february catch-up

Can't believe March is just around the corner and I've hardly blogged during February! Unfortunately I can't chalk it up to being crazy busy with work or being on vacation. I just haven't been in the blogging state of mind lately, mostly because, frankly, there's really nothing to tell. Plus, I've been glued to the horrible Olympic coverage by NBC since there really isn't another option.

We did hit the slopes twice for some snowboarding Sierra-at-Tahoe. We used our last two days of our 3-day lift ticket. We were in luck that it snow both times we went up. Love the powder! I'm just a beginner and after five days, I'm finally having fun and enjoying it (even the falling, but it's getting less and less).


Since they are within days of each other, we always celebrate Jay's birthday and Valentine's Day together. It was a weekend of food, food and more food.

And I finally finished the Sheldon baby blanket. I hope she likes it and will actually use it. After this next baby blanket I'm working, NO MORE BLANKETS!
Haven't done any scrapping lately. Keep thinking I will but end up knitting instead! Will have to do some soon since the 2009 December Daily is still in limbo and I want to finish a mini from last year's Savor Sonoma in time for this year's.

knitting addiction?

My name is Charmaine and I'm a knit-aholic. I skipped a weight workout last night to keep working on the Sheldon baby blanket. But I'm so close to finishing. The third border is a couple of rows from being completed. And I'm hoping to finish on Sunday while I "watch" both NFL Divisional Championship games.

To make things worse, Knitscene Magazine previewed their Winter/Spring 2010 issue earlier this week. WOW! These are just a few a picked from my favorites.



So many great contemporary styles to choose from! Loving it all!

rain day

Normally I love rain. But not today. Rain coupled with wind makes walking challenging. Not to mention, one big gust sends me skittering sideways a couple feet. But I know the Bay Area desperately needs the water so I persevere. Probably would have enjoyed today's rain if it happened yesterday when I was cozy at home with my coffee and knitting. This was seriously my favority part of the day.

Stayed up late on Sunday night to finish the body of the Sheldon baby blanket. Last night, I completely weaved in one side of the loose ends and picked up stitches to start the border. Can't wait to finish this and start a scarf!

Scrapping this weekend was a big. fat. FAIL. I had planned on getting some substantial work done on my 2010 December Daily as well as couple layouts that have been percolating in my brain, but my frustrating morning attempt to order pictures through Target threw me for a loop from which I didn't quite recover. On a good note, my scrap area and closet has been purged and cleaned. Now, gone are old CK and Scrapbooks Etc. issues, empty Stampin' Up plastic cartons, flowers and ribbons on the shelf instead of the floor, a basket to corral the inordinate number of mini books I have bought "for a project". I can now actually walk around my desk and get into the bottom drawers of the tool chest. Ahhhhh! (*Moment of epiphany*)

friday loving

It's Friday! And excited that it's a three day weekend! It truly was a long week. Now to catch up on some sleep.

I've been waking up to a cup of Texas Turtle coffee from World Market every morning this week. And I'm in LOVE! The combination of carmel, chocolate, and pecans do a tantalizing dance across my tougue that makes me happy, happy, happy! I'll definitely be heading back to Cost Plus to hoard, I mean, stock up on this bit of heaven in a package.


Rain is in the forecast this MLK weekend (through the end of next week) for the Bay Area. So that means all activities will be primarily indoors: cleaning, knitting, and scrapbooking.

I'm hoping to do a lot of the last one over the weekend. Just got the lastest Studio Calico kits, Whodunit and In the Billiard Room. Can't wait to dive into that both of them! And here is the layout I made the other night for the Lift Me Up challenge at Cocoa Daisy.




Loved hanging out with my cousings in Las Vegas last year! Have a great weekend!

already dreaming of this

The week seems to be dragging by. Is it just me or does this always seem to happen the week of a 3-day weekend? As you can see the baby blanket is coming along quite nicely. I finished the last yellow stripe last night and I am hoping to start the bottom border tonight. I am dreading the borders because they are in seed stitch and my continental purling sucks (throwing and moving the yarn back and forth for eight rows seems like a lifetime)!

So happy that Chuck premiered this week in triple dosage. He is so goofy and endearing it makes me smile! This will definitely keeping me sustained until Glee starts up again (wouldn't that be great if there was an episode where they sang?). Can we just fast forward through American Idol already?

Finally played with some paper last night and scrapped my first layout of the year (with hopefully many more to come)! Can't post it just yet because it's for the Lift Me Up challenge over at Cocoa Daisy.

accidental window shopping

Why is it when you decide impose a spending freeze, you start seeing things you desperately want?

Like this:


And this:

Darn you Anthopolgie for for the most awesome stuff. And the same goes for the CHA sneaks like Studio Calico, 7Gypsies, American Crafts, and Jillibean Soup. You're killing me people!

Murphy's Law strikes again. Ahh, cruel world!