Friday, September 26, 2008
once in a life time
I just witnessed one of twenty six walk-off-grand slams in the history of baseball. I rock and so does my team. Go Brewers!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
vogue
I just noticed that on this here blog that purports to be a knitting blog, I have not blogged about knitting since July. For shame.Right before we left Santa Fe I headed over to the Borders to work on the old dissertation as I did a couple of times a week. On the way out I decided to pick up a copy of the fall issue of Vogue knitting, because I had seen a few patterns over on ravelry that looked intriguing. Now, I'm a devoted Interweave subscriber. It has good articles and elegant and inspiring designs (most of the time). When I first started knitting Matthew bought me a Vogue knitting (the one with the twinkle shopping tunic, before it was the shopping tunic, on the cover) for Christmas, but at the time my lack of skills made me wary of the magazine. Now, I think maybe I'm ready for it. I like that it has some very fashion forward designs and present a way to own afordable designer clothing. However, it is vogue and as such it has some really crazy crap as well, things no real person would ever wear or knit, but with over thirty patterns to choose from there is bound to be stuff I like. So, I am seriously considering getting a subscription to another knitting magazine. Here are the patterns I am planning to knit from the fall vogue (patterns 10,18,23):
The Nordic Traditions sweater above would not be worn with a belt by the philosoknitter.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
oh puppypants, you are so cute
I have yet to take pictures of the new place, which we love (it is small, but so cute!), but I thought I'd share a couple of pictures of our favorite pooch lounging in the new house.
And no, she's not drunk, she's just silly, and adorable. Scarlett is in seventh heaven at our new location. We are living just a half of a block from the Urban Ecology Center in Riverside Park. The park is a bit of wilderness right in the middle of the city. She loves frolicking in the woods and the oak forest surrounded fields, and occasionally takes a dip in the Milwaukee River (yes, it's gross, but she's a dog). More often than not she runs into another dog, or two, or five and runs around playing with her new friends. We could not have moved our little family to a better location if we had tried.
And no, she's not drunk, she's just silly, and adorable. Scarlett is in seventh heaven at our new location. We are living just a half of a block from the Urban Ecology Center in Riverside Park. The park is a bit of wilderness right in the middle of the city. She loves frolicking in the woods and the oak forest surrounded fields, and occasionally takes a dip in the Milwaukee River (yes, it's gross, but she's a dog). More often than not she runs into another dog, or two, or five and runs around playing with her new friends. We could not have moved our little family to a better location if we had tried.
bridal bonanza (and a baby to be too!)
Two weeks ago we had a bridal shower for my cousin Terri, who's soon to be all growed up and married. She got lots of good loot and we all had a nice time:
Last weekend I headed to Chicago for Terri's bachelorette party. We went out for a very nice dinner, and out for a few drinks afterward. It was lots of fun. Terri and I:
On my way back from Chicago I stopped in Lake Bluff to see my old friend Meryl, who, as you can see, is about to have her first little baby. I had brunch with her and her adorable husband and had fun catching up.
Last weekend I headed to Chicago for Terri's bachelorette party. We went out for a very nice dinner, and out for a few drinks afterward. It was lots of fun. Terri and I:
On my way back from Chicago I stopped in Lake Bluff to see my old friend Meryl, who, as you can see, is about to have her first little baby. I had brunch with her and her adorable husband and had fun catching up.
brew crew
We went to a brewers game a couple of weeks ago for a Wednesday day game. At the time they were still leading the wild card race, but things were not looking so good. However, the game we saw was awesome, with the brewers pulling out a win in the 8th inning. Now we are just holding our breath and hoping for the mets to fall on their face over the next five games. The ability to go to brewers games is one of our many reasons for returning to the land of beer, cheese, and bad weather.
go east young man
After nearly a month, here are pictures of our trip from Santa Fe to Milwaukee. My husband the trucker:
A stop in Tulsa to see our favorite niece, Evelyn, and all of our lovely Tulsa family.
Dunkers:
Next, it was on to the St. Louis suburbs to see Charlie Chinnici and his family:
Scarlett and Matthew with the whole Chinnici gang (yes, I know she's on a couch, but it was like 4 a.m. and everyone else was doing it, how could we say no?):
Our good little traveler:
A stop in Tulsa to see our favorite niece, Evelyn, and all of our lovely Tulsa family.
Dunkers:
Next, it was on to the St. Louis suburbs to see Charlie Chinnici and his family:
Scarlett and Matthew with the whole Chinnici gang (yes, I know she's on a couch, but it was like 4 a.m. and everyone else was doing it, how could we say no?):
Our good little traveler:
Thursday, September 4, 2008
home again
We're officially moved in to the new place in Milwaukee. The trip from Santa Fe to MKE was great, we saw friends and family along the way. My first day of teaching at UWM went well, and we're working on unpacking and settling in. I want to post pictures of our trip and the new place, but unfortunately we have no interwebs at home yet, because AT&T sucks. I'll update just as soon as I can.
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