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Originally uploaded by vreitz.

Here's this week's Self Portrait.

September's theme is body parts.

loose change

Recently, a random stranger, Bailey, stopped by Project Vicki and left a comment. I decided to check out his blog too, which is all about his race against some one named Chris to see who can find $100 in change on the ground first. It looks to me like Chris has already won, with a total of $163.70 so far, while Bailey's at $54.16 after 200 or so days.

Isn't the blogosphere an interesting place?

mid week

I haven't had much to say the last week. Things are progressing. I bought yarn for my crochet project, and have been practicing stitches. I also designed, printed, and mailed out "I Moved!" postcards to my family. I keep busy making messes at night and then cleaning them up quickly before i head for work. In a nutshell, I'm pretty boring!

But on a good note, my security deposit from the old apartment came back $140 higher than I thought! That's real good news for paying off my computer bill. Looks like I won't have to dip into savings at all.

I'm getting frustrated at work. I think it's the time of year when I need a day off. But I'm going to Vegas in two weeks so there won't be any days off. I'll make it, I always do.

permission

The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving
yourself the time to do what you want to do.

-- Leontyne Price, American Opera Singer

Goal: Knit or crochet something by Christmas

When I was in Bath, England 4 years ago, I picked up this great wool yarn in neat colors. At the time I had just taken both knitting and crochet classes. You know where the story goes from here, the yarn has sat in my closet since then, along with a few other balls of yarn that really haven't been touched.

As I was purging before the big move, i just couldn't part with this yarn. I haven't used it in 4 years, I haven't even crocheted or knitted in 4 years, but I just couldn't get rid of it.

So, dear readers, here is my new goal. I will knit or crochet a project, hopefully using the "Bath yarn," by Christmas of this year (Dec 25, 2005). But if I don't reach this goal, I will get rid of the yarn.

Hold me to it.

UPDATE: Nov 15:
I crocheted a hat! Goal accomplished.

Self portrait Tuesday

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Originally uploaded by vreitz.

Here's a quickie of me at the office today.

I worked on unpacking just as I said I would last night. 45 minutes in each room. Making progress, but still lots to do. Tonight the cable gets hooked up! Yay, I get to see my crafty shows again! And connect to the internet on my new laptop. Woo hoo.