tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80446246780141583562024-03-14T02:05:35.545-04:00Wires & Yarnswhat make my days shine...Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.comBlogger265125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-47251813895395631582021-02-15T17:36:00.000-05:002021-02-15T17:36:17.380-05:00Nicolás<p> Hello dear blogland...</p><p>I haven't written in so long I almost don't remember how to do it. <br />So much has passed in this few years and today I am here because my oldest son (6yo) has an incredible urge to share things on "the internet world".<br /><br />So here I am, sharing his doing. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6BwW2-CtLUh9OT1wW9ael6WTEFy2Kk7f9BAADwCytLL1INhpvlq3Tb3CdKFPjRh2Vq7ndUmekwATZga2vOqYVQWdukcIv0nowsITTX4yvuLLbE_7EA4afGo4DNLSO0X7ccbRrtLm8OBv/s1280/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="958" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6BwW2-CtLUh9OT1wW9ael6WTEFy2Kk7f9BAADwCytLL1INhpvlq3Tb3CdKFPjRh2Vq7ndUmekwATZga2vOqYVQWdukcIv0nowsITTX4yvuLLbE_7EA4afGo4DNLSO0X7ccbRrtLm8OBv/w300-h400/1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>See you soon!</p><p>S.<br /></p><br /><p></p><p></p>Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-82928836639845612322014-07-12T15:05:00.000-04:002014-07-12T15:05:55.357-04:00Life is wonderful....Hello dear Blogland...<br />
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I haven't been around for almost a year...<br />
My last blog post was about rushing to get to an interview... well, I got the job and for the past year I've been very happy working as a Science Lab Teacher for Kindergarten and Elementary, 1st thru 6th grade. And helping with middle and high school.<br />
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It's not very common here to have Science lab so early in school, it usually starts once you get to middle school but the school I'm working at has a strong focus on science and creative-critical thinking... which I love.<br />
I pretty much believe that it is the perfect job for me because I have the science part that links back to my college degree and it involves lots of creativity and arts which is something I totally love. Another big plus is that I get to work with the little people... I had always dreamed about being a teacher, and I liked the idea of teaching Chemistry... I've also played for years with the idea of taking a masters in Chemical education. But, I always thought that those classes would have to be with older kids (middle and high school) because I have no proper background on education. Turns out that, because the class I teach is not in the official school program, I do not need to be specialized in earlier grades. I'm not sure that is well explained.<br />
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Anyway... I am in love with my job, with my students, with all the creativity I get to put into my classes to make science interesting, fun and easy to understand for them. I am delighted with all the love and hugs I get every day and I love to enter a classroom and hear excited young voices say: "hello Miss Shanti" :)<br />
I have great co-workers too and my work environment is good.<br />
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The littlest ones pretend play yesterday that it was my Birthday and threw me a birthday party with play dough cakes... it was lots of fun!</div>
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MG has had a good year at work too... making lots of improvements at his work and doing good things there.<br />
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We have a lovely house that we rent and have been making our home. It is pretty well established now and we've furnished it with things picked to our taste and necessities. Which is different than when we were in the States where our things where picked more for it's use and practicality than to our taste.<br />
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Finally... our great happy news are that I am pregnant and we'll be having a precious baby by the end of the year :) We are so excited!!!<br />
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See you soon!<br />
S. Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-87936133938949882492013-07-29T09:09:00.001-04:002013-07-29T09:09:42.127-04:00A new week... new opportunities!Monday....<br />
We count it as the beginning of the week... MG always asks me: what will this week bring to us? I always try to reply: I'm sure a lot of great things.<br />
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Today I have a job interview... tomorrow another one.<br />
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I do hope this week will bring great things!<br />
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gotta run to get ready!<br />
see you soon,<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-54096920549835161772013-07-26T15:59:00.001-04:002013-07-26T15:59:55.695-04:00So, I'm back... again.There's no excuse this time... it has just been more of a "tomorrow I'll blog" and then there's not blogging.<br />
Life is good and that helps a lot with everything.<br />
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I can't say that life have been hectic or anything. Of course we've had a lot of adjustments, changes in our days, our routines and habits. There had been great days and some that are not so great.<br />
We are almost settled in, and the house looks like a real house now.<br />
We hadn't brought any furniture from the States, so we had to start all over buying things, borrowing, arranging, cleaning and all those things that have to be done after a moving...<br />
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I only have a few more minutes to write before lunch is ready... but I'll try to write as much as I can.<br />
Part of my new routine is having lunch with the family almost every day... I say almost because it really is a daily thing except when them or me have something else on the way.<br />
Maybe you remember that the house we chose to live in was in the same street as some of MG's family?? Well, they have been a real blessing... they are amazing to us and have taken us in totally as family. I didn't know them very well but it has been amazing.<br />
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Every day, they come to ring the bell, or call or text on my cell, to let me know they're home and we are ready for lunch. So I just cross the street and enjoy a home made meal and great company and daily conversation. It has been wonderful for me. And I don't get to have lunch alone like before.... not that I matter that a lot, but still, it is nice to have lunch with family.<br />
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We eat around 2.30pm which is late for an US lunch but pretty normal for Mexico.<br />
And then we get on with the afternoon, either together or each one to it's own, and then most likely we have dinner together again but this time with MG whom have come from work.<br />
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And Friday it is my turn to cook for the family. So today I'm making Beef Bourguignon.... and, as Julie Powell once said (at least in the movie Julie & Julia), not any Beef Bourguignon, but Julia's Beef Bourguignon...<br />
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I got a copy (YAY!!!) of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, by Julia Child, just after getting back to Mexico as someone has given away a lot of books to my Uncle and it was seating there in his living room... I asked for it and now I'm in happy possession of a copy.<br />
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I'll tell you later how it was. I've cook for 3 straight hours today already!!! Wish me luck!!!<br />
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See you soon,<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-11467186449908717842013-05-31T18:03:00.001-04:002013-05-31T18:03:15.062-04:00Back to life!I cannot believe it has been almost 2 months since I last wrote a post!!!! Oh my! it has been a really long time. The worst part is that this time has been barely documented... you know how I like to have our life documented!<br />
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So, we had The Move... from our lovely city in the Mid-West to Mexico City.<br />
We are so lucky that my twin friends went to pick us up to the old place to help with the suitcases and the trip over here.<br />
We had lots of suitcases... I'm glad I had made those <a href="http://wiresandyarns.blogspot.mx/2013/04/preparing-move.html" target="_blank">crocheted tags</a> because we had a lot of suitcases that we didn't recognize as they were purchased or given to us by friends whom didn't need them any more. We also shipped 13 boxes by regular mail, and I was afraid they wouldn't arrive but they did, fast and in excellent conditions.<br />
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It was hard to leave life there and to come here as we didn't have a clue of what we would do or where would we live. It was awesome to come back after 4 years and get to be around family and friends... We came just in time for Mother's day and I got to be with my Grandma!<br />
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We arrived to Mexico City on a Friday night... and we were so incredibly blessed that MG had an interview a couple of days later and by the end of the week he had a job already!!! so we spent the next 2 weeks doing paperwork and figuring out a new move.<br />
The job is close to Mexico City but not quite there. It is in a smaller city about an hour away in the State of Mexico, which surrounds Mexico City.<br />
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We had to do a whole house search.... did you read that!!??? H.O.U.S.E!!!! not an apartment any more!!!<br />
So looked with real state agents and went to see about 8-9 houses... not the right size, not the right place, we don't like that one at all!, too far away, to expensive... and so on.<br />
Because our good star kept on watching us, MG has family in this new city. So I guess my wish of being close to family came true.<br />
After looking for a house 2 whole days, we came back to Aunt M's house and she suggested we asked to the neighbor who was renting a house. Well, have you guessed it??<br />
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It was the perfect house for us!!!!!!!!!<br />
Nice location, nice size, pretty inside, good price... it even has a back yard!!!!<br />
We said yes and the following week we were moving in.<br />
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May I present to you..... The Blue House...<br />
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So here is where I've been now spending my days... starting life again. Organizing, getting into the place, the town, the house.<br />
I'll be back with more stories about the house and how my settling and organizing is going.<br />
MG is mostly at work and I'm happy that he is settling just fine.<br />
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I have to run,<br />
See you soon,<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-59876686426215072882013-04-05T22:00:00.000-04:002013-04-05T22:00:57.425-04:00All that knitting and crocheting....One of this past days I was getting ready to pack my yarny pieces... I took my knitted and crocheted garments from the closet and dropped them on the bed to fold them and pack them.<br />
While I kept bringing things out, MG got into my pieces and I just had to take some pictures of him...<br />
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Isn't he fun???<br />
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I love that man!<br />
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See you soon!<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-56770308452103901052013-04-05T11:14:00.000-04:002013-04-05T11:14:36.774-04:00Preparing a move.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't think you can see a lot from that photo... I took it with the iPod and it doesn't have a great definition and the light is weird from this angle. This is what I see from the computer while typing this. Our living room looks like there was an explosion there... things are everywhere. Suitcases and boxes that are already packed fill the rooms and hallways.<br />
Things that are on their way to be packed or donated or given away to friends are in piles all over the place. Things that we haven't got around yet, change places as we need to clear out furniture to be taken away.<br />
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It is hard to see your things go. That table or book shelf that have been with us since we started our life together... that chair we bought on special or a cute thing that we got at a fair... and so on.<br />
I listed our furniture on Craigslist... we've sold a few things. Friends had also come and bought several things, some others have come and taken a lot of things, hangers, food, kitchen ware, etc.<br />
We'll hope to have a few more friends over to take things with them. I'm making an appointment with the Salvation Army to come and pick up whatever is left at some point mid next week.<br />
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We bought a couple of suitcases from Good Will and non of our suitcases match and I don't recognize those that we bought... so I made suitcase tags! just to have something unifying and be able to recognize them all.<br />
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Just a few rounds of sc in 3 different yellows and a last round of red, then a chain. Made out of cotton, they came out great.<br />
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We are moving mainly with suitcases... and shipping some boxes of books and things, specially yarn and jewelry crafts.<br />
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I'm sad because yesterday we found out that my dearest friend from this place, the owner of the shop, won't be here when I leave. She's been out of town for the past week on a family emergency and it seems totally unlikely that she'll be able to come back before our leaving. It might be easier to not say goodbye... but I know it'll be hard on both of us.<br />
Since she's away, I'm taking care of the shop today and tomorrow for a part of the day. I've never done it for more than half an hour on my own!<br />
We are having a farewell party at the shop on Sunday... it'll be really hard without her there... but I'll be very happy of having all my friends there to say good bye. It'll be really special and I get goosebumps just thinking about it.<br />
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Finally, I finished a top last week. (well, 3 actually but haven't take a picture of all of them)<br />
It's crochet... no pattern. although I hope to write it soon.<br />
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It's made with Shepherds wool. Such a nice yarn!!! perfect top for a cold spring day.<br />
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See you soon!<br />
S.<br />
Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-4023696850298348912013-04-01T18:36:00.000-04:002013-04-01T18:36:18.457-04:00Mixed feelings.I don't even know what to write, how to express what I'm feeling.<br />
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House is a little chaotic right now, everything everywhere, out of place, on its way to a suitcase, laundry drying, empty spaces of the furniture and appliances we've sold so far.<br />
Boxes being taken out, labeled and packed, suitcases completed and stored in a room. Closet getting emptier and emptier.<br />
Deciding what to take and what to leave behind is hard for me. I know I should be putting a lot more hours into the packing and cleaning so I don't have to do it rushing at the end. And I'm not procrastinating... is just that I can't bring myself to pack and choose because it means the end of this life.<br />
I know it's being hard on both of us, it's being difficult to say good bye, to let go. I'm trying to enjoy everything the best I can... the last mornings in our place and the sun getting in through the window.<br />
Having less and less food in the fridge and pantry is also hard. Posting your furniture on line for sale is hard. We sold the couch and the coffee table over the weekend, there is a big clear space in the living room now filled with odd things.<br />
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We still have to go through some logistics on how to ship, pack, etc... some things... I'm stressed.<br />
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And sad.<br />
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See you soon, S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-74414323914520275222013-03-27T10:27:00.002-04:002013-03-27T10:27:42.501-04:00Life is changing...Life changes all the time, but sometimes we notice more than others. There are small, light changes that happen in the every day things, as you go, and one day you realize that that cereal that you used to love and eat all the time doesn't fancy you anymore and you haven't had it in a while... or that your favorite dress, the one that you used all the time, has been hanging in your closet for 6 months without use. There is small changes that we do and have, like getting closer with a new friend or growing apart another.<br />
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And there is big, huge, complicated and life-changing changes that also happen. Sometimes planned, sometimes out of the blue. Sometimes you look forward to them, sometimes you try to avoid them like the plague.<br />
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Our life is changing... we are getting closer and closer to our final day in our loved little city in the mid-west. We are preparing to go back to Mexico and join our families there.<br />
There is a really bittersweet taste to all of this. We are working on all the logistics of a move, more if you think that it's a move to another country. We've decided not to take our furniture and large belongings with us. We are taking "the essentials" that are still a lot of things... lots of clothes to pack, lots of yarns and baking ware to take with us. Of course my wonderful Kitchen Aid will come with us.<br />
That means we have to sell, give away, donate, dispose, etc of a large number of things... we practically have a complete apartment full of things and comodities to live. We have a lot more than we realize.<br />
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We are trying to juggle the last few days here, with work for MG and the shop for me... visiting and farewells with good friends, last parties and walk around town. All added to the packing and all the mentioned above that needs to happen before we leave.<br />
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I'm looking forward to go to Mex, I cannot wait to see my mom and dad, my uncle and aunts and my grandma! I'm sad to leave here, but I'm looking forward to come back to visit and I have a couple of hope trips for the summer.<br />
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I have to pack some more,<br />
See you soon!<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-83111233130924012872013-03-14T09:38:00.001-04:002013-03-14T09:38:18.779-04:00Documenting things...Life keeps going and going... every day I write wonderful blog posts in my head about all the exciting, and not so exciting, things that happen in our lifes, but very sadly they just stay in my head.<br />
I've been terrible about documenting our life lately. I should say almost terrible because I have taken pictures and saved the memorabilia that goes with them, but I've just been bad about recording and documenting them somewhere:: in my scrap albums, the blog, my emails to Mex, my project life... etc.<br />
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I think I feel that once I've missed an important day, an event, sometime when something worth to be recorded, happened; I can't just skip it and keep going with the documenting of the other things/days, and I have to wait until I get that first day down. Which becomes a problem because I keep living exciting things that I want to document and share -or not, maybe just for me- but then I just get paralized and feel overwhelmed at the idea of all the things I need to put down.<br />
And then they either get lost, not scraped, not put together somewhere, not blogged... or I just make a bad, poor and short recap of all that happened in that time.<br />
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I figure that mostly I'm doing this for myself. Because I like to do it. Because I like to have a record and document of my life and the amazing things and people in it. I don't mind sharing it at all. I love when people sees what I write, or my albums with my photos and my stories... I love when they comment about it or have fun looking thru my story. But I realize now that I don't do it for them. I don't do it for someone specifically. I've always dreamed about having this records and stories of my life so my kids can see what I was like, how things where around me, who where who, what, when and why of a lot of things, and get an escence of who I am today (whenever today might be).<br />
If my kids, or someone else, have a good time looking thru what I save, record and document... it'll be great! I'll be thankful they do and I hope they have a good time. But in the end, I'm doing it for me. Just for the pleasure of doing it. Just because I like it and I enjoy it.<br />
And if I have a trip or a great day that I want to document and put down to enjoy it again later... I will. And I won't care if what I have to say about it is a whole book or just two lines. I won't care to "deliver" something in a timely manner. I won't stress myself over not having cool photos or the right saying for each of them. I won't care if I have a good day that is not so good and I feel like writing that I'm sad or upset, because those things also happen in life.<br />
I'll let go of the guilt of not recording a special day. If I have time to go back to it later, it'll be great, my story will be more complete; but if I don't have time and it gets buried under other days... I won't feel guilty to skip it and continue with the other events. I might go back to it because I'd like to have it. But in the end, the whole point of this is for me to be happy and enjoy it and not to stress about it. And anyways, whatever gets down will be a part of my story. Having something down is more than a lot of people have in their whole lifes.<br />
This is for me!<br />
I don't have to make my life interesting for others, it is more than interesting to me!<br />
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Happy Thursday and see you soon!<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-14917063518910600472013-02-14T11:29:00.000-05:002013-02-14T11:29:19.224-05:00Happy Valentine's day!!In Mexico we call Valentine's: day of love and friendship...<br />
I have an amazing hubby that loves me as I could never imagine, that fills me up, comforts me, push me and gives me courage to do whatever I want to try and supports me every step of the way making me feel very safe and loved.<br />
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I have an incredible family that never lets me alone and it's there with me at all moments.<br />
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And I have awesome friends that make my life happy and wonderful.... and crazy at some times...<br />
They called yesterday, they want me to come to Aspen in 2 days, for a week!<br />
Most of my friends from Mex are going and I had thought about going and then decided not to go for different reasons, but they called yesterday, offered a good plan, sounded excited and got me excited!! So it looks like I'm going!<br />
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I don't know if I'll be able to snowboard (I don't know skies) because my back has been hurting for the past 2 weeks and finally we went to the doctor on Tuesday and I have 2 muscles in my back strained and pulled... and it can be very painful. I'm resting and not doing anything strenous and taking some nice pills that take the pain away, so I don't think it'll be wise to sky.<br />
But it'll be great to see them all, to know Aspen, to be with "family". I'm really excited.<br />
Sad for leaving MG, as he can't come with me, but we'll both be fine.<br />
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I've been crocheting, knitting a lot. writting patterns, making samples for the shop. I have a pattern being tested at Ravelry... I love that site!<br />
I'll tell you more about the pattern when it's ready, here's a photo!<br />
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See you soon!<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-88116840232065161342013-01-22T11:16:00.000-05:002013-01-22T11:16:06.678-05:00Still Here... again!I can't believe it's been more than a month since I blogged.<br />
I've been thinking about it a lot, I've started several post that don't get finished and I've done lots of things that get recorded in amazing posts in my mind.<br />
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Our winter break was awesome and MG took about 10 days off work which gave us a lot of time together to play and visit and don fun things together. Lots of time with friends, lunches, dinners, board games nights, etc.<br />
We were snowed in for a couple of days so we had to cancel a trip we had planned to Indy for 3 days because all the roads were closed and places, museums, shops and more were closed, so there was no point. Happily we were able to get a refund!<br />
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The snow days were cold but fun... I like the look of it and I love to write messages on it. MG was the happiest getting a shovel and going out to shovel parking spaces in our apartments lot just for recreational shoveling... and I was the happiest going to the corner of houses, sheds, balconies and such were icicles had grown to take them down and play with them. It makes me sooo happy!!! I love icicles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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And then we started the year with all the arrangements of leaving this loved place to go back to Mexico and seeing the deadline of our time here approach....... and then chaos.<br />
At the end it was our decision due to a series of different misunderstandings and unfortunate series of events, but MG's prospect job fell trough, so now we are back to the look out for a job... deciding if we go straight back home, if we extend here, if he applies for another job here, is there a chance of this, of that or any other thing... talking to people here, in Mexico, and it has just been a full, stressful, emotional roller coaster in the past couple of weeks.<br />
We are both stressed, trying to make the best of it, and so far the only "sure thing" is that we have extended our stay here for a little more. Still everything is pretty hectic around here and it's been hard to take my mind of it and be on top of my game.<br />
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My knitting and crochet are growing and I've enjoyed a lot this month at the shop, which being my last one (as it was supposed to be) I've had lots of classes and activities. They were so awesome to name January "Shanti's Month" so all my project based classes were free this month as a farewell which brought so many people in so I could share this craft I love so much.<br />
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I miss my mom a lot and I'm thinking about joining my friends (from Mexico) in Aspen for a week of fun next month... I cut my hair again and did red highlights which I love!<br />
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Also, I started Weight Watchers... trying to eat healthier, less, more water, more exercise...<br />
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Just a lot of things at the same time... but this is life! and I'm sure soon will be amazing, even more!<br />
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Thank you for your company here!<br />
See you soon!<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-50615977807789345022012-12-17T19:37:00.001-05:002012-12-17T19:37:10.725-05:00A day at home...Today was a cold, dark, rainy day... I woke up with a runny nose, feeling a little cold-ish, so I stayed at home... I made some jewelry, made lists of the things we'd like to sell when we move in February.<br />
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The weekend was great, I had a really good time on Friday and Saturday at the shop, there was a birthday and I made another rose cake, and there was a trunk show of Mountain color yarns on Friday evening... it was great!! I got a skein of deep green sock yarn. I'll take a picture later when there is better light.<br />
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And yesterday we had finally the Baptism. I'll upload the photos this week to show you a bit.<br />
And then I had the Yarn store end of the year party... it was fun, lots of good friends, good food, presents and laugh.<br />
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We have to go for groceries... uuggh!<br />
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See you soon!<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-32692594765729891492012-12-12T19:13:00.004-05:002012-12-12T19:13:44.545-05:0012-12-12I like days with dates like this one, I think they have some magic...<br />
I made a wish at 12:12 today.<br />
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For this post I thought I'd show you 12 projects I haven't showed before... I couldn't find 12 around, so I'm skipping that until another day.<br />
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But I'll make a list of 12 random facts about me that you may or may not know:<br />
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1. I love to sing, but not so much to listen to music. I don't mind music if I'm in an open space or with more people but if I'm alone, sometimes it becomes a little overwhelming. I prefer to sing to myself.<br />
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2. I've been doing digital scrapbooking since 2010 and I love it. I think is the perfect way for me to make something fun with our photos and preserve our memories.<br />
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3. I listen to <a href="http://thedigishow.com/" target="_blank">The Digi Show</a> podcast, where they talk about digital scrapbooking... different to the music, I can listen to those episodes for hours one after another!<br />
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4. Until 2 years ago I wasn't really interested in clothes! I'm into them now, definitely.<br />
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5. I started baking in 2010. Fun!<br />
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6. I've been crocheting since I was 6, so 24 years now... only 4 knitting.<br />
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7. I want to be a crochet and knitting designer.<br />
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8. I'm terrible at drawing and I think I have no sense of color.<br />
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9. I started making jewelry in my sophomore year in high school. Almost all the time since then I have pliers and wire to hand... I am not good at selling it at all.<br />
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10. I'm in love with bright colors!<br />
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11. MG was my one and only boyfriend and he's the perfect hubby for me!!<br />
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12. I love cookies!!<br />
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There you go, 12 totally random facts.<br />
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See you soon!<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-71831881967650868672012-12-10T20:16:00.000-05:002012-12-10T20:16:20.296-05:00Project Finished: Van Ness ScarfHello friends!!! How are you doing??? I hope you are very well, warm and happy wherever it is you are... Here we've had the weirdest weather... Last week we had a couple of days in the high 60's and for a little bit we actually got to 70F!<br />
Today we are at 30, that with the wind shield and all that actually feels like 22F!!! I'm freezing!!<br />
I'm should be doing laundry, but I don't want to go out of the apartment because it's cold. I'll wait for MG to go out with him, and that way when we come back he can hug me and warm me up...<br />
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How was your weekend??? ours was pretty great!<br />
We started Friday night with a concert by Carrie Newcomer... have you ever listened to her? We play her all the time at the shop and I love her... and MG got to listened to her a couple of weeks ago when we went to another concert (Krista Detor). So we went to Carrie's concert with some friends, and bought several of her CD's at the end...<br />
Here's a song I like a lot...<br />
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But really, I think she has a lot of good songs, check them out if you can.<br />
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After the concert we went to a party to one of my yarn-y friends house, that happens to be a good friend of Carrie, so she came too, and we had a good time talking to her. MG got one of the CD's signed from her and a photo too!<br />
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But down to the point of this post... The <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/van-ness-scarf" target="_blank">Van Ness Scarf</a>. I've been eyeing the pattern on Ravelry for a long time, finally I gave it a try, right in the middle of several other projects... but hey! I need variety, and change between knitting and crochet, larger and smaller projects.</div>
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+ It's pretty!!!</div>
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+ it's eeeasy peasy... The central motifs can be a little challenging for a beginner but they are not bad. </div>
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+ it has a pretty edging.</div>
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+ it's worked from the center-out, so the shells go in the same direction when you're wearing the scarf.</div>
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+ it's fast!</div>
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So that's a lot of good things.</div>
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I used 2 skeins of Lustra in a pretty apple green color, I had 1 skein from another project that got frogged and I wanted to use it up. I like the final choice.</div>
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I did something different for the center motifs, as I didn't like the idea of cutting the yarn to make the individual motifs and weave the ends... just lazyness... but here's what I did.</div>
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<b>Alternate start for a 4 pattern repeat scarf.</b></div>
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Ch 35</div>
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<b>Side A:</b> (3dc, ch 1, 3dc) in 7th ch from hook, *sk 3 ch, dc in next ch, sk 3 ch, (3dc, ch 1, 3dc) in next ch; repeat from * twice more. ch 3, sk ch 3 (from the base, not the ones just made), sl st in last chain of base chain.</div>
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<b>Side B:</b> <i>working on the other side of chain</i>. ch 3 (count as first dc), *(3dc, ch 1, 3dc) in corresponding shell chain from side A, dc in correspoding dc chain from side A; repeat from * to end of row.</div>
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Right now, the scarf is blocking... <br />
Well, I'm off to update a little bit my Ravelry projects while MG comes...<br />
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See you soon!<br />
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<br />Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-4284524837688085742012-12-07T09:52:00.002-05:002012-12-07T09:52:52.762-05:00Rambling and several random things...I feel like I've had such a full and busy week and also like I don't really have a lot to share with you, but lets try, I'm sure there's lots...<br />
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Last Saturday, a dear friend of our knitting group at the shop, that have been away for a couple of months, came back for a short day visit. It was great to have her back and I was amazed at how it was as if she had never left. We had a great time talking and sharing and eating... I made a rose cake to bring for her and we all enjoyed it. It was a chocolate cake with Swiss butter cream icing infused in peppermint. I wanted to try the recipe for the butter cream and this was a good way to do it... it was good, but way to buttery. (it actually made me feel sick after eating it, tooooo much fat in it::: not good!)<br />
But, boy, it was pretty!!! <br />
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Also, last Friday I cut my hair again:::<br />
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I'm happy with it and it feels really light! I like that...<br />
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For the rest of the things I don't have any pictures.... I haven't been carrying my camera this week with me.<br />
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I took a class of knitted socks using 2 circular needles. So far I've stayed away from making socks mainly because of the use of double points that I don't like (they make my hands hurt) but I wanted to try socks... I'll take a picture and talk more about them later... The teacher was my new friend Karen, she's the one that we spent Thanksgiving with! <br />
Also, last Tuesday, Karen invited me to a Bell Concert in which she was performing...<br />
Have you ever been to a Bell Concert???<br />
It was amazing, let me tell you... there was like 14 people with about 50 bells... they have around 40-50 techniques to make those bells sound and it was like hearing an angels choir!!!!<br />
It was my first time hearing something like that but I loved it! I want to buy a CD of it.<br />
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This week was full with classes, crochet classes taught... I had classes on Tuesday and Wednesday nights... And yesterday I had an early class at the shop and I was there to open at 10am, class from 10-12, then stayed all day there, Tunisian crocheting a top I'm making and helping with some shop duties... and then class again from 5-7pm and closed the shop. It felt like a very long day.<br />
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Today I wanted to make some jewelry before going to the shop but outside is really foggy and there's not a lot of sun light... My artificial light inside the house is not very good so I won't be making jewelry, there is not enough light... so I'll watch a movie and crochet a new scarf with a Lustra yarn that I have and been meaning to use... and then go to the shop after lunch...<br />
And we have another convert tonight!!! Carrie Newcomer... have you listened to her??<br />
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See you soon!<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-43347555887578871802012-11-29T18:35:00.000-05:002012-11-29T18:35:00.628-05:00I don't understand violence...Today, I woke up to screams and yelling outside in the back parking lot, there are some other apartment buildings down there... I didn't know what is that had awaken me, until a clear phrase, out of the top of someones lungs, came loud and clear "You'll see, I'll get a restrain order" followed by some slaping... I imagined someone hitting the one that had yelled.<br />
I got out of bed and peer through the window... I saw a man going away, tall and wearing a white hodie... I saw someone, smaller, couldn't tell if man or woman, closer, runing through the little forest we have in the back, and then stopping, rubbing his/her arms as if hugging themself... he/she didn't have a jacket... and it's cold in the mornings.<br />
Then he/she, started to run towards the road and out of my sight...<br />
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What can make a person capable of hitting another one and thinking that is right??<br />
Having worked with the Rescue for women of domestic violence, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it the whole day... I was also sad and scared. I wish no one would have to suffer that. EVER.<br />
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see you soon,<br />
S. Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-8688542076710186872012-11-29T09:00:00.000-05:002012-11-29T09:00:11.109-05:00Black Friday on Thursday night...Since we've lived in the States I wanted to see how the craziness of Black Friday was...<br />
We've been to the mall the other years, but since we weren't buying anything specific or electronics at all, we weren't surrounded by crowds in any way even at 4.30am.<br />
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This year we decided to go to the early events at Walmart, we went there on Thursday night at 8pm. Now that was closer to what I had in my mind!! still pretty civilized and organized, we live in a good size town, I should say city, but it's rather smaller than a bigger city where REAL crowds gather for Black Friday... we walked around and looked at the deals.<br />
We thougth about buying a new laptop, but true is we don't need one right now, so we said no.<br />
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I got the last season of Grey's Anatomy, for 20 buck less than the last one... 2 memory cards for my camera, of 8 GB each one for only $4.99 each!!! deal!<br />
And we got a big box of crayons, markers, color pencils, water colors, stamps, stencils, note pads, etc, etc... of Disney princesses... for Christmas present for our soon-to-be-Goddaughter.<br />
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No photos of that, sorry.<br />
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See you soon!<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-65336588694423132732012-11-28T17:14:00.003-05:002012-11-28T17:14:40.829-05:00Thanksgiving!We have sooo much to give thanks for!<br />
I feel so thankful for having a loving sweet husband that only wants to see me happy and whom treats me always like a princess. I can feel his love all the time!!<br />
The same, I can feel the love of my parents here and I know they go with me all the time.<br />
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Having such a wonderful family and all my friends. Here and in Mexico, certainly makes me a lucky girl.<br />
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This Thanksgiving was no different and as we were thinking in all those things that make us lucky and happy, we were getting ready to go out to my friend house.<br />
And right before leaving the house, MG checked his email (he's kind of addicted to check his email!) and there was a wonderful email that would change our lives!<br />
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MG got a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
I can't tell you how happy and excited we were/are.<br />
It is a blessing to know that we will have a place to go after his job here ends at the end of January, and since the new job starts in February, it's once again, perfect timing!<br />
This job would be in the north part of Mexico, in a university, teaching and researching... nothing for now for me, but I'm sure in a little bit I'll apply to the university too and I will be a teacher as I've always dreamed !!!!<br />
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I'm a little worried about the moving, and getting rid of a lot of stuff here, decide what do we want to keep and how are we going to take it with us and stuff like that.<br />
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I'm very happy that it will be again our Country and that we'll get to go more often back home and see our families!!!<br />
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How was your Thanksgiving???<br />
Here are some pictures of ours... Me in a dress I got as a Birthday present in October... I think is pirate-y look like!<br />
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MG... :o) Handsome! </div>
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My friend made everything from scratch... including the bread... this rolls where delicious!!! </div>
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Bread, Turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green been casserole, stuffing with mushrooms... wine, and sparkling cider.<br />
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Everything was so so so so good!!!<br />
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Also, cheesecake pumpkin pie, and apple pie dumplings that she made and lime pie that I made.<br />
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This is a photo that shows all my grey hair!! It's been there since I was like 23...<br />
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See you soon!<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-81679300409688191352012-11-21T20:04:00.000-05:002012-11-21T20:04:10.521-05:00Fun day with MG!I went to the shop in the morning, we were thinking on closing around 3pm because of the holiday as we weren't getting much people in.<br />
MG called a few times and said it was pretty dead around his job too... and suddenly there he was, appeared at the shop (well, actually called when he was parking) and hung out with us for a bit... and then we had a date out and went to the movies to see the new 007: Sky fall.<br />
The movie was great, but first I was freezing and then falling asleep.<br />
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We just got home, it was great having a fun time with him in the middle of the week. Now I'm tired. It's only 8:00pm. I'll make a quick dessert to bring to our Thanksgiving tomorrow and then watch TV on the couch, I'll probably fall asleep soon.<br />
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I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving day!!!!<br />
See you soon!<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-36849938586208659612012-11-20T12:03:00.000-05:002012-11-20T12:03:07.779-05:00Vanilla Eclairs...Yesterday, I went to the eye doctor in the morning... we had a beautiful sunrise...<br />
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I hadn't been to that doctor before, so we had to get there a little early to fill the regular paperwork and stuff... we saw 3 different people before seeing the actual doctor, however everything was flowing and they didn't have us waiting for long periods of time. The doctor finally saw me, talked a little bit with me and checked me.<br />
He said that even without hearing my story he could see in my eyes that it was a clear case of allergies: moderate to severe!!! and that I also have a somehow severe dryness... so there you go.<br />
I came home with 4 different drops. Some medicine to treat the problem, some steroids to kick off and accelerate the cure and 2 different kinds of tears. The doctor said that he hopes that by treating the allergies, the red and dry eye will go with it. I have another appointment to get checked in 2 weeks. We came home to have breakfast and I had my first dose of drops.<br />
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I went to the lab with MG, to see his boss and hand him the Baptism invitations (see my previous post) but he wasn't there. So I left them in the office and left.<br />
I had a nice quiet walk from campus to downtown. It looked like all the kids and people that are usually out during the week, had left home for the holiday (this week is Thanks Giving here in the States).<br />
I went to the library to return a book and then to the shop... I don't know what it was but suddenly it was like all the allergies had hit me. I was congested and didn't feel good, my body ached and my head was starting to hurt... plus my eyes soreness... so I decided to come home.<br />
I was here at 1.30pm and for the rest of the day. I took a nap, which I usually never do, and woke up feeling better. I had a good lunch and some computer time and then I decided to bake.<br />
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I could feel my eyes better, not better-better, but not worse, and that was something.<br />
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I had been wanting to make<a href="http://hiddenponies.com/?p=2953" target="_blank"> this Eclairs</a> for MG... He loves filled pastry and this recipe looked pretty easy. So I gave it a try.<br />
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The process was as I thought super easy to make... and I was playing that I was a host of a cooking channel program and said out loud the instructions and stuff... it was fun!<br />
Later I put the dough in the oven, and I had made a mistake and lined my trays with waxed paper instead of parchment paper... OH NO!!!! the wax started to melt and burn!!! luckily I was still in the kitchen, cleaning up ad doing the dishes, so I was able to take it out immediately and fix it... but I got scared!!! I get very scared with ovens...<br />
Long story short, I put them back in the oven (half baked so they deflated a bit) and finished the baking.<br />
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When MG came home he was soooo happy with them, I asked him to take a photo of the Eclairs, he was taking a longer time than I had expected and this is what he delivered... <br />
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They are not very pretty and I skipped the chocolate icing... I would have been very good, but I was tired and didn't want to do it any more. I don't think it mattered... He was very happy with them!!! yay!!! and he took them today to the lab to share.<br />
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See you soon!<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-9900420681181407482012-11-19T07:30:00.000-05:002012-11-19T07:30:03.645-05:00A Baptism coming...About 3 weeks ago I got a phone call from MG's boss' wife. She and the husband had been talking about baptizing their daughter and wanted to know if we'd like to be the Godparents...<br />
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Yes!<br />
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MG and I were both very happy and honored to be considered for this important job, and delighted to get to be God-father and God-mother of a sweet little girl and tighten the relation we have with this couple (the boss and wife). The girl, soon to be God-daughter, is not a baby anymore. She's 5 years old and a pretty, gorgeous girl with super curly hair.<br />
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The Baptism will be in December and we've been preparing for this for a couple of weeks. We had to get registered in the Church (we hadn't done so because it's something you don't do in Mexico so we didn't know it was needed to do it here), get documents from our Churches in Mexico that our moms had to go and get and then email to us.<br />
At first I wasn't sure of what we should or needed to do, what was expected from us, and finally I asked the mom and we talked about it and now we are happy with the result. They are latinos also, so our traditions are pretty similar.<br />
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We bought a medal and chain for the girl (via Amazon)<br />
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I did some Pinterest research about ideas for invitations, favors, decoration, etc... and I came accoss a shop on Etsy <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/customprintgallery" target="_blank">Custom Print Gallery</a> that offers small stickers that are the right size to stick on the bottom of Hershey Kisses... I worked along with her and I designed some little images and sent the stickers to print. You can see them on the right, on the left are some organza bags I got to put the kisses into and then add the thank you card.<br />
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I also worked on the Invitations, favors and thank you cards that I sent to print at <a href="http://persnicketyprints.com/" target="_blank">Persnickety Prints</a>. <br />
I printed the favors cards and the thank you cards together in the same card, so now I have to cut them to have them ready on the day. I made 2 designs for the cards, one with white background and the other with brushed pink background... finally I decided on the white but made a mistake when uploading them to Persnickety website so the Invitations are brushed pink background and the favor cards have white background.<br />
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The last thing I sent to print was a 8x8 print of the same image I used for the favor cards... That's why I had bought a frame (the one I went to exchange yesterday to Michaels, it was broken).<br />
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I also have a candle that I will try to decorate... I'll tell you my success (I hope) when it happens.<br />
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So for now I have to buy the kisses, put a sticker on them and place them in the bags, cut the favors - thank you cards and add the thank you cards to the chocolate bags. Work on the candle and the day before the event.... I have to make the cake!!!! I'm a little stressed about it.<br />
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My friend at the shop says I'm doing a lot... I'm just happy of doing it. It's not a burden to do any of this.<br />
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See you soon!<br />
S.Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-84630747985996101772012-11-18T20:25:00.000-05:002012-11-18T20:25:23.414-05:00Lazy Sunday... Hello guys!!<br />
Thank you so much for commenting and sending good thoughts on my last post about my eyes hurting. I'm very happy that we're going to the doctor tomorrow to have them check and hopefully they'll give me something that will fix the problem.<br />
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Today, 6 years ago, <a href="http://wiresandyarns.blogspot.com/2011/04/m-is-for-mg.html" target="_blank">I met MG</a> at his cousin's wedding :o)... we didn't planned anything special for today, nor did we exchange presents. I'm very happy that it was Sunday so we got to spend the whole day together and it has been a perfect day.<br />
We've been having cold days with the occasional frosting... (this is MG's pick-up truck box frosted)<br />
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But today was a gorgeous day, sunny and almost warm... lately we are full of birds and crows!<br />
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We had breakfast while talking on the phone with his parents (my mom sent us a phone with speaker for my B-day back in October, and boy! am I enjoying it!!!)... later we went to the movies (Breaking Dawn, the last of the Twilight Saga movie - that I liked and enjoyed; for him was ok). Went to exchange a frame to Michales and then to check some things to Best Buy and Staples and look around in Barns and Noble.<br />
You see, I have this idea that I'd like to have an iPad, so I thought on Black Friday coming this week, might be a good idea to get it then. But the guy at Best Buy told me that iPads don't go on sale on black friday... so there is no rush and I can get it closer to Christmas. Hopefully it'll be my parents Christmas present for us.<br />
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I got a cute address book in B&N...<br />
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I've been wanting one to have all my friends addresses in one place when we leave. This one is pretty and has the address book, a section for your internet passwords by website (so useful), a section with stickers that you can fill with your information and stick it where needed and a section with card tags that you can fill and hand someone with your phone or email or whatever you need.<br />
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Later we came home... I made a late lunch and we had chicken (that we had bought prepared, rolled and filled with cheese and spinach or cheese and asparagus), and pears with blue cheese and pine nuts.<br />
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It was very good, MG had some wine with it and was very happy (I don't drink, don't like alcohol).<br />
Then I worked on making Fig bread as yesterday when we went to the groceries, MG saw figs and asked "can you make me a fig bread?"... He doesn't usually asks for specific bakings, I just bake what I feel like and he eats it very happy; so it was nice that he asked and I was happy to say yes.<br />
The baking has finished now and the house smells lovely, sweet and cinamon... I'm not sure about the Fig part thou.<br />
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I guess now we'll watch a movie and go to bed early I hope...<br />
Here's MG very focused on his reading :o) in a cluttered table!<br />
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I hope you had a wonderful Sunday, I'd love to hear about it.<br />
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See you soon,<br />
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Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-84110049593177472432012-11-17T09:33:00.000-05:002012-11-17T09:33:09.240-05:00New look for Wires and Yarns... and different things.You may have noticed that I'm en the process of remaking the looks of the blog.<br />
I wanted something cleaner and wider... I'm happy so far but still need some tweaking.<br />
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I have a few things I want to talk about...<br />
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- my eyes are really, really bad... :o(<br />
It makes me sad. I'm not sure what it is. I've had allergies since I moved to this town and this year I started in January when we installed <a href="http://wiresandyarns.blogspot.com/2012/01/yarn-bombing.html" target="_blank">our tree</a> in front of the shop... And I used medicine and tears drops in my eyes all year. A month ago the medicine drops got to an end and, as all the trees have lost their leaves, I thought I was safe just with the tear drops.<br />
Well, I don't know if it's that or not, but my eyes are killing me. ALL DAY LONG soooooo dry and itchy and sore. The past 3 days have gotten worse and worse. I have an appointment with the eye doctor on Monday at 8am. And it's so painful to open them in the morning... or keep them open, that's what I feel like going to sleep so much lately. Because that way my eyes won't bother me.<br />
It hurts to have them open, cold air and heat from the car vents hurt, it hurts to focus to crochet, it hurts in the computer... it hurts. My eyes hurt.<br />
You know you are bad when all you can dream about is that you have an eyelash in them that you can't take out, or that a friends if walking you through the city looking for a pharmacy to get drops while holding your hand because you literally can't open your eyes.... those were my dreams the past 2 nights.<br />
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- The other thing is that, since January, we've been in this unending quest (well MG) for a job. MG's contract here will come to an end next year in late January... which means that we'll have to leave this lovely place and sadly, my friends and yarn-shop... For those of you who don't know, I spend a good chunk of every day in the yarn shop, hanging out, teaching crochet, helping customers, making sales, samples and starting new and exciting projects... I can be found there, usually 6 days a week, a lot of them from opening to closing. And it's absolutely amazing!!!!<br />
Anyway, so MG's job ending means that we need to move, and most of all, FIND a job and a place to move to. And let me tell you.... it is not easy!!!!! at all!<br />
We've sent who knows how many applications to tons of different places, for one or other reason it hasn't worked. Some interviews, calls, paperwork... but at the end, nothing has panned out.<br />
Applying in the States this days when you are not a citizen is a very long shot... and applying in your country while being in another doesn't make it any easier...<br />
So I'm having good thoughts about this and I know soon he'll find something wonderful and we'll go wherever we are needed.<br />
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See you soon, (when I can see without hurting)<br />
S.<br />
<br />Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806462115795414673noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044624678014158356.post-7759589663480258902012-11-16T07:41:00.000-05:002012-11-16T07:41:00.431-05:00Double Knitting Potholder...We have a new teacher in the shop... She moved a couple of months ago to town and have been going to the shop on Tuesdays. She's about my age and knows a lot of knitting, lots of techniques and technical details like the ones I enjoy to discover.<br />
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Last week I took a Double-knit class from her. Double-knit makes for a thicker fabric, you work with both colors at the same time and you can make a drawing or a patterned chart and have the image on both sides on opposite colors.<br />
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We made a Potholder...<br />
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You see, one side is the reverse of the other. <br />
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It was a little hard to get the hang of it in the beginning but after a while, and when you start seeing the drawing appear was easier and faster and I really liked it.<br />
Since seeing Lily Chin's double color dress and now with this class I find myself a lot more interested in double color and it's variations!!! I'll start experimenting...<br />
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Also last week, MG played with his shadow in the morning... we have a sliding door in the living room and every morning the sun floods the space...<br />
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...and a very pretty sunrise last Thursday...<br />
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See you soon!!<br />
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