I had a GREAT weekend!
I really did. On Saturday morning we went to Barnes and Noble to burn some store credit we had from returning a Christmas present. We got Stitch N Bitch and Stitch N Bitch Nation. Two great knitting books for beginners as well as advanced knitters.

I'm just getting back into knitting. I first started my sophomore year of college when I was on the airplane on my way out to New Hampshire. I was sitting next to a lady who was knitting. It was really cool. I decided right then that once I got back home I'd learn. Much to my delight my mom taught me to knit right then and there. Granted, I coudn't do anything fancy, but I did make 2 scarves. I put it all on hold once I went back to school and didn't really pick it up again until now. In the mean time, I did knit yet another scarf which turned out quite nicely.

Anyways, I recently got the desire back to take up knitting again since I discovered that yes, even lame old me can make more than just scarves! I sat down in B&N paging through Stitch N Bitch to pick out my first "real" project. I chose the I-don't-remember-what-it's-called purse for 2 reasons: 1) I'm in dire need for a new purse and can't seem to find one that i like and this one is cute 2) It seemed quite easy for my first non-scarf knitting project.

So from B&N we went on over to Jo-Ann and purchased the correct size "knitting in the round" needles, yarn (I chose a brown one) and handles (they didn't have the ones I initally wanted, so I settled for a different pair. I'll have to see how I like these on the finished purse before I decide if I'll keep them or continue my hunt for the right ones).

We went home and I got started on my purse. By Saturday night I had a good 3 inches done. It was really coming along. Fast forward to last night. I finished knitting and bound it off! Now I can't wait to go home and sew up the bottom, line it and attach the handles! Stay tuned for further updates!

I remember the day I created this blog quite vividly. It was the year 2003 and I was finishing up my last semester of college. I had a little bit of time to kill before I went to work at the nursing home (worked part time as a dietary aide). I thought I'd create a blog becuase I heard it was a fun thing to do. I couldn't think of a clever name to call it at the time so I called it the first thing I could think of: "time for work" because, well, it was time for work.

It's a dumb name I realize, but I don't think I can change it now. Oh well I guess I'll just have to live with it.

I think I need a swift kick in the butt. I need to get off my lazy ass and DO something. My daily routine has become so boring and blah. I go to work, sitting on my ass all day long, half the time don't have anything to do, and then I go home and don't really do anything much there either. My husband spends his evenings sitting in front of his computer which really gets to me because I'd like to DO something together, but I don't particularly want to GO anywhere becuase it's cold, snowy, icky and dark out this time of year.

That's how I feel. I'm going to start working out again. Starting tonight. Hopefully I'll be able to keep it up!