Yarn Along and WIP Wednesday

 

Still Working on The Dipped Infinity Scarf by Laura Chau.

Finished reading:  Lessons From the Mountain:  what I Learned from Erin Walton by Mary McDonough and Feast of Crows by George RR Martin..

Started Reading:  A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin…and I caved today and got The Hunger Games out of the school library to start…

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It's Time

It's Back to School today!  Have a great day everyone!

Tropical Storm Irene

was kind of a bust for us….since it was downgraded to a tropical storm before it reached us.  We also live on a hill, so our basement flooded (it always does with lots of rain) but we are not flooded.  Some parts of my town were evacuated because of flooding…

We had a thunderstorm about midnight last night and lots of torrential rain, but not a ton of wind. 

I guess it shifted more to the west of us.  My inlaws may get some more damage…

The shore got hit pretty good….and the record was broken for power outages.  Luckily, we did not lose power…..

Ya’ know, I’m 0-3 on natural disasters this past year!  Wasn’t home when the tornado struck last summer (on my street!), felt the earthquake, but was watching a dvd, so didn’t know what it was until 30 minutes or so later when I checked Facebook, and now Hurricane Irene was a bit of a bust…..damn…

Over the Rainbow

I'm in a melancoly mood today and hunting favorite songs on youtube....My favorite all time song is Over the Rainbow...The ultimate version

This is my original and the one I will always love the most....The Wizard of Oz is still my favorite movie (I've never read the books and need to remedy that)

Then in the 80's I saw Sam Harris perform it on Star Search and that became my favorite for awhile, a quirkier version..

Then in the 90's while I cried through the death of Mark on ER, I was introduced to Iz's version, which is just a pure and beautiful version.....

And then now it is the Glee version

I know there are other versions out there....it's a popular song to sing....I also enjoy Kristen Chenoworth's version...just her pure voice...but these 4 versions are the ones that I enjoy the most...

FO Friday

This is my latest FO.  Ravelry link to project page.  The blue is a yarn I picked up at the Massachusetts Wool and Fiber festival.  It is by Bittersweet Woolery.  Once I decided on the project, which is for the waves challenge in Nerd Wars, I needed the white yarn.  I don’t buy a lot of white…I have some acrylic white and some others, but since the blue had sparkle in it, I wanted to white to also have some sparkle.  So thankfully I found the Dreams in Color in Crying Dove at Eat Sleep Knit.

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It is the day…

Summer is officially over…I am lesson planning…

Today a wonderful thing happened in our district…..the principal of the high school was named Principal of the Year!!!!!  That is across the country!

Awesome day!

Oh and we were asked about an inspirational song...I couldn't think of one, but said this song always makes me want to get up and dance....

Yarn Along and WIPW

 

I am still reading the George RR Martin series.  I am almost done with the fourth book.  I should finish it this weekend.

The project is Laura Chau’s Dipped Infinity Scarf.  I am about 1/2 done.  I have three colors left to work in.

I absolutely love one of the teals that I am using.  I have very little yarn left, but may see about getting some more, to make a hat….

I am off school shopping today with several nephews….