Sassy Gina-D

Whoa is Me!!!!!!

When me and Kenna were little, we used to write in our diaries every night before we went to sleep.  My mom used to call it our "Whoa is Me Di-aries"  (you have to kind of sing it).  When I started this blog, she asked me if that's what this blog was going to turn into.  "Of course not!" I told her.  "This blog will be about knitting and crafts and such." (I probably didn't say "and such" but you get the point).  Well, Mom, I guess I was wrong because I have to Bitch about a few thing!!!!!!

1. I've said this before.  Monday's suck.  Which is why I invented 'Alcoholic Mondays'.  Today was going pretty well for a Monday, until I tried to leave work at 6pm...and my freaking car died!  DIED!!  So the tow truck driver (cute, but reminds me of Back Home in Indiana) took my car away and gave me his number (OK, his number is actually the number for the Chop Shop).  Uuuuugggggghhhhhhh!!!!!
2. Cablevision sucks!  I have written this freaking blog entry 4 times now.  FOUR TIMES!!! My wireless keeps shutting down and my TV turns off.  What the hell is that?  Not to mention that my Digital Cable gets fuzzy after 10:00 every night.   I don't pay a shitload of money every month for this crap not to work...and how am I supposed to watch Three's Company at 11 and 11:30? What the hell???
3. Rodents.  Rodents. RODENTS. I am so over mice in my house.  The pizza joint next door does not have good pizza and chases all their mice to my place.  And my landlords, who live upstairs (I'll spare you my nickname for them) feed their cat wet food, and don't clean it up.  And won't let the exterminator come to their place.  So the mice come to my house and taunt my dog all day and run amuck all night long.  Not good for my phobia.
4. Full-day training meetings for a job I want to dump! Who thought that was a good idea?
5. I still love Kenna.  However I still don't have a blog header or button.  Grrrr!!!  Kenna!!!
6. I have no time to knit!  Ruffles sits on my couch all day long and waits for me to come home and knit her up, but by the time I get home, there just ain't no time! Poor poor Ruffles.  When I got home tonight, she was on the floor...I think Gizmo was trying to help out, but luckily he didn't help too much because she was all in one piece.

Ok.  Thanks for letting me get that out of my system.  I promise to be much nicer the rest of the week (unless my PMS gets the best of me- then just get out of my way!!!!)

Love you ba-bye.

Knitty Gritty

I just discovered a new show on the diy network...Knitty Gritty is the best craft show ever!  I would love to be Vikie Howell. How do you get jobs like that?  I went through a period when I wanted to be Paige Davis.  One Christmas Kenna, JJ, and I watched a Trading Spaces marathon.  Nothing says Christmas like a full day of Ty Pennington (YUMMY)!!!

Speaking of, do you watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition?  I bawl every Sunday from 8-9:05 pm (what? The family sticks with me for at least 5 minutes into Desperate Housewives!) ABC is quickly becoming my favorite network.  I can't live without Alias!  I want to BE Jennifer Garner!  I just have to work out a *little* bit more than I do now.....right...

I got Scarf Style in the mail last week and finally got started on Ruffles this weekend. I'm using Classic Yarns Cashsoft Baby DK in a light pink color- it's so soft and pretty!  Now that I finally bought a new camera (I settled on the Nikon CoolPix 4600) I can take some pictures of all my projects!  OK, OK, I only have 2 wip's, but 2's better than nothin, right? Don't forget about my washcloth...that's sitting in the bottom of my yarn bag...

Now it's back to the "Knitty Gritty" on Monday morning. YUCK!  Did I mention that I updated my resume this weekend?  I am so freaking over my job!  That's why this week is dedicated to finding a 'new and improved' job. What a pain in the ass! (See how I cleverly brought it back to the title? Smooth!)

Peace Out Hommies!

(p.s. I need to thank this guy for inspiring me to update my blog...I was getting a little lazy for a while there.  Thanks for the kick in the ass!)

Kodak Moments

You know what I really need?  I need a digital camera!  I mean, how do you have a knitting blog without sharing pictures of the things you're knitting?  I have been playing around with my favorite blogs today, and I just love looking at what other people are knitting!  For example, take a look at Martha's website.  Her work and the pictures she uses to show it off are both beautiful!

So, if anyone has any suggestions on a small, affordable, digital with many of the bells and whistles, let me know!

In other news...how much would you love to get ahold of this bad boy?!?!?

You Make Me So Angry!!

                                                                                            These are things that make me so angry (said with my teeth grit together and shaking my fist in the air like in a 1950's sitcom)

My sister, Kenna, was supposed to make me a banner for my new fun blog this past weekend, but that didn't happen.  Why?  Because she doesn't have Internet access at home.  OK, I get that, but then why did she tell me 5 minutes later that her apartment office has Internet access for free. 

Kenna!  You Make Me So Angry!!!*

Stay tuned for more things that Make Me So Angry!!!*

*P.S. I'm not really angry...I love my sister very much!

I Don't Heart Mondays!

It was such a beautiful weekend, it's tough to get back into the weekly swing of things!  I did go shopping on Saturday but I didn't buy one freaking thing!  Why is it that when you want to spend money, you can't find anything to spend your money on?!?!  Oh well!  That night, Tayla and I had a great time drinking really STRONG, extra-dry martinis (YUM!) and laughing at the people who tried to dance but just couldn't get it right.  Our drinks did not make them dance any better either. It was kinda like the Hammer Dance but with less rhythm.  (The early 90's- what were we thinking?!?!) Can't touch this!  (and trust me, we didn't want to!!)

 

On Sunday, Gizmo and I went shopping in the streets of Hoboken.  Since we ventured out of his normal "potty" area, he put his breaks on for the first 3 blocks.  He is the most laziest dog ever!  I love taking him out with me though because people tell me how cute he is...duh!  Like I don't know that!  I even picked up some new yarn and circular knitting needles at Patricia's Yarns to make the Ruffles Scarf from the book Scarf Style.  I'm bored with my striped scarf (only 3 more rows done!), so it's time to change it up a bit!

As you see, I added a bunch of crap to my blog this weekend.  Look at my cute little pet Kitten on the right...click and her and she talks to you!  I went a little crazy with adding my fave blog links...There are so many creative blogs out there that I love reading, I couldn't stop!  I even joined 3 Webrings, and I've been accepted into Purling Puppy so far.  This knitting/blog hobby is starting to get out of hand!!!!

Hello. My name is Gina-D. Helllooo Gina-D....

I am so freaking tired right now!  I have no idea why I'm up still...I have a big day of shopping tomorrow!  I have been listening to mindless TV while I sit here with my computer in my lap playing with this damn blog!  I'm an addict I say! The stupid thing is that as I'm sitting on my couch, my knitting is sitting right next to me.  Have I picked it up today?  No! 

The bigger problem here is that it's FRIDAY and I'm sitting on my couch playing on the computer!  What is wrong with me?!?!  I have got to get out of here! 

I did get in some quality time with my Gizmo today though! :) Gizmo is my freeloading roommate that has been living with me for 6 years now.  He doesn't help pay the bills and he definitely doesn't chase the rodents out of my house.  He is cute to look at though, and the best cuddler I've ever known!  He plays one mean game of tennis too (by 'playing tennis' I mean, I throw the tennis ball and he runs after it.  Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.  You get the picture.) So if you have a job for a lazy, but cute Shih Tzu, let me know!

Um, Goodnight!

...Continued

I HAD to change my Pixie...she has many more clothing options now.  Whew!

I Heart Fridays!

...so anyway, there I was, sitting at my desk trying to look busy.  I mean, I was busy, but I seriously doubt choosing my Weather Pixie is the way my boss would like me to spend my time.  Why is this Pixie so unfashionable?  Not that I'm a serious fashionista, but I would NEVER wear my jeans too short and yanked up to my bra with a faded, tucked in T-Shirt.  But if seeing this (just WRONG) outfit means that it's getting close to summer, then I'll learn to live with it!

Last night I made a smidgen of progress on my scarf.  When I say smidgen, I mean 6 rows.  I knit soooo slooooow!!  Will it ever get any faster??  I hope so, or my goal of knitting something for everyone on my Christmas list will NEVER happen!  Speaking of, I found this cute website that has a washcloth pattern for every US state and also some for Canadian providences.  Rhonda (the designer) is even going to design a special pattern for me!!!  Now that's service!

I am so freaking happy it's Friday!  I need a long weekend to clean my apartment, go shopping, play outside in the sun, and enjoy a strong margarita!

Ole'!

It's a New Day!

Well, I just started this blog today...in fact, I'm still trying to figure out how to get all the cool do-dads in the columns.  I guess I'll figure that out later! I really want this site to help motivate me to get knitting!  I just taught myself how to knit- with the help of knittinghelp.com (thanks Amy!)- about 2-3 weeks ago.  I have to say, that I really don't quite know what I'm doing yet, but I try! 

So far, I've completed one Grandmother's Favorite washcloth (well, it's semi-complete because I didn't weave in the ends...and I didn't use Sugar n Cream yarn) and I'm about 1/8 way done with a multi-stripe scarf.  Pathetic.  I know this. 

I feel an obsession coming on though.  A few years ago I was obsessed with making soap.  I can also remember at least 2 Christmas's where I almost didn't make it to Michigan because I had to stay up all night in Indiana just to finish all of the stupid crafts I was making for gifts.  This year I'm starting early, so hopefully I'll have all kinds of stuff done by Christmas!  At the rate I'm going now though, that's debatable.  Especially if I start cross-stitching again. 

So much for the sleep thing!