Coming back

I feel like I've been swallowed up by... everything and nothing. I don't really have a reason that I went away from my blog, but I'm going to try taking it back now!

So much has happened in my life. After a horrible personal tragedy and subsequent horrible treatment by my direct manager at the bank where I worked, I finally had to quit (after really trying very hard to get transferred). That's all I really have to say about that. Back to working retail. Clothing this time, which is funny because I really haven't been one for "fashion" in general.
There's been monumental good things happening too - my boyfriend and I are now happily engaged (6 months and still no wedding plans! I guess you won't have to worry about this being a wedding blog!), and I'm looking forward to becoming an Aunt in a few months!

After a long knitting hiatus (probably matching my blogging hiatus), I'm also back to that.

Pictures to follow (some things never change). Meanwhile... I did knit one of these for the upcoming neice/nephew! It turned out really well, and I was so excited that I gifted it as soon as it was done and don't even have pictures!

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Right now every one of my Will To Live molecues are being spent on this One-Foot-In-Front-of-the-Other business. You can imagine how inspiring that is.

Going to be a Busy Weekend

Woo! This is tonight (Drunken Knitters on the patio),
and this is tomorrow (knitters take to the TTC).
Also, boyfriend's family will be visiting this weekend.
Going to be fun!

And more on a Wednesday

Today at the bank a woman - didn't look that much older then me - came in for some US cash. As I waited for my co-worker to get some more US from lock up, I chatted with the woman. She was going to Vegas, for work. They were sending her to a film festival. She told me how much she loves her unpredictable, crazy film industry job and laughs that she could never stand "this sort of thing", meaning my regular steady bank job.
I smile politely and count her money for her before wishing her a good day, good luck and fun in Las Vegas. She heads out the doors into the sun.


I want to shout after her, "This isn't me either!"


Instead I say, "I can help the next person, please."

Everything on Friday

This Friday looks like a big day! I really want to participate in all this Yarn Harlot-y activity, but there are family things to be done. Boyfriend's grandparents want us over for dinner. And later, I have to head out to Oshawa for my own family's yard sale extravagenza this weekend. If I can't arrange to leave the grandparent dinner in time to catch a train for Oshawa (that will arrive at a reasonable enough hour that people will pick me up from the station), then I'll have to skip it... which will mean I can maybe catch some of the Harlot-y Indigo action. Which would be sweet.

All this assuming I don't get my "on call" at that retail job. If I do, then I won't be able to do anything, and will in fact not be able to go to Oshawa until saturday... which would mean getting up at some unspeakable hour to be there in time to help set up - the plan is for the sale to be ready to go for 8am. Oi!

Oh, did I mention? This friday is the last possible shift at the retail job. I gave notice earlier this month. I may already be done, if I don't get that on call!

I promised photos this week - and I'm actually delivering!

Here we have it:
The scotty dog stuffie I made the Boyfriend for Valentines

I think the pattern was from either this blog or this one but now I can't seem to find it. If you know, please remind me so I can post a proper link! This weekend we may be dog sitting the real thing - the Boyfriend's parent's scotty, Cleo. Lookout guinea pigs!

Does this little piggie look like she has a care in the world?

Lulu, sprawled out as she wakes up from a nap. After all the fancy houses we've bought our piggies, would you believe this is their favorite?

PHOTOS TO COME - LATER THIS WEEK!

Getting ready for a long day of work, both job#1 and #2. I have decided against bathing... which I may regret around noon... but that's how we roll here. Dammit, why can't I have a job that lets me show up looking like some punky teenager? Dressing up is crap.
Ok, maybe I'll shower. MAYBE.

Job#2 is soo getting my notice soon (Job#2 being "old job" - the one with the crappy pay, crappy hours, and no benifits).

I've been knitting lately - Fetching wristwarmer dealies from Knitty (too lazy to link - doesn't everybody know this pattern by now anyways?) I finished them and realized that the second one, the one I knit without the pattern, is an inch shorter then the first one. Guess I'll be knitting a third soon. Also, at the opening for my fingers, I knit ribbing after the cable row and cast off normally. Looks like that will prevent the curling I see in some photos quite nicely.

Also knitting a hat. Yay! Too bad I won't be able to wear it for months and months (actually, not too bad - bring on the summer!)

A post really wouldn't kill me...

So sorry to my hoards of fans! So many reasons for not posting - working insane hours at two jobs and trying to keep my apartments/pets/family ties nice and tight... and also just plain lazy as far as switching my Flickr account over to Yahoo!

As of tonight my Flickr account is taken care of (too sleepy to post photos tonight, but they'll come soon). Also, as of, er, last monday, my job demands have become more resonable (one whole day off every single week!), and, well... really that's all. Things should be easier to manage. Hey, I've even started knitting again.

Somehow I've succumbed to the "allure" of cammoflague. I don't know how it happened. I was in what may be the last Lewiscraft ever, and there was this ball of yarn... great greens and browns. I was fully aware of how this would knit up... and yet... somehow, the idea of a pair of armwarmers or wristbands knit up in that yarn was irresistable. So that's what I'm knitting right now. Clearly, I was desperate. Oh well! I think they'll look awsome when they're done, and I'll be working on them tomorrow night when I go to a little get together (thanks for the reminder Yvette!).