Long weekend

What a weekend I had! A friend was in Halifax to do an exam on Thursday (which he passed. yay!) so he stayed up for the weekend. To celebrate his new certification as Chief Mate, I took him to Anatolia Thursday evening for supper.

Seeing as it was a nice day Friday, I took the day off and we took a drive down to Lunenburg, because I had never been there. I was looking forward to seeing the Bluenose II, but unfortunately she was not there. It was a cute little town though, and of course, I had to stop at Have a Yarn in Mahone Bay. It's a surprisingly big store and they had some lovely things, but I managed to restrain myself from buying anything, which was hard, because there was a burgundy skien of Hand Maiden Cashmere Silk that I was quite enamored with.

This is a bit of the Lunenburg waterfront.



And this is a car I saw parked on the street there. I did laugh at it, and I took a picture!



I had knitted up this kitty a while ago and just got around to seaming it yesterday. It didn't turn out quite right. It's head is too wide and too short and the body is weird. I guess that's what you get for not doing a gauge swatch. He looks kinda mean in this picture too! He's guarding my iMac with one of his nine lives. Pattern for kitty found here, knit with some scrap dk acrylic on size 2 needles.




The highlight of the weekend though was our outing Saturday night!!! Where did we go? Well here's a hint!!!!

It was a great show, a little pricey, but very much worth it. Lumière and Gaston were especially well played. My only complaint is that they made it much longer by adding some pretty weak songs, but all in all a very entertaining show, and of course, amazing company to enjoy it with.

Yarn Sale

Something wierd is going on with Blogger and there is a strange random link that I can't get rid of...Just ignore it I guess.

I, of course, had to stop by Tangled Skiens for their 20% off sale yesterday. I managed to restrain myself and only came away with two skiens of Malabrigo and two skiens of Art yarns.

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Steph also showed me this cute bootie pattern while I was there which was great because I had been looking for the perfect bootie pattern. You can find it at www.saartjeknits.nl in her free patterns section .

Weekend in Quebec

I somewhat spontaneously decided to put some miles on the car and go to Québec with my father this past weekend to visit some family (my dad grew up in Québec). It was mostly spent visiting said family but I did have a couple hours to spend in Old Québec. I tried to practice my french while I was there and found I did pretty good in the city. One girl in a shoe store didn't even realize that I wasn't from there, which I find surprising since my accent is horrible. But out in Saint Raymond where my Grandmamman lives I went to a restaurant and the waitress couldn't understand me when I ordered a glass of water (une verre d'eau). All in all, the Québecois population are not nearly as snooty as people say they are, but there are always a few...


Here is a cute little street there. I love all the little shops and cafés, it looks so European.



And this is my new car!!! Haha, no, I saw it parked on the street there and had to take a picture. It's a Lamborgini. I wonder if the owner of this car is single?



And of course, the beautiful Chateau Frontenac.


And now I am back home completely sick of driving... for now.

On the road again...

This weekend I'm going on a rather last minute trip to Quebec city with my dad. I have some relatives there whom I haven't seen since I was in highschool so I think it's about time I go back to visit. I'm starting to wonder why I ever bother unpacking in the first place, as I seem to be repacking shortly thereafter. Ah well, it's nice to have so few responsibilities that I can do these sorts of things.

On tuesday I finally remembered to bring my camera to KOL, and even more impressive, I remembered to use it!

This is newest KOL member, and the cutest!

Song Game (aka-wasting time on my coffee break)

Song Game, Stolen from Frozen Extremeties facebook...
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1. Open your preferred music player.
2. Randomize playback
3. For each track, enter the song info as the answer.
4. Post it on your Facebook. (Or Blog!)
5. Don't cheat, it's way more fun!

Opening Credits:
Narc-Interpol

Waking up:
Mine's not a high horse - the Shins

First Day at High School:
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead

Falling In Love:
If you were here - the Thompson Twins

Fight Song:
Brisbee Blue - Calexico

Breaking Up:
Give me one reason - Tracy Chapman

Prom:
Tower of song - Martha Wainright

Life:
Shine a light – Wolf Parade

Mental Breakdown:
I want to know - the Mavericks

Driving:
You take my breath away - Sara Brightman

Flashback:
Oceano – Josh Groban

Getting Back Together:
Next Exit -Interpol

Wedding:
Warning Sign – Coldplay (I don't think that playing a song called Warning Sign at a wedding would be very good luck!)

Birth of Child:
the New Year - Death cab for Cutie

Final Battle:
the Police and the Private - Metric

Death Scene:
i hear noises - tegan and sara

Funeral Song:
Just for now - Jill Barber

End Credits:
All I wanna do is make love to you -Heart

(Morning had broken by Cat Stevens came next... that would have been a perfect waking up song!)

Sock it to me...

Another finished pair of socks! These are Fleece Artist Merino socks. I based them on the fleece artist sock pattern but I had to invent an Extra Small size and I decided to do ribbing all the way down. This yarn is sooo soft and the colour reminds me of goldfish. I thoroughly enjoyed knitting these ones.



I also started a side project as I was getting board with the baby blanket. I had this Cascade fixation that I picked up in the half price bin at Tangled Skeins and I had cast on Hedera, but it wasn't going well so I frogged it and cast on Broadripple instead.



My knitting ADD is getting the best of me. I still haven't seamed the baby sweater that I knit back in January (I dislike seaming) and I have one purple bootie awaiting a mate, but I have until August to get this stuff done and in the mail before I go to sea. Oh yes, and I promised to knit a hat for a charming cadet I met in the campus bar at the coast guard college. Some people drink and say stupid things, I drink and offer to knit things for people.

Mending my bad knitting ways...

I finally made it back to KOL this week after being away for a while and met a few new knitters (new to me knitters anyway). After a while one of them asked if I was twisting my stitches in my stockinet. I wasn't doing it on purpose, and after closer inspection we figured out that I twist my purl stitches and I have been doing it all along. It turns out that I taught myself to purl incorrectly. It's too late to change it on the baby blanket and I am not about to start that one over so I guess I will have to live with the twisted stockinet.

Mrs. Yes brought her beautiful new munchkin as well. I held him. He cried. I guess the maternal instincts have not kicked in yet, which is ok considering that the only living thing in my care is a cactus and I don't think that will change in the near future. Besides, I will get to practice not making babies cry on my little neice when she arrives.

I am looking for a good manly hat pattern. I think I'd like to use Manos for it. Any good ideas?

Gyro Standard 20 Course May 2007

I have never been on a technical course where they felt the need to take a class picture, but they did, so here it is. Also notice that there is actually another woman in my class, not very common. The really interesting thing is that the instructor on the right is actually from the same little community in NB that I am from. He used to live down the road from my parents, and I've met his daughter and everything. What a small world.

BBB

If you are my unborn niece, please look away or the surprise will be ruined! Also, I hope you are infact a girl or this blanket will not be very appropriate.

I found the pattern here http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2005/07/29/welcome.html and I am using Butterfly Super 10 Cotton. My sister is not a fan of wool because it is itchy, so I decided on cotton instead. I started it last week while I was on course at the coast guard college in Sydney. The course was really good and seeing all those cadets in uniform everyday wasn't half bad either. Sorry, i have no pictures of them!

More of Winston

julie & chien, originally uploaded by leclerc_jk.

This blog seems to be more about Winston than knitting lately, but he is just so lovable...

I was sitting on the sofa reading when he randomly walked over, sighed and fell onto my lap in this position. Nicole and my mom thought it was amusing and took a picture. He looks so depressed here. It's a hard life, Winston, a hard life indeed.

Socks, sisters and apples.

This is the pair of socks that I started two years ago and finally finished a couple weeks ago. These socks did some travelling while I worked on them. They have been on the CCGS Hudson on the Grand Banks and well as on the CCGS Matthew surveying the Swiss Air crash site. They were also the project that I brought the very first time I every came to KOL. I think they will make very nice work socks. Oh yes, they are Patons Kroy socks yarn on 2.25 mm needles.

This is my sister and her dog showing off the nursery for the new baby. They got it all set up while I was visiting them a few weeks ago. I don't think Winston is going to enjoy the lack of attention he will get once the new addition to the household comes!


And this is my most recent addition to my household. A 2.0GHz 17" iMac. I got it on friday. I am still trying playing around the OS. It's been a long time since I have used a mac, but so far it's pretty cool. They are a lot of neat little apps and it's very pretty. I am still having internet connection problems though. Not only if my connection as slow as mollasses (sometimes as low as 50kbps) but it drops out SEVERAL times a day especially during peak hours. I have called Aliant a few times and they are incredibly useless, especially since I know much more about this sort of thing than those silly call centre agents do. (At least I like to think that I do) If this doesn't get sorted out soon I may switch to Eastlink. Does anybody have any comments on the Aliant/Eastlink situation?

A baby is on the way...

Winston1, originally uploaded by leclerc_jk.

No, this is not said baby. Even though Winston is quite whiney. The pic is dark because he doesn't like the flash,
My trip to Ontario went pretty well despite the horrendous driving (and my terrible spelling). Of course we had to hit snow on the way there and the way back.

My dad got the nursery painted and the crib assembled, and we went shopping for baby things and stuff. My sister also had her first ultrasound while I was there and since her husband is fighting in Afghanistan right now, I got to go in with her and watch. My little niece appears to be quite healthy.

So, now that we are 95% sure it's girl, I can start more knitting and not have to make everything green or yellow! Yippee!

I will have more knitting posts once I get around to unpacking my camera and whatnot.

Antropologie Capelet

I finished the anthropologie inspired capelet found here: http://peonyknits.blogspot.com/2005/11/anthropologie-inspired-capelet-fo-and.html . I used about a skein and a half of Patons Katrina on size 11 Denise needles. It was a pretty quick and easy knit and I learned how to do raglan shaping. Yippee. Now I just need to learn how to take decent pictures of myself. It's tricky!




My computer is behaving very well now. Fred helped me get it all fixed up. I still have the urge to go out and buy a sweet Apple but I do not have 1700$ laying around so I guess I will have to make do for now.

Next tuesday I leave to go see my sister in Ontario for a week. I can't wait. I will however miss KOL for a couple weeks :( Glad the new digs are working out though!

Green scarf and my computer is possibly recovering from it's flu?

I made a scarf from the leftovers from the Lady of Lake Jacket. There's still more yarn left too, I think I have enought for a hat!

My PC has been acting up lately and I've been formatting and reinstalling windows, etc. Tonight, I was getting so fed up that I went to look at computers. Then I got home and everything seems to be working ok. Maybe my computer just needed to be scared into being replaced to start behaving properly.

tagged

All answers must start with your first initial:

Your Name: Julie
Famous Music artist/group: Jill Barber
3 letter word: jab
Color: Jade
Gift/present: Jewels
Vehicle: Jetta
TV Show: Jetsons
Country: Jordan
Boy's Name: Jim (my boss)
Girl's Name: Jenna (my best friend in middle school)
Alcoholic drink: Julep
Occupation: Janitor
Flower: Jasmine
Celebrity: Julie Andrews
Food: Jelly beans
Something found in a kitchen: Julienne Peeler (i had to surf the web to come up with that)
Reason for Being Late: Jam (the traffic kind, not the strawberry kind)
Something You Shout: I don't often shout


I have a few pictures of FO's to post as well, but my computer is being wierd and I haven't brought my camera into work to upload them. I tried reformatting this weekend but that didn't seem to fix it. I'm going to try reinstalling windows one more time and if that doesn't work, I may have to consider acquiring some new hardware, which is so not in the budget right now.
Ah, technology.

Look What I Got!

It finally came! The deleivery guys showed up yesterday afternoon and brought me the new bed. It's very comfy!
And here it is all made up with my new Duvet and duvet cover ensemble. As you can see, some of my pals are testing it out. They approve.





After the busy day I am having at work, I can't wait to go home and nap, but I will try my best to drag myself back from my cloudlike haven to check out the Wired Monk tonight.

I also finished a scarf that I made from the leftover yarn from my Lady of the Lake jacket, but I have not sewn in the ends or taken pictures yet. I think I even have enough yarn left to make a hat as well. Pictures to come shortly.

A little FO

I finished the shrug I have been working away at. The pattern was free on the Interweave Knits website but it originally had little ruffles on the sleeves which I left out. I used just under two balls of Patons Katrina on size 10.5 Denise needles. My flash is kinda bright so you can't actually see that this was all done in ribbing.

I finished this a few days ago but my internet at home has been incredibly flakely lately and would not let me upload pictures.





My new bed should have been here by now, but it's not... Hopefully soon it will arrive and I will have pictures of it and my new Duvet. Or maybe it will be so comfortable that I will stay in bed forever never to be heard of again.

Filing in space

Haven't finished a project in a while. I have been knitting, but as always, I am working on several things at once and have not finished any of them. So here is some mindless meme stuff to fill in space and let you all know that this blog is still alive.

**Go to the google search engine and type in your name and the words "needs" after it, i.e. "Morgan needs". Write down the discription that appears.

"Julie - Needs Early Start"

Hmmm... What do I need an early start on? Maybe I should figure that out so that I can get started.

Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.

1892 - St. John's, Newfoundland was devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
1969 - IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer.
1997 - Mayo Clinic researchers warn that the dieting-drug "fen-phen" can cause severe heart and lung damage.

1958 - Kevin Bacon, American actor
1970 - Beck, American singer

1999 - Pete Conrad, American astronaut (b. 1930)

Boy was I born on an important day!

FO and weekend shopping spree.

I finished my wrister warmers from Last Minute Knitted Gifts last week. They were pretty easy and quick to knit, but I don't know how much I'll wear them since it's too cold out there right now.
I stopped by LK Yarns on friday and picked up a bunch of sale yarn, as if I needed more yarn. I do have plans for all of it though. The Patons Katrina will be used to make a couple shrugs, that multi-coloured stuff in the bottom right will make a nice lacey scarf and the purple cotton in the left will make booties and a hat if my sister has a baby girl. If she has a boy, I will have to rethink it. As you can tell, I am hoping for a girl.

The yarn wasn't the last of my weekend shopping. I also went to Simmons and ordered a new bed. After sleeping on a 30 year old mattress (clealy a hand-me-down) I figured it was time to upgrade. Now if bowling balls were to drop on my bed beside me, I can sleep undisturbed.

Trying out the whole meme thing...

Countdown Meme (taken from http://thedailymeme.com/)

Ten movies you’d watch over and over:
1. Phantom of the Opera
2. Rent
3. La Vita Et Bella
4. Amelie
5. LOTR
6. High Fidelity
7. About a Boy
8. Million Dollar Baby
9. Motorcycle Diaries
10. Star Wars

Nine people you enjoy the company of:
1. my Mom
2. my dad
3. my sister
4. Tristan
5. Dawn
6. Adrien
7. Pat
8. Sarah
9. Everybody at KOL!

Eight things you’re wearing:
1. my Glasses
2. a grey long sleeved shirt
3. a blue sweater
4. my Helly Hansen fleece jacket (yes it's that cold in my shop)
5. Jeans
6. wool socks
7. sketchers
8. my watch

Seven things on your mind:
1. I have to go to the gym tonight
2. I should be drinking more water
3. I need to get all those cables made up for the new boat
4. I would like to rearrange my living room
6. Before I can rearrange furniture I have to clean up!
7. I have too many knitting/cross stitch projects on the go.

Six objects you touch every day:
1. The steering wheel of my Integra
2. my keyboard
3. the fridge
4. the coffee pot
5. the alarm clock
6. the door knob

Five things you do everyday:
1. wake up (hopefully)
2. brush my teeth
3. shower
4. check my e-mail
5. drink coffee

Four bands or musical artists that you couldn’t live without:

1. Belle and Sebastian
2. Sarah Slean
3. Tegan and Sara
4. Calexico

Three of your favorite songs of the moment:
1. Legacy - Jill Barber
2. Paper Bag - Fiona Apple
3. Warning Sign - Coldplay

Two people who have influenced your life the most:
1. My parents
2. my sister

One person who has been nice to you today:
1. Gerry, one of my coworkers, gave me some cinnimon hearts (because his wife gave them to him and he doesn't like them) Seeing as I haven't been anywhere but work today, that's all I've got.

I have too much spare time.

What a fun website! After seeing this I decided to try out this nifty site for myself. This is my sister's dog Winston. Not really sure what look he was going for here.

My First Sweater!

I finally finished my first sweater! It's the Lady of the Lake from Fleece Artist. I think it turned out okay for my first attempt. I tried to take a picture of myself with it on, but that didn't work out so well, hopefully I will have a good shot of it soon...If you look closely you can see how desperately my carpet needs to be vacuumed...

Finally, Time to breathe?

I seem to have been MIA for the past little while with holiday travelling, business travelling and then coming down with the cold from hell. (two weeks of this nasty bug and I am still not totally better)Hopefully this week I'll feel normal and can get back into somewhat of a routine. In the meantime, here are some little projects that I finished up lately.

This is a baby bib made out of Bernat Handicrafter Cotton from a pattern I found here www.knitlist.com/2003/babybib.htm . I have a new cousin on the way in August and my first neice or nephew will be arriving in Septembre, so many more baby things will follow I am sure.

The hat pattern is from Last Minute Knitted gifts and the multidirectional scarf I found on the web somewhere (forget the URL). Together, they used 2 skeins of Manos. The scarf is a little shorter than I would like, but I think it will do. This is my first time knitting with Manos, and I LOVE the texture. The colours are gorgeous too!

New Years Resolutions

Again, I stole this from letitfall.org and I know, I am very late with me resolutions.

FIVE RESOLUTIONS FOR 2007
1. I will do some volunteer work
2. I will get in the shape I was in last spring
3. I will worry less
4. I will make some new friends in this crazy city
5. I will think less with my head and more with my heart

FIVE THINGS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2007
1. The birth of my first niece or nephew
2. Visiting my sister in Ontario
3. Sailing around the coast of Labrador
4. Learning new skills at work and getting better at my job
5. Going to Stitch 'n Bitch more often

FIVE THINGS I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2007
1. the beaurocracy of the federal government
2. trying to save money to buy a house
3. sailing for 28 days at a time and having to bunk up with a stranger
4. Spending yet another year on my own
5. valentines day

FIVE MOVIES I WILL SEE IN 2007
1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. The Prince of Tides
3. Borat
4. Charlottes Web
5. the last kiss

FIVE BOOKS I WANT TO READ IN 2007
1. The Stone Diaries - Carol Sheilds
2. Memoirs - Pierre Eliot Trudeau
3. The life of Pi (I forget the authors name at the moment)
4. Microserfs - Douglas Coupland
5. The tin flute - Gabriel Roy

FIVE THINGS I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO MORE OF IN 2007
1. Read!
2. be sociable
3. work out
4. be motivated at work
5. keep in touch with friends and family

A year in review (a little late)

I stole this from letitfall.org... It seemed like a good idea.

FIVE GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 2006
1. Going to visit my sister in Ontario (for free) thanks to a work trip.
2. Having my first real sea experience and seeing Dolphins and Whales for the first time.
3. Seriously taking up knitting.
4. Bought my dream car.
5. Was in the best shape of my life.

FIVE MOVIES I REALLY ENJOYED IN 2006
1. V for Vendetta
2. Ice Age 2
3. Cars
4. Wedding Crashers
5. Motorcycle Diaries

FIVE BOOKS I READ IN 2006 (AND SUGGEST YOU READ, TOO)
1. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
2. Famous Last Words - Timothy Findley
3. Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
4. JPod - Douglas Coupland
5. How to Ruin Your Lovelife - Ben Stein

FIVE TELEVISION SHOWS I WATCHED ON A REGULAR BASIS IN 2006
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. don't
3. watch
4. much
5. TV

FIVE THINGS I LEARNED IN/FROM 2006
1. Fully appreciate those who are close to you. You never know how long you'll have them around.
2. If you don't speak up for yourself nobody else will do it for you.
3. Keeping fit not only keeps my body healthy, it keeps me sane!
4. I do not get sea sick. (that's good in my line of work)
5. the futility of material things. You can't take any of it with you.

FIVE SONGS THAT REMAINED ON MY PLAYLIST IN 2006
1. Legacy - Jill Barber
2. Evil - Interpol
3. Roca - Calexico
4. Yankee Bayonett - the Decemberists
5. Patriarch and a Vespa - Metric

CAP-puccino

CAP-ucino, originally uploaded by leclerc_jk.

Tristan got me this for Christmas. I thought it was pretty neat. You can't really make it out in this picture, but it says CAP-PUCCINO - all the ingredients you need to make a cozy hat. Those are bamboo needles stuck in the top.

I also got some a great Altec Lansing stereo for my computer, a DVD player and a dining room table. I didn't take too many pictures while I was on vacation though, I never seem to remember to do that. Oh well, there is always next year.

Julie saves the day?

One of our surveying launches is down in Port Hawksbury supposed to be doing some surveying, but the coxwain called yesterday afternoon in a panic because they're having GPS problems, so today I'm driving down to save the day! I've never been to Cape Breton or out that way at all, I know Port Hawksbery is technically not Cape Breton, but it's as close as I have come.
As, I'm still pretty new at my job I'm also looking forward to the chance to show what I'm made of. Hopefully all goes well and she's up and running later today!

Any KOLers who may read this, I will not be there tonight... I'm leaving to early to catch todays post.

I am a hermit

This is not at all surprising... I didn't need a quiz to figure this one out.

If only I could find a lovely hermit community to settle in. You know, one with lovely moss on the caves and nice hermit neighbors.

You are The Hermit

Prudence, Caution, Deliberation.

The Hermit points to all things hidden, such as knowledge and inspiration,hidden enemies. The illumination is from within, and retirement from participation in current events.

The Hermit is a card of introspection, analysis and, well, virginity. You do not desire to socialize; the card indicates, instead, a desire for peace and solitude. You prefer to take the time to think, organize, ruminate, take stock. There may be feelings of frustration and discontent but these feelings eventually lead to enlightenment, illumination, clarity.

The Hermit represents a wise, inspirational person, friend, teacher, therapist. This a person who can shine a light on things that were previously mysterious and confusing.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

This weekend was a write off.

I didn't make it to the Gaspereau Valley Open house on Saturday or to the Sarah Slean concert Friday night because I came down with a bad cold. The weekend was pretty much a write-off, I didn't even feel like knitting!

I spend most of the weekend keeping my eye on the Liberal leadership race, as I do not have cable and that's all that was on my two channels. Stephan Dion took it. He wasn't the favourtie going in, but he took it in the end. I can't say I follow politics closely enough to know the candidates well, but from what I have heard of Dion, I like him. Most of his supporters are younger and I think some new blood is much needed. Will he beat Harper? We shall see...

Now for the good news...
my sister and her husband made it down to New Brunswick from Ontario where they will be for the next month. I'll be joining them there in less than two weeks, I can't wait.

And, one of my best friends announced yesterday that her and her beau are tying the knot! Congratulations Dawn and Chris!

Yet another thing to make me feel old... I can hear my biological clock ticking away. tick.tick.tick.

Open House at Gaspereau Valley Fibres Anyone?

Any of you Halifax area knitters planning on heading down to Gaspereau Valley Fibres for their Christmas Open house this Saturday? I beleive it's from 1pm to 4pm.

Branching Out Scarf

Branching Out Scarf, originally uploaded by leclerc_jk.

Yet another scarf! This is the branching out scarf from knitty.com. It's a great pattern, not too difficult, but with really nice results. I used Patons Grace, a mercenized cotton.

My first hat

Hat, originally uploaded by leclerc_jk.

My first attempt at knitting a hat. The pattern is from last minute knitted gifts and I used Patons SWS, which is very soft. I could not seem to find a 40cm size 9 circular in this crazy city so I used a 10 and made a smaller size. It's still a little big on me, but hopefully it will fit the recipient, ( and lets hope he doesn't read my blog!)

Fours

Four jobs I’ve had:

* Marine Electronics Technologist
* Medical Equipment Technologist
* Costumer service specialist at Walmart
* Hostess at East Side Marios

Four movies I can watch over and over:

* the Phantom of the Opera
* Star Wars
* the First Matrix
* Garden State

Four places I have lived:

* Halifax
* Moncton
* Fredericton
* Geary

Four television shows I love to watch:

* Grey's Anatomy
* ER
* Scrubs
* Family Guy

Four places I have been on vacation:

* Boston
* Ottawa
* Quebec City
* New Hampshire

Four of my favorite dishes:

* Lasagna
* Spaghetti
* Pizza
* Souvlaki

Four websites I visit daily:

* hotmail.com
* flickr.com
* DFO intranet
* TDCanada Trust


Four places I would rather be right now:

* In Bed
* At Sea
* At my parents house
* Second Cup

Wavy Scarf

Wavy Scarf
Originally uploaded by leclerc_jk.

I finally finished the Wavy scarf from Knitty.com. It's just cheap old Red Heart acrylic yarn, but it's still pretty soft and came out ok. You can't see it in this picture but there is a HUGE error in this scarf. Part way through I dropped the stitched off my needle. I managed to get them all back on again, but stated knitting in the opposite direction, so one of the waves is way too long. Maybe nobody will notice?

Lacy scarf

Lacy scarf
Originally uploaded by leclerc_jk.

Another scarf finished! I knit this completely at sea on the Hudson which makes it kinda special I think. Perhaps it should be the Sea Scarf? The pattern is from Louet sales and the yarn in Needful Trillium (a blend of linen and viscose). The yarn is beautiful and soft and hangs just right. I'm not sure weather to give this one as a christmas gift or be greedy and keep it for myself!

I'm a cookie monster!

Cookie Monster You scored 56% Organization, 30% abstract, and 30% extroverted!

This test measured 3 variables. First, this test measured how organized you are. Some muppets like Cookie Monster make big messes, while others like Bert are quite anal about things being clean. Second, this test measured if you prefer a concrete or an abstract viewpoint. For the purposes of this test, concrete people are considered to gravitate more to mathematical and logical approaches, whereas abstract people are more the dreamers and artistic type. Third, this test measured if you are more of an introvert or an extrovert. By definition, an introvert concentrates more on herself and an extrovert focuses more on others. In this test an introvert was somebody that either tends to spend more time alone or thinks more about herself. You are somewhat organized, more concrete, and more introverted. Here is why are you Cookie Monster. You are both somewhat sloppy. Actually you are probably a lot less messy than Cookie Monster. Cookie Monster can be messy when he is eating, but he doesn't usually lose things. You are probably mostly organized. You have a good idea where you put things and you probably keep your place reasonably clean. You aren't totally obsessed with neatness though. You both can be concrete thinkers. Cookie Monster knows what he wants (cookies!) and he consistently works toward that goal. You probably know what you want in life, and you have a real plan toward achieving it. You are both introverted. Cookie Monster only thinks about himself when he says "Me want cookies." He rarely thinks of the affect he has on others. For whatever reason you are uncomfortable in social settings. You probably have one or two people that you are close with. You'd rather do things by yourself and you dislike working in groups. The other possible characters are Oscar the Grouch Big Bird Snuffleupagus Ernie Elmo Kermit the Frog Grover The Count Guy Smiley Bert If you enjoyed this test, I would love the feedback! Also if you want to tell me your favorite Sesame Street character, I can total them up and post them here. Perhaps your choice will win!

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on Organization You scored higher than 99% on concrete-abstra You scored higher than 99% on intro-extrovert

Link: The Your SESAME STREET Persona Test written by greencowsgomoo on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test