Updates :o)

Well it's been a while. I've been living in Brooklyn for 2 weeks...without internet. Hence the lack of updates. There was a thunderstorm while I was at work a few days before I left for the city and I didn't unplug the computer that morning. Sooo, the internet doesn't work but everything else does, which I guess is a good thing. The neighbors around us lost TVs and other appliances too, which made Dad think that there's no grounding wires in any of our houses (illegal). He's looking into fixing it soon.

As for my knitting, I finsihed the front and back panels of the Little Black (Teal) Top. Now I just have to sew them together and block, but I'll wait until I'm back from the city to do all that. Too much for my little dorm room to handle. I'm going to work on some hat kits from Three Black Sheep for St. Baldrick's. I bought a bunch of kits to sell to Stitches at Geneseo and no one ever brought money for them so they're all mine. I figured they're easy enough to work on while I'm in the city. I also have a simple scarf I'm working on during my 45 minute subway commute each way to school.

Speaking of, summer school isn't going too bad. The teacher I'm working with, Mr. E, is a nice guy, though quite disorganized which really throws me off. I never really know what's going on. The school isn't too bad. It's in East Harlem. The kids aren't that bad...they're not great but they could be a lot worse. I only work Tuesday through Thursday (there's no summer school on Friday's except for high school students and Monday's we miss for professional development bull crap). Thursday Mr. E was absent so I taught the whole day. My first and second period classes weren't that good but the third was...but then again there's only 7 or so students.

My friend Megan from school came to visit for the weekend and we had a lot of fun. Friday night we went out with my next-door neighbor Melissa and her friends from the area. We didn't get home until 6:30 in the morning. We watched it get light (the closest thing you can get to watching the sun rise in the middle of the city) at Union Square Park while rats scampered around near-by. They're not as scary as they look once you're around them for a while. They didn't come all that close to us either. I'm still scared of them though.

Yesterday the only somewhat productive thing me and Megan did was go see Harry Potter. EEEEK. I wasn't crazy about the movie but it wasn't the worst one yet either. I agree with Kimi that it just didn't have enough depth to it, but can you blame them when they're trying to fit a 3 inch book into a 2 hour movie? I still think they should have made some of the books into more than one movie to do them justice. But then again, you know what's going on when you're a real fan who has read the books and I guess that means they're not trying to cater to the people who don't read the books, which makes me happy.

I head back to the city tonight. Hopefully I can get my computer fixed soon because it's really driving me crazy to not have internet. HP said that I'll probably have to wipe out my computer and reinstall everything. I've backed up my computer already just in case they say to do it tomorrow when I call. Hopefully then I'll have the internet again.

Mets vs. Cards

Last night we went to the Mets game for Chris's (stepdad) father's day gift. Bro got the tickets and they were pretty good seats for the nosebleeds. Mr. Met made a brief appearance for the T-shirt contest...he's my favorite :o). I started a new baby blanket specifically for this...easy needles to sneak in and an easy pattern to work on. Only problem is it has cables and I forgot to bring my cable needle so I opened up a paperclip I had been using as a placemarker. The game was pretty good...some slow points. But the bottom of the 9th was amazing. Everyone was on their feet yelling and clapping. The Mets tied the game but never got that extra run. In the 11th inning the Cards got two runs and the game was over. Good game overall.

As for today, it's 11:45 and it's already 82 degrees out...which really sucks when we don't have AC here. I'm going to the movies to see Knocked Up for a matinee to kick the midday heat. I can't take sitting down and sweating when I'm not moving.

My sweater is coming along nicely. I've gotten up to the separation for the neck hole. It's making it's way towards being done and it's getting easier. I think I'm going to go back to those kids socks I made...meaning the one sock I made and never made a match for. What I really should be doing is cleaning and organizing before the in-laws come this weekend...but I'll just put that off until Friday. I can't wait for Friday night when fiance comes home from Jersey! We're apparently going to the movies to see License to Wed...my request. Now I'm off to eat and shower to cool myself down.

New Sweater and Craigslist

I decided to put up some pictures of my new sweater. I'm getting pretty far for only having a few days behind of working on it. I got the yarn with a gift certificate (from Christmas...eek) at The Village Knitter in Babylon (http://villageknitter.com/). They have so much awesome yarn, it took me forever to pick. Unfortunately they didn't seem to have anything cotton...just wool, cashmere, merino...aka the best of the best stuff. I chose a wool one but if it's too hot for the summer I'm sure I'd still wear it in the winter. I just hope it's school appropriate (that's if I get a job).

I also took pictures of a lot of my crocheted baby blankets and the knit one I just finished and posted them on Craigslist. Hopefully someone will like them and buy them all...ha! That'd be great. I could use the money. I have to get the other two blanket sets from my mom's house so I can take pictures and put them up there too.

It's been a boring day. I don't like fiance being in New Jersey for the week because then I'm stuck here with no one to talk to all day. It won't be a problem for long though because in one week I'll be in Brooklyn training for my summer school job. Woo hoo! Until then, I'll just keep cleaning/organizing the house for fiance's parents' visit this weekend.

First Post...First Sweater

Yay my very own knitting blog! I'm sure this will turn into my life/venting/teaching/wedding blog too eventually, but right now I'm thoroughly addicted to my needle work (seeing as I don't have a real job and no money to go out with my friends).

About me...I'm just out of college, living on Long Island with my wonderful fiance and daddy and hamster...and occasionally my brother and cousin. My uncle (aka the one legged ninja) lives in the camper in the backyard with us...yea. I'm in the process of looking for/finding a teaching job. If you know of openings...let me know!!! They're pretty scarce around here.

In a week I leave for the city...a whole month living in Brooklyn and teaching little kids to read in New York. I'm sure I'll be spending all my free time in the parks knitting or crocheting and using all my pay at the fancy knitting stores. Maybe I'll even run into Debbie Stoller ::gasp::. That'd actually be pretty cool. I think I'd be starstruck. That's kinda sad.

OTN: My first sweater!! It's the Little Black Top pattern from Stitch N Bitch but mine is going to be teal. Also crocheting my seat belt baby blankets all the time (Stitch N Bitch Happy Hooker...yes I'm addicted to these books).