the yarn picked out, and a swatch.....just for an idea on how tight the stitch will be: the yarn calls for size 10.5 (6.5mm) needles, but i'm using size 7 (4.5mm). what's that? the fabric will be too stiff? not at all! the swatch was just the right stiffness for what i wanted...i NEED support.....it's my first designed top, so i'm really not sure how to do shaping and such....i'm kinda hoping that it'll stretch enough in places i need it to....in the first knitting attempt i did, it streched enough (and i had to rewrite with less stitches on the needle..), so i'm ok with it! wish me luck!

here's where i got the idea of using fun fur for the top:
fuzzy bikini top it's just so CUTE!!! the yarn i choose is
Lion Brand Fun Fur in indigo....blue is my favorite color....and it has flecks of silver in it... so cute!! i'll post pics of my progress later!

this little heart of mine....

i wanted to do something that didn't involve knitting or crocheting, and i figured you can never have to many coin purses!! so here it is:



the pics make it look a lot more orange than it is...it's really a deeper red color.....stupid camera...

Rockstar Scarf

i started my fuzzy rockstar scarf yesterday...i love how it's turning out.....you can kinda see the detail, but the pics don't do it justice....

the best part is that it matches my fingernail polish!! i added a couple rows of black too..but i've just been lazy and haven't taken any pics yet...here's another pic of what i've got so far: it's a bummer that you can't see the detail of the scarf from the pics...it's so airy and delicate...but it definetly ROCKS!

someday.....

i just realized that i have TONS of needles and TONS of yarn.....so much in fact that i have no idea what i've got! i really should make an inventory.....what i really want is a wall unit with open boxes (much like what is at a yarn store...) to display all my yarn goodness.....and perhaps a wooden needle holder to hang on the wall as well....right now most of my needles are in a beer stien on top of my entertainment center, which is not the most convenient place for them as i'm constantly reaching up to grab what i want.....someday i'll be organized, perhaps......someday.....

must be strong....

i really need to stop starting new projects when i've already got tons on the neeldes.....i'm already working on four projects! and i've got a few more in mind.....must be strong.......

Here's a pic of my kittie (fern....aka..fernula, fernace, inferno....) helping my out! she's so cute when she's not being viscious!!

Random Photos....

i went to jenny's house the other day and brought my digital........(oh lord....)


me and alana playing dressup (and i just realized i have the joker's smile....umm.....) hannah (jenny's daughter) and donovan (alana's son) in hannah's play house..(yeah...it's a big box with holes cut in it!)

my big butt getting out of the makeshift play house... (look, you can see my thong!! gotta love those action shots!)

i didn't go OVER BOARD!!!

i decided to visit my lys today because i haven't been in a while. i went with every intention to just say hi and NOT spend any money....however.....the call of so many good things was just to much....especially when most of the things i bought were half off... (you really can't beat half off a skein of yarn...)

here's what adopted me...

the two books are "creative crewel" copyright 1970, and "how to taylor" copyright 1965 (both for $ .50...), three patons "anna" skiens for $2.00 each, some wool for my first felting project..(a purse i have in mind..), copper buttons that say "equipements militaires", a skien of trellis yarn (a ribbon yarn...), and a skien of NY fluff (so very, very soft).....

as i was leaving, i saw a bundle of unspun wool...which reminded me.....i wanted to learn how to spin my own yarn! so....i turned my tail around and picked these up:

lime green, BRIGHT purple (bad pic...), and white so i can dye it with kool aide after it's spun....i even got a free lesson on how to use the thing! yippee!! i'm so excited....

so, then, after a full day of yarn shopping, i come home, and my mom drags me into her bathroom to give me about a thousand dollars of philosophy skin care products and true blue spa lotions (lotions are from bath and body works)...i was floored....i had a beauty day!!! and my skin looks so good! even after one use!! (what do you expect from 70 dollars a bottle??)

thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

i just got a package from wondra (in wales)....eeeeeee......*dances with glee*

here's what she sent:

there's lip and nipple balm in four tasty colours (and they make your...ahem...lips soft), a fuzzy monster purse she made (i may attach a black cord), a hippo candy (it was very delicious too...), boys are smelly and trendy wendy sticker sheets, a boys are dumb notepad, and scrabble block stickers that spell out "drew" (i love scrabble!!).....thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

she had asked me if i got the package yet and i hadn't, so i decided to check the mail and there it was....just chillin (literally) in the mailbox.....

on the needles...

i made a hat the other day with my new "knifty Knitter" yay.....




when i'm wearing it, you can barely see the purple....but the light from the flash made the purple really bright...








and a scarf that i'm making to match.....i love these colors together






i'm also working on a black and red scarf for alana...but it's straight knit and it's HUGE so it's awfully boring to knit....i should just get it done with for pete's sake!!!

glove #1 done!!

i finished the right glove...FINALLY! it took me a week to do it...i shouldn't be so hard on myself though...i do work two jobs...i didn't use enough ribbon, but that's ok, cause it was just some scrap i had lying around...i'm going to buy black ribbon for it tommarrow....

Elsie the cow cat

it's 5:00 a.m. and my mom just woke me up to tell me that my cat just died.....
she was fifteen and she went very quickly....i don't think she was in a lot of pain if any. i'm just glad i got to say goodbye....i know it sounds corny, but if you're a pet companion, and you've had a pet for that long, you'd understand.....i'm going to miss her....

a few pics....

this is the fireplace my dad built this weekend...it only took him a day and everything is stone....it's beautiful! i love how the family room is going to have a rustic lodge theme.....it reminds me of a ski lodge...












.....and a pic of me for a friend who hasn't seen me since he left for iraq....
i just got off of working at the bar, so i'm EXTRA lovely! (you gotta love the smell of smoke and booze in your hair and clothes and the shinyness of your hair matted from smoke..not to mention food and beer spillages...)

busy busy busy....

let's see....having two jobs AND trying to get knitting projects done AND trying to have a social life all at the same time doesn't really work very well......it's o.k. because i make the impossible happen....i am super girl! my motto: impossible is nothing....
i've got another section of my glove done....a little bit at a time. i love working on this project.....why, you ask? because it's not boring straight knit!!! THAT'S WHY!!
i kinda stretched the truth a little about my social life....the only social life i have right now is talking to one friend online every night while i'm resurching proper milk frothing techniques and latte art how to's....so, in my social time, i'm doing stuff for work! i'm really not complaining....it's my choice....i want to be the best barista i can be....
now i just need to find time to run...i CAN do it.....

i started working on a pair of fingerless opera length gloves today. they are going to be awsome. for the lace part i'm going to use black ribbon. i can't wait until they are done.

i got the pattern here:
http://ysolda.me.uk/wordpress/

she did an excellent job of writing a pattern. so far it's pretty easy to follow...