tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23585170818175953112011-04-21T23:16:45.602-04:00kimnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1031100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-80941387855838684542008-05-04T18:59:00.005-04:002008-05-05T16:11:15.661-04:00

The shower was a success! I'm really happy b/c it's the first one I've thrown, and people had a good time! Woohoo!T and JD, the other girls throwing the shower with me, made a heroic effort and arrived at the train station at 9am - having left their apartments in the city before 8. On a Sunday. My mom and I had done all the shopping and some of the prep the week and night before, but there was

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-67353056461049885122008-05-04T08:14:00.004-04:002008-05-05T16:12:21.825-04:00

The shower I'm throwing is today. Long story but JS's sister, who was kinda annoying to work with? She's 100% fine but totalled her car last week and isn't coming (she lives near Boston). I wanted to make Jacque's better-than-crack cupcakes, but JS can't eat chocolate. They're from a box but still homemade so I'm okay with that. I'll let you guys know how it goes.In other news, round 5 of the

kimnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-48646368497207377242008-04-17T16:53:00.003-04:002008-04-21T22:01:10.277-04:00

People tend not to notice things until they need/use/try them... and then it's everywhere.Like the Italian tubular Cast-on I taught myself Tuesday. I wanted to try the Endpaper Mitts I found on Ravelry (direct link here) and that's the caston the designer uses. It's a very clever-looking finish for "raw" edges of a project. Meaning, I wouldn't use it on an edge that needs to become a seam, but

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-59565749693171635202008-04-14T15:50:00.003-04:002008-04-17T00:11:18.274-04:00

After lots of pushing-off, because either my mom or I were busy with "stuff", Friday I took my motorcycle out of winter storage. I'm SO mechanically challenged, the first thing I do when Max comes out of storage is take him straight to the Honda dealership for a checkup.Why the Honda dealership, you might ask? Waaay back in 2004, I had just completed my Basic Rider Course, loved it (!), and was

kimnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-68177822145900564052008-04-10T09:33:00.005-04:002008-04-10T12:53:30.909-04:00

Found this one a Ravelry profile - the Knitter's Geek Code:-----BEGIN KNITTER'S GEEK CODE BLOCK-----Version: 1.1KC!ER++ Exp++(+) SPM++ Steel@ Wood>++ BAM+@ PL@ Syn+ Nov@ Wool+>+ Lux- Stash+ Scale+(+) Fin+ >Ent Felt++ Int Lace-@ Flat@ Circ++ DPN++ Swatch+(+) KIP+++ Blog+ (SNB) FO++ WIP@ Gauge@ ALTCr++X++------END KNITTER'S GEEK CODE BLOCK------Then I had to click through to the original Geek Code

kimnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-66176305868753956772008-04-09T20:10:00.002-04:002008-04-09T20:26:59.333-04:00

I got an "are you still alive" email today. I haven't blogged in a week, but even more importantly, my usually up-to-date google reader is cranky that I have 1000+ unread threads, and I haven't been commenting because I haven't been reading. But I'm still here, really!Let's see::scrolls through the blog to see what the last post isabout:: Aha. Since 3/31, I've- gone on another shabbaton. Less

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-22403906287960349872008-03-31T23:47:00.004-04:002008-04-01T00:29:58.379-04:00

Tonight I turned this:into this:Like I said, alchemy. I have like 8 million things to do this week, so I don't have much time to post about the Shabbaton I went on, or the knitting I've been doing, or my beading, or the shower, or anything else. Hopefully I'll come back to that list later in the week and fill it out some more.'Til then, have a good one!

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-86072443003157886842008-03-26T23:56:00.001-04:002008-03-27T10:04:08.277-04:00

I was looking for a good website that would explain "sitting Shivah". I always link to wikipedia, and wanted to change it up a little, you know?This article is pretty in-depth, and if you just read the first part you'll get the idea. But continue reading, trust me. This is an excerpt from the section on "how to pay a shiva call"...Here are examples of things not to say: "How are you?" (They're

kimnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-1616308549114888942008-03-22T23:37:00.002-04:002008-03-23T00:53:27.547-04:00

Purim is one of my favorite holidays, hands down. This year's was ridiculously crazy, but it's still a love-love relationship.Purim was Thursday night/Friday this year, but for once I was on the ball and started my preparations a few weeks in advance. One of the 4 special activities on Purim is Mishlo'ach Manot (Mah-note), food baskets that you deliver to friends and relatives. As I like to

kimnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-59362545226341363142008-03-20T23:26:00.000-04:002008-03-20T23:30:06.497-04:00

Omg, this weekend and D's wedding were amazing!The weekend started off Friday night with the Aufruf. I was supposed to work from home Friday so I could get ready. Then I was supposed to leave at noon to work from home. Then I ended up leaving at 2:30, stopping for hoisery and even more shoes at Macy*s, and arriving home around 3. But that's typical Friday nutiness, so it was cool.An Aufruf (

kimnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-22451946168098173092008-03-19T14:29:00.000-04:002008-03-19T16:08:28.826-04:00

An enormous wedding-recap post is on the way, but these deserve a special post of their own. Here is my Fair & Square exchange from Michele!I'd never *met* Michele (in the blogosphere) before partnering with her for this exchange, but I was immediately struck by how similar our stitching tastes are. As I was looking through her albums of finishes the thought in my head was either "Oh, I've

kimnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-62562688013929488392008-03-14T17:28:00.002-04:002008-03-14T17:48:30.154-04:00

Since you asked Michele... the shoe count for this wedding is now up to 7 pairs.So to recap, Monday I ran to DSW in a "I have no shoes for this wedding!" panic). I bought 4 pairs, tried them on for my mom & brother, and realized I had two left feet. Three pairs went back, 1 pair was swapped for 1 right and 1 left shoe, and then we decided that they were no good for the wedding but I'm keeping

kimnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-9215446149463235362008-03-12T20:25:00.003-04:002008-03-13T11:26:55.194-04:00

Tuesday I worked out of the NYC office. I worked on my HoE biscornu on the train and got thiiiiis close to finishing the leaves. Work was productive. Lunch was better. I found out a new-to-me yarn store called School Products. It just so happens to be on my route to work, across from my favorite bead store. How did I miss this place, you ask? It's in an office-type setup on the 3rd floor

kimnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-30023265436371739572008-03-11T10:52:00.001-04:002008-03-11T10:52:43.856-04:00

The Grandma update:The doctors totally didn't expect Grandma to do so well after they took her off the meds Friday - the opposite in fact. Saturday night they said that if we put her back on the meds and stuff, she'll probably make it through the wedding. So we did. Grandma is stable. They really don't think she's coming home though. Not to go into too much detail, but since the beginning of

kimnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-73086333429630818562008-03-09T01:01:00.004-05:002008-03-09T01:51:32.556-05:00

Grandma was always really stubborn and tough. When she made up her mind to do something, she did it and she did it her way. Well it seems like Grandma decided that she didn't want to miss my cousin's wedding or something, because once they stopped giving her antibiotics and blood pressure-regulating meds, her BP and heartrate are doing just as good and even improving slightly. We're still not

kimnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-13383102787230524612008-03-07T13:16:00.003-05:002008-03-07T14:19:49.283-05:00

D and I are back from the hospital now, although we'll be going back later.Thank you guys for all your warm wishes for a speedy recovery, but it's just not going down like that. Predating last night, Grandma Erica has severe dementia (hate that word) and is deteriorating physically, rapidly. I won't go into it because when she was more with it, she was always very meticulous about her

kimnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-18494467874414692042008-03-07T02:22:00.005-05:002008-03-07T10:11:58.306-05:00

So in the end, Sky's not coming to work tomorrow.Grandma E has been in the hospital this week, and this evening took a major turn for the worse. She has an infection or bug & that causes trouble breathing. So they need to give the infection/bug a beat down and put her on a ventilator (which apparently has some risks).Now, my sibling and cousin who don't watch much TV couldn't grasp why an

kimnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-63676087051180960962008-03-04T17:13:00.003-05:002008-03-04T18:02:53.117-05:00

Thanks to everybody who shared their take on the wedding situation! It was very cool to hear about all your perspectives and experiences. Thanks! Btw, I'm not saying boo to anyone in the family: that's just asking for trouble.Sort of fun news. Sky was adopted as a 11lb puppy from the animal shelter as a "Lab Mix". All the black dogs were "Lab Mix", and all the yellow dogs were "Golden

kimnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-80059397321012855432008-03-03T11:15:00.003-05:002008-03-03T21:39:06.034-05:00

No exciting weekend stories for you guys. Sorry! I did some stitching, but I don't even have some exciting stitching photos for you. I know, I suck. What I do have for you is some non-exciting, old stitching photos. And maybe if you're lucky a pre-wedding rant; we'll see if blogging is cathartic today or I still feel like dishing.I've been inspired by some of the blogs I read to revamp the

kimnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-83263125933131257222008-02-28T20:11:00.003-05:002008-02-28T20:25:58.693-05:00

There's another Kim out there in the stitching & blogging community, and she's posting comments. It's driving me nuts that we have the same handle, so I can imagine how other people feel. I'm not too keen on adding initials so I'm taking a page from CinDC and becoming K in NY. For now anyway.Even though she kinda stole my name (or maybe her parents did?) check out Other-Blogging-Kim's blog

kimnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-23667907981547006192008-02-27T13:44:00.009-05:002008-02-28T14:49:17.861-05:00

(Sorry. It didn't start out that way, really!)I am knitting a sock for a giant. I don't know what happened. My gauge was fine, and I never (well almost never) knit gauges, so that should tell you how seriously I'm taking this sock-knitting undertaking. I re-started this sock Saturday night at coffee with JF and finished up the leg portion on the way to the shower Sunday. It looked perfectly

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-82266394655185226422008-02-26T08:51:00.003-05:002008-02-26T10:48:35.165-05:00

It snowed Friday, like a lot of snow. We had probably 4-5 inches by the time I left for work, and then it kept falling until after noon. Of course this was the weekend I was spending with JS in Manhattan, the one weekend when I'd be doing a LOT of walking. Figures. It was a great visit though! JS was making Friday night so we didn't have to go anywhere :D An old friend from HS was invited with

kimnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-71697096224148484912008-02-21T15:05:00.003-05:002008-02-22T10:14:53.731-05:00

My 3 languages are Hebrew, French and Spanish, in that order. I also know about 10 words of a some other languages, like Farsi. If you're ever in Iran (or LA) and need a cucumber or a napkin, I'm your girl!It's been a busy couple of days! I'll give you the highlights...Monday I went to my LNS's Nashville Preview Party. The internet's cool and all, but seeing the new designs in the shop was

kimnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-47531779920437892812008-02-18T17:46:00.003-05:002008-02-18T23:24:10.147-05:00

C from Pencil Crossings (not to be confused with my Aunt C), tagged me in a 7 weird things about you post.The Rules:1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you.2. Post THE RULES on your blog.3. Post 7 weird or random facts about yourself on your blog.4. Tag 7 people and link to them.5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.The Facts:1) My name is not

kimnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-29293276010074433742008-02-17T23:11:00.004-05:002008-02-18T00:01:17.121-05:00

My goals for this weekend are:1 finish the Shamrocks fob2 finish my Fair Squares exchange already ;-)3 crochet a new needlecase4 work on Ivy, try to finish up her skirt and legsI can finish this tomorrow. Just have a lot of backstitching and some beading :-/I stopped at Joann's on my way home from work Friday because they were having a 5 for $1 sale on DMC, plus a 10% of your order coupon. I

kimnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-1648929561318289072008-02-14T22:33:00.004-05:002008-02-15T00:33:45.922-05:00

Wednesday (yesterday) my favorite coworker, who almost always works from home, came to the office. It was GREAT to see her. To give you some idea, I bought her a book in Paris, (because she speaks like every language, including Thai, Japanese, and all the romance languages, except not Hebrew thank goodness because I need to have some secrets) and I've only seen her once since Paris (

kimnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-63260448707088474082008-02-12T10:20:00.000-05:002008-02-12T10:20:57.707-05:00

I'm feeling much better. Not quite 100% but I'm tired of talking about being sick so I'm sure everyone else is tired of listening to me talk about being sick. So I'm going to stop talking about it and move on. :-)As if I didn't have enough projects going on, I think I have to make this needlecase. It's simple, no-sew, and very colorful - a triple threat. I'm going to make one for myself and

kimnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-48086997665391329672008-02-10T18:27:00.000-05:002008-02-10T21:07:35.888-05:00

When Friday rolled around and I wasn't feeling any better I figured it was time to see a doctor about my *cold*. I got some antibiotics and a recommendation for OTC Mucinex, and felt much better when I woke up Saturday.I wasn't sure if I was well enough to go to an engagement party for a good friend of the family last night, but the party was close to my house, so we decided my dad could take

kimnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-67059841387718158842008-02-07T21:16:00.000-05:002008-02-07T21:33:36.114-05:00

I'm a big fan of speaking up when you have something nice to say (I try to keep my mouth shut if it's not nice, unless it's constructive, but that's a WIP I might never finish ;-). It doesn't hurt to put some more positivity into the world, right? And you really never know how far that little bit of positivity will go with the recipient.I've been feeling kinda lousy this week (in case you

kimnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-60374667644939371482008-02-07T13:31:00.000-05:002008-02-07T16:09:30.735-05:00

I haven't left the house since Tuesday night. I'm still feeling unwell, but it's slightly less unwell than previous days. I'm okay with that. So far I've avoided getting anyone else sick. I think. My coworker A has come down with a sore throat but since she always works from home, I'm clearly not the culprit ;-) She called in sick today. Wimp. Or very smart of her. We'll see.I'm not the

kimnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-21696463158535776602008-02-05T08:53:00.000-05:002008-02-05T10:21:26.468-05:00

Yesterday I was feeling a little better but not good enough to leave the house so I worked from home. It was okay. I had a LOT to do and it was pretty mindless stuff, so it was for the best that I got it done on time.Today I have an appointment in Manhattan that I really can't miss, and rescheduling would take forever, so I decided to work from the NYC office. BIG mistake. I'm coughing a lot

kimnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-21612853145732521652008-02-03T12:32:00.000-05:002008-02-03T14:07:21.200-05:00

Thursday night I went out to Karaoke with Other Kim, a friend from college, and M, a friend of hers from college. Other Kim, aka Kimberly, found a great little place in the West Village that's reasonably priced and has small private rooms, so the 3 of us had our own. I'm not a fan of those karaoke bars where you're singing in front of strangers and have to share the mike.This was our second

kimnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-10203573663396282842008-01-30T21:31:00.000-05:002008-02-03T12:32:02.496-05:00

My mom & I went to David's Bridal after work. I literally tried on every BM dress that didn't have beading (because my hair'd catch). Long story short, I showed my mom JS's picks and she was much quicker than I to see that they wouldn't do at all. Even the one I thought *could* work didn't with the jacket on. A jacket is required because we need sleeves and they don't make dresses with

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-55523970159305302022008-01-30T13:13:00.000-05:002008-01-30T13:54:52.005-05:00

I'm teaching MZ to knit during our lunch hour. She's finally mastered the knit stitch :-) Anyways, we knit at her desk which is relatively high traffic.Some dude walks past us, notices the knitting, and says, "Oh, do people still do that? I thought it was a dying art". Seriously?MZ used to be in a different group, and one of the guys she used to work with stopped by to see what was up. He

kimnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-80457250956759651882008-01-29T10:25:00.001-05:002008-01-29T13:06:40.632-05:00

I had the worst headache last night so I had to get off the computer, but I had 2 things to share.Yesterday change for HOE arrived from Joanne. Look what I got!In addition to the most perfect fob, she sent some floss and fabric to match. Thank you!!! I really like it! (Still trying to track down an email address for a private note of thanks)If you thought the fob was nice, wait til you see it

kimnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-71604949037304329162008-01-28T14:33:00.000-05:002008-01-28T20:03:58.266-05:00

I finished my fob for HOE! It's my first fob finish so I was really OCD about the finishing, glad I waited until the weekend and gave myself plenty of time. I'm happy with how it came out, and hope my mystery recipient is too :-)Thank you guys soooooo much for all the advice on the Bronze issue. Ruth, your idea most closely matches what I'd been envisioning for Bronze, but everyone I'd asked

kimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-86193089304499028882008-01-26T19:43:00.001-05:002008-01-26T19:59:29.922-05:00

I don't cook meat often and have never made chicken soup, but this is my mom's recipe and it's pretty good.Fill up a soup pot with water, put a chicken in, and bring to a boil on the stove.When the water's boiling, my mom says to "skim the fat off, and any 'chicken crud' that floats to the surface."Add 2 carrots, 2 stalks of celery and 2 parsnips. You can cut them in half but no smaller, because

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-14880193716932802112008-01-24T23:30:00.001-05:002008-01-24T23:44:01.215-05:00

Help a girl out...What color is Bronze? I'm making a Blue & Bronze exchange package, and I have come to terms with the fact that I have no idea what color it is! It's some kind of brown, with some amount of yellow and red tossed in there, but when faced with a choice of yarns, fabrics or flosses I can't pin it down. I'm so embarrassed, but I really I'm not as ignorant as this sounds. I know

kimnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-20680055499606666052008-01-23T19:53:00.000-05:002008-01-23T21:50:17.364-05:00

Something's wrong with my computer. It keeps shutting down on its own immediately after Startup. Consulting the brain trust to see what my next step should be, but for now my laptop's MIA, presumed dead.My HOE fob's almost done! Just a tiny bit of backstitching left, then beading and putting it together.I recently (like last week) signed up for Ravelry. If you knit or crochet and aren't on

kimnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-22025779024500336652008-01-22T17:29:00.000-05:002008-01-22T23:05:37.067-05:00

Argh, I completely forgot to mention last week that Pokua finally received my Fair & Square exchange! I was still in DC at the time (so my mind was elsewhere), but anyways, without further ado:I picked up the chart in Paris :-) I forget the desginer, but the chart is called Cinq Couers. I was really torn about what to stitch for Pokua, but I saw that she stitched red (redwork?) charts for her

kimnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-20361105793439206582008-01-17T22:54:00.000-05:002008-01-17T23:27:04.014-05:00

Work was a lot less fun today. There's a (very important) report I used to run that has so many finicky parts that something breaks every time you run it, so you have to check everything. Big PITA. Well it got passed along to JC about 2 months ago, which was fine with me, except that he's a little... technologically inept. He usually can't diagnose or correct any problems that happen, so I

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-75911080051920338782008-01-16T18:33:00.000-05:002008-01-17T22:54:27.104-05:00

Work was fun today!So this morning my coworker and I were talking about Old Bethpage, a colonial restoration village on Long Island. His wife works there sometimes, and when I said that I'd like to volunteer there (because I love all the crafts & want to learn them :) he warned me to watch out for the unruly sheep. He has met Sky before, and she's the size of a horse, so I figure I can handle

kimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-34633898424962994452008-01-16T17:18:00.000-05:002008-01-16T17:22:25.070-05:00

I shoulda known when they asked if I like to ski:You're Canada!People make fun of you a lot, but they're stupid because you'vegot a much better life than they do. In fact, they're probably just jealous.You believe in crazy things like human rights and health care and notdying in the streets, and you end up securing these rights for yourself andothers. If it weren't for your weird affection for

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-86953186470324473022008-01-15T21:25:00.000-05:002008-01-18T00:55:15.579-05:00

My Fair Square exchange from Pokua arrived. She stitched me squares that she designed herslef, using elements of Drawn Thread charts. Aren't they gorgeous?!? Those big birds in the middle *must* be emus. Pokua also sent some postcards of Australia and a boomerang keychain. I hope that means when I lose my keys they will come back to me ;-)In other news, I figured I should get ready for my

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-66787085838143959932008-01-13T19:40:00.000-05:002008-01-13T19:40:54.314-05:00

I love those old colonial historical sites. I've been to Old Bethpage (on Long Island) a couple of times a year since I moved back to LI, and so when I planned this trip to DC I asked Is to go to Colonial Williamsburg with me. We went Thursday and had a great time.You know you're in Colonial Williamsburg when you see this sign on the bathroom:LOL!We bought tickets so we could go into the

kimnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-25119800324555656652008-01-10T21:40:00.000-05:002008-01-10T21:48:40.191-05:00

I'm feeling very disconnected today. I usually spend most of my day with a computer, but today Is and I were out for 12 hours straight. I feel badly not posting about all our fun but the wifi isn't working, and I can't stand sitting here on the floor being plugged into the modem. Well I like sitting on floors, but the wire is killing me. It also would require me to dig out all the cables and

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-61576439317531424062008-01-09T00:20:00.001-05:002008-01-09T00:31:52.287-05:00

In case you haven't heard of it, Kiva is a website that connects people all over the world with microfinance institutions. Basically, a bunch of people who can spare $25 get together and finance small loans for people in developing countries, and then they are paid back (based on a pre-set schedule). It's an interesting project for students, it really shows that what to us seems like a small

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-61917631365126694732008-01-08T22:33:00.000-05:002008-01-08T22:31:04.119-05:00

Thank you to everyone for the nice comments on Rose Sampling! I was all proud of myself for finally framing this piece, and doing a decent enough job of it that I'm thinking of framing some other pieces... and then this morning I re-read the packaging for the board I mounted it to. Bad call, I shoulda left well enough alone. Did you know you're supposed to attach the stitching to the sticky

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-62317294062694512932008-01-07T21:44:00.000-05:002008-01-07T21:48:08.300-05:00

I signed up for Vonna's PIF last week, so now I am looking for 5 people who would like to received handcrafted items from me, and then agree to make something for about 5 people of their own. I say handcrafted because I might cross stitch, knit, or crochet something for you, or I might bead, string, sew or throw something. You never know :-)To sign up send me an email at max.the.motorcycle at

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-22011981900607832912008-01-07T09:26:00.000-05:002008-01-07T21:22:14.911-05:00

Most of my family, including the dog, were on vacation this weekend. J & I had to work so we stayed home. I got a lot done with the house so empty - 2 loads of laundry, plenty of cooking, some much-needed cleaning, and I even culled some things to freecycle. Although I might freecycle them to Shaina (of the pre-new years bowling outing), since they were mostly books.I haven't posted any

kimnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-5400822707393375772008-01-04T16:23:00.000-05:002008-01-04T16:32:13.288-05:00

LN & I went out for lunch. Guess where? Yup, the ravioli place :-) We really are obsessed. LN's already planning our next trip.We were driving behind this guy on the local roads, and once we got on the highway got out from behind him asap.Have a great weekend!

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-1751745603130566252008-01-03T15:26:00.000-05:002008-01-04T11:26:08.757-05:00

Question: Am I the only OCD person who notices discrepancies between cross stitch charts and the pictures of the stitched models included with the design?I know some people out there stitch models for designers, are designers themselves, or are friends with designers, so I was wondering if there are any *reason*s why a model might differ from a chart? Like maybe they changed the chart after the

kimnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-36329171963158628572008-01-02T21:27:00.000-05:002008-01-02T22:48:02.386-05:00

If you'll recall my deliriously happy post of a week or so ago, I signed up for the sockwars yahoo group. That hasn't turned out so well. The whole group has degenerated into 1 of 4 types of emails:1) complaints about not receiving socks, prompting people to offer2) suggestions on how to make the system perfect, usually from newbies, which are then shot down by people3) telling everyone to

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-23357811545540866242008-01-01T21:20:00.000-05:002008-01-01T22:47:12.928-05:00

JS and I went bm dress shopping yesterday morning. We were going so that JS could check out colors and designers, not to buy a dress. JS is going to order everyone's together so that the dye lot's the same - and she's not even a stitcher, I am so impressed with her. Plus she's from Jersey, the land of no-sales-tax-on-clothing, so her mom will place the final order over there. Bridesmaid

kimnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-73888867271189222962007-12-31T20:02:00.000-05:002007-12-31T20:21:45.597-05:00

Happy New YearBonne AnneeShanah TovahBienvenido 2008I couldn't let 2007 leave without getting the last word in :-DEven though I've only been at it for 4 months or so, blogging has been one of my favorite new adventures of 2007. It's been fun meeting other stitchers at long last! I've thoroughly enjoyed meeting people from all over the place and reading about how everyone gets along in their own

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-13661299722092002082007-12-30T20:39:00.000-05:002007-12-30T23:38:52.266-05:00

When my cousin E asked me to come on an NCSY Shabbaton* to help staff it I had no idea what I was getting into. I'd heard of it of course, but it wasn't a big deal in my town so I never did NCSY myself. Neither did my cousin, but he has been working for them for at least a couple of years now as staff, and when he invited me along this time I thought sure, why not?Prior to leaving for the

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-59118847017551044792007-12-27T23:11:00.001-05:002008-01-04T16:25:37.994-05:00

I went out for lunch today with MZ. It was an open ended invite to the *crew* at work, but it ended up being just the two of us so instead of the tex-mex bar & restaurant we usually go to, we went for *girly* food at a nearby shopping center. Lan and I found it one day on a lunchtime AC Moore run. It's a few doors down, and from the outside it's nothing special, but we're both *slightly*

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-40469116704633943942007-12-26T22:11:00.000-05:002007-12-26T22:43:03.942-05:00

Not much going on today, so I give you an update on JS's wedding. Enjoy!JS IMed me in a panic about bridesmaid dresses. All along the plan has been for her to pick 1 designer and 1 color, and each of the bridesmaids can pick whatever style she likes. Well, she told me that over the weekend her mom told her to let us choose from just 2 styles. At which point I started panicking too. We are

kimnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-90898291081082109822007-12-25T23:19:00.000-05:002007-12-25T23:55:21.589-05:00

Yesterday (Monday) was pretty quiet, mostly just bumming around the house. Sh had plans in the city, so I stitched and cleaned and did laundry. At night I had an offer from C to go to a Matzah Ball or 2 in the city, but I had plans to go out with a friend for her birthday, which was Sunday.We went to a kosher dairy restaurant in the Five Towns - I'd tell you which but I can't tell them apart.

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-92021175391962207882007-12-23T21:27:00.000-05:002007-12-23T22:59:26.294-05:00

I just accidentally marked everything in my Google Reader as read, and I know I had 100+ new items in there. So I'm taking that as a sign that I need to stop reading blogs and start updating my own, and then get my butt back to stitching.I've been watching Season 1 of "My Name is Earl", can't you tell? (Because on that show everything happens for a fairly obvious reason - as a punishment or

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-40885388131928506682007-12-21T10:43:00.001-05:002007-12-23T01:37:10.049-05:00

Guess I'm not the only one with very mild superpowers. This David O'Doherty guy has some too. (Thanks Janet for the head's up!) Everyone should recognize their own superpowers, and hopefully use them for good.One of my superpowers (order out of chaos) is going to come in handy in a bit... MZ and I are throwing my department's holiday party, and these things are always crazy. I'll keep you

kimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-8357752613205454352007-12-20T23:37:00.001-05:002007-12-23T01:40:59.260-05:00

Tonight was the Clash of the Choirs finale on NBC. I love that show! My favorite team won :-) and actually the top 3 were ranked how I'd have ranked them. Nick Lachey's team was soooo good, they sang such great songs. It looked like everyone on the show had a great time doing the show, which made it even more fun for me to watch. I hope this means they'll do a round 2 or something.The host was

kimnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-57583574361871689312007-12-19T19:55:00.000-05:002007-12-19T21:44:01.058-05:00

This is gonna be a short post. I have a headache, and when that happens the best thing to do is sign off the computer ASAP.I mailed off my exchange today to Australia. We'll see when it gets there. I went for the bubble-lined envelope at the post office, so it *should* arrive in good condition. We'll see. They only had either tiny envelopes or enormous ones (like, 11x14), so my exchange

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-30404938443820147612007-12-18T10:28:00.000-05:002007-12-18T11:03:21.418-05:00

My brother sent me an email this morning, subject: competitive knitting and this link in the body of the email. He's not a big fan of my knitting/crocheting/craftsiness so I was intrigued by what he would find that has to do with knitting, and then be cool/interesting enough to forward on to me. He didn't disappoint.Sock Wars!!! (If I understand it correctly), everyone gets the name of a

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-81028218181312800542007-12-18T00:44:00.000-05:002007-12-18T01:28:44.985-05:00

The party Sunday night was fun. My 4 cousins (ages 16 - 25) threw it for their parents, and my mom is really OCD about being early for things, so we ended up helping them clean & set up. My poor cousin (the 16 yr old), her siblings all ran out *to run errands* and keep their mom occupied. They left her to arrange the house and bake a pie - she was making crust from scratch when we walked in!

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-19600055818091864882007-12-16T14:29:00.000-05:002007-12-16T16:34:05.150-05:00

I went into Manhattan last night for a birthday party for a friend from HS. As anticipated, I knew most of the other people, but just to say hello to, so I was really relieved when Nicki (one of my college roomates) showed up. Eventually the party moved to a different bar where we could play flip cup. It was too loud and too crowded, so Nicki & I ditched & went to Starbucks instead. It was a

kimnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-6357941022152406942007-12-13T21:58:00.000-05:002007-12-13T22:59:09.143-05:00

Last night was Sit & Stitch at Lazy Daisy :-) I recognized everyone from the last one I went to, in October. I brought BC Snappers and my exchange... and got a lot of the November block done.I picked up some threads I'm missing for BC Snappers (hopefully the last of them), some extras to send along to my Fair Square exchange partner, an LHN chart about winter, and the new Just Cross Stitch

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-63262750023730217822007-12-12T12:15:00.000-05:002007-12-12T14:16:21.195-05:00

Last night was the last night of Chanukah :-( The menorot were pretty with all their candles, but I'm still gonna miss the holiday. And of course this morning, on the last day of the holiday, I find this article to bum me out even more. People are ridiculous. And give me a break, you can still be anti-semetic even if you have some Jewish relatives. Racists clearly aren't the brightest people

kimnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-21085495461284951022007-12-11T18:36:00.000-05:002007-12-12T13:36:30.498-05:00

Grandma's doing even better today, the fever is down and they saying she might be able to go home tomorrow! I spoke to her and she sounded good.On the theme of family and since I shorted you on Chanukah party pics, here you go. How many cousins does it take to play chopsticks? See for yourself :-)Yesterday was a great mail day - I received my first order from Silkweaver! I ordered 2 of the

kimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-64447710736218802162007-12-11T01:08:00.000-05:002007-12-11T01:31:49.741-05:00

So tonight was another hospital visit, this time for my other (maternal) grandma. At first my grangpa thought it was a stroke from the symptoms, since she has had them before and was very out of it. The ER doc was very impressive, he figured out very quickly that it was *just* pneumonia - not that it's nothing, but it's way better than a stroke no? So that's the good news. The best part is,

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-18891581580068841162007-12-10T10:00:00.000-05:002007-12-10T17:03:26.861-05:00

Shabbos was quiet. My friend that sometimes walks over for Rummikub on Saturday afternoons is in grad school and taking finals so our weekly game was off this week. I got a lot of reading done and thought about cleaning, so pretty much the usual minus the rummikub.Saturday night was the family Chanukah party. As I was getting ready, something very strange happened to me: my mom asked if she

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-32692880035291350052007-12-06T23:49:00.000-05:002007-12-07T01:32:14.789-05:00

No new Chanukah socks pic for you today, but happy Chanukah all the same!This afternoon at work we had our *kickoff*, basically a department-wide meeting where our manager tells us what the plan is for the next year. Last year the company tried to split my 20-person department up among 4-5 other departments, even though we all work very well together and would need to continue working together

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-11400881139128121932007-12-05T22:17:00.000-05:002007-12-05T22:43:34.599-05:00

Even the Empire State Building is celebrating Chanukah :-)I would have been more impressed if they had 2 towers for the 2nd night, and then a third tomorrow....Jacque, these are my favorite pair of Chanukah socks. The magen davids are in gold metallic threads, and on the soles they are plain but say "Happy Hannukah". I need to do laundry Friday to make sure I have enough holiday socks to last

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-41663877897135359792007-12-05T14:48:00.000-05:002007-12-05T15:10:41.426-05:00

I know I haven't been blogging much about stitching recently, but I have been working on stuff, really! Recently I've been working on my BC snapper months, and I'm about 75% finished with both September and October - I like to work on 2 months at once so that when I discover I'm missing threads, I can keep going with it.My dilemma is that the next pair I'm working on are November and December,

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-80450975350210560392007-12-05T00:00:00.000-05:002007-12-05T00:18:09.258-05:00

My mom's parents are staying over tonight, so we all lit candles together. This is my menorah.Singing Ma'oz Tsur after candle lighting with Sky. She's either listening intently or attempting to sniff out my last meal from my breath, it's hard to tell.Chanukah is the only holiday Sky dresses up for. My dad & older brother object, but as silly as it looks Sky doesn't mind the collar and since it

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-8139344831251777482007-12-04T22:29:00.000-05:002007-12-05T00:00:21.742-05:00

Ugh it's been forever since my last post! Ok, to quickly catch you up, I came back from Paris the Sunday after Thanksgiving and promptly was swamped at work. Two production cycles ended last week, Wednesday and Friday, and we got everything done and out but it was not easy.Last Tuesday was the first meeting of the Needlepoint Meetup I signed up for. It was small - just 3 people - but it was

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-42454174591386815502007-11-22T05:57:00.000-05:002007-12-04T22:28:03.997-05:00

Hmm, where was I? Ah yes. After drooling at the windows of Le Notre for a mere 2-3 minutes (and this was going on 15 hours since my last meal) I wandered around the Le Marais neighborhood for a bit, past Place des Vosages, pictured here.While I'm in Paris, I decided I'd like to check out the craftsy places here as well so Wednesday morning I googled a whole bunch of them, and plotted their

kimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-73508462390145270192007-11-21T17:52:00.000-05:002007-11-21T18:41:17.009-05:00

Monday night/Tuesday is something of a blur... all I'll say is, considering that one has no toilletries while flying with which to make onesself look less terrifyingly gruesome, the absolute least that British Airways/Heathrow could do is give us real life paper towels in the restrooms instead of hot air! How else am I supposed to splash water on my face & wipe it off? Thank goodness for my

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-63394341779446808452007-11-19T09:00:00.000-05:002007-11-19T15:20:44.102-05:00

It's been a busy week since last Wednesday, so bear with me while I get you up to speed.Wednesday night was the return of Project Runway! I usually don't like reality shows, but PR has difficult challenges, but nothing meant to humiliate or disgust people. Plus I love Tim Gunn, and Heidi Klum, and I even like Michael Kors. I've been a fan since Season 1 and it's been a while since season 3, so

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-37076607975777066382007-11-14T09:58:00.000-05:002007-11-14T11:48:03.872-05:00

I woke up extra early yesterday so that I could pop my laundry in before work, since I was dangerously low on options. Well I'd been meaning to toss my hat in - the knitted hat I posted - in order to felt it, but I completely forgot it. Mornings are so not my thing, I end up forgetting tons of stuff I *meant* to do the night before. Turns out it was for the best though, when I got home last

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-56104608221009897802007-11-12T11:26:00.000-05:002007-11-12T12:05:10.952-05:00

The company I work for is doing expanding the building I work in, and whatever they're working on today is making the entire building vibrate. Every so often we get the odd rumble and shake thrown in for good measure. I'm hoping the construction doesn't destroy the rest of the building, it's shaking a LOT. I need to find a way to work from home the rest of the week!On the plus side, I now know

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-37235000511927376612007-11-05T14:25:00.000-05:002007-11-05T16:44:37.174-05:00

My grandma is home as of Friday and doing better by the day.Last night dinner was with my other grandparents - Mom's side. They're also getting older in fun and funny ways, and the reactions of the rest of the family are equally comical. For example, there was Bison on the menu, I think in the form of Bison burgers. Grandma was trying to explain that deer are kosher, but she kept saying

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-59714472163583018192007-11-04T20:54:00.000-05:002007-11-04T20:58:29.277-05:00

I just finished up all the work I had to do today, and we're going out to dinner for my grandfather's and my brithday tonight, so this will have to be quick. My grandfather and I share a birthday of November 6th - election day this year :-) Usually my mom makes dinner at the house but this year we're going out to dinner. I'll let you know how that goes, but it should be fun.This is the package I

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-38446476471071432282007-11-01T22:01:00.000-04:002007-11-02T01:28:28.009-04:00

I don't celebrate Halloween, so I don't have anything grand to post about on that end. Beatrice blogged about a piece she worked on with her mom, which started me thinking about family and crafting. Plus it's 1am, so this is going to be a very random post...I learned how to knit because of and from my maternal grandma. When I was 11, my cousin and I spent the summer with my grandparents at a

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-68849425098108144172007-10-29T21:57:00.000-04:002007-10-29T23:48:12.198-04:00

On my way home from work, I walked up Broadway on my way to Penn Station and found the coolest store, Fishes Eddy. As an on-again-off-again ceramic artist I go a little nuts for anything pottery or ceramic, but this place really deserves it. Sparing you the overly detailed description, I'll plug their website instead for anyone interested. I ended up buying 2 items.I'm sure the thing on the

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-78536371606993546172007-10-29T12:54:00.001-04:002007-10-29T14:06:17.623-04:00

I've got some good news, and some bad news. First the bad news, so that I get it out of my system and can dwell on the good stuff.I recently reconnected with an "old" friend from when I lived in London, who is now living in Paris. Since I work with Paris, speak French, and am basically obsessed with all things french (despite disapproving of their social policies), it wasn't hard for her to

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-68063190415711210422007-10-28T20:40:00.000-04:002007-10-28T22:18:18.959-04:00

Today rocked! The day began with no plans beyond getting out of the house and doing "something Fall", and mission accomplished!I woke up pretty early for a Sunday - 8ish - and did 2 hours of stitching on Ivy while watching some shows off my DVR - Gossip Girls, Big Shots, and Smallville. Gossip Girl is my guilty pleasure this TV season. I went to high school on the Upper East Side - it was

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-17341775266502333432007-10-27T19:47:00.000-04:002007-10-27T20:13:34.105-04:00

Just a quick post...I got my first comment Friday! Thank you sooo much Beatrice, it's nice to know that someone reads my blog... besides the google spiders that is.So, quick update on stitching. I finished a 18-month old WIP that turned up last week while I was looking for cardboard to finish an already-completed piece... so that, plus my finish of July and nearly-finished August BC blocks

kimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-69348353977246340712007-10-24T09:11:00.000-04:002007-10-24T09:23:36.994-04:00

I didn't realize how long it's been since my last post! Oh well, better late than never :)So last night at around 11 I was falling asleep watching TV, and got the strong urge to paint my nails. I have a small collection of 1-3 year old nail polishes in colors like deep rose, red orange, red, maroon, purple and blue - pastels never appealed to me, seasonal correctness or not. Anyways, of all my

kimnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-34842472493467939572007-10-09T20:48:00.000-04:002007-12-19T14:08:37.330-05:00

[Photo 1] This is my first LHN finish! Also my LHN start, so that's good :) It was pretty quick to stitch, and I think I'm going to try more LHN designs in the future. This one is going to look great in my bedroom, which has a lot of green already.[Photo 2] I finished this over the summer but recently pulled it out to show someone, so I figured I'd post a pic of it. It's a design by JBW,

kimnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-65376733043790817982007-10-07T22:58:00.000-04:002007-10-08T00:33:32.312-04:00

Wow it's been a long weekend. Literally: it's been four days. I love the holiday season but seriously, by Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah I think everyone is sick of seeing each other and eating all that food. We're very low key about holidays at my house but still, I'm actually looking forward to going back to work. Won't that change around 9:05 tomorrow morning ;-)I designed and started my

kimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-52199733367691692722007-10-02T20:17:00.000-04:002007-12-12T13:34:57.352-05:00

Last Wednesday night began one of my favorite holidays, Sukkot, the third and final installment of the Jewish "Holiday Season". The holiday lasts for 8 days, and the first and final 2 days have virtually all the restrictions of a typical Saturday. However, on years such as this year, when the holiday falls begins Wednesday night, the Thursday and Friday holidays roll right into Shabbat,

kimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-53389829507568524092007-09-25T21:42:00.000-04:002007-09-25T22:26:55.083-04:00

I feel badly about not posting yesterday, but by the time I got home I was too exhausted to go on the computer. A friend of mine recently got certified as a yoga instructor and she's been having classes Monday nights at her house... and yesterday was the first week I could make it. The class was fun! I'm not so into Yoga and especially not into fuzzy stuff, but we did fun stuff like stand in a

kimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-45824641570476572752007-09-23T20:02:00.000-04:002007-09-23T21:58:30.105-04:00

Yom Kippur started Friday night. We had an early dinner Friday since the fast began around 6:30 and we had to be in shul by then. Mom cooked a lot: there was gefilte fish, chicken soup, and then of course the main dinner course - it was a LOT of food overall. I'm not such a fan of chicken soup, but luckily Sky is :)Yom Kippur davening is always long but it seemes to take forever Friday night.

kimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-54479224087746840092007-09-20T23:02:00.000-04:002007-09-20T23:19:30.893-04:00

I just got back from the LNS about an hour ago - yes at 10pm. The Lazy Daisy Stitchery had a stitch in night where you could bring your work in progress and work on it there, and also pick up supplies. There were about 15 people and it was filled to capacity. The shop is smallish, very long and narrow but it's laid out extremely well, not many stands or pieces of furniture so it wasn't too

kimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-41249363529153726012007-09-19T14:11:00.000-04:002007-09-19T15:12:56.507-04:00

Today has been a very blechy day, mostly for three reasons. First, I got about 2.5 hours of sleep last night so I'm waaaay overtired, plus I don't feel so good (unrelated to the fatigue). Despite not sleeping much I got very little stitching done last night - curses to you Spider Solitaire! Second, my commute was, shall we say, less than ideal. When I finally dragged my butt to the train this

kimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-28963307211669626612007-09-18T22:06:00.000-04:002007-09-18T23:16:02.971-04:00

My new computer arrived yesterday!!! To make a boring story short, I am such a technophile and my old computer needed to be reformatted 2 years ago and replaced about 1 year ago... And then my brother got a job working for a big computer company, so I waited about six months for him to graduate college and start his job so I could use his employee discount... which is also the only reason that I

kimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-44194080843587468522007-09-17T20:41:00.000-04:002007-09-17T20:45:37.875-04:00

Good thing I went for a practice ride on my bicycle when I got home from work today! I went for a 30 minute ride around my neighborhood and realized that a) the seat is very uncomfortable and b) I am totally out of shape. So I think I need to practice a little more before attempting the long ride to work.Very exciting news, but it'll have to wait until tomorrow. What a tease!Til later,Kim

kimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-75387076872921957452007-09-17T15:44:00.000-04:002007-09-17T20:40:00.823-04:00

I walked to the train, and then from Penn to work this morning, and it was so nice and cold out! Fall finally fell on New York on Saturday, and I plan to live it up as much as possible before winter crashes my party. To that end, I think I'm going to ride my bike to work in PW tomorrow. It's an ambitious 5.4 mile ride but I can always leave my bike at the office and take the train home if it's

kimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358517081817595311.post-50684022707941619872007-09-16T18:28:00.000-04:002007-09-24T13:35:26.340-04:00

Happy new year! Whew, these 3-day holidays are draining. My friend J and her brother spent Rosh Hashanah with my family, which was perfect because I get bored of seeing just my family for 3 whole days ;) But that means entertaining for three whole days... I can sort of see why my mom doesn't want to have the entire family for sukkot this year, but we have them every year, so it'd be really

kimnoreply@blogger.com0