I'ma sorry

Hey y'all. Sorry for the lame content as of late. I've been uber busy and haven't had much crafting time! There has been lots of work on the motorcycles. Not like grease monkey work (only a little) but like learning to ride in the alley, and finding helmets and jackets. I'm excited because I found a great textile jacket for cheap (compared to the 350+ leathers) and a helmet too. Its just overall a very exciting thing for me.
Also, tons of work on my bicycle. I'm about 75% done building it up. I'm taking all these things slowly, day at a time.
Also, there has been more painting. Also, I got 2 really great pairs of shoes for the spring/summer which is something I NEVER do. Here is one pair, and here is the other. Wooo! Lastly, finally a finished project to show you!
Daisy sweater:

It looks much more fabulous than I thought it would. Thank god I ran out of yarn for the sleeves and had to use another color. I think that was its saving grace.


Back side! Its so cute and teeny.


Little cute buttons I found at Joanns. Thanks for the gift certificate mom! Its the gift that keeps giving, literally.
This was a fun project and I'm glad I decided on it. I used some of the yarn I dyed with koolaid from knitpicks, and some mystery yarn doubled up from a shop in dekalb.
I think for my next sweater, I'm going to try out the VK Tennis Sweater. Hope I can go through with this one...
Finally I leave you with dining room color:

It looks pretty cool next to the green color.

buh?

are they for serious????

the system

Wow, for once the system actually works. I got a jury duty notice for friday, but had a dentist appointment scheduled for that day (wow) about 2 months ago. I sent in a doctor's note and they actually excused me. Can you believe that!? I mean, this IS Chicago...

photos!

Ok, firstly we will get down to business:

My bike! Its orange!

And here is mikes:



Then, we painted our living room. We are eventually painting the whole apartment, but SLOWLY. Here is a pretty good match of the color:


Then, last weekend, I got to hang out with my family. My moms cousin came in too, and I got to meet her! she was very nice!


Lastly, Ill make with the knitting progress. Sorry you guys, this one Ive been working really slowly on. And by that I mean I havent picked it up in a while. Although I am proud. Cuz I ran out of yarn for the body (have just enough for the collar) and was stuck on what to do for sleeves. I mean, serioulsly, how do you match that stuff. So I found some sock yarn I had that actually matched and just doubled it up to get gauge! Woohoo! The 2 skeins sitting in front of the finished body are the sleeve color. This was as accurate as I could get for color:

stuffs~

ok- firstly, i have a partial baby sweater which i will show pics of later-
then I BOUGHT A MOTORCYCLE. pics to come! also, i painted. pics i swear.
then! Lauren tagged me:


4 Things About Chicago

Four Jobs I've Had In My Life in Chicago:
Tae Kwon Do Teacher
Video Store Manager
Secretary at a large real estate office
Designer

Four Movies About Chicago I Could Watch Over And Over:

All of the Geoffrey Baer Tours of Chicago (that counts as 4)

Four Places I've Lived All Over Chicago:

Pulaski and Chicago
Oak Park Avenue and Grand
Sayre and North Avenue
Irving and Western

Four Chicago-Themed Shows I Love(d) To Watch:

Check, Please!
Geoffrey Baer tours
Good Times
i donno what else


Four Places I Would Vacation At In Chicago:

Nowhere immediately in chicago. I suppose the surrounding areas which are:
Fort Custer in Kalamazoo
Devils Lake Wisconsin
Indiana Dunes
Starved Rock Area


Four Chicago-Based Websites I Visit Daily:

Chicago Metblog
Gaper's Block
Chicagoist
mmmChicago.com

Four Of My Favorite Foods Found In Chicago:

Hummus and Falafel Wrap from Taste of Lebanon
Chicago's Pizza, pizza
Leonas everything
J. Alexanders mimosas

Four Places In Chicago I Would Rather Be Right Now:

palos hills, biking
at the lakefront while its warm
on the roof of my work
at my friends house

Four Chicago Bloggers Tagged:

karin
lynette
knitchick
knitting fiend

Colorady

sooooo we went to Colorado over the weekend, and it was totally rad. We left thursday and came back sunday. I didnt get much knitting done, since we were sight-seeing. Here are 28 pictures for your enjoyment. Instead of posting them all here, Im just gonna have you click the links so you can see big!

Mike hiking on a south slope of Cheyenne mountain.

Stack of rocks off a trail of Cheyenne.

The view across the way from our snowy slope. The north facing slopes are dry and arid.

Me hanging on a rad tree. Lookit those roots!

Pike's Peak in background, with Garden of the Gods (red) in foreground.

Just Pike's Peak.

A look-out right off of route 24, just a lot of mountains. I think we were up at about 10,000 feet at this point. Those mountains up there go to about 14,000.

Really old gas pump, hanging up on tree.

Semi-old gas pump.

Red rocks off of route 77.

On route 77.

Valley off route 77.

Valley and creek off route 77.

Horsies off of route 77.

Collin, Danielle and me near Boulder.

Me and Mike near Boulder.

The four of us, near Boulder.

Mountain lion prints in a frozen fall near Cheyenne mountain.

Me at south Cheyenne, there's snow but no coat necessary.

Mike near Cheyenne.

Mike near Cheyenne.

Me near Cheyenne.

Frozen fall and rock face.

Mike over stream.

Ice pattern frozen in stream.

Me and mike over the fall, Co springs in background.

Colorado Springs off of Cheyenne.

A neat hole with gold dirt and 2 leaves nestled.