Tag Archives: Birthday

Jan 1

Welcome 2012!

It is very hard to believe that 2011 has gone by in a flash!  I know that this past year has been really crazy and my blogging has suffered.  And the jury is still out on how I will do for the new year.

I rang in the New Year by hosting a fast-pace swap online with my Ravelry friends and watched the ball drop on TV.  It was quiet, but not, at the same time!  When people learned that my birthday is on New Year’s Eve, they often made remarks like, oh you must have great parties!  Truth be told, I’ve only really truly went out and celebrated once.  And it wasn’t when I turned 21.  The other time – for as long as I could remember, I’ve always celebrated at home, watch tv, and sitting in front of the computer/tv alone.

And honestly, I am ok with that.

It was fun going out, don’t get me wrong, but I think I like the solitude.  The whole house is quiet, and just me, the computer and the TV.  I get to do whatever the heck I want!

So here is a toast to you -

May 2012 be a happy, healthy, safe and peaceful year to you all.

Happy New Year!

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Jan 2

Boston

It has always been my favorite city.  David’s too.  One day, we will move there.  But until then, we try to go there as much as we can, although time always get in the way.

David suggested we go somewhere for my birthday/new year and originally the idea was for NYC.  It’s closer, and the metro north is easy to get to and cheap.  But, we thought about it, and we know if we want to see the ball drop, we will have to be there super early, and we won’t be able to walk around places because we will have to stand at the spot we want for the ball drop, which doesn’t sound too much fun.  On top of that, the hotel prices is probably insane.  So we decided to go to Boston.  

We pricelined the Seaport Hotel for the night and were debating if we should take Amtrak or drive in the snow.   I had some points that would get me to Boston but not enough for round trip for two.  So we decided the brave the weather to drive.  And it wasn’t bad!  There were more snow by the shoreline than up by EBF Connecticut.

We had a late start and didn’t get to Boston untl 5pm.  It was SOOOO cold.  With windchill, it was -12 degrees.  We tried walking around the Boston Commons but it was so cold we just duck into a near by restaurant, Rock Bottom.

 

David's Turkey and Ham Sandwich

David's Turkey and Ham Sandwich

 

Jenn's Blue Corn Enchiladas

Jenn's Blue Corn Enchiladas

Jenn's Mud Pie Ice Cream Sundae

Jenn's Mud Pie Ice Cream Sundae

We were so hungry we chowed down everything!  And you can tell from the pictures that we started eating, then remembering to take pictures!

After dinner, we tried to go to the commons again, and saw the tree and an ice sculpture.

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But after just a brief walk around, we decided that it’s not worth the pain to walk around anymore.  And we went back to our hotel and watched New Year’s Eve Count Down with Carson Daly.  Yes, we watched NYC count down in a Boston hotel…  Oh well.  At least we weren’t cold!  FirstNight cancelled the midnight fireworks because the wind was too strong.  Otherwise we would have tried to go see that when it’s closer to time.

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The next day, it was just as cold, but the sun came out, so we checked out our hotel and went to Fanuiel Hall for food and took the T to the Prudential Center.

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We did some quick shopping and left our favorite city, giving us enough time to visit David’s mom and for me to get back for the New Years Day SnB!

We had a good time even though we didn’t get to do much.  But just being away for a day makes it all special.  Hope all your new year’s eve was as special as mine.

Jan 1

Happy New Year!

Hope all of you have a safe, peaceful, healthy and happy 2009!

Tomorrow, I will post about my trip to Boston.  Now – time to sleep!

May 21

Happy Birthdays!!

This week is birthday week for Sunflowerfairy and Archiknist. We had cakes for both of them. One of the cakes is an ice cream cake from Ashley’s and one is vanilla cake with chocolate icing from Julia’s. YUM. And as one of the birthday giveaways, Sunflowerfairy had a little drawing at SnB for her “Shut p and Knit” mug and I won! :)

And I started another shawl to keep p with 2klace as I am pretty behind on this whole knit lace 51% of the time thing.

This is beginning of the Woodland Shawl. I actually had quite a few repeats done earlier, but after consult with Archiknist, we both decided that the 89 stitches the pattern called for is too small for a shawl, it was more like a scarf. So I frogged it tonight and re-cast on for extra 4 repeats for total of 137 stitches. we’ll see how this one goes. I’m using Schaefer Andrea again for this project as I have quite a few left overs and I really enjoy with the yarn. Plus the color is just gorgeous!

So David and I are going up to 1000 Islands this weekend to take care some wedding stuff, plus to see a house for potential vacation home. What are you doing for memorial long weekend???

Feb 27

33

Today is David’s birthday. He got a card from his friend and the card said,

“It’s your birthday, and I think it’s great that we’re friends who can grow old together.”

Inside of the card said, “You First!”

I thought that was a fun and cute card.

I didn’t get him a card. But I did give him a gift first thing this morning, the secret project -

Pattern – My own, Red Sox Socks
Yarn Used – Almost 2 balls of Cascade Fixation in red and .5 ball in white
Needles – Option size 2
Gauge – 6.5 sts per inch
Knit – January 31, 08 to February 19, 2008

I knitted this toe up using my usual magic cast on, increased to the amount of stitches needed and switched to red until the heel, which I put the front on another needle to hold the stitches and joined with the white to do the short row heel. After the heel, I picked up the red and knitted the leg and did the 2×2 rib with red and white with red as knit and white as purl. I also knitted both socks at the same time so I can make sure they are the same size.

Since this was a surprise, I had to figure out another way to measure his feet – Socks here I come. I took one of his dress socks and used it as a template for the socks. I was very afraid that they are not going to fit at the cuff because of the carrying yarn in the back, but it was perfect. The socks will go perfect with the 4 tickets at Fenway playing the Yankees.

Happy 33 Babe! And happy three years.
Dec 31

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to me,
Happy Birthday to me,
Happy Birthday to meeeee,
Happy Birthday to me!

I got quite a few nice messages from my SnB girls wishing me a happy birthday. Those messages put smiles on my face. Thanks girls!

Despite the fact that I really wanted to go to WEBs, I didn’t. I didn’t buy any yarn or visit any yarn stores, because I really have a lot of yarn that I haven’t use yet! I did however went to Target and got an organizer for one of the cubby holes so now it is more orderly, instead of keep losing things in the pile. The drawers are mainly for loose needles, knitting notions and accessories, and swatches.

David is taking me out to Outback to dinner :) mmm Steak and Baked Sweet Potatoes…