A Fine Romance

Starlight, starbright, first star I see tonight..." -- Nursery Rhyme, or "Lucky Star" by Madonna.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the Rowan Romance yarn I couldn't live without, in the Starlight color. The yarn is more gray in the photo than in person, but at least you can see the glinty sparkles. I'm thinking Stolen Moments Wrap by Amy M. Swenson if I can get gauge.

 

The afghan in the background was crocheted by my mom, for our wedding. It is one of the few blankets the cats are not allowed to sleep on, which intensely annoys them.

 

Robin tagged me for a meme.

The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

1) What was I doing 10 years ago?

Ten years ago next month, I started my current job. I also celebrated my third anniversary with Chris, and we began to plan for buying our first house.

2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order):

To get party supplies for my grandmother's birthday this weekend, find a frame for a new print for our kitchen wall, reply to some emails, finish the laundry, and get this post up.

3) Snacks I enjoy:

Officially: potato chips, which I don't buy from the grocery store because I can't ration them sensibly. Unofficially: the wee little Dunkin Donuts habit I've developed on the way to Chris' bike races. And sometimes on the way to knit night. I don't know if tea is a snack, but I drink pots of it.

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire: Build my dream house, not large, but by the ocean. Build my parents a new house, put money aside for my dad's chemotherapy treatments, take care of my grandmother. Give up the day job and have more time to volunteer at the cat shelter, maybe even fund a building for a cat shelter in a place that needs one. Give money to other causes as needed, especially those sponsoring research for things like cancer, human and feline. Travel to all the different places I want to see, like Australia, Italy, islands, with my dear husband. Take art lessons, learn Italian, ride my bike regularly. Hire a training coach for Chris for racing. Hire a landscape designer and have them help me design the garden of my dreams, to go with the house. It will have a heated pool. Sponsor one pro bike team for men and women each. I better stop now...

5) Places I have lived: I've lived in the same state all my life, but four different towns. 

6) Who I'm tagging: Anyone who wants to join, since many people have already been tagged!

I hope you all had a good weekend, and, unofficially, for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere: WELCOME SUMMER!!

Comments

[Sonya]

I can't ration potato chips either. I tell Kevin not to buy them and he can't understand why I can't have them in the house. Because I'll eat the whole bag in 2 days, dang it.

The Rowan Romance looks so interesting! I can't wait to see you knit it up.

[Chris]

Welcome summer?! It was 39F when I went to work this morning - it's warmed up to 58F now. *shivering*

[Robin]

Great post, thanks for participating and happy birthday to your grandma (yay for May birthdays).

I find that when I eat potato chips (rarely - because I have the same problem with them you do), I have two furry little friends who want to lick off all the salt and leave me the soggy chips....

[Jennifer]

I love potato chips too! That is gorgeous yarn.

[Nancy]

That yarn looks sooooo soft! Don't ya just want to carry a ball of it in your purse and sneak little cuddles during the day? I'm with you on the potato chips. I like just plain ol' greasy Jays.

[robin]

I have a problem with Doritos if I get going with them, so I try to pretend they don't exist. Jim likes to leave the chips out on the counter though for little snacks throughout the day for himself, though, and I am always putting them away. Out of sight, out of mind for me with that stuff, so I just have to keep it out of sight!!

Thanks for playing along with the meme! It was very interesting to read your responses, especially the part about what you'd do if you were a billionaire. You thought of a lot more good ideas than I did!

[robin]

Oh, and I forgot to tell you that I swatched with that exact color of the Romance!

[Erika]

The yarn and the afghan are beautiful! The yarn colour reminds me of something Elvish from Lord of the Rings.

I managed to go for months without eating potato chips, and then I moved out here and discovered a brand I really like (Tim's--I think they're from WA state). Alas!

[Brigitte]

I saw the Romance yarn this past weekend, but didn't see the grey colour - I love it!

Potato chips...mmmmm...

[Jodi]

I haven't seen that yarn before! I'll be on the lookout. What a lovely afghan.

[2paw]

What beautiful yarn, I have never seen it before and it will make a lovely wrap!!!