ENTERING A NEW DECADE

I made it through my 30th, barely. Friday was pretty bad, I won't deny. But Saturday was spent preparing for the party so I didn't have much time to think about it. There was a lot to do, most of which I put off until the last minute. Dan, however, was excited that he had an excuse to bake. He made a wonderful cheese cake, a delicious layered cake (which he covered in toothpicks and marshmallows so the plasticwrap wouldn't stick) and some "cheese straws." We had plenty of pop, wine and beer. The jolly ol' flat looked pretty keen after I put all my knitting stuff away and busted out the vacuum. About 25 people showed up starting at 8pm and the last people left at 3am. I asked for no gifts, but did receive a cool felted pin cushion and some fab, hilarious records.

Anyway, thanks to all of you who wished me a happy birthday. I really appreciate it. And to Rebecca, who shares my date of birth, I hope you had a great Friday. And, I hope 8 is your lucky number because it's mine ;-).

"Wait," you are saying, "What is in that photo above?! Didn't Drew say he wasn't going to knit another stitch until he finished Le Pull?" I know, I know. But, I had to put it all away because of the party, and I need something to control my stress. So, I have started a new scarf using some left over skeins of Phil'laine and Oxygene that I used for Le Pull. It's a narrow 2x2 ribbed scarf that should gets lots of Drew Wear-time.

I am also starting on new knitting bag that I am crocheting. When I went to the hobby shop to buy the canvases to paint pink and orange, I bought a few skeins of Lion Brand Wool Ease chunky for, like, 2 bucks. It's crocheting quickly. I plan on simply crocheting a long piece of fabric, folding it in half, crocheting a thin gusset/strap and seaming them together. Party on, Wayne...

Comments

[Rachel]

Congrats! I turned 30 a year and half ago, was it? Geez, they start to run together after a while. I must say, I agree with Becky that the 30s ROCK! I wouldn't go back to the stupidity of 20-something for anything. Already you should feel infinitely smarter and wiser. Well, do you?

My friend calls that stress-induced kind of knitting "procrasti-knitting." I do some of my best work when I should be doing ten thousand other things!

[Adele]

Hi there,

Great blog.

Happy Belated Birthday.

Adele

[Becky]

I'm so glad you had a good birthday! The flat looked FAB for the party. And don't fret about turning 30: Once you pass that milestone it's like, "Oh yeah! Old enough to be considered mature but young enough to not be considered an old phart". I like. P.S. Once I passed the 30 mark, I stopped counting my years. Earlier this month I had to ask my husband how old I'll be this year. Hee!

[kris]

happy belated birthday! i swear to god, all knit bloggers are born in october. there are birthday celebrations all over blogland! (mine was last week, too.)

anyways, i just wanted to say that i really like your blog!

[Jenny]

We knew the I-won't-knit-another-stitch-bit was an untruth. ;-) Happy belated birthday!

[jenn]

I want some of that layered cake. Happy belated birthday...