Sad.

I just found out that my ex-boyfriend, who I have very mixed feelings about having broken up with, has been married since 2007. There is nothing else I can say about this without veering into melodrama or making my friends worry. Sad.

How could I already be out of things to say??

It has only been seven days! Could I possible have totally run out of things to say? Let's see.... Can't post pictures. Already did my "only two good things about Wednesday" post. Knitting on a pair of socks that are a present.... Nope, I got nothing. (And knowing me, running out of things to say is an extraordinary situation!!)

Let's try random babble about my life, shall we?

Went back to work today after making like a giant ground sloth all day yesterday. Maggie-dog even looked at me like I was impossibly lazy, and she sleeps all day! Just what I needed though, so I don't feel guilty. Work was busy, busy, busy. Which is a good thing. Another day, another dollar closer to a new laptop!

I am so out of things to share for Blogtoberfest that I will tell you all my shameful secret: I watch America's Next Top Model. It is true. Art historian, knitter, junk tv watcher. I can't resist it. The pictures always come out so DIFFERENT than watching them being taken! I blame the photography degree. That is my story and I am sticking with it!

Ok, off to bed. We are getting up at 6AM to go for a W-A-L-K with Maggie dog. She will be so surprised! She loves the W-A-L-K. Doggie love!

RIP, beloved video card.

This post was going to be about my mixed feelings regarding variegated yarn. I have been thinking about that a lot today, for some bizarre reason. It was either that or talk about the weird, weird dreams I have been having about men from my past.... But maybe we shouldn't go there!

However, there has been tragic news in the Shameless blog land:

Sadly, I believe the video card in my laptop has gasped its last.... I am very sad. Especially since I can't replace it anytime soon! My brother, much more of a computer genius than I am, despite my IT job, says that it would be more expensive to replace the video card than the computer is worth.... Sigh.

At least all the information seems to be safe. I did manage an online backup before I lost all ability to see what was happening inside its little brain... That is why you aren't witnessing wailing and rending of hair here at Jennifer's house!!

What this ultimately means is that there will be no pictures in my blog for a while. My mom's desktop has VISTA, which hates my blog.... No matter what I do, I can't seem to successfully arrange pictures when I am working from this machine. Maybe I will be able to get something uploaded to Flickr before too long and then I could get them to the blog from work. I believe some strategizing is in order..... (See Jennifer twirl her metaphorical mustache....)

Fall descends on the Carolinas.

With a thunk. It has been summer right up until October 4th, now it is cold and rainy. This is the sick day view from the back door.... We had to DRAG the dog outside before she exploded!

Weekend progress!

I actually got lots of things accomplished this weekend, even if I finished none of them. Not completely, anyway....

Yesterday, I worked on the Kingscot. I sewed the shoulder seams and put the neckband on, which looks great if I do say so myself! But let me say, I will freaking LOSE MY MIND if this sweater is too small when it is finished.... Just letting you know. I started the button band immediately.... But that is boring, so.....

I started a pair of socks for Christmas when I got home!! They are going to be so beautiful! I will show them later, since this blog could possibly be read by the recipient.

And then, to keep from actually finishing anything, I blocked my Ishbel! Here it is in progress: Then, in progress with blocking's arch-nemesis, the cat! How kind of her that she was laying on the towel, not the shawl! But doesn't she look like there would be blood if I tried to move her??

Went to a party at Susan and John's last night. They are great, seriously. They always have an incredible mix of people there, but they all know each other and tend to talk to each other, mostly professors from Francis Marion and their families. I am too shy to start a conversation with a group of people who are already cozily chatting with each other, so I spend most of those parties feeling like I am gazing through a window at something I want but can't have.... That could be depression speaking, too, but mostly it is the pathological shyness that I have had since grade school. Sigh. To lighten things up a little, here are some pics of the festivities. First, Mom and Susan:

The the family dog, Weezie (I didn't name her!!), enjoying the new hardwood floors! Gotta love a happy dog.

Lastly, here is Buttercup, enjoying the newly discovered cat hammock that the recliner creates. She is so pretty!

I think my brain is trying to escape.

You know you are hopelessly dependant on caffeine when you get a headache by just waiting until 1PM for your first Pepsi. I think my brain is trying to escape from my left eye socket to go seek out caffeine on its own.

Tomorrow, I have big knitting progress to report and party pictures to show..... Tonight I am going to bed in hopes that my brain will be happy INSIDE my skull tomorrow....

TGIF. Seriously.

Well, the week from Hell is almost over. Adding insult to injury, I had a Lifeforce appointment today. That is the appointment that my health insurance insists on and can drop me if I don't comply.... Where they tell me I am getting old and have gained ten pounds (true story) and my blood pressure is going to give me a stroke.... Next appointment, February. Something to look forward to, I guess.

I took my Kingscot to work with me today so I could get a good picture of it laid out before the seaming. Which I obviously didn't get done last night. (Have I mentioned that I am not having the best week??) (Or that the people at work think I am nuts?) But it looks and feels great, and I am ready to get it done!! Best of all, it is really hard for the non-knitter to find the mis-twisted cable!! You can't even see it in the photo. That makes me so happy!

Here is the reason that blocking is so hard to accomplish in my house: Caught red-pawed! That is where the sweater was blocked and why they were banned from the premises during the process! Isn't she cute, though? Right now, she is kneading like her life depends on it against my 3%-higher-body-fat belly. It is her way of making up for my icky week! I love a happy cat.

I leave you today with a gratuitous dog picture, just because that ear sticking up cracks me up!!