In this photo my scarf is being blocked. Click on the above picture for a small sample of lace knitting showing skp and yo.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Knit Lace sample video - Column of Leaves Scarf
In this photo my scarf is being blocked. Click on the above picture for a small sample of lace knitting showing skp and yo.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
A Week in the Life of a Dieter
Yes, that's right. I'm officially dieting (aka watching what I eat). I was feeling extremely pudgy following the Nevada trip followed by the "Busted Cherry" hash which kicked off the brand new Cherry Capitol Hash House Harriers organization in Traverse City. So I decided it was time to put down the cookies and muffins for a while and reach for something a just a wee bit healthier. Sunday night I weighed in at a whopping 139.8!!!!! OH MY!
This week's menu has been sort of like:
Breakfast: 20 ounce Smoothie (strawberries, pineapple, banana, yogurt, milk, OJ, 2 scoops of protein whey in the blender)
Lunch: Another 20 ounce smoothie, a baggie of baby carrots, a peach, a spring mix salad with a few raisins and water-diluted light vinegrette dressing.
Dinner: 6 oz of meat (chicken, steak, 2 slices of pizza one night), a small serving of whatever side and then a vege with NO butter. Ok, I lied I stole a couple buttery green beans off Dave's plate once.
That's kind of been it. No desert........ that's a real bummer. BUT tonight I weighed in at 134.5! :D
The knitting projects are coming along. I'm probably 1/2 the way through the second skein for the "Falling Leaves" scarf and just about to start the black bone in the dog sweater. The tomato plants are spitting out ripe toms left and right and this weekend might be salsa weekend if I find some deals at Eastern Market. Mostly though this week has been playing catch up on stuff after the vacation.... I've been working a lot of hours this week too.
This week's menu has been sort of like:
Breakfast: 20 ounce Smoothie (strawberries, pineapple, banana, yogurt, milk, OJ, 2 scoops of protein whey in the blender)
Lunch: Another 20 ounce smoothie, a baggie of baby carrots, a peach, a spring mix salad with a few raisins and water-diluted light vinegrette dressing.
Dinner: 6 oz of meat (chicken, steak, 2 slices of pizza one night), a small serving of whatever side and then a vege with NO butter. Ok, I lied I stole a couple buttery green beans off Dave's plate once.
That's kind of been it. No desert........ that's a real bummer. BUT tonight I weighed in at 134.5! :D
The knitting projects are coming along. I'm probably 1/2 the way through the second skein for the "Falling Leaves" scarf and just about to start the black bone in the dog sweater. The tomato plants are spitting out ripe toms left and right and this weekend might be salsa weekend if I find some deals at Eastern Market. Mostly though this week has been playing catch up on stuff after the vacation.... I've been working a lot of hours this week too.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Mesquite, Nevada (Aug 3-11)
Wow, I probably should have blogged while I was on vacation... but I didn't so now I'll try to sum it up in one little ole paragraph.
With the knee injury preventing me from doing all the fun things I normally would do it there isn't quite as much to tell.
We arrived Friday afternoon and all went great with our travels and the pillows worked great too! Despite the problems that Northwest had been having they were right on time with no major snafu's. And we just LOVED the new car rental port in Nevada with ONE (yes ONE and only ONE) bus that picks you off and then drops you at your respective rental car company. Ahh so much easier! It does get a little interesting though when someone in their personal car somehow makes it into the check out line which requires the scanning of a bar code to exit though *-P We quickly settled into our timeshare, had dinner, went shopping for some food items. It was a rather quite evening and we were both pretty tired at an early hour.
Saturday we messed around for a while and decided to go to the Las Vegas hash which started at 5:30. We both had a great time and really enjoyed the differences of our two "kennels". The hash was laid in what appeared to be sort of a desert wasteland with a marshy area and we followed a set of train tracks for quite a ways. I didn't get to see a lot of the trail since I was lagging behind, but Dave had a really great time and even ran back with another hasher to explore the tunnel that they'd missed. The ceremonies were quite entertaining and were held within a flour circle in this desert wasteland. After we went for food and wound up staying at a hashing couple's house. I still have to send them a thank you card for that.
Sunday we recovered a bit and decided to go to the movies rather than golf as was originally planned. We saw "Hot Rod" which was sort of a stupid comedy about this young man that says he's a stunt man, but can't really jump anything. In the end of course he makes a jump that beats anything Evil ever did.
Monday and Tuesday we golfed.
Wednesday we took a trip up to Kolob Canyon which is part of Zion. We wanted to make the hike to see the "arch" which is one of the longest arches in the world but I just wasn't up for a 15 mile hike. We did make it out about 5 miles though to a mountain pond with a few cool points with rushing water between the rocks. I took a dip in the cool water while Dave watched to make sure the snake I'd just seen stayed put. We got pretty burnt and I was sore the next day. The knee actually didn't feel too bad though surprisingly.
Thursday we golfed then spent the evening with our neighboring time share holders from Rochester, NY. We had been talking to via balcony almost every day. They were very nice people and were actually there with a couple from Missouri they'd met when they were in Mesquite back in January.
Friday we leisurely packed up hit the hot tub one last time, golfed again then headed down to Vegas for our 10pm flight. Despite the time difference putting our arrival time at 5am our time in MI the flight was pleasant and we were both able to catch some Z's on the way.
Individually speaking, Dave ran a couple of times and I knitted almost every day. The sun comes up pretty early there so I could usually be found on the balcony by no later than 5:30 in the morning.
That's the "Cliff note" version anyway.
With the knee injury preventing me from doing all the fun things I normally would do it there isn't quite as much to tell.
We arrived Friday afternoon and all went great with our travels and the pillows worked great too! Despite the problems that Northwest had been having they were right on time with no major snafu's. And we just LOVED the new car rental port in Nevada with ONE (yes ONE and only ONE) bus that picks you off and then drops you at your respective rental car company. Ahh so much easier! It does get a little interesting though when someone in their personal car somehow makes it into the check out line which requires the scanning of a bar code to exit though *-P We quickly settled into our timeshare, had dinner, went shopping for some food items. It was a rather quite evening and we were both pretty tired at an early hour.
Saturday we messed around for a while and decided to go to the Las Vegas hash which started at 5:30. We both had a great time and really enjoyed the differences of our two "kennels". The hash was laid in what appeared to be sort of a desert wasteland with a marshy area and we followed a set of train tracks for quite a ways. I didn't get to see a lot of the trail since I was lagging behind, but Dave had a really great time and even ran back with another hasher to explore the tunnel that they'd missed. The ceremonies were quite entertaining and were held within a flour circle in this desert wasteland. After we went for food and wound up staying at a hashing couple's house. I still have to send them a thank you card for that.Sunday we recovered a bit and decided to go to the movies rather than golf as was originally planned. We saw "Hot Rod" which was sort of a stupid comedy about this young man that says he's a stunt man, but can't really jump anything. In the end of course he makes a jump that beats anything Evil ever did.
Monday and Tuesday we golfed.
Wednesday we took a trip up to Kolob Canyon which is part of Zion. We wanted to make the hike to see the "arch" which is one of the longest arches in the world but I just wasn't up for a 15 mile hike. We did make it out about 5 miles though to a mountain pond with a few cool points with rushing water between the rocks. I took a dip in the cool water while Dave watched to make sure the snake I'd just seen stayed put. We got pretty burnt and I was sore the next day. The knee actually didn't feel too bad though surprisingly.
Thursday we golfed then spent the evening with our neighboring time share holders from Rochester, NY. We had been talking to via balcony almost every day. They were very nice people and were actually there with a couple from Missouri they'd met when they were in Mesquite back in January.
Friday we leisurely packed up hit the hot tub one last time, golfed again then headed down to Vegas for our 10pm flight. Despite the time difference putting our arrival time at 5am our time in MI the flight was pleasant and we were both able to catch some Z's on the way.Individually speaking, Dave ran a couple of times and I knitted almost every day. The sun comes up pretty early there so I could usually be found on the balcony by no later than 5:30 in the morning.
That's the "Cliff note" version anyway.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Travel Pillow Design Update...
Yes that's right. Can you believe that everything I attempt isn't perfect on the first try? ;-) Well. Actually the design is the same but I did smooth out that jagged part where I cut the top long edge mostly because the line wasn't noticeable in the finished product anyway. I did however change the order in which it's assembled. I found that by sewing up the middle two seams that create the 2 separate pillows first while leaving an opening at the top of each was much much easier to handle than stuffing then trying to sew up the middle. I'd post a picture, but it really isn't exciting.
So here are the steps:
1. Cut 2 like pieces 11x12 or so.
2. Cut the edges so they're tapered a little and cut a dip into the top and bottom long edges (think dog bone shape)
3. With right sides together, sew around but leave about a 3-4" access hole at the top of each pillow.
5. Turn pillow right side out and poke out all the corners.
4. Sew 2 seams down the middle exactly 1" off center each way (so there's 2" total between the seams).
5. Stuff each pillow
6. Turn in and sew shut the 2 pillow openings.
It's that easy!
So here are the steps:
1. Cut 2 like pieces 11x12 or so.
2. Cut the edges so they're tapered a little and cut a dip into the top and bottom long edges (think dog bone shape)
3. With right sides together, sew around but leave about a 3-4" access hole at the top of each pillow.
5. Turn pillow right side out and poke out all the corners.
4. Sew 2 seams down the middle exactly 1" off center each way (so there's 2" total between the seams).
5. Stuff each pillow
6. Turn in and sew shut the 2 pillow openings.
It's that easy!
MRI Results
From the MRI report:
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FINDINGS: There is a small joint effusion. There is abnormal oblique signal through the posterior horn of the medial meniscus that extends to the inferior and superior articular surface consistent with meniscal tear. The anterior horns of the medial and lateral menisci are intact. There is no abnormal marrow signal. The cartilaginous surfaces subchondral bone are intact. The cruciate and collateral ligaments are within normal limits. The quadriceps and patellar tendons are unremarkable.
IMPRESSION: There is a tear within the posterior horn of the medial meniscus and a small joint effusion.
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I've posted these "findings" on KneeGuru.com. I'm anxiously awaiting a response.
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FINDINGS: There is a small joint effusion. There is abnormal oblique signal through the posterior horn of the medial meniscus that extends to the inferior and superior articular surface consistent with meniscal tear. The anterior horns of the medial and lateral menisci are intact. There is no abnormal marrow signal. The cartilaginous surfaces subchondral bone are intact. The cruciate and collateral ligaments are within normal limits. The quadriceps and patellar tendons are unremarkable.
IMPRESSION: There is a tear within the posterior horn of the medial meniscus and a small joint effusion.
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I've posted these "findings" on KneeGuru.com. I'm anxiously awaiting a response.
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