leslee roberts :: shouting into the wind

knitcheck 3

i finished my sweater. i would post a picture of it on me, except that i look like i've been sick for 10 days.... bleh

update 12/31/05 12:46 pm:

so here's a picture of it on the floor:

i felt empty after i finished it... so i quickly grabbed the kit i purchased from artfibers and have started a felted drawstring purse using Jadis (color 8) which is an alpaca/wool and Tibet, a nylon/cotton blend:

still sick but getting better?

it's nearly noon. i have just managed to take my shower and get dressed. now i am exhausted and sweaty. i'm going to rest for a little bit and then attempt to go outside (OMG!!!) for a little walk.

still sick

cheryl seems a little worse. i feel slightly better. we both now have new symptoms to contend with. ugh.

christmas 2005

we've been sick... not just piddly sick but sicky sick... worst in 5 years sick... we're getting better. my ears can pop now... i guess that's called better. cheryl didn't seem to get as sick as me. i was in bed mostly until yesterday. i can now schlep to the sofa and sit there most of the day.

cheryl managed to get the tree down from the closet and we limited decorations to one small drawer of ornaments:

we missed christmas eve dinner with the family. we spent quite a while searching the net for a restaurant which would deliver burgers on christmas eve -- no luck. we ended up calling tong kiang and ordered a whole peking duck with little buns and some chow mein. it was good. we opened gifts late last night.

here's cheryl in her new sweaters from gung and popo:

here are some movies from rainier (movies are big and loading is slow):

- vickie wishing us a merry christmas (11.1 mb)
- debbie opening her gift (antique multi-level candle holder) (17.2 mb)
- noah riding his new motorbike (from his dad) (12.3 mb)
- mom opening her big surprise from dad (6.2 mb)
- dad opening his high tech flashlight (16.5 mb)
- vickie opening her rainproof pants (12.3 mb)
- dave, mika's boyfriend, opening his leather jacket (9.2 mb)
- mika opening her bookends (14.1 mb)
- debbie, wearing a bracelet mika made her and a star necklace noah gave to her

auntie arly dropped by tonight and we exchanged gifts, so we got to open gifts again today... always so much fun...

i roasted an organic turkey and made stuffing and gravy. the turkey and gravy were fine, the stuffing was too salty so i threw it out. we ate up auntie's cookies and candies for dessert. there was no christmas cookie baking for us this year and since we didn't get out to shop for the last minute things for christmas dinner, like the side dishes and the CRANBERRY SAUCE!!!, we'll have to make up for it when we're feeling better.

a big one

This is my sister, debbie, holding her big salmon catch on the Willipa River with Andy as her fishing guide on November 27, 2005

knitcheck 2

i finished the back piece last night:

knitting is hypnotic and very gratifying. i think i will be visiting artfibers often...

knitcheck 1

joy and i spent a bit of time at artfibers this past friday. we both picked up some luscious lovelies. i fell in love with the color and texture of some sale yarn in the back room (fellini, color 11, 100% extrafine merino wool), so i ordered a custom pattern to knit up a sweater for myself (short sleeve, a-line, scoop neck).

i promised to post my progress, so here is the first. i began late friday night -- that first 1.5" of seed stitch was slow but once i moved into stocking stitch, it's been moving quickly.

cold...

i'm getting ready to walk up to the post office (about 8 blocks away). it's so cold and it's raining.

this is what i have on:

- turtleneck long sleeve shirt
- polartec high neck zip up vest
- neck scarf
- long underwear
- socks
- knit pants
- boots

i am getting ready to put on gloves, hat and pullover polartec coat and a rain slicker.

sheesh.... and i'm still cold

... and yes, i have the heat on in the house!

ahhh, sales

i am sooooooooo excited.... got an email from maria late last night. my ocean jasper necklace sold -- WOWEEEEE!!!

16.5" necklace: ocean jasper focal bead (2 cranes); bali silver; sterling silver; pearls; abalone shell; ostrich egg shell; moonstone; sterling silver clasp (Laura Liska)

(click on pic to embiggen)

i was already ecstatic from last weekend, when one of my few remaining harmony bracelets sold at the craft show:

more rainier holiday pics

it's 2:50 in the morning

and i've been up for half an hour. i woke at 1:15 and tossed and turned, trying to fall back asleep but it just wasn't happening...

work nightmares...

so i've sent myself all kinds of little email reminders to work which i guess have been piling up in my mind all day and will not be silenced until i have at least written them down for appropriate follow-up...

i am now playing snood

i am plagued

crotchety

well, i'm crotchety today... i spent an hour and a half at safeway shopping, got through the line and wrote a check to pay for the groceries -- same amount as always. the cashier called the manager over and they declined my check because it was the first one i've ever written to safeway. this is true but i still haven't gotten my replacement cards (remember that TWO weeks ago i lost my wallet and reported everything as lost). the manager told me that they would only take a check for up to $25. since i only shop at safeway every five weeks or so, i had a couple hundred dollars worth of stuff in the shopping cart. the money comes out of the same account as when i normally pay with my card... it just doesn't make sense to me. i got in the car and went home -- all pissed off...

now i'm home trying to cook dinner with what i've got in the house... which isn't much.

rainier snow 2005