My art class is done, now I just have to write another paper and study for my test, all due monday.
I do feel a tad better though. And I still have enough time to finish out my other class without being a total stress bag. However, that may happen anyway, who knows.
Off to eat tacos. Congrats Lyddy your done now!
XOXO
Riz
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Something New
Remember these?
Well I have decided that I would like to replicate them.
I know it doesn't look like much now but I am really proud of this so far. This is my first attempt at creating my own pattern. I figured out my gauge for this yarn and needle size then kinda just had an idea for how the heel part should be worked and went for it! And so far I have managed to get the measurements the exact same.
I can't seem to figure out how the originals were made. If you'll notice, mine have the stitches going the opposite way and I have the knit side exposed. The originals are seamless as well (my goal) but I can't figure out how the foot goes one direction and the rest towards the heel (the purl part) goes the opposite direction and includes a heel section in the back as well.
So mine won't look identical but I hope I can get them close enough! I am going to try to replicate the colorwork as well which will require me to make a chart.
Now I would not have chosen to try to figure this out on my own, I would have used a pattern I found that was close enough. However, I looked and looked and couldn't find one that I was happy with. I found lots with the same concept but none that really worked out the way I wanted.
So if I can get this pattern right, I thought it would be cool to make all the ladies in my life a pair with a design on the toe area that suits their interests. For instance flowers for the flower lovers or paws for the animal lovers. Might be fun. We'll see how it goes.
How sick are you of me using all the same yarn? Me too. I'm just trying to use up my stash and these are only for practice anyway. Gosh I really don't know why I bought so much of this color, it's hideous on everything I make.
I had to do these bad boys, I haven't been excited about anything in a while it seems and I needed something to get my mind off of school and all the other responsibilities. It worked, just minor headaches today. Woo hoo!
Riz
Well I have decided that I would like to replicate them.
I know it doesn't look like much now but I am really proud of this so far. This is my first attempt at creating my own pattern. I figured out my gauge for this yarn and needle size then kinda just had an idea for how the heel part should be worked and went for it! And so far I have managed to get the measurements the exact same.
I can't seem to figure out how the originals were made. If you'll notice, mine have the stitches going the opposite way and I have the knit side exposed. The originals are seamless as well (my goal) but I can't figure out how the foot goes one direction and the rest towards the heel (the purl part) goes the opposite direction and includes a heel section in the back as well.
So mine won't look identical but I hope I can get them close enough! I am going to try to replicate the colorwork as well which will require me to make a chart.
Now I would not have chosen to try to figure this out on my own, I would have used a pattern I found that was close enough. However, I looked and looked and couldn't find one that I was happy with. I found lots with the same concept but none that really worked out the way I wanted.
So if I can get this pattern right, I thought it would be cool to make all the ladies in my life a pair with a design on the toe area that suits their interests. For instance flowers for the flower lovers or paws for the animal lovers. Might be fun. We'll see how it goes.
How sick are you of me using all the same yarn? Me too. I'm just trying to use up my stash and these are only for practice anyway. Gosh I really don't know why I bought so much of this color, it's hideous on everything I make.
I had to do these bad boys, I haven't been excited about anything in a while it seems and I needed something to get my mind off of school and all the other responsibilities. It worked, just minor headaches today. Woo hoo!
Riz
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
What's Cookin' Good Lookin' Hiatus
Sorry guys, WCGLW is going to be on hiatus for a little while. I just haven't really been cooking lately between school stuff and working, so I don't have any good recipes to share. And then next wednesday we will be with our grandparents in Maine!! Can't wait, this is a much deserved and needed vacation for my sister and I!
So when I go see my Grammie, I am going to pick her brain for some good recipes to share with you guys. Lucky you, cause there is no better cook than my Grammie!
So here's to a hopefully short rest of the week!
M
So when I go see my Grammie, I am going to pick her brain for some good recipes to share with you guys. Lucky you, cause there is no better cook than my Grammie!
So here's to a hopefully short rest of the week!
M
From my beautiful friend...
My lovely friend just took an amazing trip to Africa where she volunteered. I just saw her for the first time yesterday since she got back and she gave me these wonderful gifts.
The first are a pair of slippers! She picked them up from a lady making them on the side of the road in Turkey. They are knitted! I absolutely love them. It is so neat to think that women all over the world enjoy this craft. It looks like she knit them in the round with some sock shaping in the end and she did some fair isle colorwork! They are beautiful.
The next are a pair of earrings made by a tribe member in Africa! They are feathers as you can see. They are also absolutely beautiful.
It's so neat to have handmade things from places you have never been.
Thank you love they are beautiful,
R
The first are a pair of slippers! She picked them up from a lady making them on the side of the road in Turkey. They are knitted! I absolutely love them. It is so neat to think that women all over the world enjoy this craft. It looks like she knit them in the round with some sock shaping in the end and she did some fair isle colorwork! They are beautiful.
The next are a pair of earrings made by a tribe member in Africa! They are feathers as you can see. They are also absolutely beautiful.
It's so neat to have handmade things from places you have never been.
Thank you love they are beautiful,
R
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
F Headaches and F School
Can I just say for a minute how difficult it is to do something with a headache? I have always kind of written off headaches. I kind of deemed them the "common cold" but after these past 2 weeks and what I experienced last semester I realize how debilitating they really are.
I have been tyring to get the rest of my school work done so I can just get my butt on that plane. But these headaches just have me at a stand still. Every time I try to write a paper or even look at my computer I get these headaches that are so bad they even hurt my teeth. Then I get this lower neck pain. It's horrible. Completely debilitating. You can't think, you can't focus and all you can think of is that I just want to close my eyes, shut off these lights, shut off the computer and rest.
But no, I have a draft of a paper that was really due Monday if we want to get technical. I have a paper and a test due in my other class by Monday. And I have another test on Monday. All of which are hard and time consuming. How am I going to get through this and still pass these classes decently?
Why did I go to college again? O ya because I really didn't have a choice if I want to do anything other than pump gas for the rest of my life. O ya but add in the fact that 40% of us graduating won't even have jobs? And that a masters is basically now mandatory. So not only are you telling me that all of this was for nothing and I'll still end up working at a tanning salon with a college education and that I will have to go to MORE school in order to amount to anything?
F my life.
Riz
I have been tyring to get the rest of my school work done so I can just get my butt on that plane. But these headaches just have me at a stand still. Every time I try to write a paper or even look at my computer I get these headaches that are so bad they even hurt my teeth. Then I get this lower neck pain. It's horrible. Completely debilitating. You can't think, you can't focus and all you can think of is that I just want to close my eyes, shut off these lights, shut off the computer and rest.
But no, I have a draft of a paper that was really due Monday if we want to get technical. I have a paper and a test due in my other class by Monday. And I have another test on Monday. All of which are hard and time consuming. How am I going to get through this and still pass these classes decently?
Why did I go to college again? O ya because I really didn't have a choice if I want to do anything other than pump gas for the rest of my life. O ya but add in the fact that 40% of us graduating won't even have jobs? And that a masters is basically now mandatory. So not only are you telling me that all of this was for nothing and I'll still end up working at a tanning salon with a college education and that I will have to go to MORE school in order to amount to anything?
F my life.
Riz
Grace
I'll start off by saying that this was a post request put in by my sister. I laid this little nugget on her today in hopes that it may help her out, so here it goes.
I have a small handful of very wise people in my life who I learn many great things from on a regular basis. One of them recently said something to me that really resonated with me and I can say affected my everyday life.
This is how it started. Sometimes we will be talking and he will say "it's ok because you really do matter and you are worth it." This is by far the kindest thing anyone has ever said to me, and it always takes me off guard. No joke we will be in the middle of a conversation and I'll be agonizing over something and he will just stop smile and say "it's ok because you matter and you are worth it." Brings tears to my eyes every time. It is such a genuine and heartfelt thing to say.
This same person also taught me about grace. I tend to be very hard on myself, as does my sister. I would admit that I strive for perfection in all aspects of my life. Perfection is not a healthy thing to strive for folks. Basically what it boils down to is unrealistic expectations and dissapointment. So one day this wise friend of mine said you need to give yourself grace. I didn't quite understand it at the time but after many conversations I have gotten a grasp on it. One of the main aspects of my life we were discussing was school. I say, well I have the ability to get straight A's but I don't. I slack off, I procrastinate and I never do as well as I know I could if I put my all into it. My dear friend says "thats ok." This was mind boggling to me. I was like no it's not ok! (which is ironically the same thing that came out of my sisters mouth today when I said this same exact line to her) He said you set unrealistic expectations for yourself so you will always live a life full of dissapointment and percieved failure. And he was so right. He said you need to give yourself grace and say ya know what it's ok.
So for me grace is about loving yourself and giving yourself a break. I hope that made sense. It was hard to explain out of context.
Sweet Dreams,
Riz
PS: The headaches persist. After researching I think they are tension headaches. But who knows.
PSS: Spell Check isn't working, sorry for any typos.
I have a small handful of very wise people in my life who I learn many great things from on a regular basis. One of them recently said something to me that really resonated with me and I can say affected my everyday life.
This is how it started. Sometimes we will be talking and he will say "it's ok because you really do matter and you are worth it." This is by far the kindest thing anyone has ever said to me, and it always takes me off guard. No joke we will be in the middle of a conversation and I'll be agonizing over something and he will just stop smile and say "it's ok because you matter and you are worth it." Brings tears to my eyes every time. It is such a genuine and heartfelt thing to say.
This same person also taught me about grace. I tend to be very hard on myself, as does my sister. I would admit that I strive for perfection in all aspects of my life. Perfection is not a healthy thing to strive for folks. Basically what it boils down to is unrealistic expectations and dissapointment. So one day this wise friend of mine said you need to give yourself grace. I didn't quite understand it at the time but after many conversations I have gotten a grasp on it. One of the main aspects of my life we were discussing was school. I say, well I have the ability to get straight A's but I don't. I slack off, I procrastinate and I never do as well as I know I could if I put my all into it. My dear friend says "thats ok." This was mind boggling to me. I was like no it's not ok! (which is ironically the same thing that came out of my sisters mouth today when I said this same exact line to her) He said you set unrealistic expectations for yourself so you will always live a life full of dissapointment and percieved failure. And he was so right. He said you need to give yourself grace and say ya know what it's ok.
So for me grace is about loving yourself and giving yourself a break. I hope that made sense. It was hard to explain out of context.
Sweet Dreams,
Riz
PS: The headaches persist. After researching I think they are tension headaches. But who knows.
PSS: Spell Check isn't working, sorry for any typos.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Randomness
I feel like I haven't posted in forever even though it really hasn't been that long. Maybe it's cause I just really haven't been on my computer lately like I normally am. Even the computer is giving me headaches. Ugh. It's been about a week now of straight headaches.
Anyway, I thought it was high time I post a little somethin somethin.
As sis said J is doing well after getting his wisdom teeth out. He has had a few issues with the pain meds but thats about it. All of us are bad with that stuff and half of us are allergic. But other than that the surgery went great. I would post some post-op pics but J would kill me. They are quite comical though.
I decided I would start a countdown to Maine. It doesn't even feel like we're really going. But that's always how it goes when you have a bunch of stuff to do in between that's soaking up all of your thoughts.
Speaking of that, what should I be doing right now? My paper. What am I not doing right now? My paper. F school thats all I gotta say.
J and I have been watching HP like its our job. I haven't gone back and watched the first ones in forevs. Love it.
Is anyone over this heat or what? Another reason why I am psyched to go to Maine. Beautiful weather during the summer and the ocean breeze. I'm excited to have to put on a sweatshirt at night and sleep with the windows open. I did a huge sigh just thinking about it no joke.
J and I have also been addicted to Rob Dyrdeks fantasy factory. That dude is seriously hilarious. Omg I cry laughing every time I see an episode. We have always watched since it was Rob and Big but it just keeps getting better. He is off the wall. All of us think he's hilarious, including Kitty.
Lyd and I ended up having a discussion about our humor. Like how different people find different things funny. We have bad toilet humor. Like I mean bad, someone farts and we are all rolling in laughter. So of course this is just one of the many reasons why we think Rob Dyrdek is hilarious because he's got some serious toilet humor. And while our family thinks toilet humor is hilarious, M's bf does not. He just doesn't get it. But he thinks stuff like Curb Your Enthusiasm is hilarious. Ya not so much.
As Lyd mentioned in an earlier post, we hit up the pool again today. Love it. Kitty tried to teach us to float and then proceeded to challenge us to a walking on your hands in the pool contest. Rizzy won the hand walking contest. Then Lyddy tried to copy my perfect handstands. She failed, miserably.
Hmm... anything else random I can think of? Nope. Lucky you.
Night,
Riz
Anyway, I thought it was high time I post a little somethin somethin.
As sis said J is doing well after getting his wisdom teeth out. He has had a few issues with the pain meds but thats about it. All of us are bad with that stuff and half of us are allergic. But other than that the surgery went great. I would post some post-op pics but J would kill me. They are quite comical though.
I decided I would start a countdown to Maine. It doesn't even feel like we're really going. But that's always how it goes when you have a bunch of stuff to do in between that's soaking up all of your thoughts.
Speaking of that, what should I be doing right now? My paper. What am I not doing right now? My paper. F school thats all I gotta say.
J and I have been watching HP like its our job. I haven't gone back and watched the first ones in forevs. Love it.
Is anyone over this heat or what? Another reason why I am psyched to go to Maine. Beautiful weather during the summer and the ocean breeze. I'm excited to have to put on a sweatshirt at night and sleep with the windows open. I did a huge sigh just thinking about it no joke.
J and I have also been addicted to Rob Dyrdeks fantasy factory. That dude is seriously hilarious. Omg I cry laughing every time I see an episode. We have always watched since it was Rob and Big but it just keeps getting better. He is off the wall. All of us think he's hilarious, including Kitty.
Lyd and I ended up having a discussion about our humor. Like how different people find different things funny. We have bad toilet humor. Like I mean bad, someone farts and we are all rolling in laughter. So of course this is just one of the many reasons why we think Rob Dyrdek is hilarious because he's got some serious toilet humor. And while our family thinks toilet humor is hilarious, M's bf does not. He just doesn't get it. But he thinks stuff like Curb Your Enthusiasm is hilarious. Ya not so much.
As Lyd mentioned in an earlier post, we hit up the pool again today. Love it. Kitty tried to teach us to float and then proceeded to challenge us to a walking on your hands in the pool contest. Rizzy won the hand walking contest. Then Lyddy tried to copy my perfect handstands. She failed, miserably.
Hmm... anything else random I can think of? Nope. Lucky you.
Night,
Riz
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