Showing posts with label NaBloPoMo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NaBloPoMo. Show all posts

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Three on Thursday

I'm So happy to report that this is the final NaBloPoMo post.  It's been fun and I'm proud of myself for not missing a single day but... For someone who doesn't have all that much to say and doesn't knit all that fast, it's also been a little stressful.  But no matter.  Yay!  I survived! And Double Yay!  It's over!

Because I'm obviously running out of things to talk about and it's Three on Thursday list day today, and I just happen to have three DVD's laying on my desk, waiting to be watched, I thought I'd list them.

1.  Outlander, Season 1.  I know!  I'm like the only person in the world who hasn't watched the series.  I feel like I have.  I've watched hours and hours of clips on YouTube, but I've never seen the actual show.

2.  In the Heart of the Sea.  Sarah bought it for me because my 'boyfriend' (Chris Hemsworth) is in it. I'm rather excited about it because, well, Chris Hemsworth!  But also because I love a good tragedy at sea story.

3.  The Conjuring.  Another I know! moment.  I should have watched this in October but....  I found it in the $3.00 bin at Walmart the other day so what the heck.  A little pre-Christmas terror.

So, those are the movies I plan to knit to this week. Or more like, today.  (Wow! Today is November 30th.  Looks like I'll be getting lots of knitting time in today!)  I gotta watch them today because tomorrow is December 1st.  December 1st means non-stop Christmas movies!

To see others' Three on Thursday lists, head over to Carole's place.

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Not what I expected

Knitting a baby blanket for a Christmas gift.
Another large project

Another large project was not what I expected to be knitting today.

My red VW stitch marker is happy to be helping me knit this baby blanket.
Volkswagen stitch marker

But my Volkswagen stitch marker is awfully happy to be involved.

(Sorry folks.  Bear with me.  Only two more days of this NaBloPoMo nonsense to go.  And thank goodness for it!  I'm seriously running out of things to talk about.)

Join me over at Frontier Dreams for the #CraftingOn link-up.

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Traffic

Instead of knitting yesterday, I

photo courtesy of wtop.com
photo courtesy of wtop.com

sat

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photo courtesy of wtvr.com

in

photo courtesy of reddit.com
photo courtesy of reddit.com
traffic.

I mean, good grief!  It was like something straight out of Office Space.

I mean, really!  Did all the airports decide to shut down for the Thanksgiving holiday, or something?

Good grief!

I am SO thankful that I will be spending today at home, baking and not out on the roads.

(Can you tell that if it wasn't for NaBloPoMo, I wouldn't be posting today?  So far, I haven't missed a day and didn't want to blow it this close to the finish line.)

If you'd like to see some actual knitting being done, head over to Kat's #Unraveled link-up.

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Welcoming in November

How is it possible that it's November already?  Where did October go?  I never even bought a pumpkin!

What ever.  It's November, so you know that that means.  NaBloPoMo.  Otherwise known as post every day for the next 30 days.  We'll see how it goes.  Last year, I think I made it a full three days before I skipped a day.  I'm making no promises but this year should be slightly easier because....

As of yesterday, I'm officially unemployed!  Yay!  The season is over at the theme park where I work so my time is now my own.  I love my job, we had a good year, and I'll miss the people but... Phew!  Glad it's over.

I'm super excited to have more knitting and reading time.  There hasn't been much of either lately.

knitting Ocean Stripes shawl with Palette from Knit Picks <a href="http://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=726901&u=1446317&m=59159&urllink=&afftrack=">Knit Picks</a>
car knitting

I was able to knit a few rows in the car on the way home from Florida last week.

I'm reading a scary thriller, Abducted, by T. R. Ragan about a pyscho-killer on the loose.


And I started Abducted by T. R. Ragan.  It was probably not the best choice for alone-in-a-slightly-sketchy-motel-on-the-side-of-I95 reading but.... I am enjoying the story.  A crazed pyscho-killer is after one of his previous victims who managed to escape his clutches.  According to my Kindle, I'm only 22% into the story, but that's far enough to give me the willies & for me to occasionally think I'm being followed.  Like I said, the book is really, really not the thing to read when you are alone in a sketchy motel room.

Well, that's enough for today.  I'll save the driving to Florida and sketchy motel stories for another day.  To hear more about what others are knitting and reading, join me over at Kat's place for #Unraveled Wednesday.