Happy winter!
Dec. 21st, 2010 09:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thanateWe got up at 2:30 to go out and look at the moon being orange, which it was, very nicely, and furthermore the sky was very clear and while it was quite cold out, it wasn't particularly windy. We didn't stay out for the full eclipse (which was probably about twenty minutes off by the time we went in again?) but I'm also not entirely exhausted this morning, and neither (I believe) is grauwulf, which is a plus given that he's got two job interviews today. Fingers are crossed...
It also looks like I get another half-wish in the form of heading down to join a group of carolers in my parents' neighborhood on thursday evening; one of my mother's neighbors has gone out with them for years, but we didn't discover their existence until the last year I spent in Falls Church. Of course, that was the year they had just added a bunch of "popular" songs (ugh!) to their songbook, but I guess one can't have everything.
I just finished my portable knitting project last night, and blocked it (first time blocking anything, actually, which is what comes of making mainly socks & arm warmers) reasonably successfully... It's this, which I liked so much I even got the recommended yarn for it. (the green stripy kind, that is) Of course, I wasn't quite paying attention, and only got two skeins, so it's two repeats smaller and one of the points is a couple rows short at the end, but I'm fairly happy with how it turned out. Now to go back to working on things that aren't portable and/or require more attention to the pattern.
Also contemplating cinnamon rolls (as in baking real ones) for christmas-- my grandmother used to make up pans in advance & freeze them, ready to be thawed in the refrigerator overnight & baked in the morning.
grauwulf, which is a plus given that he's got two job interviews today. Fingers are crossed...It also looks like I get another half-wish in the form of heading down to join a group of carolers in my parents' neighborhood on thursday evening; one of my mother's neighbors has gone out with them for years, but we didn't discover their existence until the last year I spent in Falls Church. Of course, that was the year they had just added a bunch of "popular" songs (ugh!) to their songbook, but I guess one can't have everything.
I just finished my portable knitting project last night, and blocked it (first time blocking anything, actually, which is what comes of making mainly socks & arm warmers) reasonably successfully... It's this, which I liked so much I even got the recommended yarn for it. (the green stripy kind, that is) Of course, I wasn't quite paying attention, and only got two skeins, so it's two repeats smaller and one of the points is a couple rows short at the end, but I'm fairly happy with how it turned out. Now to go back to working on things that aren't portable and/or require more attention to the pattern.
Also contemplating cinnamon rolls (as in baking real ones) for christmas-- my grandmother used to make up pans in advance & freeze them, ready to be thawed in the refrigerator overnight & baked in the morning.