13 Times

I must be insane. We are moving into our new apartment on Tuesday, and while I found myself surrounded by boxes (again!) I wondered how many times I've moved. It turns out 13 moves in 15 years. I'm a gypsy.

- 1992: moved into an apartment with my mother in Carrollton
- 1993: moved into my dad's house in Dallas
- 1996: moved in with my mom in Lewisville
- 1996: moved into the UNT dorm in Denten
- 1997: got an apartment with my cousin Shawn in Lewisville
- 1998: got an apartment with my friend Angie in Flower Mound
- 1998: got an apartment with my friend Cori in Lewisville
- 1999: Skip and I lived together in our first place in Plano
- 2001: Skip and I moved to Addison
- 2002: Skip and I moved to a nicer apartment in Addison
- 2003: We moved to Hoboken, NJ
- 2007: Skip, Zoe and I moved to Grapevine
- 2007: Moving to Plano next week. It's a 6 month lease. We'll move in March 2008.
- 2008: ???

I'm really sick of moving.

My husbands high school yearbook photo

He's a handsome guy!

I Hate Insomnia

I've got insomnia again. This sucks. It's most likely because I'm looking for a job that probably doesn't exist - a part-time email marketing position. I can't seem to turn my brain off and go to sleep. I'm at the point where my head feels heavier than the rest of my body. I can't sleep because I'm top heavy. Have you ever heard of anything this ridiculous? I know I'm going to feel like shit in the morning. Arrgg.

I fart in your general direction

I had a similar experience :P

'Paris Syndrome' strikes Japanese

A message from Zoë

Zoë's daddy being very silly

Craziness

Scientists make water run uphill

UFOs

On the Needles
Well, three and half months post-partum my knitting mojo is returning. Looking around the apartment I realize that it's full of knitting UFOs - un-finished objects. Two years ago I started a lace pattern shrug. The back and left side are complete. I only have the right side and sleeves to finish. Sounds easy, right? But there is one catch; the directions for the right side read "work as opposite of left side." Working in lace! Are you fucking kidding me? I basically need to rewrite the pattern. So much for finishing the shrug anytime soon.

Then there is the scarf I started knitting last fall for my wonderful husband Skip. I love this color - yummy saffron. It's a simple pattern, just double yarn in a garter stitch. I stopped knitting during my first trimester when I was sick all the time. Then when I started feeling better, I picked up the needles holding the baby blanket, which is also a UFO.

Off the Needles
There are so many off the needle projects, I'm embrased to admit to them all. Here are a few: a cashmere hat (with ears) for Zoë, Dr. Seuss' stuffed One Fish Two Fish, a purse, a matching hat, scarf and gloves set with some yarn I got in Iceland, and some many more. I love knitting :)