http://mixedupbeauty.net In which I work way too much, knit way too little, and obsess over Outlander and Ewan McGregor just enough. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:02:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ummmmm so M called me at work last night to let me know that there was an incident on our street, which brought police galore into the neighborhood. :eek: Basically several cop cars and the forensics unit (??), which brought most (if not all) of the neighborhood into the streets. ... http://mixedupbeauty.net/2008/07/23/gang-fights-and-other-pleasantries/ I need more time in the day! This weekend I was off from my second job, but my time was consumed by homework (got it done, mainly) and house stuff. In random news: I got an A- on my lit paper! My second lit paper is due Friday, blah. I bought a Learn to ... http://mixedupbeauty.net/2008/07/21/busy-bee/ Here it is...our house! It's still a work in progress and we need to add a bunch of things, but we're so happy to be living here. :) Note: there are tons of notes on each Flickr page if you want even more info! Here is our living room. Right now ... http://mixedupbeauty.net/2008/07/08/theres-no-place-like/ My weekend, in a nutshell... - 4th of July: M and I were both off work. I woke up around 8:30 AM (because I am CRAZY) and began assembling my bookcase and desk for my office/yarn room. Took the better part of the afternoon, as I assembled my bookcase with a ... http://mixedupbeauty.net/2008/07/07/in-a-nutshell/ So last night after I got home from work, M was working on assembling our bed and I was eating dinner. He went out to take the trash, and noticed something weird. Earlier, he had put out a couple bags of trash behind the trash can on the curb, since ... http://mixedupbeauty.net/2008/07/01/nancy-drew-and-the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-trash-bags/ So um yeah we have our HOUSE! yayyyy!! :D We closed on Friday afternoon and started moving in on Saturday. And we're still moving in! M and I spent the past two nights there so far, and we like it a lot! There are some things that I don't like, ... http://mixedupbeauty.net/2008/06/30/we-have-house/ Saw this at kc's and am stealing it for myself :) Ask me seven questions. Not just any seven questions though. No, to keep it interesting, use the seven questions as per below - just copy and paste the following, replace the blanks with something you want to know/ask (e.g., 3. ... http://mixedupbeauty.net/2008/06/30/ask-me/ Saw this one at Minnie's...come up with only one word to answer the following: 1. Where is your cell phone? purse 2. Your significant other? good 3. Your hair? black 4. Your mother? excitable 5. Your father? crazy 6. Your favorite thing? knitting 7. Your dream last night? none 8. Your favorite drink? mocha 9. Your dream/goal? happiness 10. The ... http://mixedupbeauty.net/2008/06/23/in-a-word/ I've definitely been blogging less ever since I started working a second job, but my posting has gone down even more ever since I signed up for Plurk! Plurk is similar to Twitter, but I find Plurk much more interactive. Updates are threaded, similar to IM, so it's easy to ... http://mixedupbeauty.net/2008/06/20/conquering-toe-up-and-other-victories/ Wow, I haven't posted in a week. Let's see, what's going on? I had a great WWKIP Day on Saturday! I met Tasha (and now want to knit a Pi Shawl because of her) and Laura at Starbucks and we knitted and chatted for a couple hours. :) I hadn't seen ... http://mixedupbeauty.net/2008/06/16/time-there-is-never-enough/