Randomness

1. It's cold. Really cold. Like single digits cold. This I have decided is exceedingly cold... and apparently it's only suppose to get worse

2. I have never lived somewhere where and expected precipitin was snow and only snow for months.

3. It snowed yesterday and it wasn't in the forecast. How can the weather people not see that coming? It's snow. SNOW!

4. I have decided that taxi drivers that drive between 11pm and 3am are especially patient in their dealings with both customers and crazy drunks walking on the street.

5. I got to ride on the Christmas Express. Here I am coming back from the library and this rolls up.

6. They gave out free candy canes when we got on board. It made my day.

7. The weather man just came on the news and said this weekend won't be "warm like last weekend". Last weekend it peaked at 32 degrees

8. My hubbs' coworker LOVED the winter roses shawl. She immediately put it on and wore it all day. She is officially knit worthy

9. Is the air always this dry in the winter? Ridiculous.

10. I joined a sock knit along where we will all knit 6 pairs of socks next year. I picked out my yarn and I have the patterns. I'm set to knit! And very excited to be knitting with my Amiras again

11. My hubbs surprised me today by taking me to my favorite store and letting me pick something out. He's my favorite.

12. I made bread and it wasn't as scary as I thought it would be.

13. I baked cherry tomatoes and garlic in the middle. It was so yummy.

14. Weather channel says it's suppose to snow tomorrow. Great.

Randomness

I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed in my knitting. There's so much I want to knit right now and I just don't have enough time to knit everything

It's flippin' cold. It hit the mid 50's and that is just unacceptable

I'm going to attempt a yarn diet again

Perhaps I'll start the diet after yarn con

There's a package waiting for me and I don't know what it is. I can't get retrieve it until Monday. That's its own kind of torture

If it gets much colder (which I hear it will) I'm going to have to make some chicken noodle soup. Yum

And I'll finally get to wear all those hats and scarfs I knit in Dubai - I knew there was a reason for that

I think I'll shall leave you with some Malabrigo Sock

Randomness

1. I love having a dishwasher again. I don't use it very often but I have it and that makes me smile.
2. I love even more having a washer AND dryer and not one of those stupid 2in1 deals that NEVER work. Nope my washer will wash a load all at the same time my dryer is drying one! it's AMAZING!
3. Apparently it doesn't take much to amaze me.
4. I was a fool not to get an iPhone sooner. It's been a month and I don't remember what life was like before.
5. I'm afraid of the Chicago winter to come. It does not sound fun. I'll take 114 degrees over -15 any day!
6. I'm going to the KISS concert on Friday - more on that on Saturday (or let's be honest, Monday)
7. I came up with another design. Designing is kinda addictive. I can knit it how I want it.
8. The Blue Angles passed by for a quick visit the other day... aren't they thoughtful?

Randomness

1. In case you haven't heard we've moved to Chicago. It all happened very quickly and we couldn't be happier

2. We have had 4 lightening storms. That's a lot of lightening

3. I've got my eye on the new iPhone. I might finally have to give in and get one

4. I have been working on another pattern

5. That's silky marino malabrigo. yum.

6. There's a street in Chicago called the magnificent mile. Anything that has a bloomingdale's, macy's, Nordstroms and Barney's that close together is pretty magnificent.

7. And my stash made it safely to Chicago. Phew.

8. It was the first box I opened.

9. I believe I have one of the most well traveled stashes out there.

10. I'm going to go enjoy an IBC Root Beer now

Randomness

1. I uploaded my fist pattern on to Ravelry... well actually 2 patterns. 10 people have already queued it. I think that means I'm famous. That's pretty exciting.
2. I slept in until 10:30 today. That is also pretty!
3. I learned, the hard way, that one should indicate on the lace pattern holder if their next row is the line above the little place marker magnet or the line after .... especially when they are not going to look at it for 3 weeks.
4. I didn't knit for a week. Fortunately that knitting hiatus is over.
5. The Sofitel Hotel at Dubai Jumeirah Beach is AMAZING! The bathrooms alone make me want to move right in and never leave. And this is the view from the rooms
6. I didn't know that the "compose" tab on blogger meant that I could change colors, fonts, font sizes and lay out until last week. I have only been blogging on blogger for 2.5 years!
7. Because of this new development my posts might be a bit over formatted for a while.
8. The Burj Dubai err umm rather the Burj Khalifa finally opened... it's seriously tall.
9. Today I cleaned the bathroom... so that I wouldn't have to feel guilty about not packing. That's how much I hate packing.
10. I love pink sunsets. These days every evening is a pink sunset.
11. I may have taken pictures of the pink sunset so that I could procrastinate packing. Just maybe.

Randomness

1. I am enjoying a 4 day weekend.... and the next two weekends are 3 days each. I could get use to this.

2. Princess is out on the window sill laying on her back to let her tummy get all the sun. It's really cute.

3. I tried to get a picture of said tummy cuteness but she turned back over.

4. It rained again today. The ground didn't actually get wet but it rained and I'm still counting it.

5. Secretly - I still don't understand the difference between FIFA World Cup and FIFa Clubs Wold Cup except that one is in Johannesburg and one is in Abu Dhabi.

6. I have been avoiding working on the Ishbel because I made a mistake in the lace and apparently if I ignore it, it'll go away.

7. Beef stew would be good for dinner on a nice overcast day like today... I'll probably have cereal.

8. Ok just checked the Ishbel. Ignoring it didn't make the problem go away. It's still there.

9. Watching the process of making Soy Sauce makes me realize that I don't need to know how everything I love is made. Sometimes a little mystery is a good thing.

10. I'm getting the itch to start knitting another pair of socks...

Randomness

1. My husband is making his special onion soup and it smells so good. I'm so glad he likes to share.

2. A very good friend of mine decided to take up knitting again. i knew there was a reason we always got a long so well

3. The universe has a funny way of showing you you made the right choice when you have doubts. This I KNOW

4. Not celebrating christmas isn't as hard as I thought it might be.... and way cheaper

5. It's 18 degrees back home in Portland right now. Mid 70's here. Makes me feel like a pansy for needing a sweater.

6. I rediscovered Subway's Spicy Italian sandwich. Something about salami and pepperoni makes any day better. yum.

7, I think I'm going to cast on some mittens. After all it is in the mid-70's

8. They they voice-over spanish soaps in arabic over here. This took me quite a while to figure out.

9. I have another FO. I'm excited to share it when the light is good enough to take a decent picture.

10. These pics of Multnomah Falls are amazing!
(pic from kgw.com)