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Saturday, October 27, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
I've got a lot of things to say...
Wow, it's certainly been a long time since I've posted something of substance. I blame school, football, marching band season, Ravelry, and the recent wildfires (but not necessarily in that order.)
School
School is going along pretty well, things can certainly be worse. I'm a little over halfway through the course (Research Methods for Library and Information Professionals) and so far I've gotten good marks on the assignments I've turned in. Right now we're in the middle of descriptive and inferential statistics and all the math is making my head spin. I'm hoping we don't have to dwell on it too much longer.
Football
There was one week early in the season when all my favorite teams lost. It wasn't a very good weekend. Here's who I follow:
Point Loma Pointers - my son's high school football team. He's not on the team, he plays in the marching band. After a couple of losses early in the season they made a couple of adjustments and it looks good for them to win their league.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish - don't really know why, but I've been a fan for quite a long time. It pains my heart to watch them right now, but I savored every minute of that victory against UCLA.
Arizona Wildcats - it's really nice to be part of a school that plays Div. I athletics. The Wildcats came sooo close to beating USC, but they tend to run out of steam in the end. I'm looking forward to basketball season.
USC Trojans - like the Irish, it's tradition, albeit a much newer one for me. Unfortunately, they're not as dominant as they've been in the past. It sure has made for one heck of a College season though! I haven't gotten much accomplished on Saturdays lately; I'm watching 2,3 games at a time.
San Diego Chargers - after those horrible losses early in the season, the Bolts have finally gotten the momentum going in the right direction.
Marching Band Season
I love being a band mom. The kids are great and the shows they put on are nothing short of remarkable. Plus, don't they look great in uniform?
Unfortunately, one of their big tournaments was canceled because of the fires here in San Diego.
Ravelry
I got my Ravelry invite in mid-September and immediately used up all of my flickr uploads on pictures of my yarn stash. I almost got through all of it.
I love Ravelry, and that's probably one of the biggest reasons I've been neglecting my blog, since I can post my knitting pictures there. But don't fret, I've got some yarny pictures right here:
My Gryffindor scarf, which I can use at my son's games and tournaments, since these are his school colors.
A golf club cover for my husband. Knitting something for him every so often is useful because then he doesn't complain about it as much. Looking at his golf clubs, I have several more to go. If I get good enough at them I might make a set to donate as a prize for the Golf Tournament the band holds in the summer.
Fires
The fires in San Diego this week came much closer than the ones 4 years ago, although it certainly didn't seem like it. There wasn't nearly as much ash falling as last time, probably because the winds were stronger and blew everything right past us.
Unfortunately, those same strong winds fanned the flames out of control in many parts. My coworker's parents lost their house in Rancho Bernardo early on Monday morning. They got an order to evacuate at about 5 in the morning and had less than half an hour to get things together and leave. What they left with is pretty much all they have left; from what I saw on TV, their house is a complete and total loss.
I had just started to knit up some Christmas stockings to decorate the library with (really just an excuse to knit at work), but now I'll be focusing some of that energy on knitting 8" squares to be made into afghans for victims of this latest fire. This project is the brainchild of GeorgieGirl65 on Ravelry, and more information can be found here.
School
School is going along pretty well, things can certainly be worse. I'm a little over halfway through the course (Research Methods for Library and Information Professionals) and so far I've gotten good marks on the assignments I've turned in. Right now we're in the middle of descriptive and inferential statistics and all the math is making my head spin. I'm hoping we don't have to dwell on it too much longer.
Football
There was one week early in the season when all my favorite teams lost. It wasn't a very good weekend. Here's who I follow:
Point Loma Pointers - my son's high school football team. He's not on the team, he plays in the marching band. After a couple of losses early in the season they made a couple of adjustments and it looks good for them to win their league.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish - don't really know why, but I've been a fan for quite a long time. It pains my heart to watch them right now, but I savored every minute of that victory against UCLA.
Arizona Wildcats - it's really nice to be part of a school that plays Div. I athletics. The Wildcats came sooo close to beating USC, but they tend to run out of steam in the end. I'm looking forward to basketball season.
USC Trojans - like the Irish, it's tradition, albeit a much newer one for me. Unfortunately, they're not as dominant as they've been in the past. It sure has made for one heck of a College season though! I haven't gotten much accomplished on Saturdays lately; I'm watching 2,3 games at a time.
San Diego Chargers - after those horrible losses early in the season, the Bolts have finally gotten the momentum going in the right direction.
Marching Band Season
I love being a band mom. The kids are great and the shows they put on are nothing short of remarkable. Plus, don't they look great in uniform?
Unfortunately, one of their big tournaments was canceled because of the fires here in San Diego.
Ravelry
I got my Ravelry invite in mid-September and immediately used up all of my flickr uploads on pictures of my yarn stash. I almost got through all of it.
I love Ravelry, and that's probably one of the biggest reasons I've been neglecting my blog, since I can post my knitting pictures there. But don't fret, I've got some yarny pictures right here:
My Gryffindor scarf, which I can use at my son's games and tournaments, since these are his school colors. A golf club cover for my husband. Knitting something for him every so often is useful because then he doesn't complain about it as much. Looking at his golf clubs, I have several more to go. If I get good enough at them I might make a set to donate as a prize for the Golf Tournament the band holds in the summer.Fires
The fires in San Diego this week came much closer than the ones 4 years ago, although it certainly didn't seem like it. There wasn't nearly as much ash falling as last time, probably because the winds were stronger and blew everything right past us.
Unfortunately, those same strong winds fanned the flames out of control in many parts. My coworker's parents lost their house in Rancho Bernardo early on Monday morning. They got an order to evacuate at about 5 in the morning and had less than half an hour to get things together and leave. What they left with is pretty much all they have left; from what I saw on TV, their house is a complete and total loss.I had just started to knit up some Christmas stockings to decorate the library with (really just an excuse to knit at work), but now I'll be focusing some of that energy on knitting 8" squares to be made into afghans for victims of this latest fire. This project is the brainchild of GeorgieGirl65 on Ravelry, and more information can be found here.
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