Date:- October 13th 2009
New Thing:- secret project
I did a new thing today, but I can't tell you about it. Not yet. I might do eventually. Sorry for the teaser.
New Thing # 32
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Date:- October 10th 2009
New Thing:- Taste a moose
This weekend I went into the mountains with Marnie (a friend from class) and her husband Del. A wonderful couple who heard that I wanted to see a moose and invited me to stay at her cabin in Avon, Maine, and see if we could find one.
We didn't see any moose, but a friend had given her some moose steak from a bull that he had shot. And she cooked it for me for dinner. HUGE steak!! But then, they got 900lbs of meat from the moose. Lots of meat on those things.
Marnie cooked them up with some sherry (I think, it may have been port. Is that the same thing?) and some garlic. The following pictures were taken by Marnie. She's actually a good photographer. These are blurry because she was a) a little tipsy and b) giggling with delight.
It was actually quite tasty. Tasted like normal steak, but slightly odd. Nice odd. And something new. Still, I hope to see a live moose at some point before I leave Maine.
New Thing:- Taste a moose
This weekend I went into the mountains with Marnie (a friend from class) and her husband Del. A wonderful couple who heard that I wanted to see a moose and invited me to stay at her cabin in Avon, Maine, and see if we could find one.
We didn't see any moose, but a friend had given her some moose steak from a bull that he had shot. And she cooked it for me for dinner. HUGE steak!! But then, they got 900lbs of meat from the moose. Lots of meat on those things.
Marnie cooked them up with some sherry (I think, it may have been port. Is that the same thing?) and some garlic. The following pictures were taken by Marnie. She's actually a good photographer. These are blurry because she was a) a little tipsy and b) giggling with delight.
It was actually quite tasty. Tasted like normal steak, but slightly odd. Nice odd. And something new. Still, I hope to see a live moose at some point before I leave Maine.
HSKS 9 - getting to know the players
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Okay, so I have another HSKS assignment. This time I have to find a player who meets a certain criteria from the list and comment on their blog or one of their projects.
Here they are...
1) Someone who does the same craft as me - Helena Lovegood
Helena both crochets and knits. I scanned through her blog and was so intrigued by all the challenges and things (from everyone else's blogs too). I wish I'd discovered HSKS a long time ago!!
2) Someone born in the same month as me - Hermione Bagnold
This one was easy. They have a list of birthdays in the sidebar of the blog. Nice and handy. Ooo, and having just checked out her blog, she used me for this one too. She commented on Pierre. She even linked to my blog and to Pierre!
3) Someone from a different country - Stuart Cauldwell
Stuart is from Canada and unfortunately the beautiful kitty listed in projects is not available as a pattern :-(
4) Someone who is a new player - Saraid Swiftrunner
Saraid is the team rookie for the Appleby Arrows (who aren't half as good as the Montrose Magpies btw :P) She also cross-stiches, which is a rare sight on Ravelry. But then they only have options for crochet and knitting at the moment, so there could be millions, which is what I told her on her blog.
5) Someone who has been in 3 or more HSKS swaps - Fleur Sweeting
Fleur, as far as I can tell, has been in HSKS swaps since number 3. At least, she has banners 3-9 in the sidebar of her blog. She's obviously better than me, since she can knit shawls without going insane.
6) Someone who has a bigger stash than me - Megaera Black
According to Ravelry stats, Megaera has the biggest stash (at 234!!) but I have to say that once I get back to England in the New Year and actually get around to adding my stash, I think I could beat her. Possibly. Watch this space.
7) Someone who both knits and crochets - Cassandra Goode
Cassandra has a quarter of a century knitting, and a quarter of a century crocheting! That is pretty damn impressive. I really hope I'm still crafting 20 years from now. I commented on her blog, about a yarn bowl she received in the last swap. Look out for said bowl to be added to my wish list.
8) Someone who has the same favourite colour as me - Lizzie Wychwood
Finding someone who likes purple was not difficult. Purple is a very very popular colour, especially on Ravelry. I picked Lizzie because of a runes bookmark she made. It reminded me of the tattoo around my wrist.
There! Assignment completed. In other HSKS news, i have my spoiler and spoilee information. Time to go shopping - let's pretend that I didn't skip to ebay and etsy three seconds after getting the email.
Here they are...
1) Someone who does the same craft as me - Helena Lovegood
Helena both crochets and knits. I scanned through her blog and was so intrigued by all the challenges and things (from everyone else's blogs too). I wish I'd discovered HSKS a long time ago!!
2) Someone born in the same month as me - Hermione Bagnold
This one was easy. They have a list of birthdays in the sidebar of the blog. Nice and handy. Ooo, and having just checked out her blog, she used me for this one too. She commented on Pierre. She even linked to my blog and to Pierre!
3) Someone from a different country - Stuart Cauldwell
Stuart is from Canada and unfortunately the beautiful kitty listed in projects is not available as a pattern :-(
4) Someone who is a new player - Saraid Swiftrunner
Saraid is the team rookie for the Appleby Arrows (who aren't half as good as the Montrose Magpies btw :P) She also cross-stiches, which is a rare sight on Ravelry. But then they only have options for crochet and knitting at the moment, so there could be millions, which is what I told her on her blog.
5) Someone who has been in 3 or more HSKS swaps - Fleur Sweeting
Fleur, as far as I can tell, has been in HSKS swaps since number 3. At least, she has banners 3-9 in the sidebar of her blog. She's obviously better than me, since she can knit shawls without going insane.
6) Someone who has a bigger stash than me - Megaera Black
According to Ravelry stats, Megaera has the biggest stash (at 234!!) but I have to say that once I get back to England in the New Year and actually get around to adding my stash, I think I could beat her. Possibly. Watch this space.
7) Someone who both knits and crochets - Cassandra Goode
Cassandra has a quarter of a century knitting, and a quarter of a century crocheting! That is pretty damn impressive. I really hope I'm still crafting 20 years from now. I commented on her blog, about a yarn bowl she received in the last swap. Look out for said bowl to be added to my wish list.
8) Someone who has the same favourite colour as me - Lizzie Wychwood
Finding someone who likes purple was not difficult. Purple is a very very popular colour, especially on Ravelry. I picked Lizzie because of a runes bookmark she made. It reminded me of the tattoo around my wrist.
There! Assignment completed. In other HSKS news, i have my spoiler and spoilee information. Time to go shopping - let's pretend that I didn't skip to ebay and etsy three seconds after getting the email.
To Do in Maine
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I have a Bucket List. I also have a Bucket List for while I'm here in America. It's not so much a bucket list, cos it's things to do before I leave, not things to do before I kick the bucket. It's a boarding list. Things to do before I board the plane home. Anyway, enough rambling...
This is my To Do in Maine list...
- visit Tinsel Bright (a shop in downtown Gorham)
- go to IHOP [achieved Oct 8th]
- go to Victoria Mansion [achieved Oct 26th]
- visit Maine Mall (still haven't explored the Mall proper yet, just the bits outside) [achieved many many times]
- take a Casco Bay cruise
- have a cocktail at Top of East
- go to a county fair [Common Ground Fair, Sept 26th]
- visit Salem, Mass [achieved Oct 31st]
- get a picture of white church for Jennie [achieved Oct 10th]
- go whalewatching
- see a moose
- go to a flea market and/or a yard sale [Oct 10th]
- go to a drive-thru movie
- try lobster [Oct 1st]
- go to Ben & Jerry's factory
Will be changed and adjusted when I achieve a goal, and when I think of something to add to it.
This is my To Do in Maine list...
- visit Tinsel Bright (a shop in downtown Gorham)
- go to IHOP [achieved Oct 8th]
- go to Victoria Mansion [achieved Oct 26th]
- visit Maine Mall (still haven't explored the Mall proper yet, just the bits outside) [achieved many many times]
- take a Casco Bay cruise
- have a cocktail at Top of East
- go to a county fair [Common Ground Fair, Sept 26th]
- visit Salem, Mass [achieved Oct 31st]
- get a picture of white church for Jennie [achieved Oct 10th]
- go whalewatching
- see a moose
- go to a flea market and/or a yard sale [Oct 10th]
- go to a drive-thru movie
- try lobster [Oct 1st]
- go to Ben & Jerry's factory
Will be changed and adjusted when I achieve a goal, and when I think of something to add to it.
Busy busy day
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Yesterday I voluntarily got out of bed and climbed up the stupid hill to get the shuttlebus into Portland. I very nearly didn't, because I woke up with no energy like I normally do. In theory I HAD to get up cos I had a doctor's appointment in Portland, but I overslept and missed that. The plan had been to go to the doctor's, then go shopping. In the end I just went shopping.
I did what I normally do. I got on a bus. Any bus. A completely random bus to see where it took me. I do that a lot at home, when I have my 3 month bus ticket with unlimited travel, where there are four hundred different bus routes. Here there are about four different routes, but the journeys are 50c each when I show my USM id card. That's like 30p a ride!!! It's amazing :-)
So I travelled buses randomly. Just seeing the local area. It was nice, I went right out into the suburbs. I saw tree-lined cul-de-sacs, and moms waiting for school buses, and basketball hoops over garages, and pumpkins on porches and skeletons in front yards. It was nice. It was quaint, traditional America. The kind of America I want to live in one day. I ended up at a big supermarket where I did a little bit of grocery shopping (instant mash and little goldfish baked crackers).
The guy at the checkout actually asked me if I wanted paper or plastic. I grinned so much I must have looked like I'd escaped from a looney bin. It was very cool.
Ooo, speaking of America, the other day I saw four cop cars parked outside a Dunkin Donuts. Very cool. I should have taken a picture.
After my trip to the suburbs I ended up back in Portland city center exploring the shops. It was mostly little individual stores and souvenir shops. No chain stores, unless fifteen Starbucks branches count. I went in a big candy store and brought some candy corn, which it turns out I don't like. And I went into a place called Condom Sense, which is just incredible :-) I got myself a sticker.
Eventually I stumbled upon a cinema. A very old, classic looking cinema which I can't wait to visit. I was gonna go today, but... well I'll end with that bit. I almost went yesterday but I'm going into the mountains with a friend from class this weekend for fall break and I had to buy a coat, so I went to the mall instead. Starting out at Catherine's, which is the American equivalent of Evans (aka fat girl store), and brought some purple jogging bottoms (becuase I really need some kind of trousers) and a coat. A $149 winter coat. That was on sale, so I think I only paid a hundred bucks for it.
It's insulated, has pockets inside and out, has a faux fur lined hood. It makes me feel like the marshmallow man from Ghostbusters, but it'll keep me warm and dry in the snow. According to Marnie (the woman I'm going away with this weekend) it'll be 30 degrees up in the mountains this weekend, that's in about freezing in English money. That's mid-October. I'm beginning to suspect it might actually get cold enough for me to need a coat here!! Hence the purchase.
After Catherine's I found a dollar store. A BIG dollar store, and spent a few dollars in there on candy and bits and pieces for swaps and things. I love dollar stores.
Once I came out of the dollar store, right across the road was where I went for dinner. Somewhere I've wanted to go since I first stepped foot in America, and only got to yesterday.
IHOP!!!!
I had a 12oz friend beef steak with country gravy, mashed potato, broccoli, garlic bread and a fried egg. Was DELICIOUS!! And of course, I was at International House of Pancakes, I had to get pancakes. So I had five huge delicious chocolate chip pancakes :D They were yummy. I sat and sniffed them for ten minutes, they smelt soooooo good.
I had a really good, really successful day. Completely exhausted though. And I woke up today and had trouble putting weight on my ankle, so I missed class and never made it to the cinema. But the cinema will still be there tomorrow, or next week. I do have some work I should do before going away this weekend.
I did what I normally do. I got on a bus. Any bus. A completely random bus to see where it took me. I do that a lot at home, when I have my 3 month bus ticket with unlimited travel, where there are four hundred different bus routes. Here there are about four different routes, but the journeys are 50c each when I show my USM id card. That's like 30p a ride!!! It's amazing :-)
So I travelled buses randomly. Just seeing the local area. It was nice, I went right out into the suburbs. I saw tree-lined cul-de-sacs, and moms waiting for school buses, and basketball hoops over garages, and pumpkins on porches and skeletons in front yards. It was nice. It was quaint, traditional America. The kind of America I want to live in one day. I ended up at a big supermarket where I did a little bit of grocery shopping (instant mash and little goldfish baked crackers).
The guy at the checkout actually asked me if I wanted paper or plastic. I grinned so much I must have looked like I'd escaped from a looney bin. It was very cool.
Ooo, speaking of America, the other day I saw four cop cars parked outside a Dunkin Donuts. Very cool. I should have taken a picture.
After my trip to the suburbs I ended up back in Portland city center exploring the shops. It was mostly little individual stores and souvenir shops. No chain stores, unless fifteen Starbucks branches count. I went in a big candy store and brought some candy corn, which it turns out I don't like. And I went into a place called Condom Sense, which is just incredible :-) I got myself a sticker.
Eventually I stumbled upon a cinema. A very old, classic looking cinema which I can't wait to visit. I was gonna go today, but... well I'll end with that bit. I almost went yesterday but I'm going into the mountains with a friend from class this weekend for fall break and I had to buy a coat, so I went to the mall instead. Starting out at Catherine's, which is the American equivalent of Evans (aka fat girl store), and brought some purple jogging bottoms (becuase I really need some kind of trousers) and a coat. A $149 winter coat. That was on sale, so I think I only paid a hundred bucks for it.
It's insulated, has pockets inside and out, has a faux fur lined hood. It makes me feel like the marshmallow man from Ghostbusters, but it'll keep me warm and dry in the snow. According to Marnie (the woman I'm going away with this weekend) it'll be 30 degrees up in the mountains this weekend, that's in about freezing in English money. That's mid-October. I'm beginning to suspect it might actually get cold enough for me to need a coat here!! Hence the purchase.
After Catherine's I found a dollar store. A BIG dollar store, and spent a few dollars in there on candy and bits and pieces for swaps and things. I love dollar stores.
Once I came out of the dollar store, right across the road was where I went for dinner. Somewhere I've wanted to go since I first stepped foot in America, and only got to yesterday.
IHOP!!!!
I had a 12oz friend beef steak with country gravy, mashed potato, broccoli, garlic bread and a fried egg. Was DELICIOUS!! And of course, I was at International House of Pancakes, I had to get pancakes. So I had five huge delicious chocolate chip pancakes :D They were yummy. I sat and sniffed them for ten minutes, they smelt soooooo good.
I had a really good, really successful day. Completely exhausted though. And I woke up today and had trouble putting weight on my ankle, so I missed class and never made it to the cinema. But the cinema will still be there tomorrow, or next week. I do have some work I should do before going away this weekend.
Wishlist
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This is my wishlist. I have to create one for HSKS but I figured I'd do a general one, for anyone who fancies buying me a present.
Here are the things I like receiving generally...
- buttons
- beads
- stationary
- stickers
- yarns
- badges
- anything with monkeys
- anything purple
- candy
- crystals and gemstones
Here are some board games I've been looking at...
- frustration
- taboo
Here are some books...
- Big Girl Knits
- More Big Girl Knits
- Cerulean Sins (Laurell K. Hamilton)
- Incubus Dreams (Laurell K. Hamilton)
- Micah (Laurell K. Hamilton)
- Danse Macabre (Laurell K. Hamilton)
- Skin Trade (Laurell K. Hamilton)
- Mirror, Mirror (Gregory Maguire)
- How to Survive a Horror Movie (Seth Grahame-Smith)
- Death Masks (Jim Butcher)
- Blood Rites (Jim Butcher)
- Dead Beat (Jim Butcher)
- White Night (Jim Butcher)
- Turn Coat (Jim Butcher)
- Heroes Graphic Novel vol. 2
- Random Acts of Kindness (Danny Wallace)
Here are some stitching patterns and other stitching related ideas...
- Amethyst
- Seraphine
- A Year of Events
- Evangeline
- crochet hooks (I just took it up and all I have so far are a 5mm and a 5.5mm)
- a crochet hook roll
- a "handmade" or "handmade by" rubber ink stamp for the labels I make. I want a consistent stamp, but I can't find one anywhere, so I've been using various stickers
- felt (as in the fabric) in any colour, including pink (I'm sure I'll need some for a project at some point)
- Amigurumi patterns
Here are some scented things...
- I love the smell of vanilla, and jasmine, so any candles or smellies in those scents
Here are some miscellaneous ideas...
- I want a leather barette, one of those ones where you push the stick through a hole at either end. Not necessarily leather, but bendy ones rather than wood.
Here are suggestions for big spenders...
- Pure Poison!!
Here are some general points about things I like...
- I knit, crochet, cross stitch and embroider. I'm trying to do more sewing so am collecting new fabrics and ideas.
- I read whenever I can.
- I am a big nerd, I love playing World of Warcraft and Mario games, and watching scifi and fantasy movies and tv shows.
- I am a bit of a bohemian hippy, I love handcrafted jewellery and clothes and things in purple, black or lots of colours all at once.
- I don't get to travel as much as I'd like, so I love receiving postcards and badges and pens from places I don't get to go to.
Here are some general points about things I DON'T like...
- I don't like coffee!
- Flavorwise I also don't like black liquorice or cherry.
- I don't like Jelly Beans
- I don't like pink
- I don't like.... hmm, there are lots of things I don't like but I can't think of any right now. I'll add them as I remember them.
THIS LIST WILL BE CONSTANTLY CHANGING AS AND WHEN I FIND SOMETHING NEW TO ADD TO IT!!!
Here are the things I like receiving generally...
- buttons
- beads
- stationary
- stickers
- yarns
- badges
- anything with monkeys
- anything purple
- candy
- crystals and gemstones
Here are some board games I've been looking at...
- frustration
- taboo
Here are some books...
- Big Girl Knits
- More Big Girl Knits
- Cerulean Sins (Laurell K. Hamilton)
- Incubus Dreams (Laurell K. Hamilton)
- Micah (Laurell K. Hamilton)
- Danse Macabre (Laurell K. Hamilton)
- Skin Trade (Laurell K. Hamilton)
- Mirror, Mirror (Gregory Maguire)
- How to Survive a Horror Movie (Seth Grahame-Smith)
- Death Masks (Jim Butcher)
- Blood Rites (Jim Butcher)
- Dead Beat (Jim Butcher)
- White Night (Jim Butcher)
- Turn Coat (Jim Butcher)
- Heroes Graphic Novel vol. 2
- Random Acts of Kindness (Danny Wallace)
Here are some stitching patterns and other stitching related ideas...
- Amethyst
- Seraphine
- A Year of Events
- Evangeline
- crochet hooks (I just took it up and all I have so far are a 5mm and a 5.5mm)
- a crochet hook roll
- a "handmade" or "handmade by" rubber ink stamp for the labels I make. I want a consistent stamp, but I can't find one anywhere, so I've been using various stickers
- felt (as in the fabric) in any colour, including pink (I'm sure I'll need some for a project at some point)
- Amigurumi patterns
Here are some scented things...
- I love the smell of vanilla, and jasmine, so any candles or smellies in those scents
Here are some miscellaneous ideas...
- I want a leather barette, one of those ones where you push the stick through a hole at either end. Not necessarily leather, but bendy ones rather than wood.
Here are suggestions for big spenders...
- Pure Poison!!
Here are some general points about things I like...
- I knit, crochet, cross stitch and embroider. I'm trying to do more sewing so am collecting new fabrics and ideas.
- I read whenever I can.
- I am a big nerd, I love playing World of Warcraft and Mario games, and watching scifi and fantasy movies and tv shows.
- I am a bit of a bohemian hippy, I love handcrafted jewellery and clothes and things in purple, black or lots of colours all at once.
- I don't get to travel as much as I'd like, so I love receiving postcards and badges and pens from places I don't get to go to.
Here are some general points about things I DON'T like...
- I don't like coffee!
- Flavorwise I also don't like black liquorice or cherry.
- I don't like Jelly Beans
- I don't like pink
- I don't like.... hmm, there are lots of things I don't like but I can't think of any right now. I'll add them as I remember them.
THIS LIST WILL BE CONSTANTLY CHANGING AS AND WHEN I FIND SOMETHING NEW TO ADD TO IT!!!
HSKS 9 - Montrose Magpies
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As everyone knows, I'm a bit of a stitcher. As some of you know, I'm a member of Ravelry, my username is Switchcleo. Ravelry is great. There are patterns and groups and a way to display all your projects (currently only crochet and knitting, but I'm hoping they'll add sewing and embroidery at some point). And there are also many many groups that organise swaps.
Swaps are so much fun. You sign up, you get assigned a swappee, and you have to create a package to send them. You, in return, get a nice package of goodies from the same or a different person. It's fun :-) Who doesn't like to receive a package of goodies in the post?
I'm in several swaps: a scarf travels one which is a round robin, where you knit five inches of a scarf and post it to the next person on the list who knits the next five inches. Everyone works on everyone else's scarf and by the time you get yours back it's full of diferent sections of wonderfulness. I'm also in several mini themed ones, and one that's all stuff that fits in a certain sized envelope. And I run two swaps too, a passion for purple one, and one with a £5 budget.
The swap I want to talk about today is a Hogwarts Kit Swap. This session is a Quidditch season. Past sessions have been a summer camp and school terms. The HSKS involves a lot more commitment than the other ones, and my first assignment has two parts that are, and I quote:
1- The HSKS9 logo MUST be posted the sidebar of your blog! The logo also MUST link to the HSKS9 blog.
2- Create a blog posting with your wishlists suggestions and any direct links to favorites so that your spoiler can get to know you.
So here I am. I've posted the logo to the sidebar, and I've also posted my team logo, I'm a Montrose Magpie. GO MAGPIES!!!
I'm going to do a separate post with my wishlist, once I've done a little bit of research and window-shopping, but I just thought I'd keep you all up to date with my obsessions :-)
PS> A common bit of fun with HSKS is to get a Meez. Mine is in the sidebar. I made her as chubby as I could, but they don't do really fat ones.
Swaps are so much fun. You sign up, you get assigned a swappee, and you have to create a package to send them. You, in return, get a nice package of goodies from the same or a different person. It's fun :-) Who doesn't like to receive a package of goodies in the post?
I'm in several swaps: a scarf travels one which is a round robin, where you knit five inches of a scarf and post it to the next person on the list who knits the next five inches. Everyone works on everyone else's scarf and by the time you get yours back it's full of diferent sections of wonderfulness. I'm also in several mini themed ones, and one that's all stuff that fits in a certain sized envelope. And I run two swaps too, a passion for purple one, and one with a £5 budget.
The swap I want to talk about today is a Hogwarts Kit Swap. This session is a Quidditch season. Past sessions have been a summer camp and school terms. The HSKS involves a lot more commitment than the other ones, and my first assignment has two parts that are, and I quote:
1- The HSKS9 logo MUST be posted the sidebar of your blog! The logo also MUST link to the HSKS9 blog.
2- Create a blog posting with your wishlists suggestions and any direct links to favorites so that your spoiler can get to know you.
So here I am. I've posted the logo to the sidebar, and I've also posted my team logo, I'm a Montrose Magpie. GO MAGPIES!!!
I'm going to do a separate post with my wishlist, once I've done a little bit of research and window-shopping, but I just thought I'd keep you all up to date with my obsessions :-)
PS> A common bit of fun with HSKS is to get a Meez. Mine is in the sidebar. I made her as chubby as I could, but they don't do really fat ones.
Another move?
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A week or so ago mum's cat gave birth to yet another litter of kittens. I decided that I want one of them, that I regret giving up Gadget. I REALLY want a pet. So, I had my darling best friend work her womanly charms on my landlord to find out if I'm allowed a kitten. My arguments being..
1) I've looked after a cat successfully for four years
2) The kitten would be coming from a home that already had a dog so she shouldn't have a problem with Ebony
3) I could bring the kitten home with me after Christmas and if Ebony had a problem with her I could always send her back with Michael. Could I at least have her for a trial?
He said no. When I originally interviewed for the place, he said pets were allowed. Now he says no to a dog, no to a cat. I want a pet!! I tried having a guinea pig, and I didn't get anything from it other than a messy floor. I want a pet I can interact with. I miss Gadget so much more than I ever thought I would. I miss her so much it hurts to think about her still, a year after I gave her away. I want a pet.
I'm sat in the computer room on Portland campus and I'm trying not to cry, I'm so disappointed about not being allowed the kitten. I'm seriously considering moving. Again.
Since I came to Stoke-on-Trent in January 2005 I've moved 3 times. My plan had been to stay at where I am now until I graduate and then move to Preston to be with Neil and we can get a pet together. But I'm not sure I can survive another year and a half without a pet. It actually hurts. I'm so tired of coming home and being alone. I want a dog or a cat I can play with and cuddle up with.
So, when I get home I'm gonna look at some ads and see what the chances are of moving, again. Anyone know of any places, in a shared house or not, within access of a bus route, that'd let me have a pet?
1) I've looked after a cat successfully for four years
2) The kitten would be coming from a home that already had a dog so she shouldn't have a problem with Ebony
3) I could bring the kitten home with me after Christmas and if Ebony had a problem with her I could always send her back with Michael. Could I at least have her for a trial?
He said no. When I originally interviewed for the place, he said pets were allowed. Now he says no to a dog, no to a cat. I want a pet!! I tried having a guinea pig, and I didn't get anything from it other than a messy floor. I want a pet I can interact with. I miss Gadget so much more than I ever thought I would. I miss her so much it hurts to think about her still, a year after I gave her away. I want a pet.
I'm sat in the computer room on Portland campus and I'm trying not to cry, I'm so disappointed about not being allowed the kitten. I'm seriously considering moving. Again.
Since I came to Stoke-on-Trent in January 2005 I've moved 3 times. My plan had been to stay at where I am now until I graduate and then move to Preston to be with Neil and we can get a pet together. But I'm not sure I can survive another year and a half without a pet. It actually hurts. I'm so tired of coming home and being alone. I want a dog or a cat I can play with and cuddle up with.
So, when I get home I'm gonna look at some ads and see what the chances are of moving, again. Anyone know of any places, in a shared house or not, within access of a bus route, that'd let me have a pet?
The View From My Window
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A month ago I posted a tour of my room, including a photo of the view from my room. Today I took another picture and I thought I'd post them both so you can see the colour changes in just a month. I'll do one every month.
(August 30th 2009)
(October 4th 2009)
(August 30th 2009)
(October 4th 2009)
Unnecessary, illogical worrying
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Cel'eena Cree
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It isn't news to anyone that I tend to overthink things, that I'm paranoid and insecure, and that the tiniest little thing can set me off.
I'm having one of those moments.
Since I've been in America Neil has been online all the time he's not at work. If he's not on MSN he'll be logged on to googlechat on his phone. And we chat whenever I'm not at class and he's not at work or asleep. There's a few hours a day where we're both free.
Except that I've barely spoken to him since Wednesday. Two or three sentences as I was going to bed Thursday night and he was getting up for work, and then a chat yesterday afternoon. He said the plug extension thingy in his room blew and he couldn't use his computer or charge his phone. Fair enough.
But now he's not online today either. I woke up after bad dreams and looking forward to speaking to him, and he's not online. I'm emailed him, I guess he's busy. But it's okay. I miss him, and I worry about him, but I'm okay.
Or I was. Until I realised that I haven't heard from Jen in a coupla days either. She normally messages me on Facebook. Considering on Thursday Stitch and Bitch started up again and Brownies was Friday night, I was expecting messages from her telling me all about how they went. But I haven't heard from her.
So now my insecure, overthinking, paranoid brain is telling me they've run off together. Or he's spending the weekend at her house and they're doing all kinds of things and they haven't got the guts to tell me. I know that it's stupid. They don't fancy each other, and I trust them completely. But right now I'm three thousand miles away and if they're doing something together there's nothing I can do to interfere.
Of course, it's possible that Neil is just having an episode. Which makes me feel a whole lot better. (Sarcaasm for those who can't tell.) He tends to not be so communicative when he's episoding. So I'm three thousand miles away and my boyfriend might either be getting physical with my best friend, or he's episoding. I hate being so far away.
I can feel myself starting to cry. I know I'm being paranoid and illogical, but I can't help it. I can't help being scared of what's going on over there. I can't help missing Neil and Jen and I can't help worrying about them. Losing either one of them is my greatest fear, and for whatever reason they've both gone MIA, so I'm going to worry and panic and stress and get paranoid and sit here trying not to cry.
Cos I'm a moron.
I'm having one of those moments.
Since I've been in America Neil has been online all the time he's not at work. If he's not on MSN he'll be logged on to googlechat on his phone. And we chat whenever I'm not at class and he's not at work or asleep. There's a few hours a day where we're both free.
Except that I've barely spoken to him since Wednesday. Two or three sentences as I was going to bed Thursday night and he was getting up for work, and then a chat yesterday afternoon. He said the plug extension thingy in his room blew and he couldn't use his computer or charge his phone. Fair enough.
But now he's not online today either. I woke up after bad dreams and looking forward to speaking to him, and he's not online. I'm emailed him, I guess he's busy. But it's okay. I miss him, and I worry about him, but I'm okay.
Or I was. Until I realised that I haven't heard from Jen in a coupla days either. She normally messages me on Facebook. Considering on Thursday Stitch and Bitch started up again and Brownies was Friday night, I was expecting messages from her telling me all about how they went. But I haven't heard from her.
So now my insecure, overthinking, paranoid brain is telling me they've run off together. Or he's spending the weekend at her house and they're doing all kinds of things and they haven't got the guts to tell me. I know that it's stupid. They don't fancy each other, and I trust them completely. But right now I'm three thousand miles away and if they're doing something together there's nothing I can do to interfere.
Of course, it's possible that Neil is just having an episode. Which makes me feel a whole lot better. (Sarcaasm for those who can't tell.) He tends to not be so communicative when he's episoding. So I'm three thousand miles away and my boyfriend might either be getting physical with my best friend, or he's episoding. I hate being so far away.
I can feel myself starting to cry. I know I'm being paranoid and illogical, but I can't help it. I can't help being scared of what's going on over there. I can't help missing Neil and Jen and I can't help worrying about them. Losing either one of them is my greatest fear, and for whatever reason they've both gone MIA, so I'm going to worry and panic and stress and get paranoid and sit here trying not to cry.
Cos I'm a moron.
Stitching PS
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By the way, I don't post all of my crafting on here. I post some of it, stuff that's relevant or that I'm particularly proud of. I do however put it all on facebook, and all my knitting and crochet is on ravelry, where my username is Switchcleo.
Civil War and Crochet
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I finally saw the first of the ten historical monuments I'm meant to be writing about for my History of Maine course. And in about an hour or so, or possibly tomorrow morning because I'm exhausted, I'll have written my first entry in the blog I'm meant to be keeping.
In other news, here is a granny square.
Go on, admit it. You're surprised it's not purple. Well relax, there will be plenty of purple ones. This is the first granny square I've ever made (thank you You Tube). I plan to make one from every different type and colour of yarn I own, and every type I ever get. Cos I'm sad like that. And my stash is mostly purple, so there'll be plenty of purple. I'm going to sew them together as I go (having learned my lesson whilst making my family loom.
Hmm, having just done a brief scan of my blog history, I don't think I actually told you about the blog. When Jen taught me to knit, nearly a year ago, I started making patches. Lots and lots of patches of this one type of yarn to make a quilt with. I measured the first patch, and I measured my duvet, and decided I needed 70 patches.
It became called a family loom because I'd decided that I wanted it to go down through my following generations as a family heirloom, and at Christmas last year my baby sister Michaela (she was 11 at the time) asked if she could knit a patch for the loom. The name stuck. She did knit a patch. It's almost exactly in the middle, with a little M on it, so everyone knows she did it.
It took me almost three months to knit all the patches, amongst my other projects. Then it took a whole day, thanks to my insisting that no two adjoining patches should match, to lay them out in order. My eternal gratitude to Charlotte and Cayden who helped me lay them out, reorder them til they were right and then pinning numbers to them all. It took another two months to sew the damn thing together.
I love it, it's comfortable and delicious and my first big project and ridiculously heavy, but I have learned my lesson! This time I'm sewing the squares up as I go.
In other news, here is a granny square.
Go on, admit it. You're surprised it's not purple. Well relax, there will be plenty of purple ones. This is the first granny square I've ever made (thank you You Tube). I plan to make one from every different type and colour of yarn I own, and every type I ever get. Cos I'm sad like that. And my stash is mostly purple, so there'll be plenty of purple. I'm going to sew them together as I go (having learned my lesson whilst making my family loom.
Hmm, having just done a brief scan of my blog history, I don't think I actually told you about the blog. When Jen taught me to knit, nearly a year ago, I started making patches. Lots and lots of patches of this one type of yarn to make a quilt with. I measured the first patch, and I measured my duvet, and decided I needed 70 patches.
It became called a family loom because I'd decided that I wanted it to go down through my following generations as a family heirloom, and at Christmas last year my baby sister Michaela (she was 11 at the time) asked if she could knit a patch for the loom. The name stuck. She did knit a patch. It's almost exactly in the middle, with a little M on it, so everyone knows she did it.
It took me almost three months to knit all the patches, amongst my other projects. Then it took a whole day, thanks to my insisting that no two adjoining patches should match, to lay them out in order. My eternal gratitude to Charlotte and Cayden who helped me lay them out, reorder them til they were right and then pinning numbers to them all. It took another two months to sew the damn thing together.
I love it, it's comfortable and delicious and my first big project and ridiculously heavy, but I have learned my lesson! This time I'm sewing the squares up as I go.
New Thing # 31
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Date: October 1st 2009
New Thing: Try lobster
I have never had lobster before. I am in Maine. It would be wrong of me not to try it at least once whilst here. And this evening the cafeteria did a lobster and steak night. When my card was swiped I was given a little ticket, good for one lobster or one steak. I didn't realise they'd be WHOLE lobsters though, and I didn't wanna get one just to find out I didn't like it. So I pinched a bit of Holly's.
I was a little freaked out about eating lobster, since reading The Lobster Coast for my Maine History course and reading all about lobster sex and lobster babies. It makes for weirdness. But I tried it anyway.
It was... rubbery. It didn't taste very nice really, but then I'm not really a big seafood person. But I tried it, that's the important thing.
Here is what a lobster looks like pre-cooking.
Here is what a lobster looks like after it's cooked - incidentally the things are boiled alive!!
I understand that lobsters are a delicacy, and that they provide big big business in Maine and other places, but I don't like them. I like my food to not look like animals. When I sat down at the table, Holly's lobster was practically waving its creepy antennae things at me. Ewww.
New Thing: Try lobster
I have never had lobster before. I am in Maine. It would be wrong of me not to try it at least once whilst here. And this evening the cafeteria did a lobster and steak night. When my card was swiped I was given a little ticket, good for one lobster or one steak. I didn't realise they'd be WHOLE lobsters though, and I didn't wanna get one just to find out I didn't like it. So I pinched a bit of Holly's.
I was a little freaked out about eating lobster, since reading The Lobster Coast for my Maine History course and reading all about lobster sex and lobster babies. It makes for weirdness. But I tried it anyway.
It was... rubbery. It didn't taste very nice really, but then I'm not really a big seafood person. But I tried it, that's the important thing.
Here is what a lobster looks like pre-cooking.
Here is what a lobster looks like after it's cooked - incidentally the things are boiled alive!!
I understand that lobsters are a delicacy, and that they provide big big business in Maine and other places, but I don't like them. I like my food to not look like animals. When I sat down at the table, Holly's lobster was practically waving its creepy antennae things at me. Ewww.
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