How's College?

It's... ok. I definately think I'll take fewer hours next semester. And I'll try to not have hour long breaks between my classes. But, I won't be registering or a while, so I'll quit talking about that and start talking about how my classes are going now.

• American History I (2010)-Not too bad of a class, but there is a lot to read. I should be doing that right now, but I'm not. The teacher can talk a little quietly at times. Oh, and there are only 3 tests in the entire semester. And I need to get at least a 90 on each on in order to get an A.
• Elementary Probability and Statistics (1530)-Seems like it'll be easier than my other classes. There will be quizzes and tests and homework, so it will probably be more like a high school class than my other classes.
• General Chemistry I (1110)-Ugh. Seems hard. The teacher cusses a lot. doesn't look like an easy class.
• General Psychology (2010)-Seems interesting, I don't know if it'll be hard or not.
• Writing II (1020)-Write 4 papers...ugh. I guess I'll just slosh my way through. I really don't like writing.
• Intro to the Profession (1000)-Erm, I want to be a dietitian. I don't really care about the aspects of housing or clothes or how families get along. Just tell me about food and how it affects the body and how much you should eat and what happens if you don't eat right. I could care less about Human Ecology and all the stuff that goes along with it. This class makes me feel like I picked the wrong major.

On a more positive note, I was re-baptized at EU last weekend!

Related to knitting, I like toe up socks. I think I've decided how I'll spend the next four years: knit socks during my free time during the semester, then knit garments and accessories like crazy during the school breaks.

Another Knitting Update

I dyed my Fisherman's wool yesterday and today. Yesterday I dyed some yelow, and today I dyed some orange. Some tips about dyeing with Kool-Aid:

• Yellow Kool-Aid won't work. Just use food coloring.
• 3 packets of orange Kool-Aid opened at the same time smell gross. Like orange medicine. Yuch.
• If you're dying as much as I did, you should add food coloring too.

I finished my lunchbox a while back, but I don't think I ever posted pictures. Here they are.

I finished Mom's mittens yesterday, but I can't take pictures of them because she wore them to work today.

EU is this weekend! I'm excited. I'm not sure how many people are going, but it'll be a good trip. I'll bring Dad's sweater to knit on the ride there and back. I'll probably get a lot done; it's a 4 hour drive to get there.

I made a hat for my mom.

I finished knitting my Quant today! I still need to block it and sew on the button, because I didn't have enough yarn for the i-cords. Pictures to come.

This will probably be the last time I post for a while, since I start classes Thursday and I have a busy weekend ahead of me.

Knitting Update

I've been doing a lot of knitting here of late. I guess I'm just trying to get my fill before I start college.
I knit the first Bella's Mittens for my mom. I'm going to make a flap on the second one so that she won't have to take off the entire mitten if she needs to grab something.
I'm also making the Edge-of Lace hat for mom to match her scarf. Have I said this before? I feel redundant. Maybe that's just because I've said all this on Ravelry.
I finished the ribbing on Dad's Saranac sweater. I think I'll take that to knit on the way to and from EU.
And when I get finished with it (which won't happen for a while) I'll start knitting Thermal for myself. I'm not quite sure what yarn I'll use. I was thinking maybe I'll use two strands of crochet cotton held together. O maybe I'll use some solid colored sock yarn.
Yesterday I made some progress on my hot pink smock/babydoll top/maternity shirt looking thingy. I think, if I don't do short rows for the center 3 repeates, it won't look like a maternity shirt.
I think I'll dye my Fisherman's Wool tomorrow. I wound it around the coffee table the other day so that I can dye it.
Unreleated to knitting, I got my hair trimmed today. Then I went to Rugged Warehouse and got a shirt. It has penguins on it!
I'm also thinking I'll go see Twilight sometime before Tech starts. Except I don't really want to go see a movie by myself.

Winter Cleaning

I cleaned out the top shelf of my bookshelf today! Yay! The other two shelves are nowhere near as messy, so it'll be a lot easier cleaning those. And then I have the rest of my ridiculusly messy room to clean. It'll take a while.
I'm knitting Bella's Mittens for my mom. They're really pretty. I almost want to keep them for myself. I think I might make some armwarmers or myself using that cable pattern, which looks like pliers.
I bought some Fisherman's Wool the other day when it was on sale. I also bought some kool-aid to dye it. Hopefully, I'll be able to dye some of it soon.
I start Tech in a few days. Bleh. At least I don't have to go back to highschool tomorrow. This winter break seems too long to be a short break, but too short to be like summer break.

It's been such a long time...

...Since I've blogged. I have pictures of knitting!

These are the Cinderella socks. They turned out too big for me, but mom says that they fit her. I'll probably give them to her eventually. I like the picture with Mrs. Quigley. That wasn't intentional, she just happened to be walking by as I was taking the picture.

I finished Mrs. Darcy. I made it shorter, and it's a without sleeves, so it's a short vest.

I got a ravelry account, so I've been on there a lot here lately. I'm knitting Saranac for my dad. I have a grand total of 3 rounds knit. It's going to take a while. I'm also knitting Brown Bag so that I can have sometihing to carry my lunch in when I start college.

Christmas was last week. Mom and Dad gave me

• Knit To Be Square
• Beyond Basic Knitting
• cable holders
• point protectors
• a yarn cutter thingy
• $15 to be used at Yarn Company
• a shower radio
• interchangable needle set (yay!)
• thimbles for stranded knitting
• candy
• a couple of keychains
• a highlighter
• subscriptions to Knit Simple, Interweave Knits, and Vogue Knitting
• $20 that I used to buy rainboots
• fuzzy socks

Reuben gave me

• Hollywood Knits Style

Grandma gave me

• $10 that I used in conjunction with th money from mom to buy rainboots

At the gift swap we did at Aunt Barbara's house, I got

• A brown knit hat that's pretty cute
• A brown purse

I also got some pretty hair chopsticks made form camel bone from David Walker, which he got when he was in Africa, and a trial size perfume (that smells really good) from Aunt Barbara.

I'm almost finished with the New Testament for my 2008 Bible reading. I just have 13 more chapters of Revelation, and 11 more chapters of Romans. I know that I still have about 6 months of Old Testement left, but I think that I can finish it by my birthday.

A bunch of random paragraphs that don't really have anything to do with each other

I'm an alumnus! I have been since Thursday, but I didn't have anything else important to say, so I didn't post anything until now. I brought the sleeve of Mrs. Darcy to work on after the Econ exam, and Brittany and April seemed to be fascinated by it.
I finally finished the second Cinderella sock, but I don't have any pictures yet. They're a bit big, but my feet are pretty warm, so i guess it doesn't matter.
3 days until Christmas! It's supposed to be around 50 degrees, which is good because I'm hating the cold. According to Mom, it was 8 degrees this morning. When I checked the temp around 10:30ish, it was 16 degrees. When the temperature is lower than my age, there's a problem. And when I'm 90, I'll probably be saying that there's a problem when the temp is higher than my age.
Mrs. Quigley, my cat, is adorable. She has several different moods, including playful, attack-cat, sleeping, tired-but-fighting-sleep, and nursing. Yup, she likes to nurse on or hands. And clothing. It feels pretty weird. Right now, she's next to my laptop purring. By the way, she chewed through one of the strands of Christmas lights the other day, so now we're trying to keep her out from underneath the tree while the light are on, so that she doesn't get electrocuted or anything. She'll be in for a surprise on Christmas day.
I'm thinking about getting some rain boots.

So....... Close.....

So. Today was supposed to be my last day of school. EVER. But no. Stupid weather. It didn't even snow, but we had to go to school two hours late anyway. And since they wouldn't let us take our honors exams today (because they're "comprehensive" and apparently we're too stupid to take them in 37minutes), I'll have to come back on Thursday. Which is grossly unfair. And I only have to come one day. It really stinks for the people who have to come both days.

Well, enough complaining about school. I started the second Cinderella scok last night, because, eventhough it looks bak, I could still wear themaround the house. I brought them to school, and sincewe didn't do anything in 1st-5th, I was able to knit two repeates of the chart. I'm a few rows past the toe right now. Hopefully I'll finish it tomorrow. Then on Thursday, after I take my exams, I could work on the hot pink smockish thing that I'm working on. Then, instead of finishing either Mrs. Darcy or Sonnet, I'll probably start knitting Brown Bag. Or I could make a pair of real socks, because...

We went to Nashville on Saturday. I got a purse at the Bath and Body Works outlet store in Lebenon. I also got some really cute sock yarn at Joann in Mt. Juliet. It's red, white, and blue, and it forms a nifty pattern when knit up. I also bought an ELO CD at The Great Escape. I was going to use a coupon to get a stuffed animal lamb at B+BW in Opry Mills, but there was a ridiculusly long line, so I decided to wait until Sunday to get it at home. As we were leaving the food court, I saw some people from Dove handing out free samples of body spray, so I got that and a coupon. Which I doubt I'll use, because, let's face it, I have enough body sprays to last me through grad school. Why should I buy more, even ifit is $0.75 off?