Joanie Knits...Everything

Yep, I knit this

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:03:00 +0000

Isn't it wonderfully tacky?

Awww

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:54:00 +0000

Someone doesn't feel so good. John was neutered today. I guess I can't blame him.

Molly

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:32:00 +0000

Isn't she adorable? She barely holds still long enough for a picture. She is almost five months old, but we've only had her for a month.

Hard to believe

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:38:00 +0000

It's tough to remember that it was warm just a few days ago. We have snow this morning, so I thought I'd post a remnant of summer.

Spoiled

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:46:00 +0000

This is our year old kitten

True love

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:52:00 +0000

I'm going to cuddle you whether you like it or not!

Wow

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:28:00 +0000

I lost track of how long it's been since I posted here. Wow, a lot has happened since then!

I got a Kindle for Christmas, and I'm crazy about it.

I had surgery in March and was off work for six weeks. I'm doing much better now and really glad to have that over with. My aunt died right before my surgery (my mom's sister), so that made the time a lot more difficult.

My husband and I went on vacation to Ohio last month.

Does it mean I'm that dull, that I can summarize over a year of my life so quickly?

I promise to do better about keeping up with my blogging!

Home Again

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:16:00 +0000

We got home Friday evening from our New York trip. My work sent me there for an IBM cloud computing conference. The conference was good, and it was interesting meeting IBM engineers and seeing some of the products they have in the pipeline.

As for New York, we didn't have time to see too much of it, but we did enjoy ourselves. The best food we had was at Epstein's Kosher Deli. That was wonderful, and very reasonably priced.

All in all, we're wonderfully happy to be back home. Neither of us are city people, so a couple of days is usually plenty of city time for us. I'm enjoying writing on my back porch this morning, sipping my coffee. I bet that not too many people in New York are enjoying a morning like mine!

Road trip

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:50:00 +0000

I could have gone the whole trip without this.

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Faded rose

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:46:00 +0000

My climbing rose, at the end of its season. It usually blooms in late summer too. I've seen in bloom during early snows too.

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Evo test

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:42:00 +0000

Picked up the evo yesterday. Testing using it to do a blog post.

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Thwarted!

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:48:00 +0000

Well, there's not an Evo to be found anywhere near here. Who would have thought that phone would have been THAT popular?

I'm disappointed. I was all set to play with it tonight. Dangit to heck.

Radio Shack came through with a guarantee to get us two by Friday. That's better than the Sprint store did. I got a blank stare and "I don't know when we'll get any more" from the guy there. What? You work in a Sprint store and don't know when you'll get another shipment of their most popular phone?! I have a feeling he just didn't feel like doing the work to put us on the waiting list.

Well, as a consolation, here's a Gizmodo article with pics. I think the reviewer would cheerfully marry the Evo. :-)

New Evo Phone, MAYBE

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:28:00 +0000

My husband and I are thinking about upgrading phones to the Evo. It's a touchscreen phone that runs the Android (Linux) Operating System.

I've been super happy with my Blackberry, so I'm waffling on whether to upgrade. My husband is definitely going to though, so I'll post some pics and our impression once we get it. We're scheduled to get it tomorrow evening.

Anyone have an Evo? I'd love to hear your impressions. I have to decide before tomorrow afternoon if I'm trading in or not.

Got it!

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Wed, 26 May 2010 01:03:00 +0000

Finally. I finished my master's in Computer Science.

This has taken longer than I expected, what with the move and life getting in the way. I'm more relieved than anything that it's over. Is that sad, or just realistic?

I didn't go walk for commencement. I wasn't interested in doing that, and the college is a little too far away to make the trip easily.

My boss has already tossed around the idea of my going back for a doctorate. I told him I'd think about it, but I don't have any desire to do that. I'm so happy that my life is my own again, without any school commitments, that I don't know how I'd be tempted to give that up.

Yep, I'm seriously enjoying the evening. We'll go to some celebrations this weekend. Here's to all the other grads this May. Congratulations, and thank goodness it's over!

Random Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:08:00 +0000

Wow, it's been a while since I blogged. Sorry about that, but life just gets in the way sometimes.

I've been busy at work, of course, but then again, when am I not?

I did join the Taking it to the Streets Sock Club this year from Blue Moon. I debated on whether to spend that much money on it, but Andy knew how much I wanted to do it, so he insisted. I'm about half way through the second sock of the January pair. Unfortunately it's too late most evenings when I get home to get a decent picture. Maybe I'll try to take some this weekend for the blog.

We finally splurged and got some porch furniture this spring. Nothing fancy, just a simple set from Wally World. Still, it'll be nice to get to use our front porch. It's an L-shaped porch that wraps around the front and side of the house. What's nicer is that we have some large bushes that give is a bit of privacy from the road and the neighbor.

It's been a little cool here lately, but I can see a lot of knitting getting done out there this summer!

How about a consolation picture?

Snow!

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:53:00 +0000

Here are some pics from our yard. Wow, it's pretty isn't it?

More Mittens

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:26:00 +0000

I think I may be addicted to knitting these.

I started these Monday night and finished them today, so that's a pretty quick knit. The yarn was Caron simply soft shadows. I'm not sure if the acrylic will be as warm, but that's what my mom picked out.

Notice that they're fraternal twins. I kinda like that!

Necessary Mittens

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:40:00 +0000

Here are the mittens I finished yesterday morning, right before going in to work. The pattern was really easy, adn I like the more rounded ends rather than the angular pointy ones you see on some patterns.

The pattern is Warmest Mittens. It's a very quick, easy knit.

Oh, and just in case anyone has forgotten what spring looks like, this is a photo of my lilac bush from last April or May. Pretty, huh?

Sniff.

I enjoy the snow, but this cold weather is enough to make anyone wish for spring!

A year of socks

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:15:00 +0000

I just signed up for Blue Moon's Socks that Rock Club.

It's something I've wanted to do for a couple of years, and this year I finally did it. It meshes great with my goal of knitting more socks this year, particularly for myself. I'm also a little tired of my vanilla sock pattern and looking forward to trying out some different techniques.

I meant to get a pic today but forgot to... I actually finished a pair of mittens on the way to work, barely in time to wear them in this morning. It was bitter cold (< 20 degrees Fahrenheit), so I really needed them.

I've been off work since Dec 23. Want to know what my welcome back was? I fell on the parking garage, which is perpetually covered in ice. My knee is sore tonight. I dislocated it in high school, so I'm always afraid of doing it again in a fall.

Anyone else doing Blue Moon's club?

World's laziest dog

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:45:00 +0000

This is as much attention as she could muster for the camera.

She's our twelve year old who has cushings and diabetes. Maybe I should have titled this the world's most expensive dog. She's doing a lot better now, but her blood sugar isn't quite under control yet.

Contour actually honored an Rx for a meter for her (thanks Bayer!), and we check her blood sugar by pricking the inside of her lip. It sounds bad, but she doesn't seem to mind.

Can you tell who's in charge around here?

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A picture a day

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:48:00 +0000

I've been fiddling around with posting from my blackberry today. Why? My goal is to post a picture every day to the blog, and having an easy way to do that should help me keep up with it.

Besides, I'm still completely thrilled with my blackberry, so this is just another cool thing to do with it.

I hope everyone had a great holiday. We've been relaxing and spending a lot of time just hanging out and being lazy.

Test

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:39:00 +0000

Another test post.
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noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:10:00 +0000

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Remembering Vacation

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:09:00 +0000

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This is a test post.

Miscellany

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:02:00 +0000

Wow, where to begin.

We found out a little over a month ago that my mom needed surgery. What we thought were gall bladder problems turned out to be a tumor. Of course, I've spent a lot of time worrying. Her surgery was last week, and she did terrific. I'm exhausted, but happy that it's over for her.

I'm also up against a December deadline to (finally!!) finish my grad degree in computer science. Yep, it's been a while, I've change instructors, changed plans, etc., but it looks like it's going to happen. I have a lot of work to do in the next six weeks though.

Now, to add to my list of things to handle, I think I'm getting sick. My fever is 99.3 tonight, my throat is sore and I have a headache. Wonderful!

I'm trying to get caught up on twitter, stumbleupon, facebook, etc. tonight. I may not be as active onlne for the next month or so, but I won't be totally off either. Wish me luck!