TGIF

Wow. Friday never felt so good. What a long week! Everytime I have to do fieldwork I forget how stressful it is on my whole body and then wonder why I'm so tired at the end of the day. You'd think I'd learn and like try to store up my energy or something.

Graduation looms farther and farther away ad more equipment breaks. The story of my life, I know. But the folks in Germany were mucho helpful and it looks like they might get us back on track without too much delay. (other then all the time it takes for something to get to germany!)

But on a good note: My paper is finally in print. Check out current abstracts look ma, I'm first on the list. Be proud!

childish moment

I don't want to go to school anymore. I don't like the mean reviewers. They ask hard questions. ... *pouting* and *sad eyes*

The laser returns!

They found it! Even more amazingly, they sent it back. Laser number 1 safe and sound and working beautifully!

Just had to share :)

A real post. I promise

So this is what's new. We have decided that we are inefficient at well, life in general. So to solve all of our problems, we need a dishwasher. I decided this at 8am, and as many of you know, I shouldn't really be allowed to think before at least 9. But, the thought stuck, so to the internet I went. Our kitchen is too small for a real dishwasher without doing a major remod, which we don't have time or money for right now, so we need a portable one. Can someone please explain to me why when you cut the size of a dishwasher by a quarter the price doubles. Best buy has one model that would be available to us. Apparently we are not in their special delivery zone so we can't order one. The store is three miles from my house, I don't understand this situation, three miles is too far to deliver a dishwasher that would fit in the back seat of my corolla??? So we went to look at this one model that they have in the store. Web price 139.99. There are two of them in the store, one without the connector kit or instructions for 99.99 and one in an "open box" for 219.99. WTF (sorry mom), but ?!?!? So off we went on the hunt. Bernie's sleazy sales guy, Sears $500 for a "portable" dishwasher that I couldn't even roll, we thought about lowes, but after the leaking washing machine incident two years ago I couldn't bear the thought...so we came home, sadly without a dishwasher :(. Back to the internet!

SO, I think we this one from the evil Walmart. It's cute right? Maybe I don't need a dishwasher after all.

In the meantime Mark is building a new microwave cart and pantry shelf for my mixer...in an attempt to make our kitchen more efficient. Right now I can't walk in there so I think we failed on that front too.

HOLY COW

I came across this on the web today:


create your own visited states map
or check out these Google Hacks.



who knew I had been to so many states! I didn't even know that until I actually clicked them. I've never been to Delaware though. What's up with that??? Road trip anyone?

Blog under construction...

I felt that it got messy! So I'm revamping. Patience Please :)

I'm taking votes...do we like this background?

This is all I have to say about a good labor day! 

Relay for Life

Ok...this post is important.

Mark and I are walking in the Windham relay for life with Krista. This is to raise money for cancer, which we all know is a cause that is important and near to my heart. ANY donation is helpful. BIG THANKS TO JUSTIN for donating without me even asking. You can click here or here to make a donation online. Thank you so much for reading.

sooo...I don't really have time to blog

Since I've been pretty busy lately I haven't blogged in weeks...so I feel the need to leave at least a little tidbit to those of you who are still faithfully checking this thing. When I do have a moment of free time I have taken to reading this blog. And from there, I give you this IKEA story. Now I happen to love IKEA, but I know some of you don't so enjoy.

Here's the list:
1) crocheted shrug, two complete sleeves
2) knitted sweater for hubby: back complete
3) Christmas gift #1 : 48% complete..I was very dedicated this week!
4) Crocheted socks for me: first sock done and working on cuff #2
5) baby blanket #1: 14% complete

plus...two more dishclothes made as test swatches for xmas present #2

more to post tomorrow, it's too late right now.

WIP Wednesday

Here's the list:
1) crocheted shrug, two complete sleeves
2) knitted sweater for hubby: back complete
3) Christmas gift #1 : 29% complete (seems like it should be more progress then that!)
4) Crocheted socks for me: rounded the first heel
5) baby blanket #1: 3% complete


knitted socks for hubby: done! See pic!!



First pair of knit socks!

ahhh....

The perfect summer weekend. I finally got one good weekend. No plans to go anywhere. No being sick. No school work to catch up on. No house cleaning that *needed* to be done. A whole weekend to make it up as we went along. Dinner and dancing with friends on friday. Working on cars on Saturday and ....ooooh the best part, the beach, a car show AND the dukes of hazzard movie on Sunday. Good friends and good times. Almost makes monday morning bearable!

WIP Wednesday and Ramblings

Well...back in the swing with craft night. I missed my girl time and I'm happy to have it back.
Here's the list:
1) crocheted shrug: 2 full sleeves
2) knitted sweater for hubby: back complete
3) knitted socks for hubby: one sock done, Cuff, top, heel and most of bottom done for second sock
4) Christmas gift #1 : 22% complete
5) Crocheted socks for me: 1 inch of one sock complete

And the yarn is piling up for a variety of baby blankets and Christmas gifts I have in mind....

So, it has occurred to me that since my return from NM, this blog has become boring. I initially had some concerns that it was because my life had gotten boring...but I realized, I just spend less time on the internet and therefore less time blogging. So, here is a little update of my life in the past couple of weeks.

I took a car trip to Ohio to see where they make longaberger baskets. Even got to weave my own. While to some of you this may seem to be an excessively long drive to do something quite boring. I grew up in a longaberger house, so seeing it live was quite neat for me. Plus, you can't trade anything in the world for quality family time!
immediately on return from Ohio, I hopped on a plane to Tampa to present at the ASAE annual meeting, I think my talk went ok so that was a success.
Meeting over, hop in a rental car and zip across Florida to Daytona Beach to visit one of my oldest friends...lot's of fun, plus, beach! nuff said.
Zip back to Tampa, Fly back home. Bam, like running into a rock I got that summer cold I complained about.
Flash forward a few days and just a touch of stuffiness left over, and a great visit with a couple of other old friends, one craft night later and here I am. All and all not a bad few weeks (minus the cold of course) . I hope the next few are a little more boring, or else I won't have any time for blogging!

mom....go find my legos...

We could make sum bucks. See Here . I know that I want them because I'm a geek, but I would never wear them!

Courtesy of Krista

who gets a cold in summer????

Ug ug ug. I'm sick. I can't seem to kick it. This is the worst cold I've had in a while and it just won't quit. I'd really really like to join reality again soon. That and all the travel are the main reasons for not blogging...but I did manage to accomplish something this week before the cold hit full force and I wanted to share it.

Page one of my dissertation is complete....an no an actul page of writing! Woohoo. Just a million more to go!

Baby steps, I'll get there.

Oh yea...congrats to the sis for learning to drive on the highway. Now we can really be hell on wheels together. And a giant THANK YOU!!! to Alice for teaching her!

A link just for marky

This one is for my dear hubby....if he ever reads this!
http://www.geocities.com/flaminskull93/humanpage.html?1070063128910
...they're coming to get you!

Who are you?

I'm, CzarinaFuzzy Fibers. Who are you?

WIP Wednesday

So I missed last Wednesday...Oops....But, this was a good one.

Check it out!!!



I bought the yarn...No lie 4 years ago. I started the knitting in September of 2003! And finally my comfy sweater is complete. woohoo.

So the list now stands:

1) crocheted shrug: 1 sleeve done plus one cuff and about an3/4 of the second sleeve
2) knitted sweater for hubby: back complete
3) knitted socks for hubby: one sock done, 4 inches of second cuff complete
Completed since last posting!!!
Homespun knitted sweater
--two more dishcloths

uh oh...only three WIPs....I'm slacking!

morning joke

so, I'm procrastinating. Mainly because I have to go practice my talk for the conference next week and don't want to. The girls at crochetville thought this was funny and so did I. You might too.

http://weirdbabe.typepad.com/threadbared/2005/05/ken_thought_it_.html

Some of you know my strong thoughts on "university barbie" and her stomping on intelligent women everywhere, but a crafty barbie...I might be into that!
You Go crafty Barbie.