I was SUPPOSED to be resting...

instead, I made a hot wheels town playmat on 2 yards of fabric. *shrugs*
Places I included:
Farm with pond, geese, barn, cow, dog, vegetable garden, and shed
UFO with alien
Hospital
Police Station
Airport with helipad
Mall
Fast Gas gas station
Greg's Groceries
McDonald's
Post office
Pete's Pizza
School
5 houses
Haunted house with ghost
Persephone's Pet Store and Vet
Park with nature trails and playground
and of course the two and four lane roads, stop sign, and traffic lights.

A Day at Work - edited to protect those involved

kelsie is here says:

oh NO!!!!! there's a note in most of these things stating that **** wants them INCLUDING ALL EARLIER PRINTINGS!!! oh noes!!!!

*** says:

so, is that a problem?

kelsie is here says:

...

*** says:

i fthey are sending all that anyway?

kelsie is here says:

i'm asking for a BAJILLION bajillion now...rather than just a bajillion back issues. doom

kelsie is here says:

who knows what they put in the boxes.

kelsie is here says:

maybe a rubber chicken for all i know

kelsie is here says:

snowglobe of atlanta

*** says:

okay, lets just look the the stuff when it comes and worry about it then

*** says:

lol

kelsie is here says:

hell NO am i composing this big ass list AGAIN

kelsie is here says:

you crazee?

*** says:

not again, just put it

kelsie is here says:

do you have any idea of how high my claim stats will be for today. YEEHAW

kelsie is here says:

:D

*** says:

you'll be our receiver

kelsie is here says:

hellz yes

kelsie is here says:

theres something like 50 issues a year!

*** says:

keep a copy of the list of issues you are claiming

kelsie is here says:

though i must admit, i probably should sit on this thing until i get the definite final answer from ****

*** says:

yes, i agree

kelsie is here says:

it's alot of $$ for toilet paper...i mean, these back issues

*** says:

lol

*** says:

plus, shouldn't we wait to see what is in the boxes before you go claiming more?

*** says:

maybe the things we need will be in there?

kelsie is here says:

she's not going to send the boxes

kelsie is here says:

not till i say sure.

*** says:

so run this all by **** and see what he says

kelsie is here says:

can't till tmw at the earliest

kelsie is here says:

he's out

kelsie is here says:

i called

*** says:

so it can wait a day

kelsie is here says:

do you really think i'd claim enough newspapers to make the atlanta skyline in paper mache without asking first?

kelsie is here says:

...

kelsie is here says:

can i at least count half of em today...

*** says:

maybe if you are under the influence of a migraine?

kelsie is here says:

i'm always under the influence of a migraine

kelsie is here says:

makes me crazeeeee

kelsie is here says:

i'm gonna turn into a zombie

*** says:

maybe it is the weight of your hair

kelsie is here says:

instead of eating brains, i eat back issues....mmmmmtasty

*** says:

then what are we doind recycling?

kelsie is here says:

it could be my hair, but i'll suffer the rest of my days instead of cutting it

kelsie is here says:

you don't wanna see me with short hair. truly frightening

*** says:

what about long layers?

kelsie is here says:

ah, the recycling bins are just full of regurgitat....i mean...you don't wanna know

kelsie is here says:

layers? my hair is freakin layered!!!

kelsie is here says:

HAHAHAHAHA

*** says:

:D

kelsie is here says:

really

*** says:

no it isn't

kelsie is here says:

yeah it is

*** says:

looks one length to me

kelsie is here says:

trick of the eye. my hair is smart

kelsie is here says:

it plots to take over the world

*** says:

like william shatner's toupe?

kelsie is here says:

starting with the office of one *****...i mean...um

kelsie is here says:

yeah like his toupee...thats how they got the tribble episode doncha know

*** says:

according to robot chicken, it saves the world every night

kelsie is here says:

oooh...what a death match...my hair vs. shatner's toupee

kelsie is here says:

my hair would SO win

*** says:

you know it

kelsie is here says:

yeah

*** says:

it is prettier, anyhow

kelsie is here says:

don't complement it...it just makes it worse!

*** says:

sorry

kelsie is here says:

i do actually get a person every so often who says 'i'm sure you hear this all the time, but your hair is so pretty!'

kelsie is here says:

my favorite though is 'your hair is long!'

kelsie is here says:

i mean

kelsie is here says:

that's a real no brainer there

*** says:

i got that a lot when mine was that long

kelsie is here says:

but i do turn to them sometimes and say, 'nah, i don't think so.'

kelsie is here says:

when did you cut your hair?

*** says:

January 2004

kelsie is here says:

just got tired of it?

*** says:

yeah, it was giving me headaches.

kelsie is here says:

...

kelsie is here says:

no comment

*** says:

:D

kelsie is here says:

wow...11 vols worth of one of them...let's see 11 x 45 is what?

kelsie is here says:

no, 11 x 50

kelsie is here says:

maybe 52 even

kelsie is here says:

hehehe

>>

kelsie is here says:

oh yeah, back to the lady...she wants to ship them all rather than bring them by.

kelsie is here says:

i don't remember if i mentioned that or not

*** says:

uh, ok i guess

kelsie is here says:

hmmm...

kelsie is here says:

wow a rough estimate on the number of missing issues is just over 1500

*** says:

8o

kelsie is here says:

yeah

kelsie is here says:

in the note it says that **** wanted earliest possible issues. some of them were on v. 11 when we started the subs.

kelsie is here says:

god, i've just wasted a chunk of time compiling this gd list...ah well

*** says:

yes, but you will remember it for years to come

*** says:

(old biddy voice)" I remember back in 07, that derned ..."

*** says:

it'll be one of those stories you kids wish you would stop telling them over and over again

*** says:

once you lost your short term memory

*** says:

you know, the memory that reminds you that you told your kids that story a gazillion times!

kelsie is here says:

at least i'll still have my hair

*** says:

if you don't have to have chemo

*** says:

while they try to kill the thing that is killing all your memory

kelsie is here says:

it's my hair, it's guilty of everything

*** says:

see, it all goes back to the hair

*** says:

i need tea

>>

kelsie is here says:

yikes! did your cold medicine run out?

*** says:

pretty muich

*** says:

much

*** says:

god, i can't type

kelsie is here says:

ugh

*** says:

well, it only lasts about 4 hours

kelsie is here says:

you sound like a =the living undead

kelsie is here says:

...

*** says:

lol

kelsie is here says:

HAHAHAHA

kelsie is here says:

i meant the living dead

kelsie is here says:

duh

*** says:

BRAAAAIIIINNNNZZZ

kelsie is here says:

sheesh

kelsie is here says:

i blame the migraine

kelsie is here says:

ok, the other mag is 11 bux an issue roughly

kelsie is here says:

you want me to dup the cheap one and give the other one to you?

*** says:

how much is it?

*** says:

the other one?

kelsie is here says:

sheesh, shows how much i matter to you...

kelsie is here says:

:p

kelsie is here says:

11 dollars an issue roughly

*** says:

if you had as many different issues going on all at the same time, it would be a miracle you could remember your name

kelsie is here says:

$$ a year cause their rate went up

*** says:

just dup them both

kelsie is here says:

kk

*** says:

im feeling selfish

kelsie is here says:

we ALL have issues here...we're in the periodicals dept for cryin out loud

kelsie is here says:

it's ok for you to be selfish

kelsie is here says:

you need chicken noodle soup, a hot bath, and lots of dumb tv time

*** says:

no, i meant in not wanting to see if pub wants issue back

kelsie is here says:

oh, ok

*** says:

i wish i had tv this past weekend

kelsie is here says:

you don't have tv either?

*** says:

no. i guess i shouldn't try to do yoga tonight

kelsie is here says:

no sheesh, no yoga. rest get better. remove cooties

*** says:

i guess we are oddities not having that connection to pop culture

kelsie is here says:

um comma comma

*** says:

coma? i'm in a coma

kelsie is here says:

its alright, i get more than enough from

kelsie is here says:

i meant that i left out some needed commas

*** says:

i've been left out in a coma

kelsie is here says:

sounds like you're drowning in the sea of congestion!

*** says:

snot, the original rubber cement

*** says:

got an empty bottle?

kelsie is here says:

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

>>

*** says:

my tea is cold

kelsie is here says:

you never drank your tea?

*** says:

i got distracted

kelsie is here says:

yeah, coughing

*** says:

lol

kelsie is here says:

wow, the american taxation association just sounds vicious doesn't it?

*** says:

sounds toxic

kelsie is here says:

taxing at least

kelsie is here says:

:p

*** says:

groan

kelsie is here says:

heh sorry

A surprise

While getting ready for work this morning, I browsed my bedroom bookshelf. To my great suprise, I found every single Anne of Green Gables book except the first one. I really thought they were down at my dad's house two hours away! Since I've not been able to find the time to go to the city library, I hadn't started reading for the Anne of Green Gables Read & KAL. I grabbed the one copy here at my work and started reading it during lunch. I didn't remember all the knitting, except Anne's messed up sock (how could anyone forget that scene?). Here I am barely into the beginning and already two people knitting!
I've discarded the 1895 leg o' mutton blouse in favor of the Aran sweater concept. But boy is it beating me. I've started swatches three times now. All of them were no good. I've looked through Mary Thomas's Knitting Patterns book, two of Barbara G. Walker's knitting patterns books, and all of my magazines for ideas. Nothing is just right and most of the directions are beyond my novice knitter's grasp.

Early Monday

Wow! Is it really October already?? It just doesn't seem right...

Recently I've finished:
trial Birka tablet woven band
inkle woven belt
my donations for the LSA afghans of never-endingness

I have been working on:
IWK Concentric Vest
1895 Ladies' Blouse knit pattern
Aran Fisherman's Sweater

The last two are for the Anne of Green Gables KAL. No, don't think I'm going to make two things for it...I'm going to pick one from the two.
I'll post pictures soon.