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the couch! :D   we finally got the power cable for the laptop in yesterday's mail.  it's nice to be able to hang out on the couch lounging on the internet. :D  It's not been used in many many months, so I am working on getting everything updated on it.  

We are watching the superbowl, of course.   seems like a pretty good game?  derek is on his computer.   oh that bruce springsteen.

so guess what?  we finally got our move date! :D  they gave derek a call on friday and he will start his new job on mar 2!  so that gives us exactly a month to get our stuff packed and get there.  a little nerve wracking.  i called like 20 apartment complexes yesterday.  i think we have narrowed them down to around 4.  amelia is going to ask around about them... i am hoping to have a place secured by the end of the week.   that's always the part i worry about the most, making sure we have a place to live. 

i am most excited about giving my notice at work.  i have really disliked my job hard core for the last 2 weeks or so.  the job isnt that bad, a little brain numbing but you know, whatever.  i can do whatever.   it's the women i work with.   sheesh.  i am very excited about the tv production job thing opening back up again... maybe i can have a fun job again!  that would be awesome.   :D  which reminds me... i need to take a look at the career section on c-span's website. :D  i think it would be so cool to work at c-span! :D

i packed a few boxes today... mostly books, movies and my yarn.  we have to find some more boxes. 

so the people who are so close to the stage on the field... where do they come from??  do they have seats in the stadium?  or are they just there as half time audience?   i wonder about that every year.

so hopefully now that we have the laptop back in action, i will blog more.  

and i should have lots to talk about now that we are moving!  i hope i can find some knitting groups in DC and there will be all new yarn shops to explore... i think the whole experience will be so fun. :)   i cant believe that we actually are lucky enough that we get to live in DC.   i can remember derek and i talking way back in the day about how we'd both love to like there some day... and here it is!  i'll be there in time for the cherry blossoms! :D

i am going to leave you all with some knitting pictures and some yarn that i got with some of my birthday money.

this is some sock yarn... the greens and blues are so springy, i think:

i also picked up this lovely sock yarn.  i am going to make stripy socks with the 2 different colors.  i love the graduated colors... i think they will be so great!

i have been teaching myself to crochet since the summer and am really starting to pick it up a little bit.   i am crocheting this blanket. it's a very soft cotton yarn.  :D  i think it's quite retro lol

oooh and here are some mitts that i reknit up for a friend.... i suck because it's taken me so long to fix them.  :(  i *still* dont even have them in the mail.  i've been carrying it around in my bag for over a week now... it's just been so cold i havent felt like going to the post office on my lunch break.  i will try my bestest to get them in the mail this week.   but here, atleast is a sneak peek! :D

pic is a little  grainy, but you get the idea.

ok, well patton is whining to go out... so i guess that means it's time to log off here.   hope to type more soon! :)