365 days

I'm a few days late on posting this, I decided that for my 26 year I want to do a 365 day project. I'm going to take a photo every day and post it on my flickr account. I'm doing this to make myself take more photo. I love taking them, but sometimes forget that I have a camera. Today's picture it on my birthday henna.

Monsoon love

It has been raining the past three hours, I love it. I love the sound of the pitter-patter of the rain and the cool feel of the drops on me.



I took so nice photos of the storm coming in. All the colors of everything was beautiful, the mountains were a shade of pink that I had never seen them before and the sunset was a gorgeous yellow.



During the monsoon I have been knitting my Shalom cardigan. I have been double checking my work as I go because I don't want to make any mistakes like I did the first few nights I was working on it. I'm to just under the arms, to the easy part of just stockinette stitch.

long day

long day and I'm tired. After having some fun with fire and eating some cake I watched some tv. First a little of American's Funniest Home Videos because there was nothing better on then Futurama. Love that they brought that show back again.

Party time

Happy Birthday day to me, YAY!

tired

What to knit

After finishing my mittens and head band I have been in the mood to knit more. I have been try figure out what I wanted to knit next. I wanted to make something big, not just a little thing like the mittens. I also want to use up the yarn that I have even though I really want to go out and buy some nice expensive yarn. I decide to make a Shalom cardigan from Involving the Senses. I have made one of these before for my mom, but I had done some mods to the pattern and she said the arm hole were too small for her so I have to redo it. I had this bulky multicolored purple that I started to make a cowl with a long time ago and didn't like how it was coming out. I took that apart and started to knit the cardigan with it. I still don't know if I'm going to make it have selves or not yet, I was thinking not.

Books and more books

I went through my books today. I have a few that I have been meaning to get rid of for a while and I felt like this evening would be the night that I went through them. While after a while I had lots of books laying around on the ground and I started to have a really bad headache. I felt like stopping and laying down, but once you start a project like this you can't stop and leave the mess. I thought there would be a lot of books to be gotten rid of. There ended up being a lot of books that I don't remember or that I haven't read yet, so I put them in a drawer together to read through later.

Manny

Manny
Originally uploaded by Keg's Photograph

I had a little green visitor in my garden this afternoon. I spent some time trying to take pictures of him, but he could move pretty fast. I made a little movie of him in action.

Baking day

I really wanted to bake something today. I when through all of my recipes and had about ten that looked good. I knew that I couldn't make everything that I wanted to so I decides on two different cookies and Mexican egg rolls. I didn't cook them yet, I rapped them all up and put them in the freezer for later.


After making the egg rolls I was cleaning up and notice that there was a pool of water on the floor in front of my sink. One of the pipes is not longer connected together and when the sink is draining the water just comes out of it. I called my landlord and she is going try to get some one to come out tomorrow. Since I didn't want to have a lot a dirty dishes laying around tomorrow when they come to work on the sink I only make one thinks of cookies. I was going to make Cinnabon Roll Cookies, but I forgot to write one of the ingredients down. What I ended up with was not going to make a cookie so I added two eggs and some baking powder. So in the end I ended up with my own recipe.

Going to rest

I have been working the past eight days straight and I now have the next two days off. I'm very excited about this. I can finally do things like rest, making things, and baking. I have been wanting to bake something again since I made cookies earlier this week. So far everything that I have try baking has come out good and other people really like them. I'm also going to finish my mittens. I almost have one done. I would like to go to the yarn store and buy some nice yarn for some things that I would like to make, but that could cost a lot of money which I don't currently have much of. I can also take time read my book. I has been hard to get into it with the little reading here and there that I have been doing. Just sitting and reading it would be really nice to do. I also have a few books that I also want to read, so I would like to finish it.

Need a rest

I'm hot and tired and don't have anything.

Think cool thoughts

What do you do when it is a 100+ outside. I decided to knit and bake cookies. I started making fluffy white mittens from Villaelain.



While doing that I made some Chocolave cookies Dabble. The dough was too warm to try to row in to balls even after I put it into the fridge to try to cool it. I ended up getting the dough all over my hands, but I still had enough for all 24 cookie.

Not the normal

Today is no a normal day for me. I'm working a closing shift at work, so I have to change my schedule of what I have to do.

Books and knitting

Started reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo today. It took me a while to get into it. I had to get past the per story and then the Swedish names. Now that I'm in farther I'm like it. After reading some I decided to knit something. I know it is weird to want to something in the middle of summer, but I have been wanting to for a while. I am making a headband out of this white fluffy yarn that I have.

Running in the rain

I have been a little lazy about my running this past week, so I'm not going to let little rain stop me tonight. I wanted to finish my book when I came home, I only had 30 pages left. After that I had to eat supper still and I don't like to run right after that. After that it was already raining. I love the rain and it was only a soft rain, not pouring or anything. It was refreshing and quiet with no one else out. I really enjoyed it, I will have to do it again. I made me want to listen to my favorite song I'm Only Happy When it Rains. So now I'm listening to Garbage.

Maybe tomorrow

Martha had a yoga episode today. I watched it on my lunch and it made me want to do yoga which I have not done while I was house sitting. So I came home and I read for a little bit. Then I eat dinner, didn't feel good after, laid down while watching a movie, and fell asleep. So no Yoga tonight it looks like or run because I still don't feel right. Maybe tomorrow morning.

Food

I got an Ice Cream maker for 50% off at work today. It is a little on that makes one quart and doesn't need rock salt. for about the last hour I have been looking at my favorite food site for ice cream recipes and other food.

What I did today

1. watched some old movies with my mom

2. returned two things, a jacket from Forever 21 and a book that I found cheaper some where else

3. did a little shopping and got a really cool present for my friend that I kind want to keep for my self

4. went to the second hand store and founds some books



5. learned that my neighbor moved out when I wasn't home

6. saw some fireworks

Movie day

Went to the cheap theater this afternoon with my mom and saw two movies.

Well

Tonight I'm tired. There has been nothing good on tv lately like there was the first few week I was house sitting. I first few nights I staid up to 12 watching Say Yes to the Dress and Mythbusters. I seem like this week they are never on, this is making the nights kind of boring. There is nothing really for me to do, so I have been reading more to fill time. I'm liking having more time to read, I have not been sitting down and reading so much like I use to and books were taking me a while to get through. I'm currently reading a new book called Bad Things Happen. It sounds like a self help book title to me, but it is a mystery story. Going to go do some reading now.

Sleep

I had a long day of cleaning and am now falling asleep watching Mythbusters.

What I did today

1. I started my day with a nice breakfast at Bruegger's Bagels.

2. Next Worked why too hard at work today, moving things and running around like a chicken with my head cut off.

3. I didn't run today, just didn't feel like it.

4. I finished my book Jane Slayer which was good, but I am ready to start my next book. I have a line up of five or so books to read.

5. I spent my evening watching Dirty Jobs. I learned some new things about camels like they use car oil to help the cuts on their pads on their stomachs and legs and the foam up and let their tongues hang out when the males are turned on.

Cleaning it out

Today was a day of rest and cleaning. First I rested watching my Netflix movies because I didn't feel that great this morning. I also read some more of my current book, Jane Slayer, Jane Eyre with vampires. The redone story is going so much faster that the original because I don't have to get through all the old English. I love this story and am not wanted to stop reading it. After all of this rest I didn't some cleaning in my room. The main problem in my room is the clothes. After all the clothes at work you don't want to come home and dill with your own. So I have let things go and once you do this is hard to get everything back to clean. I went through my clothes getting rid of the things that don't fit me any more. I have a nice pile going. I still have work to do on it, but I feel I am going better at going through things, cleaning, and keeping it that way.

What to do

I have tomorrow off and can't figure out what I want to do with it. I was thinking of going to Trader Joe's and getting food, but I don't really need to do that yet. I could cook something, but I think IO should wait a bit to make something new, I have had too many of the scones that I made. I could just rest and watch my Netflix movies but that is a little boring. There is also cleaning, but again that is boring.

Yummy Scones

I took half of the scones to work today and everyone loved them. I had two people ask me for the recipe. I'm really having fun cooking thinks. I think this is because I just like making anything. The making and creating is fun and it makes me happy the how day after. it would be fun to make the scones and other things and try to sell them some where like a farmers market. When I'm done with my house sitting I'm going to get back into making things to try to sell them, also it just makes me happy.

Going to work on:

1. the coffee filter roses, still love how beautiful they come out

2. book making, I'm trying to think of how to make them more creative

3. my painting and drawing, my main love

Yummy

This afternoon I made some chocolate chip scones. They turned out very good, I want to eat them all. I'm having a lot of fun cooking thinks from scratch, it's not like making thinks from a box. It is more hands on and it comes out better.

Shopping and sun

Today was a day of shopping and sun. After waking up and finishing my movie, I went out shopping. I haven't done much shopping lately, been watching my money. I have been getting good at talking my self out of buying things. I thought that was how today was going to go to, but that didn't happen. I spent the must money I have ever spend at Forever 21 and neatly had a panic attack after. I then went to the book store and almost didn't find anything till I got to the front of the store and saw one of the books that they had on display. It looked very good so I got it. Then I had a nice lunch and when straight home so I wouldn't spend anymore money.

Fireworks

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Originally uploaded by Keg's Photograph

Happy Fourth of July! Here is a little video of the fireworks that I could see from my place. I really like fireworks and think that there should be more holidays celebrated with them. I love there sparkles, there boom, and the feeling there leave in you when they go off close to you. When I was little before the fireworks moved in my home town, we use to be able to sit almost next to were the fireworks were set off from. Also back home there is a private party that sets off their own fireworks at a park and you get close to them too. The feeling that you get feeling that you get sitting so close to them here.

Rest

Right now I feel really restful. I had today off and over all it was a pretty peaceful day. Started with a nice breakfast at Bruger's, a plain bagel toasted with cream cheese and a large ice tea. Next finishing my book, then a little crafting. My dad came to see me and we went to lunch. Now I'm just resting watching tv.

Ghost

Scaring myself watching ghost stories on tv.

Finished

I just finished season 2 of True Blood. That show loves its cliff hangers, now I have to wait till the next season comes out on DVD to find out what happens. Once again I have said up way to late watching something when I should be asleep.