http://www.alltheprettywords.com random bits of my life Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:39:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en wedded bliss Originally uploaded by striatic. So, I have disappeared for a while and left only a couple of fairly cryptic hints as to why this was so. Now see the photo above for the reveal! We got married on the 15th in a smallish but very sweet ceremony in the ... http://www.alltheprettywords.com/wp-archives/2007/12/25/power-rings-and-all/ After months of searching, we found a really cute little apartment in the Eastlake neighborhood of Seattle. We found it three or four weeks ago, but didn't get to move in until Saturday. We made a seven-hour IKEA trip on Sunday (it was truly epic) and have been assembling furniture ... http://www.alltheprettywords.com/wp-archives/2007/12/04/we-have-a-new-apartment/ Yikes, it has been a long time since I've written. Life suddenly became very hectic, and blogging will probably be sporadic for the foreseeable future, but I will at least give an update of what's been going on now. I got a job at a yarn shop and really like it ... http://www.alltheprettywords.com/wp-archives/2007/10/28/why-are-my-autumns-always-so-busy/ From flighty. Directions: Go to careercruising.com. Enter nycareers as the username and landmark as the password. Take the "Career Matchmaker" survey. Post the top ten results. 1. Anthropologist 2. Historian 3. Criminologist 4. Professor 5. Activist 6. Political Aide 7. Writer 8. Archaeologist 9. Communications Specialist 10. Print Journalist Hmm, not too far off. I guess you could call the field ... http://www.alltheprettywords.com/wp-archives/2007/09/14/career-cruising-meme/ Behold: My new haircut! I wanted something new and different, and that's what I got! I went to a salon here, and I wish I could keep going there because it was so great. The stylist was tons of fun and said she really enjoyed cutting my hair because she doesn't ... http://www.alltheprettywords.com/wp-archives/2007/08/24/i-got-a-haircut/ Woo, the past few days have been pretty busy. We had visitors over the weekend, which was fun. Yesterday, Bryan and I ran a lot of errands, and this morning, we took my car into the shop to be repaired. It has been overheating fairly often, and with the drive ... http://www.alltheprettywords.com/wp-archives/2007/08/14/catching-up-2/ Well, it is! We went swimming today, which was the first time I've been in several years. I even had to buy a new swimming suit since I've no idea where my old one is or if it even fits anyway. I wound up with a cute black tankini with ... http://www.alltheprettywords.com/wp-archives/2007/08/03/swimming-is-fun/ This has been my morning. Around 7:30, Bryan woke me up to tell me that my car's driver side window had been smashed in. It was just sitting on the service road between the house and the actual road, and someone apparently decided it would be fun to smash the windows ... http://www.alltheprettywords.com/wp-archives/2007/07/14/argh-2/ Well, I finished the Waving Lace Socks for my Sockapalooza sock pal. I think they turned out well, but I'm much more enamored with this: My first handspun! I bought the roving and a simple drop spindle at Lettuce Knits while we were in Toronto, and had been reluctant to spin ... http://www.alltheprettywords.com/wp-archives/2007/06/23/waving-lace-socks/ Yes, I am still alive! As proof, I give you a FO: The Heartbreakingly Cute Baby Kimono from Mason-Dixon Knitting. I had been pretty bored with the project until I saw someone talking about putting the ribbon through the yarn overs. I tried it (cursing at the newly-unearthed sewing machine as ... http://www.alltheprettywords.com/wp-archives/2007/06/15/265/