it's been awhile

So last week I was sick with that thing that was going around camp...yuck. I pretty much spent the week in bed, getting up when kids came in. I'm still pretty tired and have needed to take one or two naps a day but it's slowly going away.

I did however become pretty productive this weekend in between my naps. On friday i made baby booties. Well almost, i havent found 4 matching buttons yet...

And i made an adorable lion washcloth...

And I finished my sisters cowl...

And i made a hat. A fishy hat. Not as big or labor intensive as the one before. My goal had been to make a new one since the first one was too big for the person I made it for, however, they have a freakishly small head apparently and this one doesn't fit either. It kinda looks like a bow in this picture, but i assure you it's a fish tail.

My older sister was also in town this weekend and so I visited with her. We got a late dinner at Chili's in Ann Arbor, which I was incredibly proud of myself. First off I was hungry the day before when I went to Meijer's for groceries and did not buy the donut that would have been easy to buy and eat, but instead I got myself a diet pop and an apple. FYI: I love Faygo, but their "Squirt" variety, i think they call it 60/40 in the diet version...absolutely disqusting. I do not suggest it. Anyway back to chili's, I got the grilled chicken breast with steamed veggies. I was incredibly proud of my food choices for the weekend. I did good.

I spent a little more time with her on Monday. We didn't work because of presidents day so we went out to lunch with a friend and I showed her around camp a little.

So now i'm just relaxing a little before heading in to work again. Tried to watch a movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, however, i'm only 16 minutes in and it's just way weird. I don't know if I can keep going with it.

Bronchitis maybe?

So theres this nastiness going around camp. And usually when staff all get sick it's only like one maybe two days max. Well not this time. It's taking people out for like four.

I'm lucky in the sense that i'm in the health office all day so I get to lay back a little but i'm still not feeling well. It stinks too cause there are so many people out that everyone that might be available in the least bit is out teaching.

One of the guys that's sick went to the doctor and they said it was bronchitis. I hope that's not what we all have. I'm trying my best to do what i can to not have it get really bad.

To everyone reading this, wash your hands, and if you start feeling sick get rest immediately. I slept for like 18 hours yesterday and it helped quite a bit.

first First Saturdays

So I went to my first First Saturdays meeting today. I found out about the group on Ravelry . We met in Clinton at the Woolen Mill Yarn Store. It was fun to see a new yarn shop and all the things they had as well as just get out of camp.

Everyone was so nice and I met a group among them that meet each Wednesday in Brooklyn. I'm really kind of excited about that. This week is a friends birthday so I might not be able to make it but my plan is to after that if i'm not working or whatnot.

I now know some people outside of camp which is great and relieving at the same time.

One more thing from my list is being worked on. YAY!

I hate technology

So I've been mildy bad in not posting for awhile. I'm working on it. Part of the reason is that i like there to be pictures with my posts and my camera has been making everything green. I'm sure this is due to the face that i've been messing with all the different settings, in an effort to get to know my camera, however i am apparently not as intimate with it as i had previously thought.

I've been spending a lot of time over the past week working on my sweater. I got the yarn in the mail last wednesday from KnitPicks and have been working on it since. I also got my first set of harmony needles with that shipment and am in love. I've been wanting to take a picture of the sweater but with my camera making everything green I can't bring myself to do it until it's fixed.

I did accomplish a few things from my list within the last week. I've cleaned out my car as well as gave it a nice wash. And tonight I did my first sketch in...well a long time. The picture makes it look bad since i had to fix it multiple times in photoshop. Not that it's that amazing anyways but i'm letting myself think it's ok since i've been neglecting sketching for quite some time now, and i only spent 20 minutes on it.

I also put up a new item on Etsy. (Another one of my goals) I have mittens to go up as well but after taking about 30 photos and not being able to fix any of them enough to put online I have given up for the time being.