Day 12: Me With 12 Things

Hello! Man, today was a busy day. Hence why I'm just now posting at 11:22pm. Today was initially supposed to be a picture of a sunset and tomorrow, the 13th, was supposed to be me with 13 things. But since I worked today from 2-10pm, there was no chance of a sunset picture. Therefore today, the 12th, is me with 12 things...and tomorrow will be the sunset! Problem solved. I actually have a thing for even numbers, so it worked out doing 12 things on the 12th instead of 13 on the 13th :).

Anyways, I love scarves a lot...I have a total of 15 scarves. It's a combination of made, bought, and gifts. Gotta love 'em. I'm thinking I should wear all of them at the same time more often...fashionable, no? Definitely warm.

Highlights of the day: visiting my friend Hannah at the darling store that she works at, working the sample table at work and working with a bunch of awesome people, and pushing my friend Audrey on a flattop cart down the aisles after close. Pretty sure I haven't laughed that hard in a looooong time. So good. Tomorrow, Estes! Can't wait! Goodnight :)

Day 11: Something Blue

Another fun fact of mine is that blue is my favorite color. Today my 'something blue' is my new yarn that I just bought! I finished off the other yarn already. Someday I'll put a picture of the scarf/cowl/neckwarmer I finished yesterday. Someday. Anyways, Started off the day with breakfast at Chick-Fil-A. Probably one of my favorite places to go. Got to catch up with a friend, which is always good. Then I got to drag him to Michael's to look at yarn, (*insert joke about me being 80 here*). Needless to say, I think I convinced him to start knitting :).

Now it's off to coffee with some lovely friends from church. Then, just chillin'. Maybe a post to come later. Adios friends! :)

Day 10: A Childhood Memory

This was fun. This morning I hunted through stuff in my room and found my Polly Pockets! It made me smile. This zoo one was one of my favorites, mainly because the bear was cute and fuzzy. And I found my Polly Pocket doppelgänger...sort of. :) Polly Pockets have now morphed into larger little dolls that you can dress. Personally I think these are cooler. While looking through my bucket of Polly Pockets, I realized that I did used to have an imagination; I even remembered some of the stories I would make up for each one. And that I must have had mad skills to try and fit every little piece in those little containers. That alone probably took up at least a half hour. Ah, the memories.

 As far as knitting, I made a hat! I was so surprised at how easy it was. I decided to do a hat first, because the cowl will take longer and need a larger loom. I even finger-crocheted a little flower on the side. Bam. :)

Tonight I went to happy hour at Old C's with the hh crew (minus one), and it was so nice to unwind from a long day at work. And I'm off tomorrow! Ah :) Hope you all are well.

Day 9: Someone You Love

This, for those of you who don't know, is my nephew Connor. I love him to pieces...with those green eyes, chipmunk cheeks and awesome hair, how could you not? He is just over 9 months and I can't believe it! I'm lucky enough to see him a couple days a week because my mom babysits him. Always ready with a smile, he makes my day.

I have 4 other nieces and one other nephew ranging from 7 years old to 2 months old, and they are amazing. It's been crazy watching them grow up. I just know I'm going to be one of those crazy aunts who's like, "what grade are you in now? 8th?"..."Aunt Katie I'm 17". I'm going to have to work double-time to keep track.  

Definitely keeps me from having kids for awhile :)

Such beautiful doubt.

You can upload videos from Youtube onto here! Who knew? I found this song from a commercial...I had never heard of Amos the Transparent, but after listening to some of their other stuff I'm liking them alot.

Random purchase of the day: a plastic knitting loom set. I'm excited. The kit I bought looks like this, except with cooler colors. Don't worry, I was intimidated when I first saw it too. And I'm still curious as to how it works.

Why did I buy this kit, you ask? Well, they say it's only a hop, skip and a jump to 80 from 22, and I want to get a headstart. Also, I want to make one of these:

It's called a cowl, and is like a scarf that never ends...it's just a big loop you put around your neck. I've knitted normal scarves before, but this should be interesting! I'll keep you posted.

And now, friends, I am calling it a night :) Thanks for reading!

Day 8: A Bad Habit

Today is an off day. Let's hope it gets better.

A bad habit of mine is Facebook. Sometimes I'll just open my computer, start typing with the intention to look up something or check my e-mail, and I'll look at the screen and I'll be on facebook. Insert Twilight zone music. So while I'm on the page, why not check it? I know it's only been five minutes, but I've got to have at least one notification by now! And then I'm drawn into looking at pictures and profiles and whatnot for an unnamed amount of time.

The fact that I have 500+ friends and will probably only ever talk to about 50, including family...blows my mind. It annoys me, and yet I can't bring myself to delete some people because I never know when I might want to look at their profile. Or it's those connections like "I went to high school/middle school/elementary school/swim class with them", and me being the nostalgic that I am, I somehow justify not deleting them. Maybe after this I'll go on a deleting spree.

Anyways, that's my bad habit. Sometimes I just deactivate my account for a couple weeks at a time to take a break. Kudos to facebook for holding me accountable to a lot more people than I've ever wanted to be held accountable by. :)

(annoyances aside, I know we all have our things we love about it too...)

Day 7: Fruit

Mmmm...raspberries. For the longest time I would forget the "p" when spelling it. I'm probably not alone on that one.

Today was a great day of hang-out time and cookie-making. My friend Kirsten came over to hang out and got me interested in a new website called Pinterest.com, which is totally awesome and time-consuming. Check it out. I didn't have time between hanging out and work to post this earlier, so here it is! I'm also including a picture of the delicious cookies we made.

What's in it, you ask? Pretzels, chocolate chips, and mini reeses pieces. And yes, it was very good. And easy! Just a basic cookie dough recipe plus the mix-ins. Note: this is not a fruit.

Now it's time for bed. Goodnight! :)