To Vegas or Not To Vegas?

We're leaving for Oxnard tomorrow for hubby's uncle's funeral...the plan is to stay overnight, attend the burial on Fri, then come home some time after that. Now, one of his cousins has invited us on an impromptu jaunt to Vegas because they have some tickets to the Pacquiao fight on Saturday. There's not enough tix to go around, so we'd just be hanging out. As much as I'd love to go, I just know it's not logical when I still have to finish paying tuition for this semester. The last time I checked, there was an available room at one of our timeshare properties for Saturday, but not Friday. So that should mean no Vegas, right?

(but it would be soooo fun to go...)

I've got pictures somewhere...

I'm ashamed to admit that I've missed a day here and there for Ravelry Project365. But, I did get in some good and bad ones this week which I kind of proudly present here:
This was my picture for Feb. 27. One of the week's assignments was to take a picture of where you live, and since I didn't want to go to the beach, the statue would have to do. I actually took several shots and didn't know which one to post, so here's a different angle with the USS Nimitz (and a homeless guy) in the background.
Friday was February 29, Leap Day. In honor of this, I give you my poor attempt at a leap/frog picture:Leap because I was jumping while I took the picture.
Frog because I had to frog about 10 rows, I skipped a row somehow and the stockinette got reversed. So much for knitting while getting the tires rotated.

FOs too!

Yesterday I talked about WIPs. Today I will talk about FOs. I'm in a happy place right now because I just got caught up with homework, submitting my reflections and field notes from my first service-learning stint at the Chula Vista Public Library. It was fun, if a little nervewracking, I hadn't felt that uneasy behind a reference desk in quite a long time. But reference work is pretty much the same wherever you go, for me it was harder to figure out the nuances of the copy machine!

This Saturday we're going up to Oxnard for a barbecue. Hubby and I are planning the whole thing after the fiasco last year when no one wanted to take responsibility, and therefore no one brought anything to barbecue. Hubby was so pissed, and I honestly don't think he's gotten over it. This time will be different, because I'm in charge. Steve and Anna are coming down from Santa Rosa, they're bringing our wine club shipment from the Robledo Family Winery. I'll finally get my Moscato! Since it's always so cold up in the Bay Area, I made Anna a really cute hat.This is Coronet from Knitty. I had some leftover purple from my Mom's scarf, which was barely enough to make the cabled band. I did 15 rows, and it's a little snug, but I think my head is bigger than hers so hopefully it'll be okay. If not, I guess it'll go to one of her daughters. I also started the crown part on the wrong side, so the band doesn't flip, which means I also had to shorten the actual hat part. I think I did about 5 and a half inches before starting the decreases. Aside from all that, I really like the pattern. It's girly without being too girly.

I also made a bunny, isn't he cute?
I was looking ahead in the Knitting-pattern-a-day calendar and found him on April 4. He's made out of leftover pink Jiffy. I'm going to give him to the Children's Librarian I'm working with for my service hours; I think he'll fit in quite nicely in her Easter display.

WIPs! Lots of 'em!

I seem to have found myself with an inordinate number of Works in Progress, and not all of them yarny. In fact, it's downright WORK.

It's scholarship-filling-out season, so I'm busy filling out forms. I just finished the ALA one, and up next is the PSLEP Grant funded by the California State Library. After that, there's the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Scholarship and the Edna Yelland Scholarship. That means more forms, more personal statements and more letters of recommendation.

I'm way behind on reading for my class. I haven't even cracked the 50-book mark, and I'm pretty much out of picture books. There's a stack of YA books I need to get cracking on, but I must admit when it's a choice between reading and knitting, the knitting has been winning out lately.

I only have 4 squares completed for the Big Blanket. That's taken a back seat to the Chevron Scarf I'm making for my friend Christine's birthday. She's turning 40. Originally I thought about making her a cashmere scarf, but then someone turned me onto the Chevron Scarf Flickr group, and I was hooked. It took me about a month to decide on colors, since there's so many to choose from! A lot of the color combinations are a bit wild, and since my friend is a bit on the conservative side I went with one multicolor (Grandma's Flower Garden) and one watercolor (Rose Quartz). I think it's coming along nicely...It just looks like Spring.

Killed by the Blue-Bonic Plague

By Hat Attack Standards, I am dead. Killed by what was affectionately named the Blue-Bonic plague, fired by an assassin known as Kaleidokate. She even sent me a card: I'd have to say that the pretty stitch markers softened the blow just a bit.

February is Library Lovers Month!

Locked and Loaded!

I'm happy to report that The Burgunator is complete and on its way to its intended target. Hooray for Hat Attack!

I'm actually a little surprised I got it out in today's mail, the pattern was released on Saturday morning and I was only able to get a quick glimpse of it before leaving for work. After work, I went to a library fundraiser with lots of free wine, beer and food, which meant I didn't even get home until after 11:00. I didn't realize how much hubby had drank until I heard him snoring and found him passed out on the bed. So I cast on in peace.

This is what I managed to get done by midnight, and actually I had to rip it out and start all over again because I just wasn't feelin' the circular needle. So I started over with the DPNs. 24 hours (not continuous knitting!) and 2 war movies later I was done.
My own death is imminent though, I saw on Ravelry that my assassin has finished her hat and has also sent it out.