A-C...Minus C

A good friend has left the country for a year.  She has a lovely blog where she tries to post three things that make her happy, or that she is thankful for.  A wonderful, cheesy, great idea.  That doesn't come across as cheesy when she does it at all.  For her sake so she can feel more a more included, I'm going to attempt to keep up a little better with this, and in her honor I'm starting with a thankful for/what makes me happy list.....
  But I'm going to do mine alphabet style:


A
Aran Armchair.

This arm chair makes me happy, and I hope one day to have something similar in my house.


B
Broooobeeee!

   Elias dressed as Brobee for Halloween.  (There's a party in tummy, oh yummy a party).
I didn't get to see it on Halloween, he apparently only did for a small amount of time, before taking it off at day care.  (No trick-or-treating for this little vegetarian.... he likes broccoli!)

C
Cars
    Cars have been acting up lately, but it's really great that I can get in a car to go someplace instead of walking, or Oregon Trailing.  I think this is a little pathetic of a thankful-ness thing.   Buuuuuut that's all I have right now, I'll come back to C.

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The time writing this blog should have been spent writing a paper about Footloose.

But you have no idea how angry it makes me to watch a crap remake of a decent movie...and then have to write a college paper about it...

Okay.  I am attempting to knit awesome things by the end of the year.  (and ace my classes...  or at least... bace my classes...)

Things requested:

Hoodie-cozy - Anna C.
Star Trek-cozy -Anna C.
Owl - Katie F.
Fish Hat(s) - Jessica H.
Sweater vest - G.
Mittens - Jon C.
Sweater? -Katie R.
Wrist warmers - Krystal L., and Trish M.
Mittens.  -B.D

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More to be added I'm sure...

I haven't forgotten...(and I'm sorry! Some of you have been waiting almost a year...)

1. Owls  for Katie F
2.  Mittens for Jonathan C.
3. Leg warmers for Anna's friend
4. Star wars or hoodie beer cosby for Anna
5. Wrist warmers for Trish
6. Homemade things for...Julie W.,  Bill, Katie H., Gabbie, Drew, Michelle N., Wendy H., and Chris


What I'm actually doing...

1. Baby blanket
2. Socks
3. Way too much Hulu and Netflix
4. Buying yarn

I joined a blog along.   Such a nerd.

So, keeping with the nerd thing I will pick the nerd projects I want to complete this year.

To start with I will make this.  Or something similar.
R2D2 Rock on.

Nothing completely finished lately.  Working on a sock, and finishing up a sweater vest for a mini man.

I admit it, I post according to the number of hits in the past few days.
It is currently at Zero.

Therefore,  I'm posting.

While spending time (finally) with my favorite second eldest female cousin, we discovered this sign.

Not in a sketchy place.

Just a usual restaurant bathroom.

...

I only can wonder what event caused that sign to be placed.

Okay, done thinking about that.


Hey.  Second eldest female cousin, apply for jobs in eastern NC!  I know we can find housing for you.  (This goes to all other far away cousins and friends)

Finished knitted things.....

A wash cloth with a cabled owl.  

It was supposed to be a square, but came out as a diamond. 

Elias is modeling a great little bib, 

with a owl that you can't see too well.

But it's there and waving.

Finally a wrist warmer/glove thing.

I must have been going through a blue period this week.

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Apologies for the horrible quality of photography...

Book review or something

So I started reading book, and it's been quite a read.  So I'm writing a book report.  Accept it. Read it. Start a conversation, or don't.

What Paul Really said about Women

It's by a pastor who took the greek of Paul's writing about women (and marriage), and broke it down over again.  He took the english, translated it back into Greek, using the best words to create the same meanings in Greek that are in the English translation...turns out those words were completely different.

I haven't really gotten into it, but the first chapter, he explains the views in the world at the time when Paul was writing, in the place where Paul was writing and writing to; Athens had a different view from Rome, Cairo different from Sparta...  The philosophies came from Greece, Egypt and Sparta had more a sexually equal society but didn't have philosophers who were respected to pass on the ideas.  When men from Greece did visit, they were appalled at the idea that women were given so much freedom (in Egypt they were independent, able to own land, and pass it on to their children, which is really impressive)

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I'll get back to this.