The Drummond News

What Sarah needs

There's a meme going around where you type in your name plus the word needs into Google and see what comes back. The only problem is you then have to skip through all the blogs listing their Sarah needs findings in order to see what else Google comes up with. The only one I found that I thought was interesting was this one:

Sarah needs to feel peaceful, and also needs to feel equal to (or better than) everyone else.

'night

Repeats of repeats

What? I flip on Law & Order cause I've done enough CASB for the night and I haven't watched this show in a while, and it's the flu vaccine episode from last year! I know flu vaccines are in the news these days, but repeats over a year old?

And I skipped Martha to do homework. But I see over at Television Without Pity that Jim is still around. Martha, save us, please. Guess I'll have to wait for the recap (here) to find out what happened.

Bedtime

That little bolero is still sitting in my dining room, waiting to be unpinned. I just didn't have time to get back to it on Sunday. Okay, that's not really true, I did have time on Sunday, but I didn't do it. I had a mix of busy - cleaning bathrooms, clearing clutter out of my bedroom - and relaxing - some light mending, cross-stitch, and knitting (while watching the Riders blow it in the third quarter AGAIN) - on Sunday.

All in all it was a very good day. I felt relaxed at the end of it, but at the same time like I had accomplished a great deal. I can see the ledge under my window again - the clothes, books, and papers are gone. Well, some of the papers are still there, but they're in two piles - Shred and File - and both have to go into the office with me, which I won't be visiting until Monday. I even cleared out my knitting basket, put my knitting needles away and got rid of those odd balls leftover from earlier projects, which never seemed to get put away. They're still not put away - but they've been moved into the den, closer to the linen closet in which they'll eventually be stored. And they're out of my room, and that can only be a good thing.

I feel ever so calm and peaceful now in my tidy bedroom. It has me thinking warm thoughts about Flylady and her ultra-cheery daily emails. May be time to sign up again and get the rest of the house under control. Things are getting out of hand. (Oh, look, I was even on the right zone for this week - The Master Bedroom.)

Knitting project roundup

I have indeed been knitting all this time. This is a little bolero I'm working on for Amy. The sleeves are also done. While I'm waiting for these pieces to dry, I'll be thinking about an edging for the neck and lower edges. I was thinking of maybe a lacy rib, about 3 cm deep, but I may try a ruffle sort of like this. (Pardon the skanky model.) I think it will suit the yarn - and its utter lack of body - better than something that's expected to stand up on its own.

I'm also currently working on the Veste Everest from the fall issue of Interweave Knits. I'm using a dark charcoal coloured wool - can't remember the name of the yarn at the moment - and I think it will look quite nice when it is finished. It will probably be hell to photograph, but I'll try to get a progress shot sometime this weekend.

The alpaca from Peru is on hold at the moment while I try to decide what to do with it. Possibly the flower basket shawl. Not sure whether I'm a shawl person, but for this pattern I could make an exception.

Now time to see if that bolero is dry yet, and pick out something exciting to watch with my knitting. Can you believe TSN is airing a football game from 1990 rather than tonight's BC Lions game? Argh! Blackouts!

Oh, and I've had to close all comments on my past entries - I'm so tired of deleting links to p@rn.

CBC is back

Hooray! The CBC is back. How nice this morning to wake up with Rick Cluff and Kevin Sylvester.

My favourite returning voice was - who else? - The Voice, opening the Current in his usual sarcastic style.

It's pouring outside

...and I'm happy, warm and dry inside - knitting and watching football - with nowhere I need to go.

Life is good.

Yay me

I did it! In 39:58, a personal best time. Okay, any time would have been a personal best, but I haven't run 5K in under 40 minutes even during practice runs. And I ran for 20 minutes straight (excluding a short walk through the water station at 2K), keeping up with a few other members of my team. After that I went back to my 10-and-1s, running solo.

Now my legs are tired. My knee hurts, but just a bit. It stiffened up a lot after the race, but today is nearly back to normal. The source of the problem is apparently my IT-band, a typical problem area for runners. I think 5K is still too long for me to go on a regular basis - I'll stick to running for 20 to 30 minutes, and try to increase my distance in that time.

But the very best news? As a team we raised over $4,000 for breast cancer research, with over $450 coming from my sponsors. Thanks to my most recent donors: Claude, Joanne, and Bernie.

Anyone who wanted to donate and missed the race, online donations are being accepted until the end of the month.