Dear Movable Type: You Suck.
**Okay. Let's try this once more, with feeling. Try and comment, if you are inclined. I think it's working now?**
I'm delinquent. I know. I've sat down several times to write a post and then something happens, mostly Java homework and work stuff. (Although I will admit that I was posting last night and then got distracted by a game of Literati with my sister and Teamie JoAnna. It's like Scrabble but online. I'm kind of a dork.) By the way, SO PROUD of my sister Cathy - found out last night that she got into grad school! woo-hoo!
Anyways...I've been knitting my little fingers off on two things: my Sockapaloooza Socks (decreasing for toe on Sock #2!) and on this other Secret Thing. ( Don't you hate it when people say that?) It's so pretty, though, that I have to show you a little bit...
Pretty cabley yummy squooshiness.
I think I finally understand cabling without a cable needle, and I've got that braided cable memorized fer sure (thanks to my Must Have and this particular piece).
I knitted on this all weekend while I was camping with the Pants and his Parents. Now, I have a confession: I was a little nervous about this camping trip. The Pants and his Parents are extremely outdoorsy (some might call them the Wilderness Family) and I was a little worried about have to hike up a mountain and then crawl through a cave and hang-glide off a cliff to get to our campsite. I try to be an outdoorsy girl, I do, and sometimes I absolutely love it, but sometimes I'm just NOT.
Luckily, we got there and there was a big old campfire and a tarp to keep the rain out and lots of food and a creek right our campfire and a toilet not too far away (okay, it had a big pedal that you had to step on for a flusher, and it was on a weird platform, but it was still a toilet.) And did I mention the food? We relaxed and hiked around and fished. I caught my first trout:
I'm a fisherwoman.
and Jacob took a ton of pictures. Here he is, slinking around the forest with his camera gear:
Cute Photographer in natural habitat.
It was really great. Now I want to go camping again. Sitting around the campfire is perfect knitting time. If you want to see the rest of the camping pictures, they're over [ here ]. Warning: there are pictures of fish. And really scary pictures of me after three days of not showering.
So, it was a nice break, and now it's back to reality and I'm busy as hell again. That's okay, though. I like the busy. Especially when Maryland Sheep and Wool is SO. CLOSE. yayayayayayay.
Comments (20)
yay camping! I haven't been camping in so long...
I can't wait to see you guys!! soon!!
Posted by frecklegirl jess | April 27, 2006 2:56 PM
Woot for comments! Woot for camping!!!
(Although I do know what you mean about the super athletic SO family... Dan's family is big into "walks" which are usually many, many miles and totally intimidate me...)
And super-duper excited WOOT for Maryland!!!
Posted by Sarah | April 27, 2006 11:20 AM
yeah - I tried to comment yesterday too - I CAN SO read/it's just that comprehension thing. The knitting is yummy and I still haven't even tried to cable with or without cn. I watched all your pics on a slide show - so very cool. Where were y'all camping? I want Pants' mom's "you know you're from MS" t-shirt. The pictures are just gorgeous - I would love to check it out!
Posted by robin | April 27, 2006 10:49 AM
Love your camping pics! Camping rocks! How cute were those little newts!!
Can't wait to see your completed secret project!
Posted by Kelly | April 27, 2006 9:51 AM
Comments working, yay!
I love my moveable type.
You are a genius.
Cables are great -- and the Flicker pics from you trip are amazing. The Pants is so talented!
Posted by Anne Marie | April 27, 2006 9:39 AM
Awwww, you guys both look so cute! And I love the fish and the moth and the red thing (newt?) And the cables!
Posted by Norah | April 27, 2006 9:14 AM
you definitely look appropriately outdoorsy to me! and you caught a fish. that's awesome.
Posted by carrie m | April 27, 2006 1:15 AM
aww, you guys look like you had so much fun!!! And you and Jacob looks so cute in those pics together!!!!
Posted by Lara | April 27, 2006 12:55 AM
schmoo! that is all.
Posted by Leslie | April 27, 2006 12:47 AM
I love the cables! The camping looks like fun minus the fishing (vegetarian). I'd like to bring my kids camping someday.
Posted by Michelle | April 26, 2006 11:45 PM
Great camping pics. Looks like a lot of fun. The little lizard-y thing is quite lovely. Cannot wait until MSW, either! Very, very exciting...
Posted by Angela | April 26, 2006 11:26 PM
I'll bet fixing this was harder than your Java homework! You are a computer whiz teamie schmoo. I had to use some html tags. Since I only know a few.
Posted by Cathy | April 26, 2006 9:29 PM
I LOVE cabling without a cable needle. I'll never go back! I mean, okay, they're handy to have around every once in a while, but seriously? I haven't used one for cables in years. Congratulations! Your cables are looking great.
And--glad you got your comments fixed.
Posted by --Deb | April 26, 2006 9:21 PM
You fixed it!
You will have to give the details tomorrow.
Posted by chip | April 26, 2006 8:12 PM
i too broke my blog a week or two ago when installing mt 3.2. I guess that's why people pay for places like typepad, hunh? good job on fixing it!
Posted by lori z | April 26, 2006 8:05 PM
um...test?
Posted by cari | April 26, 2006 6:59 PM
I tried to comment earlier, and then remembered the part that I had JUST READ where you wrote, very clearly, the comments weren't working. Duh.
So, a comment:
I love camping! Glad you had fun!
Posted by Mary-Heather | April 26, 2006 6:41 PM
delurking to say its working! and that I want to eat up that cable project over yours...yum!
Posted by yahaira | April 26, 2006 6:41 PM
Testing. Testing. Sybillance. Sybillance. One! Two!
Posted by Jenny | April 26, 2006 6:19 PM
Wow, I'm commenting on my own site! I'll fix this page soon. I swear.
Posted by Carrie | April 26, 2006 6:13 PM