Scarf Love

This is another braided scarf that I crocheted. However, this is the first one I've made using more than one color of yarn. I thought it turned out pretty well! I love the braided pattern, but it's a bit of a pain to make, so I'm constantly looking through Pinterest for other scarf design ideas. Perhaps next I'll try a regular infinity scarf. Or I'll just suck it up and keep making the braided ones. We shall see.

"Allow yourself to be a beginner. No ones starts out excellent." 
 - behappy.me 

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone has a great Monday. Here is a quote I read recently on behappy.me that I really liked.

"Do not educate your child to be rich. Educate them to be happy. So when they grow up, they'll know the value of things, not the price."

Crochet Crafts

Here are the scarves I've crocheted so far. The ones on the left are for girls and the ones on the right are for women. Stay tuned for pics of more as the holidays get closer!

T.G.I.S.

Ok, am I the only one who doesn't understand the whole T.G.I.F. phrase? I'm all for Friday as a great day of the week (since it's the final one), but I'm pretty sure it's Saturday and Sunday that people look forward to most. Friday is still a work day, people. In conclusion, I think it should be coined T.G.I.S. Don't steal it.

In other news... WOAH. Avery is running throughout the house sporadically, like a crazy cat hopped up on catnip. She just ran into my office, meowed real loud, and darted out. It was hilarious, yet disturbing at the same time.

Back to my train of thought...in other news, today, I'm going to visit baby Brie for the second time! So excited to see my best friend's baby girl who will be a month old tomorrow! I'm upset with myself for not having visited her more often since she came into the world, but I've been busy either working or trying to find another job—which I did, so yay! I look forward to watching baby Brie grow up! She's such a doll. I'll post a photo after my visit. 

Avery's back in the office with me, rolling around on the floor like it's made of silk, when really our carpet burns like hell when you rub your skin on it. Made that mistake the other day when I was doing some Insanity workouts on it. Rug burns are the worst.

So after I go visit Brie, I'm plan to go shopping for some work shoes. Of course, a girl can never have too many pairs of shoes, but I like to challenge that saying. Shoot, I have 30-plus pairs, and yet I maybe wear 10 of them throughout the year. #girlproblems

I'm SO ready for Thanksgiving break. Food, food, and more food. Ahhh. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. I'm still researching a dessert dish to prepare. Turns out, there are actually some really cute cupcakes made to look like little turkeys that I have on my options list. But, I would like to try to bake something out of my comfort zone of cupcakes and cookies. I've never made a pie, so that would more than likely be a disaster. I don't really fancy pudding, so that's out of the question. I'll keep browsing Pinterest until something catches my interest. That rhyme was not intentional, I promise.

Until next time!


BeHappy.Me
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"If one thing makes you sad, then find TWO things that make you happy."

Oh yeah, T.G.I.S.!!!

Here's What's New

Here's what's new (and you better be ready for some extreme randomness):

 - In the last week, I've discovered that my cat loves vanilla ice cream and Starbucks whipped cream.

 - I started crocheting scarves about a month ago (I'm currently on scarf #7 and have like 10 more to go for Christmas gifts) and it's been like an addiction ever since. Seriously, whenever I'm not at work or eating or sleeping, I'm crocheting. I can't even watch a new movie with my hook and yarn in hand.

 - I recently got a new job as copy production editor for a publishing company. Super excited about the fact that I get to correct grammatical errors for a living. If you didn't know, proofreading is my thing! When I read books for pleasure, I will circle any errors that I find in the book while reading it. It's a disease.

 This isn't something that's new, but it's hilarious and I have to share. Today, at work (gymnastics work) I had this conversation with one of my gymnasts:

Gymnast: Coach Jordan, were you subbing at my school today?
Me: No, I don't sub anymore—I got another job.
Gymnast: Nooo. What job are you doing now?
Me: I'm a writer.
Gymnast: Oh. That's lame. You should be a cafeteria lady, so I can see you everyday.

Hmmm. Well then.

And another conversation with a kid during open gym tonight:

Boy: Hey, coach. Do you know Alesandro?
Me: No. Who's that?
Boy: He's the guy that just went down the tumble trak. He fell and hurt his knee on the pass before the one he just did.
Me: Alesandro, how's your knee?
Alesandro: I fell and hurt it (shows me knee), but it's better now.
Me: Ok, good.
Boy: Yeah, I hit my head earlier, but then I put water on it, and it was better.

Apparently water has healing powers that only children can benefit from.

Back to the NEWs.

 - Ben has bronchitis, so I'm trying to stay away from him at the moment since the Internet can't make up its mind as to whether it's contagious or not.

 - Our new house is coming along so nicely on the inside. We (well, mostly I) are adding decorations to it little by little. I'm thankful that Ben allows me to do whatever I want with the place. He trusts my taste in home decor for whatever reason.

 - I baked cupcakes for the first time EVER for my best friend's baby shower back in September. Not only did they taste good, but they were so fun to make and decorate. I also made some again for Halloween for my co-workers. And now, I'm a little stumped because I opened my big mouth and said I'd make dessert for Thanksgiving, and yet I still have no clue what to make. Obviously, cupcakes aren't appropriate... or are they?

 - Ben and I wouldn't mind having another pet around the house; however, we have one big problem. Trying to decide what type of pet. I want a cat. He wants a dog. He's allergic to cats, but for some reason Avery (my cat) doesn't bother him, so I figured cool, let's get another cat to keep her company. He says no, because he'll be allergic. He also seems to think that dogs are better than cats. Um, NO. Cats may be assholes half the time, but dogs aren't independent and cool like cats.

Cats rule. That is all.

I have plenty more new things in my life, but my eyelids are finally starting to fall and I'm going to take advantage of this and get some shut eye after this hectic week!

I will dream about the Starbucks that I will have in the morning.

Goodnight, friends!

Another One Bites the Dust

Here I am at midnight sitting on my couch, bored. I worked 11 hours today and have been up since 5 a.m., and yet I'm bored. So much so, that I just found myself on Facebook scrolling back through old posts of mine. I got as far back as June and came across a post where I shared my latest blog post. 

I can't believe it—I forgot that I had a blog.

After coming to this realization, I came to another realization soon after. Why did I even create this blog in the first place?

Well, I created it thinking that I was going to post to it every day or almost everyday, and that it would force me to keep up with my writing skills through practicing them in "diary" form, and that I would enjoy and look forward to writing about myself and my encounters so that others could read them. Boy was I off. Let's see, I've posted about eight times since I started the blog in April. My writing skills haven't progressed one bit. And I obviously don't look forward to writing the posts because I've neglected to do so for almost five months! 

Phew.

So why am I writing this post now?

Guilt.

That's the only explanation I can think of right now. I set a goal for myself months ago, to create this blog and keep up with it and when I finally realized that I wasn't doing any of that, I felt guilty. 

And apparently, I think this one post will make up for months of zero posts. We'll see.

I'd like to post more, but I don't feel like my life is all that interesting at the moment. I'll give it a try, and see where it takes me. Maybe I can make my life more interesting for the sake of my blog!