Taking Charge

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So a few weeks ago, I got this wild hare brain idea to teach myself to knit. I went and got a set of standard needles, got a book (Knitting for Dummies) and sat down and gave it a shot. Much to my chagrin, I failed miserably. I tried and tried and just couldn’t grasp it, not even the basics. I grasped crochet super easily, so I figured I’d be able to grasp knit just as easily.

I got frustrated and put it aside and said the hell with it. Tonight, I grabbed my skein of yarn, figuring I’d give it one more shot. Lo and behold, I actually figured out what the hell I was doing! I managed to cast on and knit the first row. At that point, I decided not to try to push my luck and put it away for the night. I think I finally grasped the basics of knitting.

I won’t be making any big projects any time soon, but I will work at it more. For now, it’s eggs and dragons.

making individual pumpkin cheesecakes.

Don’t you wish you were here?

*snickers and wanders back to check the oven*

Do I want to do NaNoWriMo this year? I sort of do, but I have NO idea what to write. I’ve been saying I’m going to sit this year out, but the closer it gets, the more I consider doing it. What am I thinking? I really have no idea.

Good:
* We won the football game Friday night! We actually won homecoming for a change. It was a cold game, but it was a great night. Youth cheerleaders were cute but slightly obnoxious. They’ll be better as they grow up more and learn to cheer and not just *scream* the cheers. The Pep Band was quiet for the most part. They played, but the fans in the other set of home bleachers could not hear them. The crowd was fairly sedate for the most part, until the refs started making absolutely horrible calls. They need to have some better organization to the events. People left before the fireworks, and they were worth staying for. The human tunnel was awesome. It went from the 10 yard line across the 50 and ended around the 45 yard line on the other side. It was really nice that they honored the senior parents as well. It was a great night overall, even if it took me until well after bedtime to finally get warm. Next Friday is the first playoff game. It’s an away game, but close enough that we could drive to it if we want. I don’t know yet if we will. It will all depend on just how cold it is.

* I got a new bread maker earlier this week. Yes, I know my other one was only 10 months old. However, no matter what I tried in it, I made ONE loaf of edible bread and when I tried the recipe a second time, it turned out like crap. Plus, the new one makes long loaves that look like what homemade bread SHOULD look like. Ya know, like Mom used to make in the oven and you could smell throughout the house. I made my first batch of bread the day it came and it turned out MUCH better. I did have a problem with not using the proper flour. Must use bread machine flour. The bread did, however, come out edible, which is more than I can say for the last attempt at homemade bread. I gave the old maker to a woman who uses one just to make her dough and had recently lost everything in a fire.

* Speaking of losing everything, one of Rob’s co-workers lost everything this summer in a fire, no insurance either because they didn’t know about renters insurance. They finally got into a new place after living in a hotel for over a month. We gave them a ton of kitchen stuff. Stuff that we had two or three of or that we just didn’t use any more. It was nice to be able to help a family out who was starting over. It made me feel good, especially since I know they’re using everything that we gave them and it gave them a major head start on being able to cook and eat the way they need to. She’s diabetic and they were living on fast food and hotel food, which isn’t always conducive to diabetic control.

* I made a cake today. It turned out absolutely fantastic. I made the root beer float cake. So yummy. I doubled the whip topping and probably shouldn’t have, it was too rich that way. I’m glad it turned out so well and will be making it in the future with the sugar free root beer like the recipe calls for. I have the fixings for cheesecake, muffins, bread, jams, and all kinds of other baked goods. Yay! I like the chilly weather for that, since it doesn’t make it too hot in my house to bake.

* I’m finally getting a stand mixer. I hate the hand mixer, it’s a pain in my ass and I can never get everything incorporated properly with it and always have to hand stir all batters. So we broke down and ordered a Sunbeam mixer tonight so that it’ll be easier to make the aforementioned goodies.

* DirecTV will be here between Noon and 5pm tomorrow to upgrade our dish system for the HD television in the living room. Knowing my luck, they’ll come during the news or while we’re watching something. Oh well, at least they’re finally coming. I ordered the upgrade nearly a month ago.

Bad:
* Rob has to go to the dentist tomorrow morning, early. I actually have to be awake with the sun. Ew. That’s okay, though. Hopefully the next appointment won’t be in a month. Two weeks between them would be perfect so we can get them the hell done with quicker. We know they’ll take a while, since he’s got a lot of work being done, but this month between means it’ll be well over a year before they’re done with the initial work.

* I think I might be getting sick, or my allergies are all screwed up. I feel icky and my throat is all scratchy. I’ll take a pill soon and knock out for the night and hope it goes away.

Meh:
* I am not particularly happy about something that I learned tonight. It really bugs me quite a bit, to be honest, but I don’t really want to talk about it either because that gives it more life and I don’t want to do that. So just meh.

* I have a ton of tv shows I want to catch up on and they’re all sitting on my computer waiting for me. I dunno when or if I’ll ever get to them.

* I completely gave up on the JH Tax class. I just could not get it to sink into my brain with the time that I had. I missed the exam and completely overslept that day. I’ll try again in the future, when I can dedicate more time to it.

* There’s something else stirring in my brain that I want to post about, but it’s not really something I normally talk about. Meh.

Have a happy Monday, folks

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