Self Portrait (20/52)

This is precisely what I haven't done all day, but wish I could have. Instead I went to church, had a little Sunday drive with the family, ate lunch, met a cyber friend at Barnes and Noble (where we were for 3+ hours...I love that place), chatted at Sonic with my best friend, ate dinner, ate sno cones, then hung out with the family. I'm exhausted. Not just because it was a busy day, but because it's just been a little bit of a crazy weekend. I just really want to finish this book series so I can move onto the next ones in my pile.

- rl

(p.s. this is part of my 14 goals for 2014. You can view all my goals here.)

Evenings with Mom

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Today I worked, hung out at home with my parents, then my mom and I ran a few errands, including Big Lots, where I got a few skeins of their yarn. I'm very interested to see what other Ravelers have to say about it, and my opinion after I knit with them. When we got back home, we planned on doing a little sewing, but we ended up just hanging out on the couch. Also, I spent way too much time on Pinterest looking at different fiber/fabric crafts. *sigh*

- rl

(p.s. this is part of my 14 goals for 2014. You can view all my goals here.)

God (& Book!) Lovers

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Tonight I hung out with one of my best friends. We talked about school - Moody Bible for me, and A&M Nursing for her - as well as our favorite (and least favorite...) fictional worlds, all while sitting outside Dairy Queen enjoying this beautiful, and rare, cool Texas weather. At the end of the hour, she handed me a bag of books - a few she was returning, and most were being lent to me to get read before I leave in August.

(I now have 1.6 billion books to read. This is pile #3 in my room, and that's not including the 26 I have on a list on our library's online catalog, just waiting for me to check them out. Maybe this will be the first summer that I actually get some reading done???)

- rl

(p.s. this is part of my 14 goals for 2014. You can view all my goals here.)

Mid-May Rambles

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Doesn't it feel like all I've been posting these last few weeks are that day's photo & a little caption? I'm so bored with it, but also not quite ready to start a "series" or anything. Just yesterday I drew out a single sketch of how I would like my future blog to look, but that's a few months out. I don't have any knitting projects to share because of my "one project at a time" rule. I'm getting so close to dusting off the sewing machine and just figuring it out, but that would require cleaning the little desk it's on, so...

This is just never a very exciting time of the year for me, I guess. I think a lot of people get really inspired and pumped in spring/summer, but I think I'm more of a fall/winter gal. Or just a lazy gal. Hmm...

But I have been doing a good amount of reading compared to a few days ago. This afternoon I switched between reading one chapter, then knitting a row. It lasted for about an hour and was a nice switch between the two things. I'm reading just about everywhere, even while on break at work, which isn't easy and I don't get a whole lot read, but it does help my mind a little bit, I think.

- rl

(p.s. this is part of my 14 goals for 2014. You can view all my goals here.)

WIP Wednesday

I think I've made good progress this week! I'm currently on 104/160 stitches across, so I'm getting there. I've convinced myself that if I just watch one movie a night for the next week or so, I should be able to reach that magic 160, and then it will finish quickly from there (or so I think...).

- rl