The yarn from the previous post turned into hats for Jake! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the grey one - it's super stretchy. That may become my new go-to pattern for baby and toddler hats. These guys are en route to Iowa.
... in imagination. My friend's nephew is having surgery next month and will have an incision on his head. They wanted a few little hats to cover it up when he goes back to daycare. So, I went yarn shopping yesterday and have the matierals to start knitting! I'm planning on at least 3 hats ... can you imagine them from this picture?
that this empty white paper is actually some very cool artwork. I found an interesting painting on canvas in the right colors for my bedroom, but wanted to make sure it was the right size before I ordered it, so I taped together a bunch of pieces of paper to approximate the size and then taped it to the wall. The actual artwork arrives soon and will replace this lovely piece. Pictures to come.
'Cause I did some *serious* cleaning/organizing/purging at my house over the weekend and it turns out I have a LOT of pictures frames I'm not using. Seriously, let me know if you're interested. Otherwise they're all going to get donated. It was nice to do some reorganizing - I found out I have lots of things to donate or give away. It also turns out I have 14 tubes of travel size toothpaste ... most of them half used. So for my next several business trips I'll be brining two half-used tubes with me each time!
It's amazing how much we use Wikipedia these days (which is why I donate to them yearly ... and you should too: http://donate.wikimedia.org/ ). I'm amused by some of the tweets today in response to Wikipedia's blackout today to protest the PIPA/SOPA bills. Here are two of my favorites: If you want to support Google/Wikipedia/others in protecting the internet from censoring, sign the online petition here: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
Not sure why I added the exclamation point ... I'm not at all excited about the snow. However, seeing as it's January 12 and it's the first snowfall over 1" here in Madison, I suppose I can deal with it. Time to wax my skis, finish knitting the hat I'm working on, and make some cocoa! Here's the view out my front door tonight ... about 4":
Welcome to 2012! I rang in the new year with some great friends at the New Years Eve Rock'N'Roll Ball at the Intercontinental hotel near O'Hare. We got to see the Old 97s put on a show and do the count down to midnight. Rhett Miller (he gets a bit sweaty during shows, eh?) and Murry Hammond (who looks like a middle-aged Harry Potter these days) mid-show, below: