eat this 2008!!!

New Years is upon us! HAPPY HAPPY! YAY! i hope everyone is going to have a wonderful year... full of summer olympics and new presidents! whoopee!!!!


and here it is... my 2008 UBERLIST.

1. purge... i mean clean my closet
2. update bills.
3. blog more.
4. knit 4 socks (two adult pairs)
5. get liz to skool
6. get my toes did more.
7. learn to spin.
8. be more aware of politics/economy
9. vote
10. register for absentee ballot
11. cut back on caffeine
12. knit 12 things.
13. crochet 13 things.
14. eat out less.
15. better dental hygiene (floss more, wear night guard)
16. walk, bike or skate 3-5 miles, 3-5 days a week
17. learn magic loop
18. stash= 21,421 yrds or 12.1 miles... burn through 8,800 yrds or 5 miles.
18a. stash = 23,117 yards or 13.1 miles of yarn. burn through 11, 440 yards, or 6.5 miles.
19. use more math
20. shop at LYS near new homes
21. spiders: catch and set free, or kill... no more freeloading.
22. reusable bags instead of getting a million bags at the market
23. catch up on all podcasting.
24. give extra blankets to shelter.
25. call my mom and dad more
26. after move #2 get a dog
26a. new car.. buy or lease... find out!
27. buy a new bed (for us or kids, no matter)
28. in general... use stuff, don't "save it"
29. watch little house with liz.
30. have theme nights with kids (camping, caveman, settler)
31. go back to church
32. drink more beer.
33. write letters to friends
34. teach one man to knit.
35. label photos when uploading to flickr
36. swap books.
37. drink more water
38. finish uberlist and post by 06 jan 08
39. clean cobwebs from ceiling
40. clean out medicine cabinet
41. go through linen closet and purge
42. wash throw rugs.
43. clean out coat closet
44. REALLY clean liz's room by end of Feb.
45. store fabric
46. find decent needle organizer
47. wear more cute things
48. once a week for 1-1 1/2 hours knit outside house, by myself.
49. do ironing as laundry finishes
50. make sure Pat's uniforms fit and have correct patches.
51. learn Japanese
52. give literary harry potter another chance.
53. make my sister visit me at all my homes.
54. cook 10 new things from scratch.
55. less candy, more fruit
56. less donuts, more veg.
57. clean out jakes crib and make suitable for sleeping.
58. get jake to sleep in cleaned out crib (at least for naps)
59. find all pieces to jake's jumper
60. join a fiber group
61. get a new vacuum
62. have an outing with liz and I once a month ( like a movie or something)
63. sew in ends of damned afghan
64. sew jake a christmas stocking
65. work on my death shroud.
66. sew dresses for liz
67. write one fan mail a month (blog comments count)
68. finish those stupid aprons
69. nap with the kids more
70. watch more netflix
71. order jakes baby photos.
72. get portraits of the kids.
73. have my annual in august.
74. go to vegas once
75. spend more time with my mom
76. throw out clothes that are evil.
77. shave my legs more... be less hairy.
78. finish chores before going to bed.
79. make sure liz gets read to with BIG BOOKS
80. read Katherine and Rhett's People
81. eat more bagels
82. everytime i go to the store buy extra food for donation. when a box is full give to food bank.
83. wash the car once a month
84. rearrange dishes, pots, and pans
85. get new glasses
86. find a new home for mr. fish
87. take a family vacation
88. see some snow
89. save more money
90. put all music on iTunes
91. budget monies for the year
92. give Norma my old maternity clothes.
93. clean out dressers/
94. clean out makeup case and lotions.
95. open bank account for jake
96. clean out fridge regularly
97. get my dad a calendar with all birthdays
98. make a present for my new nieces/nephews
99. take a vitamin a day
100. help liz learn to wipe her own butt
101. recycle more often
102. fix up my yarn holders
103. acquire some cool books.
104. use more coupons.
105. get my hairs cut by someone whose job it is to cut hair.
106. organize fiber magazines
107. send christmas cards by 15 dec 08
108. move twice without losing my mind or the kids.

so... there it is. it seems like a lot, but not really. i think if i could put my kids in carbonite regularly, this would be easy peasy, but i can't so it will take some working on. besides... if i did put my kids in carbonite i would have to deal with the blindness, so it would be more work in the end... one day.... i will figure it out.

some things

here are some random things going on.

can anyone tell me what a reversible lane is? does it spin?


here is a huge statue of santa clara.


here is jake getting hyphy (thanks ginni!)


and here are pictures of fancy beer we drank. the black currant one tasted gross, but the raspberry was lovely!


(note how sophisticated we are with fancy beer, and frito lay nacho cheese... only the best for us)

choco cakes.

i bought a cake set at the commissary. it was a kit to get kids in the kitchen kind of thing. basically i made the cake (except for stirring) and iced it, and when it set, liz got to paint them with some colors. it was cool to look at, but they tasted awful!

christmas.

liz, jake and pat had a good time opening presents.


pat got beer.


liz got a new baby.


jake got a roll-y ball

it is drooltastic!

i got a new crafting bag, and some much loved gift cards.


the aftermath was amazing.


i felt like a wonky monkey.

christmas in san jose

we went to christmas in the park in san jose. they had all kinds of decorations and junk. it was fun, and cold.


the rain destroyed some of the gingerbread houses.


and there were these creepy elf things.


pat and liz had a good time.


when i grow up, i hope to be cool enough to be part of a group like this.


there was a display where liz could throw coins at it.


one of the car clubs decorated a tree with a tall boy.


the snowman wasn't too happy about that.


and there were cute baby heads


it was a nice day, but it didn't keep liz from having angry sleep.

a few more things...

i finished a hat for the lovely miss ruby ruby!

mr. jake is being a brave boy in showing off a girls hat.

and my new expression for the year is...

It's about as exciting as cheering on a brick!!!

i love that. that is how i feel about modern marvels, and man vs. wild.

even more san fran

after breakfast jake crapped all over my pants, and since i didn't have any extra, pat lent me a pair of his. then we were off to market street to have a look around. we stopped by the mall to see about finding some new pants and found beard papa instead.




there were two of them, but only one made it til i got the camera ready. they were delish!!!

i did wait until i had eaten some soup to eat sweets this time though. tomato bisque and bread is lovely!


we found a HUGE forever 21. i told my sister she has to come up to shop!


we also saw the trolly have a turn around. that was pretty cool...




liz had a good time scaring pigeons. i had to stop her, as i didn't want to be covered in more poop.



all in all the weekend was beautiful. we had a good time on our mini vacay. i can't wait until the next one. maybe next time we will be able to get to japan town, and the yarn store... not to mention see Mr. S. Torres!

more san fran

after the bazaar we went to our hotel and had a nap. then off to ghirardelli square. we had some ho-cho, and a sundae. since we were on vacation, dinner came later...



the ho-cho made liz quite daring. i think she looked like a french pirate.


then we got some cupcakes. they were very tasty..



the next day we ate some free continental breakfast at the hotel.

liz liked the cereal. it came out of a chute.


we had a nice view of the golden gate bridge.



liz had a fine time playing with the heating vent and the cup cover.


jake seemed a bit weirded out.

bazaar bizarre SF

last weekend we went to the bazaar bizzare in san fran. it was lovely...



liz was excited and dancing...


jake was mysterious.



i got some yarn and tshirts. liz and her dad got some postcards from the coolest booth at the bazaar... the postcard machine. it could've been from the future.



it would say really cool things like "beep boop". i heart the postcard machine.