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You know, a lot of people gave me grief about how my DH and I used to travel 2+ hours to get our hair cut.  We found a lady we loved, and despite the fact that we moved, we still wanted to have our hair cut well.  To me, this makes sense.  To the rest of humanity, it was rediculous.

Well, I hope all the naysayers are happy.  We decided to find a place around here.  Now my hair is an inch shorter (which does not bode well with a woman who has been struggling to grow it out for 14 months) and I look like a mushroom.  And she did some stupid thing with the angle so now the layers in the back of my hair are more extreme than the ones in the front (ie the puff in the back of my head is on top, whereas the puff on the sides of my face is more around my ears.)

I can't even get it into a poneytail.

I know a good thing when I see it, and if that means I have to drive almost 3 hours to get to it, then so be it.

And for the record, my DH (who was the one complaining about driving 3 hours) is also unhappy with his cut.

Do I need to say it?  Yes, I think I do.

I. Told. You. So.

KNITTING NEWS

I am working on another baby sweater.  The little boy who is getting the brown sweater has a sibling on the way to I figured I'd just knit up an infant sized sweater quickly and send them both together.  No need in making babies feel left out when they first come into the world.  I'll post pictures on Sat.

As for you,  enjoy the end of the week. I'll post again Sat, tomorrow is another silly drive to and from NJ for work orientation.

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45% General American English

35% Yankee

20% Dixie

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

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Best In Show

I'm taking a class on women's impact on America. The class has been ok.  The main reason why I took it was because one requirement of the coarse was a knitting project. I couldn't say no!

Well, today we had our "Country Fair".  We brought in all of the projects we did throughout the semester.  I made cinnamon rolls (which didn't turn out right. It was more like pizza crust posing as cinnamon rolls), a "memory" quilt (everyone had to make one of these), a knitted scarf (everyone had to make one - but everyone else made theirs out of eyelash. Mine was more like lace and knitted with mohair!), and a "Personal Project".

Well, I walked away with 2 ribbons for - you guessed it - my scarf and my "personal project" which was the baby sweater that I posted about yesterday.  Check out my prizes! (By the way, sorry for the crappy pictures - I'm too lazy to find good light)

This is the scarf that I knit up a couple of months ago.  It is the scarf found in Last Mintue Knitted Gifts - I made with with the Jo Sharp mohair.  I won second place!!

This is the baby sweater I posted yesterday.  *drum roll please* I won Best of Show on this sweater!!  Oooooh boy, does it feel good!  I didn't understand what "best of show" was when I got it.  I thought it was like an "honorable mention" type thing.  When they awarded first place, I was totally pissed because I thought the other project was crappy (I didn't say that of course.  But I mean COME ON - she had snips of thread and fabric left over on it that she didnt trim up!).  Then my mom said "No Honey, best of show means you had the best project out of everything that was there".  Holy crap did that make me feel good!

Well, thats all I have tonight.  Tomorrow I am going to send the sweater out to the little boy who it was knit for.  I think I'll include the ribbon and write a nice little note for them!

Enjoy your night!

Welcome!

I'm glad you guys found me!  This will be my new home.  Thanks to the generous help of my mom and dad, and the ability to have unlimited blogs on the same account, I will be able to stay with typepad!  The bad news is that you all have to change your links AGAIN - which means I'll probably loose even more friends :(

So, in consideration of this fun and exciting adventure, here is the finished baby sweater:
As per usual, I completed the back first.  I had ongoing troubles with the front and took a break from it (and all knitting) for about a month.  When I started up again (this time with the correct needle size) I flew through the front and the sleeves.  Finishing was a breeze!

This is From Debbie Bliss Cotton Knits for all Seasons and knit in Rowan DK.

In Non-Knitting News:

Well, DH and I are (almost) ready to move!  We will be leaving a week from today for our new home in NJ.  DH will start his job in two weeks, I start mine a week from tomorrow.  I'm going to be a lead teacher in a preschool - my kids will be about age 6.  I have the following misconceptions about my job:

1) I will have absolutely no problem waking up at 5 am - I will be cheerful every morning!
2) I will be ready to leave the house by 6 so that I can get to work by 6:50
3) I will never hit traffic on my way down the turnpike and Rt 1. No problem what-so-ever.
4) I will be energetic and fun and always be prepared to give my 2 dozen five year olds an inspiring and exciting day.
5) The parents will love me.  The children will love me.  My co-workers will adore me.  We'll all be friends.
6) By the time 3:30 rolls around, there will always be the proper ratio so that I can leave.
7) I'll tap into my reserved energy every day and work out at Curves after work.  DH will then pick me up and we'll be on our way home by 4:15
8) We won't hit any traffic traveling up Rt. 1 and the Turnpike back home... never ever.  We'll be home by 5.
9) I'll be able to cook a wholesome, delicious, well thought meal every night for dinner.  My husband will be in awe and wonder and gaze longingly at his magestic wife.
10) I'll end my night with a great knitting session - since I'll be swimming in the dough I'll be ever to buy whatever yarn I want.

I have a week left to believe this.  I'll let you know how it goes next week.

As for today, I bought my cap and gown.  This is my last week of classes!  Hurrah!

Happy knitting, and keep checking back!

PS - please be patient while I work on updating my blog, work on the layout, update my links, etc.  This next week is going to be buuuuusy!