Welcome to the Doll House

I had a fabulous, fabulous, fabulous weekend with my sister in Stevens Point. I helped her paint, move in to, and decorate her new apartment. First of all, without anything in it the apartment is fabulous. French doors! A 3 season porch! A really nice shower! Cute windows that are only a foot off the floor! Locationwise it's superb for her - she's two blocks from her job. We painted accent walls in three of her rooms. The first room you walk into is connected to the living room by French doors, so the blue accent wall in the first room and the green wall in the living room really make them feel like separate spaces instead of one big room. The teal wall in her bedroom is almost like a headboard for her bed. We had quite an adventure bringing her stuff up from the storage facility. The couch and loveseat were not that heavy as far as couches go, but to get them in the door we had to take off the doorknob! The bureau of doom was heavy as hell and a pain in the ass. Evil, evil bureau. We got all her stuff in and then went shopping. I spotted the perfect rugs, and they turned out to be on sale! I am wonderful! I then saw a display of 4' palms for $15 and got one for her housewarming gift to put in the sunroom/patio. We had some dinner (yum yum steak!) and went back to set things up. We got the big furniture items put together and in place and the boxes of stuff in the right rooms, although we didn't really start unpacking them. This weekend was exactly the break I needed. I am in love with her apartment and I was so happy to see her again after her long long summer away. I can't wait till I have a chance to visit her again!

Blargh

I've been having a miserable week. Work sucks, people suck, life sucks. The front wheel of my bike was bent completely out of shape, presumably by drunken hooligans. My one free afternoon was accidentally wasted. APO books are a complete mess. Among other things, of course.

Trying to be positive, this is my last week of work, and I get to see my sister on Saturday.

Movin' on up

I'm mostly done moving to the new room. My legs are sore as all getout from walking up and down the stairs. Tonight I'm working on putting things away, and then tomorrow I'll finish cleaning out the old room and I'll be done!

The pirate hat has been a headache. I had to restart because I twisted the stiches, and that frustrated me so I put it away and then I've been busy with moving.

Sock it to me!

I really want to try knitting some socks. However, I have no sock yarn. This could be a good thing: I can make one 'practice pair' of socks with slightly-too-large yarn and get a feel for how they are shaped. Then, when I have the munnies, I can buy sock yarn and go nuts!

I'm super jealous because the hall directors are having a potluck in the kitchen below me. It smells really good. Maybe they'll offer me their leftovers.

There are some flowers in a little vase at the front desk, and I'm totally loving the green marigolds!

Money talks. Mine says "Goodbye".

After reviewing the sorry state of my finances, I've put myself on a budget. Three days later and I'm ordering yarn online. Clearly I need to practice this a little more. I decided that necessary things like groceries and toiletries and cell phone bills and the like are exempt from the budget, but things like yarn and going out to eat are definitely budgeted items. So with the meager $15 purchase I made, I've blown this week's budget and half of next weeks. Hopefully in the coming weeks it will get easier, as I will be busy with RA training and I will have my cafeteria meal plan back.

YARN BALL WINDER!!!

After a very long weekend, my yarn ball winder is here! I'm as happy as a clam.














No more loose skeins!

Getting back into the groove

After a breif 1-month hiatus from yarning, I'm feeling re-inspired. I finally broke down and ordered a yarn winder, which should arrive later today (hooray!). Unfortunately, I need yarn. And not in the normal yarn addict way, where new fiber is always welcome, but I actually don't have the yarn I need. Until recently, my stash has consisted of Red Heart Super Saver because it was cheap and readily available. As I learned yesterday, RHSS doesn't felt so easily (or maybe I just have no patience?) So I need to get some nice felting yarn. Seeing as I don't have a car, my only ways to purchase yarn are online or hitching a ride to the nearest craft store 30 minutes away. And I honestly think I'd get the yarn faster if I ordered it online, but I want to be able to feel it and see the color with my own eyes before I spend my hard earned dollars. Oh well, at least it's payday.