Happy St. Pat's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Past Knitting Creations (2005)
Originally uploaded by d-luck.

I love to celebrate St. Pat's! I went to school at UMR and it is a big celebration there. We get 2 days off school for games, there's a parade, and we even have a St. Pat's Queen. Unfortunately Wade and I live too far away to go back. We are just taking it easy at home this year. I almost even forgot to wear green. Whoops!

Anyway, I wanted to post a picture of the cute bag I made last fall. I got my bag out, set up my shot, and when I went to take the picture I remembered that the camera batteries were dead. So instead I'm going to treat you to some knitting past. These are pictures of my first three projects. I sent up a Flickr account today and made a mosaic, so I hope this works!

The top left corner is a picture of me modeling a scarf I made for my mom's birthday last year. This is the first project I completed on my own. It's Ribbed-for-Her-Pleasure from Stitch 'n bitch. Wade challenged me to complete it in 1 month. This seemed challenging back then. I completed it in time and it cemented my knitting future!

The top right corner is my second scarf. I knit this one was for my friend Courtney as a birthday present. I had even less time to complete this since Courtney's birthday is actually 1 week before my mom's. But I was getting faster and I finished it in about 2 weeks. It's Wavy Gravy from Stitch 'n bitch Nation. I used a dark green and a medium green from Lamb's Pride. Green is Court's favorite color and it's perfect for St. Pat's! She's in Chicago so maybe she's even wearing it today :)

The bottom 2 pictures are a baby blanket I made for my friends Jenny and John last spring. They had their first baby in June. They are HUGE Chicago Cubs fans so I searched for the perfect red and blue in a baby weight yarn. I tried to take a close up of the corner so you could see the pattern better but I don't know if it shows up well in the mosaic. My mother-in-law's friend gave me this pattern. It was very easy.

I hope you enjoyed my blast-from-the-past. I know I did! Have a great St. Patrick's day!!!!!

4x4 Meme

I was tagged 2 months ago by Brynne to do this meme. Now that it's spring break I finally have time! I was also tagged by Martha weeks ago to do a different meme but I just couldn't think of 5 weird habits...or at least not ones I'd like to share :)

4 jobs you've had:
1. Sales associate at Wolf/Ritz Camera
2. Intern at IBM
3. Research assistant in college
4. Box office at AMC Theater in Naperville

4 movies you could watch over and over:
1. A Christmas Story
2. Singing in the Rain
3. Animal House
4. Probably most any musical or comedy

4 Places you've lived:
1. Naperville, IL (most of my life)
2. Rolla, MO
3. Columbia, MO (for less than 1 year)
4. Katy/Houston, TX

4 TV shows you love to watch:
1. Unwrapped, Good Eats, Iron Chef America, 30 minute meals, Everyday Italian...If it's on the Food Network I probably like to watch it
2. American Chopper
3. Family Guy
4. All My Children

4 places you've been on vacation:
1. Cancun - Honeymoon!
2. Italy
3. Connecticut - my parents are from CT so I've been many many times to visit family
4. North Carolina - my first road trip with Wade

4 websites you visit daily:
1. Yahoo - for e-mail
2. Bloglines
3. For Better or For Worse daily comic strip
4. WebCT - grad school

4 of your favorite foods:
1. Pasta
2. Pizza
3. Anything sweet! Especially if it has chocolate!
4. Cheeseburgers

4 places you'd rather be right now:
1. Hawaii - I've never been but I hear its awesome.
2. Chicago - I miss my family and it's an awesome city
3. Kansas City - My SIL and some of my friends live there
4. Italy - It's just so beautiful and cultured

Brynne tagged the Katy Knitters so I'll just say if you haven't done it or want to do it again - go for it!