i love this sign. there are so much interesting southloopyness on my way to knit night. and now it's light out when i go, so that's even more exciting!
10.3.10
3.3.10
194/365
Hmm, she thinks, contemplating the phone plugged into her computer. shourld i skip a day, or just take another sp here and now? how many of these do i have to take before giving up on the project all together?
193/365
on the way to the grocery store when lisa! sees something sparkle in the skylight's light and plucks My First Grey Hair out of my head. i am horrified, just horrified. what will my dad say? he's always telling me "don't get old, cait, don't get old. there's just no future in it." I hate not listening to him.
192/365
reminds me of my mom's line, "let me get out my camera and take your picture now before you drink too much. my subjects just get blurrier and blurrier the longer we stay out. they are prefectly clear when they arent' drinking, it's only after they start imbibing that they get blurry. what? no, it has nothing to do with me. the SUBJECTS are the ones that are blurry, after all."
191/365
urkish restaurant. it was sooo good! lisa and i are planning a trip to istambul this fall (wanna come?) and so it got us in the mood for ticket buying.
27.2.10
190/365
back at the flowershop, in the curly willow woods! ch asked me to help him with this party. total crazyness, 21 arrangements with sticks coming out of the top and 4 candles hanging from the branches. and guess who made those 84 candle cages? lots of wire tieing for me!
189/365
making a birthday gift for my sister. i don't think it's gotten there yet, so i can't post about it until she's recieved it. I asked lisa!'s fashion opinion which saved it from being unbearably dorky, plus added some souldier flair.
188/365
mary, our vday temp, always brings us sweets, and this year she left some candy jewelry. they are so disgusting (the different colors don't even taste different) yet i cannot stop eating them.
187/365
lazy sunday. it's too bad i didn't manage to get a SP in before the daylight was gone. a lazy day, we mostly laid on the couch and watched the olympics. oh, but i finished the curtains behind my head. aren't they nice?
186/365
company belt. i'm already planning my outfits for germany. the ishbel i made mom matches this so i wore it out tonight for lynne's birthday. it made me feel like i looked very hip. her birthday was at the chicago diner and then big chicks and it was all very circa 2003 for me. i hadn't been either place for so long, and it's been a long time since i've gone out alone with people i don't know. i had a really good time except after i'd had a drink and then a group of smokers came in, and they smelled like death and it was rather awful. i don't know what i would do if lisa still smoked.
185/365
can you see me GLOWING? when i left work the SUN WAS STILL OUT! it's going to be daylight when i GET home, soon! and it's friday, horray weekend! and i found out meike would love to have me visit for the musikmesse, a trade show in germany my company is going to. so i'm going to germany to work a trade show! whee! here i am waiting for the bus to knit night. i love the welder on the sign. hello, working in an industrial neighborhood.
184/365
at work. on sunny days our south facing windows are terrible. the sun just beats in. you can see what little shade my long sleeves provide.
this is not the best picture i took that day, but it seems i'm taking too many pictures of just a hand. which seems like cheating. so along with more pictures outside i'lll try and take more including my face.
i do like the "fabric" scissors, though.
this is not the best picture i took that day, but it seems i'm taking too many pictures of just a hand. which seems like cheating. so along with more pictures outside i'lll try and take more including my face.
i do like the "fabric" scissors, though.
183/365
ok, so not so under control. dad is being difficult and bullying allie and i to get the advice of his investment guy. which we're not against, i sent him a fax and z sent him a long detailed email. and his response was super dramatic and trying to make us panic. he wants a conference call with us and we don't want much to do with him anymore. the worst part is i can't call my mom to complain. i really want her advice. It's not that she's a genius with money, but she is with people and conversations and relationships, and that's what the problem is right now.
182/365
so apparently being a benificiary is going to be a full time job. with my day off what do i do but make phone calls and fill out forms, trying to get everything in order. it's really frustrating trying to get straight answers out of anyone, and not being able to trust anyone. by my stack of papers you can tell i'm accomplishing lots now.
181/365
the green gauze of my lace shawl is getting bigger and bigger... i'm always wanting to take self-portraits on the metra, but i am always too selfconcious.
14.2.10
180/365
can i just say it is SO WEIRD to be home on valentine's day? but after yesterday was so slow, Ch didn't want me to come in today. which i of course enjoyed. i made the lining for my magnificent bag and i started hand-sewing it in while watching the olympics. i've also cleaned the bathroom and lisa! and i took a walk to recycle and i sorted my (& mom's) jewery boxes and in general was very productive.
178/365
the big day. florist's perspective. for us in the Willis Tower, the 12th was the big day. it was so exhausting, but we were also desperate. though we have deliveries on the 13th and 14th, we know there won't really be any walk ins or phone calls, so whatever we do this holiday will have to be done today.
177/365
last sunday there were all sorts of dramatic service cuts on the CTA which i haven't gotten to experience yet, because i've been working in the flowershop all week, and when i do i take the metra. sunny morning, this is my favorite thing for shadows to do. i am glad i was early to my train- usually i'm running up the steps. i'm glad shadows count!
176/365
our roses came today! 4 boxes of roses with 6 packs each with 25 roses per pack works out to 300 red and 300 colored roses. it's tremendously low, two years ago we ordered 2500 roses. but with the holiday on a sunday, we have to keep projections under control. i do hope we have to order lots more at the last minute. Ch keeps making me laugh. the outtakes of this one have me sticking my tounge out at him.
175/365
our printer has been making the most horrific squeeking noises. it started gradually, but now it can be heard across LL1. on friday CH borrowed some oil for clippers from the hairdressers, but it didn't seem to make a difference. today he went to buy WD40 and i called tech support. it's not under warranty with Dell anymore, but it still is with the Fleurbot. so after going through all the diagnostics with the guy at dell, they said they'd send us a part. well, the next day what arrives but a whole new printer! with a new $150 toner already inside! i took it out and put in the old toner and ch helped me set it on top of the old paper tray... and it still squeeked! ch said, wait, is that the old toner... so we put in the new one, and silence. it was the toner all along! so now we have a back up printer. just in case. a good thing to have! this is ch and i using the desk chair as a dolly to wheel it to a hiding place.
174/365
ikea called and our cabinets came! we were gonna put off going due to the snowstorm, but when lisa and i hadn't seen a flake at 6:30 we decided to go anyway. they are red and sexy and shiny. once we got back from our trek to the suburbs i installed them while lisa! made dinner. i like how you can see how well the aerogarden is doing in this photo. i wish the porch light wasn't so bright, though. they also aren't nearly this orange usually.
173/365
crazy hair. this is what happens when you sleep in product. saturday night we went out to pam and mike's birthday/birthday/groundhog day/valentine's day/marti gras party. we had a lot of fun and got home very late. i love laying around on sundays, not doing my hair and being able to take pictures in sunlight. i won't have another day off until after v-day.
172/365
oh this gunk is so so gross. when we moved in we cleaned the cupboards but the grease dust grease dust grease sandwich on top of the cupboards was too filthy to attack. but now that we have new cupboard doors something really had to be done. i tried a doobie and brillo with minimal sucess. i eventually got out the paint scraper to remove the gunk. is that gross or what? it's still a little sticky but i couldn't stand having my arms that high anymore. i just laid down papertowels and put the appliances back up.
171/365
on the metra. still not used to working downtown on fridays. i walked to the train station, got on the train, took my self portrait... and realized i have knitting! so i got off the train, walked out of the station, and figured out where to catch a bus. which was really convenient, it dropped me off right outside of knitting, but was still made me feel stupid.
170/365
sewing brigid's bags. it seems like there's no work, then there's work from everyone at once. i need to get this bag done before v-day, and i've already told the costume designer i can't work for her now. i've been spreading myself thin and i need some time to morn, i feel. it's hard for me to be out of the house 5 days a week, and i need some time to myself. i can afford it and so i'm trying not to feel bad about not working every hour humanly possible.
169/365
went to the grocery store after work today. walking by the broadway bank building it was so beautiful with it's fancy fancy ceiling. i keep hearing things about breaking up with your big bank and putting your money in community banks and credit unions and i'm inspired, i think i'm gonna do it. after v-day madness, of course!
168/365
Petty cash at the flowershop. sorting the receipts and running reports and getting everything ready for valentine's day. if i have the paperwork all done i can focus on the flowers for the big days!
167/365
man, i'm like two weeks behind with lableing my pictures and blogging and stuff. i don't even remember half these pictures. i had a dream about knitters and it made me wanna take a picture of my stash (and my ziggy socks!) this is it. i'm allowed one drawer. as you can see, i need to do some knitting out of it, but i could fit 2 or 3 more balls if neccesary. this seems like a lot of yarn to me and i can knit from it for a long time, but most knitters i know would be appalled at the idea of culling their stash down to one drawer. i know knitters with rooms for yarn. i don't have that luxury. the only exemption i have is if i have yarn for a sweater. cause obviously a whole sweater's worth of yarn would take up half the drawer!
31.1.10
166/365
MURDER! IN THE LIBRARY!! i was taking the picture of my twirly skirt (one of my mom's) and lisa was all, "can i be in your self portrait today?" and of course i never say no to that, so she laid down. and then of course, we needed props. and then a better setting. and suddenly i was mz. black, in the library, with the carving knife.
165/365
and finally here are the top ones! i really went all out for the frosted glass and stainless steel. we have such a grown up kitchen now! i need to organize the cupbords now, though, so they look all pretty behind the doors.
164/365
today's kitchen task- the drawers! they were much harder, but don't they look amazing? it makes me really compelled to clean the floor now, since it's all reflected in the cupboards. i cant' wait for the missing teeth to be filled in!
163/365
there is still the unending bits of icord left to do, but the bulk of the knitting is done. i really want something amazing to line it with, i'm not sure what. maybe green velvet. once it dries i'll unpin it and sew it together, and hopefully take more pictures. i am so excited to start carrying it around everywhere i go.
162/365
the first of the cabinets from ikea! i'm so glad the cupboards were already ikea. it makes it so much easier to just pop the old doors off their hinges. and put them in the new ones! the kitchen will look so good- although i forgot to buy a couple, so we're gonna have to go back someday to finish the project!
26.1.10
161/365
hej from ikea! when lisa! drove my mom's car back from PA it had 4 boxes of children's books in it, so i needed a bookcase so IKEA! dad gave me a check to spend on home repair for xmas and i was gonna get a ceiling fan, but i'm glad he didn't get me a gift card cause i bought cabinets for the kitchen instead! ikea kitchens are serious business, but i feel so grown up. half of them we had to order, but i've got plenty to work on before they come in. i'm so excited! it will look so nice! i'm so glad our kitchen already has ikea cabinets (they bought the $1-2 version) so i can keep the hinges and we just need to change the fronts. hej!
160/365
went out for justin's birthday to a fancy french restaurant in old town. it was fun and nice, although french sucks for vegetarians. afterwards they stopped to buy wine and we went back to justin's to eat the cheesecake stephanie made him for his birthday. i had drunk just enough i could summarize the reader's article on the senate candidates. don't know who to vote for in the primary? let me know, i'll tell you not who to vote for but how to tell them apart.
159/365
rying to get a photo of being streetlamp level at work wasn't working well, so i tried the interesting stairwell instead, without much more success. they are old and wooden and creaky and remind me of outlet shopping when i was little. i thnink the creakiest outlets in reading aren't open anymore.
158/365
what the dumpster sees of my apartment. i've been doing a lot of steps tonight- laundry, trash, and corner store. i try and carefully plan it so i'm never going up or down emptyhanded... but then i usually forget the soap or something and muck it all up.
157/365
stayed home sick. i don't feel that bad, but i sound like an 87 year old smoker. and have a nasty cough. i got my thank yous written though. and watched auntie mame. go me.
24.1.10
156/365
my dad gave me this for xmas. it's a maze in a ball, you have to get the little ball bearing the whole way through. it's incredibly frustrating, i tried to leave it there, but he mailed it to me. stupid toys.
155/365
lisa drove my mom's car back from michigan today. we don't have to keep our scarves and hats and mittens in boxes in the hallway anymore- we brough my mom's drysink. it's the only other piece of furnature of hers. it works so well in our hallway. i don't know what we'll do with it in the summer. use it for swimsuits or something.
17.1.10
154/365
guess where i'm coming from? not the beach or the hairdresser or swimming or wearing false eyelashes. it's the other contact lens-worthy occasion- dentist! the hygenist is always so interested in what i'm knitting so i always try and come with, oh, scarf, hat, socks, etc. i couldn't even begin to explain the bobbin mess, though. it's crazy- so many colors. and i even cut out 3 of them, i'll be adding duplicate stitch later instead. poor lisa!- i haven't finished her christmas gift scarf yet, but i'm all distracted by this big project.
153/365
on the way to knit night. am i even ready for the intarsia chart? i have my bobbins wound, we'll see....
152/365
this is the east west satchel kit mom gave me for my birthday! i've finished the strap and bottom, and today i finished the front and back! all i have left to knit are the flap and the edging... and of course, i have to put it all together, make a lining, etc. i now comes the scary part. CUTTING THE STEEK! those non patterned stripes down the middle? i'm going to CUT them. with SCISSORS. down the middle of my KNITTING. i'll reinforce them tomorrow on the bus, and then actually do the cutting at my knitting group for moral support.
151/365
in the stairwell on the way home from work. in the mornings i usually leave out the back so i can drop the cat litter in the dumpster. as a result i never ever see the front stairwell all lit and bright from the skylight. winter is so long and dark, and it's only january. still 4 1/2 months to go.
150/365
lisa! and i are so lucky to have so many awesome restaurants right in our neighborhood. but we do end up not venturing more than a block or 2 away. this was at a yummy italian place up on jarvis- we ended up walking almost a mile in the snow. it seemed like an endless trek on the way there, hungry, but it was just a pleasant walk on the way back.
149/365
that other picture that was up on my blog with no caption would have been a much better one, but i didn't take it so it doesn't count. mom's big request for her funeral was "more singing less talking" so there were hymns and the choir and the sacred harp singers. and of course sacred harp blew them all out of the water. no one does happy death songs like the puritans. i think modern music is like modern life- too separated from death. and as soon as i came back to chicago was the chicago anniversary sing, so i thought i should go. i ended up leading a song which i Never Ever do. it was this one, which was sung at mom's funeral and was very emotional.
148/365
i have really gotten bad at this whole Every Day thing. this is basically what my phone sees when i plug it in every night. what can i say? isn't it nice how we taped the ceiling of this room and got so little paint on the ceiling? i guess there's the cleverness of the paint color being saturday night and the photo being taken saturday night.
147/365
Don Draper on the BIG SCREEN! lisa and i see no need to buy cable or anything when we live in the the lovely big city of chicago and get twenty-some odd channels for free with our antenna. even in HD. we can rent DVDs of anything else we want to see, or watch it on the roku if it's available. and lisa! used to download everything else from the internet and move it to my computer via iPod and we'd watch it on my computer cause there's a couch. BUT! I've been spending the past month or so ordering cables and adapters online. and now we can hook lisa!'s computer up to the tv! it's kinda amazing. i need a few more feet of cable (the tv's right against the wall and the computer had to move away from the window) but now we can watch mad men in the living room to our hearts content.
146/365
"oh shit, i forgot to take a self portrait again today."
"so take one now"
"you want to be in it?"
"sure!"
"ok, smile!" (flip over camera, look at picture) "you didn't smile!"
"yes i did, you just can't see it!"
"so take one now"
"you want to be in it?"
"sure!"
"ok, smile!" (flip over camera, look at picture) "you didn't smile!"
"yes i did, you just can't see it!"
145/365
hat head. my bangs are too long and are getting in my eyes. so i thought it was time to wear my hair up. it was smart, but i forgot about how i have to wear a hat everywhere i go. instantly smashed. and never puffed up again in anywhere near the original style. oh well. and yes, i am in the closet. giving up backround in search of better light. i will be so happy when there is finally some sun when i get home from work.
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