Sadie & Oliver

21 to 30

21.  When I was 12, I was one of those people that run behind the person carrying the torch. It was the 1988 Winter Olympics.

22.  I failed miserably - I was so out of breath that someone grabbed me mid-stride and carried me back onto the bus.  I was a little mortified.

23.  For a few years people confused me for the girl who ran the torch into the stadium to light the big torch.  I didn't bother to correct them.

24.  Writing knitting patterns intimidates the hell out of me.

25.  Growing up I always just assumed I would be married at 25 and have a baby at 30.  That's exactly what happened.

26.  I was shunned in highschool for telling my fairweather BFF that I had a boyfriend from another school when I really didn't.

27.  I have a ridiculously high pain tolerance.

28.  I am smitten with Murder She Wrote - so much so that I search for a new season on DVD every time I'm at WalMart.

29.  I dream about moving to a small, safe town in New Brunswick, in a gorgeous house near the water.

30.  I have a serious crush on Barack Obama, and his wife...and his kids.

11 to 20

on rituals....

 

11.    I buy a new body wash & lotion set for the important phases of my life.  When I graduated it was Estee Lauder’s Beautiful, when I got married it was something pepperminty, when I found out I was pregnant I got something called Oriental Rose, and for the new Stay-At-Home-Mom phase, it’s Enchanted Meadows’ Cashmere scent.  It’s all about scent memory – when I smell any of the above, I’m flooded with memories of those times.

12.   When an ambulance or fire truck goes by, I always say a three word prayer for the people who do the jobs they do, and the people who they are on their way to help.

13.   I paint my toenails on Sundays.

14.   Every Saturday, my mom and I go for brunch and then shopping.  We’ve done it ever since I moved out on my own.

15.   At night, when Sadie’s going to bed, I ask her what she’s most grateful for today.  She doesn’t answer in language I understand, but she talks up a storm.  Then I tell her what I’m most grateful for that day.  It’s been part of the bedtime routine since she was born.

16.   I always put on hand lotion before I knit, not because the yarn is drying, but because it gives my knitting the faintest scent of lovely.

17.   Every knit design idea I have is drawn into a cloth covered book full of itty-bitty graph paper.  It contains nothing but preliminary sketches.

18.   When we go to bed, I lay on my side, facing the door and Oliver (the aforementioned Chihuahua) curls up against my belly.  It’s how we’ve always done it,...even in the heat of summer.

19.   When I open the internet every day to the MSN home page, I read all the gossip headlines and catch up on celebrity news.  (yet I refuse to watch Entertainment Tonight or Extra....go figure)

20.   Every morning when I roll out of bed I either heat up a Tim Horton’s coffee, or make a pot of coffee.  There’s nothing interesting about that, but it’s #20, and I’m all out of things to tell you :)

Tah-dah!!  I made it through another 10 things!  Perhaps I'll do some actual knitting I can show you for the next post.

 

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I’ve always wanted to do that ‘100 Things’ meme, but found the ‘100’ part a tad intimidating.  Because I have no knitting news to share, unless you want to hear about all the yarn I’ve been buying in an attempt to revive my knitting mojo, here’s the first instalment of my 100 Things (thank you JulieFrick for the idea!)

1.       I am returning to work after a year-long maternity leave.  My strongest pull to return is that I don’t want to be only able to afford acrylic yarn.

2.       I secretly imagine myself as a single mother.  I see it very clearly in my mind;  Not because that’s my goal, but because it brings me a bit of peace, knowing that if I ever need to, I could do it on my own.

3.       I have a Chihuahua.  Oliver.  He’s yappy and mean to kids.  He doesn’t like in-laws or mail carriers, or other dogs.  If you knock on my door, you’d swear he was a lot bigger than he is, and that he’s foaming at the mouth.  I love him.

4.       I dropped out of the Alberta College of Art & Design after a year and a half.  My parents were separating and selling the house, and I didn’t want to go into debt with student loans.  I hate debt.

5.       I am addicted to Tim Horton’s coffee.  I don’t like any other coffee – it has to be Tim Horton’s, and it has to be made in the store.  I don’t like anything that comes out of my coffee maker, or any other coffee shop.

6.       I collect iPods, and accessories.  I don’t mean to, but those folks at Apple are always coming out with something new, and I just can’t stop myself.  I have an iPod mini (it is now filled with lullabies and kids music, and lives in Sadie’s room in one of those fancy alarm clock deals), an old Shuffle (the tall, skinny kind) that doesn’t belong to anybody, a new Shuffle that lives atop the treadmill, and a video iPod that accompanies me on road trips and to work, and sits in my alarm clock and moves to my kitchen radio.  Our house is now equipped with so many iPod stereos, and alarm clocks, you’d have to see it to believe it.

7.       I named my daughter Sadie because it was a classic name that wasn’t popular.  It’s now in the top 10 list of baby names for a girl.  I’m a little pissed.

8.       I’m shy.  Really shy.  I’ve been with my husband for 8 years, and still can’t hold a decent conversation with his parents.

9.       I had a hole in my eardrum when I was 14.  The doctor took a skin graft from the side of my head to repair it.

10.    I don’t know how to swim, ride a bike or drive a car.  If you want to go for a 5 hour walk though, I’m your girl!

That’s it!  The first 10 down.  Perhaps next time I will have some knitting to share!