Christmas Day Sacha and Toni took me along with them to Toni's parents' house for dinner and festivities, which was lots of fun. Good food, amazing desserts (which I probably should not have eaten) and it was a good time had by all. And then, we went and played some more Rock Band (seriously, does it sound like that's all I do when I'm here? I'm sure it's not)
I received many excellent gifts this year from many excellent friends, though I started to notice a theme.
I think if this year's collection of Christmas gifts had a title, it would be, "Jessie, You're a Girl and We'd Prefer You to Kindly Start Acting Like One By Wearing Makeup and Other Girly Things."
OK, maybe I don't actually think that's the message they were trying to send, but look at all this cool stuff I got! I will be extremely hot in 2008. The perfume is "Lovely" by SJP and it smells so unbelievably good I just can't stop taking the top off the bottle and inhaling it. I'm impatient to have something special to go to so I can wear it (New Year's Eve, anyone?). I just smelled it again after typing that sentence :)
Alisa also brought us all some fabulous Shakespearean Insult Gum (well, the gum was not so fabulous, but the insults were). Here's an example:
In case you can't read it, it says "Thy breath stinks with eating toasted cheese" It's from Henry VI. There were many others, "How foul and loathsome is thine image" from The Taming of the Shrew. I could go on and on, but I'll stop. It's probably not practical to buy a whole bunch of these little things when the gum is terrible and all I'd really want to do is rip open the packaging and see what's inside, right? Lousy practicality.
I have decided to take a momentary break from knitting socks while I try to figure out how to end the ones for my mom. I'm having knitter's block (is that real? It is now) so the second one is just sitting there, on the needles, waiting patiently to be finished, while the first sock is sitting in purgatory waiting to be ripped back a little and refinished. I've still got nothin'. Who knew it would be this hard? Instead at the moment I'm knitting the Chevron Scarf from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. This book is literally one of the best purchases I've ever made. I think to this point I've made over half of the items in the book and there's nothing in it I can say I would never make. That's a good purchase.
The pattern calls for two different colors of Koigu that you alternate every two rows. The yarn I'm using, however, is Cushy Color Sport by LynnH, in Mary Ann Green and Bonnie Blue. I've actually had the yarn for a couple of years, but I've been waiting for just the right project. So far I think this is turning out very pretty, although it's definitely not for me. Not exactly a color combination that I would wear, but a lot of people would and you know I prefer knitting gifts anyway. I did find it completely incomprehensible that the only size 5 needles I have are double points, but I'm definitely too cheap to buy any more (plus I'm so sure I have them! I know I bought them for a class I took once! Where are they?!?!), so I'm making due with my makeshift straight needles for the time being. Oh well. At least I found matching hair ties to use on the ends so they're a matching set.
Anyway, my internal clock is still completey messed up from waking up at 4am on Monday morning, so I think it's about time for me to go to bed in an effort to try and get back to normal. I thought I had it all under control after staying up late on Monday night due to the Rock Band as well as the Spanish karaoke my neighbors were engaging in until approximately 1 in the morning. Apparently not.
2 comments:
SJP? That's me!!! I'm so glad you like my perfume!!! (I didn't know I had made any . . . does that mean I should expect a check?)
The scarf is gorgeous. Too bad you won't wear it, but someone will like it for sure. Bonnie and Mary Ann would be only two of them, LOL.
Glad your holiday was good. I've never heard of Rock Star, I must be too old or something (turned 49 in November, how does that happen anyway).
Enjoy the knitting. Seems like these days I don't knit enough of my own stuff, too busy doing other work. My Sis-In-Love Diana knits a lot for me. what would I do without her???
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