Chartreuse: the new Blue

I'm tired of blue this week and I'd like to make an argument that the new blue should be chartreuse, aka BRIGHT LIME GREEN (substitute favorite color as necessary). How in the world can anyone be blue when you have that color staring you in the face? During weeks like this, I'd surround myself with this color (wacky mental picture of stapling chartreuse roving to the walls of wherever I happen to be) so I couldn't be anything but happy. Such a cheerful color wouldn't allow for tears, sad thoughts or frustration with your boss's "don't do as I do, do as I command you" attitude. It would make everything okay. Yeah, so I don't live in that color-perfect world. But, isn't it a lovely thought? Maybe I'll paint the walls in the spare room this color (toned down just a bit, or not) so when I walk in to get yarn from stash or whatever reason calls me into that room, I'd have that mini-refresher. I hate times like this when tears are on call at a moment's notice for no reason I can find or understand and everything just feels wrong. I keep hoping that I can go to sleep at night and the next morning whatever this is will be gone. So far it doesn't seem to be working and just existing is getting rather annoying. None of the normal rituals that have worked in the past seem to be cutting it...maybe there really is something to this whole green thing. ;)

What can I say?

So, what do you say when you have nothing to say? I guess "nothing" is the answer. So, it's nothing you got. It's not that I haven't been busy, sort of. There was lots of work - up until April 14th. Then there was lots of sleeping and healing, oh and fighting with the insurance company (still going on) for paid time off. State Disibility was great. Checks came every week or so...couldn't seem to quite figure out their timing and neither could they. There was quite a bit of knitting, some crochet, a little visiting, major resting and healing from the surgery. There's also been some weight loss: hopefully the tip of the iceberg. So, now I'm back at work as order seems to be restoring itself to my small universe and things seem to be calming down and evening out. Wrongs aren't necessarily righting themselves, but the wrinkles are being worked out and if not, they're being run over and left behind along with the frustration of the things I can't fix. So, all in all, it's a pretty decent view from the window. ;)

Shipwreck Shawl

3/17/08 I can’t believe how easy and enjoyable this pattern is...not to mention addicting. I haven’t been able to put it down since I cast on the first stitches, nor have I been able to set it aside to work on anything else. I’m loving seeing it evolve. I’m just about to the faggot lace and may have to set aside until the beads get here. Oh, well.
3/18/09 Had to frog the Madeira portion halfway through as things weren’t lining up (updates have been posted on Knitty.com for this section). I’m about 15% through the Madeira and it’s looking beautiful…beads arrived today. Nothing to hold me back now!

Playing Around

I haven't so much been finishing projects as wrapping things up, getting them blocked and ready to photograph. I've been finishing small projects here and there, but the bigger ones aren't making much headway. It seems I've been spending all my free time playing with my camera and some of the other toys I have to go with it, hence the photos of the finished projects...along with all the cats. Here are some of the projects done...Spriraluscious, finished just last night. It still needs to be blocked, but that's in the works. I also finally got both the Impressionist cowl and Meret Beret blocked. Here they are as well.

And Jasmin was sharing some artsy photos she had taken...of course I had to try out the new lens I'd bought...Thanks, Jasmin!And, of course, there's always the cats. Traver is so beautiful, he just doesn't take a bad picture at all.
Then there's Cody... who has a thing about womens' lingerie...

So, as you can see, while knitting hasn't been overly productive, it seems that other things in my life appear to be. I'm finding my rhythm again with camera in hand and am realizing how much I have really missed it. I see the photos come up on my computer from the 6.2 megapixel DSLR and then I see the photos from the 10.1 megapixel point and shoot and I think the point and shoot is on it's way to eBay. ;)

D-VA

I am the resident D-VA and don't you forget it! Not that I'll let you. No, I'm not fickle, I'm not vain, I am Cat and I rule this castle with an iron paw....okay, well, I'm really waiting for Chessa to hand it off to me, but it sounds really good, right? I personify all that is Cat in this world and have honed it down to a fine ideal. I can turn it on and off in a split second. My humans often shake their heads and wonder how I do it. I am CAT. That is how I do it...that and a lot of practice in the mirror when they're not looking!

the me they DON'T get to see! ;)

Happy New Year

Well, it's been awhile. The holidays are over and the decorations have been put away for another year. The weather is sunny and brisk outside. Chessa is home, the tumor on her paw has been removed and the outlook is good. The surgery went well and now time will tell if the wound will finally heal closed and stop bleeding. It's amazing how much better she feels, even after the surgery she went through. I can't imagine the pain she must have been in but not a peep out of her. I hope I can do half as well as she does in the same type of situation. My darling girl.

This has been a very strange holiday for me, not wanting to decorate for Christmas, yet celebrating with friends. It's been a very enlightening and peaceful time. As the new year hailed in, I was wondering what new resolutions I wanted to make and what dreams I wanted to pursue when I realized, most of my dreams had either been realized or fallen by the wayside in the rush and reality of life. My biggest dream, one I never thought to obtain was my house. And thanks to Mom, here I am. I couldn't have done it without her. And through all the landscaping, bathroom remodelling, laying of new flooring, etc, that dream was realized and POP! it was gone. Oh, no! Now what? So, 2009 is the year of me finding my dreams. I'm making a list of the things I'd like to do/see and we'll see what happens from there. One of the other dreams I had was the Alaska cruise we went on in May. I couldn't have gone with a neater group of people and have all the wonderful memories. I'd like to do Juneau again and do more photography (another dream that has some goals to go with it that are tied to getting healthier). All in all, it's all about me figuring out what I want to do/be when I grow up. Not a bad challenge, eh? Sounds rather like fun.