So I have been doing a little bit of knitting – I started the Miralda shawl by Nancy Bush. I’m using three shades of Red Fish Dyeworks silk, as there are distinct pattern changes in the shawl. It also has the advantage of being knit bottom up, so the rows get shorter instead [...]

Eight years ago, we got married. I am continually shocked that Brad puts up with me, especially given what can only be described as an insane work schedule (I’m not even home today), which just might get even more wackadoodle, but I digress… The traditional gift for eight years is bronze or pottery, and [...]

Short-lived, though, I’m off again, unless my 8:30 am meeting changes things.
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Giving Lani her annual haircut was a nightmare. She normally doesn’t like it, but submits, but this time, she fought us every second of the way. I ended up rough cutting her with scissors:

Then went after her with clippers (that was the “fun” part). This pile is just the second cuts, so [...]

My nephew is now six months old! Here are a few pictures of me and Elliot from our weekly-ish babysitting gig yesterday morning:

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1. Late on Wednesday, but it still counts, darn it.
2. Brad has started his hanging garden:

3. My dog is weird.

4. I’m home all this week. It turns out that I’m out of practice with that whole at a desk all day thing… going a little stir-crazy.
5. It’s really hot [...]

So this intensive work travel isn’t really working so well for keeping up the knit-blog, especially since the sum total of my knitting is rather pathetic at the moment. There was a bit, though, at a bar by the beach:

I also have a pic that I guess never made it to the blog – [...]

1. Why yes, I’m posting a random entry because I have three days left to make my “two a week” goal. Why do you ask?
2. Brad is 32 today. Happily, I am on my way home from a business trip right now, so I’ll be able to take him out to [...]

So, both knitting and this blog have suffered some pretty serious neglect as of late. A lot due to lots of work travel, and a lot due to me just plain not feeling like it.
I have been knitting, though, some Cookie A socks – if anyone can bring me [...]

This last weekend, the opportunity for paintball with my co-workers came up, and we took it. I’m not going to lie – I kind of enjoyed being scrubby and crawling around in the dirt.

Here’s a very hard to see part of the game:

Shooting (the guys were dumping leftover ammo):

Me and Brad:

The bruises you get from [...]