Showing posts with label meme. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meme. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Things that cut into my yarn budget: The Dentist (plus a meme and a freebie)

Things That Cut Into My Yarn Budget

Today I went to the dentist. Again.

Since my dental insurance rolled over again, and I have my FSA, the bill wasn't as bad as it had been before.

Still, I owed $52 for the last trip. (I paid $50 before. I had to wait until they knew exactly how much insurance would pay.) This round will cost about $240. I paid half this time, and I will pay the other half when I get my permanent crown.

I'm also worried because I still hurt from last time. Also, if I have problems like I did last summer, the office will be closed from Thursday until the end of the month.

The dentist said I strained my jaw muscle. He recommends warm compresses, followed by stretching my jaw and bananas (for the potassium.) He said it was like a cramp. Does a cramp last for a month? If it weren't for the Advil, the pain would be constant.

I really don't get how he makes a living working four days a week all year, and taking frequent vacations. I also wonder about his staff. Are they paid for a forty hour work week? Are they ineligible for health insurance because they work less than 40 hours a week?

This is all pure speculation. I'm going to stop before someone calls me an anti-dentite.



Freebie

I don't know if it's full yet, but Hill Country Weavers is having a free class on Thursday.

Here are the stats:
NECK CANDY CLASS!
mmm... it's delicious!
free class and pattern

HCW is launching it's NECK CANDY CAMPAIGN to raise money to fight breast cancer.

SHELLI WESTCOTT of KNITTERLY will teach us how to create our own original piece of NECK CANDY.
Join us for this free class on June 19 at 10:00 - 12:00 or 6:30 - 8:30.

Treat yourself and consider knitting an extra to donate to the HCW CANDY JAR!
100% of the proceeds from selling your NECK CANDY will be donated to fight breast cancer.

RSVP 707-7396
Drop off your CANDY from now until the end of October!
The scarf pictured is a somewhat short one with cables and a ruffled edge. I think it's supposed to look like a breast cancer awareness ribbon. The one in the picture is pink.

I'll need to bring about 100 yards of worsted yarn. Decisions, decisions.

Meme

I saw this on Staci's blog, among others. She's be amused that one of her pictures came up (along with one of mine.)



1. Sally Lightfoot Crabs, 2. Pizza Porn, 3. LBJ robot, 4. Blue Purple Iris, 5. Michael Nesmith, 6. Homemade Ginger Ale, 7. Stitches West 2008, 8. mmmummm..mummm...mmmmummmmumumum, 9. 365days, day 144, 10. Jules, 11. quixotic impulse., 12. rsz_P3120791.jpg

Directions if you want to play:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

Monday, February 18, 2008

I try to keep this stuff to a minimum...

...but it's a sick day and this seemed appropriate:

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is:
Imperial Majesty Sally the Temporary of Snotting on Wold
Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title


And here is Jules' title:

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is:
His Exalted Highness Duke Jules the Uncanny of Giggleswick under Table
Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title


Excuse me while I find another box of tissues, so I can continute "snotting on wold."

Thursday, January 24, 2008

I've been tagged!

I guess it was a matter of time. Sandra Singh tagged me.

So here we go:

4 Jobs I've Held:

Wind Chimes Manufacturing (aka "Chimster')
Retail Sales Associate
Newspaper Reporter
Inside Sales Telemarketing

4 Movies I Watch Over and Over:
Office Space
Haiku Tunnel
Napoleon Dynamite
Wayne's World

4 Places I've Been:
London
Miguel Aleman, Mexico
New Orleans
Fort Lauderdale

4 Places I've Lived:
Austin, Texas
Norman, Oklahoma
Lake Panasoffkee, Florida
Avon Park, Florida

4 TV Shows I Watch:
The Office
South Park
The A Daily Show
The Colbert Report


4 People Who E-mail Me Regularly

Mom
Jules
Lyndsey
FlyLady (although I could do without 75% of the e-mails)


4 Favorite Foods:

Pizza
Ice Cream
Seafood
Mexican Food

4 Places I Would Rather Be:
With Jules
Canada (with all the other knitters)
New York City
San Francisco


4 Things I'm Looking Forward To:

Seeing Jules back in Austin
Seeing Jules in LA
Yarn Crawl with Meetup
Finally learning to spin (and getting good at it)

4 People To Tag:
(I'm going to tag two non-knitters just to be different.)
Elizabeth
Stacy
Heather
Nick

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Knitting Meme

I could resist a silly Knitting Meme. It will be fun to repost in 6 months or a year to see if I have more stuff in bold.

Bold for stuff I've done/am doing
Italics for stuff I plan to do someday
Normal for stuff I'm not planning on doing

Afghan/Blanket
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up

Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Hat
Knitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop stitch patterns
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Slip stitch patterns
Knitting with banana fiber yarn
Domino knitting (modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting
Charity knitting
Knitting with soy yarn
Cardigan
Toy/doll clothing
Knitting with circular needles
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Slippers
Graffiti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
Continental knitting
American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)
Designing knitted garments
Cable stitch patterns (incl. Aran)
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book
Scarf
Teaching a child to knit
Knitting to make money
Button holes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dying with plant colors
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cozies…)
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items) on two circulars
Knitting with someone else’s handspun yarn
Knitting with DPNs
Holiday related knitting
Teaching a male how to knit
Bobbles
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking
Dying yarn
Steeks
Knitting art
Fulling/felting
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener BO
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching
Long Tail CO
Entrelac Knitting
Purling backwards
Machine knitting
Knitting with self-patterning/self-striping/variegating yarn
Stuffed Toys
Baby items
Knitting with cashmere
Darning
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Gloves
Intarsia
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Freeform knitting
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerless mitts/arm warmers
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Rug
Knitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Hair accessories
Knitting in public

In Ravelry invite news, there are only 592 people in line in front of me, as of now. At this rate, I should get an invite late this week.