Weekend Recap

With my husband and I spending less than 48 hours together in the last two weeks we have not had a single moment apart over this weekend; well maybe a few moments.

Hubby spent the last weekend up north taking a course offered through his new union. The trick was for him to get on with his new employer he had to past the week long course. I had faith in him but he kept selling himself short; he didn't think he would pass one of the different portions of the test. To make a long story short he passed the test and he should be starting a new job this week.

We had an amazing weekend. We got up on Saturday and ran errands, nothing too big and today we got up and went grocery shopping. We try to go grocery shopping every two weeks up in Federal Way at Winco. Unfortunately, there is not a Winco down in our area. But what is great is that my hubby comes with me.

I finally finished the scarf I have been working on since June. It was not a hard pattern K4 P4 but it took my forever. I have no idea who I am going to give it to but at least it is done. After I finished that I started on a hat with the Noro Silk Garden. I would have finished it tonight but I am one to many glasses of wine in to do a good job.

I have Tuesday off (Veteran's Day) and I should finish it and get a good way into a new one (hopefully one for my hubby).

Well I am sitting here waiting for Ugly Betty to come and I thought I would blog a little, plus I have nobody to talk to but my cats; enough people think I am the crazy cat lady.

My husband comes home tomorrow so that means one more night in an empty bed.  It dawned on me today that I don't think I could survive if my husband was deployed for months at a time.  Since I work with ladies who are married to Soldiers I made sure to thank them today for all of their sacrifices.

So I had a meeting today at another campus so I decided to run an errand on my way over (on my lunch of course).  I was going to get my husband a present for passing his test at training but before I left I got an email from my LYS.  The owner was making a request for socks for a young girl who had stopped by the store this morning.  It seems that her shoes were in such bad shape that she could walk in the rain and here in the Northwest that is a necessity.  So I thought instead of getting my husband a gag gift I thought what can I do.  So I went to a local store and picked up a pair of shoes and some socks and dropped them off at the LYS.  It actually felt good to do that.  

It has been been almost 4 months since I last blogged and I have not good excuses for that.  Not a lot has happened since the last post.  Well let me rephrase that....

• My husband got a new job
• We got a new computer
• We have decided to start looking for a house

Hubbies new job has taken him away from me this week, he is spending the week at training.  What he is going to be trained to do is still a good question, my vote is he will learn how to work a wheelbarrow.  This really sucks because I was out of town last week so we got to spend yesterday together and that is about it.  I know the saying is absence makes the heart grow fonder but it still SUCKS.

So I have decided that I am going to use the most of my time.  I hope to finish the Christmas scarf and start a hat.  

 I also want to go through our pictures and label them.  It is hard to find that one picture you are looking for when they have no name but the generic one.

It is only 630 and I am ready to go to bed.  I think the jet lag is still with me.  I though for sure I would be ok; Oh Well.

I guess I will go and try to finish my scarf tonight.

My Hubbies Birthday

 

Well today my hubby is celebrating his birthday.  We did not to anything too big since our Anniversary is on Thursday and we are going up to Seattle on Friday.  I did tell him he could request any dinner and I would cook it for him.  My fingers were crossed because I was hoping he would choose something I was good at.  Thank God he did.....Ribeye Steak, corn, and potatoes. 

We were watching Good Eats with Alton Brown one night and he cooked up Ribeyes.  He put a cast iron skillet in the stove at 500 degrees until the oven came up to temp.  Then he pulled the skillet out of the oven and put it on the burner.  You cook the steak for about a minute thirty (depending on thickness) on each side.  Then you put the skillet back in the oven with the steak and cook for another minute or two (again depending on thickness).  Then let the steaks rest wrapped in foil.  The steaks come out amazing.


I was cleaning up m pictures and I found this picture.  This was taken while we were camping last year at the ocean.  I walked down first thing in the morning and th whole beach looked like that.  I love the ocean. 

 

 

On a knitting note I finished two projects over the weekend; my grandmothers shawl and a hat for Patrick.  I am not too happy with the hat.  I think it looks like pumpkin on his head.  He is too nice to give any criticism or maybe he is took scared.  I think my Grandma's Shawl came out really nice. 

Well I guess I should go cut Patrick's Birthday cake.

My husband took this picture last night. The big fat one is Neo and the smaller one is #1. I know not very creative but her sister is #2. Neo weights about 18lbs and is about 3 feet long from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail. His tail alone is 15 inches long. We affectionately refer to him as "Fat Bastard". He's not actuall fat he is just big.

I honestly think we would be very very bored if it wasn't for our three cats. They each have their own distinct personality and can liven up a boring night better than any dog could. Neo is the Large and In Charge. #2 is the Bitch. #1 is the one who rides the short bus.

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I found this posters on a website and I would love to have one or two in my office.  Especially since I work on an Army base.

Weight In

So I went to my WW (Weight Watchers) meeting last nite and weighted in. I thought for sure I had put some weight on. I didn't feel that I had followed the program too well. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I was told I was down 2lbs. I would have been happy with a 0 gain 0 loss. That means I am down 21lbs and only 3lbs away from my 10%.

I know have to start thinking what my goal overall is going to be. I have just focused on getting to my 10% in 5lb junks. The high end of my ideal weight is 186. I can't picture myself at that weight. My hubby likes me with a little meat on my bones. I think after my 10% I will focus on hitting 200 and see how I feel there.

200lbs here I come.

Things have seriously changed since my last posting to this. I have been married for four years to a wonderful man and found a new career.

I work for a local community college supporting the Service Men and Women who what to work towards a degree. I love working with these types of students, it is so rewarding.

I have started to knit again, mainly because I am trying to loose weight (20 lbs so far). I figured if I'm hunger pick up my knitting no a cookie.

I have been married for four years to the most awful SOB on the face of this earth :) No just kidding. He just hid an "annoy-a-tron" from some geek website in our house. It is a small microchip that is programmed to make god awful at random intervals. It is on a magnet so it can be hidden anywhere. I can't find it and my shows come on soon.

Know that I have vented back to my knitting. I have started my first sock and so far I don't see what the draw is. Maybe once I get the feel for it and not stress about it so much I will enjoy it. I have my next sock class next Saturday and I hope to be ready to turn the heal. We'll see.

Here it is....