Merry Holidaymas

I put up my Christmas tree yesterday. I know it's a bit early, but I didn't put one up last year and it made me sad. And since I'll be away for most of the holidays to visit friends and family, I figured putting it up the day after Thanksgiving was totally fine.



My tree is pretty small and weak, so I have ornaments hung up all over the apartment. It looks nice and festive.

Catching Up.

We got back from Ohio last night. Whew! The visit was fun, I enjoyed myself -- the drive back was sucktastic. We had waaaaay too much stuff in the car and I didn't have a whole lot of room to stretch out my leg.

I saw my doctor in Columbus while we were there. He's a great doctor. He confirmed that I do need surgery, but sent me for an MRI to check that there are no other issues going on. I finally got the results Friday (a week after the MRI) and was told that there are no tears but my meniscus is deteriorating badly. Now I just have to wait... my doctor is in New Orleans with the Buckeyes (he's a team doctor) and won't be back for a bit. Then I have to arrange everything so I can fly there, have surgery, recover a bit, then fly back home.

Let's see --- CHRISTMAS and my BIRTHDAY were good. I got lots of goodies. Piles and piles of great books, including a nice collection of Edward Gorey from Vince and a stack of new and not-yet released books from Julie (Vince's sister) and my very own copy of Last-Minute Knitted Gifts. The Planet Earth DVD set. A new camera. (Thank goodness! My old one was dying a quick death.) Lots of makeup and bath goodies. A purse, some cute t-shirts, a few really nice sweaters - including a cashmere one from Vince that I want to wear everyday. A copy of Brain Age 2 for the DS. I got a gift certificate from Shuttles, Spindles & Skeins and piles and piles of yarn from Oma. So much yarn. I am trying to figure out where to put it all!

I got lots of great stuff and I hope everyone I gave gifts to enjoyed theirs as much as I enjoyed mine!

I'm off to try to figure out how to use my new camera and try to take photos of things I knit over the break. I should have more tomorrow.

Oh and the most important thing of all GO BUCKS!!!!!!!!!!

It's the final countdown!!

Two scarves down. One ballband down. One halfway done. Log Cabin almost done.

Now I just need to knit some hats and a few more ballbands. Not too shabby. I'm going to be up weird hours this week because Vince has a million papers to write and I'm trying to offer moral support by staying awake with him. Which might actually be distracting him more... Anyway, I'm going to go knit a few rows on a ballband.

Hey Ho F-O!

OMFG. I finished something. Miracle of all miracles.



A simple garter stitch rug in random stripes. It's some old Red Heart bulky from the stash. Hopefully, it will help keep my floors a little warmer.

I finally got all the photos up of my Christmas and Birthday loot (with notes stating what they are and who gave them.)




P.S. Still no sightings of the MIA Katia. I'm making up theories about Jazz Guy* sneaking over and stealing it now.

*The douche bag across the hall... Not sure if I've mentioned him before.

Loot!

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Originally uploaded by museumatpurgatory.

Here's a quick peek at my Christmas/Birthday loot. (My birthday was the 26th. Officially a sucktastic birthday.)

I'm trying to get individual photos of all my new family members but some are not behaving themselves. So now this will do until I can get the rest photographed again.