Knitting Therapy

My grandmother died Wednesday night. I have no grandmothers left. That's hard to think about.

On Wednesday morning, she met her first great-granddaughter, the child of my cousin. She was 92 years old, and died peacefully with most of my family there. Although a passing is always sad, that's the way I want to go.

Rest well, gramma.

The first post in a long time... I suppose I don't have much to do these days, being unemployed, so I'll start up this again, this time as a whining/knitting blog. Might as well, eh?

I need a job. I need one badly. At least something to get me out of the house a few days of the week. Sitting, watching tv, and knitting can only take someone so far before they get horrifically bored. The only problem? There's very little to do with an MA in Middle Eastern Studies in Durham, NC. If anyone has any brilliant ideas, or knows someone who knows someone... I'm now that desperate. Time to go visit the local bookstores and beg for work.

A good side effect of the no working is all the knitting I've been doing. Since moving down to NC, I've made myself a new sweater, Scott got new socks, I donated a purse to a charity auction, and I'm making 4 more to try to sell at a craft fair. I'm also making a baby sweater for Kei, my cousin's new baby. I have a one pound bag of purple, grey, and white 100% cotton that will soon become a (or several) new market bags because the Harris Teeter ones just aren't pretty to look at like the ones from whole foods, but I feel weird toting around bags for rival grocery stores. Besides, everyone can use more lovely tote bags.

Also, my house seems to have become infested with flies. I'm not unclean. We take the trash out daily, we don't leave food out. SIGH. Any thoughts on getting rid of common houseflies? It's getting annoying, and poor half-blind Kit can only kill so many. Layla just plays with them until they get away again.

So, today I finished the first of scott's socks, a pair of (Duke) blue, simple ones. Here's an in-progress look:

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never thought I'd say it, but i miss DC. i miss having friends, and there's nowhere for me to find any, here. it gets pretty old sitting at home and staring at the walls for most of the day until scott gets home, and then we watch tv and go to bed. guess i'm starting to understand why so many 50's housewives were heavily medicated. and, thanks to the economy, it doesn't look like there's a whole lot of work for me. do I give in and go work for scott's parents? I don't know. all i know is that i'm going nuts here, bored out of my mind and lonely.

Kidney stones.

What sucks more than kidney stones?

Having a kidney stone two days after moving to a new city, before even moving into your new home and saying with your inlaws, being thousands of miles from your mother.

OUCH.

The wedding is October 27, so the countdown has begun. Hard to believe that it was only three years and a few weeks ago that I met this wonderful man. It's been a long time coming, but yet I still learn something new from him every day.

Been a while since I posted, as parisienne reminded me, so I'll just give a brief update...

30 Days until the wedding. What does this mean? CRAZY. Luckily it's very very small, so it shouldn't end up too much of a thing.

... ew, wet cat just walked on me. ew ew ew. she will not stop :(

So the feral kitten we adopted a few months ago has turned out to be THE loviest cat I've ever seen. When I sit down she HAS to be on me. This wasn't a prblem when she was 3lbs and 4 months. But see, now she is 6 months. And more lbs, and bigger. Makes typing hard.

Anyway, job's fine... the 1 bedroom apartment is getting a little small, so i'm hoping we'll move up soon. Family is good as well. Boring as far as updates go, but that's the state of the union.

From sasha_davidovna

List seven songs you are into right now. no matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now, shaping your summer. Post these instructions in your LJ along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they're listening to.

A fun way to waste part of a Sunday afternoon...
(I'm linking to music videos on youtube if they exist)

1. I've Just Seen a Face - The Beatles
Oh my goodness am I looking forward to this movie! This song has been going through my head pretty much since seeing OotP. Love it. This is a great remake of the original, I think!

2.  Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
This link is Kevin Spacey from the movie, though... love the yellow pants. I think we're playing this at the wedding.

3.  U and Ur Hand - P!nk
I just keep singing along with this in the car. It gets in your head like crazy...

4.  Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Their new album has reminded me why I loved Green Day so much back in the day.

5.  Don't Download This Song - Weird Al
Oh, does it make me laugh...

6.  Heaven On Their Minds - Jesus Christ Superstar
One of my favorite musical songs. I've been listening to it a TON this summer.

7.  All Along the Watchtower
This clip is the version in the season finale of battlestar galactica. I'm counting down the days until it starts again. WHAT a good song...

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what else can be said!?