Friday Mishmash

You guys just CRACKED ME UP with your comments on my Cranky post...I'm so glad I'm not alone, and also?  I'm glad that we can look at ourselves and our situations with a grain of salt.  Thanks so much for playing along with that post!

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This week has been wonderful, because it's Spring Break and the students are gone from my town.  The streets are so empty that I would have gone joy-riding, just to enjoy the lack of traffic, except that gas prices are a bit on the high side to do that.  Oh well, when I did have to go somewhere, it was a real treat.  Jeff and I made sure to go out to dinner as well - empty restaurants are a nice change, too!  Life will be back to normal here by Monday, but each year, this is my favorite week to live here.

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Did I just mention how nice it is in my town this week?  Then the fact that I jumped ship yesterday and hitched a ride with Jeff to Austin would seem crazy, right?  Especially since A) we had to leave at 6:15 am; and B) there's this little thing called SXSW going on, where every musician known to mankind AND all kinds of hipster fans have invaded the town.  But, the lure of a trip to a running store convinced me, so after he gave a speech to some environmental association, we both got new shoes!  Matching shoes at that, although thankfully they come in different colors for men and women.  Now we BOTH can run faster and jump higher!

Newtons - Gravity model.  Purty.  

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SQUIRREL!  Every morning this squirrel jumps onto the roof and looks in the window at me while I'm sitting at my desk.  I don't know if she's checking up on me or what, but it always makes me laugh.  Of course, it makes Paco insane, and he tries to bark her away, but she's got his number...as long as he's on this side of the window, she doesn't move.

She's watching me...

Eventually she moved even closer, to the tree right outside the window, where she leisurely ate her breakfast.  I wonder if I'm like her "television" - hmmm, I should try to be more entertaining for her!

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Sit and Knit diet has resulted in a finished ducky washcloth, a finished cherries washcloth (that is currently drying - no picture yet), nearly half of my "adventurous" scarf completed (I set that one aside to work on some other projects, but I'm back at it now), and also, my purple skort from last summer is fitting looser.  OK, that could be from the running...or a combination.  Either way, I'll take it!

This would be cute paired with some baby wash as part of a shower gift...

And here's my next ambitious project - I'm going to try and make a version of this baby hat (minus the extra bumpy yarn, plus pom poms at each corner) using these chunky double-pointed needles.  I'll be knitting in the round, which I've never done.  Stay tuned...this could get frustrating interesting!

 

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Here's my running outfit for last Saturday - I hope that this is the last time I'll be showing you multiple layers, gloves and long tights!  It was cool and rainy, but tomorrow is supposed to be warm and dry - hurray!

Since I've described everything in detail several times, I'll just tell you about my gloves - they came in a two-pair set from Target that were originally $2, but were on clearance for 60 cents...yes, 30 cents a pair!  Quite nice, since I often start out wearing gloves but take them off after a couple of miles, and it's too easy to drop one without noticing.  This way, I won't feel so bad if I lose one (and yes, I bought several sets).

Remember when I showed you my colorful bands for my Road ID?  Well, Coach Dale brought us some USAFit bands - woohoo, now I have gray, which matched my shirt!  It's the little things that make my day. :)

We have 4.5 miles on tap tomorrow - with warm and DRY weather forecast.  Should be a nice run in our new shoes!  Have a great weekend, and don't forget to wear your green on Saturday for St. Patrick's Day!