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Ten on Tuesday

1. Let’s start with some talk about our weekend, because it was very nice. We flew down to DC Thursday night and were staying with our friends Pat and Becky. Friday was awesome because we had no plans for the day, so we just bummed around the house with Becky for most of the day. Friday night we got to have dinner and drinks with Whitney, who is stuck in the US while she waits for her visa to be processed so she can go back home (London) to her new husband. Stinky for them, but bonus for us!

2. Saturday I got up and wandered around Eastern Market for a few hours, chai in hand. I got back to Pat and Becky’s just in time for pancakes, which was awesome. Saturday night was Jenn and Jason’s wedding (the reason we were in DC), which was very fun. And a reminder of just how long and painful Catholic wedding ceremonies can be. Especially when the priest takes a 5 second pause before every sentence. And sometimes in the middle of them.

3. Sunday we headed out to my sister Jen and BIL Jon’s house to meet up with the fam and celebrate Mom’s birthday (which was on Saturday), and were surprised to walk into the house and find my brother David was there as well. Apparently Jen had done some scheming and got David down there to surprise Mom, which in turn surprised the rest of us. It was good fun, and any time Jen and Jon cook it’s yummy! I think this was the first time since Christmas of 2006 (or was it 2007?) when we had all of us together. Of course there are photos, and of course I haven’t gotten to editing them yet so I haven’t posted them yet. Hold your horses, Emily.

4. Also on Sunday, I got to chat with my sister Jen about some of the little stuffed animals she crochets. She is definitely a much more advanced crocheter than I, but the very cute penguin she had lying around inspired me to give some amigurimi a shot, and I decided on the pattern for these ninja minions because…well, it was free and it seemed like the least complicated of any I’ve seen! The finished product is what you’re looking at above, although I didn’t do eyes because I don’t have any black thread or yarn to give me little slanty eyes with, so I’ll try to acquire some this weekend. I’m pretty happy with it, especially as I learned both how to change colors and how to do a decreasing stitch.

5. I think next on my list of things to crochet will be a new scarf for myself. I found a chunky yarn that I love, so just need to find a pattern I like and start crocheting…and hopefully that will happen before I actually need the scarf!

6. I’m starting to get over my “I got cheated out of summer” feeling and enjoy the cool weather we’ve been having…although it’s been so cold in the mornings that I’m snuggling under a blanket when I’m checking email and weather before I leave for work! It might be time to start closing some windows around here.

7. Champ is currently sitting on the arm of our chair, staring straight up at the paper lantern that hangs next to it, completely still. She is one weird little cat.

8. You know what else was awesome about DC over the weekend? Sleeping in a bedroom directly next to a bathroom (no crossing the apartment, going downstairs, and crossing the apartment again to get to the bathroom in the middle of the night), and not having a 6am furry wake up call.

9. Even awesomer than that? Coming home to cats so well fed that they didn’t even provide a 6am furry wake up call!

10. I know Biggest Loser started tonight, and I know that some of you are waiting for me to talk about it. Here’s what I have to say: I’m not wasting my time this year. They lost me with the 3 hours season finale in the spring – too much time wasted on montages and repeating footage. Surprisingly, I’m not sad about it at all…I think Biggest Loser has run it’s course.

All together now

Pete and I had a wedding in DC on Mom’s birthday, so we got to celebrate with her the next day. Turns out that Jen and Dave did some scheming and he flew down for it as well. It was the first time we’ve all been together in a LONG time, so we bribed one of Jen and Jon’s neighbors to take some pictures for us.

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10 on Tuesday

1. Oops…it’s Tuesday. Not Monday. I definitely sent out three emails this morning saying it was Monday before someone pointed out to me that it’s Tuesday.

2. Tuesday means Dewey Square Farmers Market, though, and that’s exciting! We’re leaving for DC Thursday night so we don’t need a lot, but I couldn’t resist the call at lunch and ended up with 3 apples, 1 musk melon, a head of lettuce, potatoes, and green beans. The fruit will get eaten by me at work, the lettuce will used to salads and wraps this week, and the potatoes and green beans get eaten for dinner tomorrow night. I REALLY REALLY wanted to buy a butternut squash, but that will have to wait until next week.

3. I have known about the genius feature on iTunes for a while now, but haven’t really put it into practice…until last week when I made myself a few playlists using it. It’s a bit hit or miss, which is likely more a result of what exactly is or isn’t in my music collection than anything else. It kind of makes me want to upgrade my iPod to one that has the genius feature on it so I can make myself genius playlists on the fly. I’m curious to know how exactly the Genius matches songs – I may need to do some googling on that later.

4. Pete and I are off to DC this weekend for a wedding, catching up with Whit while she’s visiting from London, and celebrating Mom’s birthday with the fam. I’m excited to get to catch up with everyone, but I’m pretty sure that we’ll be exhausted from it by the time we get home on Sunday night!

5. I saw Stephanie tonight, and because my calendar has been a bit full all summer and I kept double booking myself without realizing it and having to cancel my massage appointments, this was the first time since June that I’ve seen her. Poor girl had her work cut out for her. She finished and said “so you could use about another two hours of work”. :( When I win the lottery, I’m going to move her (and her puppy!) to live next door to me and she’s going to be my personal masseuse. She already knows about this plan and she’s totally on board with it. One more reason why I love her.

6. So Lost…can we talk about this? Pete and I watched the first four seasons in three weeks, exactly. And so today I went and dug up a release date for season five on DVD, because the previous seasons all seemed to be released in the first week of October…and the date I saw was actually the first week of December. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WAIT THAT LONG?

7. Please, before you view the following two pictures, have a phone nearby. You may need to call 911 when you DIE OF CUTENESS. One and Two.

8. You still there? Did you survive the cuteness? Let’s talk about the difference between me and Pete. When Pete goes out and I’m home alone, I watch things along the lines of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist. When I have something to do after work and come home late, Pete watches things along the lines of American Experience: We Shall Remain.

9. I’ve had a really strange, really frequent urge to sew lately. I am not a sewer. I’m fairly certain that the last thing I sewed was a fuzzy stuffed animal/ball in 7th grade sewing class. But I have, very often over the last few weeks, thought to myself “I should get my hands on a sewing machine and…” Frankly, it freaks me out because I have no idea where the urge to sew is coming from.

10. This one makes sense to me, as it’s starting to feel more and more like fall around here: I’m itching to start crocheting again. I stopped and bought some new yarn on the way home from work today. Now I just need to figure out what to make with it and find a pattern!

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by Sarah G on September 8, 2009 • Permalink

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Orly

I meant to take a lot more pictures while we were at Alannah and Erik’s, given that there’s lots of adorable photo subjects (Orly, Torin, Keagan) but I managed to only take a dozen or so photos. I think I was too busy eating yummy food and chatting.

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by Sarah G on September 6, 2009 • Permalink

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Red Fez

SB and I went down to Providence to do some window shopping and check out Waterfire. Had dinner at the Red Fez, which was perfect for being as hungry as we were and inexpensive…and leaving enough room for some fried dough later! I think that I need to take the train down and wander Providence more often.

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