19 Squares

No, I'm not talking about people I know. 19 is the number of 10" squares I have completed for the afghan I am now working on. Only 16 more to go. I figure I'll be finished in two months or less. We'll see.

For quite some time now, I have wanted to live the quiet, peaceful, simple life at the beach. However, except for the two years we lived at Tahoe, which were indeed quiet, peaceful, and simply wonderful, we have always lived in big metropolitan cities, i.e. Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area. But guess what? I discovered (online) the town of Aberdeen, about 50 miles west of Olympia on Grays Harbor Inlet leading into the Pacific Ocean. I even found a perfect house (or so it seems). Here is the link. Tell me what you think.

http://www.rileyjackson.net/ListingDetail.aspx?MLSN=28196527&RID=5&TRC

Random Thoughts

Oops! I missed a couple of days writing on this blog. Does that mean I was too busy? Nah, I don't think so.

Costco muffins are the best - french toast and lemon blueberry. Yum!

Friends are the best also. I spent almost an hour on the phone with a friend of mine that I haven't talked to in over a year and haven't seen in nine years. We picked up the conversation as if we talked to each other every day. We met in Tahoe and enjoyed many good times together.

I thought I caught a burglar breaking into the house across the street. Turns out it was the neighbor's friend entering to water the plants.

Ah, the simple life...

Pac-Man

I was going to post this yesterday and didn't do it. So here it is. Yesterday, I pulled the egg carton out of the refrigerator to make scrambled eggs (and bacon) and one egg fell out and crashed on the floor. It was a piece of art. William declared it as Pac-Man. Notice the resemblance in the photo.

Reminiscence

It was stake conference today. No need to repeat what Larry posted, but I will tell one small anecdote. Elder Richards was relating what he and his wife used to do with their family in order to keep the Sabbath Day holy. He said they all stayed in their Sunday clothes the entire day because "if you change to play clothes you feel like playing." Good in theory. It reminded me of the time Mom and Dad tried that very same thing when we were young. It didn't work. I was out riding my bike in my Sunday dress that very day.

This might possibly be referenced to my last post regarding being quirky...

Brain Freeze

And no, I'm not talking about the side effects of a really cold Slurpee. I'm referring to the effects of spending hours on the computer looking at all the different job sites. I think I should start my own job search business!

On another note, I discovered (or rather confirmed my suspicions) not too long ago that I am a very quirky person. One Sunday as I was sitting in Relief Society in Dublin waiting for it to start, a friend of mine (a woman in her 80's who drives a PT Cruiser) hands me a piece of paper with a website written on it. She says,"Diane, I want you to look at this and take the test because I'm pretty sure you'll be identified as quirky." And so I did. And she was right.

A Tahoe Morning

I woke up this morning, fed Cindy (the dog), and then went out in the backyard with her. To my wonderful surprise it smelled and felt just like a summer morning in Tahoe. The air was crisp and cool, the sky was blue, and there was a wonderful aroma of fir trees. I just stood there and soaked it all in. And with that beginning, how could the day be anything but relaxing.

Finally Finished!

Since I have nothing fantastic to write about today, I thought I would post a picture of the afghan that I made. It consists of 35 10-inch squares, some knitted and some crocheted. I started it in July 2008 and finished it in November 2009. Pretty pathetic, I know. However, since disturbing life events occurred during that time period, I am pretty happy to have finished it. In fact, to prove to myself that under normal circumstances (well, almost normal) I can produce an afghan in at least a third of the time, I have started a second one. We shall see...

Let There Be Light!

That was one hellacious wind storm last night. I thought we were in the middle of a hurricane. I woke up around 1:45 am to the howling and thrashing going on outside and to no electricity, which, by the way, was not restored for approximately 14 hours. However, Larry saved the day by turning on the generator. Alas, I did not have to look like a scary mophead all day! And to top it off, the sun came out and gave us a chance to clean up the mess left in the yard and rewarded us with a high dose of vitamin D.

Yeah for a perfect day!

Writer's Block

I have a serious case of writer's block. I thought I had a lot to write so I decided to start this blog, and now I have absolutely nothing to say. It's possible that is a reflection of my life right now. Oh my gosh, that's a treacherous thought! And here it is a brand new year. Okay, my hopes for 2010 (not in any particular order):

1. job (ok, maybe this is #1)
2. house
3. trip to the beach
4. my own stuff

Wow...I just realized it kind of sounds like I'm just getting out of jail. Totally not so!