What the Hell Happened to December?

Sorry It's been a while ya'll. Thanksgiving weekend my laptop had an accident. It ended up drinking too muche eggnog and then it decided to slide under a recliner I was sitting in. As I was trying to eject myself from the recliner, precious laptop slid under the perfect spot to get its screen cracked. Luckily, the wonderful folks at Lenovo fixed my precious up for me and it returned to me on Christmas Eve. How cool is that? They were my santa this year. However I have not felt the love to blog nor had the opportunity to do so until now as I sit and sip on a Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks.

My sister Nat in WV came down on the 18th. Yeah I don't know if I've mentioned that on here. must research later. She's been in WV since this summer. Pam moved to ATL in May. My sisters are no longer within hitting distance. It sucks but at least I can annoy them on the phone. We all had a blast at my mom's side's Christmas Party. It envolved seeing my uncle sport a scarf in a way that I wish I could forget though.
Having my sisters in hitting distance again made me very happy. But then they had to leave so I went back to a little less happy state of mind.

We had Van my new kid in for the holidays. It was awesome!! I have missed having her around. She's funny crafty and loves to push my buttons and her dad's. She and Sym got a good haul from old St Nick this year. Tons of dolls with clothes and little shoes for me to vaccume up. So lovely.

We also took a trip to see my sister Pam in Atlanta on Christmas day. We had a lovely snow storm that day. We all piled into the truck and drove 3 hours in snow and ice down I-20. We hung out with my niece and nephew a little the girls mostly had their attention. Johnny, Pam Eric & I we adults, played Wii Monopoly and Wii boxing and we wiied around for hours. It was fun and so worth the risk of death and the consequential horrendous neck pain I've been experiancing since we left. I slept in my neice's bed. It wasn't nice to me.

It felt different this year. I think because I was expecting my dad to walk through the door and say "SUPRISE!! I was kidding about the whole death thing to throw off those damn debt colllectors." Unfortunately that wasn't the case. Even christmas eve at his parents house was soooo weird. Luckily Mamaw had wine and she didn't have to drink alone cause I was helping her finish that BIG bottle of cheap chardonnay. Again that feeling that dad was just going to walk in continued to plague me. I have gotten closer but have not gotten my box totally together yet. I've had to deal with my dad's boxes of bills and trying to move on and plan out the wedding. Yeah I'm still getting married in April. I'm not letting my dear John(ny) get away. :-)
They've finished Dad's headstone. They are putting it up on Tuesday. I'm taking the day off to oversee the event and possibly getting a pedicure. Pedicures are curealls for weird sadness there is always alcohol.
Johnny asked me what I want to do tonight being new years eve and all. I'm not in the mood to party like a white girl but I'm (Ok side note. what's with dudes and skinny jeans? really? if you don't have a guitar over your shoulder please don't wear them if you know you don't look good in them!! For reals!) thinking I should just chill at home. I know it's lame. I know its stupid but even though this has probably been one of those mentally breaking years I've already experianced, I just don't feel like faking it for strangers/friends or anyone. I think spending New Years with my man, my Sym and Ryan Seacrest constitutes a pretty good way to wrap up a hellacious year.
I may just reflect on all the GOOD times we've had. For example, several trips this year. Man we have travelled everywhere this year! Vicksburg, MS, Dahlonegah,GA, Texas, Orlando, West VA, PCB, Gulf Shores, Pace. It's been great! Some trips with the kids some without. Meow.
I've knitted TONS!!! First pair of socks in 2 years, baby booties, hats, Calamortries, baby sweaters.
I've learned how to crochet and I've crocheted SEVERAL baby blankets and a baby hat. I've been tatting still lots and lots of motiffs some that had patterns some that didn't and I just winged it.
I"ve made more process improvements at work this year than I have in the past! I mean productivity wise it has been a good year. I just wish my dad was still here. I miss him. That doesn't go away does it?
Sorry for the uber long boring ass post ya'll. I guess I'm just making up for all that time I didn't blog.
Maybe 2011 will be my year to reappear online with more to show. Yeah next  comes new years goals. But I'll put that in another post. Toodles

The weather has been weird lately. It's constantly going from Winter to early spring then to harsh winter, then to Sping severe weather. It's enough to drive this knitter crazy!! I'm just getting tired of the chaotic weather that the ham offers. I think I may need to get away for a while. If anything just to relax, read and knit. I have seriously been contemplating getting the stitchin ladies to go on a weekend stitch-a-thon. I'm so needing it!! I also want to get my walk on, but the damn weather won't stop being bi-polar so that I can. GRRRR This time of year.
Here's a pic from the other day...It was dreary all morning long! Then it rained for a long time finally slacking off so that I could get home. I was sitting on my balcony when I noticed the sky and how beautiful it looked. There was severe weather all over the area. After seeing this, it made me feel hopeful. So I captured it with the trusty phone.

I'm ready for some new projects that have been churning in my thick head. Knitting, I really haven't done much HOWEVER I'm planning and plotting various groovie things to make that's not knitting. I guess I'm feeling a little uninspired with the needles. Mostly I've been knitting on calamorities and baby crap. I want to eventually finish Sym's sweater but it has turned into "damn do I really have to knit this? It's too mind numbing and tedious"
So I'm thinking PAINTS, Hot glue, Mosaics, Collaging, lots of fun!

We'll see what turns up. My special Anti-anniversary project is beginning phase 1 tonight just before Battlestar Galactica. WOOT!!!
Alrighty folks. Gotta get back to work!!
XOXO
Lesley

Maybe you should sleep

Welcome one and all to the ever impressive life of one LesleyD. Watch in amazement while LesleyD not only attempts to knit (2 sweaters, and a scarf), play with her daughter, clean her apartment, work 2 jobs, begin to build a new business, make stuff and sell it on Etsy, all the while pulling her hair out over her current full time job during one of the busiest times of the year! Look out world! NO ONE can Stop this freak of nature as she boldly attempts to keep it all together all the while remembering to go to the bathroom at regular intervals!
What will happen?
Quite honestly it isn't all that bad. My family keeps asking me when I ask one of them to watch Sym for me, if I have a hot date. My response, "Dating? What's that?"
Seriously! I wonder how that would affect one of the already MANY things I have on my to do list each day.
I just finished a little knit hat I made for a friend's birthday. They seem to be avoiding one LesleyD lately though. They are in town for a visit yet they seem to not understand that this lady has a bazilion things to do daily (even though I've told them such) and she just can't drop EVERYTHING to go visit them a billion miles away when gas is horribly scarce here.. See Here's the equation right now, Me + Man = Neglected man. I only have time for one person daily. Her name is the invincible Symi-D who flies in with her magical ability to get her mommy laughing when she is at her pentacle breaking point. I love that kid.
We went to Burger King the other day and she got a weird Neo Pet Toy. I asked her what the name of the pet was. Expecting the actual name of the NeoPet, she instead said "Jub-Jub". I then busted out laughing in the middle of BK. It was the way the kid said it so matter of fact and serious that just threw me off. Damn I needed that laugh. I hadn't laughed like that in a week. Heres' the Grundo named Jub-Jub.

Go Check it out on Burgerking.com. They are pretty groovie toys if you ask me.
I love free gifts with purchase; a funky toy and a nice outburst of loud laughter in a restaurant with only 5 other people in there.
See! Who needs to date when they can have a kids' meal with their angel? Now if I could only get that kid to massage school early, I could really have it all. My back has been killing me!

Cheers ya'll!!

Ps just found this. I definitely wouldn't want my name on this.

Holy Moley!!! Lots a going on...

Well ladies and gents, I've done it. I've returned to the part time job at pizza slut. I'm delivering pizzas again to build up my Sym Birthday and Christmas nest egg. I know ya'll are already used to me not post much anymore but it is about to get even more sparse unless I am at the day job and just bored.
I'm getting really tired of things at the day job but a little bit worried about just quitting. I would hate to leave my team lead. She's super sweet and both of us have put so much into our jobs that it is tough to just walk away.

On the knitting front, I've been rather sparse with that too. I've only been knitting on Callie's wash cloths in which I've already knit 2 and started a 3rd. I hope to finish it tonight and give them to her on Monday. That's if I am not totally exhausted after delivering tonight.

I was hoping to win the Florida lottery, but I didn't. Would be nice if I did though.
I have lots of things I need to take pics of for you lovely people. The camera in the D house stinks though. It is on my list to get a better one once I get the Sym stuff taken care of.

OH!! I've signed up for the Dish Rag Tag Sequel!! I suggest ya'll do the same! It is a fun Kal!!!
Go now and sign up if Emily has room!!!
http://dishragtag.yarnmiracle.com/people/new


Lots of love to ya'll! I'm still reading your blogs and leaving comments when I can. Big hugs!

Greetings from the great where the hell ya been?

This morning, Sym hands me my cell phone. She opened the flipper and saw that I had a missed call. Curious I looked at the time stamp and it was 1:42 am. 1:42 AM? This freakin has to be a wrong number. Everyone knows that I have to get up with Sym by 6 and my friends would have shown up on the phone with their name by the number. Curious very curious. Who the hell could this be? Why were they calling me? I did go out the other night and totally embarrassed myself and was WAY drunk and rejected a guy Saturday. I may have given him my digits. But after the horrible behavior, YEah right! Its not him. OO yeah lets just let that memory go. lol God I hope he won't try to stalk me! People can do reverse lookups and stalk.

I may be fabulous ya'll but I'm not in any way stalk worthy. I'm pretty open on here. I'll tell you anything so there isn't anything to find out. I mean come on!
Okay....Just so you would be stalkers know, I give you the

Top 10 Reasons Not to Stalk LesleyD
10. It will cost you too much due to gas prices. Even though I moved closer to work, I still have to haul my youngin EVERYWHERE!!!

9. I have a youngin. Hello! Good lord! She's good at seeking and she'd find ya. element of surprise is gone! And she will beat you up. Ask Church

8. I'm broke. Single mom, and I only get the equivalent of 1/2 a tank of gas per week in child support from X. You couldn't get any money from me.

7. I'm boring. yes folks I openly admit that I'm boring. I only talk of how shitty Mr X is, knitting, naruto and brag on my youngin. Maybe wine and music will sneak in there but for the most part there's no real exciting conversation coming out of my mouth.

6. I have a rolly belly covered in stretch marks. eww gross!!!

5. I haven't shaved my legs in a month

4. Don't even ask about there!

3. I'm out of contact lens so I'm wearing my glasses. They are thick and I look like a geek from hell. If you were stalking me before you have probably turned tail and took off already unless you are into glasses.

2. My farts stink, follow too close and you might catch a whif. Ask sym I'm a gasy lady.

And the number one reason NOT to Stalk LesleyD is.....
I pick my nose openly (see instant attraction right there!)

IF by NOW after learning this you still wish to stalk this lady (I hope I didn't lose any readers), I must tell you, there's a better stalkee out there for ya hun! There's plenty of movie stars out there. Or just dont' stalk. Stalking is bad ok? IF all the stalkers in the world would just go and take a chemistry class and put all the effort into chemistry instead of their stalkee, then we would have a cure for cancer. See 2 choices, stalk or cure cancer. I'd bet you'd find a cure and find it more interesting than stalkin me.

Go cure cancer!! Leave the stalking to private I's.

Enough ranting Lesley!! What should I do? Should I call the number and find out who the hell it is? Will curiosity kill me before a stalker? Probably.

Thanks!!!
XOXOXOX




Ps I've been lurking around most folks blogs but I'm back baby!!! I'm blogging and not letting too much time pass!

Today's Horoscope.....

Aquarius Horoscope for Saturday December 1, 2007
(Jan 20 - Feb 18)

"A fresh wave of energy washes into your life today and you could be quite upbeat about upcoming social activities. Unfortunately, your optimism may run into practical considerations that prevent you from doing what you want. Don't let discouragement overtake your enthusiasm. Instead, remember that some things will just take longer than you wish."


You know guys, it is still so weird to me when I can apply a horoscope to my current life events.Is that why I still read them? (nah they just come to my inbox daily and I don't feel like fighting it. Cause one day it will tell me to go buy a lotto ticket and I'll win a couple a billion dollars.) ;-)

Tonight is the company Christmas party for the day job. It is at a fabulous place with lots of fun folks, good food, free drinks, and 2 bands. So what seems to be the "practical consideration(s) that prevent me from doing what you want"? Hmm. My date canceled on me last minute. Okay what the hell?!
Why the hell would a guy cancel on this beautiful knitter/single mom? His work called him in. Irony? I think so.
"Don't let discouragement overtake your enthusiasm. Instead remember that some things will just take longer than you wish." Yeah discouragement took over yesterday when I tried to find another guy to with me. Then I just realized that no, I'm not going to let this opportunity of having a good time get me down. So I asked a BFF to be my date. I've contemplated quite alot from this turn of event.
I don't think I'll ever ask a guy out unless the guy and I have already been dating for a bit. LOL This isn't the first time a guy has dropped the ball when I've passed it to them. I should be used to it by now, but guess what folks. I'm not! I refuse to get used to it. I know that one day I'll pass the ball to someone they will catch it and run it for a touch down for me. I've just got to be patient.
XOXOXO
Lesley
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.Art is knowing which ones to keep.”
—SCOTT ADAMS, THE DILBERT PRINCIPLE

PS. I sold my mirror that I attached glass to with good old silicone about 2 years ago. I sold it for $35 to my co-worker. I know it is going to a good home.
Here are the pics:
this is a dragon fly I shaped onto it.


Here is the entire mirror

Yeah I took the pic at work with my camera phone but hey at least there is a pic of it. LOL

Wow! 5 whole days without a blog! Whoa!

I'm sorry I've been out for a while. I have been reading some blogs via reader and bloglines but I have barely had time to comment! Things have been VERY busy for this lady lately. Lots of work at work which is something I'm still getting used to! I've been doing what used to be 2 people's jobs for the past 2 months now. It's kept my mind off of the whole divorce thing but you know how it goes. Stress causes problems and buddy they keep laying it on me! Thank God I knit otherwise I'd be a basket case!
The sock is coming along nicely. I'm halfway through the heel flap of the first sock. The colors are falling into a nice place too! I just hope I keep an identical tension and yarn placement for the second one otherwise it won't match! Now we can't have a pair of non matching socks. That would be a fate worse than death.
This sock has been going with me everywhere too. Work (like I've had time to knit there!), Sym's soccer practice, Sym's violin lessons, doctor visits, restaurants you name it, it has been there! It is almost as famous as the Yarn Harlot's traveling sock. I've even been toting it to a friend's house. Yep that's me. I have grown attached to this one. Sym and I went to my BFF Robbie's place Sunday. She had a little party and it was fun! Sym swam, Robbie crocheted and I (you guessed it) knitted on my basic sock. Robbie and I were so into the yarn that we just had to finish our rows before we went kayaking accross the lake to see her new log cabin in the works. I wish I took pics but I was scared I'd drop my camera phone. I can risk my primary communication tool to be lost in the bottom of their lake. They didn't have any diving gear either so, and the fish would have ran out all of my minutes. You know how fish get, very mouthy. Her cabin is awesome! She's got a basement, upstairs vaulted ceilings and it is so close to being finished if the builders keep working right.
Sym's sweat rag has been neglected. Poor rag! Poor Sym's just had to drip dry without it. Oops I think I'll finish it tonight.
Well that is all ya'll! I am going to do my best to catch up on my blog reading in the morning. I'm about exhausted from work at home tonight. Yeah I have to do documentation for work at home and get comp time for it. Too bad it isn't overtime.
Although I know she won't ever read this, my sister Pam turned 28 today. I love that lady! Happy Birthday Pam!!!

XOXOX
Lesley

Great! Something new to the crap list

The Crap List

1. Work kicking my ass
2. Finances Kicking my ass- Why does everything have to cost so F*&@ing much?
3. Men ha! don't make me laugh! Like this one really needs to be here! There's not any other than the X who is just MIA see number 2.
4. Getting Sym's B-Day gift What to get this angel? I havent' the slightest!!!
**and for the new one
5. Shingles. Yeah I'm freaking infected! Isn't this an old person's disease? 3 out of 4 people have told me that their grandparent have had it. WTF? How does a almost 30 year old get this? I got this red letter from Sym's school Monday saying that there are a couple of outbreaks of the chicken pox at the school. Did my darling angel who has been vaccinated carry this home to me? Could that have done it? An infested inquiring mind wants to know! So I looked it up on the good ol' internet. They say it can be stress induced. Lovely huh? Yeah! That's me totally full to the brim with stress here! Yooo-hoo! Come on infestation!
I just got a call from the doc too. They want me to come in tomorrow to give another blood count. So I have an infection somewhere on top of this infestation! I hate "in-" words! They said that when they stuck me Wednesday that my WBC was really high so now they need another one. How nice? I'm taking this valtrex medicine and aleve for the pain. I'm freaking nauseated! More spots have appeared on my body and my right leg hurts. I think even my face is hurting as well as my arms. I'm itching too! Which makes this insane! Why is the medicine making me itch? I wasn't itchin prior to the meds? Damn infestations!!!!

So if you dare ask me "How are you today Lesley?"
This is what I'm telling you "I'm super thanks for asking! I have the shingles and I'm all about sharing it with people who are my age so that I'm not alone in my ailment. So step up a little closer! You know you want it too!" Blah ha ha ha!
Where's the goat when I need him?
XOXO
I hope the internet won't give ya'll my ailment.
Please don't tell me your grandparent(s) have contracted this too. I really don't want to feel any older. I have nothing against old people mind you but it is bad enough when I'm not even 30 yet and 45+ year old me keep hitting on me EVERYWHERE! Thanks!! Love ya'll!!
Lesley

Oh well it was a lovely thought......

Well folks, I'm down. Due to yet again unexpected financial urgencies, I can't go to Bonnaroo. My ticket arrives Tomorrow. I'll get to look at it, smell it, then sell it on eBay. What sucks is that I've used up all my cash from delivering to pay off this unexpected thing and now here it is, 13 days to the day and I can't go. Wouldn't you know it? I get all excited about something and then it gets ripped out from under me. :-(

Oh well. I'd rather go to Paris anyways!!!


Here's the eBay Link if you are interested in purchasing my ticket

Living in the land of socks.....Oh My!

I feel like I haven't posted in forever but it has only been 3 days! LOL

I've been so into the whole sock knitting thing ya'll! Brooke and I met for Stitches'n Brews on Sunday. She couldn't believe that I was finishing up a sock within an hour and that I was knitting a sock on size 7 DPNs and Cascade (yes it was a pixie sock)! She and I both were under some dillusion that all socks must be knit on size 1's or 0's but after some reading that isn't always true. I think the sock bug bit her while we were hanging. LOL I've missed hanging out with her. We are so much alike that it is scary folks! Our moms were both born in the same month and same year, we were both in colorguard in highschool, we romped the same grounds in our highschool years but never met, just to name a few. Wild huh?

She's been crazy busy in and out of town the past 2 months. I can relate! Is it just me or does spring seem to bring out the bee in all of us? (you know busy as a bee? okay if I'm the only one that got that leave me a comment about it)
My bed every night has turned into a yarn bed. I'm constantly pulling out various stash yarns, swatching a little bit of them and trying to determine if I can knit a sock out of it or not. I didn't realize how many yarns I have that are knit with size 10 needles! I digress, it's time to go DPN shopping again. LOL

I've decided to knit my Applebee pal Micky a pair of socks for his birthday which is Monday. (Don't you just love how I wait till the last minute?)He's been helping me save money by buying me drinks for the past year. LOL Not to mention that I do not know how his foot size. OH why Lesley why! So I grabbed out my handy dandy book (that I had to knock the dust off last night) called "The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns".
It covers just about any guage or size. I'm working on a nice pair of black socks which I have no idea what yarn this is either.
**looks down and writes on To-Do list "MUST GET YARN STASH ORGANIZED!!!"**




Tell you what. I think a contest is in order. I've never had one before on my blog but hey what the hell. So here it is....
Sock knitting...
Who ever can send me a good pattern for socks that use size 9 DPNs will win something super cool!! I'll post a pic of the prize later tonight.
The contest ends on Monday because you know I hate tuesdays.
LOL
Ya'll Rock!!!
XOXOXO

I wish I could afford DVR!!!

I have cable tv & internet but alas it is killing my wallet!!! Hubby had uhm slipped up at work and they've taken him off the bar for a few weeks. I won't go into details but just stree that since being downgraded to server status he has taken a 300 a week pay cut for such. Face it folks. Bartenders make some cash man!!!

I subscribe to various blogs and most of them are our knitting celebraties like Yarn ball Boogie and Scout and their episodes of Knitty Gritty are airing this week and I can't watch them because I'm stretched so thin and I have to work!!! My bill for cable is $116.00 a month, which is rediculous but I have the movie channels and cable internet (can't live without the internet). They've swindled me into paying said amount by flashing the lovely discounted rate for 6months but if you downgrade to a "normal and affordable" amount per month including DVR, it ends up costing you same price for less service ie no movie channels. Damn I wish I would have only gotten the internet and that's it! I should have kept my netflix! I watch more movies than shows usually but I love the on demand. That is just too freaking cool!!! I'm getting off track here.
Okay so to sum it up if any of ya'll video tape these episodes instead of DVR PLEASE send me a copy!!!!
I'll send yarn or some kick ass cool creation in appreciation!!!
XOXO
Lesley

Someone please lift this Hex!!!! Damn tuesdays

Wanted: Someone to lift the Car Hex from my life. Please! Someone Anyone??? Public transportation doesn't exisit in Birmingham so I would have to move to a city like ATL, NY, or LA if this hex isn't lifted!

I was on my way to work. I just bought a pack of smoke from my fave gas station and was pulling up to the exit. I pulled up behind this car giving him about 2-3 feet when all of a sudden the guy changes his mind. He decided that he wanted to turn right instead of left because he didn't want to wait like everyone else does for the light to change. So he started backing up right toward me!!! I honked and honked my horn at him several times but by the time the guy realized that I was honking at him, he cut the wheel and scratched up the right passenger side of the bumper. It looks like it shifted it a little too. Now Emery needs cosmetic surgery!! The guy has insurance & we did file an accident report. I'm fine he's fine and Emery is very much operational, but she does have a boo-boo. I'm pissed because guess what folks! I've only had this car for count them, 3 freaking weeks!!!!!!! Not to mention the fact that Tom had wrecked Tarter Sauce on a Tuesday and a gas station was involved within the same juristitcion in that incident too!! I freaking HATE tuesdays now. Hell from now on, I refuse to spell tuesday with a capital t. Pardon the dirty talk but FUCK tuesdays!!!

What do you do?

What do you do when your friend calls you crying in desprite need of help? What if the reason why she is all upset and crying is because she is in a terrible financial state?
I have a friend that is facing the consequences to a whole mess of things. Back this fall she was behind on her power bill. Her boyfriend/baby's daddy was unemployed while she was working her ass off to try and pay ALL the bills with a little bitty paycheck (including daycare for her 18 mo daughter). She couldn't get government assistance because she made barely too much money even though her bf/bd was disabled at the time and could not work. In their despiration, her bf/bd stole his grandmother's info, opened a credit card with her info and paid the power bill without my friend's knowledge. She had NO IDEA he was commiting credit card fraud (I still can't believe he did this to his grandmother! that's blood not water!)
He has fleed to another state to avoid getting picked up for the fraud and credit card company has told the power company and now that said amount is due now. The power company is turning off the power tomorrow if she doesn't come up with $350 plus past due and a bad check fee.
I didn't know what to tell her except write a letter or call the power guys and see if they would give her an extension. Well she showed her ass (after many of desprite pleas to the supervisor down there and their repetitive no's she got angry and let her temper get the better of her) down at the payment center before she called and they wouldn't help her either. It is set in stone that they are going to turn her power off tomorrow unless she pays the $350!
She is down. So very down. She has just started a waitressing gig a week ago. I just don't know what to tell her or how I can help her other than listen and try to offer some advice.
I want to help her but I can't afford to give her money right now. I'm still trying to keep things afloat myself. Especially since the new car purchase. You know?

What would you do? Advice Please!!!!!

Sinister Reflections Of A Self-confessed Mind

Thank you Random blog title generator for the title of my blog today!!

I am already hating the car shopping thing. I've been looking at random car websites all through out today and quite frankly cars are F@#!ing expensive. Especially if you finance.

I've learned a few things about Finance companies that I'd like to share with you good people.
1. 95% of all legit finance companies will not finance a car if it is older than 5 years and has over 50K miles. Exceptions to this are Credit Unions, family members and shady car lots (Shady Car Lots sell you lemons for outragous rates for a "low" down payment per month and you will be locked to pay on the car FOREVER even after the car dies. You will never pay it off! so it is best to wear garlic or avoid those places all together.)
2. Cars that are "Financable" are usually over $12K. In that case you might as well buy a brand new kia or hyundai and kiss your cash goodbye over the next 5 years (they don't hold their value either!!).
3. MOST finance companies will screw you on the rate if you have a bankruptcy on your credit report.(that's me)
4. 95% of all car finance companies will not finance the car if it is less than 8000.

With all the above taken into consideration you are always looking at paying for a car around $300 a month (maybe less if you have a down payment in which I don't) And I can't afford $300 a month!!! Not with what I'm going to have to pay for insurance now!!

Tarter Sauce* was $211 a month. It was a perfect find. $9999, 28000 miles and in great condition. Do you realize how hard it is to find a GOOD LONG LASTING car for that price? It is going to be tough!!

[Tarter Sauce*- I just came up with this nick name for the car when I wrote the blog the other day. I don't know why I'm getting a kick out of calling this car Tarter Sauce. Is it because it is a taurus? Is it because I've been wanting to give this car a nick name since I bought it back in september and never could come up with one? Ironic, isn't it? Naming your car after it is dead.]

Hopefully my car shopping fiend friend Eric will help me accomplish this!!! He is a haggling scorpio from hell and loves the power trip LOL. I can't wait to see him in action.

Knitting has been pretty crazy too. I haven't touched Tank Girl since the weekend.
I have frogged the baby girl hat for the co-worker and started over last night (issue with decreasing in the wrong places) but Oh well! It will look better the second go round!
I also have yarn porn for ya'll but no pics. I'll have them up here for ya'll tonight

A Special Thanks Goes out to Eris! Thank You SOOO MUCH for the golden apple!!! Here let me return it to you!!!!!! * CRASH!!! *
Oops was that your living room window? my bad. not!


XOXOXO YA'LL!!!

Crazy in Alabama!

Hey guys!! I'm sorry it took me a minute before posting an update.
I just found out that the insurance company is declaring my car a total loss. They are going to pay off my loan and then I have to find a new car. I hate car shopping. I love shopping for yarn, clothes, shoes, houses, anything and everything but car shopping. Luckily I have a friend that is a born to car shopper. He gets a high from haggleing with the sales men. Everyone has their thing you know?
I've finished the back panel of Tank Girl. I'm knitting away at the front now. I'm liking it a whole lot!!!
Also I found out that a guy I work with is having a baby! (His wife not him) but they are having a baby shower for him next week. THe baby is a girl and wouldn't you know it, I have girl booties stashed at home!! Yay!! I'm knitting the little lady a hat and I hope to finish it before then.
Go Me!!!
I'm teaching a girl how to knit at this Sunday's Stitches & Brews at Applebees. Also I found out that several of my co-workers are learning how to knit too. So I invited them too. I'm psyched!! I hope everyone will be able to make it.

Home computer's internet access is temporarily down. A trojan came in and screwed the whole thing up! Now it is giving us hell. Hopefully we'll have it back on line this weekend so I can get my bloggin & myspace fix.
XOXOXOXO

Talk about a great Valentine's Day present

Damn the Evil Monkey! I've been down guys. I can't seem to catch a break ever it seems!
DH wrecked my car the day before Valentines Day. Of course it was his fault and he isn't injured. I just wish that for once I could catch up on all my bills and get my ass on budget again. But no of course not!! That wouldn't be my life!
Any how, since my husband caused me to totally freak out the day before valentines day I've been obsessively knitting. I started knitting a simple cap out of some chunky yarn and it is going to my friend Toon for always coming to my rescue at the Hut. I made up the pattern myself or didn't rely on one. It is the same as the head like a hole I knit for my sis but there's not a hole.
I've started knitting a "Tank Girl" top from the SNB book. You know the one on page 219.
I've got to buy more yarn for it luckily it is only 1.69 a skein at Wally World. It is my first official garment to knit. Go me huh?
I'm down, stressed at work and just totally freaked beyond belief. I've tried to knit socks. Started then frogged due to me and my freaked out state. I may wait on the socks a bit. I didn't like the pattern I was using either, so I've got to find another one anyways.
Still haven't sew the zipper on the Slut bag. I think I'll do it tonight. And I've got to attach the zipper & sushi on my sushi wallet. It's bigger than I thought it was going to be. Probably because I didn't count rows well enough or I got lost in it. It has just been that kind of week. Sighs.
Love Ya'll! I hope you week has been better than mine!
XOXOXO

Does anybody see data processor on this list?

According to Monster.com's Personality & career test I am a ESFP. Read below..

Life as an ESFP
(Extravert, Sensor, Feeler, Perceiver)
People of this type tend to be warm, gregarious and playful; impulsive, curious and talkative; sensitive, caring and gentle; social and unpredictable with a great zeal for life; active, responsive and highly aware of the physical world.

The most important thing to ESFPs is the freedom to be spontaneous, have fun and enjoy the company of others.

Great careers for ESFPs

Here are just a few popular and often satisfying careers for people whose Personality Type is ESFP:

Early childhood education teacher
Dental assistant
Chief Information Officer
Sports merchandise sales
Physical therapist
Home health social worker
Public relations specialist
Radiological technician
Occupational therapist
Travel agent / tour operator
Veterinarian
Special events coordinator
Occupational therapist


I think a career change is in order for me......

Feeling low....

I'm at work yet I don't want to be here. I think Aunt flow is coming to visit in the next day or so. I feel so yucky and blah and insecure. That's my biggest PMS symptom, insecurity. Things about myself that don't usually bother me or that I can just get over really come out and slap me in the face during PMS. I can't shake them. I look at myself in the mirror, I think bad thoughts. I go to work and try to work on a project yet I can't focus. I feel drained and blah. I start to look at insignificant details in my marriage and they appear as big huge signs of bad things happening without my knowledge.
I don't know why I'm blogging all this here. Usually I keep on my knitting topics but today I just can't shake this no matter how hard I try. This feeling sucks and I just want to go home, curl up in bed and knit or sleep just not think of all this shit.

Eventually I'll make some REAL Progress

I keep getting myself confused on how I want this damn bag! I'm inventing my own pattern and it is so biting me in the ass! I started it out as garter stitch double stranded then I went to the LYS and got confused. I saw a swatch they had made in Stockingette with it and I could have sworn it was SINGLE stranded. So I ripped and started over. I can't decide on how wide I want it either so I've knitted abit on it last night single stranded to the point where I want the mudflap girl and the words to start. Then I noticed that on my last visit to the LYS that I had I bought the wrong Cascade. It wasn't the same as the 220. So I returned to the LYS. While I was waiting on my skein to be wound then I saw the swatch AGAIN and noticed that YES it is DOUBLE STRANDED and now(yes I'm punishing myself) am going to start this damn pizza slut bag all over again.
To bring myself out of this realization of stupidity, I went to Barnes and noble and bought stitch'n bitch Nation for the mudflap girl. I've been flipping through it every chance I've had today at work. It has made me happy!!!
He he he. I absolutely love this book and I am now determined to make a pattern from here! Technically I am because of the mudflap girl graph being in there. I may end up using one of the bag patterns from it for this because the making up my own is really starting to depress me!!!
I did complete a total side project...
Head like a Hole Hat... (this pic sucks but I've got a better one coming.)


It is made from the Gatsby Yarn and unfortunately it was going to be a full hat but there was a problem. I ran out of yarn and was impatient and didn't want to order more. SOO I just bound it off when I ran out and it has a hole in it for my pony tail. I do like to wear my hair up alot and it was great wearing it yesterday when I went outside to smoke on break. It kept my ears toasty warm. I'm making another one for my sister Natalie in green and a different yarn. I'll write down what I'm doing and share it with you my lovely friends!!

By the way...If you don't have SNB Nation you should pick it up. It also has skull and crossbones graphs and some awesome sweaters! So far I see it as a great investment!