I Heart Sweatpants

Thank goodness I stayed home today! I would have been so useless at work. Between the Sinus Infection and my stomach deciding that Amoxicillan is The Enemy... yeah... I'm one sexy babe today.

I have a whole basket full of baby blue cotton yarn so I decided to check out the free patterns on the Lion Brand Yarn website (you have to register, but it's free, and they have hundreds of free patterns!) I thought this little sweater was cute, so I'm giving it a try. Mine will be a looser weave than this, because I'm using bigger needles to achieve the gauge, but still... I can visualize it being cute. Maybe...

That's all for now :)
~g~

G is for Gross

Alright.
I'm officially disgusting.
I am so disgusting that I am, in fact, disgusted by myself. I am disgusted by my sweaty, snotty, gross, disgusting, sinus-infected self. YUCK!!! Not remarkably, I had half of a bus to myself on the way home from the doctor because everyone could see that I was disgusting; pockets bulging with damp tissues, eyes watering, nose running, sneezing, cuddling my chai latte, huddled in my gross little world. ... being gross... trying to stay alive until I could go home and put on my sweat pants and be gross all by myself. The doctor has me packing in 1,500 mg of Amoxicillan a day, so hopefully I'll be slightly less disgusting soon.

I had to work (alas) part of the day today as I had my DREADED, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT REVIEW! AUGHHHH!!!! I was so certain that I was going to walk into the room and my boss would sigh and say "G, I'm sorry, but you're dumber than a sack of hammers and we're going to demote you to cleaning the bathrooms. We'd fire you, but the union won't let us."

ASTONISHINGLY, my boss actually said that I was meeting or exceeding all of their expectations AND would I be willing to become the Non-Resident Withholding Tax guru AND take trips out to some of the plants to, like, schmooze or something.... So I said "heck, yes, boss!" and he said "Swell! Just Swell!" ... or something... I was just trying to not be disgusting in front of him, so I didn't really listen :P

I passed!!!
That's all that matters!!!

And now, I'm going to drag my DISGUSTING SELF to bed.

A
AAA
AAAACHOOOO!
~g~

Hooray for Neo-Citron

The only thing worse than being sick on a long weekend is having bad dreams that Human Resources fires you for not showing initiative by coming into work on the long weekend. Can you tell that my annual review is on Wednesday?

On account of I feel like death this weekend, I haven't gotten up to much. Today I went shopping with my parents for stuff for Skylark's baby girl!!! Almost everything in the stores was frilly and pink and flowery, which made things sort of challenging, but we did manage to find some really adorable things. AS WE SPEAK I'm washing the red sweater, which makes me kind of scared that it will unravel or something. The lady who I took the class from said it was fine to put in the washing machine, but I was still a little scared, so I put it in a pillow case and put it on the delicate cycle. Luckily Skylark's baby is the cutest thing I've ever seen, so she would look gorgeous wearing a paper bag, quite frankly ;)

Well it's time for Neo-Citron and bed, I do believe!
Lots of love,
~g~

I'm Only Sleeping

The problem with cleaning my house before the weekend is that I'm really bored during the weekend. I just realised this afternoon that I would rather be sleeping because my dreams are WAY more interesting than my real life. I think that's probably not a good thing. Hopefully it's just the weather, and in the spring I'll be more inclined to go out and do things. Part of the problem is I don't like doing things alone. I could go to the museum alone, but then who would I share my running commentary with? Museums are a good "test date" for me, because if they can follow my silly-yet-interested-and-sometimes-inappropriate verbal stream then they're worth further investigation. Unfortunately, I've yet to find said person. I generally get the "hey, wanna make out behind that vase?" Well, no. First I want to read the description on the vase, then I want to point out that the difference between Greek and Roman sculptures is all about the nose, and then... THEN, if you're interested in my brain and not just my body? We can maybe make out behind the vase.
... This is the point where my older relatives say "you're being too picky."
Am I? Should I just shut up and make out behind the vase? Or will this just lead to a torrid love affair down the road with a man who is totally digging on my Art History knowledge? Should I hide my complexity? I'd rather hoped that the days of unintelligent=desirable were over. Perhaps I ought to go to museum alone to scope out single men who are actually interested in the art. Now THERE'S a thought ;)
On that note, I'm going to have a nap and hope for exciting dreams! ... it's too cold to go the museum anyway :P
Much love,
~g~

Making The Sun Shine

Snow, snow, snow. I'm so done with it! NO MORE! Are you so done with it too? These things might help...

If you go to http://katamari.namco.com/ you can download Katamari wallpaper and even a Katamari Desktop Buddy! The Katamari Desktop buddy rolls around your screen while you work! It's SO CUTE! You can even play with him with your mouse! heehee. So adorable!

Have some time on your hands to solve the ultimate mystery? Read about The Mystery of Oak Island. I have a few ideas of my own as to recovering the treasure. Wanna help?

At home sick and bored? Benylin has games and music (sick day radio stream) and even "how to call in sick" scripts! What fun!

I also made a "Bottled Sunshine" CD for my aunt, filled to the brim with songs that cheer me up and make me dance around my livingroom. Why not make a CD or MP3 playlist with tunes that make YOU dance around YOUR livingroom? Here's my playlist if you need a little inspiration.

Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

Canned Heat - Jamiroquai

Me Voy Pa Cali - Oscar de Leon

A Kiss To Build A Dream On - Louis Armstrong

Dirty Laundry - Bitter:Sweet

Aquarium Dreams - Rondo Brothers

Sirenes de la Fete - Brazilian Girls

Be Gentle With Me - The Boy Least Likely To

You Can Feel It All Over - Stevie Wonder

Orange Coloured Sky - Natalie Cole

Downtown Girl - Jim Fidler

I Want You To Know - Chantal Kreviazuk

Like A Star - Corrine Bailey Rae

Butterfly - Lisa Loeb & Elizabeth Mitchell

You Can Close Your Eyes - Carly Simon

Angel - The Corrs

Hot Chocolate - Shonen Knife

Cheer up... TWO MONTHS TILL SPRING.
Love,
~g~

Happy Blog-I-Versary!

Well, I missed the official one-year anniversary of my blog, but in the infamous words of Skylark "that's okay, have a cheezie." (haha! You thought I'd forgotten, didn't you? hahahah!)

I can't believe I've been spouting nonsense on here for a WHOLE YEAR! Isn't that amazing? Aren't you thrilled? I thought you might be.

Not much is new here... I've been very "pre-packaged domestic" this weekend, which is to say that I've been baking things from boxes because... well... I'm lazy, but I have commitments. Aside from that I've been rather focused on exciting things like Property Taxes.

That's all for now :P
~g~