But one of the things I meant to add is that my little rose bush, the minature one I have in my craft/sewing room, which is supposed to be a white rose bush, has a yellow one opening up! It’s so odd! All the others have been white and this one is definitely yellow.
Weirdness but it’s so great!
I found the free pattern at elann.com and joined a kal for making this at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AranWeightVictorianLaceShawlKAL/?yguid=958484 which also has a picture of the shawl.
And! I found some yummy colored yarn to make it in. http://www.herrschners.com/products/sku-711008id-3588tab-.html It’s the one on the top of the page, although I ordered it through Joann’s since it was cheaper there.
1. Finalizing plans for our knitting circle at work! We got permission to meet at the store on the first and third saturdays an hour before the store opens. So far it’s definitely Debra, Dylan and myself, but we’ve got interest from Heidi, Tiffany, Jennifer, and quite possibly Tonya, too. Tonya is the store manager as of the first of the month. I’m so excited! We’re going to do t-shirts and have them say Chicks with Sticks. Dylan is an art major and she’s going to design them.
2. The new Vogue Knitting. There’s a CUTE purple dress/jumper in there I just HAVE to make.
3. Battlestar Galactica. It’s back!
You give so much of yourself to us and make us all feel good about ourselves. You have encouraging words and wise advice, happy feelings and comforting touches. I hope your day is at least half as great as you make the rest of us feel.
1. The Lost recap. I saved it on the tivo for Harlan, just in case he decides he wants to watch the new season along with me. Next week! It’s coming!
2. Having two months worth of selections chosen at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fantasyfavorites and both titles I have on my tbr!
3. Knowing my Virtual Villagers are still alive. I don’t check on them too often, and once they scared me by being down to something like 30 in population, but they’re back up there now. Whew! (for those who don’t know, this is a game I’ve been playing for ages)
I’m earlier than usual!
1. A Clay Aiken free show! http://soundcheck.walmart.com/clayaiken.html
2 Books! From PBS Strangewood by Christopher Golden..from S&S Just Between Us by Cathy Kelly..a free promo at work called The Sweet Potato Queens Big Ass First Novel.
3. Davy Jones singing a kids song at http://www.workman.com/boynton/
4. My copy of Ice Dragon by George RR Martin finally came in at work! It came home with me, too!
1. Watching the birds. I’ve got two feeders out back (one of them is a nice one my father in law made for me) and it’s nice to see the birds happy.
2. Sim City. I got on a tangent with a city that was actually doing really well and forgot about everything else for a few hours.
3. Discovering a new bud on my miniature rose bush. It’s in my sewing room and I’ve had some trouble keeping it going when it’s hot out, but it’s doing great now.
The day has been filled already!
1. A picture of a new niece! Grace Elizabeth was born September 5th.
2. A shopping day with my sister. It was so fun!
3. Finding SEVERAL dresses I really wanted. I usually only find one. Course, I only bought one of them. But it’s enough to know I could have gotten both. The Dress Barn had phenomenal prices!
4. A small piece of raspberry caramel.
5. Harlan cooking supper. I didn’t have to cook today!
6. Driving with the top down!
7. Realizing that I’ve maintained being a size 8 for over a year now. It makes me feel good to know I’m not gaining, even if I’m not losing.
8. Reading things at 43T. It’s so gratifying to meet new people and find so many great things being accomplished here.
1. Having Ben Barnes speak at the store and selling out of all his books. We could have sold twice as many!
2. Getting to ignore the work needing to be done while our author was there. The crowd was just too big to be able to stock anything and oddly enough, there were no phone calls!
3. Getting two more DMC 699 floss. I thought I was going to run out and Walmart had just two left. I think I’ll have enough for my project now.
4. Finding a skirt I like on clearance for $5.
1. New t-shirts at work! This time it’s for a September music promotion. It’s fun to be able to wear t-shirts and jeans to work and looks neat when we’re all wearing the same thing.
2. New calendars in at work! It took me a while to get the stand pulled out and get them set up. I got myself a new Josephine Wall calendar with magnets with her artwork. I love them.
3. Watching episodes of Rome that I missed seeing on HBO. I really like this show and I hope it has a good second season.
1. Finishing my game of Virtual Villagers. The golden child is funny to watch. And he definitely likes to party. And chase butterflies. Very cool.
2. Knowing I have enough on my gift card to get the first season of Rome (the HBO series) that recently came out. I may do that.
3. Having a great time with podiobooks.com. There are a few on there worth listening to. I recommend Shadowmagic. It’s the same guy that did the voice on Red Dwarf for the talking toaster. (I LOVE Red Dwarf.)
4. Changing the sheets on the bed.
Triads are old sayings.
The first triad:
Three followers of wisdom:
imagination
purpose
endeavor
As wisdom grows in your heart, so too your powers of imagination, sense of purpose and mission in the world and your ability to work hard and achieve your goals.
1. Spending the day with Harlan.
2. Having dinner at Chili’s, even though it seemed as if they were rushing us through. It wasn’t busy, though, so it might have just been me.
3. Watching some rented movies together and not having to worry about getting up in the morning. I fell asleep during the last one. Darn. But it was still fun. We don’t do that often any more. Not together, anyway.
I fell asleep last night before adding anything here. Now I’m trying to remember the day! Isn’t that awful?
1. Getting a good report from the higher ups on their inspection of the store at work. Yay!
2. Getting permission to start the book club for the store and give customers 20% off of whatever book I choose for that month.
3. Getting the magazines of what’s coming out from one of the publishers I’ve reviewed for. They sent the fall and winter selections for me to look at. I can choose from those for review copies if I wish!
1. Finding out I gave everyone a laugh by goofing up on the store intercom today. They couldn’t believe I actually said “what am I thinking?” out loud in the middle of it all.
2. Being able to watch a tv show on my iPod at lunch. Since it’s too hot to leave a book in the car, this is the next best thing.
3. Getting a hug and a smile from Harlan when he came home from work. It feels good to be valued.
Well, Advisory Board sent me a hardcover yesterday called The Expected One and I got the Illuminator from PBS. But I timed things badly on Queen of Swords. I bought that one because I have to lead the discussion on it for a reading group. I did buy it used, though! So does it count? I’m undecided. It’s the first one this month that cost me actual cash. I wonder if I need to start over with this goal.
We got a whole bunch of promos in at work. Cale took some and let me choose a few, so I picked two: The Sacred Cut by David Hewson and Imperium by Robert Harris (the one who wrote Pompeii). Imperium is a novel of ancient Rome and looks really good! The other seems to be a murder mystery. I love the perks of my job!
This month of not buying any new books has reaped a bounty of free ones! I just got Robin Hobb’s The Forest Mage, the sequel to Shaman’s Crossing, which of course I don’t have yet, but will need to get. Is it out in paperback yet?
I had begun a Bardic course through OBOD a long time ago, and then I had kids move into the house and everything got forgotten for a while. Now I’ve decided that I’d like to continue on with it. Since before, they’ve put the entire course on 28 cds! Very cool! I can put them in my iPod and take them with me! I can hardly wait till they get here!
