October 11, 2004
TO loot!
Here is the loot I brought home from our trip to Toronto. The Knit Wit book (it was after all the reason for our little escapade to the anglo's provice), some oh so good coffee from Ideal Coffee a few steps from Lettuce Knits. You should have seen the shock we got when we were served in french. LOL! The Wonder Knitter is a fun i-cord maker and seems that you can make jewellery with it, something I want to try. As for the yarn (I bought some at each yarn shop I visited) there's butter soft red Naturwolle, Classic Elite Lush, Lamb's Pride worsted (I love this stuff and can't find it locally), Manos del Uruguay in autumn and 2 Sublime Stitching embroidery patterns. Still everyday I think of a bag I almost got from the Naked Sheep. Hopefully they will still have some when I go back... :)
Now for a quick version of our weekend, worked saturday 8 hours instead of the 4 hours they expected the inventory to take. Still waiting for my schedule for the rest of the month but seems like we will be working tons. Last friday after the kids skating lessons, we asked if there were less kids on the saturday morning lessons. The next day we went and tried to see if the kids would prefer that day to skate, it went perfectly, less kids = more coach/child attention. We went out for breakfast after the lesson and ended up going to a figure skating judge's place for a few hours. Now how's that for interesting! LOL! He has always liked how Zoe stands on the ice and let's just say she sure seems to be in the good sport. Lucas is doing so well at the lessons, it's a pleasure to see him improve so well.
Last night we watched Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 movie, this is the second documentary I see from Moore, the first being Bowling for Columbine. There always has been controversy around Moore, those who believe him and those who don't. It was interesting to watch though and I'm sure many things we learned in the film were true, some I already knew and others just comfirmed my opinions. I hope to see Supersize Me from filmmaker Morgan Spurlock.
We were watching the movie while enjoying a Keith's (we actually toured this place when we were in Halifax) and I was knitting a gauge swatched with two strands of wool. At the beginning of the movie I decided to rip my swatch and made a big ol'd knot which took me most of the movie to untangle. LOL! Today's lesson, don't rip out multiple strands of wool, they tend to 'stick' together quite fast. This morning as I type this entry, I check the pattern I am working on and notice that is does not say to decrease 3 times but only 2 times each rows. Oh dear, lesson #2, Jo can't knit and drink a beer. LOL!
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On a sad note, Superman is no more.... Christopher Reeve died yesterday from heart failure.
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Have a good week! Tomorrow we work at 7am and 7pm, looooong day ahead.
hugs,
Posted by Jo at October 11, 2004 11:00 AM