tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62547221246393077472024-03-07T02:22:31.484-05:00A Tale of One KnittyKim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-68022169840519396942010-03-07T17:50:00.004-05:002010-03-07T21:12:39.636-05:00Okay. So we go to Easton in Columbus and sit to have a Cinnibon and who walks up to the ice cream place right next to us????<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpiu4mP72EPpVaop9dv8wqsmOxKO5CldVMlGXci2BvqJa7_3Pf6OnHzmkG5Ko3uRpT9g5PHCiy5pXoo0x87DvtZviuL2IQf4do4h5Fa1E4wSmksoQxNmnSOjS69blMtf0MGtmLeWRdkXU/s1600-h/Arnold.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 236px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446028500315874034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpiu4mP72EPpVaop9dv8wqsmOxKO5CldVMlGXci2BvqJa7_3Pf6OnHzmkG5Ko3uRpT9g5PHCiy5pXoo0x87DvtZviuL2IQf4do4h5Fa1E4wSmksoQxNmnSOjS69blMtf0MGtmLeWRdkXU/s320/Arnold.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It's Arnold Schwarzenegger!!! Haha. Of course I ran over to take a picture. Gavin is walking behind him in the red sweatshirt. That's Cinnibon right behind Gavin.<br /><br />So we're all excited about seeing Arnold and up walks...<br /><br />Sylvester Stallone!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKwT9nOcMQqdEyNPh5rScAi8NJLPato47UtFQnIjyy3wmae9A-HWfRkEnd7Hj81HDGSNV685eEfsfGHLlAIqYcDIQDjyQW1f7H4yS-9uDiXzPjTPPMaVPDIj7O-egXKvgu5qFCPW271s/s1600-h/IMG00057%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 236px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446028507892304082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKwT9nOcMQqdEyNPh5rScAi8NJLPato47UtFQnIjyy3wmae9A-HWfRkEnd7Hj81HDGSNV685eEfsfGHLlAIqYcDIQDjyQW1f7H4yS-9uDiXzPjTPPMaVPDIj7O-egXKvgu5qFCPW271s/s320/IMG00057%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We couldn't believe it! In Columbus, Ohio! Bob said he was right in front of Arnold in the ice cream line and he should have bought him ice cream. That would have been funny.<br /><br />I think the Arnold Classic bodybuilding show was in town this weekend and that's why they were there.Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-41777537330777898652010-02-28T10:10:00.001-05:002010-02-28T10:10:51.932-05:00<div><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443310020332302866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuU534VDXZX1kw-4dP66i5JZXeQ3v0nxZaeQTpRjpk_rcQXj2f8Pjogs9URn9lu_LjY9yOvMjvN4c_q23N_1p4sKKxZnReRW5aLbNn499jvB-lfqoC5ryU94bOCYMhES-4WppiCbnKq4/s320/croc+cake+2.jpg" /></div>I forgot to post these pics last weekend. Graham earned his Bear badge in Cub Scouts. This is our cake for the cake raffle. It's one of the easier ones we've made, but it turned out to be one of the best. He won the best animal lookalike award. <div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>We got a couple more inches of snow last night. Ever since Graham went polar bear camping, he has decided he loves the snow and wants to be in it all the time. So we went out and made a snowman. Today he wants to tackle a snow fort.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1U5ZNjoXJK4z5RA4IWfvQJDTUupJdjIT0YoZZCw03Rs14QPFc3cTlWisBTmS4jYKNOXyyj8O1TpSsHDG6J-iBFRWsollJ4VI8WRbkXsrIf-AQ3gPrURRLkuei-X3D8Yhh3WMGW1doDs8/s1600-h/snowman.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443310008575229250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1U5ZNjoXJK4z5RA4IWfvQJDTUupJdjIT0YoZZCw03Rs14QPFc3cTlWisBTmS4jYKNOXyyj8O1TpSsHDG6J-iBFRWsollJ4VI8WRbkXsrIf-AQ3gPrURRLkuei-X3D8Yhh3WMGW1doDs8/s320/snowman.jpg" /></a></div>Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-7412854352846976212010-02-11T16:13:00.003-05:002010-02-11T16:31:35.645-05:00I've decided that since I got this job as the librarian at my school, I'd like to actually read the books in the library. I was reluctant to read young adult fiction because, well, I don't really know why. Stephen King and gruesome stuff has always been my thing. Jr. High students at my school are required to read AR books. Many of them do not read outside of school and have no idea what to get. Some DO read but don't know what would be a good next book. I was stuck on my own adult paranormal romance kick and didn't want to spend my time reading "little kid" books. However, I started reading books from my library just for the purpose of recommending them to jr. high students. To my surprise I've found many of them excellent and "unputdownable." I'd just like to recommend a couple to you.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Deadline-Chris-Crutcher/dp/0060850914/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265923162&sr=1-1">Deadline</a> by Chris Crutcher. This author writes a lot of sports books and I thought this would be one, too. It is, but it's also so much more. It's the story of a senior in high school who finds out he has one year to live. He decides to forgo treatment and keep his illness a secret from everyone. He spends his last year doing things he wasn't brave enough to do before he got sick. I don't want to give anymore away, but I'll just say that there were lots of tears at the end. This was a super book. I've been recommending it to boys (I usually read more "girly" books).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wintergirls-Laurie-Halse-Anderson/dp/014241557X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265923507&sr=1-1">Wintergirls</a> by Laurie Halse Anderson. This is a disturbing book about an anorexic girl's obsession with her caloric intake and family issues. After her friend dies, her health deteriorates severely. This was a fast read and a very good book.<br /><br />Finally, I'll leave off with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Identical-Ellen-Hopkins/dp/1416950052/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265923733&sr=1-1">Identical</a> by Ellen Hopkins. This is about a pair of twins who both have major problems at home, at school, and, with their peer relationships. I couldn't believe some of what happened in this book. It's hard to imagine such "worldly" teenagers, but I guess they're out there. The end of this book had a twist that made me gasp.Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-3740892311892232752010-01-10T09:12:00.000-05:002010-01-10T09:13:06.582-05:00My Muse scarf<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_-jsPIXWyOxJdoYFCbPI3pQtbd188RCUBZeiIIcOcj0z_v4F75vNb_nNKNGrhzM0hQAA9cjWK8itPQHwEiXLvVGpENmwaD6ByctHcP1O83XchlytQtO9hoBswGCOP2ck0HvAQX0CLm8/s1600-h/Muse+scarf+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425113986136393970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_-jsPIXWyOxJdoYFCbPI3pQtbd188RCUBZeiIIcOcj0z_v4F75vNb_nNKNGrhzM0hQAA9cjWK8itPQHwEiXLvVGpENmwaD6ByctHcP1O83XchlytQtO9hoBswGCOP2ck0HvAQX0CLm8/s320/Muse+scarf+2.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div>Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-52868154153877662912010-01-04T07:01:00.037-05:002010-07-19T09:02:15.659-05:00Books I've Read 2010* denotes CHS library book<br /><br />*1) Undiscovered Country--Lin Enger (1/1/10)<br />*2) Wintergirls--Laurie Halse Anderson (1/3/10)<br />3) The Center of the Universe--Anita Liberty (1/3/10)<br />*4) Blood Brothers--SA Harazin (1/11/10)<br />5) Taken by the Night--Kathryn Smith (1/12/10)<br />6) My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon--PN Elrod (1/13/10)<br />*7) Identical--Ellen Hopkins (1/17/10)<br />*8) Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen--Susan Gregg Gilmore (1/23/10)<br />9) Let the Night Begin--Kathryn Smith (1/24/10)<br />*10) Generation Dead--Daniel Waters (1/27/10)<br />*11) Deadline--Chris Crutcher (2/3/10)<br />*12) Burn--Suzanne Phillips (2/11/10)<br />*13) Ghostgirl--Tonya Hurley (2/14/10)<br />*14) Hush, Hush--Becca Fitzpatrick (2/15/10)<br />15) Lies My Teacher Told Me--James Loewen (2/16/10)<br />16) Pleasure Unbound--Larissa Ione (2/17/10)<br />*17) Thirteen Reasons Why--Jay Asher (2/20/10)<br />*18) The Poison Apples--Lily Archer (2/22/10)<br />*19) Shooter--Walter Dean Myers (2/28/10)<br />*20) Along for the Ride--Sarah Dessen (3/3/10)<br />*21) Jumping Off Swings--Jo Knowles (3/6/10)<br />*22) Story of a Girl--Sara Zarr (3/9/10)<br />23) Vampire Academy--Richelle Mead (3/16/10)<br />24) A Bite to Remember--Lyndsay Sands (3/17/10)<br />*25) Newes from the Dead--Mary Hooper (3/19/10)<br />26) Passion Unleased--Larissa Ione (3/20/10)<br />*27) Plain and Simple: A Womans' Journey to the Amish--Sue Bender (3/21/10)<br />28) The Art of Racing in the Rain--Garth Stein (3/27/10)<br />*29) Bad Girls Don't Die--Kate Alender (4/2/10)<br />30) Catch a Mate--Gena Showalter (4/4/10)<br />31) Mrs. Perfect--Jane Porter (4/7/10)<br />32) Fallen--Lauren Kate (4/10/10)<br />33) Flirt--Laurell K. Hamilton (4/15/10)<br />*34) Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side--Beth Fantaskey (4/16/10)<br />*35) Coraline--Neil Gaiman (4/17/10) read aloud with Graham<br />36) Sizzle--Julie Garwood (4/23/10)<br />*37) Wake--Lisa McMann (4/23/10)<br />*38) After--Amy Efaw (4/30/10)<br />39) Safe from the Neighbors--Steve Yarbrough (5/4/10)<br />40) Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict--Laurie Viera Rigler (5/9/10)<br />*41) The Hunger Games--Suzanne Collins (5/16/10)<br />*42) Fade--Lisa McMann (5/20)10)<br />*43) Gone--Lisa McMann (5/22/10)<br />44) Her Fearful Symmetry--Audrey Niffenegger (6/1/10)<br />45) A Reliable Wife--Robert Goolrick (6/4/10)<br />46) The Midwife's Apprentice--Karen Cushman (6/5/10)<br />47) The Late, Lamented Molly Marx--Sally Koslow (6/9/10)<br />48) Wisconsin Death Trip--Michael Lesy (6/12/10)<br />*49) The Mark--Jen Nadol (6/14/10)<br />50) How to Read Literature like a Professor--Thomas C. Foster (6/16/10)<br />*51) The Short Life of Bree Tanner--Stephenie Meyer (6/18/10)<br />52) The Lighter Side of Life and Death--CK Kelly Martin (6/24/10)<br />53) My Name is Memory--Ann Brashares (6/27/10)<br />*54) Hold Still--Nina LaCour (6/29/10)<br />55) Medieval Lives--Terry Jones (7/1/10)<br />56) Soulless--Gail Carriger (7/2/10)<br />57) Changeless--Gail Carriger (7/4/10)<br />58) Mona Lisa Awakening--Sunny (7/5/10)<br />59) Dead Place--Rebecca Drake<br />*60) Looking for Alaska--John Green<br />*61) Rikers High--Paul Volponi<br />*62) Life As We Knew It--Susan Beth Pfeffer<br />*63) The Dead and the Gone--Susan Beth Pfeffer (7/18/10)Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-59729780925240786412009-12-21T13:28:00.001-05:002009-12-21T13:28:54.292-05:00Modifications to the Alpaca Earflap Hat<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><U>Modifications to the Alpaca Earflap Hat</U>--Be warned--this is my first time writing instructions out.</DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">1. I reversed the design on one earflap so that the open part of the "claws" or whatever you call the design would both be toward the face.</DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">2. I double knitted the earflaps. Based on previous experience, I knew the earflaps would stick out like Pippi Longstocking's hair in just plain stockinette, so I decided to try double knitting them. I had never double knit before. The process itself wasn't so hard, but when I threw in the reversal of the design and the whole thing gave me fits. It took two days to knit the two earflaps.</DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">This is a chart of the right earflap in double knitting. I can't figure out how to number the rows beside the boxes. The bottom row is Row 1 and so on like usual. I increased the black on its knit side by knitting in the front and back of the stitch. I increased the gray on its knit side by casting one on using backwards loop. The right side is the black side.</DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> KB=Knit Black</DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> PB=Purl Black</DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> KG=Knit Gray</DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> PG=Purl Gray</DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><br /><DIV> </DIV></DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"> </DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=left><br /><TABLE id=fd34 border=1 cellSpacing=0 borderColor=#000000 cellPadding=3 width="60%" height="75%"><br /><TBODY><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">K2tog</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">K2tog</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">K2tog</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">K2tog</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">K2tog</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">K2tog</FONT></TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KG/PB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KG/PB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KG/PB</FONT></TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%">KG/PB</TD><br /><TD width="16.66%">KG/PB</TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%">KG/PB</TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KB/PG</FONT></TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KG/PB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KG/PB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KG/PB</FONT></TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%">KG/PB</TD><br /><TD width="16.66%">KG/PB</TD><br /><TD width="16.66%">KG/PB</TD><br /><TD width="16.66%">KG/PB</TD><br /><TD width="16.66%">KG/PB</TD><br /><TD width="16.66%">KG/PB</TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">KB/PG</FONT></TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%">KG/PB</TD><br /><TD width="16.66%">KG/PB</TD><br /><TD width="16.66%">KG/PB</TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KB/PG</FONT></TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KG/PB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KG/PB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KG/PB</FONT></TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KB/PG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%">KG/PB</TD><br /><TD width="16.66%">KG/PB</TD><br /><TD width="16.66%">KG/PB</TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">KB/PG</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> </DIV><br /><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> </DIV><br /><DIV> This is the left earflap. The black side is the right side here, too. I hope this is right. The "claw" is facing the other way. Reversing this and double knitting is one of the hardest knitting things I've ever done. </DIV><br /><DIV> </DIV><br /><DIV><br /><TABLE id=osp. border=1 cellSpacing=0 borderColor=#000000 cellPadding=3 width="60%" height="75%"><br /><TBODY><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">K2tog</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">K2tog</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">K2tog</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">K2tog</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">K2tog</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">K2tog</FONT></TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PB/KG</FONT></TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PG/KB</FONT></TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PG/KB</FONT></TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PB/KG</FONT></TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PG/KB</FONT></TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PB/KG</FONT></TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PB/KG</FONT></TD></TR><br /><TR><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">PB/KG</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PG/KB</FONT></TD><br /><TD width="16.66%"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">PG/KB</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR> </DIV><br /><DIV><BR>3. I changed the arrangement of the cast-on stitches. 18 stitches for the front was REALLY not enough. I ended up casting on 38 stitches for the front and 32 for the back.</DIV><br /><DIV> </DIV><br /><DIV>4. I changed the top decreases and added an I-cord top. In black only:</DIV><br /><DIV> Round 1: Knit even</DIV><br /><DIV> Round 2: Knit even</DIV><br /><DIV> Rounds 3 and every odd row thru 17: [K4 K2tog] repeat to end</DIV><br /><DIV> Rounds 4 and every even row thru 18: Knit even </DIV><br /><DIV> Rounds 19 and 20: [K2tog] repeat to end </DIV><br /><DIV> </DIV><br /><DIV>5. To stop the front and back from curling, I picked up stitches, knitted in garter stitch for 2 rows, and then bound off.</DIV><br /><DIV> </DIV><br /><DIV>IF/WHEN I knit this hat again, I will make the following changes:</DIV><br /><DIV> </DIV><br /><DIV>1. Knit first 2 or 3 rows in 1x1 rib to stop the stockinette curl.</DIV><br /><DIV> </DIV><br /><DIV>2. Use size 7 needles after the earflaps because the hat is a tad too tight.</DIV><br /><DIV> <BR> </DIV><BR>Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-2557440101185199602009-08-17T14:18:00.002-05:002009-08-17T14:31:06.123-05:00Another Meme1. What time did you get up this morning?4:15 am<br /><br />2. How do you like your steak? Very rare. The bloodier the better.<br /><br />3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Bandslam<br /><br />4. What is your favorite TV show? True Blood & Hell's Kitchen<br /><br />5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? I'd have to say England.<br /><br />6. What did you have for breakfast? Diet Coke<br /><br />7. What is your favorite cuisine? Mexican<br /><br />8. What foods do you dislike? Fish<br /><br />9. Favorite Place to Eat?Lately it's been Quaker Steak and Lube<br /><br />10. Favorite dressing? Honey Mustard<br /><br />11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? Honda Pilot<br /><br />12. What are your favorite clothes? Jeans and t-shirts<br /><br />13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Australia, to visit where I was born<br /><br />14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? 1/2 Empty<br /><br />15. Where would you want to retire? Somewhere near family<br /><br />16. Favorite time of day? Early morning before anyone else is awake<br /><br />17. Where were you born? Exmouth, Australia<br /><br />18. What is your favorite sport to watch? I don't watch sports.<br /><br />19. Bird watcher? No<br /><br />20. Are you a morning person or a night person? Definitely morning<br /><br />21. Do you have any pets? 1 dog Kacie<br /><br />22. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share? I'm starting my new position this week.<br /><br />23. What is your favorite childhood memory?My grandma baking gingerbread at Thanksgiving just for me<br /><br />24. Always wear your seat belt? Most of the time<br /><br />25. Been in a car accident? Yes, a guy hit me on an icy freeway.<br /><br />26. Any pet peeves? When someone puts a new roll of toilet paper upside down. It's supposed to come over the top. That's why the design is on that side, people!<br /><br />27. Favorite pizza toppings? Pepperoni & green olive<br /><br />28. Favorite Flower? Lilies<br /><br />29. Favorite ice cream?Anything coffee flavored<br /><br />30. Favorite fast food restaurant? Chipotle<br /><br />31. How many times did you fail your driver’s test? None<br /><br />32. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Barnes and Noble<br /><br />33. Do anything spontaneous lately? No.<br /><br />34. Broccoli? Yes. I love broccoli.<br /><br />35. What was your favorite vacation? San Francisco. I'm a big sightseer.<br /><br />36. Last person you went out to dinner with? Hubby and the kids<br /><br />37. What are you listening to right now? Muse's new song Uprising<br /><br />38. What is your favorite color? Black or green<br /><br />39. How many tattoos do you have? Two<br /><br />40. Coffee Drinker? Oh yes. The darker the better!Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-54994274456336357272009-07-22T12:20:00.003-05:002009-07-22T12:43:38.524-05:00Food MemeI saw this food meme at <a href="http://chezshoes.wordpress.com/">Chez Shoes</a> and thought I'd do it.<br /><br /><strong>Sweet or salty?</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />I'm definitely a salty person (no pun intended). I prefer cheese and olives and all that rather than a dessert of some kind.<br /><br /><strong>Chocolate or vanilla?</strong><br /><br />Vanilla most of the time, especially in my coffee.<br /><br /><strong>Hot or mild?</strong><br /><br />I never used to like very spicy food until a few years ago. Now as more time goes on, I prefer food spicier and spicier. Maybe my taste buds are dying.<br /><br /><strong>What won't you eat?</strong><br /><br />I'm not afraid to try new things usually. I give most everything a chance. I have tried but won't ever eat again: limburger cheese, beets, brussel sprouts, and lima beans. I will never try anything made of insects.<br /><br /><strong>Most memorable meal?</strong><br /><br />One of my best meals was when I was around 13 and my dad took me to a nice restaurant where I ordered King crab legs. They were delicious.<br />One of my worst meals was when I lived in France and my French "mother" made a dinner of what I THINK was oxtail. She wouldn't tell us exactly what it was. I remember picking what seemed like 100 little bones out of each bite I took. I was disgusted. I will never forget that meal ever.<br /><br /><strong>Favorite object in the kitchen?</strong><br /><br />It would probably our toaster oven. It very versatile. We use it every day.<br /><br /><strong>What are you scared of in the kitchen?</strong><br /><br />I'm reluctant to try new things because I don't want to have wasted the effort. I want to know beforehand that I'll like it.<br /><br />I'm afraid to try new fruits and vegetables because sometimes I have no clue what to do with them.<br /><br /><strong>Do you prefer to cook alone or with others?</strong><br /><br />Graham loves to help in the kitchen, so if I'm doing something pretty easy, I'll let him do it.<br /><br /><strong>What country would you move to for the food?</strong><br /><br />This is a hard one. There are foods in almost every culture that I wouldn't want to live without. If I had to pick one, I'd say Greece.<br /><br /><strong>If you were to come back as a fruit or vegetable, which would it be?</strong><br /><br />Probably a coconut. I'd put up a good fight before someone ate me.<br /><br /><strong>What's for dinner?</strong><br /><br />I'm trying a new recipe tonight in spite of my above answer. We're having these chicken roll-up things with stuffing. Not too adventurous.Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-59379152729069308882009-07-16T07:50:00.006-05:002009-07-16T08:11:27.720-05:00The boys and I decided to go to Marietta yesterday. No particular reason. Just wanted to go somewhere and see some things. We walked around the downtown area and along the Ohio River.<br /><div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359040280912415890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEircXm-0I-W0C_2SV1ZCF2-2yjU_CRNpUGJGLpWTHdSzcuzIlIETTyK-VL0RFVFeDO7Zl7bGC29N7L9qSBBGteB7PVobleBI00QqwgVSqL5pbO4jgMBjCL5w0-lAaT5s1cLb8ir33i662g/s320/2009+Jul+15+001.JPG" border="0" /> We saw that the river had flooded as high as 48 feet one year, which is nearly to the top of the brown pole behind the boys. I imagine most all of Marietta would have been underwater, too.</div><br /><div>Then we went to the <a href="http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/se09/index.shtml">Ohio River Museum</a> and saw lots of replicas of riverboats and items like silverware and clothing from the mid to late 1800s. We toured the riverboat that's moored (not sure if that's the right word) there. This is the oldest surviving pilothouse on display at the museum. </div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359040282612541762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPzprf_dYKBl8NxQ7VrLeSJot50Wj2heQd2ukkW8Oc4fStDhlxEYA7OzxMHI4-wLyTCnCrw2GbzSKdnga4k3TK9DQdFQTQ5o7hF42yb4mq-LqcBg4331jGtQikjiIypMdD3HYm2VKlBU/s320/2009+Jul+15+008.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>We drove around Marietta to see some of the historic old homes. They are so pretty with columns and huge wraparound front porches.</div><div> </div><div>The surprising highlight of our trip back home was the Big Muskie Bucket, which I've heard a little about but never have been too interested in seeing. I"ll just say WOW! </div><br /><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359042525507043570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEfK9Wvkq2Zufv_KVBr8nokLBDPbyrpL2e0sjitWWNvSWTYRoP19ogdqWnou7ZoA2bc9KDa1TyX8maKkcuoObVC2LPnlAHJ9IsABtn_xuy8eNDB9bxSHmbbcWxV7UfkpEN4YSqEY23JU/s320/2009+Jul+15+020.JPG" border="0" /> The Big Muskie was a crane used for mining. It was built on site due to its immense size. It no longer survives, but here are the boys are standing inside just the scooper which was attached to the crane. Just the scooper. Can you imagine how huge the crane had to be that used that scooper? I don't know if you can read this, but I took a picture of the Big Muskie facts from a board at the park. It weighed 27 million pounds and was 1 1/2 times the length of a football field. It could scoop enough dirt at one time to fill a two-story house. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359043392450419266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1P_3Cl_kjMpMrydq_pDgG4TK9mIOL0qqC8gdddyVJVGgaM9fw6tUq_4cHqazVO-cK-a-2Wm0G4VwiCpx3cYCBG7D5_PG6dWFWPNpMu9U8DpxNRwwyiUj4P5ImSwpgFoONCpWQBDVGv78/s320/2009+Jul+15+023.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />Here's a <a href="http://www.stripmine.org/building.htm">link</a> with a few pix of the Big Muskie being built. The bottom picture shows the crane holding the bucket that the boys are standing in the above picture. The bucket looks tiny compared to the crane.Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-85529967342793823192009-07-14T20:08:00.004-05:002009-07-14T20:32:20.276-05:00Doing some catching upSo I got on <a href="http://mountaineerknitter.blogspot.com/">Dustina</a>'s blog tonight and saw that (haha) I haven't posted anything for 5 months. 5 months. I've thought about posting but thought "Nah. I'm not in the mood right now." I finally feel caught up with everything else in my life that I can take some time to post.<br /><br /><br />There are some big changes in our household. First of all, I am changing careers in a way. I'm moving from the classroom to the library. This means lots more schooling for me, but I think it will all be worth it. I'm excited and nervous for the change and am looking forward to the start of the next school year.<br /><br /><br />Second, Gavin spent his first week away from home at Boy Scout Camp. He was a little homesick but stuck it out and made it through the week.<br /><br />We spent a fun week at Poppo and Nana's house. The 2 G's loved spending time with their cousin R, who is so cute singing "Lady" by the Little River Band. Why my brother teaches him weird songs like that I'll never know, but it cracks us up.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358491386533986418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3jN7mdD0XGb6U73ZVrY-MQXpszupAFsxiTvHC-JnitGotIduaVVWso7jii02Mnk-MgXT63rp1Z2SU3b7pPG1ZgGl3z8DpA4WF8EudkB3FQlN7R3i2-6SrloGRkGcek5KkFTjuE4jiEM/s320/July+14+2009+200.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />Katie and I are getting so excited for the Muse/U2 concert in October in Raleigh. We're making a whole weekend out of it.<br /><br />The 2 G's have football camp to look forward to next week.<br /><br /><br /><br />I've been knitting and reading up a storm. I've finished 7 projects since school's been out and have 3 more on the needles right now. One of my favorites was my <a href="http://www.yogagardennh.com/Patterns/AmandaHat.pdf">Amanda hat</a>.<br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358493039761479746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WwaGA8FmhEQuahVlQ6YD9MGaltQOTsKCm5E7NZZJjlcXPs1jkie0-x8OEagIc9NAzUCI3ZjSZrXWlEs-ReIkw9x9thELiKneZoGmVHBY2W3lB5dOxXgIrfbhprtHnKpFr-TfeTD5CDo/s320/Amanda+Hat+1.jpg" border="0" />I'm also in the 52 Books in 52 Weeks group on Ravelry and am on book 60 right now. </p><p>Whew.<br /></p>Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-87550705933109432392009-01-15T12:26:00.003-05:002009-01-15T12:42:37.853-05:0099 ThingsSaw this on <a href="http://www.boogaj.com/knitting/2009/01/99-things.html">boogaj</a>:<br /><br />99 things<br />Things you’ve already done: bold<br />Things you want to do: italicize<br />Things you haven’t done and don’t want to - leave in plain font<br /><br />1. <strong>started your own blog</strong><br />2. <strong>slept under the stars</strong><br />3. <em>played in a band </em>(I'm learning guitar!)<br />4. <em>visited Hawaii</em><br />5. watched a meteor shower<br />6. <strong>given more than you can afford to charity</strong><br />7. <strong>been to Disneyland/world </strong>(just got back 2 weeks ago)<br />8. <strong>climbed a mountain</strong> (does it count if it's in a car?)<br />9. held a praying mantis (NO WAY NO HOW!)<br />10. sang a solo (in grade school I think)<br />11. bungee jumped (again NO WAY NO HOW!)<br />12. <strong>visited Paris</strong><br />13. watched a lightning storm at sea<br />14. <strong>taught yourself an art from scratch<br /></strong>15. adopted a child<br />16. <strong>had food poisoning</strong><br />17. <em>walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty</em><br />18. <strong>grown your own vegetables </strong>(home-grown tomatoes (I know they're technically fruits)<br />are the best in the world)<br />19. <strong>seen the Mona Lisa in France</strong><br />20. <strong>slept on an overnight train</strong> (The sensation of moving all night was very weird. I don't<br />think I actually slept much.)<br />21. <strong>had a pillow fight</strong><br />22. hitch hiked<br />23. <strong>taken a sick day when you’re not ill</strong><br />24. <strong>built a snow fort</strong><br />25. held a lamb<br />26. gone skinny dipping<br />27. <em>run a marathon</em><br />28. <strong>ridden a gondola in Venice<br /></strong>29. <strong>seen a total eclipse</strong><br />30. <strong>watched a sunrise or sunset</strong> (Did this 2 weeks ago, too.)<br />31. <strong>hit a home run</strong> (in whiffle ball!)<br />32. <em>been on a cruise</em><br />33. <strong>seen Niagara Falls in person<br /></strong>34. <em>visited the birthplace of your ancestors</em><br />35. <strong>seen an Amish community</strong><br />36. <strong>taught yourself a new language</strong><br />37. <em>had enough money to be truly satisfied</em><br />38. <em>seen the leaning tower of Pisa in person</em><br />39. gone rock climbing<br />40. <strong>seen Michelangelo’s David in person</strong><br />41. sung karaoke<br />42. <em>seen Old Faithful geyser erupt</em><br />43. bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant<br />44. visited Africa<br />45. <strong>walked on a beach by moonlight</strong><br />46. been transported in an ambulance<br />47. had your portrait painted<br />48. gone deep sea fishing<br />49. <em>seen the Sistine Chapel in person</em><br />50. <strong>been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris</strong><br />51. <em>gone scuba diving or snorkeling</em><br />52. kissed in the rain<br />53. <strong>played in the mud</strong><br />54. <strong>gone to a drive-in theater</strong><br />55. been in a movie<br />56. <em>visited the Great Wall of China</em><br />57. started a business<br />58. <em>taken a martial arts class</em><br />59. visited Russia<br />60. served at a soup kitchen<br />61. <strong>sold girl scout cookies </strong>(except it was Boy Scout popcorn)<br />62. gone whale watching<br />63. <strong>gotten flowers for no reason</strong><br />64. <strong>donated blood</strong><br />65. gone sky diving<br />66. <em>visited a Nazi concentration camp</em><br />67. <strong>bounced a check</strong><br />68. flown in a helicopter<br />69. <strong>saved a favorite childhood toy</strong><br />70. <strong>visited the Lincoln Memorial</strong><br />71. <em>eaten caviar</em><br />72. <strong>pieced a quilt</strong> (helped Gran when I was young and still have the quilt)<br />73. <em>stood in Times Square</em><br />74. toured the Everglades<br />75. <em>been fired from a job</em><br />76. <strong>seen the changing of the guard in London</strong><br />77. broken a bone<br />78. <strong>been on a speeding motorcycle</strong> (one of the funnest things I've ever done)<br />79. <em>seen the Grand Canyon in person</em><br />80. published a book<br />81. visited the Vatican<br />82. <strong>bought a brand new car</strong><br />83. walked in Jerusalem<br />84. <strong>had your picture in the newspaper</strong><br />85. read the entire bible -- most of it<br />86. <strong>visited the White House</strong><br />87. <strong>killed and prepared an animal for eating</strong> (another thing I did with Gran)<br />88. <strong>had chickenpox</strong><br />89. saved someone’s life<br />90. sat on a jury<br />91. <strong>met someone famous</strong> (haha Vince Neil of Motley Crue)<br />92. <strong>joined a book club</strong><br />93. lost a loved one<br />94. <strong>had a baby</strong><br />95. seen the Alamo in person<br />96. <em>swum in the Great Salt Lake</em><br />97. been involved in a law suit<br />98. <strong>owned a cell phone</strong><br />99. <strong>been stung by a bee</strong>Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-86988698338752255352009-01-04T16:12:00.008-05:002009-01-04T16:29:45.186-05:00Our Florida VacationWe just got back from a week in Florida, our first big week-long vacation as a family. We stayed in Melbourne right on the beach. This is a sunrise view from our condo's balcony. The weather was fantastic. The temp was in the high 70s all week. No rain. Blue skies. Couldn't have been better.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287550621690817170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYF5I59gcu7gasKwhSzG-g_lQnzhbkejTrjt3hFdGYlAWyp41RKkKdDQYyP1UP3oafNfs2RGYjcRwRF5LmWRMlb4_roxBFDSrI13F_LmkBPklGbLCUuwgQEE1doSadePVuDJppUdZxSzw/s320/Sunrise+at+Melbourne+Jan+2+09.jpg" border="0" />What do I notice as soon as we arrive? I look at the mailboxes for the condo and I see...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287549915795378754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAdn-dpO0pH3YehefSru25kVrEQtd3AtnjU-Brr24xZI46cOSKLhJLl4JioFt1_xXTXRlaesA8_wFsla9HLxIp_4Txrh9_yZ9RZNExedd9XCembWJmcSH3ope1kpg08ho3jPWAK0VMq4/s320/mailbox+at+condo.jpg" border="0" />Yes, I got excited when I saw that name. Yes, I know I'm a big nerd, but I don't care!! Yes, I kept my eye out for them all week, but they were nowhere to be found. Apparently Florida is too sunny for them in the daytime. Haha.<br /><br />I was able to finish Katie's Bella Mittens. Not in time for Christmas, but they did get done. They turned out pretty well.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmelItu6EsF_Yw-F8_r8649gEAIleJoUnQ_yBs_0ZeItk1IUBCRCFuBoxsR8kPl-T4rYRi6IzUKi9ScQxGabPigT-gUJBbcGvATEpSfe585PlC-QnBTtu60wMO5kmxJ2U-MLL8lmP1vU/s1600-h/Katie's+Bella+Mittens.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287550841286900946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmelItu6EsF_Yw-F8_r8649gEAIleJoUnQ_yBs_0ZeItk1IUBCRCFuBoxsR8kPl-T4rYRi6IzUKi9ScQxGabPigT-gUJBbcGvATEpSfe585PlC-QnBTtu60wMO5kmxJ2U-MLL8lmP1vU/s320/Katie's+Bella+Mittens.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The weather was perfect for the boys to play. The water was too cold for me, but they don't care about that.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDvNcfhtIrFzI_PiqyIGLBLLR1r5iCd5xJf34dGPAsGpYTtlRN3bAKaYI33v-ff2cyrO4ibtY7Z-DKilcohzmxhoSOaWcAyWNj-728CAisTJl2qdcZsLSrQlB_btvohArXyESWIN7KHc/s1600-h/G+n+G+at+Melbourne+Beach.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287550091763469170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDvNcfhtIrFzI_PiqyIGLBLLR1r5iCd5xJf34dGPAsGpYTtlRN3bAKaYI33v-ff2cyrO4ibtY7Z-DKilcohzmxhoSOaWcAyWNj-728CAisTJl2qdcZsLSrQlB_btvohArXyESWIN7KHc/s320/G+n+G+at+Melbourne+Beach.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>I was lucky enough to come across this jellyfish on one of my morning walks. I've never seen one in real life. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287549735024297458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fDGoLwLn8R7dzQqdU1XzQ84oUunxuOYfh6_BVQgBBpbAfq3tmTayaLghxzF3QHJ6sp9sC4pHltYVuUEmDyuNINuqEdNXVq19RQn2eWHAnC-dIIIrUqBQ_YRwrr9ZbviwsvXEXPucSJ0/s320/jellyfish+at+Melbourne+Beach.jpg" border="0" /> We did go to Disney three days of the week. Pix for that will be in the next post.<br /></div><div></div></div>Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-64717221234362995462009-01-03T19:54:00.088-05:002010-01-04T14:36:25.436-05:00Books I've Read 2009So I've joined the Ravelry group 52 Groups in 52 Weeks. I'm including the date finished for my own reference. Unless otherwise noted, a book is started on the same day the previous one was finished.<br /><br />* denotes a CHS library book<br /><br />1) An Ice Cold Grave--Charlaine Harris (1/1/09)<br />2) Divine Evil--Nora Roberts (1/3/09)<br />3) Perfect Match--Jodi Picoult (1/9/09)<br />4) A Woman of Substance--Barbara Taylor Bradford (1/19/09)<br />5) Dead After Dark--Sherrilyn Kenyon et al (1/22/09)<br />6) Trail of Crumbs--Kim Sunee (1/27/09)<br />7) Tribute--Nora Roberts (1/30/09)<br />8) Carnal Innocence--Nora Roberts (2/1/09)<br />9) Mercy--Jodi Picoult (2/7/09)<br />10) Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict--Laurie Viera Rigler (2/9/09)<br />11) A Kiss of Shadows--Laurell K. Hamilton (2/16/09)<br />12) Words in a French Life--Kristin Espinasse (2/17/09-2/24/09)<br />13) Salem's Lot--Stephen King (2/25/09-3/7/09)<br />14) Midnight Bayou--Nora Roberts (3/11/09)<br />15) Sizzle and Burn--Jayne Ann Krentz (3/16/09)<br />16) Daring to Dream--Nora Roberts (3/18/09)<br />16 1/2? The Dead House--Linda Fairstein--read to pg. 55. Too boring for me.<br />17) Light in Shadow--Jayne Ann Krentz (3/20/09)<br />18) Dark Seduction--Brenda Joyce (3/22/09)<br />19) Night Echoes--Holly Lisle (3/25/09)<br />20) Ghoul--Brian Keene (3/27/09)<br />21) One Quick Bite--Lynsay Sands (3/28/09)<br />22) Dark Rival--Brenda Joyce (3/30/09)<br />23) Dangerous--Nora Roberts (4/3/09)<br />24) Carolina Moon--Nora Roberts (4/5/09)<br />25) Dark Hollow--Brian Keene (4/8/09)<br />26) Love the One You're With--Emily Giffin (4/9/09)<br />27) Love Bites--Lynsay Sands (4/10/09)<br />28) White Lies--Jayne Ann Krentz (4/11/09)<br />29) The Darkest Night--Gena Showalter (4/14/09)<br />30) Company of Liars--Karen Maitland (4/18/09)<br />31) The Vampire Who Loved Me--Teresa Medeiros (4/23/09)<br />32) Single White Vampire--Lynsay Sands (4/25/09)<br />33) The Darkest Kiss--Gena Showalter (4/28/09)<br />34) Hidden Talents--Jayne Ann Krentz (5/3/09)<br />35) Tall, Dark, and Hungry--Lynsay Sands (5/7/09)<br />36) Midnight Rain--Holly Lisle (5/10/09)<br />37) My Lobotomy--Howard Dully (5/11/09)<br />38) Truth or Dare--Jayne Ann Krentz (5/14/09)<br />39) Dark Lover--JR Ward (5/15/09)<br />40) Second Sight--Amanda Quick (5/17/09)<br />41) Dead and Gone--Charlaine Harris (5/19/09)<br />42) Dead of Night--JD Robb et al (5/23/09)<br />43) Pitch Black--Susan Crandall (5/27/09)<br />44) Smoke in Mirrors--Jayne Ann Krentz (5/30/09)<br />45) I See You--Holly Lisle (5/31/09)<br />46) Women of the Asylum--J Geller & M Harris (6/1/09)<br />47) Last Girl Dancing--Holly Lisle (6/2/09)<br />48) Defining Moments in Music--Various (6/4/09)<br />49) Malice--Lisa Jackson (6/8/09)<br />50) Twilight--Stephenie Meyer (6/14/09)<br />51) Gracefully Insane--Alex Beam (6/20/09)<br />52) A Kiss in Winter--Susan Crandall (6/25/09)<br />53) All Night Long--Jayne Ann Krentz (6/27/09)<br />54) Dark Prince--Christine Feehan (6/29/09)<br />55) Dark Desire--Christine Feehan (6/30/09)<br />56) Seeing Red--Susan Crandall (7/2/09)<br />Read the 1st 75 pages of Drood but didn't like it<br />57) Many Bloody Returns--Charlaine Harris et al (7/9/09)<br />58) Lover Eternal--JR Ward (7/12/09)<br />59) Dark Gold--Christine Feehan (7/13/09)<br />60) Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King--Lisa Rogak (7/20/09)<br />61) The Devil in the White City--Erik Larson (7/23/09)<br />62) Lover Awakened--JR Ward (7/24/09)<br />63) Dark Magic--Christine Feehan (7/28/09)<br />64) Just After Sunset--Stephen King (8/03/09)<br />65) Lover Revealed--JR Ward (8/5/09)<br />66) Lover Unbound--JR Ward (8/6/09)<br />67) The House--Bentley Little (8/9/09)<br />Started The Likeness by Tana French but didn't like it<br />68) Lover Enshrined--JR Ward (8/18/09)<br />69) Marked--PC Cast and Kristin Cast (8/27/09)<br />70) The Help--Kathryn Stockett (9/2/09)<br />71) Betrayed--PC Cast and Kristin Cast (9/12/09)<br />72) The Fixer Upper--Mary Kay Andrews (9/17/09)<br />73) Lover Avenged--JR Ward (9/24/09)<br />74) Boy Minus Girl--Richard Uhlig (9/30/09)<br />75) Falling Awake--Jayne Ann Krentz (10/6/09)<br />76) The Perks of Being a Wallflower--Stephen Chbosky (10/18/09)<br />77) High Noon--Nora Roberts (10/22/09)<br />*78) Bliss--Lauren Myracle (10/24/09)<br />79) Strange Candy--Laurell K. Hamilton (10/28/09)<br />80) Be Mine Tonight--Kathryn Smith (10/29/09)<br />81) Inexcusable--Chris Lynch (10/30/09)<br />82) The Doctor's Wife--Elizabeth Brundage (11/1/09)<br />*83) Pure--Terry Elan McVoy (11/12/09)<br />84) Cravings--Laurell K. Hamilton and others (11/16/09)<br />85) Skin Trade--Laurell K. Hamilton (11/20/09)<br />86) The Night of the Huntress--Kathryn Smith (11/22/09)<br />87) Deep Kiss of Winter--Kresley Cole/Gena Showalter (11/26/09)<br />88) Running Hot--Jayne Ann Krentz (11/30/09)<br />89) Grave Secret--Charlaine Harris (12/11/09)<br />*90) The Book Thief--Markus Zusak (12/19/09)<br />91) Love at First Bite--Sherrilyn Kenyon et al (12/22/09)<br />92) Beyond the Dark--Lora Leigh et al (12/26/09)<br />*93) The Chosen One--Carol Lynch Williams (12/27/09)<br />*94) Scrambled Eggs at Midnight--Brad Barkley (12/28/09)<br />95) Something Wicked--Catherine Mulvany (12/29/09)<br /><br />95 books in one year. Whew.Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-15634542508584851922008-12-14T12:44:00.000-05:002008-12-14T12:45:01.565-05:00I love these dumb quizzes<table width=350 align=center border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><tr><td bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align=center><br /><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'><br /><strong>You Are an Argyle Sweater</strong><br /></font></td></tr><br /><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><br /><center><img src="http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatkindofsweaterareyouquiz/argyle.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><br /><font color="#000000"><br />You are contemplative, brainy, and serious.<br /><br />You don't take much lightly - life is too important for that.<br /><br /><br /><br />You are a very determined person. You don't let anything stand in your way.<br /><br />You think out your actions and act deliberately. You don't waste time, money, or resources.<br /></font></td></tr></table><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofsweaterareyouquiz/">What Kind of Sweater Are You?</a></div>Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-16578290830123269082008-12-05T19:26:00.002-05:002008-12-05T19:37:46.559-05:00Tis the SeasonI think I did this last year, but here goes again--<br /><br />1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper for everything.<br />2. Real tree or Artificial? Artifical all the way! I've never had a real tree in my life.<br />3. When do you put up the tree? We weren't traveling over Thanksgiving this year, so the tree went up that weekend. A record for us!<br />4. When do you take the tree down? New Year's Day or so.<br />5. Do you like eggnog? I LOVE eggnog. It's so yummy.<br />6. Favorite gift received as a child? I remember when I was about 8 and got a Shaun Cassidy t-shirt.<br />7. Hardest person to buy for? My dad. What do you get the man who has everything?<br />8. Easiest person to buy for? Gavin. He's knows exactly what he wants and isn't afraid to let everyone know it.<br />9. Do you have a nativity scene? No.<br />10. Mail or email Christmas cards? We mail them but this is probably my least favorite thing about Christmas.<br />11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? The only think I can think of is a weird sweater with fringe around the bottom and the neck.<br />12. Favorite Christmas Movie? It's a toss-up between two of my childhood favorites: "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (cartoon, of course) and "A Charlie Brown Christmas". I love the music.<br />13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? The beginning of December<br />14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No.<br />15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Gingerbread!!<br />16. Lights on the tree? Of course!<br />17. Favorite Christmas song? My two favorites are "Oh Holy Night" and "What Child is This?"<br />18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? We always stay home for Christmas Day but usually travel the rest of the time.<br />19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer? Of course. Who doesn't know the words to "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?"<br />20. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? My mom used to let my brother and me pick out one gift on Christmas Eve to open, but now we open them all in the morning.<br />21. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Crowds of people in all the stores. And the traffic.<br />22. Favorite ornament theme or color? I don't have a theme. We each get a new ornament every year.<br />23. What do you want for Christmas this year? My own guitar and Wii Fit.<br />24. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star<br />25. Favorite Christmas dinner? We always have ham.Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-12938845611069445792008-12-01T12:36:00.002-05:002008-12-01T12:39:59.411-05:00Hot off the needlesI finished another hat this morning. This one is for Marcus E. I used (mostly) the A Hat fit for a Boyfriend pattern but changed it some to add the cable twists. You know I'm all about cables. I changed the decreasing also so I could fit the right number of cables.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274877142757808642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7M4TgwoxhpW27VpxHYl7DFQ46gvLrGKFrmW3kJUhv457Pn5zYvuuLzDipug0Fju9h7J4INXJiTA5-OoZ33a-Lecnx2tnldsicP_p1SEHe8VYOIOvkSAKtuGxz0_Ibw9ik1J6j58zR5U/s320/Marcus'+Hat+3.jpg" border="0" /><br />Now I'm off to grade some papers on the last day of Thanksgiving vacation. Nothing like waiting until the last minute...Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-43718082103424664202008-11-30T12:06:00.003-05:002008-11-30T12:14:24.640-05:00Still sort of obsessingabout Twilight. I just took a break from Christmas decorating to take the Twilight Character quiz...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiooKDot_eaBYS_1KqT2z7JL7HSz-_5JHO68Zct91HkcJBksLWXalCS3yZmhLcrsDn26I5Xq7zGSKrKoVQBTmB-O9BaIh1nvkxB8QFkJQ9aoRzdR0ay78DFK5SK_wunQe8S3RdR2Sh8yYg/s1600-h/bella.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiooKDot_eaBYS_1KqT2z7JL7HSz-_5JHO68Zct91HkcJBksLWXalCS3yZmhLcrsDn26I5Xq7zGSKrKoVQBTmB-O9BaIh1nvkxB8QFkJQ9aoRzdR0ay78DFK5SK_wunQe8S3RdR2Sh8yYg/s320/bella.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274498785485511298" /></a><br /><br />Here are G2 and I in the middle of decorating--<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18zPx_9_LMN6Y3UAJAgxqrrqCa-SzfM7m6nOuJW-4WoX-CobX1aKZtChEe4M9rnyR1RgzB0nyie705MCJJKOELu5zwJ2x6zIDwPBt9OzvLeH8ab0mxKlGwq43nx_lZ-ShI6ZzJgHZL2Y/s1600-h/Graham+and+me+in+santa+hats.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18zPx_9_LMN6Y3UAJAgxqrrqCa-SzfM7m6nOuJW-4WoX-CobX1aKZtChEe4M9rnyR1RgzB0nyie705MCJJKOELu5zwJ2x6zIDwPBt9OzvLeH8ab0mxKlGwq43nx_lZ-ShI6ZzJgHZL2Y/s320/Graham+and+me+in+santa+hats.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274499978928965138" /></a>Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-47298356246602361822008-11-28T13:05:00.008-05:002008-11-28T15:25:49.454-05:00Catching upThis is a picture-heavy post. I've been too busy with the other hobbies in my life to blog. I'm also a procrastinator about putting pix on the computer. It's not one of my favorite jobs.<br /><br />I've been knitting up a storm (for me anyway). I decided to make some knitted gifts. I, of course, can never wait until Christmas. This is the Utopia hat that I made for Ryan R., one of my helpers at school.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273772350522277538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqb3SfKIwFB1_RvVkF8HIfntTz0oWZeCgMiGqNtWo1B3VSPPtA2zxe0rKeBIFTfug-1uWVsArzenp5glK6eYMJZsAC_9GNTA5_dRUhegTZVyQTH3QY3mCGUjRSqn_Ha5-s3nvml3s2U0/s320/Utopia+Cable+Hat+for+Ryan.jpg" border="0" />This is the Basic Cable Hat from Stitch n Bitch Nation. I have to add another inch or so because the pattern is too short. This hat is for Hallie T., another helper.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273771434722865874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlEhr_0jovq0l3jtmbmC6TbkXHKUtDYEmeNb8uIa9Xf8p6I1T5-gExnpsIKnoNk7GH2xD13ZIOVI6cBvTIsNYSIiIM8TBClPHoeaK1dk_zkKMMhv7lnyGc7gcUayQJRtd0kx21lEIqksI/s320/Basic+Cable+Hat.jpg" border="0" />This hat is another Basic Cable Hat, made for Lindsey D., my next-door neighbor teacher friend.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273771581695108434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuQpbMNPhuCgUCuQ92Xu1941Cp2v06Nz0TMiwWm2jmGF0MUhkQFOlzAKbvcN1sTS2ElEsEppeImvFVKuIz4MzBwvq_T8HyOWz4vfdDxTfhXrwcG-kx4UzEapcYHBELq2p37bGXkwnDeo/s320/Basic+Cable+Hat+for+Lindsey.jpg" border="0" />This is A Hat Fit for a Boyfriend, made for Evan W., who is my "little guitar buddy."<br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273771731280897586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VaBln0aII8Wk5FqWdMpxBDBqa3caSUEMapVF5rh7ULQYJDxDPKwiJ5wuwqM118ngRhvYv631zxj0Uo-Hj0VcX16zway-KlLaCumW0-dToLwJBUBdzDWVyxvJcXLzGGquuBDcvsn2bSY/s320/Boyfriend+Hat+for+Evan.jpg" border="0" />This is the same pattern, made for Marc H., a helper.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273771857783208642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1sB4bCqG1G8RPVN-uf3HqQ4zs99PAAzPWVnl2YAvWcQi-0q9iVt2lZtrJWPUEvDl1gj-G521LcQUdPCDGDSQvL3rZD4zhdxudvNybWQItFfyAVySt437gUd4-ErPhPZmIK0xi10iOo2w/s320/Boyfriend+Hat+for+Marc.jpg" border="0" />These are the Garter Heel Socks, which I gave to my sister Tia as an early Christmas present. She's been wanting me to make her socks forever. I really liked this pattern. It's similar to the Jaywalker. It's very easy to remember, too.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273772155541500386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-TR0YZCLshX27rW6uNPlQIZETDfYyzvl8vq1mxwzmYMvlKqy8bWhpUAl8kWhhKAHNcBURm3iJ3g7HnlUrvPGF5jnvkJKzNBCgJNl36oNzNCttyYVKYZyHd6AilT3_BNbwZ0SUCnBIQg/s320/Garter+Heel+Socks+for+Tia.jpg" border="0" />This pair of mittens, I must say, is the best I've ever done. Usually my thumbs turn out lumpy and crappy and too big. These are perfect. I just have to remember 17 stitches at the base of the thumb. This pair will be given to Nichole M.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZOd4ZPL4PrZJoh6lPKgmwn60N7BctG2iVvGszLxRvoRn-I0kKsnil_LBo5z22fQoij2o1uKkq4ZdgENa8uWU4kOxJlZjNVmynnENvFBxNbxIfK96HJO6SbyAw3I9IU1OKTtUY-E7QSI/s1600-h/Cable+Mittens+for+Nichole.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273771953997354146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZOd4ZPL4PrZJoh6lPKgmwn60N7BctG2iVvGszLxRvoRn-I0kKsnil_LBo5z22fQoij2o1uKkq4ZdgENa8uWU4kOxJlZjNVmynnENvFBxNbxIfK96HJO6SbyAw3I9IU1OKTtUY-E7QSI/s320/Cable+Mittens+for+Nichole.jpg" border="0" /></a>Thanksgiving was great. We went to my mom's. The food was delicious. The kids were good and had fun.</div><div></div><div>Over this long weekend, I'm trying to get ahead on some things--cleaning the house, doing laundry, practicing guitar, starting on my next knitting project (another hat, I think), and working on my reading goal of 52 books by the end of the year. I'm on book 50 right now, so I'm in good shape. Oh, and the papers I have to grade! Can't forget those!<br /><div></div></div></div>Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-35123911457112894962008-11-05T17:04:00.001-05:002008-11-05T17:06:01.061-05:00RIP Michael CrichtonI really enjoyed his books and am saddened at his passing.Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-10190868973075789772008-11-04T18:25:00.002-05:002008-11-04T18:36:13.942-05:00Favorites MemeI borrowed this meme from <a href="http://www.drgirlfriend.com/">Dr. Girlfriend</a>:<br /><br />The “Favorites” Meme<br />1.Political show – I don't watch political shows.<br />2. Picnic food – Peanut butter and jelly<br />3. Mixed drink – Water with Crystal Light lemonade packets<br />4. U.S. President – Abraham Lincoln<br />5. Kind of student to teach – Enthusiastic, motivated sophomores<br />6. Hobby you do or wish you still did – Knitting, of course.<br />7. Sports commentator – Bob Costas<br />8. Sport to watch on TV – I'll watch football for a few minutes if forced<br />9. Animal to have as a pet – Cat, though I settled for a dog for the kids<br />10. Halloween costume you have worn – clown<br />11. Kind of dessert – Some sort of brownie a la mode with hot fudge<br />12. Comic strip – I don't read comics, either<br />13. Style or make of footwear – Usually my Birkenstocks knock-offs<br />14. Ice cream flavor – Coffee or cappuccino<br />15. College or university president – Gordon Gee??<br />16. Internet news source – Fox News<br />17. Vacation spot – Somewhere where I can sightsee and shop<br />18. Wine – Not really<br />19. Way to waste time instead of working – Talking to Mrs. Boyd next door<br />20. Student excuse for late work – They usually don't even bother with an excuse.<br />21. Reality show – Hell's Kitchen<br />22. Jewelry on a man – Ugh! No way! Especially pinky rings. Ugh!<br />23. Pizza topping – MMM. I love pepperoni and onion if it's cooked long enough to be crispy. I love BLT pizza, too.<br />24. Children's movie – Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder)<br />25. Celebrity you wish would retire – MadonnaKim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-37605728149660032532008-10-15T13:44:00.002-05:002008-10-15T13:46:11.097-05:00SHOUT OUT to Mrs. Borton's class!!Thank you to Dalton C. for showing me how to put a line through words <s>just like this</s>!Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-35056158280152868862008-09-26T19:04:00.004-05:002008-09-26T21:33:57.204-05:00Pushing TwilightYou all know my intense love for the Twilight series. I checked our school library before the first day of school and saw only one copy of Eclipse. Why have book three of a series and none of the others? Once school started I found out that few students had read any of the sereis. I'm on a Twilight campaign. Even though I swore to myself that I was NEVER EVER going to loan out my copies to students, I gave in. I found one or two students who had read some but not all of the series and we instantly bonded. They were so excited about the series but either couldn't find the next book or didn't have the money to buy it, so I loaned them what they needed, making them swear to me that they would be gentle with my beloved books. Ever so slowly, my "I'm never loaning my books out" wall began to crumble. The more I talked about the books, the more students became interested and soon enough all seven of my books, plus my two printed out copies of Midnight Sun, were loaned out. Here's what it's come to:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjei3Sv4GfFWYrLlImU2Yot4pagj-OcpTOfjlUigqBdQWeyq63o067ah0uo4UrIzN9EUGAFKaXAu07XlwDXM6GI2KWmgWXrLpVjniavbSMbvLy5ypTQ2SoUs32ZYJWeNRr5yYn-GxtTytY/s1600-h/Twilight+sign-ups.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250485563215090402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjei3Sv4GfFWYrLlImU2Yot4pagj-OcpTOfjlUigqBdQWeyq63o067ah0uo4UrIzN9EUGAFKaXAu07XlwDXM6GI2KWmgWXrLpVjniavbSMbvLy5ypTQ2SoUs32ZYJWeNRr5yYn-GxtTytY/s320/Twilight+sign-ups.jpg" border="0" /></a>This is my board at school. Students are in line to borrow my books. They ask me if so and so is almost done because they can't wait for the next one. Can I just say that this pleases me to no end. Not only am I creating a whole new pack? flock? herd? of newborns, I am getting them to READ!! (I also ordered the American Library Assn's Twilight Read poster, too. Having it laminated this weekend!)Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-68668588526162277822008-09-21T15:16:00.004-05:002008-09-21T15:52:18.317-05:00Music from My Graduation Year: 1987OK. I'm dating myself, but I'm doing it anyway. I got this idea from <a href="http://jessecreations.wordpress.com/">Jess</a>.<br /><br />The rules:<br />A.) Go to musicoutfitters.com<br />B.) Enter the year you graduated from high school in the search function and get the list of 100 most popular songs of that year<br />C.) Bold the songs you like, italicize the ones you hate and underline your favorites. Do nothing to the ones you don’t remember (or don’t care about).<br /><br />I can't figure out how to underline just one song, so I'm putting a star next to my faves.<br /><br />1. <strong>Walk Like An Egyptian</strong>, Bangles<br />2. <strong>Alone</strong>, Heart*<br />3. Shake You Down, Gregory Abbott<br />4. <strong>I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)</strong>, Whitney Houston<br />5. <em>Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now</em>, Starship<br />6. C'est La Vie, Robbie Nevil<br />7. Here I Go Again, Whitesnake<br />8. <em>The Way It Is</em>, Bruce Hornsby and the Range<br />9. <em>Shakedown</em>, Bob Seger<br />10. <strong>Livin' On A Prayer</strong>, Bon Jovi<br />11. <strong>La Bamba</strong>, Los Lobos<br />12. <em>Everybody Have Fun Tonight</em>, Wang Chung<br />13. <strong>Don't Dream It's Over</strong>, Crowded House*<br />14. <strong>Always</strong>, Atlantic Starr<br />15. <strong>With Or Without You</strong>, U2*<br />16. Looking For A New Love, Jody Watley<br />17. <strong>Head To Toe</strong>, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam<br />18. <strong>I Think We're Alone Now</strong>, Tiffany<br />19. <strong>Mony Mony</strong>, Billy Idol<br />20. <em>At This Moment</em>, Billy Vera and The Beaters<br />21. <strong>Lady In Red</strong>, Chris De Burgh<br />22. <strong>Didn't We Almost Have It All</strong>, Whitney Houston<br />23. <strong>I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For</strong>, U2*<br />24. <strong>I Want Your Sex</strong>, George Michael<br />25. Notorious, Duran Duran<br />26. <strong>Only In My Dreams</strong>, Debbie Gibson<br />27. (I've Had) The Time Of My Life, Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes<br />28. The Next Time I Fall, Peter Cetera and Amy Grant<br />29. <strong>Lean On Me</strong>, Club Nouveau*<br />30. Open Your Heart, Madonna<br />31. <strong>Lost In Emotion</strong>, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam<br />32. <strong>(I Just) Died In Your Arms</strong>, Cutting Crew<br />33. <strong>Heart And Soul</strong>, T'pau<br />34. You Keep Me Hangin' On, Kim Wilde<br />35. <strong>Keep Your Hands To Yourself</strong>, Georgia Satellites<br />36. <em>I Knew You Were Waiting (For</em> <em>Me),</em> Aretha Franklin and George Michael<br />37. <strong>Control</strong>, Janet Jackson*<br />38. <em>Somewhere Out There</em>, Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram<br />39. <strong>U Got The Look</strong>, Prince<br />40. <em>Land Of Confusion</em>, Genesis<br />41. Jacob's Ladder, Huey Lewis and The News<br />42. Who's That Girl, Madonna<br />43. <strong>You Got It All</strong>, Jets*<br />44. Touch Me (I Want Your Body), Samantha Fox<br />45. I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett<br />46. <strong>Causing A Commotion</strong>, Madonna<br />47. In Too Deep, Genesis<br />48. <strong>Let's Wait Awhile</strong>, Janet Jackson<br />49. Hip To Be Square, Huey Lewis and the News<br />50. <em>Will You Still Love Me?,</em> Chicago<br />51. <strong>Little Lies</strong>, Fleetwood Mac<br />52. Luka, Suzanne Vega<br />53. I Heard A Rumour, Bananarama<br />54. Don't Mean Nothing, Richard Marx<br />55. <em>Songbird</em>, Kenny G<br />56. Carrie, Europe<br />57. <strong>Don't Disturb This Groove</strong>, The System*<br />58. <strong>La Isla Bonita</strong>, Madonna<br />59. Bad, Michael Jackson<br />60. Sign 'O' The Times, Prince<br />61. <strong>Change Of Heart</strong>, Cyndi Lauper<br />62. <strong>Come Go With Me</strong>, Expose<br />63. <em>Can't We Try</em>, Dan Hill<br />64. To Be A Lover, Billy Idol<br />65. <em>Mandolin Rain</em>, Bruce Hornsby and the Range<br />66. Breakout, Swing Out Sister<br />67. Stand By Me, Ben E. King<br />68. <em>Tonight, Tonight, Tonight</em>, Genesis<br />69. Someday, Glass Tiger<br />70. <em>When Smokey Sings</em>, ABC<br />71. Casanova, Levert<br />72. Rhythm Is Gonna Get You, Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine<br />73. Rock Steady, Whispers<br />74. <strong>Wanted Dead Or Alive</strong>, Bon Jovi*<br />75. <strong>Big Time</strong>, Peter Gabriel*<br />76. <em>The Finer Things</em>, Steve Winwood<br />77. <strong>Let Me Be The One</strong>, Expose<br />78. Is This Love, Survivor<br />79. Diamonds, Herb Alpert<br />80. <strong>Point Of No Return</strong>, Expose<br />81. <strong>Big Love</strong>, Fleetwood Mac<br />82. <strong>Midnight Blue</strong>, Lou Gramm<br />83. <strong>Something So Strong</strong>, Crowded House*<br />84. Heat Of The Night, Bryan Adams<br />85. Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You, Glenn Medeiros<br />86. <em>Brilliant Disguise</em>, Bruce Springsteen<br />87. Just To See Her, Smokey Robinson<br />88. Who Will You Run To, Heart<br />89. Respect Yourself, Bruce Willis<br />90. <strong>Cross My Broken Heart</strong>, Jets<br />91. Victory, Kool and The Gang<br />92. Don't Get Me Wrong, Pretenders<br />93. Doing It All For My Baby, Huey Lewis and The News<br />94. <strong>Right On Track</strong>, Breakfast Club<br />95. Ballerina Girl, Lionel Richie<br />96. <em>Meet Me Half Way</em>, Kenny Loggins<br />97. <strong>I've Been In Love Before</strong>, Cutting Crew<br />98. <strong>(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right To Party</strong>, Beastie Boys*<br />99. Funkytown, Pseudo Echo<br />100. Love You Down, Ready For The World<br /><br />I think I like music from other years a lot better than my own grad year or the music I liked at the time was not in the top 100. I only somewhat like most of the songs I boldfaced.Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-19944286375865529832008-09-19T18:50:00.002-05:002008-09-19T18:54:09.500-05:00Today's FOBrooklyntweed's Habitat...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247884742284594546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Sqhio-ro1ziWgUOxL4Y-DWsG6GfaUijk_qdzeZkMVv5vhlSyu6HI4McROmuqBEhroIIOHwqCwoBG5ObAoyxl0oq78Hk264oU7qqmTNUVUU8J-PkMLLr21iR2UEfwBR-wbztCEw8aUmY/s320/Habitat+2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247884744935877874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DQqQGe1s6vFwuUHWNShCvhPn1fxxMbqikI0gG1Whsz1ed5bPKmJu-JtJrkvKAC92AsH9VOdfbXaoorS3uk4YnvctgSHwJmKanEm8t_aiJXYDv-0TRzITryRvlSgMLs9SlxjRw3onGoM/s320/Habitat+1+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div>Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254722124639307747.post-47925897738423834062008-09-16T17:26:00.003-05:002008-09-16T17:34:41.555-05:00A "Snow Day" AlreadyDue to Hurricane Ike coming through, we didn't have school yesterday. Coshocton was harder than any of us are used to. Some of my students still don't have electricity today. Luckily, we didn't have any damage. We spent two hours picking branches in the yard. I consider myself very lucky. We live in the woods where a tree could fall on our house at any time. (I'm knocking on wood right now!) The boys still don't have electricity at their school and had a second day off today.<br /><br />Here's how G2 spent part of his day. He loves Playdoh and loves to make me cookies, pizza, and to leave me messages...<br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246750084151918594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Klb9agYwXLToOwhJm870o5mXZMA6chfKcH94bSymqZ2wo_Tcux_0fEXBGC5VSV2X0gre4JqYwxVYCMqguqR6_HQbH3OdvV_lgTfCKF9mnT2KfUgbyBvgVKOPENpUoFAM3Tw8wjCJ4OM/s320/G2's+Playdoh.jpg" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246750084075112562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54Rpivm5VRrCpfReZej9Lz7-BlSXRlkA7JzPyyrV0N5n0GmqMaNJQlPJW-ZVIExo48bBy_q-zJVt-Zt9OBXk7omazbF_4flYrPo7BUmPYKNsaOzLRIyqcVOYePvoDLZWW492O6CfF0yU/s320/Habitat+hat.jpg" border="0" />I also made a dent in my second attempt at the Habitat hat. It's going a lot better now that I'm using a circular needle. Cabling in the round with DPN's is not enjoyable at all. I love this pattern, though. Lots of cables running everywhere.<br /></p>Kim Beaumonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00033857886501694562noreply@blogger.com3