Annette's Acre

Business first… this month’s TUSAL

A little better than last month

Yesterday went very much as planned.  Miso Salmon and strawberry cheesecake at The Cheesecake Factory, a new food processor at Williams-Sonoma (thank you AmEx Membership Rewards), played with an iPhone and iPad at the Apple Store (still not decided on iPhone v Blackberry and the iPad is *way* heavier than I expected) and then home to relax, watch some baseball (go Braves!) and stitch a bit.

As it was my birthday, I chose to work on something for *me*.  No Round Robin. No Mirabilia Queen for DH. Something for me….

Here’s the before pic: Sea to Shining Sea from November

What I did not get done was putting together the giveaway…. soon.  Really soon…

(Click the picture if you don’t know what the symbol is… LOL)

Today, I’m 45.

I don’t *feel* 45.  Or maybe I don’t know what 45 is supposed to feel like?

In either case, the calendar says I’m 45, so that is what I must be

Celebration of this 5th anniversary of my 40th birthday commenced last weekend.  Saturday night found us (four of us plus Mom) at Cracker Barrel for dinner.  I came home with a little stash from Mom:

The floss/fabric is for A Stitcher’s Story.  Mom did good, eh?

Today’s plans include lunch with DH at The Cheesecake Factory (Miso Salmon… yummm), a little shopping at Williams-Sonoma (finally get my food processor!) and a visit to the Apple Store to play with an iPhone.  I’ll be upgrading my phone next month and trying to decide if I want a new Blackberry or make the switch to an iPhone….decisions, decisions.

I’ll also be putting together a stash giveaway to be posted later today

Just some odds and ends to share….

First, I snapped this (with my Blackberry) yesterday as I was leaving work:

I was sitting in the vanpool van, this isn’t thru my windshield.  The rainbow was so bright!  It was lovely.

Here’s my Olympic knitting progress:

Sadly, my Olympic goal is not looking good.  This is a two-skein project and I’ve yet to finish the first one (seen on the left).  We shall see.

I did manage to finish the latest in the Mirabilia RR – this is a portion of Violet.

I also finished a couple books… and have to recommend one of them to any fan of good old fashioned sword/sorcery/epic fantasy.

The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks

This is the first in a trilogy and by all that’s holy, do *not* read the blurb for the second book before you finish the first one.  MAJOR spoiler right there!!  It’s got magic, politics, fighting, assassins, heroes and a nice twisty plot

• Stupid people will continue to do stupid things without any encouragement
• Three weeks is way too long between nail appointments
• At approx 2.5 weeks at least one nail will lift
• Bandaids are useful for “holding” lifted nails and make it appear that all is well
• One must remove aforementioned bandaid to use finger to pass security at work
•  If I *should* work on a project, I have no interest in doing so
• If I should *not* work on a project [cough] Olympic knitting [/cough] I really want to
• I really really really like the new Jenny Bean sampler
• But not on 40 count, maybe 36?
• My LNS owner can talk me into a lot of things (like doing the new Autumn at Hawk Run Hollow on 30-ct.  Over one)
• I really like the TV show “Bones”
• I have a number of seasons to catch up on
• I am a Mass Effect 2 widow
• But that’s ok since I can play with the new laptop, watch my favorite shows and sleep soundly with the game in the background

Pssst.. Cheryl:  This is the yarn.  This is the pattern

Life has been a little…. distracting.

This past week, I needed two clones to cover all the meetings on my calendar. 

As cloning has yet to come about, you can imagine how hectic this made the days.

I also got something new in the mail:

My new personal laptop.  The color is OPI’s “I’m Not Really a Waitress” which just happens to be my favorite nail polish color :D  The white lines aren’t there – just reflections.  I’ve been installing and favorite-ing and all those fun new computer things.

My stitching progress has not been much.  It has reminded me how much I dislike white-on-white (or in this case buttermilk on magnolia).

The laptop wallpaper is Nero, our youngest schnauzer.  He’s the reason I came home from Vegas early but I’m happy to report he’s had no further issues.  He’s back to his lovable dopey self.