I burst your bubble when I'm bored

Michelle and John came home yesterday. I had to go in and meet Michelle at the doctor's office. She was having an allergic reaction to the meds she was on for her sinus infection. That girl is a walking medical disaster.

Today, John, Michelle and I went to Lewistown. Michelle had a dentist appointment. Afterwards we headed over to Wal-Mart to buy some yarn for the afghan I am going to crochet grandma for Christmas. Seeing as how I am still working on mom's afghan, Grandma's is going to be a belated gift. I think she'll like it though. She's been watching me crochet things for everyone else, and I believe she's been hinting that she'd like an afghan.

After Wal-Mart, Grandma and Grandpa took the three of us out to Hoss's for some yummy food. When we got home, John, Michelle and I crashed in my bed for a much needed nap. I was in the middle of course ;) Besides visiting the kittens and scooping litter, nothing else happened today. Michelle is headed down to Dillsburg to stay with Mom.

Christmas is almost here. There is so much left to do...

visiting hours are 9 to 5

Today turned out to be more eventful that I expected. Not that it was as fun as a barrel of monkeys or anything. We decided to go to Wal-Mart. I told you it wasn't anything out of this world, but it did break up the monotonous week I've been having.

Grandpa ended up buying grandma a new camera. She is now the proud owner of a Kodak EasyShare with 5.0 meGApixels. It is quite nice, and user friendly. That was the selling point, user friendliness. I mean, one can't expect grandparents to be too technically savvy. I mean, Grandma just asked my what flavor my egg nog was. If she doesn't know what flavor egg nog is, I can't expect her to understand mega pixels and such. Point and shoot is all she can handle! How to use the other buttons will come along at a much slower (and often painful) pace.

And because I can't sit around and let a brand new camera sit in the box until Christmas, here is a picture of a ripple afghan (which has nothing to do with Afghanistan) I crocheted about a month and a half ago. It took me an entire week to finish it. Which, if you know anything about crocheting, is actually quite fast. Needless to say, I am quite proud of the finished piece.

big green monkey, everyone's a junkie

I hate when you can't get away from people, and yet you feel so alone. That's how I am feeling today. And I wish I could just get away, relax a bit with my own thoughts. When I feel like this, I just need to be left alone, or cuddled. Which ever I can get.

I wish I could be back here. It was pretty much perfect. Perfect weather. Perfect water. You could lay on the beach and listen to the ocean or read a book. Eat your meals at a table overlooking the beautiful water while watching the crabs crawling up the side of the walls. Watching the pelicans and other birds diving for fish. Unlimited drinks. I miss it. I think what I miss most was the lack of stress. It was the perfect stress-free vacation.

Enough melancholy dribble. I believe I am going to go start crocheting an afghan. I need something to keep me busy. I may as well get used to having to entertain myself since my boyfriend loves his bike more than he loves me.

rockin' around the christmas tree

This evening we were finishing up with some of the Christmas decorations. I decided that I wanted to take some pictures, only to find that my camera's batteries were d-e-a-d. That meant I had to use grandpa's digital camera. The only problem with that is the pictures are not as good of a quality. But I guess I can't complain.

This is a full frontal of the Christmas tree ;) Just a little background on the tree: it's ancient. Apparently it was my grandparents first Christmas tree. So it's circa 1954. That would make it 51 years old. Before I put the decorations on it, I had serious doubts that I'd be able to make it presentable.

I also put lights up. We live in a barn. So that means there are posts and logs across the ceiling. I wrapped lights around the post that go through the middle of the "great room." It makes it look quite festive. Then I hung seventeen stocking across the log. I really like seeing all the stockings. It makes me realize that I am lucky to have so many great aunts, uncles, and cousins.

In this picture you can better see the lights and the stockings. Grandma doesn't really decorate for Christmas, but since I was staying here, she let me do the decorating. I quite enjoyed myself. Now I can't wait to do the Christmas baking!

We aren't having the traditional Christmas dinner (turkey, filling, mashed potatoes, etc). We all (Mom, Grandma, and I) decided that we'd rather have something else. In January, our entire family will have a get together since it wasn't possible to do it on Christmas. That's when we'll have the turkey dinner. Plus, if John wants to make an appearance at his Grandma Hoffman's, I am sure there will be turkey to be had.

Okay, enough Christmas-babble! I think it's all the pretty lights. They make me happy.

it was all a metaphor for what was wrong with us

Starting over is hard to do. Or so I've heard. I once wrote daily in an online journal. That lasted about two years. And while I doubt that I will ever enjoy it as much as I once did, I miss it immensely. Looking back, it seems as though starting college and living with three best friends just lent itself to more enjoyable entries. I can't promise that now. I'm in the process of job hunting, and I have two cats. My love of crocheting won't liven things up either :)

Currently, it is snowing. The second "storm" of the winter. One thing about being unemployed: you can enjoy the snow from inside your warm home.

At the moment, I am waiting for a call from the lady at C&YS in Bellefonte to call me back to reschedule my second interview. She may still be sick and off of work. I just want to get in before the Christmas break. Waiting to see if you are going to get a job you really want... it sucks.

Just a few minutes ago, I finally got through a game I started last night. I didn't finish it last night because I got pissed off when I couldn't figure out how to get past one of the obstacles. I was tired and cranky. That may have had something to do with my lack of patience. All in all, I really enjoyed this game. I got through the first one faster. I love games that make you think. When you finally get through them you feel accomplished... and a little smarter! Here's another such game.

Right now, I am going to go read a book. I love to read just about anything. So if you have any suggestions, feel free to leave them!