blog by me
Feb
7
The sun is shining, everyone is out shoveling. I took Sam to the Amtrak at Union Station. He is on the 9:30am train to EWR. Some pictures:
Trees at the bottom of the sled hill
Icicle on our balcony
what 2 days of shoveling looks like
Feb
6
First things first, we shoveled out the canoe right when we awoke at 10:30am. We had cinnamon rolls again and coffee as we lounged.
Around 3pm we hiked to the crown royal hill and went sledding with our Home Depot large plastic tub turned sled. We had a blast. Sam sled down once. I sled down about 6 times. We walked into the tree area and took pics – we had the point and shoot and the new SLR camera with us. The sled broke on the last run =( I am tempted to go buy another because the hill is awesome, takes me back to my childhood.
Sam shoveled again. The snow plow got stuck for an hour by our place. Our place is in a cove – where the lot is a oval – the plow has no where to put the snow when it turns corners.
We were invited to our friends place for dinner. They made salad, turkey meatloaf and apple crisp. Delicious! We watched the end of Untraceable and than watched Zombieland. It was funny.
We shoveled again. Than took the canoe for a drive out of our neighborhood, on to Van Dorn Street, where we got some gas and filled the tires in Kingstowne.
Total snowfall at our house from Snowtorious = 21 inches!
Please enjoy the film reel of one of my successful sled rides where I did not flip.
footnote: snowpocalypse was renamed to Snowtorious B.I.G
Feb
5
My Fed job let me telecommute today in anticipation for another snow storm in the DC metro area. As I type this they are estimating 20-30 inches.
Snow started around 11am…Sam has shoveled a couple times…the snow plow came around and put a huge pile in front of the canoe – so I went and shoveled it to the lot again.
I bought a “sled” at Home Depot. I baked some carmel rolls for breakfast and some pre-prepared cookies. I also made roast, potatoes and carrots in the crock pot. YUM!
Taken at 11pm
Feb
1
We had a lazy day on Saturday – it snowed all day – and instead of going outside and making snow angels, we stayed in. =( The canoe is white, not from the snow:
I just folded a load of colors – I like colored socks.
I hung out in Woodbridge on Sunday. I got a haircut. Went to JoAnn Fabrics – first time visiting a JoAnn’s on the east coast. The yarn selection is much better than Michael’s. I also swung by Paint This to pick up finished masterpieces – spent two days there this month – may want to take a break – painting products and studio fees add up =)
Movies: saw Avatar in IMAX 3D twice. Great movie! This past weekend we watched (500) Days of Summer. I liked it.
For dinner I had a pizza bagel. Watched Life Unexpected – I love the show! Bedtime =)
Jan
30
I find it more difficult than knitting just because the loops are hard to find and the motions do not feel as smooth as it should. I started with a hat…it took me about 6 tries…next I made three catch-all-bowl from the one-skein wonders book. I’d like to make a cowl, but I am on an ebay hunt for a set of bamboo crochet hooks, the metal ones rub my index finger.
Jan
24
I’m back to the world of exercise. This week I ran on the treadmill each day (4) at the fitness center at work. Day 2 really kicked my butt…otherwise the other 3 days were pretty good. My new balance tennis shoes were hurting my arch in my right foot after each run…so Sam and I went into Old Town today and I got new running shoes – asics.
My goal is to run 4 days a week.
Jan
18
Hello. I wanted to share another past time I have picked up (thx Susann)…painting ceramics. This quaint little place in Old Town Alexandria – Paint This – has been our hangout on a few of our off Mondays. I highly recommend it! My most recent items:
Jan
16
Aaauuuggghhhhhhhh!!!!!
I just survived my first skein knot ball nightmare. I unraveled a skein of yarn, thinking I could wrap it into a ball with two arms. Everyone told me to use a chair, but did I listen? No.
Last night, it was looking like this:
After two hours – I finally went to bed.
Today, victory was mine! I got it all untangled into a ball. I raised the ball of yarn up in the air for a victorious moment.
The post office man delivered my yarn ball winder today – if only I had waited a day. So I used my ball winder for the first time, turning my ball into a nice, organized pull from center ball. After a total of 3+ hours of a nightmare tangled mess, here it is:
Jan
15
My new large tote from Target – I love the dots. The top skeins on the right arrived today – Noro Daria multi – from Vintageknits
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