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I’m in the mood to post lyrics

Nickelback’s If Everyone Cared

From underneath the trees, we watch the sky
Confusing stars for satellites
I never dreamed that you’d be mine
But here we are, we’re here tonight

Singing Amen, I, I’m alive
Singing Amen, I, I’m alive

[Chorus:]
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we’d see the day when nobody died

And I’m singing

Amen I, Amen I, I’m alive
Amen I, Amen I, Amen I, I’m alive

And in the air the fireflies
Our only light in paradise
We’ll show the world they were wrong
And teach them all to sing along

Singing Amen, I, I’m alive
Singing Amen, I, I’m alive
(I’m alive)

[Chorus x2]

And as we lie beneath the stars
We realize how small we are
If they could love like you and me
Imagine what the world could be

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we’d see the day when nobody died
When nobody died…

[Chorus]

We’d see the day, we’d see the day
When nobody died
We’d see the day, we’d see the day
When nobody died
We’d see the day when nobody died

Crochet–7 days and counting

So last Thursday, I started jury duty.  Knitting needles were not allowed, so I brought a book, a Sudoku book, a computer.  Nothing really satisfying. 

I was put into jury selection for one trial–a murder trial, so selecting the jury took a really long time.  I had to go back on Friday, and they neither excused me, nor finished picking the jury, so I had to go back on Monday.  My diversionary tactics weren’t working–I’d become accustomed to knitting while waiting, and I missed that sense of accomplishment.  So, Saturday, I got out my Plymouth Encore and two “learn to crochet” books that had failed to sink in on previous occasions, and with a project in mind, I set about to learn to crochet.

Crochet wip

I spent about four hours on Saturday and five or six hours on Sunday working on a single crochet log cabin blanket. I’d seen the knitting pattern in Mason-Dixon Knitting and figured it couldn’t be that hard to adapt it to crochet, and I was right. Sadly, it’s slow going, perhaps because of the single crochet stitch (I prefer to learn one stitch at a time, same way I learned how to knit), and most certainly not helped by my naturally tight stitching. My hands keep cramping up from being forced into these new positions. I also think part of it is the crochet hook I’m using. It’s exactly the size that’s recommended for the Encore, but I forgot that when I’m knitting, I prefer to go about two sizes up because I knit so tight, and what do you know, turns out I crochet tight too.

But it’s turning out pretty well–it’s already bigger than this picture I took on Monday. It was the perfect project for waiting in courthouse hallways, so of course I was excused from the jury at 11:30am Monday. That’s quite alright, though, ’cause now I’ve finally made a dent in the “learn to crochet” resolution I made about two New Years ago.

New Blog! Wow!

Welcome, everyone!  This is my newest, latest blog.  It was created so I could kick the tires of Word Press, as my company is considering using it for a new project and I wanted to see what its bells and whistles (and limitations) are.  I’ve always wanted to start a strictly knitting blog, so now I have one.  Yay!

I will try to limit the posts after this one to strictly knitting–well, and crocheting…and yarn shopping…and related books.  And possibly a story  or two about my cats.  🙂

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Most exciting Friday night EVAH!

I spent four hours last night scanning photos. Figured if I was going to sit around all night watching dvds and not knitting, I might as well get started on the oft-procrastinated project of scanning. Finally hooked up the scanner the sis and bil brought me last fall, downloaded the driver, and picked a photo album, and voila! I was on my way.

Four hours later, I had 136 photos scanned. 136. Gah. This is gonna take me forever. And the scanned quality isn’t quite perfect–levels are too dark, edges are a tad blurred, which meant another hour this morning trying to clean them up. Still not perfect, but better than they were. It’s not like they’re “art” quality anyway, they’re just snapshots of the past.

Weird how full the past gets. So many people and places and things that are no more, but are preserved forever in photos.

I’m so glad I’ve always been a shutterbug; my long-term memory just isn’t reliable enough.

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Also!

If you’re looking for a quirky new shirt for your wardrobe, consider the clever designs of my friend serenada! I’m leaning toward the “caution: contents under pressure” myself. 😀