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EXCITEMENT

I am so excited... Ohio's first IKEA (and the only one for several hundred miles) opens in 12 days... and it's only 15 minutes north of me!!! I've driven to Chicago and Pittsburgh just to shop at IKEA, so you can imagine how exciting this is for me.

This is something that has been brewing for years. There have been rumors that we were getting an IKEA but nothing was ever confirmed until about 2 years ago. It's a huge deal for the area since IKEA draws customers from a radius of hundreds of miles.

images from ikea.com

Above are my first planned purchases. I really want a new storage/wardrobe thingy for my craft stuff. The wire shelves I have now really aren't working. Putting everything behind closed doors will work much better.

Also going to buy a new table since my old one is now my work/craft table. Thinking about putting it in my living room since my dining room is now the studio.

Wish me luck battling the crowds that I am sure will be there the first few weeks.

SNOWY SUNDAY

my kids gave me the flowers | click to enlarge

A snowy Sunday afternoon spent roaming 'bout the apartment, doing this and that. Some internet surfing, a bit of cleaning, knitting here and there, making homemade chicken noodle soup for this wonderful man.

SHHHH... I'M KNITTING AT WORK

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OH, YEAH... I HAVE A BLOG.

Nope, I didn't forget that I have a blog. I have just been very busy the past month...

- The high school group that I teach has been taking most of my time. We began competing two weeks ago and there was a lot work to do to prepare. Other than rehearsing up to 20 hours a week, we had to hand dye and bedazzle the costumes... yes, you read that correctly... BEDAZZLE. We ended up using almost 3,000 individual rhinestones which were all individually attached to the costumes by me, Jay and Megan.

We also painted nine patio/market umbrellas that are each 7.5 feet (about 2.5 meters) in diameter. Again, me, Jay and Megan did most of the work. I think they turned out to be worth the hassle...

The floor tarp we perform on is shaped like a giant umbrella | click to enlarge

- I have been working a bit on the Crocheted Cowl and the Reversible Cabled Scarf. This project doesn't really require a lot of thought, so it's nice to crochet while watching TV, or listening to music ("Little Britain" and "Heroes" reruns have are my fave DVDs lately.)

you can see the first armhole | click to enlarge

- Most recently I have been spending my little bit of free time getting to know a wonderful man by the name of Blake. I'll wait for a future post to tell you more about him...

taking a photo of me with his iphone | click to enlarge