It’s that time of year
Let’s see, what’s new in RK land.
I restarted the cardigan in lavender. It’s not moving nearly as quickly as the first one did.
I had joined the Mystery Stole group and the first clue came out on the 7th. It calls for a provisional cast on so you can either work one end of the stole, then go back and pick up stitches from the cast on and work the other end. Or you can work both ends as the clues are released. I had all intentions of working both ends but I was a dumbass and started working from the cone of yarn. This means the other end is tucked safely down inside the cone where I can’t get to it. So, working one end at a time it is.
You’re sick of hearing it, I’m sick of talking about it, but here it is. I’m once again trying to quit the old smoking habit. I’m trying the patch again. I’ve learned that it’s not really the nicotine that I’m addicted to, but the mental part. Even with the patch, I still craved my little trips to the garage to smoke. I seem to be able to last until about 5 pm, then I feel like I’m crawling out of my skin. But I’ll keep working on it. Maybe today I’ll last a little longer, and tomorrow a little longer than that.
Janice and I went to the Gainesville SNB yesterday. She found out the hard way that I’m quiet at the SNBs but once I get comfortable, I don’t shut up! Ha! In all seriousness, I had a great time. I printed the directions from Google maps, which turned out to be a little off. Damn you Google, I was just bragging on you and this is the way you repay me? We had to call for directions. Here are some of the fun bits of directions we got:
Where are you at now? We can see the courthouse, at the intersection of X and Y.
Is it the new one or the old one? Uh, don’t know.
You’d know if it’s the new one, it’s awful.(I don’t remember the exact word he used. Horrendous? Atrocious? Still..)
Are you on/near the square? Uh, don’t think so
Can you see the square? Uh
Okay, go this way. Let me know when you get to the post office. Okay. Driving. Driving. Okay, see it.
The road is going to fork, and you’ll have to cross a lot of traffic to pull into our parking lot. Good luck. Good luck?? Oh shit.
A lot of traffic meant one car coming down the road.
See how exciting my life is? 
July 9th, 2006 at 4:47 pm
You forgot to tell them about the white-knuckle screaming ride up there and back.
just kidding
July 9th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
The first three times I went to SnB I got lost and had to call home for directions. Which is a joke, because David can’t read a map!
I joined the Mystery Stole too, but haven’t started it. I’m hankering for lace, but I need to finish all these things I’ve promised first. Which is probably why I’m hardly knitting, because I’m working on things I can’t be bothered with
July 10th, 2006 at 11:12 am
Hey Jill, thanks for checking out my blog. Your mystery stole sounds very interesting! Tempting to join but got way to much on the knitting plate at the moment. Hubby was just bringing up the sweater I was supposed to have knitted him last year that still hasn’t made it very far. Sigh
July 10th, 2006 at 11:13 am
Opps, I forgot to mention my mother was able to finally stop smoking by using Acupunture. She’d tried a lot of other things before that without success. Good luck with it.
July 11th, 2006 at 6:22 pm
the directions to that coffee house are surprisingly simple but I have yet to see any good ones written up. I’m bummed I didn’t go to SnB last weekend, but my baby guineas came in that day so I needed to be home for their arrival. Figures. I hope you’ll go back to it!
July 28th, 2006 at 2:11 pm
On the smoking thing - maybe you could take a break routinely to go relax, in the garage or somewhere even beter/different (a new place so you won’t associate the relaxation with the smoking). Does that make sense? Allow yourself the downtime without the cig?